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Ceres: The Largest Asteroid

The largest asteroid in our solar system, worthy of the designation “minor planet,”  with a diameter of 950km ( can be seen in the photograph, its shape is spherical, i.e., it is in “hydrostatic...

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Encounter with Vesta

Four days hence, on July 16, The NASA unmanned spacecraft “Dawn” will enter orbit around the asteroid 4 Vesta (otherwise known simply as “Vesta”), for an extended stay, relaying to Earth a variety of...

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A Strange Light in the Night Sky

What the Hell Is This Bizarre Light in the Sky?. [GAWKER] I tend to agree with Phil Plait’s take on the nature of this phenomenon – namely that it’s related (read the blog) to the launch of a Minuteman...

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“The Planets”– A Poem

I first encountered this poem by Diane Ackerman in one of the late Carl Sagan’s books, many years ago, and it has remained with me, ever since. We imagine them flitting cheek to jowl, these driftrocks...

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The Great Earth-Grazing Fireball of August 10, 1972

At 2:30 pm local time on August 10, 1972, an asteroid ranging from car-to-house size entered the Earth’s atmosphere over  Utah, and traveled northwards at an altitude of approximate 35 miles for 100...

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