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The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower

2009-11-10T23:09:40Z

The 2009 Leonid meteor shower peaks on Nov. 17th with a sprinkling of
meteors over North America and a possible outburst over Asia.
FULL STORY at [link]

Iron on Mercury, mercury on the Moon, and more

2009-11-07T19:41:20Z

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Mercury Throws Geologists a Curve
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November 3, 2009 | When NASA's Messenger spacecraft zipped past the
innermost planet for a third and final flyby on September 29th, a glitch
caused half of the planned observations to be lost. Scientists are thrilled

Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed

2009-11-05T01:50:25Z

The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given
scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's
surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like tail.
FULL STORY at
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Electric Universe/Plasma Cosmology

2009-11-01T20:04:09Z

Since I don't see this new theories mentioned anywhere at all I was
wondering what do you guys think about that, quote:

"Open Letter

Given that modern Cosmology has taken a wrong turn decades ago and
rejected a well-supported electrical model; and given that it has gone
off into "modern mythology" with the "big bang", "black holes", dark

Seeing black holes and dark matter, blasts in Indonesia and the edge of the universe, and more

2009-10-31T00:36:39Z

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Cosmic Blast Rattles Indonesia
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October 25, 2009 | As if this island nation hasn't been troubled enough by
recent earthquakes, impact specialists confirm that a cosmic "bomb" - likely
the most powerful in 15 years - exploded noisily (but harmlessly) over one

Re: 1 Ceres Rotation Movie with Surface Features

2009-10-24T03:40:44Z

Here's a leaner faster version

[link]

Jason H.

EPOXI Mission News -- #8 -- Oct 2009

2009-10-23T22:47:33Z

EPOXI Mission Outreach E-News #8 Oct 2009
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MISSION
• Lunar Hydration
Data acquired by the Deep Impact spacecraft of Earth's Moon reveal that
hydration and rehydration is a dynamic cycle that completes during daylight,

Galilean Nights, 35 new exoplanet, and more

2009-10-23T22:45:19Z

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Tribute to Stefan Seip
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October 23, 2009 | Stefan Seip, who shot the cover photo for SkyWatch 2010,
is one of the world's leading astrophotographers.
Read More at: [link]

1 Ceres Rotation Movie with Surface Features

2009-10-23T09:16:40Z

This is a 17 frame movie I made of the Minor Planet 1 Ceres (AKA the
biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt) via Hubble telescope data from
December 28, 2003 with the ACS

[link]

This movie represents ~8 hours and 40 minutes of rotation.

It took me quite some time to process this, and I had to learn a lot

Chandra Digest (Oct 22)

2009-10-22T22:01:41Z

**JKCS041: Galaxy Cluster Smashes Distance Record!
The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data
from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes.
The cluster is located about 10.2 billion light years away, and is observed
as it was when the Universe was only about a quarter of its present age.

Re: [PlanetQuest] Re: The 2009 Orionid Meteor Shower

2009-10-22T02:17:21Z

Hi Jason!

Way to go! It is extremely not easy (if I can put it that way) to
get such a shot. Good sky karma there! : ) All the best, Laurance

Here's a meteor I caught with a camera early this morning (that's
Sirius on the right)

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Re: The 2009 Orionid Meteor Shower

2009-10-22T00:21:50Z

Here's a meteor I caught with a camera early this morning (that's
Sirius on the right)

[link]

And here is the same meteor showing which way is was going with
respect to Orion

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The time was close to the estimated peak time for the Orionids, but

NASA Opportunities for Educators: NASA Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project and Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope Program

2009-10-20T15:51:33Z

*NASA **Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project to Begin Accepting
Applications for Cohort 2*
The NASA Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project awards one-year
fellowships each year to over 40 current and prospective teachers. The
project is administered by U.S. Satellite Laboratory, Inc. Funding

The 2009 Orionid Meteor Shower

2009-10-19T21:12:31Z

Caused by debris from Halley's Comet, the 2009 Orionid meteor shower peaks
on Wednesday, Oct. 21st, and forecasters say it could be an unusually good
show.
FULL STORY at [link]

Article - SuperEarths common for other stars

2009-10-19T17:00:23Z

Article - SuperEarths common for other stars - 32 (new) planets beyond
the solar system discovered - By Ron Cowen

[link]

"The findings suggest that it may not be quite as difficult for metal-
poor stars to produce these heavyweights as previously thought, says