Archives for March 2008
Arthur C. Clarke: 1917-2008
Published on 18 Mar 2008 at 9:31 pm.
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Today, I read that the famous science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke has died. I wrote about him a few months ago just after his 90th birthday. For about a half century he had lived in Sri Lanka. His health has been poor for some years, too. Though his […]
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The Kirkwood Gaps
Published on 17 Mar 2008 at 8:13 pm.
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In my last post, I mentioned that the newly discovered asteroid 2008 EB61 is located near one of the Kirkwood gaps. So, today, I thought that I’d say a bit more about the Kirkwood gaps.
The gaps are not really gaps in the asteroid belt, but they appear to be when a histogram of the […]
2008 EB61
Published on 14 Mar 2008 at 10:47 pm.
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Images were taken last Sunday of a spot near the western edge of the constellation Virgo. In these images were stars galaxies. But, there were some other things there, too. Astronomy students studying those images observed several dots that were in slightly different positions in the different images. Those dots were […]
Carnival of Space #45
Published on 13 Mar 2008 at 11:16 am.
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This week, the Carnival of Space is being hosted by Missy over at Observations from Missy’s Window.
The Carnival of Space is hosted every week by a different person. It contains links to some of the more interesting space related blog entries of participants over the past week. If you write a blog and […]
Earth and Luna
Published on 12 Mar 2008 at 7:02 pm.
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) left Earth August 12, 2005. It arrived at Mars about two years ago, March 10, 2006, joining a flotilla of other spacecraft studying the red planet. Last October, the MRO turned its HiRISE camera towards home, capturing the image above. The HiRISE camera (High Resolution Imaging Science […]
Diving past Enceladus
Published on 11 Mar 2008 at 3:00 pm.
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The Cassini spacecraft will fly by Enceladus at a distance of 50 kilometers on March 12, 2008.
Firefox add-ons
Published on 10 Mar 2008 at 11:45 am.
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Normally, I blog about astronomy and space topics. However, earlier this morning, I was reading Aviatrix’s blog and saw this posting about Firefox add-ons. I use Firefox almost exclusively. I have gotten to where I like the interface, and it is simply easier for me to use than Internet Explorer. Also, […]
