Archives for July 2008
NACA to NASA
Published on 29 Jul 2008 at 4:54 pm.
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For my regular readers, I’ve been swamped, so I’ve not be able to keep up with my blog. But, this is something that I really wanted to say at least something about.
A little over a half century ago, the first satellite was placed into orbit by the Soviet Union. A few months later, […]
2008 BT18 Passing Earth
Published on 13 Jul 2008 at 1:14 pm.
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Tomorrow, July 14, asteroid 2008 BT18 will pass Earth at a distance of only 0.0151 AU (less than six times the distance between the Earth and the Moon). Asteroids pass Earth all the time. It is actually pretty sobering to realize just how many of those things are going by. When I […]
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A Long, Quiet Solar Minimum
Published on 11 Jul 2008 at 3:21 pm.
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My previous post was about how I’ve not been blogging much lately. The Sun’s been pretty quiet lately, too. In fact, there has been very little to look at on the Sun for a while. It has now been quite a long time since I’ve taken my students out to look at […]
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Blogging Lull
Published on 11 Jul 2008 at 2:03 pm.
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I know that I haven’t been posting for a while. This summer has been extra busy. And, on top of that, a ton of extra stuff just dropped on me a bit over a week ago, and I will be tied up with that for the rest of the month. So, don’t expect a whole […]
Carnival of Space #61
Published on 3 Jul 2008 at 11:41 am.
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I have had an awful lot going on this summer, and this week has been no exception, so there has not been much time for blogging. So, to get your fix on the astronomy and space side of the blogosphere, you might want to check out the Carnival of Space. The 61st edition of the […]
