Archives for August 2009
CoS 117
Published on 24 Aug 2009 at 5:32 pm.
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I have been busy finishing the summer term and getting the fall semester underway. So, I’ve been a bit busy to be blogging. However, plenty of other people around the blogosphere have been hard at work. This week, the 117th edition of the Carnival of Space collects some of the best blog entries in the […]
Perseid Meteors
Published on 11 Aug 2009 at 10:57 am.
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Every year, in mid-August, the Earth passes near the orbit of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The comet, itself, is seldom seen. It was last easily viewed by amateur astronomers in 1992 and 1993. With an orbital period of about 133 years, the comet will next be in the inner Solar System in the year 2126, when it […]
