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April 2008 Celestial Events & Space Research News
April 2008 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL April 1st
April 2008 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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April 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
April 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – April 2008
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
Night Sky – April
April 01 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 45 –
from solar cycle 23 NOT new cycle 24
NASA researchers have rescheduled Solar Maximum to occur later today
As of today there are 948 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.449 AU)
“The Extraordinary Ecosystems of Enceladus”
April 02 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14 –
from solar cycle 23 NOT new cycle 24
Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (2.710 AU)
Asteroid 2008 FH5 flyby – miss distance 7.6 LD, magnitude 20, size = 17m
“Spider Crater, Western Australia – latest images”
“Astronomers see ‘youngest planet'”
“Jules Verne ATV given ‘go’ for docking”
“For the paper trail of life on Mars or other planets, find cellulose”
April 03 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 24 –
from solar cycle 23 NOT new cycle 24
Asteroid 6135 Billowen Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.671 AU)
“Did fish die due to meteorite?”
“Light from stellar explosion older than both Earth and Sun detected”
“Meteorites may seed life on Earth”
“The moon glows and Saturn shines”
“Is that a meteorite you’re standing on?”
“Mission concept and the role of ATV”
April 04 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 24 –
from solar cycle 23 NOT new cycle 24
Asteroid 2004 VW14 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
“Professor solves a meteor mystery”
“‘Jules Verne’ pictured over UK”
April 05 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 947 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Kuiper Belt Object 136108 (2003 EL61) –
Closest Approach To Earth (50.229 AU)
Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.757 AU)
“Rare meteorite goes under hammer”
“Astronomers Find Suspected Black Hole in Omega Centauri”
April 06 2008 – 03:55 UT –
New Moon
April 06 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.135 AU)
Asteroid 2001 QO142 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
Asteroid 2001 QO142 flyby – miss distance 34 LD, magnitude 17, size = 685m
“Meteorites delivered the ‘seeds’ of Earth’s left-hand life”
“Solar System’s ‘look-alike’ found”
“Earth’s sinister beginning: the origins of left-handedness”
April 07 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 946 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 742 Edisona Closest Approach To Earth (2.346 AU)
Asteroid 2008 GF1 flyby – miss distance 0.8 LD, magnitude 18, size = 10m
“Pleiades star cluster visible Tuesday night”
“Cosmic engines surprise XMM-Newton”
“Venus’ S02 from recent or ancient volcanos?”
April 08 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Luna & The Seven Sisters – SkyMap looking West at sunset tonight
Comet C/2006 Q1 (McNaught) –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.240 AU)
Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.607 AU)
“Hunt on for Argentine meteorite”
“Tunguska Miracle Festival in Evenkiya ? Coming Soon”
April 09 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 1999 SO5 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
April 10 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2007 B2 (Skiff) –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.287 AU)
Asteroid 2005 BE2 flyby – miss distance 62 LD, magnitude 18, size = 1.0Km
Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (1.596 AU)
“Nasa probe pictures Phobos moon”
“‘Aliens’ attack Bosnian man’s home with meteors”
April 11 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Curious cloud formations linked to quakes”
“Smaller asteroid may have killed dinosaurs”
“Seawater osmium sizes up meteorites”
“Earth from Space: Blowing in the wind”
“Astro-amino acids suggest life fell from the stars”
April 12 2008 – 18:32 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter
April 12 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
April 2008 Aurora Picture Gallery
Yuri’s Night 2008: World Space Party
Comet Brooks 2 –
Perihelion (1.467 AU)
Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.700 AU)
Asteroid 2005 OR2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
April 13 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 12426 Racquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.525 AU)
“Meteorite that killed dinosaurs was six km wide: study”
2nd sunspot of the new Solar Cycle 24. Images obtained on April 13th
by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
, SOHO/ SpaceWeather.com
April 14 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.786 AU)
“Russia tests monkeys for Mars trip”
April 15 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
As of today there are 947 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2004 FG11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (2.338 AU)
“Earth Shot Full of Holes, Scientists Say”
April 16 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
“Before the Big Bang – the Big Bounce”
“Ancient ocean-floor sediment shows asteroid sizes”
April 17 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2005 NB7 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
Asteroid 2005 NB7 flyby – miss distance 16 LD, magnitude 16, size = 705m
Asteroid 25930 Spielberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.307 AU)
Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.643 AU)
Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (2.058 AU)
“Mars radar opens up a planet’s third dimension”
“Plants ‘thrive’ on Moon rock diet”
“Night flashes in Kokomo likely were meteorites”
“The Moon and the Magnetotail”
April 18 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2266 Tchaikovsky Closest Approach To Earth (2.764 AU)
“More doubt on cosmic climate link”
“Stars born in galactic wilderness”
“Solar flares set the Sun quaking”
April 19 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet 139P/Vaisala-Oterma –
Perihelion (3.403 AU)
“Solar system ‘bounce’ may send comets our way”
“Moon’s birth changed the length of days on Earth”
April 20 2008 – 10:25 UT –
The Full Pink Moon
April 20 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 946 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“Machines magnifying meteorites’ effects?”
“Could There Be Life On Saturn’s Moon Enceladus?”
April 21 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
Comet C/2007 K3 (Siding Spring) –
Perihelion (2.051 AU)
Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
Asteroid 1198 Atlantis Closest Approach To Earth (1.709 AU)
“How the Peruvian Meteorite Made It to Earth”
“NASA Image of the Day: Spider Crater, Western Australia”
April 22 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Lyrids (LYR) Meteor Shower Peak
Lyrids (LYR) Meteor Shower – SkyMap looking up before sunrise this morning
Asteroid 2008 FU6 flyby – miss distance 62 LD, magnitude 16, size = 1.4Km
Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (3.929 AU)
April 23 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13
Asteroid 3192 A’Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.182 AU)
Asteroid 84225 Verish Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.689 AU)
“Glaciers Reveal Martian Climate Has Been Recently Active”
“Solar system could go haywire before the Sun dies”
“Herschel spacecraft assembly complete”
April 24 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13
Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.938 AU)
Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (2.690 AU)
“Gasping for Breath in the Jurassic Era”
“Plethora of interacting galaxies on Hubble’s birthday”
“Planets, gods and days”
“Illuminating Life”
“Black holes reveal more secrets”
April 25 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 5535 Annefrank –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.196 AU)
Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (3.531 AU)
“Solar System photo journey”
April 26 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.493 AU)
“Spring brings plenty of star gazing highlights”
“Europe launches sat-nav tester”
April 27 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 947 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet Mrkos –
Perihelion (1.469 AU)
Asteroid 6456 Golombek –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.004 AU)
“Demotion of Pluto still stirs passionate debate”
April 28 2008 – 14:12 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter
April 28 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 946 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2005 LV30 Near-Pallas Flyby (0.050 AU)
Asteroid 2005 TB flyby – miss distance 47 LD, magnitude 18, size = 1.3Km
Eugene Shoemaker’s 80th Birthday (1928)
April 29 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
April 2008 Global Aurora Gallery
Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.504 AU)
“Artificial intelligence boosts science from Mars”
“Scientist Says There Is Life on Venus Clouds”
“GIOVE-B spacecraft in good health”
“Planets will wander over next few months”
April 30 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2007 M3 (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (3.094 AU)
Asteroid 2001 DQ8 flyby – miss distance 74 LD, magnitude 17, size = 1.1Km
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto & Pallene
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May 2008 Celestial Events & Space Research News
May 2008 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL May 1st
May 2008 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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May 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
May 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – May 2008
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
Night Sky – May
May 01 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 23990 Springsteen Closest Approach To Earth (1.313 AU)
“The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Announces 2008 Award Winners”
May 02 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 947 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
May 03 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 948 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
May 03/04 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Open House, Pasadena, California
May 04 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
As of today there are 949 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet 187P/LINEAR –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.765 AU)
Asteroid 6469 Armstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.159 AU)
Asteroid 243 Ida –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.967 AU)
“CO2 Condensation in Baroclinic Eddies on Early Mars”
“Mapping Mars from Wet to Dry”
May 05 2008 – 02:55 UT –
Cross-Quarter Day –
Beltaine
May 05 2008 – 12:18 UT –
New Moon
May 05 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
Eta Aquarids (ETA) Meteor Shower Peak – 18:00 UT
Eta Aquarids (ETA) Meteor Shower Peak 2008 – background
Eta Aquarids (ETA) Meteor Shower 2008 – Northern Hemisphere SkyMap
Eta Aquarids (ETA) Meteor Shower 2008 – Southern Hemisphere SkyMap
Asteroid 2008 HG flyby – miss distance 17 LD, magnitude 18, size = 90m
“Is There Life on Mars? Ask a Magnet”
May 05/11 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Week
May 06 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 15
“Ancient Asteroid Impact Coated Earth in Blanket of Beads”
“Rocky Mesas of Nilosyrtis Mensae, Mars”
May 07 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 951 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (2.305 AU)
“Comets might have caused ancient American extinctions 13,000 years ago”
“Earth might have had multiple moons in the past”
May 08 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Joint ESA/NASA team wins international award”
“Did Sask. spheroid kill the dinosaurs?”
May 09 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Methone & Janus
Comet 2003 KV2 (LINEAR) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.297 AU)
Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric –
Perihelion (3.894 AU)
Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.726 AU)
Asteroid 2008 DE flyby – miss distance 17 LD, magnitude 16, size = 550m
Asteroid 2008 HD2 flyby – miss distance 6.5 LD, magnitude 19, size = 40m
Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (2.076 AU)
“Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch”
“Magnetic rocks on Mars might harbour telltale signs of ancient life”
May 10 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 952 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Astronomy Day
Moon Occults Mars
Asteroid 2004 XM29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (1.677 AU)
“Why didn’t Earth freeze under faint young Sun?”
“Sky watch: Look for the M44, Beehive star cluster”
May 11 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2008 HR3 flyby – miss distance 3.1 LD, magnitude 17, size = 50m
Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.568 AU)
May 12 2008 – 03:47 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter
May 12 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini –
Titan Flyby
Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
May 13 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Major Fireball Events over New Mexico/northwest Texas areas May 12 – 4 videos
Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (0.325 AU)
Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.675 AU)
“Phoenix set to land on Mars”
“A Molecular Thermometer for the Distant Universe”
May 14 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 953 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Mercury –
At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (22 Degrees)
Comet Shoemaker 4 –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.821 AU)
Asteroid 2008 HW1 flyby – miss distance 72 LD, magnitude 17, size = 1.4Km
May 15 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Astronomers spot Milky Way’s youngest supernova”
May 16 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (1.534 AU)
Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (1.957 AU)
Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (2.717 AU)
“Crater in martian valley Mamers Valles”
May 17 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 34
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Calypso, Methone & Epimetheus
May 18 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23
Comet Mueller 5 –
Perihelion (4.214 AU)
Comet P/2003 KV2 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (1.060 AU)
May 19 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 30
Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.252 AU)
“Robot digger set for landing on Mars”
“Rendezvous with Mars”
May 20 2008 – 02:11 UT –
The Full Flower Moon
May 20 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 28
Comet 86P/Wild 3 –
Perihelion (2.301 AU)
Asteroid 8837 London Closest Approach To Earth (0.963 AU)
Asteroid 7861 Messenger Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
“DLR scientists produce an atlas of Saturn’s moon Dione”
May 21 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23
Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR –
Perihelion (1.417 AU)
“Exoplanet hunt update”
“Spacecraft searching for life-like conditions set to land on Mars”
May 22 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet 148P/Anderson-LINEAR –
Perihelion (1.703 AU)
Comet C/2007 K1 (Lemmon) –
Closest Approach To Earth (9.081 AU)
Asteroid 5145 Pholus Closest Approach To Earth (21.002 AU)
Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (1.957 AU)
“Timeline: Mars Express support to Phoenix landing”
“Mars rover discovers signs of hot springs”
“Chemistry Students to Research How Amino Acids Form on Meteorites”
“Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice”
May 23 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
May 2008 Aurora Gallery
Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (1.513 AU)
“Yellowstone-like hot spring deposits ‘found’ on Mars”
“New rover discovery points to Martian life”
May 24 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (3.423 AU)
Comet C/2007 T5 (Gibbs) –
Perihelion (4.049 AU)
Asteroid 11945 Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (1.997 AU)
Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (1.472 AU)
“Risky landing on Red Planet: Spacecraft to reach Mars, begin search for water and life”
May 25 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pallene, Atlas & Janus
Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (2.544 AU)
Phoenix Lands on Mars!
The landing site chosen for NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander on May 25th 2008
At about 68 degrees north latitude, it is much farther north than the
sites where previous spacecraft have landed on Mars
, NASA
click the image to access the
Mars Phoenix Lander mission homepage
May 26 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet 180P/NEAT –
Perihelion (2.469 AU)
Phoenix Mars Landing – NASA Mission Pages
“The Search for Life Touchdown! Phoenix safe on Mars as cheers erupt”
“Mars Express supports Phoenix Mars landing”
“Nasa’s Phoenix spacecraft lands on Mars”
“First images from Phoenix Mars lander”
May 27 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
Comet P/2001 K1 (NEAT) –
Perihelion (2.469 AU)
Asteroid 1995 CS Near-Mars Flyby (0.032 AU)
Polygons at the Phoenix Landing Site
May 28 2008 – 02:57 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter
May 28 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini –
Titan Flyby
Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley –
Perihelion (1.230 AU)
Descent of the Phoenix Lander
“After 422m miles, a parking lot on Mars”
“European manned spaceship shown off in Berlin”
“Coolest Pic of Another Planet You’ll See All Day”
“‘Meteorite’ lands near petrol pump in Hoshiarpur”
May 29 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Listen to Phoenix descend: recorded as Mars Express flew over
Watch Phoenix Descend: An ESA animation
On May 22nd NASA’s STEREO-A spacecraft photographed another cartwheel CME
“Astronomers map the metals in millions of Milky Way stars”
May 30 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Space Station Movie: The Sequel – 2Mb movie by Dirk Ewers in Hofgeismar, Germany
Asteroid 2005 YY128 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.022 AU)
“NASA’s Phoenix Lander Robotic Arm Camera Sees Possible Ice”
“Why our solar system is flat”
“Record spin for newfound asteroid”
“Was Mars too salty for life?”
May 31 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (2.137 AU)
“Youngest stellar explosion in our galaxy discovered”
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June 2008 Celestial Events & Space Research News
June 2008 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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June 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
June 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – June 2008
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
June 01 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 957 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pallene & Janus
Asteroid 2008 KO flyby – miss distance 4.4 LD, magnitude 18, size = 60m
“Martian success”
June 02 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2007 W3 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (1.776 AU)
Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.338 AU)
“Martian Soil Inside Phoenix’s Robotic Arm Scoop”
June 03 2008 – 19:23 UT –
New Moon
June 03 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 416 Vaticana –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)
Asteroid 9249 Yen Closest Approach To Earth (1.099 AU)
Asteroid 9349 Lucas Closest Approach To Earth (1.205 AU)
Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (1.283 AU)
Asteroid 2008 KT flyby – miss distance 3.3 LD, magnitude 20, size = 9m
“Heart of the Crab Pulsar Probed: First Direct Look Into the Core of a Neutron Star”
“Asteroid’s trajectory could pose danger for Earth in 2036”
June 04 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 956 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“Nano-imager will analyze samples from Mars”
“What’s slowing the Crab Pulsar?”
June 05 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2006 U6 (Spacewatch) –
Perihelion (2.498 AU)
Asteroid 25275 Jocelynbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.603 AU)
“Keep a vigilant eye on sky for meteors”
“Communications glitch delays Mars lander digging”
June 06 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
Kuiper Belt Object 28978 Ixion –
Closest Approach To Earth (40.804 AU)
“Adler Planetarium premieres ‘Cosmic Collisions'”
“In a lab at LVC, they search for cosmic hitchhikers”
“Hints of ‘time before Big Bang'”
“Hercules prowling the night sky”
“Latest ESA Bulletin (No. 134, May 2008) now online”
“Mysterious white material just below Martian topsoil – put on your 3D glasses”
June 07 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet 86P/Wild 3 –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.290 AU)
Asteroid 67 Asia –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.124 AU)
“Phoenix Mars Lander – Soil Sample Poised at TEGA Door”
“Soil Ready for Robotic Laboratory Analysis”
June 08 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
New Horizons –
Crosses Saturn’s Orbit
Moon Occults Mars
Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (1.786 AU)
“Dawning of the Age of Cosmozation”
June 09 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar –
Closest Approach To Earth (42.230 AU)
Asteroid 2008 LB flyby – miss distance 3.3 LD, magnitude 17, size = 26m
“Making Sense of Mars Methane”
“Flashes caused by meteorite shower”
“Expert: Water on Mars not likely to sustain life”
June 10 2008 – 15:04 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter
June 10 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
Asteroid 7328 Casanova Closest Approach To Earth (1.499 AU)
“Boffins apply steel concepts to planetary model”
“You, too, can find meteorites”
“NASA plans to visit the Sun, but President Bush cautioned ‘Don’t get burned'”
“Phoenix tries shake and sprinkle”
“Detective astronomers unearth hidden celestial gem”
June 11 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
Asteroid 20 Massalia –
At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
“Lift-off for Nasa space telescope”
June 12 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
News Release – IAU0804: Plutoid chosen as name for Solar System objects like Pluto
Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.210 AU)
Comet P/2008 A2 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (1.305 AU)
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
As of today there are 957 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (1.541 AU)
“GLAST into space: NASA’s mission to unlock cosmic mysteries”
“Sun to set on Ulysses solar mission on 1 July”
“Solar Eclipse Attracts International Interest”
June 13 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13
Comet 68P//Klemola –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
Asteroid 3 Juno –
At Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
Asteroid 2008 LG2 flyby – miss distance 9.2 LD, magnitude 19, size = 36m
Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.952 AU)
“Phoenix starts to get some reward”
“Crater expectations: privateers chase lunar prize”
“Exploring Mars in a B.C. lake”
June 14 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“NASA’s Phoenix Gets the Dirt on Mars”
“Total Solar Eclipse 2008, Live from China – From the Exploratorium”
“Phoenix rose to success after 1999 Mars setback”
“Mars team gets peek at dark, glassy bits in soil”
June 15 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Epimetheus & Prometheus
Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
June 16 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
Asteroid 149244 Kriegh Closest Approach To Earth (0.938 AU)
“Trio of ‘super-Earths’ discovered”
“‘Dodo-Goldilocks’ Trench Dug by Phoenix”
“Were Meteorites the Origin of Life on Earth?”
“Phoenix diary: Mission to Mars – Phoenix takes close look at Mars soil”
June 17 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
Asteroid 2008 LC flyby – miss distance 9.8 LD, magnitude 18, size = 55m
Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (2.394 AU)
“Phoenix: Digging of ‘Snow White’ Begins”
“NASA tests moon robots, rovers, spacesuits at Moses Lake”
June 18 2008 – 17:30 UT –
The Full Stawberry Moon
June 18 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
Solstice Moon Illusion – watch it tonight on YOUR local horizon!
Asteroid 4769 Castalia –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.562 AU)
Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (1.420 AU)
“Ancient astronomer’s text sells for $2.2 million”
“Martian Soil Gets Baked”
June 19 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
As of today there are 959 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet 51P/Harrington –
Perihelion (1.688 AU)
Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto –
Closest Approach To Earth (30.476 AU)
Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)
Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (2.128 AU)
June 20 2008 – 23:59 UT –
Alban Hefyn –
Summer Solstice
June 20 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
Pluto –
At Opposition
Lecture: The Heliospheric Magnetic Field, the Solar Wind & the Interstellar Medium
“Mars probe makes ‘ice’ discovery”
“Apollo Relic Reveals its Secrets”
“Phoenix makes ‘perfect’ discovery”
June 21 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
June 22 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
Comet 15P/Finlay –
Perihelion (0.970 AU)
Comet C/2007 G1 (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.077 AU)
Asteroid 2008 KN11 flyby – miss distance 9.0 LD, magnitude 18, size = 110m
June 23 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Atlas, Methone & Pan
Asteroid 2005 WC Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
“Is an eclipse mentioned in ancient Odyssey poem?”
“The time is right to send a manned mission to Mars”
June 24 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini) –
Perihelion (0.850 AU)
June 25 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (1.474 AU)
Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)
Asteroid 9548 Fortran Closest Approach To Earth (1.949 AU)
“Mars’ two-faced riddle ‘solved'”
“Early Acid Rain”
June 26 2008 – 12:10 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter
June 26 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2006 KZ39 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.026 AU)
Asteroid 9342 Carygrant Closest Approach To Earth (1.240 AU)
Asteroid 2000 AD205 flyby – miss distance 54 LD, magnitude 17, size = 800m
Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.311 AU)
“NASA spacecraft reveals largest crater in solar system”
“Looking for Early Earth … On the Moon”
June 26/27 2008 – 02:30 UT –
June Boötids (JBO) Meteor Shower Peak
June 26/28 2008 – International Conference, Moscow, Russia:
“100 Years Since Tunguska Phenomenon – Past, Present and Future”
June 27 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
June 2008 Global Aurora Gallery
Comet 69P/Taylor Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.159 AU)
Comet C/2007 W3 (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.575 AU)
Comet C/2008 E3 (Garradd) –
Closest Approach To Earth (4.528 AU)
Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.149 AU)
Asteroid 21564 Widmanstatten Closest Approach To Earth (2.222 AU)
“SOHO discovers its 1500th comet”
“Mars soil capable of sustaining plant life”
June 28 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Asteroid 162004 (1991 VE) Near-Mercury Flyby (0.033 AU)
Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.734 AU)
Asteroid 5554 Keesey Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
“Ancient mineral shows early Earth climate tough on continents”
“Ancient astronomy no universal theory”
June 29 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 1999 VU flyby – miss distance 65 LD, magnitude 16, size = 1.6Km
June 30 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan, Prometheus, Enceladus, Methone, Janus & Atlas
Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (1.420 AU)
100th Anniversary (1908), Tunguska Explosion Event
“June 30, 1908: A Very Close Encounter of the Second Kind”
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