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Northern hot springs
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Hum,
It seems Enceladus is not alone in having a polar hotspot... :smile:
Researchers have found the Earth's most northernmost underwater hot springs, spouting out of the seabed in the otherwise chilly waters of the Norwegian Sea. It's a veritable oasis featuring tropical-like coral and u...
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Comet C/2008 A1 (McNaught)
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A new magnitude 15.2 comet was discovered by Rob H. McNaught (Siding Spring) on images taken with the 0.5 meter Uppsala Schmidt telescope on January 10, 2008. The comet was confirmed on the following day by J Young (Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood), E Guido and G Sostero (Mayhill), S. G...
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Comet 2008 R6 (Giacobini)
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Comet P/1896 R2 = Comet 2008 R6 (Giacobini) The magnitude 15 Comet 2008 R6 (Giacobini) was recovered by amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki (Yamagata), on September 10, 2008 using a CCD camera on a 0.6 m Newtonian. The new comet is probably the reappearance of 1896 R2 (Giacobini). Comet P/1896 R2 (...
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Comet P/2008 R4 (Korlevic)
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Comet P/1999 WJ7 = Comet P/2008 R4 (Korlevic) The magnitude 17.9 comet P/1999 WJ7 was discovered on the 28th November, 1999 by Korado Korlevic (Visnjan). Comet P/1999 WJ7 was recovered by H.T. Bressi and J.V. Scotti on September 9, 2008 with the 0.9-m f/3 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak, telesco...
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Asteroid 1996 HW1
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The 3.7 km wide Amor NEO 8567 (1996 HW1) will pass 0.135076 AU (53 Lunar Distances) from the Earth-moon system on the 12th September, 2008. The asteroid will appear as a slow moving magnitude 12 star in the constellation Pisces. The asteroid was discovered by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak on the 23rd Apri...
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Comet P/2008 R2 (Scotti)
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The comet was first discovered by J.V. Scotti (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) in December 14, 2001 and named comet P/2001 X1 (Scotti). The comet was identified on images taken by the MT. Lemmon survey dating from September 13, 2007 and October 8, 2007. J.V. Scotti (Spacewatch, Kitt Peak) recovere...
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Anthe and Methone Arcs
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Recent Cassini spacecraft images show arcs of material co-orbiting with the Saturnian moons Anthe and Methone. Expand (132kb, 591 x 551) Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Cassini imaging scientists believe t...
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Asteroid 2006 FT9
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A mythological hero of the Trojan Wara man the poet Virgil called the single most just man among the Trojans and the best preserver of fairnessnow has a place in the cosmos, roughly the size of Grand Rapids, thanks to Calvin students and faculty. In late August 2008, a rare asteroid discovered at Calvi...
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Asteroid 2003 WT153
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[url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2003%20WT153;orb=1;c...
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Asteroid (23408) 1977 TU3
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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Mountain_Observatory]Purple
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2007 TG422
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The Scattered-Disk Object 2007 TG422 was discovered by the Apache Point observatory on 3 Oct. 2007. q=35.561 AU Q=927.509 AU H=6.1 Diameter ~204 km MPEC 200839 -- Edited by Blobrana at 22:10, 2008-08-24
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Comet C/2008 O3 (Boattini)
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On July 29, 2008, A. Boattini (MT. Lemmon Survey) announced the discovery of a new comet, which was confirmed by R. Holmes (Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston). The preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2008 O3 (Boattini) indicate a perihelion passage on June 1, 2008, at a dist...
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COMET C/2008 O1 (SOHO)
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Asteroid (35107) 1991 VH
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Observations of (35107) 1991 VH in 2008 provide an exceptional opportunity to characterize the dynamics, morphology, and physical properties of a binary (or multiple) system. High resolution images obtained over a suitable range of aspect angles will provide detailed information on the regol...
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21782 Davemcdonald
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The IAU has announced the asteroid 1999 - RV239 is now officially named (21782)Davemcdonald, after Dave McDonald of Kildare who is a keen astronomer, specialising in CCD imaging. 21782 Davemcdonald orbits between Mars and Jupiter, and is currently at magnitude 21, however , in mid- 2009 it wil...
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