Vesta flyby…up close and personal with an asteriod with a 9 mile high mountain…

by CJ | Sep 16, 2011 | Journal | 19 comments

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CJ on September 16, 2011 at 3:54 pm

As usual the link doesn’t work in the post—but they do in the comments: this one should get you there.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-293
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Xheralt on September 16, 2011 at 4:32 pm

Watch out, New Jersey! http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/falling-down-on-new-jersey.html
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CJ on September 16, 2011 at 4:38 pm

Ah, yes!
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BlueCatShip on September 16, 2011 at 7:04 pm

Yesterday’s CBS national news mentioned a discovery of a planet orbiting a pair of stars, but I’ve slept since then and forgotten the name and number, but the ending was B.
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CJ on September 16, 2011 at 7:48 pm

It’s called Tattooine. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-292
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paul on September 16, 2011 at 8:22 pm

The official name, IIRC, is Kepler-12(A-B)b, as CJ says, known as Tattooine by everybody but the most diehard professional astronomers.
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- paul on September 16, 2011 at 8:34 pm
  
  OK, I’m old, I misremember things. It’s 16, not 12.
  
  q.v. http://news.yahoo.com/planet-star-wars-tatooine-discovered-orbiting-2-suns-181404397.html
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P J Evans on September 16, 2011 at 8:36 pm

The artist’s conception with the planet and stars lining up would make a heck of a book cover. It’s worthy of Chesley himself. (I almost need dark glasses to look at it.)
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chomiji on September 16, 2011 at 9:06 pm

Somehow I found myself thinking about our favorite miner jocks trying to tag the thing …
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- CJ on September 17, 2011 at 7:03 am
  
  Lol—I’m pretty sure one of the big mining companies will have nabbed that one first!
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cherryhfan on September 17, 2011 at 12:36 am

“Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away…” maybe it WAS tatooine. Who knows?
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CapnKirk on September 17, 2011 at 8:12 am

Speaking of space adventures, “Jedi Kittens Strike Back”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z3r9X8OahA
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CJ on September 17, 2011 at 9:00 am

I love it!
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BlueCatShip on September 17, 2011 at 1:41 pm

Oh neat, thanks! Huh, two stars in a swirling dance.

Loved the Jedi kittens.
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horsewisevt on September 17, 2011 at 5:44 pm

that reminds me of a great video I saw a few years ago: free range studios made it ( stellar work and causes:)…

storewars.org I think is the site/ link, but is also on youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVrIyEu6h_E

there is also a matrix spoof meatrix.com

several others too, but I think those are the best;)
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- Raesean on September 19, 2011 at 8:46 pm
  
  Oh my goodness but Grocery Store Wars was funny!
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82Eridani on September 18, 2011 at 12:44 pm

“Search your peelings, Cuke…” Loved the video, horsewisevt!
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surdumil on September 22, 2011 at 7:44 am

Have you seen the aurora fly-over movie on SpaceWeather?
Wow!
Movie special effects have come a long way, but
real life can be far more surreal and beautiful.
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CJ on September 22, 2011 at 10:19 am

http://spaceweather.com/swpod2011/22sep11/media.mp4?PHPSESSID=12vqq5pmbm2b8lelcpq1i0jet5
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