Woo! Science: Asteroids, satellites and a sneaky solar eclipse are what's 'up'
A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...
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What's a Planet and Why Is Pluto Not in the Planet Club Anymore? by Andrew Fraknoi
When astronomers realized that Ceres had many "relatives" in roughly the same region of the solar system, they began calling them asteroids or minor planets. But as you can see in the table at the ...
Four tiny planets are orbiting one of our nearest stars
MAROON-X looks for one such effect; the gravity of each planet tugs slightly on the star's position, meaning the star seems to wobble back and forth. MAROON-X measures the color of the light so ...
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Asteroid with potential of smashing into Earth spotted by scientists - before object revealed to be something very different
The discovery prompted immediate registration with the Minor Planet Center, highlighting the organisation's vigilance in tracking potential near-Earth objects. After just 17 hours, astronomers ...
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Minor planet named after artist Chen
The Chen Cheng-po Cultural Foundation yesterday announced that a minor planet has been named after late Taiwanese artist Chen Cheng-po (陳澄波). The International Astronomical Union in January approved ...
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Features of our solar system
but asteroids are much smaller than planets so are also known as 'minor planets'. As well as planets and moons, the solar system also contains dwarf planets, which are too small to be considered ...