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12:15 AM

I'm not sure if the next scheduled lecture "Images of the Infant Universe" on latest results from the Planck telescope will be webcast live, but if it will be, it should be here youtube.com/user/SVAstronomyLectures .... I won't have the time for updates, that's all I've got on it

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3:13 AM

astrobites: Away From it All: Dwarf Galaxies in Voids

posted on November 13, 2014 by Andrew Emerick

Nature vs. nurture in the evolution of galaxies is not completely understood. Where a galaxy is found, its environment, can play an important role in determining the properties of that galaxy. This may not always be true, however.

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PearsonArtPhoto

11:48 AM

Philea did what anyone who's first tried to land on a small gravitational body in KSP does, bounced;-)

And tipped it sideways.

TildalWave

12:14 PM

well it's not hooked or screwed in obviously so all that happened is (that bit of) gravity

it would be interesting to know what's the centrifugal force at its current landing site wrt the gravity

and if there's whales :)

TildalWave

12:30 PM

anyway, we shall see in 30 minutes

wow the media briefing will last 2 hours ... that means there's a lot to say / explain

PearsonArtPhoto

12:46 PM

I think I just fixed a bug that's been vexing me for a long time...

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12:57 PM

Rosetta Philae landing / Media Briefing on 1st day on a comet is now webcast live from ESOC via Livestream.

Stu

1:52 PM

so the lander is lost...

is that what they are getting at?

Rory Alsop

@Stu No... just not exactly located yet. They have said it's almost certainly in that area on the head of the duck

Stu

ah okay thanks

i was listening on and off

Rory Alsop

There was a nice image showing the possible location region, but I didn't get a chance to capture it

This site is being pretty quick with images

unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=7896&st=360

Blue is the landing area. Red was landing site 1

Stu

ah cool! thank you

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PearsonArtPhoto

3:38 PM

So, I got accepted in this. nasa.gov/social-orion-multicenter

geoffc

3:51 PM

Which center will you be at?

PearsonArtPhoto

Goddard.

So that means I can probably see the JWST.

geoffc

Woo Hoo! Do not drop a Junior Mint into it! :) (Bad Seinfeld reference!)

PearsonArtPhoto

I haven't RSVPed yet, but I'll get there.

I hear most big telescope mirrors have dings from people dropping screwdrivers and the like on them.

geoffc

Beryllium ones too? :)

I am not a US citizen, on a green card, not sure if that would suffice, per their rules.

PearsonArtPhoto

Don't know.

It sounds like you can go, but might be limited to where you can go.

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4:37 PM

NASA Image of the Day: Welcome to a Comet, from Lander on Surface

posted on November 13, 2014

The Philae lander of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two images from the lander's CIVA camera confirm. One of the lander’s three feet can be seen in the foreground. The view is a two-image mosaic taken on Nov. 12, 2014. The lander separated from the orbiter at 09:03 UTC (1:03 a.m. PST) for touch down on com…

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