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Keck and Hubble Telescope Sees Impact on Jupiter

1 comment dhani — July 28, 2009 / 10:20 am

Scientists have found evidence that another object has bombarded Jupiter, exactly 15 years after the first impacts by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 — a comet that had been seen to break into many pieces before the pieces hit Jupiter in 1994. First discovered by Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley on July 19, the Pacific Ocean-sized [...]

Longest Total Eclipse on 21st Century

Comments dhani — July 24, 2009 / 10:35 am

The longest total solar eclipse during the 21st century, not to be surpassed until June 2132 has took place on 22 July 2009. It lasted a maximum of 6 minutes and 39 seconds off the coast of Southeast Asia,causing tourist interest in eastern China, Japan, India and Nepal. This was the second in the series [...]

Venus’ Fun Facts

Comments dhani — July 20, 2009 / 10:46 am

Venus is the sixth largest planet. Its orbit is almost circular and varies only 1%. It has the most perfect orbit of all of the planets. It is the second planet from the sun. Also, Venus’ rotation is the slowest of all planets. It takes 243 Earth days for it to rotate. The center of [...]

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