{"id":1616,"date":"2015-10-11T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2015-10-04T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T16:50:12","slug":"a-comet-an-asteroid-and-a-kbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=1616","title":{"rendered":"A Comet, an Asteroid, and a KBO"},"content":{"rendered":"
The ESA’s Rosetta and Philae observe a comet<\/strong><\/h5>\n
The ESA’s Rosetta <\/a>has been sending home images of comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko, AKA the Rubber Ducky. The odd shape of the comet was quite a surprise to scientists, and a hurdle for the landing of Philae.<\/a><\/div>\n

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\"Rosetta_s_comet_node_full_image_2\"<\/a>“By using high-resolution images taken between 6 August 2014 and 17 March 2015 to study the layers of material seen all over the nucleus, they have shown that the shape arose from a low-speed collision between two fully fledged, separately formed comets. “<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

READ More<\/a> about the shaping of the Rubber Ducky<\/span><\/div>\n
\"Approaching_perihelion_Animation\"<\/a>At perihelion, it is estimated that Comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko, was spewing out up to 300 kg of water vapour & 1000 kg of dust per second.<\/div>\n
READ More about <\/a>Rosetta at\u00a0 perihelion<\/div>\n
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\u00a0NASA’s Dawn reveals more about our largest asteroid, Ceres.<\/h5>\n
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Lots more images & video here<\/a><\/div>\n
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New Horizons to image a KBO\u00a0 (Maybe)<\/h5>\n
The next\u00a0 flyby will explore an ancient, intermediate-size Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) called 2014 MU69<\/div>\n
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“This flyby is contingent on NASA approving and funding a 4-year extension to the New Horizons mission \u2014 a decision planned for late summer 2016 (about when the last of our Pluto data reaches Earth)”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

READ More about this mission’s goals<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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