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Report from AAS: Exoplanets (and exo-asteroids, and exo-comets) everywhere
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/01/08 06:52 CST | 7 comments
This year's American Astronomical Society meeting featured tons and tons of news on exoplanets. They're everywhere! And not just planets, but also asteroids, comets, and more....
NITARP seeks educators for NASA astronomy research
Posted by Luisa Rebull on 2012/08/27 08:00 CDT
NITARP seeks educators interested in teaming up with NASA astronomers to perform genuine astronomical research.
Salacia: As big as Ceres, but much farther away
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/06/26 12:27 CDT | 10 comments
A newly published paper shows trans-Neptunian object Salacia to be unexpectedly large; it's somewhere around the tenth largest known thing beyond Neptune. It has a companion one-third its size, making it appear similar to Orcus and Vanth.
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