Thursday, March 1, 2007
Beginning and Death of our Solar System
This video shows what will happen at the beginning of our Solar System and 5 billion years later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPfzHiwzyzk&NR
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This Month's Astronomy issue:
This is the April issue
Major Planet Mercury
The smallest and nearest major planet from the Sun
Major Planet Venus
The hottest and volcanic major planet
Major Planet Earth
The major planet where life stills exists in the Solar System
Major Planet Mars
The major planet with the tallest mountain and largest crater
Major Planet Jupiter
The largest major planet in our Solar System with the most number of moons and a very strong force of gravity
Major Planet Saturn
The major planet with the most beautiful and visible rings in the Solar System
Major Planet Uranus
The major planet that is tilted more than 90Degrees to its side
Major Planet Neptune
The major planet with the fastest winds in the Solar System
1st Best Picture This Month:
One of the best Jupiterian images taken by amateur astronomers onj Earth shows Jupiter and its largest moon Ganymede.
2nd Best Picture This Month:
The tempest image of Saturn's southern pole taken by NASA's Cassini in January 2007
3rd Best Picture This Month:
The galaxy M31's Halo never-before seen stars
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New Horizons Timeline
On January 19 2006,New Horizons was launch from Earth,almost a day later it pass our Moon's orbit,followed by Mars's orbit in 7 April 2006,Jupiter in February 28 2007,Saturn's orbit in June 8 2008,Uranus's orbit in March 18 2011,Neptune's orbit in August 24 2014,and finally pass Pluto in July 14 2015
New Horizons' Current Position
This picture shows where is the Pluto-bound spacecraft's current position(Updated every 1 to 2 days)Update:New Horizons is now leaving Jupiter at the speed it can go the highest by the next months
Discovery of Dwarf Planet Eris
This is the picture of a dwarf planet discovered in 2005 when astronomer Mike Brown was browsing his telescopic images taken in 2003 to 2005, this dwarf planet was beyond and larger than Pluto.Its first name was 2003UB313,the second Xena and finally the offical name was Eris.The small red dot beside it is actually her moon,Dysnomia
Discovery of 2 more of Dwarf Planet Pluto's moons
This are pictures I got from the website telling you guys how 2 of Pluto's moons Hydra and Nix were discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope team on October 31st 2005
Jupiter's Largest Moons
Unable to see Jupiter's 4 largest moons?Here's what it would look like in my telescope,but only 3 are included because at that time the other large moon Io was behind Jupiter,in this picture I took last December
Uranus's Largest Moons
This is a picture my penpal sent to me last month on Uranus and its largest moons,how?He has both a very sharp camera and telescope to capture this astounding image