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    Did you know? The James Webb telescope

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    Did you know? The James Webb telescope

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    A Truly Australian Star

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    A Truly Australian Star

    Did you know? the Kuiper Belt

    • Nov 7, 2021
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    Did you know? the Kuiper Belt

    Did you know? Binary Stars

    • Oct 10, 2021
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    Did you know? Binary Stars

    Did You know?...Equinoxes.

    • Sep 8, 2021
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    Did You know?...Equinoxes.

    Did you know? Artificial Satellites

    • Aug 8, 2021
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    Did you know? Artificial Satellites

    Did you know?...the asteroid belt

    • Jul 26, 2021
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    Did you know?...the asteroid belt

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    21st April 1702 Maria Kirch discovers a previously unknown comet becoming the first woman to make such a discovery. Dubbed the "Comet...
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    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Dec 31, 2020
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    Elizabeth Cocking continues this astronomical blog post sequence in 2021. Each month she looks back on astronomical happenings, and the...
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    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Nov 4, 2020
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    Each month astronomical events and the births of people in history connected to astronomy are featured. Brush up on your knowledge!
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    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Sep 30, 2020
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    NASA becomes operational (1958) ; Luna 3 photographs the far side of the Moon (1959) : the Parker solar probe approaches the Sun (2018)
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    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Jul 31, 2020
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    13th August 1898 The asteroid Eros is discovered by the German astronomer Gustav Witt at the Urania Observatory in Berlin, and...
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    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Apr 30, 2020
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    13 May 1861 John Tebbutt discovers the Great Comet of 1861, also known as Comet C/1861 J1, one of the most brilliant comets known. He...
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    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Mar 1, 2020
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    7 March 1831 The Royal Astronomical Society receives its Royal charter from King William IV. The society was founded in 1820 as the...
    Did you know? Comets...dirty snowballs
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Jun 3, 2019
    • 1 min
    Did you know? Astronomical tidbits

    Did you know? Comets...dirty snowballs

    The long and short of it….. the orbital period of comets can range from long period comets like Comet McNaught, 92,700 years, to Comet...
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