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Meet Asteroid Day Event Organisers Club de Geología Planetaria Kuiper – Bolivia

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In January 2019, Bryant González, the Venezuelan regional coordinator for Asteroid Day and founder of the Astronomical Backpackers project, was visiting Bolivia. He met Estefania Victoria Martínez Mayorga and noticed…

Success For JAXA’s Hayabusa2 Sample Return Capsule

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Hayabusa2’s sample capsule streaks across the sky on its return to Earth. Credit: JAXA. The Hayabusa2 sample capsule is safely back on Earth. It parachuted to a soft landing near…

Asteroid Day Highlighted Event – Prestigious Speakers Made Bolivia’s Asteroid Day 2020 A Success

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– To celebrate this year’s Asteroid Day and stay within the safety guidelines for the pandemic, the Kuiper Planetary Geology Club (Club de Geología Planetaria Kuiper) in Potosí, Bolivia organised…

So Long Arecibo – And Thanks For All The Asteroid News

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After the 57 years the Arecibo telescope has collapsed bringing an end to its working life. The image shows the observatory in its heyday. Credit: Arecibo Observatory / NSF. At…

Learn – What is an Asteroid?

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Learning Objective:  To understand what an asteroid is, and how they fit into the rest of the Solar System.  Overview: What is an asteroid? Asteroids are rocky and metallic celestial…