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From Christian Science Monitor:
"In addition, they discovered that the largest known asteroid, Ceres, is probably a failed planet. It is not just a glob of rock. It is almost perfectly round, suggesting that it has a rocky core separated from an outer crust - like Earth. Only Jupiter's disrupti...
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This week, the asteroid Ceres reaches opposition, rising in the east as the sun sets in the west. With little interference from moonlight, you should have a great opportunity to spot Ceres.
Ceres is just under the limit of naked eye visibility (mag. 7), so a small pair of binoculars should show it...
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NASA has told the team developing an asteroid mission to "stand down" from launch preparations.
The Dawn spacecraft was scheduled for launch in June 2006 on a missiom to the large asteroids [url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&subForumID=163878&action=view...
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The largest known asteroid could contain more fresh water than Earth and looks like our planet in other ways, according to a new study that further blurs the line between planets and large space rocks.
Astronomers took 267 images of asteroid [url=http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/blo...
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