Colman’s Space Page

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Space – Space Weather
Milky Way Sol System –  Sol – Mercury – Venus
Earth – Space Stations – Spacecraft – Satellites – Luna 
Mars – Jupiter – Saturn – Neptune – Uranus – Pluto
Galaxies and Nebulas – The Milky Way – Stars (Constellations)
Asteroid Belts – Comets – Exoplanets – Spacer Organisations

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Space

Sol–Earth  Colman’s  Extreme Hazards Library
Asteroid Impact  (small 1-3)  Asteroid impact  (LARGE 4-5)  Solar Flare

ESA / Applications / Observing the Earth / Copernicus / Sentinel-1

https://www.instagram.com/esa_earth/

European Space Agency – Web TV – Seriously a nice logo for the tv viewers?

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Space Weather

GBR_SpaceWeather_T02025_11_27 World-first data collected in innovative space weather project Author: UK Met Office  Following a trial launch of the weather balloons in October, a solar flare – classified as an X5 event – occurred on 11 November and caused a Ground Level Enhancement (GLE). Captured by monitoring equipment at ground level, the GLE triggered, as planned, rapid deployment of radiation monitors affixed to weather balloons launched in unison from Met Office sites at Lerwick and Camborne, as well as a KNMI site in De Bilt.

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Sol – Earth’s Solar system – MilkyWay_Sol – MWy_Sol

https://sarahmaths.com/blogs/beginner-astrophotography/beginner-astrophotography-equipment

Lumen Learning Astronomy course It’s about a 12 year old reading level, say after Harry Potter and before Lord of the Rings.

_{Eh, this is quite complicated for a six year old? Oh, you couldn’t read then, they have mobile phones now.}

Wikipedia – Sol system – Earth’s Solar system – Earth “Mostly Harmless” Douglas Adams

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Sol – Earth’s Sun – MilkyWay_Sol

Solar Orbiter Wikipedia “The Solar Orbiter (SolO) is a Sun-observing probe developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contribution. Solar Orbiter, designed to obtain detailed measurements of the inner heliosphere and the nascent solar wind, will also perform close observations of the polar regions of the Sun which is difficult to do from Earth.”

ESA – Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter mission

ESA Instagram Slide into the most detailed view of the Sun ever captured! These stunning new images from our Solar Orbiter mission take us closer than ever before to understanding our dynamic and complex home star.

ESA – Proba Missions

ESA Heliophysics – Proba 3 Launch T2024_DEC_05 – Instagram

USA National Solar Observatory – Wikipedia

JAXA – The Sun – Uncovering
New features of our Closest Star

Solar Observation – Instrument Sites

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Solar Storms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm

“The first scientific observation of the effects of a geomagnetic storm occurred early in the 19th century: from May 1806 until June 1807, Alexander von Humboldt recorded the bearing of a magnetic compass in Berlin. On 21 December 1806, he noticed that his compass had become erratic during a bright auroral event.” Colman’s comment: A large Solar Storm is an event large enough to change the Earth’s magnetic field.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Category: Geomagnetic_storms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_solar_storms

MilkyWay_Sol_T01859_SEP_01 Solar Storm Carrington Event

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240815-miyake-events-the-giant-solar-superstorms-that-could-rock-earth

A solar storm the size of the Carrington Event could knock out the backbone of the Internet Astronomy.com 10 May 2024

USA_SkyJinks.GOV What was the Carrington Event? “A few days later, on September 1, English astronomer Richard C. Carrington is studying a group of sunspots (through dark filters that protect his eyes, of course). Around 11:00 AM, he sees a sudden flash of intense white light from the area of the sunspots. Seventeen hours later, the night sky in North America and as far south as Panama in Central America lights up like daytime. It is another wave of even brighter Auroras. People read newspapers by the light. Gold miners in the Rocky Mountains wake up and make coffee, bacon and eggs at 1:00 AM, thinking the Sun has risen on a cloudy morning.

We’re overdue a once-a-century solar storm. If a Carrington Event struck today, it would be catastrophic BBC Sky at Night Published: July 3, 2024 at 9:14 am

The Carrington Event: History’s greatest solar storm By Andrew May, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated June 24, 2022

What if the Carrington Event, the largest solar storm ever recorded, happened today LiveScience.com last updated March 26, 2024

Carrington Events – Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics Volume 59, 2021

Carrington Event still provides warning of Sun’s potential 161 years later NASA Space Flight written by Chris Gebhardt August 28, 2020

MilkyWay_Sol_T02025_11_14 Solar Flare

MilkyWay_Sol_T02025_11_11 Solar Storm

MilkyWay_Sol_T02024 Solar Storm

HelioPhysics Postdoc – Phd in AstroPhysics – Dr Charlotte Waterfall Instagram space_waterfallc

T02024_OCT_11 Aurora Borealis – Unusual for Ireland Solar storm Charlotte’s Insta – IRL_Photos Insta LadBible Aurora Australis AUS_Tasmania Insta auroraaustralistas 12 Oct their time

Accuweather A severe geomagnetic storm could cause colorful auroras over Northern California and Alabama 10 Oct, 2024 3:16 PM IST | Updated 11 Oct, 2024 4:32 PM IST

RTE News ‘Wonderful treat’ as Northern Lights visible in skies across Ireland Updated / Friday, 11 Oct 2024 15:30

MilkyWay_Sol_T02001_04_02 Largest Solar Flare ever recorded NASA Biggest Solar Flare on Record Monday’s solar flare produced an R4 radio blackout on the sunlit side of the Earth. An R4 blackout, rated by the NOAA SEC, is second to the most severe R5 classification.

MilkyWay_Sol_T01973 Solar Storm GLE 55/73

• Instagram SpaceWaterfallc
• Particle Radiation Environment in the Heliosphere: Status, limitations and recommendations

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☿ Mercury

MilkyWay_Sol_Mer – Sol_Mer

NASA Instagram Mercury seen from MESSENGER spacecraft

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♀Venus

MilkyWay_Sol_Venus – Sol_Ven

Nasa Instagram Venus seen from Mariner 10

Space UK Gov Instagram Venus Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

MilkyWay_Sol_Venus Reference Information

Venus Missions

USA – NASA – Pioneer Venus 1

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♁ Earth

MilkyWay_Sol_Earth – Sol_Ert

Available Solar Radiation – https://www.hukseflux.com/library/measuring-sunlight-what-instrument-to-use

T02024_09_25 Asteroid 2024 PT5
The science behind the ‘mini moon’ entering Earth’s orbit BBC video

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Earth’s Moon – Sol_Ert_Luna – Ert_LUN

Luna seen from the ISS photo “The Last Quarter Moon is pictured above the Earth’s horizon as the International Space Station orbited 273 miles over the Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica.”

Ert_LUN Umbra and Penumbra NASA

Ert_LUN Umbra, Penumbra and Antumbra Wikipedia

Lunar Missions

USA – NASA – Able 1 (Pioneer 0) Crashed

USA – NASA – Sol_Ert_Lun Spacecraft launches List Moon Missions

USA – Blue origin – Blue Moon spacecraft

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Earth Space Stations

Wikipedia List of space stations

Future Space Stations

Russia plans to create core of new space station by 2030 By Reuters July 2, 2024

International Space Station

NASA

ESA

Wikipedia RTE News

Where is the ISS ESA

View of the ISS Instagram aispaceship 18 Sep 2024

25th Anniversary of the International Space Station Instagram Australian Space Agency

Space.com  International Space Station

China – Tiangong Space Station

Space.com China releases 1st images of complete Tiangong space station (photos) By Robert Lea

Tiangong – “whose name means “Heavenly Palace” – “Located at 217 and 280 miles (340 to 450 kilometers) over the planet, the first unit of the Tiangong  known as Tianhe  arrived in low-Earth orbit in 2021. Its first crew, Shenzhou 12, arrived at the space station on June 16, 2021.” They spent 90 days at the station, which was three times longer than any prior taikonaut mission. The second and third units of the space station, Wentian and Mengtian,  were launched in 2022 and 2023, respectively. This completed the 180-foot (55-meter) long station, which weighs 77 tons and is about 20% as large as the International Space Station.

USSR – MIR

Wikipedia

USA – Skylab

NASA

Wikipedia

USSR – Salyut series – Salyut 1 – Salyut 3 – Salyut 4 – Salyut 5 – Salyut 7

Earth – Spacers – Astronauts – Cosmonauts – Taikonauts – Moonwalkers – Rocketeers

First Irishgurl (‘duine chromecheann’) in space :

First Irishguy (‘duine chromecheann’) in space:

Colman’s Space Vocabulary as Gaeilge

(An cead duine chromecheann – First spacer)
(le fithis dreige – LEO) (ar an ard fithis – HEO)
(ar an spásuair fithis – Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, GEO)
(thart Luna – round the Moon) (fithis trasna Luna – Lunar orbit) (ar Luna – on the Earth’s Moon)
(Lunasiúlóir – Moonwalker) (Lunastiúrthóir – MoonCommander)
(go Mars – to Mars) (ar Mars – on Mars)
(Marsiúlóir – Marswalker) (Marstiúrthóir – MarsCommander)

First Human in Space – Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

Wikipedia – Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes.

First American in Space – Alan Shepard

First American Female in Space – Sally K. Ride 

First American Black Female in Space – Dr. Mae Carol Jemison

https://www.instagram.com/africanarchives/  Instagram photo – Dr. Mae Carol Jemison

Instagram Australian Space Agency “The stars don’t look bigger, but they are brighter.”

First British Cosmonaut in Space Dr Helen Sharman trained by Roscosmos

ESA Helen Sharman Wiki Helen Sharman

First British Astronaut in Space – Instagram Tim spent 186 days in space, landing back on Earth on 18 June 2016. spacegovuk On this day in 2015 @astro_timpeake became the first UK @europeanspaceagency astronaut to fly to the International Space Station.

ESA Tim Peake Wiki Tim Peake

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Earth – Spacecraft

Wiki – 2025 in spaceflight 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

“An Cead Cnapín Eireanneach le fithis dreige thar ár bplainéad.”
The first Irish lumpín in LEO.
“Buail an cnap os cionn na talún.” Get the lump off the ground.
“Lasadh na tinte, beigh deochaint anocht.” Light the fires, there’ll be drinktalk tonight.

T02024_SEP_15 SpaceX Polaris Dawn Splashdown Instagram

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Solar Sail Ships

UK Independant Nasa unfurls giant solar sail – and you can see it from Earth

Centuries after it was first theorised, the sunlight propulsion method could herald a new era of space exploration Anthony Cuthbertson 03 Sep 2024

Star Trek – https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bajoran_lightship

Space.com – NASA’s solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space by Meredith Garofalo August 31, 2024

“NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) caught a ride to space on April 24 on Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle and, at the end of August, NASA shared in a release that its mission operators verified the technology reached full deployment in space. On Thursday, Aug. 29 (T02024_AUG_29) at 1:33 p.m. EDT (5:33 UTC), the team obtained data indicating the test of the sail-hoisting boom system was a success.”

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Big rockets

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Space Shuttles

USA Air and Space museum Instagram Space Shuttle “Enterprise” Space Shuttle “Discovery”

USA Air and Space museum Instagram USSR – Buran “Snowstorm” shuttle “Sputnik”

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Earth – Satellites

European Space Agency – Euclid Space Telescope

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid

T02024_OCT_19 SciTechDaily Euclid “Dark Universe” Telescope Unveils Stunning 208-Gigapixel Window Into the Cosmos By European Space Agency (ESA)

European Space Agency – Copernicus Sentinel Constellation

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission provides high-resolution optical imagery for a wide range of applications including land, water and atmospheric monitoring. The mission is based on a constellation of two identical satellites flying in the same orbit but 180° apart: Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B. Together, they cover all of Earth’s land and coastal waters every five days.

With Sentinel-2C now in orbit, it will soon replace its predecessor, Sentinel-2A, following a brief period of tandem observations. Sentinel-2D will eventually take over from Sentinel-2B. Later, it is planned that the Sentinel-2 Next Generation mission will then ensure data continuity beyond 2035.

ESA T02024_09_05 Sentinel-2C joins the Copernicus family in orbit at 05:02 CEST, ESA received the all-important signal indicating that the satellite was safely in orbit. Sol_Ert_T02024_SEP_05_0502B

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 ♂Mars

MilkyWay_Sol_Mars – Sol_Mar

NASA Instagram Mars seen from Viking Orbiter 1

Space UK Gov Instagram Mars

CNSA – Mars Rovers – Zhurong

NASA – Mars Rovers – Curiosity – Perseverance

USA NASA T02025_11_13 NASA website ESCAPADE NASA Fact sheet

USA T02025_11_13 ESCAPADE Spacecraft Blue origin Instagram story Last week, New Glenn launched NASA’s ESCAPADE on a journey to the Red Planet. See more photos from the NG-2 mission in our gallery at the link in the bio.

ESA Instagram T02024_OCT_25 MARS South Pole Photos Our Mars Express has captured stunning images of the south polar region of Mars…

CHN_CNSA_T02021_AUG_31 Trekking 100 days on Mars, Zhurong drives further south with efficiency

USA_TimeMagasine_T02013_DEC_19 An Inside Look at the Mars Curiosity Rover

Sky News The likely cause of the biggest ever seismic event recorded on Mars has been revealed following a UK-led study. By Tom Acres, technology reporter Tuesday 17 October 2023 14:09, UK

USA_TimeMagasine_T02021_FEB_18 What Perseverance, NASA’s New Mars Rover, Will Be Doing in its Years on the Red Planet

Mars Moon – Mar_Demios

NASA – Sol_Mar_Demios

Wikipedia – Sol_Mar_Demios

Mars Moon – Mar_Phobos

ESA Instagram T02024_NOV_11 Sol_Mar_Phobos

NASA – Sol_Mar_Phobos

Wikipedia – Sol_Mar_Phobos

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♃ Jupiter

MilkyWay_Sol_Jupiter – Sol_Jup

Jupiter to Reach Opposition, Closest Approach to Earth in 59 Years! Beth RidgewayPosted on September 16, 2022 – NASA – Jupiter Sept 2022 + 59 years is? 2081AD Where to? With Juno at Io at present and visiting Ganymede and Europa, a little wager might say first landing there, however Callisto is the rocky one and …

Jupiter’s opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear larger and brighter than any other time of the year. But that’s not all. Jupiter will also make its closest approach to Earth since 1963 – almost six decades ago!

NASA Hubble Instagram 02023_11_02 Jupiter seen from Hubble space telescope

ESA Instagram – Jupiter and Jupiter’s Great Red Spot – T02023Dec10 – T02024Mar08

CAN_SpaceAgency Col Chris Hadfield Instagram Jupiter T02017_APR_03

Jupiter Exploratory Spacecraft

T01989_OCT_18_Sol_Jup spacecraft Galileo

NASA Wikipedia

T02011_AUG_11_Sol_Jup spacecraft Juno

NASA Wikipedia

Jupiter Moon – Jup_Europa

USA_NASA_T02024 nasa_jetpropulsionlaboratory SWIM Sensing with independent microswimmers Instagram

NASA Instagram Europa seen from Galileo spacecraft

Jup_Europa Exploratory Spacecraft

T02024_OCT_14_Sol_Jup spacecraft Europa Clipper

NASA Wikipedia

T02023_APR_12 RTE News Search for alien life extends to Jupiter’s icy moons Colman’s comment: Well, there was a Solar storm and it put off the launch by two days, we put the story 18 months before the proposed launch date.

T02024_OCT_14 NEWS RTE News USA CBS News GBR BBC News GBR Sky News GBR The Guardian Space.com

T02024_OCT_14 Launch Instagram NASA JPL BBC News Planetary Society

Jupiter Moon – Jup_Io

Australian Space Agency Instagram Io seen from Juno spacecraft Oct02023AD

Tvashtar Paterae Wikipedia – Tvashtar Paterae (Plates/Bowls of Tvashtar – Latin) compose an active volcanic region of Jupiter’s moon Io located near its north pole. It is a series of paterae, or volcanic craters. It is named after Tvashtar, the Hindu god of blacksmiths.

Jupiter Moon – Jup_Callisto

NASA – Callisto NASA Insta – Meet Callisto

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♄ Saturn

MilkyWay_Sol_Saturn – Sol_Sat

astronauticspage Instagram Saturn through a 6-inch telescope:

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, is a gas giant known for its iconic rings made of ice and rock. It’s the second-largest planet in the solar system and has at least 145 moons, including Titan, which has lakes of liquid methane. Saturn’s atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium, with winds reaching 1,800 km/h.

MilkyWay_Sol_Saturn Reference Information

NASA Instagram Saturn seen from Cassini spacecraft

The NASA Listing “Known Natural Satellites of Saturn” only has 63 of these named…. so on T02024_DEC_08 there’s 146-63 = 83 of Saturn’s Moons awaiting names…….

Saturn Moon – Sat_Titan

NASA Instagram Titan seen from Cassini spacecraft

Saturn Moon – Sat_Rhea

NASA Instagram Rhea and Titan seen from Cassini spacecraft

Saturn Moon – Sat_Mimas

NASA Instagram Sat_Mimas Rings and Moons

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♆ Neptune

MilkyWay_Sol_Neptune – Sol_Nep

NASA Instagram Neptune seen from Voyager 2 spacecraft

USA PBS video – Five Facts About the Farthest Planet in our Solar System

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♅ Uranus

MilkyWay_Sol_Uranus – Sol_Ura

ESA Instagram Photos T02023_SEP_17 Sol_Uranus

USA_NASA Uranus Planet Uranus Facts

TheSkyatNight.com How far away is Uranus?

Sol_Ura_Moons

Wikipedia Moons of Uranus “Uranus has five major moons: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. They range in diameter from 472 km for Miranda to 1578 km for Titania.”

NASA – Uranus Moons – Uranus has 28 known moons. (seenT02024) “The most recently discovered moon was first spotted in November 2023. It’s currently designated at S/2023 U1, and will eventually be named for a literary character like the other moons of Uranus.”

BBCNews T02024_NOV_11 Moons of Uranus might be home to life

MilkyWay_Sol_Uranus – Sol_Ura_Ariel Col Chris Hadfield Instagram Ariel, Uranus’s 4th-largest moon, is thought to be made of equal parts rock & ice; @nasa is planning the Uranus Orbiter & Probe mission to go see, mid 2030s. (Reported 05Jan2025 – photo)

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♇ Pluto

MilkyWay_Sol_Pluto – Sol_Plu

GeoScientist – The geological heart of a dwarf planet

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Galaxies and Nebulas

USA NASA Galaxies Basics NASA Hubble site Galaxies

AUS Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing

A galaxy is a gravitationally bound entity, typically consisting of dark matter, gas, dust and stars. Galaxies populate the Universe, mainly residing in clusters and groups. There are thought to be over 100 billion galaxies in the observable Universe. The most well-known galaxy is our own Milky Way – and indeed, the term galaxy comes from the Greek “gala” meaning “milk”.

Wikipedia Galaxies EarthSky.org Galaxy

Encyclopaedia Britannica Galaxy Astronomy.com Galaxies

Highpoint Scientific Beginner’s Guide To Galaxies

The Milky Way – The Galaxy we live in

• USA NASA
• Wikipedia
• Google

• USA Harvard and Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics
• DEU Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Researchers identify two of the Milky Way’s earliest building blocks March 21, 2024
• Space.com

USA National Radio Astronomy Observatory Galaxy Evolution

NASA Galaxy Evolution Wikipedia Galactic Astronomy

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Galaxies

Andromeda Insta Space UK gov

The Cosmic Bat Nebula Instagram astro.alexandra

Spiral galaxy of stars, called UGC 10043 Instagram Col Chris Hadfield

T02023_NOV_08 How stuff works Just How Many Galaxies Are in the Universe?

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Nebulas

“Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina Nebula The Crab Nebula The Cone Nebula NASA Instagram

Westerlund 2 Witch Head Nebula NASA Instagram

The Veil Nebula is one of the best-known supernova remnants. Australian Space Agency Instagram

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Stars – Constellations

Ask about Ireland The hound of culann

Star Constellations

Wikipedia – Egyptian star chart and decanal clock, from the ceiling of Senenmut’s tomb, c. 1473 BC The tomb of Senemut was discovered during the 1925–1927 excavations directed by Herbert Winlock for the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

David Darling – Science Writer Star Constellations

Equatorial constellations

IAU – Coronae Borealis ( the Northern Crown ) Wikipedia Tau Corona Borealis

Once every 88 years, a cataclysmic eruption makes the T Coronae Borealis appear so bright you can see it with the naked eye RTE Brainstorm Mark Kennedy, Lecturer UCC Links in story to NASA T Coronae Borealis and BBC Sky at night Coronae Borealis 27 Sep 2024

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Asteroid Belts

AUS https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/*/Main+Asteroid+Belt

USA_NASA_Science Tracking Evolution in the Asteroid Belt

USA_HubbleSite Illustration of Asteroid Belts

USA_Perdue Visiting our Solar System https://engineering.purdue.edu/vossmod/asteroid.php

USA_CalTech CoolCosmos What is the asteroid belt?

OrbiterWiki.com https://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt

Science Direct Asteroid Belts The Origin of the Solar System John E. Chambers, Alex N. Halliday, in Encyclopedia of the Solar System (Second Edition), 2007

Fandom.com NASA Asteroid belts

Astronomy.com The asteroid belt: Wreckage of a destroyed planet or something else?

EarthSky.org The asteroid belt contains solar system remnants

How stuff works How Asteroid Belts Work

Space.com Asteroid belt: Facts & formation

There is a NICE MAP here… https://eleanorlutz.com/mapping-18000-asteroids

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Asteroids

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/facts/

Asteroid 99942 Apophis – Close Approach Predicted – April 2029

ESA On 13 April 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass less than 32 000 km from Earth’s surface.

NASA Asteroid 99942 Apophis is a Near-Earth Object (NEO) estimated to be about 1,100 feet (335 meters) across.

Wikipedia 99942 Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN₄) is a Near-Earth Asteroid and a potentially hazardous object, 450 meters (1,480 ft) by 170 meters (560 ft) in size, that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observations indicated a probability 2.7% that it would hit Earth on Friday, 13 April 2029. (seen T02024NOV09)

ThePlanetarySociety Asteroid Apophis: Will It Hit Earth? Your Questions Answered.

Forbes Will ‘Apophis’ Hit Earth In 2029? We’ll Know In 2027, Scientist Says

Space.com Collisions could increase chance of ‘God of Destruction’ asteroid Apophis hitting Earth published September 16, 2024

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Comets

Halley’s Comet

Wikipedia NASA 1P/Halley ESA Comet Halley

Giotto approach to Comet Halley 15/06/2011 ESA

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3)

CAN_Space_Acency 08 Oct 2024 After lighting up the southern skies, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) may soon be visible in the Northern Hemisphere! 

BBC Rare brightening comet seen passing Earth from Hawaii 03 October 2024

NASA Watch the Skies Ancient Oort Cloud Comet to Make First Documented Pass By Earth in Mid-October Beth Ridgeway 02 October 2024

NASA Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over Mexico Picture of the day 30 Sep 2024
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Korona

BBC Sky at night 29 Sep 2024 What next for Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)? Here’s what we can expect over the coming weeks

Comets 2025

T02025_12_08 CNN New images show an interstellar comet that will soon make its closest approach to Earth

T02025_11_17 BBC – Sky at Night Comet 3I/ATLAS has returned to our morning sky. Here’s how you can see it for yourself

T02025_11_14 Planetary Society Instagram Latest update on 3I/ATLAS: Scientists detect radio signals!

T02025_10_07 ESA ESA_s_ExoMars_and_Mars_Express_observe_Comet_3I_ATLAS

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Exoplanets

Wikipedia – Exoplanets

Wikipedia – POL_T01946 Aleksander Wolszczan – Lead author of the paper which “30 years ago, unveiled the first planets to be confirmed outside our solar system.” “As a seven-year-old he already learned the basics of astronomy. He observed the night sky using a small telescope he constructed himself.” https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/cosmic-milestone-nasa-confirms-5000-exoplanets/

Colman’s comment: If I had one question to ask the man, well, actually it’d be two questions, how did you start looking for the exoplanets and was your kid or grandkid playing Sid Meier’s Civilization IV where you sent the spacecraft to Alpha Centauri or the later Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri game? And next we’ll look at the history of Terraforming and why Aliens, the only true Alien sequel was so influential.

Why is there a space between L98-59 and the d in the Exoplanet designation L98-59 d? Oh, to allow you to search your database for all the stuff on that star and the search includes all the stuff on the exoplanets too. Cool. Colman

CAN_Space_Agency Instagram Here are some Famous ExoPlanets 03 Sep 2024

Exoplanet L98-59 d

Exoplanet K2-18 d

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Spacer Organisations

Going to ask a silly question here, that a Canadian flag?

Oh, it’s working again…… 05 Dec 2024

Why is 08 September, Star Trek day? Well in some places, it’s 9_8 …. Wait until it’s T34567_8_09_1000_A? Celebration time…. Come On! Colman T02024_SEP_10

Catch up? Oh, we’re planning far ahead of you lot.
It’s full title is
“Memories of Alpha Quadrant”.
Red shift and Blue shift,
looking back and …

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End of Colman’s Space Page…… for now…..

Again? Now, what was the speed of an African swallow?