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Jonathan McDowell
planet4589
Here are all the actual satellites in orbit in this range of heights and inclinations (green = working, red = dead). See how they are almost all right on the
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Stephanie Hamilton, PhD | #BlackLivesMatter
SpaceSciSteph
#OTD of Pluto's demotion from planethood, let's talk about why everyone's favorite non-planet was slighted so badly.I know, I know. Bear with me for a minute.#scicomm #PlutoDemotedDay #astronomy1/x To understand
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Michael Thompson
M_R_Thomp
And we have an orbit. Welcome to space NOOR. The track passed over the launch site just after 04:00 UTC this morning. 442x425 km59 deg inclination Things I'd be interested
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Anthony Vareha
Enterprise_Flt
Alright, #crew1 return: a primer.First off - it may just not happen tonight. We only undock if the weather at the splashdown site is good. If it's not? No big
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Ruru
jiaqikixu
[Thread about Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet]Yeah, that Pluto that we used to know as the 9th planet of the Solar System but suddenly reconsidered as a dwarf
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Juleah Kaliski
JuleahKaliski
ASTRONOMY [ THREAD ] TIME:What would it be like if Earth had 2 moons??Let's talk about what what a moon.What would happen to Earth with another moon?So many other planets
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National Air and Space Museum
airandspace
Over the weekend, @USAirForce, in partnership with @SpaceForceDOD, launched the mysterious X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on its sixth mission. The Boeing X-37B is an uncrewed spaceplane designed to operate in
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Emily Calandrelli
TheSpaceGal
Reminder, you're watching the first rocket with humans on it leave the US in nearly a decade.Perhaps more importantly, this is the first private spacecraft to carry humans to orbit
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CMDR Lutzie
CMDR_Lutzie
Been playing #Xbox since release & I'm 40g away from 100,000g.I've played #EliteDangerous the most by far. So it seems fitting that to hit the 100k I should get my
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schrödinger's cat.
nehathemartian
Hello lovely people! Today's thread is dedicated to the #NEOWISE comet! In this thread we'll be talking about its discovery, its physical structure and a few fun facts! Let's go!!
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Andrew Jones
AJ_FI
Chang'e-4: Sunset will occur around 20:00 UTC May 29 at the Statio Tianhe landing site in Von Kármán crater. CE-4 lander & Yutu-2 will power down ~24 hrs earlier, ending
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Dr. James O'Donoghue
physicsJ
Here are the planets with the only two mapped dwarf planets. Ceres [minor planet ID: 1] in the asteroid belt and Pluto [ID: 134340]. They're all tilted accurately and rotating
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シャイニー ❄️♤*.。*♡
minwols
Performances and moments from"She Is" Showcase [160523] - A Thread ♡*✲゚*。⋆♡1. Jonghyun explaining about "Suit up""The lyrics...its about wedding night. My suit,bow tie and your bow tie , these are
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dagreb
dagreb
“Guess she don’t like the cornbread either.” “Somebody wake up Hicks.” “I don’t know how you managed to stay alive but you’re one brave kid Rebecca.” “They’re dead alright! Can
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Becky Smethurst
drbecky_
Is anyone else fire fighting against every person and news outlet that has claimed that tonight’s #supermoon will look pink? Or that has used a picture of an orange lunar
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Michael Thompson
M_R_Thomp
Fun lesson on sun-synchronous orbits (the orbit for almost all optical satellites)SSOs are designed to pass at approximately the same time every day so that the lighting conditions are similar.If
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