290E-306-Egg Rock

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290E-306-Egg Rock

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Jun 25, 2024

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Egg rock's chemical composition and visual appearance is so different from other native Mars rocks that scientists have concluded that it is a meteorite which came from the molten core of an ancient asteroid.

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Jun 25, 2024

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Space, Asteroid Hunting, and Astronomy, an insider view.The music is "Eternity" by John Lyell.Astronomy Asteroids Space NASA Comets Earth Impact

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93-Name That Asteroid: A unique program allows students to discover and name asteroids. by Travelers In The Night
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96-Target Asteroids: Students have the opportunity to do original scientific research and to discover and name asteroids. by Travelers In The Night
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94-You Are Close To Outer Space: Outer space is not far from you, it just takes a lot of energy to get there. by Travelers In The Night
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95-Phantom Meteor Shower: Observations of what appeared to be different objects, over the time span from 1819 to the present, are likely to be manifestations of the same traveler in the night. by Travelers In The Night
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108-How Close Will It Come To Us: When will you be told about a potential asteroid impact? by Travelers In The Night
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103-Small Asteroids In Earth-like Orbits: Small asteroids come close enough at the right speeds for us to visit them. by Travelers In The Night
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121-Three Is A Mystery: In less than one and a half hours, three small approaching asteroids with similar orbits are discovered by the telescopes of the Catalina Sky Survey. by Travelers In The Night
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111-Green Meteors: Green Meteors which have long been attributed to alien spacecraft or spy devices are in reality beautiful natural events. by Travelers In The Night
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106-Your Reality Fueled Spacecraft: NASA/JPL has developed a new computer program, based on software game architecture, which allows you to tour space using real NASA data. by Travelers In The Night
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99-Peppered By Space Rocks: It appears that the human population is at more at risk from smaller rather than larger Earth impacting asteroids. by Travelers In The Night
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114-Roses First Asteroid: The newest member of the NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey team, Rose Matheny, discovers her first Earth approaching asteroid. by Travelers In The Night
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100-Where Extension Cords Can't Reach: The use of Radioisotope Power Systems has brought us a wealth of knowledge about our solar system. by Travelers In The Night
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105-New Human Exploration Of Space: The successful unmanned test of the Orion Spacecraft is the beginning of a new chapter in the human exploration of space. by Travelers In The Night
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102-Little Asteroid On An Inside Track: A small asteroid will make close approaches to Earth, our Moon, and Venus. by Travelers In The Night
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120-Finally A Good Night: A good night of asteroid hunting along with the appearance of an unknown object. by Travelers In The Night
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92-An Earth Approaching Comet: A recently discovered Earth Approaching comet reminds us that there are objects like this out there and how they could influence human activity. by Travelers In The Night
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116-Three Is A Record: In less than three and a half hours 3 Potentially Hazardous asteroids were discovered. by Travelers In The Night
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101-Navigating The Earth Moon Dance: We are discovering many small asteroids which pass closer to us than the Moon. Very rarely one of them crashes into the Earth or Moon. by Travelers In The Night
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113-A Dwarf Water Planet: Ceres is a small dwarf planet in our solar system which contains a large proportion of water. NASA is about to begin to explore it. by Travelers In The Night
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97-A Large Strange One: The discovery of a small cold world far from Earth. by Travelers In The Night
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107-Mining Asteroids: Mining asteroids may seem farfetched, however, some on our planet are actively pursuing this goal. by Travelers In The Night
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109-Eighteen Sleeps Later: The NASA New Horizons Spacecraft is on a voyage of discovery to the distant parts of our solar system. by Travelers In The Night
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119-Signs of Life On Mars: The mystery of life continues to pull us towards Mars. by Travelers In The Night
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104-Jupiter Trojan Confusion: The Jupiter Trojan asteroids can masquerade as near Earth Objects. by Travelers In The Night
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110-Asteroids Accessible By Astronauts: Asteroid hunters have discovered nearly 100 small objects which are accessible by astronauts. by Travelers In The Night
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98-Objects Visiting Our Neighborhood: Every month we discover small asteroids which come closer than the Moon. by Travelers In The Night
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117-A Football Field Sized Asteroid: A large asteroid is discovered which can come as close as half the distance to the Moon from us. by Travelers In The Night
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118-A Skyscraper Sized Asteroid to Visit: A skyscraper sized Potentially Hazardous Asteroid is discovered when it was 50 million miles from us. by Travelers In The Night
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112-A Banner Year For Asteroid Hunters: 2014 was a record year for the asteroid hunting community with more than 1,450 new objects being discovered. by Travelers In The Night
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115-Ballistic Capture: A new plan for a space trip to Mars will be able to deliver a steady stream of supplies to a human space colony on the red planet. by Travelers In The Night
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290E-306-Egg Rock

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