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Several Sources Confirm That The First Discovered Asteroid in 2014
Jan 7, 2014Figure 1 - This animated GIF shows Asteroid 2014 AA, discovered by the NASA-sponsored Catalina Sky Survey on Jan. 1, 2014, as it moved across the sky. Credit: CSS/LPL/UA Several sources confirm that the first discovered asteroid in 2014, ...
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Gaia Is Set to Launch on Thursday From The Agency's Spaceport in Kourou,French Guiana
Dec 19, 2013Gaia, the European Space Agency's long-awaited space observatory, is set to launch on Thursday from the agency's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The €700 million mission is designed to pin down the three-dimensional positions and ...
Tags: Gaia, space observatory, space telescope, astrometry, stellar distances