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“New” planetoid discovered farther than Pluto?
Just 300 miles or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system’s smallest object yet with a clearly detected global atmosphere bound by gravity, said lead researcher Ko Arimatsu of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/atmosphere-icy-world-beyond-pluto-rcna343509 The planetoid, called “(612533) 2002 XV93” (good luck remembering that one), was discovered and […]
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Home for the holidays (Part 1)
After a series of fairly serious blog posts related to an ongoing complaint against Amazon (which was somewhat, but not entirely, resolved), I thought it was about time to post about a slightly more innocuous topic: Making pottery at the … Continue reading
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