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New observations show the asteroid Hygiea is round!
Phil Plait
Oct 28, 2019
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An actual image of the protoplanet Hygiea, taken using the SPHERE camera on the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/P. Vernazza et al./MISTRAL algorithm (ONERA/CNRS)
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How do you know which pole of a planet is the *north* pole?
Phil Plait
Jul 18, 2019
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Defining which rotation pole is north and which is south on a planet isn't as obvious as you think.
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Contest: Pick names for Jupiter's new moons!
Phil Plait
Mar 21, 2019
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Orbits of twelve new moons found for Jupiter (not to scale). Some orbit the same way Jupiter spins (blue), and others the opposite way (red). Credit: Carnegie Institution for Science / Roberto Molar Candanosa
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Pluto's posse
Phil Plait
Sep 19, 2017
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Pluto and Charon, to scale in size and brightness. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
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This could end badly: Astronomers to use online voting to choose new planet names
Trent Moore
Jul 9, 2014
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