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Giant Asteroid Vesta Revealed in NASA Spacecraft's 1st Photo
SPACE.com ^
| Wednesday, May 11, 2011
| Staff
Posted on 05/11/2011 6:10:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
This image shows the first, unprocessed image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft of the giant asteroid Vesta in front of a background of stars. It was obtained by Dawn's framing camera on May 3, 2011, from a distance of about 750,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers). CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day
KEYWORDS: apod; asteroids; astronomy; ceres; dawnspacecraft; vesta
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To: SunkenCiv
Please count me in on the new APOD Ping List! Thanks!! - Dayglored
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posted on
05/11/2011 10:03:06 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: SunkenCiv
Add me to the APOD list, please.
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posted on
05/11/2011 11:24:07 PM PDT
by
kitchen
(Over-gunned is better than the alternative. - E. Keith)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/12/2011 1:07:25 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: SunkenCiv
They ought to rename it ‘Hugh’
Then we could have Hugh and Ceres...............
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posted on
05/12/2011 5:35:00 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
To: SunkenCiv
Methinks you will have no trouble creating a respectable list in no time!
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posted on
05/12/2011 7:02:38 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(Trying to think of something worth the waste of a keystroke...)
To: SunkenCiv
I would like to be on the APOD list!
Thanks!
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posted on
05/12/2011 7:23:46 AM PDT
by
BrewingFrog
(I brew, therefore I am!)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Please add me to the APOD list. Thanks.
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posted on
05/12/2011 10:05:08 AM PDT
by
Ole Okie
(++++++++)
To: bigheadfred
Haumea = 2003 EL61
To: SunkenCiv
I would like to be added to the APOD ping list please :)
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posted on
05/12/2011 12:39:59 PM PDT
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
To: SunkenCiv
Please add me to the APOD list. Thank you.
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Why am I under the impression YOU, civ, are running the APOD thingofamabob?
You take this one on and you’re NEVER gonna get out of your parents’ basement...
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posted on
05/12/2011 5:31:10 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(Beat me, Bite me...Make Me Write Bad Checks)
To: bigheadfred
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posted on
05/12/2011 7:19:03 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: bigheadfred
Same here. BTW, I really am pretty impressed by the amount of interest, also in how easy it was for me to step in it this time. ;’)
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posted on
05/12/2011 7:24:00 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: SunkenCiv
I really am pretty impressed by how easy it was for me to step in it this timeHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!
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posted on
05/12/2011 10:06:05 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(Beat me, Bite me...Make Me Write Bad Checks)
To: bigheadfred
Thanks for trying to recruit someone, hope it pans out. :’)
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posted on
05/13/2011 7:39:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: SunkenCiv
I’m setting up an exploratory committee. But my voting record sucks. And I can be pretty unreliable.
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posted on
05/13/2011 8:35:29 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(Beat me, Bite me...Make Me Write Bad Checks)
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