Arecibo in the News (Again)

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kT - 12 Jul 2008 03:18 GMT

Asteroid Spin and Asteroidal Moon Formation in the Recent Past

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0807/09asteroidspin/

"Our model almost exactly matches the observations of our test case,
binary asteroid KW4, which was imaged incredibly well by the
*NSF-supported Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico*," Walsh said.

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BradGuth - 13 Jul 2008 21:52 GMT

> Asteroid Spin and Asteroidal Moon Formation in the Recent Past
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> binary asteroid KW4, which was imaged incredibly well by the
> *NSF-supported Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico*," Walsh said.

Why not just make good use of our Selene/moon as a recent binary
addition to Earth. Its 2e20 N/sec worth of tidal energy is certainly
worthy of our looking into, not to mention its electrostatic charged
surface of thick accumulated dust that has since made our Selene/moon
nearly as dark as coal, as well as terribly gamma reactive like
nothing else in our entire solar system.

- Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth

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kT - 18 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT

And again, like clockwork, the much maligned Arecibo observatory again
revolutionizes our understanding of potentially dangerous near Earth
asteroids. And this is the observatory they want to shut down. Nuts.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34216/title/First_triple_near-Earth_a
steroid_found

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Space Forum / Space Science / July 2008

Arecibo in the News (Again)