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Ida and Dactyl, an asteroid and orbitting 1 mile across moon (far right dot) as photographed by the Galileo spacecraft.
Lunar Clementine mission shows the South Pole of the Moon. The permanently shadowed region center shows evidence of meteor cratering and ice never exposed to direct sunlight.
Famous 1996 micrograph image of the mineral of Mars meteorite called Allan Hills. Photo Credit: NASA/JSC
Water crystals and salt found in interior of meteorite. After submitting for photography, the meteor was sold on the internet by those who originally found it. Photo Credit: NASA/JSC.
Mars moon, Phobos, as imaged by Viking I spacecraft, 1976. The impact crater shows a near-equal sized collision to the moon itself in its history.
Asteroid Eros reconstruction, as seen by the NEAR Space Craft. Photo Credit: NASA/NEAR
Near spacecraft, white crater on asteroid Eros. The lighter material is either fresh or from some unknown weathering process.
Deimos odd-shaped moon of Mars, likely a captured asteroid from the relatively closer asteroid belt. Close View, Viking 2 spacecraft, 1976. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL
Asteroid Eros, close view. As seen by the NEAR Space Craft. Photo Credit: NASA/NEAR
Hale-Bopp comet tail
Curved blue path, asteroid orbit.
Hale Bopp Comet tail
Asteroid Eros regolity or surface cratering. As seen by NEAR Space Craft. Photo Credit: NASA/NEAR
Asteroid Gaspra. Galileo Space Craft photographed its tumbling path in 1991. Orbits in main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL/Galileo
Fine structure comet tail of Comet-Hale-Bopp
Comet Hale-Bopp photographed against Andromeda galaxy.
Comet West.
Impact on Jovian moon, Europa, thought to have up to a 4 mile thick sheet of ice. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL/Galileo
Hale Bopp Comet above World Trade Center in foreground, light dot above the Twin Towers is Hale-Bopp, which was visible from urban centers.
The 200-inch (5.1 m) Hale Telescope (f/3.3) was the world's largest effective telescope for 45 years (1948 – 1993). It is still a workhorse of modern astronomy. It is used nightly for a wide range of astronomical studies. On average the weather allows for at least some data collection about 290 nights a year. Credit: Caltech
Before the Crash Comet – Tempel 1 photographed by the 200-inch Hale Telescope July 2, 2005Credit:Caltech's Spitzer Space Science Center
The images shown above are from the night of the impact (left) and two nights after (right). Both sets show extentions to the south of the comet's center. The first set of images, taken approximately 40 minutes after impact, shows a possible dust-coma extension likely originating from the site of the probe's final demise. The second set of images, taken nearly 2 days later, shows a similar feature. Credit: Caltech
The Haughton-Mars project base camp viewed from the airstrip as it first appeared to the summer 2003 team. (Photo: NASA Haughton-Mars Project)
Devon Island and the Haughton Crater are located 180 km northeast of Resolute Bay.(Image: NASA)
Artist's conception shows twin moonlets, Romulus and Remus, orbiting the large main-belt asteroid 87 Sylvia. (Image courtesy European Southern Observatory)
Photograph of the asteroid 87 Sylvia, recorded Aug. 9, 2004, using the Very Large Telescope at Cerro Paranal of the European Southern Observatory, shows a pair of smaller moonlets to the left of the primary body. (Courtesy Franck Marchis/UC Berkeley and VLT)
The asteroid's dust trail as seen by lidar at Davis, Antarctica. The plot shows the strength of the vertical laser light scattered back from the atmosphere as a function of time and altitude above mean sea level. The dust trail, blown by the stratospheric winds, moved through the beam. Credit: Sandia National Laboratories
Comet Tempel 1. Arrows a and b point to large, smooth regions. The impact site is indicated by the third large arrow. Small arrows highlight a scarp that is bright due to illumination angle, which shows the smooth area to be elevated above the extremely rough terrain. The scale bar is 1 km and the two arrows above the nucleus point to the sun and the rotational axis of the nucleus. Celestial north is near the rotational pole. Credit: NASA/JPL/UMd
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took these images of the asteroid 1 Ceresover a 2-hour and 20-minute span, the time it takes the Texas-sized objectto complete one quarter of a rotation. One day on Ceres lasts 9 hours.Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Parker(Southwest Research Institute), P. Thomas (Cornell University). and L. McFadden (University of Maryland, College Park)
Hubble image of Ceres, the largest astroid in the main asteroid belt,compared with four other asteroids (Gaspra, Eros, Ida and Vesta) and Mars.Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)
Comet ingredients.Credit: Spitzer/JPL
Credit: NASA ARC
This is an image of the lunar highlands from the Consolidated Lunar Atlas, which was produced during the Apollo Era by the UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. The new study by Strom, Malhotra, Kring and their Japanese colleagues indicates this terrain was bombarded mostly by asteroids – not comets – that were flung into the inner solar system when the asteroid belt was destabilized by migrating giant planets. The Earth was similarly bombarded but geological activity has erased most evidence of that bombardment. This historical image of the heavily cratered lunar terrain was taken on 1 April 1966. (Photo courtesy of LPL Space Imagery Center)
Slab of granite from the Vredefort Crater. This slab was originally located beneath the earth's surface 2.02 billion years ago when a 20 km diameter asteroid or comet crashed into the earth.Credit: University of Arizona
Olivine particles from the Green Sand Beach in Hawaii. Credit: NASA
Ejecta plume from Tempel 1, 13 seconds after impact. Credit: ESA
Outburst from Comet 9P/Tempel 1 as seen from Hubble. Credit: ESA
Hayabusa Credit: ISAS
Hayabusa's flight pathsCredit: ISAS
Hayabusa's tiny robot lander Minerva Credit: ISAS
Hayabusa target marker on Itokawa.Credit: ISAS
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), and Charles University in the Czech Republic have shown that the breakup of the 100-mile-wide asteroid called Veritas blanketed the Earth with an exceptionally large volume of extraterrestrial dust. Using computer models to track the orbits of the asteroid fragments backwards in time, they found that 8.2 million years ago, all of its fragments shared the same orbital orientation in space. This event coincides with a spike in interplanetary dust in seafloor sediments.
The three small areas of water ice on the surface of Tempel 1 appear in this image, taken by an instrument aboard NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft. [Photo: NASA]
stardust crystal
Image taken with the UH 2.2-meter telescope by H. Hsieh and D. Jewitt (Univ. Hawaii).
Orbits of the 3 known main-belt comets (red lines), the 5 innermost planets (black lines; from the center outward, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter), a sample of 100 main-belt asteroids (orange lines), and 2 "typical" comets (Halley's Comet, and Tempel 1, target of the recent Deep Impact mission) as blue lines. Positions of the main-belt comets and planets on March 1, 2006, are plotted with black dots. Image courtesy of Pedro Lacerda (Univ. Hawaii; Univ. Coimbra, Portugal)
Images of the three known main-belt comets (at center of each panel). Other objects shown are stars and galaxies smeared by the motion of the telescope while tracking each comet. Images taken with the UH 2.2-meter telescope by H. Hsieh and D. Jewitt (Univ. Hawaii).
The analysis of the X-ray behaviour by the Swift team indicates that thecollision produced an extended X-ray outburst largely because the amount ofwater produced by the comet had increased. Credit: University of Leicester
Too close for comfort. Credit: ESA
Luckily impacts with very large asteroids are uncommon. Credit: ESA
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Credit: ESA
Just what can a little spacecraft do to deflect an asteroid – a lot say some scientists.
Ground-based view of Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3 fragments B and G, R, and N on April 8, 2006 made with a 10″/380mm Schmidt Camera. The image is 80 arcminutes wide. Copyright: M. Jäger and G. Rhemann
The first image (taken on 18 April 2006) from a three-day observation with Hubble showing the breakup of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3's Fragment B. Copyright: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (APL/JHU), M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)
Date: 27 Apr 2006Satellite: Hubble Space TelescopeDepicts: Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3Copyright: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (APL/JHU), M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)
These tiny particles, from carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, are just a few millionths of a meter wide and have different proportions of nitrogen (N) and hydrogen (H and D) isotopes. These isotopes are chemically bonded to meteoritic organic matter and can reveal a lot about what happened to the meteorite as it made its way through the solar system over billions of years. The two images show the regions with high levels of 15N and heavy hydrogen (deuterium or D)–"indications that the associated carbon is very old and originated from interstellar matter or the outer regions of the solar system. (Image courtesy Henner Busemann; click image for high-resolution version.) Credit: Carnegie Institution
Comet particle tracks in aerogel. Credit: Stardust, JPL, NASA
Comet particle tracks in aerogel. Credit: Stardust, JPL, NASA
Group photo of Stardust science team at Timber Grove Inn near San Francisco, California Credit: Stardust, JPL, NASA
Planetary scientists have found evidence of a meteor impact much larger and earlier than the one that killed the dinosaurs — an impact that they believe caused the biggest mass extinction in Earth's history.Credit: Ohio State
Ralph von Frese, Credit: Ohio State
A global view of the Asteroid Itokawa, with white box showing region where the Hayabusa spacecraft landed to collect samples. Photo courtesy Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science.
The olivines and orthopyroxenes in the Morokweng meteorite (plotted as the star symbol) have higher iron contents than most other LL, L, and H chondrites. Axes are labeled Fs and Fa. Fs (ferrosilite, FeSiO3) is the iron-rich end-member of the enstatite-ferrosilite solid-solution series. Fa (fayalite, Fe2SiO4) is the iron-rich end-member of the olivine solid-solution series.) Credit: Maier, et al. 2006. Nature, v.441, p.205.
Imagine the surprise when the drill sliced through an obviously different kind of rock 770 meters down. This is a photograph of the core with the dark-colored fossil meteorite before it was cut for analysis. The melt sheet is also shown for comparison. Pen is shown for scale. Credit: Wolfgang Maier, University of Quebec, Chicoutimi.
ESA Envisat MERIS mosaic of Africa
Photomicrograph taken in polarized transmitted light of chondrules in the Morokweng meteorite showing excentroradial orthopyroxene. Credit: Wolfgang Maier, University of Quebec.
Photomicrograph taken in polarized transmitted light of chondrules in the Morokweng meteorite showing porphyritic orthopyroxene. Credit: Wolfgang Maier, University of Quebec
Monica Grady, professor of planetary and space science at the Open University in the UK.
Monica Grady, professor of planetary and space science at the Open University in the UK.
finding a lunar meteorite in Antarctica. Photo credit: ANSMET
asteroid belt
Artist's concept of a massive meteorite impact on the planet Earth.
The solar system, with tiny blue and purple dots to indicate the locations of Kuiper Belt objects. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Photo of the dwarf planet Eris, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
"New Object" is Sedna, a dwarf planet with a very elongated orbit.
Artist's conception of eight dwarf planets. No clear photographs have yet been made of these objects.
Sedna is in the green circle. The picture shows an area of the sky equal to the area covered by a pinhead held at arm's length. Sedna is too faint to be seen by all but the most powerful amateur telescopes. Credit: NASA
An artistic rendering of Santa (2003 EL61) and its moons. Credit: NASA/ESA/HST/A. Feild (STScI)
eris orbit
Illustrations of the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. Oort Cloud cutaway drawing adapted from Donald K. Yeoman's illustration (NASA,JPL)
True Color Pluto map, adapted from light curves resulting from Charon-Pluto occultation. Credit: E.F. Young, R.P. Binzel, and K. Crane.
Pluto Cutaway. The large tilt in Pluto's rotational axis (120 degrees) creates very large seasonal variations. As surface ices melt in the migrating sunlight, their gases are transported and redeposited in dark, cold surface regions as frost. At the same time, in other locations on the planet or as Pluto's seasons change, some of the gases of the atmosphere freeze on the surface, causing a slow but continuous exchange of materials between the surface and the atmosphere. This constantly refreshes the surface, perhaps covering much of the planet's topography with freshly deposited ices on time scales of thousands of years.Credit: NASA/JHU/APL.
The asteroid belt estimated to contain over 1 million asteroids withdiameter exceeding one kilometer.Credit: NASA
Asteroid 2000 PH5 imaged with ESO's 3.5m New Technology Telescope inChile on August 27, 2003, over a time span of 77 minutes. The asteroidcan be seen moving relative to the background stars.Credit: ESO
Radar images obtained at the Arecibo facility in Puerto Rico on July 28,2004, covering one full rotation of asteroid 2000 PH5 (columns 1 and 4).Corresponding shape-model fits to the images are shown in columns 2 and5. Columns 3 and 6 are detailed 3-D renderings of the shape modelitself. Credit: ESO
From press release: Artist's concept of the OSIRIS spacecraft taking a sample of asteroid RQ36. Credit: NASA/U. of Arizona
Some scientists believe that comet and asteroid impacts may have delivered material to the early Earth that was important to the origin of life.Credit: NASA
This image is an approximation of the shape of the Kuiper-belt object 2003 EL61.Credit: Caltech
2003 EL 61 can be seen as a bright object in the center of this image. The small object below 2003 EL 61 is a moon of debris orbiting the larger Kuiper-belt object.Credit: Caltech
This spectacular image of comet Tempel 1 was taken 67 seconds after it obliterated Deep Impact's impactor spacecraft.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
This diagram illustrates how astronomers can capture the elusive spectra of hot-Jupiter planets. To capture a spectrum of the planet, the telescope must observe the system twice. It takes a spectrum of the star together with the planet(first panel), then, as the planet disappears from view, a spectrum of just the star(second panel). By subtracting the star's spectrum from the combined spectrum of the star plus the planet, it is able to get the spectrum for just the planet (third panel). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Vesta is a huge rock 500 kilometers across that orbits between Mars and Jupiter.Evidence indicates that Vesta underwent a tremendous splintering collision about abillion years ago. In October 1960, a small chunk of rock believed to haveoriginated on Vesta fell to Earth and was recovered in Australia.Credit: NASA
This false-color conglomerate image, created using the Hubble Space Telescope, showsVesta's rugged surface highlighted by a single crater that dominates the lower partof the image. Blue indicates low terrain while red indicates raised terrain.Credit: B. Zellner (GSU), P. Thomas (Cornell), et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
This image shows the asteroid Vesta in a starry night sky along side the bright starepsilon Viriginis. Vesta is barely visible to the naked eye from the darkest andclearest observing sites on Earth, but this picture was taken on March 24th througha window on the International Space Station (ISS) by Science Officer Don Pettit.Because the view from the ISS is not as obstructed by the Earth´ atmosphere, Vestawas easily captured using a digital camera.Credit: Don Pettit, NASA
Montage of Jupiter and the comet fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9.Credit: NASA/ESA
The new study suggests that the parent object of asteroid (298) Baptistina was hitby another large asteroid, creating numerous large fragments that would later createthe Chicxulub crater on the Yucatan Peninsula as well as the prominent Tycho craterfound on the Moon.Credit: Southwest Research Institute
The image shows the trail of the comet. The nucleus of the comet is the dot markedby a circle and the trail is the faint straight structure which starts from thenucleus and goes towards the right side of the image.Credit: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
When a 20-meter asteroid struck the Tunguska forest in Siberia, trees wereincinerated in a 9-mile radius and knocked over in a 25-mile radius. Luckily, theasteroid did not strike a heavily populated area.Credit: Smithsonian Institution
ESA's Don Quijote mission could launch sometime early in the next decade. Credit: ESA
Launch of the Dawn mission to explore Vesta and Ceres in the asteroid belt.
In January of 2007, Comet McNaught provided a spectacular show in the skies ofEarth's southern hemisphere. This spectacular image of the comet's tail was capturedfrom Siding Spring Observatory in Australia by Robert H. McNaught.Credit: Robert H. McNaught
Ulysses' long looping orbit carries it far from the sun. Every six years thespacecraft travels from the inner solar system to the realm of Jupiter and backagain.Credit: NASA
An artist's rendition of Ulysses' 1996 encounter with Comet Hyakutake. Currently,the spacecraft is continuing it's orbit over the Sun's poles, studying the Sun andits influence on the space environment. Credit: NASA
The asteroid Apophis caused some concern in 2004 when scientists thought it mightcome dangerously close to the Earth in 2029. However, further research showed thatour planet will be safe from any destructive collision. This image shows the mostlikely trajectory (in blue) of Apophis during its close approach in 2029.Credit: NASA
Comet impacts pose a serious threat to life on Earth.
Jupiter can act as a shield, soaking up impacts as happened in 1994 with comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
Horner´ graph simulates impact rates on the Earth over a ten million year timescale. Changing the mass of Jupiter has a dramatic effect.
Recolonization of the underside of the fusion crust by Chroococcidiopsis sp. following atmospheric entry of the FOTON capsule.(a) Rock exposed to atmospheric entry. White lines are light reflected from glass surface. (b) Control non-flight rock.
The FOTON spacecraft after atmospheric entry (vehicle is 2.22 m in diameter). The white circle marks the location of the sample.
Sample after Earth atmospheric entry. (Scale bar is 1 cm.)
Scanning electron micrograph of inocula of Chroococcidiopsis sp. CCMEE 029 within the non-flight control rock (white arrow shows one colony of organisms).
Sandia researcher, Mark Boslough, led the team that used a supercomputer to simulatehow a 'fireball' might form from an asteroid exploding in the Earth's atmosphere.Credit: Sandia/Randy Montoya
Mezö-Madaras, Romania, ordinary chondrite. This close-up of a cut and polished face of Mezö-Madaras measures ~ 7 cm from left to right. Chondrites are named for the nearly spherical, silicate-rich objects they contain called chondrules, which were among the first objects to have formed in our solar system. As is evident in this picture, Mezö-Madaras has abundant large chondrules. Photo by D. Ball, Arizona State University.
Asteroid 2007 TU24 taken by the Catalina Sky Survey, Oct. 12, 2007.Credit: Steve Larson and Ed Beshore, Catalina Sky Survey
The illustration from an amateur astronomer shows the asteroid's track on the skyfor 3 days near the time of the close Earth approach as seen from the city ofPhiladelphia. Image courtesy: Dr. Dale Ireland, Silverdale, WA.
These low-resolution radar images of asteroid 2007 TU24 were taken over a few hours by the Goldstone Solar System Radar Telescope in California's Mojave Desert. Image resolution is approximately 20-meters per pixel. When the asteroid passes close to Earth, a combination of several telescopes will provide higher resolution images. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Close up of low-resolution radar images of asteroid 2007 TU24. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Stardust impact tracks and light gas gun impacts of sulfide in aerogel both displaymetal beads with sulfide rims indicating that GEMS-like objects in Stardust aregenerated by impact mixing of comet dust with silica aerogel. (left) StardustGEMS-like material and (right) light gas gun shot GEM-like material. GEMS incometary IDPs do not contain sulfide-rimmed metal inclusions.Credit: Hope Ishii, LLNL
2001 SN263 has now been revealed as the first near-Earth triple asteroid ever found.Credit: Cornell University / Arecibo Observatory
Planetary geologists had thought that stony meteorites would be destroyed when theypassed through Earth´ atmosphere. This one struck ground near Carancas, Peru, atabout 15,000 miles per hour. Brown University geologists have advanced a new theorythat would upend current thinking about stony meteorites.Credit: Peter Schultz, Brown University
Chroococcidiopsis, which was used in this study, is shown here living in a rock from the Negev Desert in Israel. The green line running across the top of the rock is a thin endolithic film formed by the organism. These microbes live just below the surface of the rock, protected from the Sun's UV radiation.Credit: Gerda Horneck
Carbon cenospheres are tiny, carbon-rich particles that form when coal and heavy fuel are heated intensely. Scientists have now learned that cenospheres can form in the wake of asteroid impacts, too.Credit: Mark Harvey / Indiana University
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents, such as this one on the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the Pacific coast of Washington State, spew super-hot mineral-rich fluids into the surrounding ocean water. Credit: MBARI
McCollum carried out his amino-acid experiments in flexible gold-titanium reaction cells, about the size of a roll of pennies, like the one shown here. Credit: Cody Lazar
Schematic drawing of the experimental apparatus used to study the decomposition of amino acids under hydrothermal-vent conditions.
2008 HJ is the fastest rotating natural object known in the solar system. The asteroid made almost a complete revolution in the time it took to take this picture.Credit: Dr Richard Miles
The observation was made using the Faulkes Telescope in Australia. The aim of the Faulkes Telescope Project is to provide free access to robotic telescopes and a fully supported education program. This image shows one of the Faulkes Telescopes in construction.Credit: Faulkes Telescope Project
The main belt is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and contains countless asteroids.Credit: diagram courtesy of the Minor Planet Center; image courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Asteroids which have been imaged directly are impressively detailed.Credit: NASA/NEAR
Many asteroids have strange shapes.Credit: Johns Hopkins Univ. APL
The team has produced a model that matches observations from binary asteroids, shedding light on how these unique pairs form.Credit: University of Maryland
Today fallen trunks of trees are still present at the Tunguska site, with the taiga growing in between them. By studying peat samples from the area, scientists have determined that the Tuguska catastrophe was possibly caused by a C-type asteroid.Image Credit: Evgeniy M. Kolesnikov/ Lomonosov-Universität Moskau
This image of the comet Borelly was captured by NASA's Deep Space 1 mission. Researchers now believe that the Tunguska event could have been caused by a C-type asteroid like Borelly.Image Credit: NASA
Meteorite 00506, found in Antractica in 2000.Credit: NASA
This image shows the orbital path of 2008 KV42 if you are looking along the plane of the solar system. Image Credit: CFEPS
The MMT telescope, located near Tucson, Arizona, was used for follow-up observations.Image Credit: Howard Lester, MMTO
Iron meteorite on the surface of Mars, as imaged by the Mars ExplorationRover Opportunity
Artist's impression of the metallic asteroid, KleopatraCredit: NASA
Artist's impression of asteroid impact with early Earth that led to lunar formationCredit: ESA
The first angrite ever discovered, "Angra dox Reis", which fell to Earth in 1869 near the town of Angra dos Reis in Brazil. Scale bar is in centimeters. Credit: courtesy / Maria Zucolotto (Museu Nacional; Brasil)
A transmission electron microscope image (magnified 5,000 times) of a slice of the Inti particle, which NASA´ Stardust spacecraft collected in 2004 and returned to Earth two years later. Preparation of the sample caused some breakage. Scale bar is one micron, or one millionth of a meter. Credit: University of Chicago
Microscopically magnified image of track 25, created by a particle from comet Wild 2 during its capture in aerogel, more informally known as "solid smoke." Four cometary particles are circled, including the ones designated Inti-B and Inti-C. Scientists had removed the larger Inti particle from the end of the track at right before the image was taken. The track measures less than a tenth of an inch long. Credit: University of Washington
High-magnification view from a scanning transmission electron microscope showing individual mineral grains in the comet sample called Inti. The scale bar is 100 nm long. Credit: University of Washington
Model of the glycolaldehyde molecule. Credit: IRAM
Halley's Comet becomes visible to the unaided eye about every 76 years as it nears the sun. Image credit: Lick Observatory
Diagram showing the position of the Oort Cloud. Credit: Southwest Research Institute
"Tara," an asteroid being tracked by TAU researchers.
Field image of the achondrite meteorite GRA 06128, found in blue ice of the Graves Nunatak region of the Antarctica during the ANSMET 2006/2007 field-season. Credit: Image courtesy of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET 2006-2007 PI – Ralph Harvey, Case Western Reserve University).
Prof. James Day looking at a portion of the meteorite in the University of Maryland's isotope geochemistry lab. Credit: University of Maryland
Martian fossil? This microscopic shape was discovered within martian meteorite ALH84001, and could be a fossil of a simple martian organisms that lived 3.6 billion years ago. The rock itself was ejected from Mars 16 million years ago, and then after a long journey in space landed on Earth 13,000 years ago. Image Credit: D. McKay (NASA /JSC), K. Thomas-Keprta (Lockheed-Martin), R. Zare (Stanford), NASA.
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Data in the Eltanin impact area
Large impact
Marcia crater on Vesta
Distribution of hydrogen
Pitted terrain on Vesta
Olivine inside a meteorite
Meteorite from Vesta
Jupiter Trojans
Apophis rendering
Rim around the crater Canuleia
Distinctive crater Canuleia
Marcia crater on Vesta 2
Lafayette meteorite
Lafayette meteorite image
Martian meteorites LAR06319 and Yamato 980459
Leonids from ISS
Asteroid Itokawa
Particles from the asteroid Itokawa
Sinuous Gullies in Cornelia Crater
Gullies on Vesta
Giant impact
Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph image of 2011 AG5
Distributions on Vesta
Dark, carbonaceous material on Vesta
Dust and comets around the young star Beta Pictoris
Asteroid belt around Vega
Large asteroid belt around Vega
Three-color view of Apophis
Temperature model of Apophis
Deep Space Industries
Deep Space Industries DrangonFlies
Passage of asteroid 2012 DA14
Comet ISON
A comet or asteroid impact 66 million years ago – Chicxulub
Artist's concept of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
OSIRIS-REx sample collector
OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule
Evaporating an Apophis-type asteroid
DE-STAR laser power and spot diameter versus DE-STAR array size
Chelyabinsk meteor impact
Conceptual drawing for an ATLAS telescope.
Asteroid 2012 DA14 Speeds Away from Earth
Initial Radar 'Images' of Asteroid 2012 DA14
Infrasound stations detect a meteor
Visual representation of the infrasound waves from a fireball
Didymos with its moon
Orbits for the Chelyabinsk meteoroid
Oxygen isotopes and Meteor Crater
Halley's comet
Orbit of comet 2013 A1
An intercept satellite races toward an asteroid
3-D Perspective View of Decorah Impact
Decorah, Iowa, USA
The Moon and HED meteorites
Yucatan Peninsula with a faint semicircle in the northwest
Fragment of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite
Lyrid meteors for April 22, 2013
Possible Tunguska meteorites
Other stones from Zlobin's collection. Credit: Zlobin, 2013
The Younger Dryas Boundary strewnfield
First radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2
JPL Small-Body Database Browser
Stacked photo of the grains in the Asteroid Experiment
Chondrules from the Bishunpur meteorite from India.
Hubble Space Telescope view of Comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
Orbit diagram of Comet ISON
Asteroid belt in the present day and in the early Solar System
Larger meteoroids cause bright flashes of light when they hit Earth's atmosphere
Relative size of three asteroids
A new study discusses the possibility of capturing near-Earth asteroids using rocket technology that is available today. Credit: Yárnoz et al., 2013
Model and satellite data show that four days after the bolide explosion, the faster, higher portion of the plume (red) had snaked its way entirely around the northern hemisphere and back to Chelyabinsk, Russia
Potentially hazardous near-Earth object 1998 KN3
Synthesis of prebiotic hydrocarbons in impacts of simple icy mixtures on early Earth.
Light reflecting from Ceres, Hiroi et al. 2013
Ceres' round shape indicates that it formed early in the life of the solar system.
Comparing the habitability of Earth to Jupiter's icy moon Europa and the dwarf planet Ceres.
The dwarf planet Ceres as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Ceres rotates about once every nine hours.Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), P. Thomas (Cornell University), and L. McFadden (University of Maryland, College Park)
Ceres is thought to contain a thin outer layer of dust and rock over an icy layer. Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI
Fragment of Chelyabinsk meteorite, showing the fusion crust — the result of a previous collision or near miss with another planetary body or with the sun.Credit: Dr. Victor Sharygin
Scientists think that a giant asteroid, which broke up long ago in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, eventually made its way to Earth and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Meteor Crater is one of the youngest and best-preserved impact craters on Earth.
A scientist working in the Meteorite Processing Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center
Spinel seen in a sample from the Allende meteorite. Image credit: CalTech
Geminids over Pendleton, Oregon. Credit: Thomas W. Earle
Zoomed, contoured STEREO image showing the south-eastward extension of the image of (3200) Phaethon. Credit: Jewitt, Li, Agarwal /NASA/STEREO
With the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that what was thought to be a large asteroid called Don Quixote is in fact a comet.The left image shows Don Quixote's coma and tail — features of comets — as seen in infrared light by Spitzer. The coma appears as a faint glow around the center of the body, caused by dust and gas. The tail, which appears more clearly in the right image, points towards the right-hand side of Don Quixote, into the direction opposite of the sun.The right image represents a more elaborate image processing step, in which the glow of the coma has been removed based on a model comet coma. Bright speckles around Don Quixote are background stars; the horizontal bar covers image artifacts caused by the image processing.Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/DLR/NAU
Comets contain elements such as water, ammonia, methanol and carbon dioxide that could have supplied the raw materials, in which upon impact on early Earth would have yielded an abundant supply of energy to produce amino acids and jump start life.
Comparing topographic maps of the giant asteroid Vesta
Two maps of the giant asteroid Vesta
Asteroid Sylvia surrounded by its two satellites, Romulus and Remus
Sylvia and its moons as seen from the 8-10m class telescopes with adaptive optics
A map of the path of the occultation on January 6, 2013, across Europe.
Artist rendition of a comet exploding in Earth's atmosphere above Egypt
Tutankhamun's brooch
The paths traced by all seven Martian Trojans around L4 or L5
Detail of L5
This diagram shows the orbit of asteroid 2013 TV135
This image is a false colour image of the Lafayette meteorite (sample code: USNM 1505-5) from a scanning electron microscope showing evidence of carbonation, with siderite (orange) replacing olivine (blue).
Pingaluit crater in Canada is a geologically-young impact crater with a lake. Credit: NASA
A cross section of the Tswaing crater in South Africa shows how the layers of sediments that have been deposited over time can be sampled by drilling a borehole.Credit: Brandt, D., (1994), Brandt & Reimold (1999), Partridge & Reimold (1990)
The Boltysh crater in the Ukraine has well preserved sediments, allowing an estimation of the post-impact heating timescale. Credit: Jolley et al. (2010)
Map of glass damage in Chelyabinsk Oblast. Fireball moved from right to left. Dots are villages and towns in the area, marked red or orange when glass damage occurred. Yellow dots are the locations where meteorites were recovered. Gray area shows predictions of overpressure from asteroid impact models. Credit: Popova et al., Science Vol. 42 (2013)
Dr. Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center and Dr. Eugeny Biryukov of the South Ural State University in Chelyabinsk point to broken glass in entrance door to airport in their final observation before leaving Chelyabinsk. Credit: NASA Ames
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope set of images from Sept. 10, 2013 reveals a never-before-seen set of six comet-like tails radiating from a body in the asteroid belt designated P/2013 P5. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, D.Jewitt/UCLA
MESSENGER image of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) during its closest approach to Mercury. At that time, ISON was approximately 22.5 million miles (36.2 million kilometers) from MESSENGER and 42.1 million miles (67.8 million kilometers) from the Sun. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/Southwest Research Institute
MESSENGER image of comet 2P/Encke during its closest approach to Mercury. At that time, Encke was approximately 2.3 million miles (3.7 million kilometers) from MESSENGER and 32.7 million miles (52.6 million kilometers) from the Sun. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/Southwest Research Institute
Bright, brighter, brightest: these views of Comet ISON after its closest approach to the sun Nov. 28 show that a small part of the nucleus may have survived the encounter. Images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO/GSFC
After its closest approach to to the sun on Nov. 28 (left), Comet ISON appeared a dim shadow of its former self (at right). "The comet may still be intact," NASA wrote on Nov. 29. Images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO/Jhelioviewer
Science confusion: Comet ISON made its closest approach to the sun Nov. 28. Although it showed up again in images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, scientists could not spot it using the ESA PROBA-2 spacecraft (view pictured). ISON's composition or proximity to the sun may have caused this. Credit: PROBA-2 Science Centre
Hubble Space Telescope imaged the asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres in 2007, both targets of NASA's Dawn mission. Credit: NASA
Meteorites from the asteroid Vesta have been found on the Earth's surface, but no such samples have been discovered from Ceres.Credit: University of Tennessee
Samples of Darwin glass range in size and color. White glass make up less than 3 percent of all finds. Credit: K. Howard
Darwin Glass. Credit: K. Howard
Australia's Darwin Crater. The crater is reportedly challenging to reach, situated in the middle of a lush forest. Credit: K. Howard
This map shows the Gulf of Mexico and the locations of the Campeche Escarpment and the buried impact crater that caused a global extinction event about 65 million years ago. Credit: MBARI/Base image: Google Earth
This close-up image of the Campeche Escarpment from the 2013 sonar survey shows a layer of resistent rock that researchers believe may contain rocks formed during an impact event 65 million years ago. Image: (c) 2013 MBARI
Overview of bathymetry of the Campeche Escarpment as mapped by the R/V Falkor. Credit: MBARI
This image of a patch of sky in the constellation Pisces is among the first taken by the infrared cameras of NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This is one of the first images captured by the revived NEOWISE mission, after more than two years of hibernation. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A movie from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory shows Comet ISON's Thanksgiving Day flyby of the sun. Credit: Science@NASA
Massive Fireball Over Iowa and Minnesota – Estimated Trajectory
Massive Fireball Over Iowa and Minnesota – Heat Map
The Murchison meteorite has at least 75 amino acids in it. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The six red dots in this composite picture indicate the location of the first new near-Earth asteroid seen by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) since the spacecraft came out of hibernation in December 2013. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Artist's impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. After an extensive mapping phase by the orbiter in August–September 2014, a landing site will be selected for Philae to conduct in situ measurements in November 2014. The image is not to scale; the Rosetta spacecraft measures 32 m across including the solar arrays, while the comet nucleus is thought to be about 4 km wide. Credit: ESA–C. Carreau/ATG medialab
This photo compares the sample size typically used in meteorite studies (yellow oval) to the sample size used with the new equipment (blue circle) in Goddard's Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory.Image Credit: Michael Callahan
Asteroid (25143) Itokawa seen in close-up. Credit: JAXA
An additional view of Asteroid (25143) Itokawa seen in close-up. Credit: JAXA
Schematic view of asteroid (25143) Itokawa. Credit: ESO. Acknowledgement: JAXA
In this artist's conception, Jupiter's migration through the solar system has swept asteroids out of stable orbits, sending them careening into one another. As the gas giant planets migrated, they stirred the contents of the solar system. Objects from as close to the Sun as Mercury, and as far out as Neptune, all collected in the main asteroid belt, leading to the diverse composition we see today.David A. Aguilar (CfA)
The process of collision and accretion created the four rocky, or terrestrial, planets of our inner solar system — Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Credit: NASA Discovery Program
Caption: An image of the flash resulting from the impact of a large meteorite on the lunar surface on 11 September 2013, obtained with the MIDAS observatory. Credit: J. Madiedo / MIDAS
Figure 1: Close-up of spectra of NH2 emission lines (of the same transitions for both 14NH2 and 15NH2) in Comet ISON, showing the difference in wavelengths and relative intensity between the isotopes. The red and green-dashed lines indicate the observed spectrum. The blue line indicates 15NH2, clearly detected for the first time. Credit: NAOJ
Figure 2: Comparison of nitrogen isotopic ratios obtained from comets (left) and molecular cloud core (right). The blue line indicates the ratio of nitrogen isotopes in the Earth's atmosphere while the wider, yellow line indicates that of the protosolar nebula. The figure shows that the nitrogen isotopic ratios obtained from cometary molecules are similar to each other while those of HCN (hydrogen cyanide) and HN3 (ammonia) in the molecular cloud core are different. Credit: NAOJ
This scanning electron microscope image of a polished thin section of a meteorite from Mars shows tunnels and curved microtunnels. Image Credit: NASA
This scanning electron microscope image shows speroidal features embedded in a layer of iddingsite, a mineral formed by action of water, in a meteorite that came from Mars. Image Credit: NASA
Photograph of Y000593 kindly provided by Paul Buchanan, NIPR. Per observation by Mike Zolensky, this is a view of the "least weathered side." Tiny cube is 1 cm (for scale). Y000593 was discovered in December of 2000 on the Yamato Glacier in Antarctica by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE). Credit: NASA
This artist's impression shows how the rings might look from close to the surface of Chariklo.Credit:ESO/L. Calçada/Nick Risinger
This artist's impression shows a close-up of what the rings might look like.Credit:ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger
This artist's impression shows the view from inside the ring system, with Chariklo behind and shepherding satellites also visible.Credit:ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger
The discovery images of 2012 VP113, taken with the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the CTIO 4 meter telescope in Chile. Credit: Scott S. Sheppard/Carnegie Institution for Science
Comparisons of some of the dwarf planets with the Earth and the moon. Credit: NASA
An artist's concept of the dwarf planet Eris and its moon Dysnomia. The sun is the small star in the distance. Credit: CalTech
A graphical representation of the size of the asteroid thought to have killed the dinosaurs, and the crater it created, compared to an asteroid thought to have hit the Earth 3.26 billion years ago and the size of the crater it may have generated. A new study reveals the power and scale of the event some 3.26 billion years ago which scientists think created geological features found in a South African region known as the Barberton greenstone belt. Credit: American Geophysical Union


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Sometimes the single week programmes are on iPlayer is a little too short: (On this. Really good documentary BTW, no hurry to watch it…)
Archives for 2013
Improved Waveform Output
I've spent a lot of time recently improving the waveform output of my VHDL compiler / simulator. Previously only the simple VCD format was supported: this only allows Verilog-style 4-value logic types to be dumped so doesn't map very well onto VHDL types. The implementation was also very inefficient resulting in a 3-4x slowdown in […]
I was visiting my friend Winni in St Albans last weekend. On Sunday afternoon we went to the nearby Butterfly World. It was very very very wet. Which was a bit unfortunate as a lot of it was outside. For somewhere so butterfly-themed there is a surprising amount of ant-based exhibits. Including a rather scary […]
Yesterday I headed to Swindon to finish off the remaining 16 or so miles of the Ridgeway path that I've been doing recently. While waiting for the bus I explored Swindon town centre a bit: it wasn't really worth the effort, although there was a cool building with minis on the side (they're produced in […]
In The Dark
It gets dark early in October eh?! On the way back home when I went walking in the Chilterns last weekend. Hambledon lock near Henley. Not to worry though as I have this super-awesome LED Lenser torch. It's pocket-sized, all-metal, German-made, and even comes with a handy carry case. Buy one now!
Garden Train Fully Operational
After having fallen into disrepair my parents' garden train is now up and running! Unfortunately since this photo was taken the viaduct was attacked by a mob of Luddite snails. Said snails became rather ill afterwards. Serves them right.
Sock Disaster
I have previously congratulated running sock manufacturers on their clear labelling of left and right socks. However, I unfortunately managed to bring two right running socks back home to Hastings which I can assure you is much worse than having two ambiguous unlabelled socks.
Ah, Swindon. Who hasn't dreamed of visiting that mythical Wiltshire town? I know I certainly have since I started walking along the ridgeway last week. So armed with maps and ample supplies I returned by bus to where I'd left off last time and headed west. It's a primal landscape dotted with iron age hill […]
Where has the fish gone?
I was somewhat distraught on a recent visit to Eastbourne when I discovered the fish fountain described previously on these pages had disappeared! Not just the fish but the water feature and plinth had also vanished. Alarmed, I emailed the Enterprise Centre and heard no response for several weeks. I became convinced that I had […]
I went for an adventure this afternoon in the hitherto unexplored region north west of Reading. Started in the pleasant village of Streatley and headed in the general direction of Swindon along the "ridgeway" national trail. At first it was a little dull and plodding, the only interesting site being this memorial to a solider […]

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Visual Arts & Design Showcase, Undergraduate Research Symposium
The Seventeenth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium is organized by the Undergraduate Research Program, which facilitates research experiences for undergraduates in all academic disciplines. The Symposium is a chance for undergraduates to present what they have learned through their research experiences to a larger audience.
Symposium's inaugural Visual Arts and Design Showcase opens today (May 16) at Odegaard Library at 3 - 7 pm. Eleven students are presenting their projects. The art is located throughout the 1st and 2nd floors and will remain on exhibit until Friday, May 30. We hope you will visit and enjoy the beautiful and intriguing pieces.
Read more about the projects: https://expo.uw.edu/expo/apply/312/proceedings/offering_session/625
May 16, 2014 - May 30, 2014
Odegaard Undergraduate Library, 1st and 2nd floors


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Welcome back fans of Latin roots as they relate to English vocabulary words, and great talks about life-changing books, with a focus on great literature! In this series that I'm offering, I am expounding upon books that have made an impression upon myself and many other readers, and the Latin root words inherent in their English titles. Last week I took a look at the word origins of Italo Calvino's book The Nonexistent Knight, which, next to Don Quixote, is one of the funniest books I've ever read, and most certainly one of the strangest. This week I shall expound upon Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, focusing on the etymology of the word "peace," and then moving on to some commentary about certainly one of the great novels of all time. Taking a look at the Latin roots of the word peace, we come to the following two Latin roots:
Pax, pacis—peace {pay, peac, peas}
Paciscor, pacisci, pactus sum—to agree, make a bargain
Let's look now at some of the general, SAT, and GRE vocabulary words that come from these roots:
pay: To pay is etymologically to make 'peace' with a merchant after receiving a product; we all know what happens when we do not pay our bills!
pacify: to "make peace" with someone is to "pacify" him
appease: to "appease" someone is also to "make peace" with her, or to calm or soothe her
pacifist: a "pacifist" is a "peacemaker," that is, someone who does not want to war with anyone. She or he is a proponent of "pacifism."
pact: a "pact" is an agreement between two people; when you agree with someone else, you etymologically "make peace" with them
compact: an "agreement with: another person; note the Latin-based prefix "com," root word of such SAT vocabulary items as commiserate, compassion, compliance, and commensurate. For more English vocabulary words that come from this prolific Latin prefix, check out www.wordempire.com, a site where you can find the most comprehensive Latin roots dictionary of English vocabulary words available today.
Now on to Leo Tolstoy's seminal work, War and Peace.
Immense. This novel cannot and should not really be termed a novel, at least not in today's sense of the novel, which can be practically anything that publishers think can make money. Rather, is should be denominated a "trans" or "supra" novel, because it almost, in parts, seemed more real than life itself, almost as if nature herself wrote it. So many insights into human nature are bruited with great wisdom and perspicacity; such complexities of every sort of human conduct and interrelationship are untied in a true Gordian knot fashion. It's almost as if Tolstoy somehow knew all the secrets of human nature, and was able to expound upon them, bringing them to light. I was particularly struck by the meaninglessness of it all; the senseless slaughter of war, the silliness of the young men who want to go to war, caught up in an isopraxis of startling dimensions, only realizing what war was really like when they ineluctably pay a visit to the hospital. During Manichaeanistic glimpses in the novel, one saw the meaning of life among the poshlost of war (quite Gogolian, really)—one soldier, Prince Andrew, I believe, was shot, and is lying on the field after
(I think). He opens his eyes and perceives the clarity of the sky above him, melting, as it were, into it, and becoming one with it, and is truly surprised at himself that he has never noticed that before (a great example of yogic attention, nearing samadhi). Somehow the approach of eternity via leaving this bardo brings him towards the revelation. Peacetime pursuits are just as inane for the most part as the bellicose undertakings, although the maturation and change of Pierre is one very noticeable and encouraging part; he becomes human, being able to throw off the dross of society (as Percival lost his humanity with Gornemant de Goort, thereby failing at the Grail Castle). Kutuzov, the supreme commander of the Russian forces, is an island onto himself, is ridiculed as doing nothing, but then his wisdom is later apprehended—sometimes the noetic convictions of true geniuses are not cognizable by the masses, such as in the instant when Kutuzov realizes that he need do nothing at all to defeat the retreating French—they are auto-destructing, and yet the soldiers about him feel, or are coerced by that "je ne sais quois" into doing something, when the doing should have been nothing at all. Sometimes doing nothing is the best policy, although this is not readily cognizable by the mediocre mind. Napoleon, the buffoon, is a Hitler of sorts, a monster who is directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands—or, as Tolstoy argues, was he really? Or was the power that moved the French and the Russians alike unknown, and indeed beyond epistemological rigor, making Napoleon a mere puppet, thereby making him more foolish than ever, since he doesn't even realize it? And in his heart of hearts feels guilty causelessly? Sometimes the force that moves nations is beyond even the most charismatic. Austerlitz
War and Peace was an event. It taught me that much will happen during one's life, warlike and tranquil, and to be prepared for almost anything, such as Natasha losing Prince Andrew because of her momentary madness over the popinjay Anatole, which then precipitates the Prince's weltschmerz, which causes him to be wounded, which later causes the grief of Natasha and Princess Mary, which then allows Pierre to marry Natasha, the only woman he has ever loved (how could one love Helene?).
The best scene in the novel was the fatuous Pierre "observing" the war, much as the American Civil War was attended by picnickers, although he does become seriously transformed by this, especially after he is wounded, so his silliness transmutes to wisdom (was this his purification from fatuousity?).
I don't know how Tolstoy did it. This was a simply gripping novel—some of the characters were alive in their own right, and are still alive (like what Shakespeare could do, especially with Hamlet, Falstaff, and Rosalind).
Pierre, in a moment of fulgurous insight, realized that, no matter how hard one might try, one can never convince another person to change his thoughts or his conduct (except a child). Hence, whenever he spoke with people, he simply observed them, smilingly, without trying to expostulate with them. This seems to me an excellent and non-aggressive way to live—Ryle Hira, or Buddhistic acceptance of others, with an ironic smile, of course!!
Take a gander at War and Peace, but get a good translation. I find that David Magarshack and especially the dynamic duo of Larissa Volokhonsky and Richard Pevear are nonpareil.
Fascinated with English vocabulary words? Want to pick them apart into their constituent Greek and Latin roots? Want to know even more words that come from the Latin root words pax, pacis and paciscor, and most especially the prolific prefix cum? Studying hard for the SAT or GRE verbal section, and just can't get a handle on all of those vocabulary words, which are truly legion? Check out www.wordempire.com, where you will find the most comprehensive Greek and Latin roots dictionaryavailable today, and also the most beautiful...it's in full color, and artistically designed. There's even a Greek and Latin roots posteravailable, which nicely illustrates the full power of what Greek and Latin root words can do for you.


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1953 Supercharged Chevrolet Corvette
Parked to1953 Supercharged Chevrolet Corvette
byLingenfelter Collection
This is one of two six-cylinder 1953 Corvettes built by McCulloch Motors with superchargers for performance evaluation by General Motors. This is car number 24 of the 300 Corvettes built at GM's Flint Michigan Plant in 1953, and it became the first supercharged Corvette in the world.
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Travis Williams Recaps Men's Basketball Season
Nashville, Tenn. – With last night's athletic banquet now in the books, the men's basketball team's year is officially over. It was a successful one for the Tigers, as they finished with an 18-15 record, capping off the squad's first back-to-back winning seasons since 1995-96.
The Tigers also set a record with three players select to the All-OVC Team in Patrick Miller, Robert Covington and Kellen Thornton. TSU hit another milestone when the club won its 11th home game, tying the mark for most ever in the history of the Gentry Center.
TSU's strong play this year included an 11-5 conference mark and a fourth place finish in the Ohio Valley Conference.
The Tigers season concluded in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament for the second straights season. It was only the fourth postseason berth for TSU since joining the OVC.
Hear head coach Travis Williams' thoughts on his first season at the helm of the TSU program, here.
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also, I think he's a candidate for being the next Guild Master of Fairy Tail
but, yeah... I still can't see Laxus ever beating Jura this time around. Maybe in another timeskip or so
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Not to mention that, technically, Earth has been strong against lightning.
Also, we know Jura is now #5. We know the top 4 aren't human. But what about 6 thru 10? We know Makarov is supposed to be one (unless he lost his spot with the time skip). So if Jura is defeated here, we'll have less of an impression of 6 thru 10, which you know they are going to run into sooner or later. Probably before 1 thru 4.
Edit: Another possibility occurred to me.... Jura is pwning Laxus mostly (although Laxus still gets in a hit or two here and there), but Laxus keeps getting up after getting smacked down, saying over and over again how he won't let Fairy Tail down now. Jura, impressed with this, decides that, while he can technically defeat Laxus, he can't beat the man's soul and drive. And perhaps because of that, and respect, he decides to voluntarily surrender. Or perhaps call it a draw. That way, Laxus doesn't lose, and neither does Jura, and it takes them both out of the game. And it keeps Jura as a respectable member of the Wizard Saints.
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I'll make my own prediction, and bet you anything that after the next chapter, we'll have at least one or two posts that go, "Man, Fairy Tail is sucking so much. It's so predictable." Even though no one outright stated predictions before the chapter! The only predictions we have, is that Laxus will win or tie. Considering the possible outcomes are win, lose, or tie, they've essentially hedged their bets by giving themselves a 67% chance. Hell, I'd be tempted to make bets like that, too! A true prediction would say "I predict he is going to win." That is a 33% chance, based on possible outcomes, and is actually a gutsy prediction.
And that just covers the bare bones win/loss aspect of one single fight; hardly grounds for calling the entire story predictable! Like I said before. Wake me when someone has a bit more of a detailed prediction. If FT is so predictable, then it should be child's play to predict how the plot is going to play out.
TL;DR: It's whining, and it's non-constructive at best, and annoying at worst.
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Natsu said there was a 'trick' to eating the God Slayer magic, which is pretty much based off the same concept as the Dragon Slayer magic. It's pretty much the same as bypassing the protection on a CD/DVD. Laxus lifted the 'protection' off of his magic, allowing Natsu to copy it in a more permament fashion, while Gajeel just straight ripped it off of Rouge/Raios. Seems that to be eaten, it must 1) have their base element within it or 2) be of a similiar magic type.
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Not too keen on the idea of Jura curbstomping Laxus. First, if Jura beats Laxus easily then it means he probably won the tournament, since noone else should be a challenge. Not very likely imo.
This is just speculation, but if Laxus is comparable to Jellal (as Mystogan's counterpart), then he should be a pretty good match for Jura. As I recall, Jellal was about to give Jura a very bad day if Ultear hadn't interfered. I wouldn't sell Laxus short on his own merits either, considering he even fought Hades alone.
I'm wondering if Sting might try to land a cheap shot on Jura for the 5 points, and whether Laxus could end up learning Sting's light DS magic.
I'd rather see Laxus win tbh.
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^If Laxus gives Jura a good beating, he will be weakened down so he won't be much of a match anymore.
Besides I personally would find it refreshing to see someone else dominating apart from FT at least once.
Laxus didn't have second origin open in him as others so his power level should be weaker than Jellal's now.
Jura is 4th great Saint now what means Jellal is below him in power what puts Laxus even lower.
I expect Laxus to give him a hard time but winning is too much. But then again how easy most of FT wins were I will be more surprised if Laxus does lose.
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I'd be surprised too if Laxus lost since it'd pretty much guarantee they'd lose the fighting tourment and it's pretty rare for the main castes group to lose those.
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It's clear that there equals. Only difference here, was that jellal had 7 years to train
and so did Jura. Before TS, Jura was ranked the weakest saint.
In Jura vs Jellal, it's was seen that they were equals, up until Jellal had to pull his trump card, 'Star Destruction'.
Unfortunately, we never saw the result, but Jura's facial expression was an indication he was doomed to lose.
Right now, the Jura fight can go either way.
Laxus still hasn't shown his 'Ultimate DS Art'.
Also, Its disappointing that Makarov is ranked less than Jura now.
In the new FT movie, all the guild masters and counsel members were shown.
Maybe, a few saints were present too?
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Well that's the main thing, Jura and Jellal are seven years ahead of Laxus who didn't even have second origin open in him.
And as I said, if Laxus gives Jura hard time, Jura won't be able to put much of a fight so others can easily take him down.
Otherwise with such thinking FT is doomed anyway since there is still fresh Sting while everyone else are worn out.
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The wizard saints aren't necessarily the 10 strongest in the world. Gildartz wasn't one pre-timeskip yet both Jura and Jose Porla were.
Also, iirc Jellal wasn't a match for Jura at the start of their fight because he was imitating Mystogan's magic. When he started using his own magic Jura was in trouble. I think Jellal is probably stronger than Jura.
I think the difference in power due to the timeskip is practically nullified at this point. It was only important immediately after the main cast returned and probably wont come into play again. Even Makarov wont be affected by the timeskip since he was already at his full power before it happened.
Not bothered with Jura ranking higher than Makarov. If Jura wrestles Acknologia with bare hands I'll be impressed
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Well, it's unclear whether Laxus had his second origin unlocked or not.
Most who trained aside from Team Natsu, its unknown what they gained, during those 3 months of training. If Laxus is near Gildartz level, as it's believed (Hades remark), one would think he would of long had it. Still, as Gildartz mentioned to natsu in the Tenrou arc, there still something Natsu needs to gain before he reaches the top of the magical world. Only weird thing, is that Erza clearly didn't have it and she's a FT S class.
Right now, I see it as Lightning vs Earth. Earth alone nullify's lightning right?
Meaning, Laxus needs to go melee entirely to decimate him or catch Jura offguard to use a nuke. Unless it turns out Jura is using stone armor, like in Gaara's case in naruto.
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The title of saint is just an honorific in the world of Fiore. Something just to show respect, in terms of the wielders power or accomplishments. Anyone with S class level should easily have the title, given the right commendations. e.g. Erza when she 'died'.
I think your right on the TS. It was solely meant to advance everyone else, aside from FT - from their previous tiers to higher. At this point in time, I'm most curious about Ultears prominence. Aside from the whole gray fiasco, it's clear she's OP, given her skill set!
You have a good point regarding Makarov!Atm, I feel Jura is too hyped.
I just wish it ends in a draw. If Laxus ends up winning, it'll ruin every single power level scale to date. Making Laxus > than even Gildartz.
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- lumien story
- the 4 top saint wizards
- more lore about acnologia past
- a new barlam alliance
- tartaros being the top in the alliance
- the remain of the grimoire heart
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-aged all others guild members to give then more relevance specially romeu
he does the time skip because:
- oracion six defeated
- gromoire heart defeated
- already showed acnologia
- already showed zeref
the missins ones things:
- natsu and gajeel past
- year 777
- if lucy mother have connection with the 777
- where the dragons
i think who mashima does the time skip because he started to run out of "content"(ak enemies, arc plots and dont want ending too soon the manga), a way to extend the manga give more freshing content like he is showing on this arc, he showed many news future sub plots.
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Really, the point of the timeskip was not to reduce the power of all the characters so that they'd suddenly have to be crawling back up the power tiers. As ellessarr said, it was to refresh the content. Seven years have passed, things have changed, new issues have cropped up, new enemies and rivals have appeared, etc.
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The first Ohio branch of the NAACP was formed in Cleveland in 1912, just 3 years after the organization was formed in New York on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln and in response to the disappointing actions of the Niagara Movement, which had its final meeting in Oberlin, Ohio in 1908. The goals of ending racial discrimination, segregation, and lynchings were of paramount concern. In 1915, branches of the NAACP were formed in Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Springfield, and Toledo. During the next few years, 1916-1919, NAACP branches were established at Akron, Lorain, Oberlin, Wellsville, and Youngstown in northern Ohio.
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The 1930's and 1940's, Ohio had several violent acts against blacks. For example, The Mt. Adams Stonings in 1944, The Racial profiling of Nathan Wright and the Case of Haney Bradley and others. All of which signaled how little things had changed.
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The struggles in Ohio with treatment by law enforcement and an unfair judicial system continued in the 1960's even with the passage of the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965), few changes took place in some communities, however, the struggle continued.
The NAACP at the National, State and local or branch levels in Ohio, has been at the forefront of many court cases to ensure the rights of all people. By applying direct action or litigation, the NAACP, has continued to fight on behalf of people and their rights.
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The Port has owned the property since the early 1990s, when the 30,000-square-foot former Clark Door building was renovated as a public convention space. For years it was home to events such as Harvest Fest but has been home to Dakine warehouse and Full Sail Brewing Co. warehouse and offices over the past six years.
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"The close proximity is really beneficial to us. It's kind of fortuitous that this property (Expo Center) could come available," Athos said. Currently the Expo Center is used as a warehouse, with some offices, by Full Sail Brewery, which is completing its own move into an expanded warehouse and packaging facility on Columbia Street.
The Port Commission's action essentially authorizes the port staff to execute the DDA in consultation with port legal counsel. Adoption of the DDA could lead to the sale of the building and property for $1.95 million. The entire deal is contingent on rezoning and replatting of the property, which would be divided into a total of seven parcels, including a 41,290-square-foot linear parcel across Anchor Way just south of the facility.
"This is the just the first step but it creates a roadmap for the future of the property," said Michael McElwee, port executive director. The commission discussed two versions of a PDA in executive session during a special meeting, and voted on the one recommended by McElwee, which sets the price of the land at $714,000 and the building with light-industrial zoning at $1.21 million.
The deal depends on approval of zoning changes including the west parking lot, which would be divided into three parcels, including the southernmost to be retained by the port for potential future development. It would also require approval of a zoning transfer of the existing Commercial 2 property from the Expo Center parcels to Lot 1, just to the east.
Accepting Key's proposal for repurposing the Expo means Port resources can be utilized on other priority projects, according to Pickhardt.
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Commissioners Fred Duckwall, Rich McBride, Brian Shortt and Hoby Streich voted for the PDA, with Jon Davies voting against.
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Teresa Wildflower is a member of the Chemehuevi tribe, the southernmost grouping of the Southern Paiutes (the Southern Paiutes traditionally lived in the Colorado River basin and the Mohave Desert in northern Arizona and southeastern California, southern Nevada and southern Utah). She was born in 1935 and became probably the most recognized of Chemehuevi potters.
She most likely grew up on the Colorado River Indian Reservation near Parker, AZ. In those days Federal authorities were actively recruiting Native Americans from high desert tribes to migrate to other reservations and The Colorado River Reservations saw a number of incoming Hopi and Navajo families. Judging from the shapes she made, the kinds of designs she painted and the quality of her work, it's likely she learned to make pottery from one of her Hopi neighbors. There was a bit of a renaissance in Chemehuevi traditional arts beginning in the 1990's with the advent of tribal casinos but Teresa was well established long before that: we found records of a two-week show of her work at Andrews Pueblo Pottery in Albuquerque in the summer of 1982.
Teresa's specialty was miniatures and she was prolific in making them. Because the Chemehuevi pottery tradition was almost wiped out a century before (and the examples available in museum collections look very Hohokam-influenced), it's hard to see anything in her pottery that makes it specifically Chemehuevi. However, her work is light-hearted and reflects a way of looking at nature that is simple, direct and exquisitely to the point. Her pieces are very well made and meticulously painted. Her subject matter is all over the place, from penguins to tropical birds to frogs, lizards, bears and coyotes. Her creations are exacting, built to a scale where 1" is equal to 1'. It's easy enough to confuse her work with Hopi, Zuni or Cochiti pieces as she created with styles and shapes and painted designs from all across the Southwest Native American pottery world.
Teresa isn't producing her pottery any more but she did teach her daughter, Niadi, her methods and processes. Niadi produced similarly beautiful pottery for a few years but she hasn't made any in years now either.
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- Weigh pots down with a small zip lock bag containing sand, glass marbles, rice, etc. Do not fill the pot more than one third full as you want them bottom heavy. Remember to remove the weight before moving.
- Secure your shelves; make sure they are well attached to the walls. Shelf brackets should be of sufficient length and strength to support the weight of your pottery.
- Prevent pots from sliding. Consider attaching a small wooden molding to the front of shelves. Line shelves with non-slip material (a thin sheet of rubber foam, Styrofoam sheeting, etc.)
- If you need assistance with special problems, major cleaning (your grandchild spills ice cream on your pot), restoration or repair (the cat breaks a pot), or replacement (irreparable damage), please feel free to call us.
We hope these ideas help you maintain the beauty and value of your pottery for years of enjoyment.
100 West San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 (505) 986-1234
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Toasting all the E-Weds
And i've never seen that pic before.
The weasley twins and cedric. *runs around covered in cream*


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A hot match: Rafael Nadal sizzles in Armani ads with Megan Fox
Move over Cristiano Ronaldo and Becks – there's a new underwear hunk in town.
Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal follows in the footsteps of the Real Madrid player and David Beckham by becoming the face – and body – of Armani underwear.
In a series of black and white shots which are sure to delight his fans, Rafa shows off his impressive physique.
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Giorgio Armani commented that he enjoys watching the 24-year-old play every game, and that "he is ideal as he represents a healthy and positive model for youngsters".
And he's joined in the Spring/Summer 2011 campaign by screen siren Megan Fox, who was unveiled as the Italian fashion house's new ambassador in October 2009.


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