Tag: Celestial bodies
NASA New Horizons probe: Measurement data indicates a significantly larger Kuiper Belt
NASA’s New Horizons probe has found evidence at the edge of the solar system that the so-called Kuiper belt is significantly larger than previously thought, or is even enclosed by…
Green Comet C/2022: This is how it can be observed now | NDR.de
Status: 01/30/2023 5:55 p.m The Neanderthals were still alive when it was last seen 50,000 years ago. Comet C/2022 E3 is now approaching Earth again. Its greenish glow can be…
Old, porous and dark – the asteroid Ryugu is different from many known celestial bodies
He is an extremely interesting celestial body: (162173) Ryugu. The asteroid with the Japanese name (in German “Drachenpalast”) was discovered in 1999 and flies in a low-earth orbit around the…