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Chang’e 4 has landed! What is the moon’s far side, and how do you land on the moon? These two strips help explain... Far Side: astrojots.com/0004_t… Landing on other worlds: astrojots.com/0002_p… #ChangE4 #moon #moonlanding pic.twitter.com/nOfz…

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Rotation of Ultima Thule #NewHorizons #UltimaFlyby pic.twitter.com/xCu9…

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🎥 Take a look at what's coming up for the European Space Agency in our preview of 2019... pic.twitter.com/64Cq…

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Mike Grusin
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My favorite slide from the presser (because I helped a teeny bit with that campaign) shows how well the real MU69 matches stellar occultation data taken back in 2017. Absolutely incredible optical and logistics work by Marc Buie, @AscendingNode and the rest of the @SwRI NH team! pic.twitter.com/R8sg…

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China Xinhua News
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China's Chang'e-4 probe touches down on the far side of the moon, becoming the first spacecraft soft-landing on the moon's uncharted side never visible from Earth xhne.ws/4Y9jN pic.twitter.com/bS7f…

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Next Meeting

  • January 2019
    • Rupert Smith: Remote observatory 1
    • St Francis of Assisi Church Hall
    • 19:30 - 22:00
    • Wed 23rd Jan 2019

Next Observing

  • Thu 21st Feb 2019
    • 20:00 - 23:00
    • Observing Evening
    • Otford Village Memorial Hall
  • Fri 1st Mar - Sun 3rd Mar 2019
    • Deep Sky Camp
    • Cairds Campsite
  • Thu 21st Mar 2019
    • 20:00 - 23:00
    • Observing Evening
    • Otford Village Memorial Hall

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