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Small BodiesStories, updates, insights, and original analysis from The Planetary Society.
Seeing Ceres: Then and Now
Technology writer Paul Gilster shares his interest in how we depict astronomical objects, focusing on the dwarf planet Ceres.
DPS 2013: The fascination of tiny worlds
In which I summarize Joe Veverka's Kuiper Prize talk at the Division for Planetary Sciences meeting:
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My ever-popular asteroids-and-comets montage, now in color, with bonus Toutatis
My collage of all the asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft is probably the single most popular image I have ever posted on this blog. I've now updated it to be in color and to include Toutatis.
LPSC 2011: Day 1: Small bodies
Here are some of the noteworthy items from the morning's session on
Door 27 in the 2010 advent calendar
Time to open the twenty-seventh door in the advent calendar. Where in the solar system is this flat-floored depression?
Boulders and Ponds on 433 Eros
There is really cool geology being explored on large, oddly shaped asteroids. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission reached 433 Eros in 2000, and one of the exciting results was the discovery of features called
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 19: Eros
Not quite ten years ago, the Near Earth Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft arrived at the near-Earth asteroid Eros. NEAR accomplished many firsts.