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abyssoft YaBB Administrator I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 302	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #105 - 08/26/10 at 08:57:54 Is the sun emitting a mystery particle? Previously unknown particle may be meddling with decay rates of matter http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38863989/ns/technology_and_science-science/
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abyssoft YaBB Administrator I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 302	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #106 - 08/26/10 at 10:23:03 Nasa Kepler Update http://www.nasa.gov/news/media/newsaudio/index.html valid until Sept 2 Live broadcast for the next hour
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frankuitaalst Ultimate Member Great site Posts: 1507 Gender:	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #107 - 09/11/10 at 03:41:13 Two small asteroids made a close pass to earth last days http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news169.html Here's a screenshot for 3D glasses as seen from the sun.
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Reply #108 - 12/08/10 at 01:09:48

Not exactly "news" (it's two years old), but it's an interesting scientific paper relevant to our interests here

Stability of the Distant Satellites of the Giant Planets in the Solar System, by Shen and Tremaine (2008),
http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/136/6/2453

Fortunately it's in a free issue of the Astronomical Journal, so you can grab the PDF for free! I've only skimmed it so far, but the very interesting thing is that it says that there can be stable satellite orbits outside the planet's Hill Sphere, which I at least wasn't previously aware of. So check it out if you're interested!

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EDG Ultimate Member oh, crumbs!!! Posts: 611 Gender:	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #109 - 12/09/10 at 09:51:02 Venus has a (quasi-satellite) moon? http://www.universetoday.com/81575/venus-has-a-moon/ Apparently there's an asteroid in a 1:1 resonance with it! There's something to play with in gravity simulator
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Reply #110 - 12/09/10 at 10:37:24

Quote from Mal on 12/09/10 at 09:51:02:

There's something to play with in gravity simulator Wink

Been there. Done that: http://www.orbitsimulator.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1176415775/0
Looks like we stumped Universe Today by over 3 years!

The paper you linked to yesterday seems like it's considering quasi satellites as well when talking about satellites that are stable beyond 2 Hill Spheres.

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Reply #111 - 12/09/10 at 12:48:31

Quote from Tony on 12/09/10 at 10:37:24:

Been there. Done that: http://www.orbitsimulator.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1176415775/0
Looks like we stumped Universe Today by over 3 years!

Nice! Seriously, I wonder why scientists don't seem to know about Gravity Simulator.
I was reading an article yesterday about "curiosity-driven science" and how essential it is ( http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101117/full/468347a.html ), and it seems that everything we do on gravsim forums is definitely curiosity-driven - and look at the stuff we find!

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The paper you linked to yesterday seems like it's considering quasi satellites as well when talking about satellites that are stable beyond 2 Hill Spheres.

Yeah, I thought that a rather neat coincidence

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Reply #112 - 12/10/10 at 15:39:27

Quote from Tony on 12/09/10 at 10:37:24:

Quote from Mal on 12/09/10 at 09:51:02:

There's something to play with in gravity simulator Wink

Been there. Done that: http://www.orbitsimulator.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1176415775/0
Looks like we stumped Universe Today by over 3 years!

The paper you linked to yesterday seems like it's considering quasi satellites as well when talking about satellites that are stable beyond 2 Hill Spheres.

Yeh , nice work !
When I read the old articles about the subject again I see also 2001CK32 (http://www.orbitsimulator.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1175113160/19#19) was suspected to show Trojan behaviour . I've just started a sim in rotating frame on Venus and yep ! it seems to be in a tadpole orbit nowadays around Venus .
Will try to upload an animation later .

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EDG Ultimate Member oh, crumbs!!! Posts: 611 Gender:	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #113 - 12/15/10 at 23:28:21 Attn: Planet Hunters! There's a new "citizen science" site (like Galaxy Zoo and Moon Zoo) where you can go through Kepler stellar transit data and possibly find planets! http://www.planethunters.org/
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abyssoft YaBB Administrator I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 302	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #114 - 12/16/10 at 07:03:49 Very cool Thanks I like the interface, Think I may have spotted a couple hot jupiters.
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EDG Ultimate Member oh, crumbs!!! Posts: 611 Gender:	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #115 - 02/02/11 at 12:42:56 How does a 6-planet system sound (all of which are transiting!!!) http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/new_planetary_system.html That'd be an interesting one to simulate... http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=Kepler-11
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EDG Ultimate Member oh, crumbs!!! Posts: 611 Gender:	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #116 - 05/12/11 at 02:01:05 More news about retrograde Hot Jupiter orbits (and a paper!): http://www.universetoday.com/85585/the-flip-side-of-exoplanet-orbits/ The paper can be downloaded from here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.2501
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EDG Ultimate Member oh, crumbs!!! Posts: 611 Gender:	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #117 - 07/27/11 at 11:31:14 Earth's first trojan discovered! (2010 TK7) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7357/full/nature10233.html Anyone want to model it?
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frankuitaalst Ultimate Member Great site Posts: 1507 Gender:	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #118 - 08/04/11 at 11:51:57 Possible water flowing on Mars ! http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=14483&m edia_id=104892521&module=homepage
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frankuitaalst Ultimate Member Great site Posts: 1507 Gender:	Re: Ye Olde Towne Crier (News) Reply #119 - 09/01/11 at 10:11:25 Something to simulate with Gravsim ? http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1108/1108.3375v1.pdf
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