... Moon . ... Tune into the Asteroid Day press conference . ... Read Mark BosloughУ?т??т??s blog on the Jupiter impact . ... Avoiding impacts . ... A stronomers and policy makers met February 23 to 26 in Garden Grove, California, to discuss what many might consider a far-out concept protecting Earth from asteroid and comet impacts. ... Even with asteroids, they note, the probability of an impact must reach nearly 100 percent before astronomers can firmly establish where on Earth it will strike. ...

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... Bad Astronomy . Misconceptions . ... Bizarre Image Analysis . ... Hoagland's Credentials . ... Conclusions . ... Let's say that NASA really is a massive Masonic-Illuminati-whatever conspiracy, as Hoagland claims . ... If NASA didn't know about aliens, they certainly would after the first time they went to Mars, if finding the evidence is as easy as Hoagland claims. ... Hoagland claims they digitally alter images, so following his logic they could just fake any more images they needed. ...

... In this chapter, we explore many different ways to measure and record time. ... Any proposed calendar must be compatible with observations (100-day years are contrary to observations!) ... Three-minute "hour glasses" to time eggs are still common in kitchens. ... How could we lengthen the amount of time it takes to empty one of the bottles? ... In the activities of Chapter 1, we found that midday, when the Sun is highest and directly South in the sky, rarely corresponds to noon, as told by the clock...

... The then president of the Society, Mr. Robert Burke, appointed a committee of eight or ten members, most of whom had made smaller mirrors, as an instrument committee, with Mr. Thorpe as chairman. ... Seriously, the best practicable solution seemed to be to build a machine to do the grinding and polishing. ... It was decided to grind the edges of the mirror to make it truly circular, as the rough cast glass was some 3/8 inch longer on one diameter than on the other. ...

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... The chances of the Earth being hit by a comet from beyond Pluto — А la Armageddon — are much lower than previously thought, according to new research by an ANU astronomer. ... I calculate that small comets, capable of destroying a city, only hit the Earth once every 40 million years or so,” Dr Francis said. ... But asteroids and short-period comets come past again and again, so if we’re clever enough we can find them all and predict which, if any, will hit the Earth,” said Dr Francis. ...

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