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Comments on ‘NASA names the day for Dawn raid on asteroid belt’Launch date pencilled inPublished Tuesday 18th September 2007 09:04 GMT
A week later?By Dale Morgan
Posted Tuesday 18th September 2007 12:43 GMT
The 26th september is a Wednesday and the 28th is a Friday, their both in the same week! If the miss the window in the 26th they can try again at the end of the week. Early Morning..By Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 18th September 2007 12:43 GMT
So its at the crack of Dawn then? Dwarf planet?By Bert Ragnarok
Posted Tuesday 18th September 2007 14:13 GMT
I think you mean minor planet. As in molesworth 2. No sign of Gimli in your artist's impression... Not Dwarf PlanetBy red floyd
Posted Tuesday 18th September 2007 15:13 GMT
Please, they prefer the term "Gravitationally Challenged"... Or so my PC friends assure me. Ever Since PlutoBy John Savard
Posted Tuesday 18th September 2007 15:16 GMT
It's true that "minor planet" is another term for asteroid. However, ever since Pluto got demoted, there has been a category of Solar System bodies known as "dwarf planets"; Pluto is one of them, Ceres is another, and other large Kuiper Belt Objects, such as Eris, are also likely to be accepted as belonging to this category. The period for commenting on this story has finished |
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