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The Secrets of Asteroid Minerva and its Two Moons
Since the discovery of its two moons, the triple asteroid Minerva has been the focus of space and ground-based telescope studies that have attempted to unravel the secrets of this intriguing system. A multiple-telescope campaign has now revealed that Minerva is unusually round for an asteroid, and has a possibly unique structure.
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The Secrets of Asteroid Minerva and its Two Moons
Since the discovery of its two moons, the triple asteroid Minerva has been the focus of space and ground-based telescope studies that have attempted to unravel the secrets of this intriguing system. A multiple-telescope campaign has now revealed that Minerva is unusually round for an asteroid, and has a possibly unique structure. -
Weekly Colloquium at the SETI Institute
Attend a colloquium! They are FREE, open to the public and held from noon to 1pm, every Wednesday, or select evening talks at 7 pm.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - 10:19amTesting of the hypothesis that the disintegration of dormant comets is the dominant contribution of dust to the zodiacal cloud.
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Origins of Outer Planet Regular Satellites
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 2:22pmInvestigation into the source of the solids that led to the formation of the regular satellites of the giant planets.
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Along with scientists from the University of California's Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley has coupled the Lick Observatory's 40-inch Nickel Telescope with a new pulse-detection system capable of finding laser beacons from civilizations many light-years distant.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 9:56amThe Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is a "Large Number of Small Dishes" (LNSD) array designed to be highly effective for “commensal” (simultaneous) surveys of conventional radio astronomy projects and SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) observations at centimeter wavelengths.
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