Archive for October, 2005

New Moons around Pluto

Monday, October 31st, 2005 at 03:12 PM

When astronomers discover new objects in the solar system, the announcements are made through International Astronomical Union (IAU) Circulars. Earlier today I saw a post on the Minor Planet Mailing List noting that IAU Circular 8625 announces the discovery of two new moons around Pluto, which already had one previously known moon, Charon. IAU Circular 8625 reads in part as follows

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Mars: A Big and Bright Geological Ghost

Thursday, October 20th, 2005 at 01:35 PM

Mars is impressive this Halloween season, and recent discoveries are shedding light on the early history of this geological ghost.

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An important discovery orbiting 2003 UB313 (the “10th Planet”)

Thursday, October 6th, 2005 at 12:07 PM

Astronomers discover a moon around the “10th Planet” of our solar system, 2003 UB313

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RSS Feed bug fixed

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 at 03:39 PM

The bug in our RSS feed that resulted in this site producing an invalid feed has been fixed.

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