The Great Planet Debate: Is it Over? Will it Ever Be?
With many scientists still unhappy with the IAU's definition of "planet," it's possible the debate will never be resolved!
Source: interestingengineering.com
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University of Latvia is out of this world
In April, an asteroid with the rather forgettable designation No. 567580 gained a slightly more memorable moniker, being named in honour of the University of Latvia.
Source: eng.lsm.lv
Pair of asteroids split off from their parent body just 300 YEARS ago
In cosmic terms, that is very recent, a team from the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona explained, with most rocks dating back to the dawn of the solar system.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
NASA flies Lucy mission to explore solar system's 'fossils'
The Lucy probe — the first-ever NASA mission to explore distant asteroids and seek out the origin of our solar system — was successfully lifted off on Saturday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force...
Source: sentinelassam.com
NASA sends Lucy mission to seek out solar system's 'fossils'
In a novel bid to seek out the origin of our solar system, the US space agency on Saturday launched the Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
Source: ummid.com