Skynet 1-11-20 “The Universe is Flat!” & “Isaac Asimov at 100” 9PM CT

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Saturday’s Topic: “The Universe is Flat!” & “Isaac Asimov at 100: Life and Times”

Net Control: Tom KE5ICX

Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.

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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

The Universe is Flat!

Paul Sutter, Astrophysicist
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Flat or Round – They Decide
https://d2r55xnwy6nx47.cloudfront.net/uploads/2019/11/ClosedUniverse_Lede.jpg

Sphere, Saddle, or Plane?
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KnaPvdak4KyfEFp8iUtQ97-970-80.jpg

Space Exploration and Space History

TOI 1338b Discovered by TESS as First Circumbinary Planet
TESS: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nightingale_0.png
TOI 1338b Eclipsing Simulation


Eleven Astronaut Candidates Graduated from Johnson Space Center
NASA Astronaut Graduation: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2020e000607.jpg
Space/NASA History:
In space history this week…
January 5, 1917
Robert Goddard Granted $5,000 to Study Rocketry
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Goddard_and_Rocket.jpg/800px-Goddard_and_Rocket.jpg
January 5, 1972
President Nixon Announces Approval to Develop Space Shuttle
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Space_Shuttle_concepts.jpg
January 6, 1998
Lunar Prospector Launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Lunar_Prospector_in_Clean_Room_-_GPN-2000-001543.jpg/800px-Lunar_Prospector_in_Clean_Room_-_GPN-2000-001543.jpg
January 7, 1968
Surveyor 7 Launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Surveyor_NASA_lunar_lander.jpg
January 8, 1942
Stephen Hawking Born in Oxford, England
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Physicist_Stephen_Hawking_in_Zero_Gravity_NASA.jpg/1920px-Physicist_Stephen_Hawking_in_Zero_Gravity_NASA.jpg
January 10, 1946
DeWitt Bounces Radio Signal off Moon
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Project_Diana_antenna.jpg
January 11, 1962
John F. Kennedy State of the Union Address: The New Frontier
https://spacecoastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NASA-History-1962-John-F.-Kennedy-580-2.jpg
Waz Up?
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week

“The Life and Times of Isaac Asimov”

Isaac Asimov
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Radio Shack Promotional
https://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2013/12/azimiov.jpg

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction
https://i.pinimg.com/474x/3d/9f/8b/3d9f8b78f0590153b53bc93f923899fc.jpg

Foundation Trilogy
https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1316412178l/46654.jpg

The Gods Themselves
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XFsyxJHwL._SX299_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Personal Collection of IA Books
https://www.blackgate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Isaac-Asimov-collection-small.jpg
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches

Upcoming Rocket Launch List

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

Launch Schedule


Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Astronomers find wandering massive black holes in dwarf galaxies
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200106103440.htm?fbclid=IwAR0XlMgQmphdcNR174b6weYvpXPROaga77xrSFMpWSOt8-ef6XBNSLit2VU
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.

LightSail 2
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=44420&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Jan. 16
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=44420&mjd=58865.0689748643&type=V

Jan. 17
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=44420&mjd=58866.1000682087&type=V

Jan. 18
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=44420&mjd=58867.0610053153&type=V

Jan. 19
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=44420&mjd=58868.0927972578&type=V

North Korean Satellite
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Jan. 13
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=39026&mjd=58861.5238883031&type=V

Jan. 14
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=39026&mjd=58862.5062220557&type=V

Jan. 17
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=39026&mjd=58865.5179465309&type=V

Jan. 18
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=39026&mjd=58866.5002583828&type=V

Envisat
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=27386&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Jan. 14
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58863.0144585047&type=V

Jan. 16
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58865.0321379027&type=V

Jan. 17
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58866.0066447263&type=V

Jan. 19
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=58868.0242956825&type=V

 

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