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Saturday’s Topic: “Sir Isaac Newton: Calculus, Light, and Gravity” & “Pollux and Caster!”
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Discussion Topic of the Evening.
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
“Sir Isaac Newton: Calculus, Light, and Gravity”
Born: January 4th, 1643 – Died: March 31st 1727
Young Isaac Newton
https://www.thechamberlainstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/young-isaac-newton-22.jpg
https://congressus-isaacnewton.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/1feac239fc0d41d99d4da7d55d6915b1.jpg
Prizm Experiment
https://www.incimages.com/uploaded_files/image/970×450/getty_92822790_2000126420009280161_125831.jpg
Law of Universal Gravitation
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Space Exploration and Space History
March 23, 1840 – First photograph of the moon
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a3/45/15/a345151d7e0022232de86763c5da215f.jpg
John William Draper
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/John_William_Draper.jpg/1024px-John_William_Draper.jpg
Wernher von Braun
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wernher_von_Braun.jpg/1024px-Wernher_von_Braun.jpg
March 25, 1655
Saturn’s Moon Titan Discovered by Christiann Huygens
https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Seeing_Titan_with_infrared_eyes-2000×1200.jpg
Christiaan Huygens
https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/cRsdouXPNUwI9sug95R0Rcrb3fk=/768×0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/Christiaan_Huygens-painting-099aedfef46c44d894328dab890d2942.jpeg
Comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4)
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InSight Lander (Thwacking)
https://mars.nasa.gov/system/news_items/main_images/8518_PIA23373-web.gif
Waz Up?
Chaz KF5JHA
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week
Featured Stars: Caster and Pollux
Slide #1 – Sky Safari Pollux and Caster in Gemini
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Slide #2 Pollux Photo (2 degree Field of View)
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Slide #3 Pollux Size Comparison with Other Stars Including Our Sun
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Slide #4 – Caster (2 Degree Field of View)
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Slide #5 – CastorAB
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Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
April 9
Soyuz • ISS 62S
Launch time: 0805 GMT (4:05 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the crewed Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the next Expedition crew. The capsule will remain at the station for about six months, providing an escape pod for the residents. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. Delayed from March 20. [March 6]
TBDGSLV Mk.2 • GISAT 1
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 2 (GSLV Mk.2), designated GSLV-F10, will launch India’s first GEO Imaging Satellite, or GISAT 1. The GISAT 1 spacecraft will provide continuous remote sensing observations over the Indian subcontinent from geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) above Earth. Delayed from Jan. 15, February and March 5. [March 13]
TBD
Electron • “Don’t Stop Me Now”
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch on its 12th flight on a rideshare mission. The rocket will carry three payloads into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. government’s spy satellite agency, and the ANDESITE CubeSat for Boston University and NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, which will study Earth’s magnetosphere and Space Weather. The M2 Pathfinder satellite, a collaboration between the Australian government and the University of New South Wales Canberra Space, will also be launched on a communications and technology demonstration mission. Rocket Lab has nicknamed the launch “Don’t Stop Me Now.” Delayed from March 29 due to coronavirus pandemic. [March 25]
TBD
Falcon 9 • SAOCOM 1B
Launch time: 2321 GMT (7:21 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SAOCOM 1B satellite for CONAE, Argentina’s space agency. SAOCOM 1B is the second of two SAOCOM 1-series Earth observation satellites designed to provide radar imagery to help emergency responders and monitor the environment, including the collection of soil moisture measurements. Delayed from 4th Quarter of 2019, January and February. This mission was originally scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Delayed from March 30 due to coronavirus pandemic. [March 25]
TBD
LauncherOne • Inaugural Flight
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Cosmic Girl (Boeing 747), Mojave Air and Space Port, California
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket will make its first orbital test flight after dropping from a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Delayed from early 2019 and summer 2019. [Dec. 13]
TBD
Vega • SSMS POC
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: ZLV, Kourou, French Guiana
An Arianespace Vega rocket, designated VV16, will launch on the Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) Proof of Concept mission with 42 microsatellites, nanosatellites and CubeSats for commercial and institutional customers. This rideshare launch is the first flight of a multi-payload dispenser funded by the European Space Agency to allow the Vega rocket to deliver numerous small satellites to orbit on a single mission. Delayed from August, Sept. 10 and February. Delayed from March 23 due to coronavirus outbreak. [March 20]
April
SSLV • Demonstration Launch
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its first orbital test flight. Consisting of three solid-fueled stages and a liquid-fueled upper stage, the SSLV is a new Indian launch vehicle designed to carry small satellites into low E
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
The Strange Orbits of “Tatooine” Planetary Disks
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200319103209.htm?fbclid=IwAR3JatjHpfVZbxcxSrEyxgD_ROJU6Ehn1tfW93UBjjkjSFxtknUf5OlUoUU
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