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Asteroid (156) Xanthippe occulted mag 12 star on 2018 Oct 29 at 1919UT

Rare asteroid occultation seen by many on evening of Oct 29

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Meetings listing

Updated 2025 July21 Other organisations’ meetings 5th ExoClock Annual Meeting 2025 October 3-4 Discover the ExoClock project and meet the

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Jupiter in 2018, report no.8: List of observers

People from whom observations were received in the 2017/18 apparition: Observers 2017-18.pdf

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2016-17, report no.16: List of observers

Observers for the 2016/17 apparition: Observers 2016-17.pdf

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Comet 46P/Wirtanen makes a close approach

Comet 46P was discovered in 1948 January by Carl Wirtanen using the 20-inch Carnegie Double Astrograph at Lick Observatory. This

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ARPS Previous Section meetings

Our 2007 The third section meeting, hosted by Newbury Astronomical Society, was held on 2nd June 2007 in Saint Frances

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FULL LIST OF JUNO’S ORBITS, 2016-2021

The following tables and diagrams show Juno’s planned orbits for its complete mission with 53-day orbits, as of 2018 October.

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Jupiter in 2018, report no.7: The S4 ovals rebound

The S4 ovals rebound There has been great interest in the convergence of two anticyclonic ovals in the S4 domain,

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ARPS Observing Campaigns for Autumn/Winter 2018

We have now begun another low-phase angle photometry campaign similar to that involving asteroid (846) Lipperta last year. Our targets

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An interesting return of the October Draconid meteors

The October Draconid meteor shower produced two outstanding meteor storms in 1933 and 1946 and lesser showers in 1926, 1952,

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