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New moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter and Saturn

ⓘ Placidplace – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing Saturn’s rings and several moons. Astronomers have discove…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #Astronomy #AU #Australia #benchmarks #Cosmos #discovery #gasgiants #graphicscard #Jupiter #laptop #MinorPlanetCenter #Moons #naturalsatellites #netbook #newmoons #notebook #processor #reports #review #reviews #saturn #Science #SolarSystem #Telescopes #test #tests
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/559022/

On the night of February 5, 2026, the #Rubin team submitted a large batch of approximately 20,000 #asteroid candidate discoveries to the #MinorPlanetCenter, corresponding to roughly 246,000 individual observations: https://minorplanetcenter.net/media/newsletters/MPC_Newsletter_Feb2026.pdf - the "MPC successfully processed the entire submission. This unusually large batch provided a valuable end-to end stress test of our pipeline and allowed us to identify a few bottlenecks and areas where performance and automation can be improved."

#CAHA:
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A new comet discovered with the Schmidt telescope at Calar Alto
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"In the framework of the Space Safety program of the European Space Agency (ESA), Rainer Kresken, an ESA engineer observing remotely with the Calar Alto Schmidt telescope, reported in December 2025 the discovery of a new comet, P/2025 W3 (Kresken). .."

https://www.caha.es/news/releases-mainmenu-163/a-new-comet-discovered-with-the-schmidt-telescope-at-calar-alto

20.1.2026

#CalarAlto #comet #Darmstadt #ESA #Komet #Kresken #MBC #MinorPlanetCenter #NEOCC #P2025W3 #RainerKresken

La cometa interstellare 3I/ATLAS sotto osservazione: la NASA guida la campagna di monitoraggio

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.galaxyaddicted.it/2025/10/cometa-3i-atlas-nasa-monitoraggio/

La cometa interstellare 3I/ATLAS sotto osservazione: la NASA guida la campagna di monitoraggio

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.galaxyaddicted.it/2025/10/cometa-3i-atlas-nasa-monitoraggio/

La cometa interstellare 3I/ATLAS sotto osservazione: la NASA guida la campagna di monitoraggio

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.galaxyaddicted.it/2025/10/cometa-3i-atlas-nasa-monitoraggio/

La cometa interstellare 3I/ATLAS sotto osservazione: la NASA guida la campagna di monitoraggio

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.galaxyaddicted.it/2025/10/cometa-3i-atlas-nasa-monitoraggio/

La cometa interstellare 3I/ATLAS sotto osservazione: la NASA guida la campagna di monitoraggio

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.galaxyaddicted.it/2025/10/cometa-3i-atlas-nasa-monitoraggio/

The #MinorPlanetCenter is the globally accepted authority on handling observations 🔭 and reports of new #asteroids ☄️, comets, and other small bodies 🚗 in the #SolarSystem : discovery of an unusual asteroid, 240,000 km from Earth https://www.astronomy.com/science/astronomers-just-deleted-an-asteroid-because-it-turned-out-to-be-elon-musks-tesla-roadster

#Astronomy #TeslaRoadster #Starman

#mdr:
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Asteroid 2024 PT5
Neuer Mond für die Erde: Thüringer Astronomen schießen erste Fotos
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https://www.mdr.de/wissen/astronomie-raumfahrt/erde-hat-im-herbst-zweiten-mond-erste-bilder-thueringen100.html

29.9.2024

#2024PT5 #Asteroid #Astronomie #MinorPlanetCenter #Mond #Teleskop