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Space Science with Python #14: Asteroid Flyby
Space Science with Python #14: Asteroid Flyby
In my last article I wrote about close asteroids, or: objects that have a close encounter or flyby with our home planet. Sometimes, you may…
Thomas Albin
Feb 12, 2023
Space Science with Python #13: A Close Visitor
Space Science with Python #13: A Close Visitor
You may read sometimes of “very close” asteroid fly-bys and “near impact” events of minor objects. But what is “close”, in an astronomical…
Thomas Albin
Oct 16, 2022
Space Science with Python #12: Ceres’ orbit
Space Science with Python #12: Ceres’ orbit
Did you read or watch The Expanse? If not: Humankind set the foot on several objects in the Solar System to create colonies and to harvest…
Thomas Albin
Oct 11, 2022
Space Science with Python #9 to #11 — Coordinate Systems
Space Science with Python #9 to #11 — Coordinate Systems
Coordinate systems are essential in astronomy; yet for beginners difficult to grasp. A 3-dimensional, astro-dynamically chaotic world is…
Thomas Albin
Sep 27, 2022
Space Science with Python #7: Gravitational Pull
Space Science with Python #7: Gravitational Pull
The Solar System Barycenter (SSB) dances around … inside and outside the Sun. But who are the major drivers of the SSB’s movement?
Thomas Albin
Jan 5, 2022
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