L-Għaqda Maltija tal-Astronomija
The Astronomical Society of Malta
For those of you who missed it, #DART smashed into #Dimorphos at 01:13am last night, marking the start of a new age in #planetarydefence As an added bonus to the successful impact, the Draco module provided us with some absolutely stunning images of #Dimorphos, a small asteroid that orbits around …
Charles Galdies and Stephen M Brincat are pleased to notify the Astronomical Society of Malta of their research published in the peer reviewed scientific journal – the Minor Planet Bulletin (Volume 49 Issue 1) where the rotation period of three asteroids have been derived through photometric means. The asteroids that …
What is an Occultation? An occultation occurs when a solar-system body passes in front of a more distant object (e.g. a star or another solar system body), partially or totally hiding the more distant object and momentarily blocking its light. Each occultation can be seen only at the right time …
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