Did you know? the Kuiper Belt
DID YOU KNOW This month . . . The Kuiper Belt. Home to short period comets and icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system. The ...
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Elizabeth Cocking
Oct 31, 20214 min read
In this month: November
7th November 1631 A transit of Mercury occurs. Many astronomers set up to capture Mercury's movement in front of the Sun. However only...
Elizabeth Cocking
Sep 8, 20211 min read
Did You know?...Equinoxes.
There are two equinoxes every year. The March equinox also known as the autumnal equinox, and the September equinox or the spring...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 26, 20212 min read
Did you know?...the asteroid belt
The disc shaped asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter at a distance ranging from 329-478 million kilometres from the Sun. ...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jan 11, 20212 min read
Did you know? The Most & The Least of the planets
in our solar system The most tilted planet… Uranus has the largest tilt with an axial tilt of about 98 degrees. Its north pole is nearly...
Elizabeth Cocking
Dec 31, 20203 min read
In this month: January
Happy New Year! Elizabeth Cocking continues this astronomical blog post sequence in 2023. Each month she looks back on astronomical...
Elizabeth Cocking
Nov 12, 20202 min read
Did you know? Moonbows
We’re all familiar with rainbows and the elusive pot of gold at the end. But our neighbour the Moon is also capable of producing the same...
Andrew Wood
Oct 12, 20206 min read
A Day in My Life of The Solar System
"I set out to observe as many Solar System objects as I could..."
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 31, 20204 min read
In this month: August
13th August 1898 The asteroid Eros is discovered by the German astronomer Gustav Witt at the Urania Observatory in Berlin, and...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 17, 20203 min read
Did you know? Naming planets
This month . . . . Naming the three planets in our solar system discovered in “modern” times was not a straightforward process. There...
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