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November 2006 Top Stories
»» Mercury transit foreshadows future planet hunt
[Monday, November 6, 2006] The Mercury transit will take place on 8 November from 11:12 a.m. - 4:10 p.m. PST (2:12 p.m. - 7:10 p.m. EST). Portions of event will be visible from the Pacific, the Americas, eastern Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
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»» Upcoming Mercury/Sun Transit Whets the Appetite for MESSENGER Discoveries
[Monday, November 6, 2006] Mercury transits don't happen very often. The last was on May 7, 2003, and the next doesn't come until May 9, 2016. The event underscores the importance of the NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft.
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»» IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature: No More Provisional Names!
[Thursday, November 23, 2006] There has been an important change in the approval process for planetary feature names: as soon as the WGPSN has successfully reviewed a name, it is considered approved and can be used in publications.
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»» UA Scientists Eager For MESSENGER to Reach Mercury
[Thursday, November 23, 2006] Mercury - the sun's nearest planet - has been visited only once by a space mission. But that's about to change, and scientists like Ann Sprague of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory are excited.
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