Cool, Lalafortunaea! One of my name asteroids is orb 3 from natal Sun.
Enjoy these while we may!
I saw a news reel that showed an invention that NASA plans to use to 'capture' asteroids and 'Eat' them for what fuel or information they can give us for understanding 'what's out there'.
Saw a show recently where Neil deGrasse Tyson was interviewed by Stephen Colbert. He gave a sweeping view of what's been happening in the Universe(s). All the TNO's we've been seeing are like one giant HUGE wave of bodies passing by/intermingling with our own.
He's saying that right now, the sky is RICH with information that we've never had before, and in the far-distant future will fade away.
I guess in a way that's like saying our earth was alone-- now she's among soooo many Lights-- and those Lights will fade away, and she will be by herself again-- busy breaking down all the info we earth planet-body-limited citizens can glean.
I hope we make discoveries that can help us clean up our own yard here. The earth is a mess, and we have atmospheric metal sky-litter surrounding us.
I'd rather they 'clean up transmute energy in space junk' than snatching asteroids??
hmmmm. I guess everything 'material' is temporary.
We are living in Unusual Times!
(topic) The Mystery That Keeps Neil deGrasse Tyson Up At Night (Stephen Colbert, The Late Show, posted Jan 6, 2018) [9:00] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgA2y-Bgi3c
Neil deGrasse Tyson
b. Sunday, October 5, 1958 [59yo presently]
NYC, NY USA
He was born one week before a
NM Total Solar Eclipse to 19.01 Libra,
on Sunday Oct 12.
- http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Colbert,_Stephen
(music) Cells, Planets (Erika Lloyd, arr Peterson, perf. by Avante) [6:15] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQMOH4C7CAc