PULL · 19 OCT 1996 This was
This was
your sky.
Lalande 21185: The Nearest Planetary System?
NASA APOD · John Whatmough,
Extrasolar Visions
COSMIC MESSAGE
Lalande 21185 is a dim red dwarf star, just 8 light-years away. It might host the closest extrasolar planetary system to us. Its planets have not been directly imaged, but their presence is inferred. Scientists track the star's tiny wobbles, caused by the gravitational pull of orbiting planets, over long periods of observation.
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Lalande 21185: The Nearest Planetary System?
NASA APOD · John Whatmough,
Extrasolar Visions
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LIBRA
In tropical astrology, 19 OCT 1996 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 19 OCT 1996.
THE ALMANAC FOR 19 OCT 1996
DAY
Saturday
MOON
First quarter, 46% lit
POSITION
Day 293 of 366
METEOR SHOWER
Orionid shower, peaks in 2 days
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS