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“Worlds of a Distant Sun: 47 Ursae Majoris b” is copyrighted by John Whatmough, Extrasolar Visions. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteAstronomers have found evidence of worlds beyond our solar system, with solar-type stars harboring planets of approximately Jupiter's mass. Some of these planets are in temperature zones that could support liquid water. This image depicts a hypothetical scene near one such planet, orbiting 47 Ursae Majoris, a star similar to our own, which appears faint in our sky.
MGS Views of Labyrinthus Noctis
NASA released this picture on 2 October 1997. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Released on 5 October 2020 NGC 5643: Nearby Spiral Galaxy from Hubble See it as a poster -
Released on 5 October 2020 Survey of the Stars See it as a poster -
Released on 5 October 2012 Wide-field view of the sky around the Thor’s Helmet Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 5 October 2012 Thor’s Helmet Nebula imaged on the occasion of ESO’s 50th anniversary See it as a poster -
Released on 5 October 2016 VISTA views Messier 78 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 5 OCT 1997 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 5 OCT 1997.
Questions about October 5, 1997
What space photo was released on October 5, 1997?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 5, 1997 was "Worlds of a Distant Sun: 47 Ursae Majoris b". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on October 5, 1997?
A waxing crescent moon, about 14% lit.
What day of the week was October 5, 1997?
October 5, 1997 was a Sunday, day 278 of the 365 days in 1997.
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