BIRTHDAY · 19 MAY 2002

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NASA'S PICTURE FOR THIS DAY

“Saturn's Moon Tethys” is copyrighted by (digital w/colortable): Calvin J. Hamilton. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Tethys is one of Saturn's larger moons, composed almost entirely of water ice. Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Tethys in the early 1980s. It features a massive impact crater that nearly encircles the moon. This suggests that Tethys was not completely frozen when the impact occurred.

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The Earth on 19 May 2002 · Empty Quarter, Arabia

NASA TERRA · THE EARTH THAT DAY

NASA Terra took this picture on 19 May 2002, the day itself, not a release date.

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The Earth on 19 May 2002 · Empty Quarter, Arabia
2002-05-19 · ♉
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The Earth on 19 May 2002 · Empty Quarter, Arabia
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 19 MAY 2002 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 19 MAY 2002.

THE ALMANAC FOR 19 MAY 2002
DAY
Sunday
MOON
First quarter, 50% lit
POSITION
Day 139 of 365

Questions about May 19, 2002

What space photo was released on May 19, 2002?

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 19, 2002 was "Saturn's Moon Tethys". 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 May 19, 2002?

A first quarter moon, about 50% lit.

What day of the week was May 19, 2002?

May 19, 2002 was a Sunday, day 139 of the 365 days in 2002.

What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 19, 2002?

NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth that day. It's on this page, next to the card.

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