PULL · 11 AUG 2014

This was
your sky.

Rosetta Approaches Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

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COSMIC MESSAGE

The Rosetta spacecraft captured this time-lapse video as it approached Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The comet's nucleus revealed an unexpected double-lobed structure. Its surface also appeared unusually craggy as Rosetta went into orbit around it.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LEO

In tropical astrology, 11 AUG 2014 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 11 AUG 2014.

THE ALMANAC FOR 11 AUG 2014
DAY
Monday
MOON
Full moon, 100% lit
POSITION
Day 223 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Perseid shower, peaks in 2 days