PULL · 17 OCT 2016

This was
your sky.

An Atlas V Rocket Launches OSIRIS-REx

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Last month, an Atlas V rocket launched the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from Florida's Launch Complex 41. This robotic mission will land on asteroid Bennu and return soil samples to Earth. Bennu is a dark, carbon-rich asteroid about 500 meters across, orbiting the Sun near Earth.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 17 OCT 2016 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 17 OCT 2016.

THE ALMANAC FOR 17 OCT 2016
DAY
Monday
MOON
Full moon, 99% lit
POSITION
Day 291 of 366
METEOR SHOWER
Orionid shower, peaks in 4 days