PULL · 18 NOV 2019

This was
your sky.

Passing Asteroid Arrokoth

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COSMIC MESSAGE

The New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past asteroid Arrokoth in January 2019, three and a half years after its Pluto flyby. Arrokoth is a double-lobed object in the Kuiper Belt, far beyond Neptune. This video animates images taken by New Horizons as it passed the asteroid. It was previously unofficially known as Ultima Thule.

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Passing Asteroid Arrokoth
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
SCORPIO

In tropical astrology, 18 NOV 2019 falls under Scorpio (♏). The sign's window runs from 10-23 through 11-21. Scorpio is marked by Antares, a red supergiant the size of Mars's orbit. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 18 NOV 2019.

THE ALMANAC FOR 18 NOV 2019
DAY
Monday
MOON
Last quarter, 65% lit
POSITION
Day 322 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Leonid shower, peaked yesterday