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Strange 'quasi-moon' of Earth gets named Cardea, after goddess of door hinges
It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now, thanks to Clay ...
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Earth’s Quasi-Moon Finally Has A Name, Honoring The Roman Goddess Of... Hinges
O ne of Earth’s seven quasi-moons has just got a new name: Asteroid 2004 GU9 is now known as Cardea, one of the Roman deities ...
After the goddess of door handles: Earth's quasi-satellite is now called Cardea
The next quasi-satellite in the solar system now has an official name. Cardea is a companion of the Earth and was discovered more than 20 years ago.
Archaeology20d
Bad Moon Rising
To attempt to stay ahead of the gods, Babylonian kings employed astronomers ... “The eclipse of one of the great celestial lights—the sun or the moon—meant that on Earth a great figure ...
The New Yorker2d
What We Learn About Our World by Imagining Its End
Some fear we’ll be buried in brimstone; others expect to be extinguished by A.I. But is there comfort to be found in our ...
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kottke.org posts about maps
Moon Lidar is a visualization of the data collected by NASA ... the Old Testament of the Christian bible is just as mythological as the Greek or Mesopotamian gods (everything is a remix) — and I’ve ...