Discovered 09/11/2009 Near Earth flyby of asteroid 2009VA on 06/11/2009 16:30 EST. This is the third-closest known (non-impacting) Earth approach on record for a cataloged asteroid.
Distance – 8,699mi (14,000km)
Size – 23ft (7m)
More details at: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news166.html
21/10/2009 Near Earth flyby of asteroid 2009TO8,
Distance 0.0183AU (1,701,091 mi),
Size 52.5 – 118ft (16 – 36m),
Speed 6.3mi/s (10.15km/s).
More details at http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2009TO8;orb=1
I’ve got a fantastic binary clock app for my iPhone, it shows the time in True binary and a format known as Binary-coded decimal (BCD).
True binary
Binary-coded decimal
To read a BCD clock add the values of each column of LEDs to get six decimal digits. This gives two decimal digits each for hours, minutes, and seconds.
Very geeky, I love my iPhone : )
If you want to know more about how to read a binary clock try http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_clock
And remember – There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
I’ve been watching Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders today, I haven’t seen it for years and it brings back a lot of memories. Transmitted between 04/05 – 08/06/1974, when I was 7, Jon Pertwee & Liz Sladen in a classic episode, The Doctor has taken a blue crystal from Metebelis 3, which he gave to Jo Grant as an early wedding present in the Green Death. A spider, an emissary from the ruling council of Metebelis 3, is sent to get it back.
The Doctor and Sarah travel to Metebelis 3 in the TARDIS and aid the humans in a revolt against the spiders. After returning to Earth The Doctor recognises abbot K’anpo as a Time Lord and his former spiritual leader. The Doctor returns to Metebelis 3, where the uprising against the spiders has failed. He demands an audience with the Great One – a giant mutated spider and gives her the crystal.
The Great One uses the crystal to complete her crystal lattice, which she believes will boost her mental powers. Instead, the increasing power overload kills her and destroys the mountain killing the other spiders. Meanwhile back on Earth K’anpo has been killed protecting Yates from an attack by Lupton and his spider-controlled lackies, and is reborn in the form of his assistant Cho-je – his own future self.
Some weeks later,the TARDIS brings The Doctor back to UNIT HQ . He is fatally injured, contaminated by radiation from the Great One’s cave. Like the shopkepper from Mr Ben K’anpo appears as if from nowhere and, helps the Doctor regenerate.
It’s a bit Quatermass and the Pit at the beginning and the spiders aren’t very frightening and the West Country accents spoil the Metebelis 3 locals and they could have treated the Brig better, his character is reduced to nothing more than a clown. Planet of the Spiders is a bit of a disappointing end for the third Doctor, but I love it anyway.
‘I had to face my fear, Sarah… That was more important than just going on living… A tear, Sarah Jane? Don’t cry. While there’s life there’s… Hope…’ 3rd Doctor.
I’m going to transfer Doctor Who, Planet of the Spiders to my iPhone for tomorrow. It’s a real classic, Jon Pertwee’s last outing as the 3rd Doctor before the Tom Baker golden years, apart from the 20th Anniversary Special The Five Doctors that is.
Hello World!
Welcome to my new blog, where you will find comments on all sorts of subjects, especially Sci-fi. I hope you will find my thoughts interesting I will try to keep this updated regularly.
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