{"id":8247,"date":"2014-07-04T01:20:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T05:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8247"},"modified":"2014-07-04T01:20:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T05:20:58","slug":"ceres-and-vesta-to-have-historic-close-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8247","title":{"rendered":"Ceres and Vesta to have historic close encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two largest asteroids – Ceres<\/a> and Vesta<\/a> – will appear to have a close approach\u00a0this weekend:\u00a0Watch Historic Meeting of Two Monster Asteroids in the Sky This Weekend \u2013 News Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

Not since their discovery more than 200 years ago has anyone observed these two giants of the main asteroid belt pair up so closely in the heavens.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since spring, keen-eyed sky-watchers using nothing more than binoculars or small telescopes have followed the cosmic duo. The two asteroids have flown in tandem, looping across the Virgo constellation now visible in the southwestern evening skies.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ceres is actually now referred to as a dwarf \u00a0planet since it had enough mass to pull itself into a sphere.<\/p>\n

The online observatory Slooh.com<\/a> will have a special live webcast<\/a>\u00a0to watch the event.<\/p>\n

See also\u00a0Small solar system targets take center stage –\u00a0Astronomy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The two largest asteroids – Ceres and Vesta – will appear to have a close approach\u00a0this weekend:\u00a0Watch Historic Meeting of Two Monster Asteroids in the Sky This Weekend \u2013 News Watch Not since their discovery more than 200 years ago has anyone observed these two giants of the main asteroid belt pair up so closely … Continue reading Ceres and Vesta to have historic close encounter<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[75,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-291","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10035,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10035","url_meta":{"origin":8247,"position":0},"title":"New images from Dawn spacecraft as it approaches the dwarf planet Ceres","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest news about NASA's Dawn spacecraft and its approach to Ceres: NASA Spacecraft Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival \u00a0 Ceres rotates in this sped-up movie comprised of images taken by NASA's Dawn mission during its approach to the dwarf planet. 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