Posted on 03/15/2014 8:40:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Rhode Island-sized space rock will extinguish the light from the star Regulus just after 2 a.m. Thursday for as long as 14 seconds. This blockage-by-space rock will be the most visible such event in North America, an unprecedented marvel that those with no astronomical knowledge can observe.
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The star of the show is Regulus in the constellation Leo, which will be in the western part of the sky in the wee hours. Regulus is what's known as a first-magnitude star...
The spoiler that will temporarily hide Regulus' light is a 45-mile-wide rock named Erigone, which is as dark as fresh asphalt, orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter ...
Observers should see the star wink out, then reappear.
(Excerpt) Read more at triblive.com ...
blockage by space rock
Had that yesterday.
Also got a couple asteroids.
Next month there will be a total eclipse of the moon visible from the US. From the moon, the sun will be eclipsed by a space rock approximately 8,000 miles in diameter.
I’m going to guess that the mundane astrologers will view this as meaning the death of a king or great leader, it’s a so-called royal star in the constellation Leo.
http://astrologyking.com/regulus-star/
Yes, I imagine the ancients would have flipped out if they had been looking there at just the exact moment of any previous occultations.
They’re fairly unusual. I was wrong though, went and looked, they’re relating it to the US in general and finance/Wall St in particular.
our electron?, space rock and home is a beautiful place ...
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