PULL · 19 JUN 2004 This was
This was
your sky.
Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
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COSMIC MESSAGE
The robot spacecraft Galileo encountered and photographed two asteroids on its way to Jupiter. This image from 1993 shows Ida, a potato-shaped asteroid about 36 miles long, with its tiny moon, Dactyl. Dactyl, about one mile across, was the first moon discovered orbiting an asteroid.
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Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
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GEMINI
In tropical astrology, 19 JUN 2004 falls under Gemini (♊). The sign's window runs from 05-21 through 06-20. Gemini is named for the twin stars Castor and Pollux, both bright enough to spot without a telescope. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 19 JUN 2004.
THE ALMANAC FOR 19 JUN 2004
DAY
Saturday
MOON
New moon, 3% lit
POSITION
Day 171 of 366
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS