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Bright Bolide

NASA APOD · Howard Edin
COSMIC MESSAGE

On September 30, 2008, a spectacular bolide, or fireball meteor, streaked across the sky above Oklahoma's Black Mesa State Park. It flashed past familiar constellations like Taurus and Orion. The extremely bright meteor was captured by a hillside camera during the Okie-Tex Star Party.

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Bright Bolide
2008-10-11 · ♎
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Bright Bolide
NASA APOD · Howard Edin
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 11 OCT 2008 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 11 OCT 2008.

THE ALMANAC FOR 11 OCT 2008
DAY
Saturday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 88% lit
POSITION
Day 285 of 366
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