@Col1196

science and maths teacher, amateur astronomy fan, bit of a geek, but balance it with adventure racing

 Blackpool, England
Joined April 2010
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Hayley Parr@hastroparr17 Feb 2016
All you gorgeous peeps can you please RT and favourite my entry to #MeetESO theres a prize in it. *No prize* eso.org/public/events/specia…
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Eager geek, show me Pluto
@chris_grimmer I know, actually managed to put NASA tv on in my classroom yesterday, well excited
Awesome part of today, a colleague said "Mr Ackerley, need to talk about Pluto" can't beat geek workmates 😊
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Loving my timeline being filled with Pluto, I feel like Mickey Mouse 😊
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Andy Thompson@andyt8915 Jul 2015
Replying to @BBCStargazing
@BBCStargazing @NASANewHorizons 🙊
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Stuart Clark@DrStuClark14 Jul 2015
Replying to @BBCMorelle
Now we're talking! “@rebeccamorelle: And here you go...Pluto and Charon in full on colour... #PlutoFlyby http://t.co/hdavsZPyLS”
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Amy Lynn@AstroGingerSnap14 Jul 2015
Clyde Tombaugh's children were each presented w/ a framed photo of #Pluto & #Charon signed by 9 members of the team.
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"@BuzzFeedScience: Pluto by Hubble vs. Pluto by New Horizons xitter.cf/imbadatlife/status/620… (via @imbadatlife)" * @DavidGalvin9 a nice comparison *
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chrislintott@chrislintott13 Jul 2015
Half a million miles to go!
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StarNeutron@NeutronStarTop13 Jul 2015
#StarNeutronSeries Pluto as seen from New Horizons on July 11, 2015 ift.tt/1HXsdQU via @NASA
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Dr. Stern, "Pluto moons are all in an equatorial plane, as if created by 1 event. Similar to the possible giant impact theory for Earth."
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chrislintott@chrislintott13 Jul 2015
Spacecraft in great health - extra power means double the data rate and a total of four times as much collected during flyby #PlutoFlyby
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Colin Ackerley retweeted
Eric Berger
@SciGuySpace13 Jul 2015
Here's the kind of resolution of Pluto's surface scientists hope to get at closest approach (see Manhattan, below).
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Dr. Alan Stern thx Clyde Tombaugh, with Tombaugh's children present, for discovering #Pluto @PercivalLowell in 1930.
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chrislintott@chrislintott13 Jul 2015
Something poignant about hearing about Pluto's atmosphere. At some point it may freeze onto surface - but we're here in time. #plutoflyby
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chrislintott@chrislintott13 Jul 2015
Pluto larger than expected - not by much but returns it to Largest Kuiper Belt Object status. #plutoflyby
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chrislintott@chrislintott13 Jul 2015
New results: Pluto does have a polar cap, and the atmosphere is detected. #PlutoFlyby
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chrislintott@chrislintott13 Jul 2015
New results : Nitrogen is escaping from Pluto's atmosphere, found further away than expected. Implies there might be a source? #plutoflyby
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@AstroExeter @DawnSunrise1 @unknownsymmetry very nice, extremely jealous of the gabbro
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