![]() * To Catch a Thargoid - Done this one with a previous commander, brilliant! (Galaxy 3) * Spy Hunter OXP - Haven't done this one yet, but am eagerly anticipating (Galaxy 1) ![]() * Scourge of the Black Baron - short story-based mission (Galaxy 1) * Lovecats.oxp - also nice, played this one with a previous commander (Galaxy 4) * LongWay OXP - short beginner's mission (Galaxy 1) * Iron Raven - playing this one now, till now, very nice! (Galaxy 8) * Ionics OXP - Also haven't done this one yet, but have met their ships. * BlackjacksBullion OXP - short story-based mission (Galaxy 2) * UPS Courier - Also for a fast credit, and a steady stream of missions (any galaxy) * Random Hits OXP - Not really a mission, but a good way to earn some fast credits (any galaxy) Mauiby de Fug in 2011 Just to throw in my own two cents, I'll post the missions I use ( Onno256 in 2011) I haven't started Iron Raven yet, but from my experience with other oxps by Ramirez, I'd say it's pretty likely to be an epic one as well. Generally, I've found missions written by Thargoid to be pretty good, and as for large epic missions, there's the classic Assassin's Guild, and Trident Down. Playing through some of the really basic early ones can get you in the mindset and know what to expect for some of the later ones. Oolite Missions provides a useful comparisons table giving details of which galaxy the mission is set in, rank needed, etc.Īsteroid Storm is pretty limited. “Our latest finding is that if the conditions are right, sodium may explain the nature of some active asteroids, making the spectrum between asteroids and comets even more complex than we previously realized,” Masiero said.Missons OXPs add new missions for Commanders to undertake. The findings add to a scientific conversation around the nature of asteroids and comets. This suggests that the same may be happening on Phaethon and seems to agree with the results of our models.” “So we simulated this heating effect over the course of a ‘day’ on Phaethon – its three-hour rotation period – and, on comparing the samples’ minerals before and after our lab tests, the sodium was lost, while the other elements were left behind. “This temperature happens to be around the point that sodium escapes from its rocky components,” said study coauthor Yang Liu, a scientist at JPL, in a statement. ![]() Samples from Allende were heated to the same temperatures Phaethon faces when it is closest to the sun. ![]() These samples were of interest because it’s likely that the meteorites originated from an asteroid like Phaethon. To test this idea, the researchers analyzed samples from the Allende meteorite that fell in Mexico in 1969. “Our models suggest that very small quantities of sodium are all that’s needed to do this – nothing explosive, like the erupting vapor from an icy comet’s surface it’s more of a steady fizz.” “Asteroids like Phaethon have very weak gravity, so it doesn’t take a lot of force to kick debris from the surface or dislodge rock from a fracture,” said study coauthor Björn Davidsson, a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, in a statement. ![]() But if sodium is vaporizing out of of the asteroid and ejecting meteoroids from the asteroid’s surface, there wouldn’t be much sodium left.Ī beginner's guide to stargazing (CNN Underscored) Sodium creates an orange light, not something observed much in the Geminids meteor shower. And the color of that light can reveal the elements found in a comet, or in this case, asteroid. This debris heats up to thousands of degrees before disintegrating, creating light. This would cause the asteroid to brighten, almost to the level of a comet, and also shed rocky debris.īefore meteoroids, or small pieces of rocky debris from space, burn up in our atmosphere, they shed some literal light on their composition. But it contains little to no ice, so we were intrigued by the possibility that sodium, which is relatively plentiful in asteroids, could be the element driving this activity.”ĭuring its closest point to the sun, Phaethon’s surface temperature increases so much that sodium inside the asteroid fizzes, vaporizes and escapes out into space. “We know it’s an asteroid and the source of the Geminids. NASA/Goddard/University of ArizonaĪsteroid Bennu now has a greater chance of hitting Earth through 2300, but still slim 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km). This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Pol圜am images collected on Dec. ![]()
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