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Pretty new science news: asteroid named, chick born

Category: Science News
Posted on: May 13, 2009 7:11 AM, by Greg Laden

The 'Atiras'

The first asteroid ever discovered that has an orbit completely inside the Earth's, found by an MIT Lincoln Laboratory telescope in 2003 (with multiple exposures marked in red), has been formally named Atira by its discoverers. Seven more such inner-Earth orbit (IEO) asteroids have been found since, and the group is now classed as the Atiras.

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Successful translocation sees first petrel chick


The first Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow chick to be born on Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, for almost 400 years, has recently hatched, the result of a successful translocation programme.

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