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At September's meeting, we discussed the possibility of forming a Junior Astronomy Club. Six of us are going to get together and put a plan together, get with the Trustees and get back to the club. Contact Danny Arthur if you are interested in helping with this great project.
Ron DiIulio gave a presentation about a meteorite that is evidently older than our Solar System and has salt crystals in it. According to the people in the know, that means there was water where this meteorite came from. Pretty heavy stuff it is true. When cracked open, meteorites like this exhibit a purple area, which turns out to be ordinary table salt, sodium chloride. Cosmic rays turns the area purple. Upon closer inspection, scientists find droplets of salty water in the purple. It is the first time scientists have had access to water that had not originated on Earth.
Michael Daniel gave a presentation about Radio Astronomy. Mike is an avid radio astronomer, which has the advantage of being astronomy you can do in cloudy weather - or even during the day! Radio astronomy and optical astronomy both examine electromagnetic ra (Continued on page 6)
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