| Star Gazer: Orange Mars ushers in month devoted to pumpkins NRToday.com The Orionids meteor shower will peak on the morning of Oct. 21. This year the moon won't interfere, and experts are forecasting a robust shower with perhaps ... See all stories on this topic |
| The mighty Planet King visible this month The Coloradoan Orionid meteor shower: It will peak the morning of Oct. 21. As their name suggests, the Orionid meteors appear to radiate from Orion's starry club at the ... |
Mochi Pounding - photo by Dirk Ross, Tokyo (c)2009In the Buddhist story "Śaśajâtaka", a monkey, an otter, a jackal, and a rabbit resolved to practice charity on the Uposatha, believing a demonstration of great virtue would earn a great reward.
When an old man begged for food, the monkey gathered fruits from the trees and the otter collected dead fish from the river bank, while the jackal wrongfully pilfered a lizard and a pot of milk-curd. The rabbit, who knew only how to gather grass, instead offered its own body, throwing itself into a fire the man had built. The rabbit, however, was not burnt. The old man revealed himself to be Śakra, and touched by the rabbit's virtue, drew the likeness of the rabbit on the moon for all to see. It is said the lunar image is still draped in the smoke that rose when the rabbit cast itself into the fire.
A version of this story can be found in the Japanese anthology Konjaku Monogatarishū, where the rabbit's companions are a fox and a monkey.
Interestingly, similar legends occur in Mexican folklore, where people also identified the markings on the moon as a rabbit. According to an Aztec legend, when the god Quetzalcoatl lived in Earth as a man, he started a journey. After walking for a long time, he became hungry and tired. With no food or water around, he thought he would die. Then, a rabbit grazing nearby offered himself as food to save his life. Quetzalcoatl, moved by the rabbit's noble offering, elevated the rabbit to the moon, then lowered him back to Earth, and told him, "You may be just a rabbit, but everyone will remember you; there is your image in light, for all men and for all times."
Another Mesoamerican legend tells of the brave and noble sacrifice of Nanahuatzin during the creation of the fifth sun. Humble Nanahuatzin sacrificed himself in fire to become the new sun, but the wealthy god Tecciztecatl hesitated four times before he finally set himself alight to become the moon. Due to Tecciztecatl's cowardice, the gods felt that the moon should not be as bright as the sun, so one of the gods threw a rabbit at his face to diminish his light. It is also said that Tecciztecatl was in the form of a rabbit when he sacrificed himself to become the moon, casting the shadow of a rabbit. ... (more)
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NASA nasa's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found a rock that apparently is another meteorite, less than three weeks after driving away from a larger ... Eye on October skies Broomfield Enterprise On the morning of Oct. 21, the Orionid Meteor Shower will peak. With no moon to interfere with viewing these meteors, one can expect to see 30 meteors per ... Space Rocks Emporia Gazette When a meteorite crashes to the earth it will generally break up in the atmosphere, spreading its pieces over a certain area in what is known as a strewn ... STAR TRAK Indiana University The Orionid meteor shower will peak before the first light of dawn on Oct. 21. Moonlight will not interfere, so observers with a dark sky may see up to 30 ... Dinosaur-Killer was Soft on Algae Astrobiology Magazine As for the cause, geologic evidence incriminates a meteorite that landed off of the Yucatan peninsula – although some debate continues over just how lethal ... |
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 | Fue cerca de las 19 del domingo. Decenas de testigos vieron un meteorito. MDZ consultó varias fuentes y todas coinciden en sus versiones generales. Se vio una gigantesca bola de fuego, se escucharon tres fuertes explosiones y en zonas como Carmensa tembló reciamente el piso. Hay movimiento de policías y bomberos que investigan la naturaleza del fenómeno. ... |
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| He says he saw meteor land Toronto Sun By DON PEAT, SUN MEDIA While he can't find any sign of it now, Whitby resident Allen Plourde is convinced he saw Friday night's meteor hit near a high ... See all stories on this topic |
| Meteor lit up the night Toronto Sun Attwood said the meteoroid – which would either be a meteor if it broke apart in the atmosphere or a meteorite if it hit the ground – could have been ... |
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| Martian water found on Mars ABC Online Just days after the discovery of water on the moon, NASA has found new evidence of Martian water exposed on the surface by meteor impacts. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Venus visible early Thursday Akron Beacon Journal The Orionid meteor shower peaks on Oct. 21, but up to 20 meteors an hour might be seen in the early morning hours from Oct. 20-24. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
BBC News Iran says the Shahab-3 (Meteor-3), which was first tested in July 2008, can fly some 2000km, which makes it capable of hitting Israel and US bases in the ... | ||
| Impact on moon might not be out of sight The Durango Herald You won't need a scope for a predawn show on Oct. 21, when the Orionid meteor show peaks. The Orionids occur when Earth passes through Halley's comet's ... |
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