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    COMETS AND ASTEROIDS

    Mar 24, 2022 1 minute

    his month there are several low numbered asteroids reaching opposition, including 8 Flora on 12 April, 15 Eunomia on the 16th and 10 Hygiea on the 28th. Of the three, Librae). Zubenelgenubi is a double star, the mag. +2.7 primary having a mag. +5.2 companion, which is 3.8 arcminutes to the northwest of it.

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