| ....AND NOW CHEOPS CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) - a European space telescope to determine the size of known extrasolar planets, which will allow the estimation of their mass, density, composition and their formation. Launched on 18 December 2019 |
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| MORE EGYPT IN SPACE |
What is it about science and science fiction and 'mysterious ancient Egypt'?
 | Bennu asteroid (Wikipedia) |
Named after the Bennu, the ancient Egyptian mythological bird associated with the Sun, creation, and rebirth and has "a cumulative 1-in-2,700 chance of impacting Earth between 2175 and 2199. "
It's yet another Nilotically named space object in a string of Egypt names as long as a meteorite's tail.
It follows on from this story about Apophis...
"A 1,110-foot-wide asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos will fly past Earth in 2029 within the distance of some orbiting spacecraft, according to reports." (See story in link)
This Egyptian nomenclature continues a powerful and continued marriage of Egypt, space and even satellite technology.
Look at the proliferation of ancient Egyptian names used in the space field. From asteroids to landers. Names like Philae, Osiris-Rex, Rosetta and of course Apophis...
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| Echoing Ra, the satellite rides in a sun-synchronous orbit |
Excerpt from the Anson Hunter Egyptian adventure series:-
Gleaming like the golden barque of Ra", a satellite probes the shadowy secrets of ancient Egypt. Anson Hunter fiction series.
“This is a new view of Egypt,” he said. “Thanks to satellite technology.”
Gleaming like the golden barque of Ra", a satellite probes the shadowy secrets of ancient Egypt. Anson Hunter fiction series.
“This is a new view of Egypt,” he said. “Thanks to satellite technology.”
He clicked
on a photograph of a satellite in space.
“This is a
satellite gazing down on Egypt from an altitude of 570 kilometres. It gleams in
the heavens like the golden barque of the sun god Ra, powered by sails in the
form of outspread solar panels. Gold covers its 1.4-ton body like the flesh of
the gods - a skin of gold-coated Mylar. Pure, imperishable gold not only
protects it from corrosion on the outside. The sacred metal also forms its
veins and nerves in gold wires and gold-plated electronic circuits and contacts
for switches, relays and connectors.
“Echoing
Ra, the satellite rides in a sun-synchronous orbit, and, from its inclination
of 98 degrees, it sees Egypt below, in particular our focus for today, the most
ancient burial ground said to be the legendary burial place of the Egyptian god
of the dead, Osiris, and birthplace of the cult of death and resurrection. But
unlike Ra in his other form as Aton the sun disk, the satellite does not send
down rays ending in little beneficent hands to touch the land. Instead it sends
a series of radio wave pulses at the rate of 1,700 per second to probe the
density of objects on the ground and beneath the dry sand, which it collects in
a backscatter of echoes. Then it ponders this knowledge, analyses it and
communicates it to mankind through visions seen on a screen.
“It sees
stone temples, chapels, mud-brick enclosures, boat graves – a fleet of fourteen
23-metre long boats marooned in an ocean of desert. It sees mounds of broken
pottery, spoil heaps, the spectral signatures of tombs of the earliest kings...”
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| Egypt sci-fi fantasy |
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| Egypt space archaeology thriller |
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| 'Virtual Egypt' & 'Egypt Jump | ' |
