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Archive: 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006

12/30/05

  • re-wrote Solar System > Asteroids page, greatly expanding and re-formatting the charts in the Advanced version
  • updated Exploration > 21st Century page
  • updated Exploration > 21st Century > Earth and Moon Missions page, including large update of SMART-1 mission
  • updated Exploration > 21st Century > Other Inner Planets page, including moving onto it information on MESSENGER, MRO, and Venus Express, and expanding and updating such information
  • updated missions in Advanced > Solar System > Planets > Mercury and Venus pages
  • fixed style sheets in Advanced version archives
  • added article to Current Events about a new distance determination to the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy
  • updated Exploration > 21st Century > Asteroids, Comets, and Sun page, including moving onto it information on Deep Impact
  • reduced size of site by 22 KB by removing extraneous spaces at the end of lines

12/29/05

  • re-wrote Solar System > Planets > Pluto page
  • re-wrote Solar System > Planets > Pluto > Pluto's Moon page, and expanded it to talk about the two new moons that were discovered, though pending confirmation
  • added section about what is considered a planet to Solar System > Planets page
  • fixed name of a KBO on Solar System > The "Edge" page
  • changed all CWRU e-mail addresses to CU e-mail address
  • re-wrote Solar System > Planets > Venus page, though reserved the Geology section to be written later pending more research materials
  • combined Current Events archives into years and updated Site Maps to reflect this
  • combined What's New archives into years and updated Site Maps to reflect this
  • updated the What's New archive to reflect recent changes
  • updated Extras > Legal, Links, and Sources > List of Sources by Page page based upon sources of the updated information
  • started revision of Solar System > Asteroids page

12/28/05

  • updated and re-organized planetary data tables
  • edited text on Solar System > Planets main page
  • revised information on Solar System > The "Edge" page
  • re-wrote Solar System > Planets > Mercury page

12/27/05

  • re-wrote Other Worlds main page
  • re-wrote Other Worlds > How to Find Them page
  • re-wrote Other Worlds > Data Trends page, with a large expansion of the text relating to the graphs on the Advanced version, and a reformatting of the Advanced version
  • removed Other Worlds > Data page and updated affected pages because there are too many for this site to keep track of
  • re-wrote the Solar System main page

12/26/05

  • changed moon numbers in charts and pages to a JavaScript function for easier updates
  • fixed some of the Date Modified scripts to correct code
  • added article to Current Events on planet formation around brown dwarfs
  • added article to Current Events on star speeding out of our galaxy
  • added article to Current Events about nearby gamma ray burst
  • added article to Current Events about light detected from an exoplanet
  • added article to Current Events explaining away Sedna's moon
  • added article to Current Events about SN1987 A's lack of a detectable remnant
  • added article to Current Events on the formation of giant stars
  • added article to Current Events about giant flares disrupting circumstellar disks, which could prevent planets from migrating inward
  • added article to Current Events about abundance of neon in sun-like stars
  • added article to Current Events about how stars form near giant black holes
  • added article to Current Events about a giant star cluster in the Milky Way
  • added article to Current Events showing the first extra-solar planet to be directly imaged
  • added article to Current Events about the first triple asteroid system imaged

12/25/05

  • changed Date Modified to JavaScript function for easier updates

12/24/05

  • minor layout changes to index (main) pages

12/23/05

  • created own versions of sunspot data graphs (numbers and butterfly diagram) for Advanced > Solar System > Sun > Solar Phenomena page
  • added article to Current Events about Uranian moons
  • added article to Current Events about Sirius' companion's mass

12/22/05

  • updated Solar System > Planets > Uranus > Uranus' Moons data
  • updated Advanced > Solar System > Asteroids graphs and changed one to an "image" to reflect density of asteroids in each location
  • updated Advanced > Other Worlds > Data Trends graphs

05/07/05

  • updated Advanced > Solar System > Asteroids graphs to reflect 282,703 asteroids

05/02/05

  • massive update of Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets page
  • updated graphs on Advanced > Other Worlds > Data Trends page

01/29/05

  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets page
  • updated graphs on Advanced > Other Worlds > Data Trends page
  • added article about Huygens landing on Titan to Current Events
  • added article about MER Opportunity finding an iron meteorite to Current Events

01/17/05

  • added article about Cassini Mission status to Current Events
  • added article about Deep Impact's launch and current status to Current Events
  • added article about Spitzer finding stellar incubators in M20 to Current Events
  • added article about multiple pulsars found in a globular cluster to Current Events
  • added article about Chandra finding swarm of black holes in Galaxy's center to Current Events
  • added article about blazar's jets approaching speed of light to Current Events
  • added article about Hubble finding infant stars in Small Magellanic Cloud to Current Events
  • updated Other Worlds > Data for Known Extra-Solar Planets page
  • updated graphs on Advanced > Other Worlds > Data Trends page
  • copied Hubble Heritage summaries for October 2004, November 2004, and January 2005 to Hubble Heritage Archive pages
  • added new pages to Site Map
  • added new pages to Search

01/14/05

  • added article for Hubble Heritage October 2004 to Current Events
  • added article for Hubble Heritage November 2004 to Current Events
  • added article for Hubble Heritage January 2005 to Current Events

01/08/04

  • added images to Current Events articles
  • split September 2004 Current Events into an archive page
  • Split July-December 2004 Site Updates archive into a separate archive

01/07/05

  • added article about the observation of Titan's surface to Current Events
  • added article about Prometheus observed capturing ring particles from Saturn's F ring to Current Events
  • added massive update article for the Mars Exploration Rovers' status to Current Events

01/06/05

  • added article about new modeling of Helix nebula to Current Events
  • added article about Spitzer and Hubble imaging protoplanetary disks to Current Events
  • added article on the discovery of the binary star that probably gave rise to Tycho's supernova to Current Events
  • added article about a new-found companion to the Milky Way to Current Events

01/05/05

  • added article about most powerful eruption in Universe observed to-date by Chandra to Current Events
  • added article about better Cepheid variable star calibration to Current Events

01/04/05

  • added article about periodic sterilization of the Milky Way's core to Current Events
  • added article about extra-solar planet capture to Current Events
  • added article about Kepler's supernova remnant to Current Events
  • added article about ancient black hole to Current Events
  • added article updating SMART-1 status to Current Events
  • added article about Huygens' detachment from Cassini and it's current journey towards Titan

01/03/05

  • updated copyright information across site for 2005

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