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Space Science with Python #14: Asteroid Flyby

In my last article I wrote about close asteroids, or: objects that have a close encounter or flyby with our home planet. Sometimes, you may…

Feb 12, 2023

Space Science with Python #14: Asteroid Flyby

Feb 12, 2023

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Space Science with Python #13: A Close Visitor

You may read sometimes of “very close” asteroid fly-bys and “near impact” events of minor objects. But what is “close”, in an astronomical…

Oct 16, 2022

Space Science with Python #13: A Close Visitor

Oct 16, 2022

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Space Science with Python #12: Ceres’ orbit

Did you read or watch The Expanse? If not: Humankind set the foot on several objects in the Solar System to create colonies and to harvest…

Oct 11, 2022

Space Science with Python #12: Ceres’ orbit

Oct 11, 2022

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Space Science with Python #9 to #11 — Coordinate Systems

Coordinate systems are essential in astronomy; yet for beginners difficult to grasp. A 3-dimensional, astro-dynamically chaotic world is…

Sep 27, 2022

Space Science with Python #9 to #11 — Coordinate Systems

Sep 27, 2022

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Python, Space, and Machine Learning

Understanding a space scientific topic using Python and Machine Learning: The asteroid classes

May 31, 2022

Python, Space, and Machine Learning

May 31, 2022

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Space Science with Python — A Data Science & Machine Learning Journey

Combining 3 hot topics together, namely Python — Data Science — Space, to become a Citizen Space Scientist!

Feb 13, 2022

Space Science with Python — A Data Science & Machine Learning Journey

Feb 13, 2022

Space Science with Python #8: Planets in the Sky

This tutorial will take a first look at the night sky. How are the planets and the Moon moving? And let’s answer one…

Jan 7, 2022

Space Science with Python #8: Planets in the Sky

Jan 7, 2022

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Space Science with Python #7: Gravitational Pull

The Solar System Barycenter (SSB) dances around … inside and outside the Sun. But who are the major drivers of the SSB’s movement?

Jan 5, 2022

Space Science with Python #7: Gravitational Pull

Jan 5, 2022

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Space Science with Python #6: The Solar System Barycentre

Kepler found 3 major laws that describe the movement of objects in the Solar System. But are they “100 %” correct?

Dec 31, 2021

Space Science with Python #6: The Solar System Barycentre

Dec 31, 2021

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Space Science with Python #5: Earth’s Velocity

The second, gentle introduction into NASA’s SPICE and the corresponding Python wrapper SPICEypy focuses on Earth’s velocity and the…

Dec 29, 2021

Space Science with Python #5: Earth’s Velocity

Dec 29, 2021

Thomas Albin

Thomas Albin

Data Scientist and Engineer. Astrophysicist and Solar System researcher — Now working in the automotive industry

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