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Nov/Dec 2002Mercury Magazine Contents
Vol. 31 No. 6
November/December 2002

 

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Page Article
14 Running an After-School Astronomy Club, Louis A. Mayo
Organizing a school astronomy club is a great way to improve science literacy, and it's a lot of fun to boot.
24 Asteroid Impact: Mountains or Molehills: Sizing up the Impact Hazard, Ivan Semeniuk
Scientists agree that Earth-crossing asteroids put human life at risk. But how far should we go to stop them?
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The Tragic Case of T.J.J. See, William Sheehan
Astronomer T. J. J. See's career started off with great promise, but he ended up working in obscurity.

Departments
4 Editorial, Robert Naeye
Assessing the Asteroid Threat
5

Society Scope
News and information for Society members

8 Armchair Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
A Polarized Universe
9 Research Notebook, Christopher Conselice
The Edge of the Solar System
10 Annals of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
The Philosopher's Stone
11 Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher
The Chemistry of the Stars
13 Observer’s Page, John Shibley
Surfing the Chains of Winter
C1 Sky Map and Sky Talk, Richard Talcott
November Sky Map | December Sky Map | January Sky Map
40 Book Review, Sten Odenwald
Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"
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Index to Volume 31

 
 
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