Plum@lemmy.worldtoAstronomy@mander.xyz•Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster
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4 days agoAnd his 6,000+ starlink pieces of trash in orbit have made earth based telescopes worse. They get in the way of the shot, and the emissions are something like 10x worse than promised.
Him and that tetraethyl lead guy. Just absolute stains.
Edit: no its 32 times the noise. It’s a known issue, and it’s been happening since the beginning.
It depends on the 9 and 11 year old, but I saw Interview With The Vampire when it came out when I was 10, and I read the book at 12…
Are the nieces interested in spooky shit, or scifi, or fantasy? That might help you refine your picks.