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[VENETO] sabayonino: BAM!ID: 83694; Joined: 2010-04-03; Posts: 8; Credits: 1,233,756,862; World-rank: 2,030

2015-05-25 11:51:07

June 29, 2013
Astrophysicist and science popularizer Margherita Hack left.
BOINC.Italy want to remember M.H with the second challenge dedicated to her . TheSkyPOGS is the project that suits her.

Happy crunching to everybody

Dirk Broer: BAM!ID: 117974; Joined: 2012-03-01; Posts: 340; Credits: 6,517,448,917; World-rank: 571

2015-06-24 09:58:51

for info (in Italian) about 8558 Hack: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/8558_Hack

Luigi R.: BAM!ID: 169503; Joined: 2014-07-27; Posts: 10; Credits: 0; World-rank: 0

2015-06-25 08:19:33

8558 Hack is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1995 by Andrea Boattini and Luciano Tesi. It was named after the astronomer Margherita Hack. Its orbit is characterized by a 3,1282089 UA semimajor axis, an eccentricity of 0,2090932 and an inclination of 0,28717°.

Haunted Forest: BAM!ID: 170651; Joined: 2014-08-27; Posts: 0; Credits: 2,319,156,540; World-rank: 1,258

2015-06-26 05:14:28

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita_Hack in English

[TNAA] MatteoQ: BAM!ID: 2008; Joined: 2006-06-10; Posts: 0; Credits: 10,360,823; World-rank: 54,584

2015-06-26 05:57:40

I met Margherita some years before she left us, and she was really an inspired (and inspiring) person. I'm proud to participate to this challenge in her loving memory. Happy crunching!