Venus will reach its greatest separation from the Sun in its 2024–2025 evening apparition. During mid-January, Venus reaches its maximum setting interval after sunset, after it passes greatest elongation from the sun.

Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has been heavily bombarded by meteorites throughout its history, similar to other rocky planets in our solar system. Its surface is covered with impact craters, some of which are quite large and ancient. Due to Mercury’s lack of a significant atmosphere, incoming meteorites do not burn up, resulting in frequent and intense impacts. Notable examples include:

Caloris Basin: One of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, the Caloris Basin spans about 1,550 kilometers (960 miles). It was likely formed by an asteroid impact during Mercury's early history.

Kuiper Crater: A relatively small but well-preserved crater, named after the astronomer Gerard Kuiper, is about 60 kilometers (37 miles) in diameter.

Hokusai Crater: Another large crater on Mercury, measuring 114 kilometers (71 miles) in diameter, with bright rays of ejected material extending over much of the planet.

Mercury's surface is thought to have experienced more impacts than Earth's, Mars', or Venus' due to its proximity to the Sun, which pulls in more meteoroids and comets. These impacts have significantly shaped the planet's geological history and surface evolution.

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OUR DAILY OLDIES: YESTERDAY I WAS COMMENTING THAT IN SPITE OF THERE WERE MANY GREAT ROCK AND POP MUSIC GROUPS IN EUROPE, ONLY A FEW EVER PLACED A SONG ON AMERICAN RADIO (LIKE LOS BRAVOS WITH BLACK IS BLACK OR SHOCKING BLUE WITH VENUS). I SPECULATED THAT IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, BUT GROUPS LIKE 'BARRABAS' FROM SPAIN, DID THEIR MUSIC IN ENGLISH AND I DON'T REMEMBER EVER HEARING ONE OF THEIR SONG BY AMERICAN RADIO STATIONS, HOWEVER, I COULD BUY SOME BARRABAS LP RECORDS IN NEW JERSEY. TODAY'S OLDIE IS FROM BARRABAS (EARLY 70s). ENJOY IT!

The Japanese space agency JAXA has announced that it has lost contact with the Akatsuki space probe. Akatsuki was launched in 2010 with the mission to orbit Venus. However, due to a failure in its orbital insertion, the probe was unable to achieve its intended orbit around Venus. This was subsequently attributed to either bad engineering or a malfunction

OUR DAILY OLDIES: WHEN I STARTED THIS SECTION, I PROMISED OLDIES AND RARITIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN THE 1960s WE HAD A BRITISH INVASION IN AMERICA. MANY OF THE TOP 40 MOST POPULAR SONGS IN RADIO WERE BY BRITISH GROUPS AND PERFORMERS, THE BEATLES BEING IN THE FIRST PLACES. ALONG WITH THE BRITISH, A FEW, NOT MANY GROUPS, FROM OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAD AT LEAST ONE HIT SONG IN AMERICAN RADIO, LIKE 'LOS BRAVOS' FROM SPAIN WITH 'BLACK IS BLACK' OR 'SHOCKING BLUE' FROM THE NEDERLANDS WITH 'VENUS', BUT BEYOND THAT, WE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH FROM THE MUSICAL WORLD IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES UNTIL 1967 WITH THE SUCCESS OF MIRIAM MAKEBA FROM SOUTH AFRICA WHO OPENED THE WAY FOR MORE AFRICAN PERFORMERS. IN EUROPE IT WASN'T A BRITISH INVASION BUT THEY CALLED "THE PRODIGIOUS DECADE" WHEN THE BEST MUSIC OF ALL TIMES WAS PRODUCED IN MULTIPLE COUNTRIES. THERE WERE VERY GOOD EUROPEAN GROUPS THAT NEVER MADE IT TO AMERICAN RADIO, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES. ONE OF THOSE GROUPS THAT MADE GREAT ROCK AND ROLL WAS 'LOS HURACANES' FROM SPAIN AND TODAY I'M GIVING YOU A SAMPLE OF THEIR MUSIC. ENJOY IT!

Mars brain, Venus brain: John Gray at TEDxBend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuM7ZS7nodk

Man Or Astro-Man? - Transmissions From Venus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3RglynO-ME

What's Up This week February 22-28 –VENUS AND MARS began Thursday, February 22 will be just 0.6 of a degree therefore with binoculars, you should be able to see the sight in the sky early morning.

February 24 – Full moon

https://rumble.com/v3a3hys-the-science-of-prayer-croatian-subtitles-prijevod-subtitlova-na-hrvatski-ve.html

The Science of Prayer (Croatian Subtitles) ~ Prijevod subtitlova na hrvatski Venus Renata

Quand ils sont venus …