What were the 1970s like for you?
If you were anything like me, they included love, drugs, and of course, a lot of music: Stones, Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, and so many others.
Whether you grew up in Southern California in the 1970s, wish you did, or find yourself curious about what life was like during this remarkable era--when rock ‘n’ roll defined America's fanatical youth, welcome to Fabulous Angeles, offering a colorful perspective of the Los Angeles cultural scene that is both nostalgic and contemporary.
The spirit of the '70s remains strong to this day. If you're a rebel at heart like I am, join me as I explore the sights, stars, and songs that helped make LA the world’s most hospitable city.
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Double Lobed Asteroid Torifune
Why is this asteroid a double? Earlier this month the Japanese robotic spacecraft Hayabusa2 shot past asteroid 98943 Torifune and captured pictures. Although previous observations from distant Earth indicated that Torifune was oblong, Hayabusa2 found that Torifune actually has two joined lobes. With a length of about four soccer fields, this space rock frequently comes near the Earth as it orbits the Sun, although it is not a threat. Besides the two lobes, Torifune shows many large boulders, but, surprisingly, no obvious craters, likely because its surface is a pile of rubble. Like asteroid Arrokoth, it appears that each lobe formed separately before colliding and becoming stuck together. Hayabusa2 famously encountered asteroid Ryugu in 2018, and now heads for an encounter in 2031 with 1998 KY26, a smaller asteroid that rotates unusually fast and might have reservoirs of ice.