Nilay Ghosh

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28	Why was there a gap in the number of asteroid detections between 1807 and 1845?
21	If Theia really crashed into Earth, did it impact Earth's axial tilt?
19	Is Jupiter's Red Spot "locked in place" or does it move around?
10	How fast is Neptune getting brighter? When was was this first noticed and reported?
8	What is k2, how does it relate to Io's volcanism and how can Juno constrain its value?

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+10	Could more objects from the Oort cloud with highly elliptical orbits be discovered in the future?
+40	How fast is Neptune getting brighter? When was was this first noticed and reported?
+65	How does one find out how often planets align?
+10	Why do Venus, Earth, and Mars have tall volcanoes, but the Moon, Mercury, and Io don't?

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10	Why has Saturn stopped contracting gravitationally?
6	Why is the magnetic axis of Uranus and Neptune off center?
6	Has any moon achieved "retrograde equatorial orbit"?
6	What is the nature of bright spots found on Uranus?
6	How are sulfuric acid clouds able to completely cover Venus?

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33 great-red-spot × 3	26 jupiter × 3
30 asteroids × 2	26 cyclones × 2
28 history × 2	22 planetary-science × 4
26 observational-astronomy × 4	22 impact × 2
26 weather × 3	21 earth

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26	Is the sun's volume shrinking currently?
19	Why isn't the asteroid belt affected by Jupiter's gravitational field?
16	Is the water underneath Europa's ice cap potable?
16	Is it possible for planetary rings to be perpendicular (or near perpendicular) to the planet's orbit around the host star?
11	Can earth grazers skip on the atmosphere more than once?

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