In a previous article, I passed on the news that a conductor got killed by a fare dodger. I referred to both persons by their alleged age. This and pseudonyms are usual in German news. The privacy of friends and relatives of the involved persons shall get protected this way. But family members of the […]

Tanga is asteroid #1595 and also known as 1930 ME. Tanga measures twenty-seven kilometers in diameter and is of the type C. Tanga’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.64 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.11, a period of revolution of 1’571 days, and an inclination of 4.2 degrees. Tanga was discovered by […]

Besides translational and rotational moves, martial artists also perform leg-sweeps and kicks. These are more opportunities for hurting your legs and feet. Especially the ankles, the planar tendons, and the toes are in danger. So to protect the feet by wearing shoes is wise in spite of this making the question of the area to […]

Krok is asteroid #3102 and also known as 1981 QA. Krok is a Near-Earth Asteroid of the Amor group and a Mars-orbit-crosser. Krok is a very slow rotator, needing around one-hundred-and-fifty hours for a full rotation in spite of a diameter of only 1.5 km and the rotation probably is retrograde. Krok’s orbit is characterized […]

Comments on not one, but two of the articles by Jesse Enkamp irritate me. Some people seem to use the Japanese word osu/ oss everywhere and even perceive it as a sign of paying respect, while other people report that some old Japanese get offended by this word. Then there of course are women, who […]

Teta is asteroid #15374 and also known as 1997 BG. Teta is a bright asteroid of the type E and a member of the Hirayama-family Hungaria. Teta’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 1.99 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.16, a period of revolution of 1’026 days, and an inclination of 32.4 degrees. […]

Few weeks ago, an allegedly thirty-six years old conductor in a train a short way after Landstuhl Station in Kaiserslautern County, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany wanted to inspect the ticket of an allegedly twenty-six years old passenger, who’s a citizen of Greece. But this passenger had no ticket. So the conductor wanted to make the passenger leave […]

Tinker is asteroid #22830 and is also known as 1999 RW52. Tinker measures 7.8 km in diameter. Tinker’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 3.07 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.20, a period of revolution of 1’962 days, and an inclination of 1.7 degrees. Tinker was discovered during the course of the Lincoln […]

Whenever I tell somebody that I served in the army, I always explain that it was the German army and that the German army isn’t a real army. I used to think that the US Marine Corps certainly would be the most professional of all armed forces worldwide. Because it at least seems to be […]

Triathlon is asteroid #10346 and also known as 1992 GA1. Triathlon is an asteroid of the Phocaea region of asteroid-families. Triathlon measures 3.8 km in diameter. Triathlon’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.36 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.21, a period of revolution of 1’322 days, and an inclination of 24.3 degrees. […]