Summary: Rare clear skies in Southeastern MI, Meteor Showers Come and Go, Toutatis Meets Chang'e 2, Ebb and Flow come to a dramatic end, Trash We Left on the Moon, Our Boring Sun, AAVSO zeroes in on Mintaka, the latest "habitable" exoplanet story, and the amazing edible Mars rover. Links discussed: http://news.yahoo.com/meteor-shower-may-debut-alongside-geminids-122306406.html (http://news.yahoo.com/meteor-shower-may-debut-alongside-geminids-122306406.html) http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1212/17toutatis/#.UNJ2Uqz9jyA (http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1212/17toutatis/#.UNJ2Uqz9jyA) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/17/chinese_probe_visits_asteroid_toutatis/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/17/chinese_probe_visits_asteroid_toutatis/) http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20121214.html (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20121214.html) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa) http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/the-trash-weve-left-on-the-moon/266465/ (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/the-trash-weve-left-on-the-moon/266465/) http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/synoptic/sunspots_earth/mdi_sunspots_1024.jpg (http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/synoptic/sunspots_earth/mdi_sunspots_1024.jpg) http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-474 (http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-474) http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/12/possible-habitable-zone-planet-a-mere-12-light-years-away/ (http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/12/possible-habitable-zone-planet-a-mere-12-light-years-away/) http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/18/167553525/building-a-rover-of-the-edible-kind (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/18/167553525/building-a-rover-of-the-edible-kind)
