Torres del humo

Villeguillo aquel pícaro de Segovia

Volaba por los tejados

Amigo de la noche

Y de las torres del humo

Escudriñando e indagando

Heraldo de las redes de Internet

Mal estudiante calabacino

Dio en las galeras del Rey

La sopa boba de los conventos

A las puertas de los templos

Recitando la oración del Justo Juez

Guía de los ciegos

Mancebo de botica

Sacristán de un clérigo de misa y olla

Ratón de los bodigos que guardaba el infame

En el arca con siete llaves

De cras en cras

No vuelvas más

Si uno no quiere dos no vendimia

A Villeguillo lo ahorcaron en el rollo

De Alcalá

Por unos hurtos que cometió en Córdoba

LOS ANGELES TIMES LAS MUCHAS LUNAS DE JUPITER

 

With discovery of 12 more moons, Jupiter now has 92, the most in our solar system

Scientists have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, giving the giant planet a record-breaking 92 in total, more than any other planet in our solar system.

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BY MARCIA DUNN

ASSOCIATED PRESS

FEB. 6, 2023 3:01 AM PT

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Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92 for our solar system.

The new count vaults Jupiter past Saturn, which has 83 confirmed moons.

The Jupiter moons were added recently to a list kept by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, said Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution, who was part of the team.

They were discovered using telescopes in Hawaii and Chile in 2021 and 2022, and their orbits were confirmed with follow-up observations.

These newest moons range in size from 0.6 miles to two miles across, according to Sheppard.

“I hope we can image one of these outer moons close-up in the near future to better determine their origins,” Sheppard said in an email Friday.

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In April, the European Space Agency is sending a spacecraft to Jupiter to study the planet and some of its biggest icy moons. And next year, NASA will launch the Europa Clipper to explore Jupiter’s moon of the same name, which could harbor an ocean beneath its frozen crust.

Sheppard — who discovered a slew of moons around Saturn a few years ago and has taken part in 70 moon discoveries so far around Jupiter — expects to keep adding to the lunar tally of both gas giants.

Jupiter and Saturn are loaded with small moons, believed to be fragments of once bigger moons that collided with one another or with comets or asteroids, Sheppard said. The same goes for Uranus and Neptune, but they’re so distant that it makes moon-spotting even harder.

Uranus has 27 confirmed moons, Neptune 14, Mars two and Earth one. Venus and Mercury come up empty.

Jupiter’s newly discovered moons have yet to be named. Sheppard said only half of them are big enough — at least one mile across or so — to warrant a name.

BBC LOS RUSOS QUIEREN ENTRAR EN KIEV. ESTÁN GANANDO LA GUERRA

 

Bakhmut, Kyiv, and the other key Ukrainian cities and towns in Russia's sights

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By James Waterhouse

BBC Ukraine correspondent

You're going to hear the term "spring offensive" a lot in the coming weeks of the war in Ukraine.

In a traditional military sense, it's when armies look to generate momentum after using the poor winter conditions to replenish.

It is true that the fighting has become more static during typically cold conditions.

However, all signs seem to be pointing towards an upcoming Russian push.

Moscow has mobilised hundreds of thousands more men, as well as increased its production of weapons and ammunition.

Kyiv is expecting to see major attacks from the east and south as soon as 24 February, which would mark a year since the full-scale invasion.

So, if Russia does launch another offensive, what will it try to take?

Bakhmut

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Bakhmut has been virtually flattened during months of heavy fighting

It's the eastern city which has been grabbing the headlines because of the endless conflicting claims over who controls it.

For now, Kyiv isn't hinting at a tactical retreat. It claims the Russians are suffering about 500 casualties per day as they stage relentless attacks. Ukraine reckons its own losses are not as high.

Regular Russian forces appear to have replaced mercenaries from the Wagner Group as they continue to surround the city. For now, Ukrainian troops are continuing to hold it.

If or when the city falls, invading forces are expected to push towards the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk. It could allow Moscow to capture the entire eastern Donetsk region, one of its official goals.

But that would involve capturing more than 4,000 square miles (10,360 sq km). In a period where Russia has been making minimal, costly gains, the Ukrainians would have to be seriously overpowered, or taken by surprise.

Vuhledar

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Vuhledar is now a ghost town as almost all residents have fled the town

After trying and failing last November, Russian forces have started launching attacks on the small town of Vuhledar, also in the Donetsk region.

It sits on the south-eastern curve of the current battlefield and is significant for Moscow for two reasons.

Firstly, it's close to the only rail line linking the annexed Crimean peninsula and Russian-controlled territories in the east. It's from Vuhledar that Ukrainian forces have been firing artillery at Russian supply trains.

Vuhledar is like Bakhmut in that for the Russians it carries more symbolic than military significance. Ukraine is convinced Moscow is going to chase its two main goals as quickly as possible.

Alongside capturing the whole of Donbas (Luhansk and Donetsk regions), Russian President Vladimir Putin is thought to be looking to widen the land corridor he has seized between Crimea and Russia.

The capture of Vuhledar would certainly go towards those - but it would be more valuable to the Kremlin in a propaganda sense. Military milestones help the Kremlin to justify its "special military operation" back in Russia, as well as appease critics.

They also could provide President Putin with a political way out, if he can keep hold of what he seizes.

Zaporizhzhia

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Zaporizhzhia - which has been regularly shelled by Russia - is seen as a gateway to the south of Ukraine

Away from the eastern front, the conflict line south of the city Zaporizhzhia is another direction Kyiv is worried about.

The concern is that Russian forces could push north towards the towns of Orikhiv and Pokrovsk (the latter is in Donetsk region).

If this were to happen, it would push back the firing positions of longer-range Ukrainian missiles which can strike deep into the land corridor Russia controls further south.

Given that American HIMARS have been able to travel up to 80km (50 miles), and are about to go up to 120km, the occupied cities of Melitopol and Tokmak are comfortably within Ukraine's range.

Moscow is also wary of a Ukrainian advance here too towards Melitopol. Kyiv has talked about the importance of the city before, saying its liberation would allow Ukraine to cut off Russian supply routes to Crimea.

However, Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, has also admitted his troops don't have the numbers of equipment for such an attack.

Kharkiv

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Building hit by missile in Kharkiv's Freedom Square

Despite being less than 25 miles from the border with Russia, Ukraine's second largest city in the north-east has never fallen into Moscow's control.

Like so many areas, it has been mostly torn apart from Russia's attempts to snatch it from Kyiv's control. Kharkiv's population has endured almost constant missile strikes and resulting blackouts throughout this winter.

Authorities say while there hasn't been an increase in nearby enemy forces, Russians have been shelling civilian areas more frequently.

Some officers in the local military have said they "wouldn't be surprised" if the Russians launched another attack, especially with the frozen ground.

While there is no guarantee Russia could take a city it has failed to penetrate over the past year, its capture would bring a significant strategic advantage.

Invading forces could seal the city off from Kyiv, which could prevent Ukrainian troops currently south of Kharkiv from retreating to the capital.

Kyiv

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Early in the full-scale invasion Russian troops got within several kilometres of Kyiv, but were driven back by Ukrainian troops

Ukraine's capital is still Russia's ultimate prize. However, this isn't 2022.

Last year, joint military exercises between Belarus and Russia turned into an advance on Kyiv when Moscow used its ally as a launchpad for its invasion.

At the start of this year there were fears of history repeating itself when both countries announced drills once more - this time in the form of "defensive" air force exercises north of Ukraine.

Belarus denied it had plans to join the invasion. Moscow rejected claims it had tried to force it.

Now, both the West and Ukraine seem to agree on there being no intelligence suggesting the capital could be under the threat it faced last year. Plus, Russia used its best-trained forces during its first attempt, when its goal was to topple the Ukrainian government.

"We do not see formed assault groups capable of reaching Kyiv," said Ukraine's outgoing Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov.

"Besides, it is impossible to capture Kyiv in principle. It is a large city with four million people, ready to defend themselves."

If Russia indeed launches a large-scale offensive and gains momentum, Mr Reznikov's successor could give a different assessment.

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