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Hainaut

American  
[e-noh] / ɛˈnoʊ /

noun

  1. a medieval county in territory now in SW Belgium and N France.

  2. a province in SW Belgium. 1,437 sq. mi. (3,722 sq. km). Mons.


Hainaut British  
/ ɛno /

noun

  1. a province of SW Belgium: stretches from the Flanders Plain in the north to the Ardennes in the south. Capital: Mons. Pop: 1 283 200 (2004 est). Area: 3797 sq km (1466 sq miles)

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The David versus Goliath lawsuit filed by Hugues Falys, a farmer and union leader from Belgium's western Hainaut province, kicked off last week in a commercial court in the city of Tournai.

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"The smaller size and faster rotation now measured will make Hayabusa2's visit even more interesting, but also even more challenging," says co-author Olivier Hainaut, an astronomer at ESO in Germany.

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"Moreover, we now know we can characterize even the smallest hazardous asteroids that could impact Earth, such as the one that hit near Chelyabinsk, in Russia in 2013, which was barely larger than KY26," concludes Hainaut.

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Backed by environmental groups including Greenpeace, Hugues Falys, from Belgium's western Hainaut province is hoping the case will prove a turning point in the transition towards a greener future.

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"I'm not sure about their long-term profitability," said Beatrice Hainaut, a space policy researcher at the Institute for Strategic Research at the Military School.

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