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Comet P/2008 T1 (Boattini)
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Comet P/2008 T1 (Boattini) was discovered by Andrea Boattini (Mt Lemmon Survey) on October 1, 2008. The comet was identified on archive Spacewatch images from the 2 and 21 September, 2008. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on February 25, 2008 at a dista...
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Comet 10P/Tempel 2
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When professional astronomers study a comet carefully enough and they are patient enough to do so every chance they get, the results can be astonishing. This type of result is just what Lowell Observatory astronomers and colleagues have with research on Comet 10P/Tempel 2. Lowell astronomer Davi...
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COMET P/2008 X4
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Orbital elements: P/2008 X4 T 2008 Dec. 18.34 TT MPC q 0.4957 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 336.25 +0.14129 -0.97372 Node 105.24 +0.93536 +0.07221 e 1.0 Incl. 10.67 +0.32425 +0.21599 From 27 observations 2008 Dec. 8-9. MPEC 2008 -X81
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Comet 2007 S1 (Zhao)
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Haibin Zhao (Purple Mountain Observatory, XuYi Station) discovered on September 17, 2007 a new magnitude 18 comet on CCD images obtained with the 1.04 metre, f/1.8 Schmidt telescope. The object was confirmed by observations of LONEOS from the 8 to 15 September 2007 by Tim Spahr. Preliminary orbi...
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This is a real-time ultraviolet image of the Sun that measures a mid-temperature region of the Sun in a transition zone between the surface and the corona (the Sun's atmosphere).
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The Hubble Space Telescope captures the distant blue-green world, Neptune, and its satellites in this portrait. Astronomers used Hubble’s assortment of filters to pinpoint high altitude cloud...
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Asteroid Families
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Title: The Size Distributions of Asteroid Families in the SDSS Moving Object Catalog 4 Authors: Alex H. Parker, Zeljko Ivezic, Mario Juric, Robert H. Lupton, Michael D. Sekora, Adam F. Kowalski Asteroid families, traditionally defined as clusters of objects in orbital parameter space, often ha...
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Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT
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Orbital elements: 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT Epoch 1965 Aug. 28.0 TT = JDT 2439000.5 T 1965 Aug. 23.25175 TT MPC q 1.6243093 (2000.0) P Q n 0.15614910 Peri. 325.41298 +0.98574825 +0.16609594 a 3.4154117 Node 25.06638 -0.13659049 +0.88285292 e 0.5244177 Incl. 3.61229 -0.09820090 +0.43929814 P 6.3...
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Scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have ended a nine-year debate over whether the Earth's inner core is undergoing changes that can be detected on a human timescale.
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Asteroid 2010 GX62
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Orbital elements: 2010 GX62 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0118 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 27.61174 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19479736 Peri. 316.10046 -0.93856048 -0.29885452 a 2.9472298 Node 207.93121 +0.31448789 -0.94659505 e 0.7034160 Incl. 21.62167 -0.14213230 -0.12101148 P 5.06 H 20.4 G 0....
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COMET C/2008 O2 (McNAUGHT)
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Comet 219P/LINEAR
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Comet 219P/LINEAR is at perihelion (2.364 AU) on the 5th March, 2010. Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase mag 2010 03 05 22 36.25 -00 27.5 3.340 2.364 8.6 3.6 17.4 2010 03 10 22 45.96 +00 27.9 3.337 2.365 9.8 4.1 17.4 2010 03 15 22 55.63 +01 24.0 3.332 2.365 11.3 4.7 17.4 2010 03 20 23 05.26...
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Comet P/2010 K1 (LINEAR)
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Comet P/2010 K1 (LINEAR) = Comet P/2003 UY275 (LINEAR) Asteroid UY275 2003 was discovered by LINEAR on the 29th October 2003. Thw object was recovered by J. Scotti (Spacewatch) on the 20th May, 2010, and found to have a cometary nature; and renamed as Comet P/2003 UY275 (LINEAR). The preliminary orb...
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Comet P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill)
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Orbital elements: P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) T 2009 Apr. 22.2398 TT MPC q 4.178926 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0940329 Peri. 324.1478 +0.9852301 +0.0092752 a 4.789418 Node 36.4871 +0.0954018 +0.7994692 e 0.127467 Incl. 16.7109 -0.1421978 +0.6006355 P 10.5 From 34 observations 2009 Sept. 17-Oct. 16....
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Comet 88P/Howell
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Orbital Elements 88P/Howell Epoch 2009 Oct. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455120.5 T 2009 Oct. 12.4693 TT MPC q 1.363486 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1794476 Peri. 235.9623 +0.3841862 +0.9210419 a 3.112989 Node 56.7567 -0.8198930 +0.3721759 e 0.562001 Incl. 4.3817 -0.4244720 +0.1147476 P 5.49 Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000)...
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