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Asteroid 2006AM4
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2006 AM4 was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey (University of Arizona) on January 8, 2006. The asteroid will approach within 0.013 AU (5.2 lunar distances) on February 1. Its physical properties are unknown, but its absolute magnitude of 21.8 suggests a diameter within a factor of two of 140 met...
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Comet 2006 L1 (Garradd)
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C/2006 L1 ( Garradd ) will be at opposition in December.
ate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1
2006 12 01 08 37.86 +32 05.6 0.811 1.588 123.9 31.0 13.6
2006 12 06 07 56.48 +39 53.6 0.751 1.617 136.8 24.6 13.5
2006 12 11 06 56.92 +47 07.0 0.728 1.647 147.8 18.6 13.5
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2006WZ2
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rbital elements:
2006 WZ2
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5 MPC
M 359.25991 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.04686800 Peri. 110.27311 -0.38480948 -0.92279345
a 7.6187737 Node 2.60998 +0.60546112 -0.26818237
e 0.7929662 Incl. 25.12804 +0.69666240 -0.27664141
P 21.03 H 16.1 G 0.15 U...
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Asteroid (4073) Rui'an
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A naming ceremony was held yesterday in the city of Rui'an, in east China's Zhejiang Province, to name an asteroid from the solar system after Rui'an Middle School, local education authorities said.
It is the first time an asteroid has been named after a Chinese middle school.
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NEA 2006RZ
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2006 RZ was discovered by Helmut Michels at Herrenberg Observatory (Germany) on September 4, 2006.
It will approach within 0.0129 AU (4.9 lunar distances) on October 7. Its physical properties are unknown, but its absolute magnitude of 20.1 suggests a diameter within a factor of two of 300 meter...
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NEA 2006 TC1
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2006 TC1 Earth Impact Risk Summary based on 21 observations spanning .98657 days
(2006-Oct-03.31668 to 2006-Oct-04.30325)
Date Distance Probability Energy Palermo Torino
2015-02-13.26 0.12 1.1e-08 7.84e+03 -4.23
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Granicus Valles and Tinjar Valles
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This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the regions of Granicus Valles and Tinjar Valles, which may have been formed partly through the action of subsurface water, due to a process known as sapping.
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Crater Mersenius C
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This mosaic of three images, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the crater Mersenius C on the Moon.
Credits: ESA/Space-X
AMIE obtained this sequence on 13 January 2006, from a distance of 1149, 1172, 1195 kilometres...
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Crater Lomonosov
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This image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows crater Lomonosov on the Moon’s far side.
Credits: ESA/Space-X
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The strangest satellites
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The strangest satellites in the solar system:
Found in stretched, slanted, loop-d-loop orbits, an odd breed of planetary satellites opens a window into the formation of the planets.
By David Jewitt, Scott S. Sheppard and Jan Kleyna
[url=http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/sheppard/p...
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Asteroid 2006 OF2
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A new Damocloid asteroid, 2006 OF2 discovered.
ate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2006 07 14 20 45.54 -27 34.2 6.736 7.711 162.4 2.3 18.5
2006 07 24 20 40.81 -27 41.7 6.638 7.640 169.9 1.3 18.4
2006 08 03 20 35.82 -27 46.7 6.570 7.569 169.2 1.4 18.4
2006 08 13 20 30.83 -27 48.5...
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Asteroid 2006BQ6
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Asteroid 2006 BQ6 was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey (University of Arizona) on January 22, 2006.
It will approach within 0.037 AU (14 lunar distances) of Earth on July 29.
Its physical properties are unknown, but its absolute magnitude of 19.5 suggests a diameter within a...
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Gruithuisen area
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An image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the Gruithuisen area on the Moon.
Credits: ESA/SMART-1/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute)
AMIE obtained this sequence on 1 January 2006, from a distance of about 21...
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Iani Chaos depression
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These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) aboard ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, show a large depression called Iani Chaos and the upper reaches of a large outflow channel called Ares Vallis.
Image strips were taken in October 2004, during three orbits from...
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Asteroid 43844 Rowling
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling now has an asteroid named in her honour. The honour was bestowed by the International Astronomical Union, who named asteroid # 43844 'Rowling.'
Dr. Mark Hammergren who discovered the aste...
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