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Asteroid (904) Rockefellia
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Asteroid (904) Rockefellia (14.8 mag) will occult the 3.9 mag star eta Aql (HD 187929) in the constellation Aquila at around 23:12 UT, 7th July, 2010 The 4.8 second event is visible from India, and Africa. Position (2000): RA 19 52 28.3679, Dec +01 00 20.378
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Comet 2008 R1 (Garradd)
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Gordon J. Garradd (at Siding Spring Survey) has announced the discovery of a new comet on September 2, 2008. The new come increases Gordon Garradd tally of discoveries to 12 comets. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on November 8, 2008, at a distance of 1....
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Asteroid 216 Kleopatra
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A movie of an asteroid, made from 23 frames, which were taken over a thirty minute period. This was done by members of Monmouth School and Monmouth Astronomical Research Society (MARS) in the UK. They used the robotic 2m Faulkes Telescope North on the mountain Haleakala, on the Hawaiian island of Mau...
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Asteroid (511) Davida
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Asteroid (511) Davida at opposition on the 2nd May, 2010. Distance to Sun=3.522 AU Distance to Earth=2.560 AU Magnitude=11.4 mag
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Asteroids
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In Our Time - Radio 4 program on Asteroids.
It is thought that asteroids are the unused building blocks of planets, 'pristine material' that has remained chemically unchanged since the creation of the solar system; a snapshot of matter at the beginning of time.
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Clavius Crater
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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavius_%28crater%29]Read
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Enceladus
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This infrared colour image of Enceladus was obtained by the Cassini visual infrared mapping spectrometer on March 9, 2005, when the Cassini spacecraft was 9,145 kilometres away from Enceladus.
Enceladus shows substantial differences in composition or, more likely, particle size...
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Asteroid (10) Hygiea
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Asteroid (10) Hygiea is at opposition on the 6th February, 2010. (V = 9.8) Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2010 02 05 09 19.69 +12 17.6 2.169 3.153 175.9 1.3 9.8 2010 02 10 09 15.55 +12 32.3 2.163 3.148 175.2 1.5 9.8 2010 02 15 09 11.46 +12 47.2 2.165 3.142 169.8 3.2 9.9 2010 02 20 09 07...
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Asteroid (40) Harmonia
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Asteroid (40) Harmonia at opposition on the 28th May 2010. (V = 9.6) Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2010 05 01 16 47.30 -18 19.9 1.411 2.324 147.4 13.5 10.4 2010 05 06 16 44.04 -18 16.9 1.378 2.322 153.0 11.4 10.2 2010 05 11 16 40.09 -18 13.5 1.350 2.320 158.7 9.1 10.1 2010 05 16 16 35...
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Planet X
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By means of high-precision timing thanks to pulsars astronomers now know what the solar barycentre is doing with respect to the rest of the cosmos.
And it is not being pulled around by Planet X.
So there is nothing out there within worrying distance.
The astronomers, Nadia Zakams...
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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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Title: The Dust Trail of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Authors: Michael S. Kelley, William T. Reach, David J. Lien We report the detection of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's dust trail and nucleus in 24 micron Spitzer Space Telescope images taken February 2004. The dust trail is not found...
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Asteroid (376) Geometria
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Asteroid (376) Geometria is at opposition on the 2nd May, 2010. Magnitude: 11.3 V Distance to Earth; 0.955 AU Distance to Sun: 1.954 AU
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TNO (225088) 2007 OR10
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(225088) 2007 OR10 is a Trans-Neptunian object with an absolute magnitude of 1.9. This qualifies it as one of the largest dwarf planet candidates: Brown estimates that it is between Sedna and Quaoar in size. Mike Brown's discovery team has nicknamed the object "Snow White", as it wou...
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Ceres
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The largest known asteroid could contain more fresh water than Earth and looks like our planet in other ways, according to a new study that further blurs the line between planets and large space rocks.
Astronomers took 267 images of asteroid [url=http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/blo...
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Asteroid (12) Victoria
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Asteroid (12) Victoria is at opposition on the 11th May, 2010 Distance to Sun=2.098 AU Distance to Earth=1.088 AU Magnitude= 9.1 mag Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2010 05 01 15 21.90 -20 49.5 1.131 2.124 166.7 6.3 9.6 2010 05 06 15 17.48 -20 07.3 1.108 2.112 172.7 3.5 9.4 201...
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