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Asteroid (68) Leto
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Asteroid (68) Leto is at opposition on the 10th June, 2010. (V = 10.4) Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2010 06 05 17 18.94 -30 20.0 1.688 2.693 170.0 3.8 10.5 2010 06 10 17 13.79 -30 29.5 1.674 2.684 172.5 2.8 10.4 2010 06 15 17 08.54 -30 36.5 1.666 2.674 171.0 3.4 10.4 2010 06 20 17 03....
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Ring systems
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Title: Rings beyond the giant planets Author: Bruno Sicardy, Maryame El Moutamid, Alice C. Quillen, Paul M. Schenk, Mark R. Showalter, Kevin Walsh Until 2013, only the giant planets were known to host ring systems. In June 2013, a stellar occulation revealed the presence of narrow and dense rings a...
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Astronomers have produced a new colour map of Pluto, the most distant planet in our Solar System, using images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
The detailed map shows areas likely to be methane frost and a bright spot perhaps made of frozen carbon monoxide.
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Asteroid (164121) 2003 YT1
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The 1500 - 3400 metre wide asteroid 2003 YT1 will make a close pass (46.4 Lunar Distances, 0.1192 AU), travelling at 25.27 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th October, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
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Saturn's rings appear strangely warped in this view of the rings seen through the upper Saturn atmosphere.
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Comet P/2009 QG 31
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An asteroidal object discovered on the 19th August, 2009, on CCD images taken by the 0.45-m f/2.8 reflector at the Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra for the "La Sagra Sky Survey" (LSSS), has been discovered to show a cometary appearance. The comet has no official designation yet. T = 2...
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2003UB313 / The Tenth Planet
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This unmagnified view of Saturn's moon Dione shows the moon's bright, wispy terrain, along with several large impact craters. Two of the craters have central peaks. Dione is 1,118 kilometres across.
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Asteroid 2009 SA1
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Jennie McCormick has moved on from planets in her latest discovery. Relevant offers After hours of searching the night sky for planets Jennie McCormick stumbled across something no one knew existed. NASA, which scours space for any asteroid that could one day hit earth, didn't even know. So the Far...
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Title: The Dynamics of Neptune Trojan: I. the Inclined Orbits Authors: Li-Yong Zhou (1), Rudolf Dvorak (2), Yi-Sui Sun (1) ((1) Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, China (2) Institute for Astronomy, University of Vienna, Austria) The stability of Trojan type orbits around Neptune is s...
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Chiron, originally given the very temporary title "Slow-Moving Object Kowal", was given the provisional minor planet designation 1977 UB. Later it was given the permanent minor planet number and name (2060) Chiron. All along, there were discussions it might be a comet, and definite c...
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Asteroid (704) Interamnia
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Asteroid (704) Interamnia is at opposition on the 5th May, 2010. Distance to Sun=3.456 AU Distance to Earth=2.492 AU Magnitude=11.2 mag Ephemeris Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. V h m s 2010 05 05 000000 14 19 13.8 -35 23 40 2.492 3.456 159.7 5.8 11.2 2010 05 06 000000 14 18 22.5 -35 17 52 2.491 3...
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Asteroid (69) Hesperia
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Asteroid (69) Hesperia is at opposition. (V = 10.3) Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2010 01 01 09 17.69 +04 04.3 1.658 2.482 138.5 15.2 10.9 2010 01 06 09 15.84 +04 06.8 1.621 2.483 143.8 13.5 10.8 2010 01 11 09 13.40 +04 14.5 1.589 2.485 149.1 11.7 10.7 2010 01 16 09 10.43 +04 27.3 1....
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Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill)
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Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) was discovered by Rik E. Hill (Catalina Sky Survey) on September 23, 2008. The comet was also discovered on August 25 by K. Smalley (Minor Planet Centre) using the LINEAR telescope, and catalogued as 2008 QP20. The orbital elements of the comet indicate a periheli...
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The name of the hypothesized protoplanet is derived from the mythical Greek goddess Theia, a Titan who gave birth to the Moon goddess Selene. According to the giant impact hypothesis, Theia formed along with the other planets of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago, and was approximately th...
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