The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) was the first-ever space-based observatory to perform a survey of the entire sky at infrared wavelengths. Launched on January 25, 1983, its mission lasted ten months. Read more [spoiler][/sp...
Father Pietro Angelo Secchi SJ (29 June 1818 - 26 February 1878) was an Italian astronomer. He was Director of the Observatory at the Pontifical Gregorian University (then called the Roman College) for 28 years. He was a pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy, and was one of the first scientists to st...
Orbital elements:
2007 NQ Earth MOID = 0.1628 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 215.65454 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.29996537 Peri. 348.80539 -0.03846204 +0.95388551
a 2.2101511 Node 278.47971 -0.89199049 -0.16705971
e 0.4688692 Incl. 17.51688 -0.45041496 +0.24938623
P 3.29 H 19.4...
Lomonosov Moscow State University is the largest university in Russia. The establishment of the university was instigated by Ivan Shuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov, and the decree ordering its creation was issued by Russian Empress Elizabeth on January 25 (January 12 old style), 1755. The first le...
Nellie Bly arrived back in New Jersey on January 25, 1890, completing her round-the-world journey in Seventy-two days, six hours, eleven minutes and fourteen seconds after her Hoboken departure. Read more
On January 25, 1994, NASA launched Clementine as the first U.S. spacecraft launched to the Moon in over twenty years (since Explorer 49 in June 1973). Read more
The Norwegian rocket incident (or Black Brant scare) refers to a few minutes of post-Cold War nuclear tension that took place on January 25, 1995, more than four years after the end of the Cold War. Read more
"History Detectives" Investigate the Case of the Mylar Mystery There is a mystery afoot at Goddard - the case of the mylar mystery to be exact. On January 11, 2010, "History Detective" Tukufu Zuberi, from the PBS show "The History Detectives," came to Goddard to in...
The earthquake of 25 January 1348, centred in the South Alpine region of Friuli, was felt across Europe. The quake hit in the same year that the Great Plague ravaged Italy. Read more
The Great Blizzard of 1978 was a historic blizzard which struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes from January 25-27, 1978. The 28.28 inches (958 millibars) barometric pressure measurement recorded in Cleveland, Ohio was the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the mainland...
The Burns' Day Storm occurred on 25-26 January, 1990, over north-western Europe, and is one of the strongest storms on record. This storm has received different names as there is no official list of such events in Europe. It is also known as Daria. Starting on the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burn...
A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, sometimes also known as Robert Burns Day or Burns Night (Burns Nicht), although they may in principle be held at any time o...
Title: Limits on further planetary companions to OGLE-2005-BLG-390L Authors: D. Kubas, A. Cassan, M. Dominik, D. Bennett, et al We investigate constraints on further planets orbiting the distant M-dwarf star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L, around which photometric microlensing data revealed the exis...
