Orbital elements:
2013 BB70 Earth MOID = 0.0232 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 316.38320 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.62376299 Peri. 315.57414 +0.29617020 -0.92523644
a 1.3566141 Node 115.85788 +0.93319152 +0.22740097
e 0.3050899 Incl. 15.27726 +0.20356032 +0.30368789
P 1.58 H 23...
The atomic structure of a zinc-based material has a surprising amount in common with the tentacles of an octopus, Oxford University researchers have found. When pressure is applied all around them most materials shrink. But materials exhibiting a rare property known as negative linear compress...
Orbital elements:
2013 BP27 Earth MOID = 0.0931 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 308.55268 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.37056789 Peri. 209.20816 -0.83376884 -0.44446764
a 1.9196595 Node 300.72141 +0.55092500 -0.63085603
e 0.4580786 Incl. 22.39580 +0.03621018 -0.63597892
P 2.66 H 25...
Title: An asteroseismic study of the Southern beta Cephei star ALS 3721 Authors: C. Ulusoy, E. Niemczura, B. Ula, T. Gülmez We present the results of a new investigation aimed to identify the pulsational characteristics of the Southern beta Cephei star ALS 3721. Spectroscopic and multicolour pho...
The Hiten spacecraft (known before launch as Muses-A), built by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan, was launched on January 24, 1990. It was Japan's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by...
Title: GRB 080407: an ultra-long burst discovered by the IPN Authors: V. Pal'shin, K. Hurley, J. Goldsten, I. G. Mitrofanov, W. Boynton, A. von Kienlin, J. Cummings, M. Feroci, R. Aptekar, D. Frederiks, S. Golenetskii, E. Mazets, D. Svinkin, D. Golovin, M. L. Litvak, A. B. Sanin, C. Fellows, K. Hars...
The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash refers to an accident that occurred near Goldsboro, North Carolina, on 24 January 1961 when a B-52 Stratofortress carrying two nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process Read more
The 1939 Chillán earthquake was a major earthquake in south-central Chile. It is currently the single earthquake that has caused the most deaths in Chile. The earthquake occurred on 24 January 1939 and had an intensity of 8.3 M. Read more
Klaus, was a European windstorm or cyclone which made landfall over large parts of central and southern France, Spain and parts of Italy in January 2009. Read more
It took him nigh on 2,000 years, but Hadrian, the Roman emperor, has finally returned to inspect his legacy the he built to consolidate the borders of his empire and to control the troublesome Scots. A priceless bronze head of Hadrian, one and a quarter times lifesize, which was recovered from the Tha...
Title: The puzzling merging cluster Abell 1914: new insights from the kinematics of member galaxies Authors: R. Barrena (1,2), M. Girardi (3,4), W. Boschin (5) ((1) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain (2) La Laguna University, Astronomy Dept., Spain (3) Osservatorio Astronomico di Tri...
Title: Light curve analysis and orbital period change of the extreme mass-ratio overcontact binary AW CrB Authors: Eric Broens Extreme mass-ratio contact binaries with a high degree of overcontact may be in the late evolutionary stages of the contact phase. Detailed photometric analyses and or...
Setting the Dark on Fire A new image from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope in Chile shows a beautiful view of clouds of cosmic dust in the region of Orion. While these dense interstellar clouds seem dark and obscured in visible-light observations, APEX's LABOCA camera can detect...
