Orbital elements:
2002 PH80 Earth MOID = 0.1737 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 63.19750 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30819828 Peri. 331.27314 +0.79436106 +0.60720924
a 2.1706139 Node 351.27872 -0.53375797 +0.68440272
e 0.4577952 Incl. 6.41992 -0.28998783 +0.40359615
P 3.20 H 19.6...
In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites These testbed satellites will be followed by four IOV Galileo satellites that will be much closer to the final Galileo satellite design. The Search & Rescue feature is not installed. The first two satellites are scheduled to launch on 20 October 2011 from...
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 23, to discuss new observations of a large active region in the sun's 1- million-degree atmosphere called the corona. Read more
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Hideki Yukawa ForMemRS FRSE (23 January 1907 - 8 September 1981), was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate. In 1935 he published his theory of mesons, which explained the interaction between protons and neutrons, and was a major influence on research into elemen...
The Marias Massacre (also known as the Baker Massacre) was a massacre of Piegan Blackfeet Indians by the United States Army which took place in Montana during the late nineteenth century Indian Wars. Read more
Moon is a 2009 British science fiction drama film directed by Duncan Jones. The film is about a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the far side of the Earth's moon. It was the feature debut of director Duncan Jones, son of the Britis...
Curiosity Rover on Display for Premiere of Mars Film Space enthusiasts will be able to get "up close and personal" (bring your camera) with a full-scale replica of the Curiosity Mars rover before the free Jan. 23 public premiere of the documentary film "The Changing Face of Mars.&q...
NASA Selects Experimental Commercial Suborbital Flight Payloads NASA's Flight Opportunities Program has selected 13 cutting-edge space technology payloads for flights on commercial reusable launch vehicles, balloons and a commercial parabolic aircraft in 2013 and 2014. The flights will a...
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The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake or Jiajing earthquake was a catastrophic earthquake and is also the deadliest earthquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 people in China. It occurred on the morning of 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, during the Ming Dynasty. Read more