Orbital elements:
2012 BD14 Earth MOID = 0.0080 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 332.14918 (2000.0) P Q
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e 0.2394337 Incl. 1.54237 -0.31013698 -0.26478912
P 1.03 H 26.7...
The Unity connecting module was carried into orbit as the primary cargo of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-88, the first Space Shuttle mission dedicated to assembly of the station. On December 6, 1998, the STS-88 crew mated the aft berthing port of Unity with the forward hatch of the already or...
Colin Michael Foale, CBE, PhD (born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist with dual citizenship and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space shuttle missions and extended stays on both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the first Briton to perform a space walk, and u...
Guy Spence Gardner (born January 6, 1948) is a United States Air Force officer and a former astronaut. He holds the rank of Colonel. He flew as pilot on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-27 and STS-35. Read more
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (January 6, 1933 - May 28, 2003) was a Soviet cosmonaut. His first spaceflight was Soyuz 12 in 1973, a test flight to check the changes made to the Soyuz spacecraft after the Soyuz 11 disaster. His second flight was the abortive Soyuz 18a that made an emergency landing in the A...
Heinrich Schliemann (January 6, 1822 - December 26, 1890) was a German businessman and amateur archaeologist, and an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer. Read more Heinrich Schliemann and the discovery of Troy [spoiler][video=http://www.youtube.com...
Orbital elements:
2013 AE4 Earth MOID = 0.0802 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 354.69716 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21192037 Peri. 272.35349 +0.86608581 -0.48004722
a 2.7862553 Node 116.36429 +0.49774747 +0.80229051
e 0.7090600 Incl. 8.95467 +0.04629063 +0.35480221
P 4.65 H 20.9...
Orbital elements:
2013 AD4 Earth MOID = 0.0123 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 310.50459 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.39590248 Peri. 216.58360 -0.76756210 -0.61341697
a 1.8368650 Node 284.52189 +0.62416162 -0.64929386
e 0.4907448 Incl. 11.07308 +0.14584476 -0.44959660
P 2.49 H 24....
Orbital elements:
2013 AC4 Earth MOID = 0.0034 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 335.89872 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.59077605 Peri. 254.62658 +0.99695966 +0.05718824
a 1.4066546 Node 102.07319 -0.03233117 +0.92159322
e 0.6244854 Incl. 3.10242 -0.07089524 +0.38392114
P 1.67 H 26.0...
The world's highest observatory is in the western Himalayas.
The Indian Astronomical Observatory, sits 4,517 meters above sea level in the village of Hanle, Ladakh, India. The site is a dry, cold desert with sparse human population and the ancient Hanle monastery as its nearest neighbour.
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Nicole-Reine Lepaute (née Etable; 5 January 1723 - 6 December 1788) was a French astronomer and mathematician. She predicted the return of Halley's Comet, calculated the timing of a solar eclipse and constructed a group of catalogues for the stars. She was a member of the Scientific Academy of Bezi...
Harold Charles Gatty (5 January 1903 - 30 August 1957) was an Australian navigator, inventor, and aviation pioneer. Charles Lindbergh called Gatty the "Prince of Navigators." In 1931, Gatty served as navigator, along with pilot Wiley Post, on the flight which set the record for aerial...
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard (January 5, 1895 - May 17, 1981) was an American high-altitude balloonist, and in later life an Episcopal priest. She held the women's altitude record for nearly three decades, and according to several contemporaneous accounts was regarded as the first woman in space. Re...
