The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987, it was ratified by the United States Senate on May 27, 198...
Orbital elements:
2012 XH16 Earth MOID = 0.0816 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 283.54594 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.48289141 Peri. 100.14607 -0.88807419 -0.45703222
a 1.6090507 Node 52.67563 +0.39365903 -0.81163485
e 0.3524882 Incl. 3.56555 +0.23739586 -0.36382745
P 2.04 H 22.4...
2004 PR107, also written as 2004 PR107, is a large Kuiper belt object with an absolute magnitude of 4.6. Discovered on August 12, 2004, the 555 km wide object 2004 PR107 has not been observed since August 13 of the same year, and is currently lost, based on the limited observational data collected 2004...
Planetary Society Statement on the Curiosity Press Briefing at the Fall 2012 AGU Conference The Planetary Society calls on the Administration and Congress to acknowledge the publics support of planetary exploration and restore the small amount of funding needed to enact a robust program. This f...
Orbital elements:
2011 KG4 Earth MOID = 0.0638 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 258.44099 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.97181218 Peri. 7.32464 +0.30011851 -0.88614799
a 1.0094415 Node 65.75461 +0.85437660 +0.08509610
e 0.0854506 Incl. 22.78313 +0.42422814 +0.45552211
P 1.01 H 22.9 G 0....
Orbital elements: 2010 XC Earth MOID = 0.0204 AU Epoch 2010 Nov. 20.0 TT = JDT 2455520.5 MPC M 350.93374 (2000.0) P Q n 0.34119105 Peri. 198.86086 +0.05205470 -0.99807368 a 2.0283254 Node 248.16666 +0.92085033 +0.06105055 e 0.5062688 Incl. 2.08378 +0.38642591 -0.01103446 P 2.89 H 27.5 G 0.15 From...
Monocerotids is a reliable minor meteor shower that takes place from December 7 to December 20 and peaks on December 9. Source ZHR:1-2 meteors per hour Radiant: Monoceros/Canis Minor border The parent body is comet P/1917 F1 (Mellish). Title: The December Monocerotids and P/Mellish. Authors: O...
Jacques Salomon Hadamard (December 8, 1865 - October 17, 1963) was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations. Read more
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BCE - 27 November 8 BCE), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. Read more
JAXA is studying two missions to evaluate the performance of solar power sails. The project name for the first mission is IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun). This craft will be launched in 2010 together with the Venus Climate Orbiter, "AKATSUKI"(P...
Roentgenium is a synthetic radioactive chemical element with the symbol Rg and atomic number 111. It is placed as the heaviest member of the group 11 (IB) elements, although a sufficiently stable isotope has not yet been produced in a sufficient amount that would confirm this position as a heavier h...
GSLV's next launch in April Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) P S Veeraraghavan has said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is well on course to launching its GSLV space mission with indigenously built cryogenic engine in April 2013. [url=http://timesofindia.ind...