Orbital elements:
2012 XP2 Earth MOID = 0.0042 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 349.71736 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.41710264 Peri. 137.65223 +0.93474841 -0.34012826
a 1.7740836 Node 242.50159 +0.28699205 +0.89325311
e 0.4973208 Incl. 6.65209 +0.20947784 +0.29395860
P 2.36 H 23.9...
The December Phoenicids (PHO) are a minor periodic shower that occurs on the 6th December. The Phoenicids are active from 29 November to 9 December, and normally produce few and very slow meteors, however a ZHR of near 100 was recorded in 1956. The radiant lies in central Phoenix, about ten degrees so...
The US Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station Celebrates it`s First Half Century.
The U.S. Naval Observatory performs an essential scientific role for the United States, the Navy, and the US Department of Defence. Its mission includes determining the positions and motions of the Earth, Sun, M...
The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, which accidentally collided with the Norwegian SS Imo in "The N...
Vanguard TV3 Launch Fail. (1957) Vanguard TV-3 exploded a few seconds after lift-off on December 6, 1957, this was accordingly viewed, at least in the eye of the general public, as a major embarrassment and a disaster for the U.S. space program. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_%28...
Johann Palisa (December 6, 1848 - May 2, 1925) was an Austrian astronomer, born in Opava in Austrian Silesia (now in the Czech Republic). He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923. Some of his notable discoveries include 153 H...
Niccolò Zucchi (December 6, 1586 - May 21, 1670) was an Italian Jesuit, astronomer, and physicist. As an astronomer he may have been the first to see the belts on the planet Jupiter (on May 17, 1630), and reported spots on Mars in 1640. Read more
Saint Nicholas (Greek: Hagios Nicolaos) (270 - 6 December 343), also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre, in Lycia, part of modern-day Turkey). His feastday is 6 December [O.S. 19 December]. Read more
William Thomson "Will" Hay (6 December 1888 - 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer. Aside from his day job as a comedian, Hay was a dedicated and respected amateur astronomer. His personal observatory sat in his garden in Mill Hill, the dom...
Asteroid Discovered by Madisonville Teacher Named for High School Space has proven to be the final frontier for Madisonville High, the official name given earlier this month to a Main Belt asteroid discovered by Madisonville High School science teacher Denise Rothrock and two of her students. Th...
Orbital elements:
2012 XQ2 Earth MOID = 0.0417 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 336.76011 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.54832232 Peri. 158.48243 +0.66918961 -0.72290841
a 1.4783551 Node 249.05955 +0.65207871 +0.68228346
e 0.3135416 Incl. 10.61322 +0.35634060 +0.10905375
P 1.80 H 26....
Title: V405 Peg (RBS 1955): A Nearby, Low-Luminosity Cataclysmic Binary Authors: J. R. Thorstensen, R. Schwarz, A. D. Schwope, A. Staude, J. Vogel, M. Krumpe, J. Kohnert, A. Nebot Gomez-Moran The cataclysmic binary V405 Peg, originally discovered as ROSAT Bright Source (RBS) 1955 (= 1RXS J23094...
Orbital elements:
2012 XH Earth MOID = 0.0026 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 345.41455 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.46525822 Peri. 330.80714 +0.83635010 -0.54808700
a 1.6494533 Node 62.43275 +0.50531866 +0.76306209
e 0.4076502 Incl. 0.70556 +0.21253605 +0.34254474
P 2.12 H 25.7 G 0...
