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Orbital elements: 2012 WQ10 Earth MOID = 0.1312 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 104.33360 (2000.0) P Q n 1.07427597 Peri. 190.00319 -0.35036851 +0.89919500 a 0.9441887 Node 59.91825 -0.83704008 -0.17505762 e 0.1922654 Incl. 17.63086 -0.42024493 -0.40100272 P 0.92 H 22....

A total solar eclipse will take place on November 13-14, 2012, with a magnitude of 1.0500. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. For this eclipse totality will be visible from northern Australia and the s...

Orbital elements: 2012 WS10 Earth MOID = 0.0028 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 18.33020 (2000.0) P Q n 0.88878460 Peri. 89.14011 +0.78017861 +0.52942281 a 1.0713673 Node 238.82493 -0.60407111 +0.77600997 e 0.2379764 Incl. 22.92076 +0.16254059 +0.34281191 P 1.11 H 25.0...

Herbert Frank York (24 November 1921 - 19 May 2009) was an American nuclear physicist. He held numerous research and administrative positions at various United States government and educational institutes. Read more

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Tsung-Dao Lee (born November 24, 1926) is a Chinese and American physicist, well known for his work on parity violation, the Lee Model, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons and soliton stars. Read more

Veerabhadran Ramanathan is Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences and director of the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He has contributed to many areas of the atmospheric sciences including develop...

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The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 was a large extratropical cyclone which moved through the Eastern United States, causing significant winds, heavy rains east of the Appalachians, and blizzard conditions along the western slopes of the mountain chain. Power was out to more than 1,000...

Brumalia was an ancient Roman solstice festival honouring Bacchus, generally held on 25 December and possibly related to the ancient Greek Lenaia (held in honour of Dionysus). The festival included drinking and merriment. The name is derived from the Latin word bruma, meaning "shortest da...

From his location in Much Hoole, Jeremiah Horrocks calculated that the transit of Venus was to begin at approximately 3:00 pm on 24 November 1639 (Julian calendar, or 4 December in the Gregorian calendar). The weather was cloudy, but he first observed the tiny black shadow of Venus crossing the Sun o...

Orbital elements: 2012 WR10 Earth MOID = 0.0007 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 2.00462 (2000.0) P Q n 0.90847265 Peri. 132.70802 +0.99996813 -0.00592200 a 1.0558320 Node 227.63204 +0.00333880 +0.91941037 e 0.0968391 Incl. 0.41528 +0.00725250 +0.39325501 P 1.08 H 28.4 G...

The discovery of a new interstellar molecule confirms the existence of an oil refinery in our galaxy An international team of scientists has detected a new interstellar molecule within our galaxy. This molecule, named propynylidynique cation (C 3 H +) is part of the family of small hydrocarbon mol...

Orbital elements: 2012 WK4 Earth MOID = 0.0591 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 26.71198 (2000.0) P Q n 0.74531939 Peri. 161.70312 +0.68144199 +0.73098265 a 1.2047801 Node 151.22006 -0.68048904 +0.65097127 e 0.3072593 Incl. 4.29685 -0.26939093 +0.20469678 P 1.32 H 21.3 G...