Orbital elements:
2012 VD6 Earth MOID = 0.0597 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 306.48434 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.63171453 Peri. 224.63703 -0.02536977 -0.99103836
a 1.3452060 Node 227.29186 +0.95982287 +0.01252560
e 0.2557707 Incl. 10.28091 +0.27945738 -0.13298904
P 1.56 H 25....
20th Anniversary of the SAMPEX Launch in 1992. The Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX) satellite was launched in July 1992 into a low earth orbit at an altitude of 520 by 670 km and 82 degrees inclination. The satellite far exceeded its expected three-year lifetime. It...
Title: Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross-sections from the neutrino experiment at the Baksan Underground Scintillator Telescope Authors: Olga Suvorova, Musabi Boliev, Sergei Demidov, Stanislav Mikheyev We present updated results of the Baksan Underground Scintillator Telesco...
Title: The Mass of the Black Hole in XTE J1118+480 Authors: J. Khargharia, C. S. Froning, E. L. Robinson, D. M. Gelino We present contemporaneous, broadband, near-infrared spectroscopy (0.9-2.45 micron) and H-band photometry of the black hole X-ray binary, XTE J1118+480. We determined the frac...
TI-84 Plus C Colour-Screen Calculator Texas Instruments will be releasing a colour-screen TI-84 Plus calculator next year, according to Cemetech member 0rac343. In a post published this morning, he mentions that his class was chosen by TI as a pilot to test the reception of these new devices. [url...
Title: Dust around R Coronae Borealis stars: I. Spitzer/IRS observations Authors: D. A. Garcia-Hernandez, N. Kameswara Rao, David L. Lambert Spitzer/IRS spectra from 5 to 37 um for a complete sample of 31 R Coronae Borealis stars (RCBs) are presented. These spectra are combined with optical and n...
The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance and the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Cormack Bequest) will hold a one-day Scottish astronomy meeting, SCAM2012, on Tuesday 13th November 2012 at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Read more
Go stargazing at Cwmcarn Forest Drive Next Saturday (November 17) at Cwmcarn Forest Drive will be a starry wonderland for astronomical admirers, as it once again plays host to a special Stargazing event. Back by popular demand, Cardiff Astronomical Society will be on hand to offer expert help and...
Want to study craters? Geologists grab explosives and make some While craters cover many other bodies in the solar system, plate tectonics and weathering continually renew the Earth's surface, preserving its youthful beauty. Still, that process doesn't happen overnight, and there are many cra...
DARPA taps amateur astronomer community to help protect satellites Defence researchers unveiled a program on Nov. 10 that would enlist private, amateur astronomers' help in warding off disasters in space. To help address the threat, DARPA said it has created SpaceView, a "neighbourhood w...
Acoustic oscillations arise from the competition between gravitational attraction and gas pressure in the primordial plasma. These oscillations leave their imprint on structures at every epoch of the evolution of the Universe, providing a robust standard ruler from which the expansion histo...
Title: First Kepler results on compact pulsators V: Slowly pulsating subdwarf B stars in short-period binaries Authors: S. D. Kawaler, M. D. Reed, R. H. Østensen, S. Bloemen, D. W. Kurtz, A. C. Quint, R. Silvotti, A. S. Baran, E. M. Green, S. Charpinet, J. Telting, C. Aerts, G. Handler, H. Kjeldsen, J...
Lake Natron is a salt lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border, in the eastern branch of the East African Rift. The lake is fed by the Southern Ewaso Ng'iro River and also by mineral-rich hot springs. It is quite shallow, less than three meters deep, and varies in width depending on...
