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Orbital elements: 2012 VE6 Earth MOID = 0.2418 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 340.09199 (2000.0) P Q n 0.50417276 Peri. 13.62423 +0.74828816 -0.65023303 a 1.5634469 Node 28.30973 +0.57972317 +0.54470108 e 0.2120161 Incl. 16.08381 +0.32246842 +0.52962037 P 1.95 H 23.5 G...

Orbital elements: 2012 VL5 Earth MOID = 0.0119 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 347.26200 (2000.0) P Q n 0.40327786 Peri. 351.44509 +0.78965097 -0.61348820 a 1.8144004 Node 46.40120 +0.56367125 +0.71948304 e 0.4463170 Incl. 0.72331 +0.24233462 +0.32554015 P 2.44 H 28.3 G...

Orbital elements: 2012 VJ5 Earth MOID = 0.0529 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 345.58242 (2000.0) P Q n 0.58616796 Peri. 170.95952 +0.85505344 -0.49815118 a 1.4140171 Node 219.99006 +0.46065059 +0.85721378 e 0.2622098 Incl. 12.94601 +0.23808538 +0.13049880 P 1.68 H 25....

Orbital elements: 2012 VF5 Earth MOID = 0.2302 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 351.13136 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29053145 Peri. 345.34451 +0.99510892 +0.00644592 a 2.2577401 Node 15.34205 +0.06460473 +0.71241421 e 0.4585834 Incl. 21.87382 -0.07472924 +0.70172961 P 3.39 H 18.8...

Orbital elements: 2012 VE5 Earth MOID = 0.2579 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 5.61258 (2000.0) P Q n 0.41060518 Peri. 228.55093 +0.76698741 +0.64040660 a 1.7927501 Node 91.58714 -0.57609939 +0.71480587 e 0.2922028 Incl. 2.30026 -0.28255938 +0.28094830 P 2.40 H 18.8 G 0....

Title: Chandra Observation of a Weak Shock in the Galaxy Cluster A2556 Authors: Zhenzhen Qin, Haiguang Xu, Jingying Wang, Yu Wang, Junhua Gu, Xiang-ping Wu Based on a 21.5 ks chandra observation of A2556, we identify an edge on the surface brightness profile (SBP) at about 160 h_{71}^{-1} kpc north...

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the east Belgian city of Liege on the 8th November, 1983 and caused considerable damage to buildings. Read more

The first successful British H-bomb test - Operation Grapple X Round C1, which took place over Kiritimati. Grapple X was dropped and detonated over the southern end of Christmas Island on 8 November 1957. The two-stage thermonuclear bomb exploded with a force of 1.8 megatons. Read more [video=ht...

50th Anniversary (1960), Little Joe 5 Launch Little Joe 5 was an unmanned Launch Escape System test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission used a production Mercury spacecraft #3. The mission was launched November 8, 1960, from Wallops Island, Virgin...

Phobos-Grunt is a planned Russian sample return mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. It will be the first Russian interplanetary mission since the failed Mars 96 mission. Its name is derived from two simple characteristics of the mission. "Grunt" is in reference to 'ground' (of whic...

Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass at a distance of 158,000 kms from the Earth on the 8th November, 2011. See more

Sticky tape generates X-rays[url=http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081022/full/news.2...

Orbital elements: 2005 WD PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0364 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 353.07437 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28166990 Peri. 160.67504 +0.85426760 -0.40473736 a 2.3048487 Node 227.76310 +0.39979321 +0.91262301 e 0.5630454 Incl. 26.14256 +0.33225330 -0.05750572 P 3.50 H...

Title: 2/1 resonant periodic orbits in three dimensional planetary systems Authors: K. I. Antoniadou, G. Voyatzis We consider the general spatial three body problem and study the dynamics of planetary systems consisting of a star and two planets which evolve into 2/1 mean motion resonance and in...

A meteorite fell on Wethersfield on November 8, 1982. It was the second meteorite to fall in the town in the span of 11 years, and crashed through the roof of a house without injuring the occupants, as the first Wethersfield meteorite had also done. The Wethersfield Meteor was taken up as part of a colle...