Surveyor 6 was the sixth lunar lander of the American unmanned Surveyor program that reached the surface of the Moon. Launched November 7, 1967; landed November 10, 1967 Mass on landing: 299.6 kg (660.5 lb) Surveyor 6 landed on the Sinus Medii. Read more
Amchitka island was selected by the United States Atomic Energy Commission to be the site for underground detonations of nuclear weapons. Cannikin, the last test at the Amchitka facility was detonated on 6 November 1971. At approximately 5 megatons, it was the largest underground test in US histo...
The summer ploughing season in Flanders Fields is a good time for Ivan Sinnaeve. Known as "Shrapnel Charlie," he keeps alive memories of one of history's bloodiest battles by melting down the World War I shells harvested by farmers and transforming them into toy soldiers which he calls &...
Orbital elements:
2011 UG21 Earth MOID = 0.1271 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 185.55732 (2000.0) P Q
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P 0.90 H 19.3 G...
Laos approves Xayaburi 'mega' dam on Mekong Laos has given the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists. A formal ceremony marking the start of full construction at Xayaburi would be held on Wednesday, the gov...
Orbital elements:
2012 VY4 Earth MOID = 0.1395 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 345.85535 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.20280273 Peri. 207.15204 +0.33298025 -0.93323390
a 2.8691517 Node 223.76609 +0.89666499 +0.35764922
e 0.6141474 Incl. 11.24622 +0.29174655 -0.03408122
P 4.86 H 22....
Once in a lifetime experience for theSkyNet citizen scientist Last week the top contributor to citizen science initiative theSkyNet travelled to the heart of the West Australian outback to visit the future site of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. Mr Kim Hawtin, top contributor t...
Orbital elements:
2012 TW78 Earth MOID = 0.3056 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 340.79730 (2000.0) P Q
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P 3.60 H 21...
Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906 - August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for over 70 years. Amongst his achievements, he discovered some asteroids and comets, came up with the "dirty snowball" cometary hypothesis, and desig...
Newly released UFO files from the UK government Files released in March 2011 The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents, drawings, letters and parliamentary questions covering the years 2000-2005. Find out more about the House of Lords debate on UFOs, a flying saucer hoax that was tre...
Catholicon (from the Greek, universal) is a Breton-French-Latin dictionary. It is the first Breton dictionary and also the first French dictionary. Read more
Vandana Shiva (November 5, 1952, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India), is a philosopher, environmental activist, author and eco feminist. Shiva, currently based in Delhi, has authored more than 20 books. She was trained as a physicist and received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wester...
Jacqueline Auriol (November 5, 1917, Challans, Vendée - February 11, 2000) was a French aviator who set several world speed records. She earned a military pilot license in 1950 then qualified as one of the first female test pilots. She was among the first women to break the sound barrier and set five w...
Title: HOBYS' view of Vela C and W48: a ridge and a mini-starburst Authors: T. Hill, Q. Nguyen Luong, F. Motte, P. Didelon, V. Minier, the HOBYS consortium We present recent results from the Herschel HOBYS guaranteed time key program of the Vela C and W48 star-forming complexes. We examine the column...
Title: Photoevaporating Proplyd-like objects in Cygnus OB2 Authors: Nicholas J. Wright, Jeremy J. Drake, Janet E. Drew, Mario G. Guarcello, Robert A. Gutermuth, Joseph L. Hora, Kathleen E. Kraemer We report the discovery of ten proplyd-like objects in the vicinity of the massive OB associati...
