Sir Joseph Rotblat, KCMG, CBE, FRS (born Józef Rotblat on 4 November 1908, died 31 August 2005), was a Polish-born and British-naturalised physicist. His work on nuclear fallout was a major contribution to the agreement of the Partial Test Ban Treaty. Read more
Orbital elements: 2009 VN1 Earth MOID = 0.1102 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 168.16715 (2000.0) P Q n 0.97138665 Peri. 47.98583 +0.10811747 +0.94809904 a 1.0097363 Node 230.79822 -0.98739426 +0.06743453 e 0.1790639 Incl. 22.69853 -0.11559930 +0.31074234 P 1.01 H 24.3 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Orbital elements: 2011 EL51 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0467 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 277.56609 (2000.0) P Q n 0.76132784 Peri. 94.61355 +0.38869175 +0.91938125 a 1.1878317 Node 198.61827 -0.90250053 +0.36669724 e 0.5652965 Incl. 10.91846 -0.18550342 +0.14237717 P 1.29 H 21.7 G 0.1...
Mare Nectaris with craters Theophilus and Cyrillus taken with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Baader contrast filter, IR-cut filter. 2X Barlow lens
A SL-4 rocket body that was launched on the 31st October, 2012, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, for the Progress 49P/M-17M ISS mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 2nd November, 2012 @ 11:00 GMT ± 24 hours.SL-4 RB
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Title: Implementation of micro-ball nanodiamond anvils for high-pressure studies above 6Mbar Authors: Leonid Dubrovinsky, Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Vitali B Prakapenka & Artem M Abakumov Since invention of the diamond anvil cell technique in the late 1950s for studying materials at extre...
Holger Pedersen (born 3 November 1946) is a Danish astronomer at the European Southern Observatory. He specialises in gamma-ray bursts, meteorites and minor planets. Asteroids 9266 Holger and 3312 Pedersen are named after him Read more
Gleb Vassielievich Wataghin (November 3, 1899, Birzula, Russian Empire - October 10, 1986, Turin, Italy); was a Ukrainian-Italian experimental physicist and a great scientific leader who gave a great impulse to the teaching and research on physics in two continents: in the University of São Pau...
Tsutomu Seki (born November 3, 1930) is a Japanese astronomer, born in Kchi, Japan. He has discovered a number of comets, including the celebrated bright C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki). Read more
The Forties Oil Field is the largest oil field in the North Sea, 110 miles east of Aberdeen. It was discovered in 1970 and first produced oil in 1975 under ownership of BP. Named Forties after the sea area in which it lies, the field began producing oil in September 1975 and was officially inaugurated by...
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory B (OAO-B) carried a 38-inch UV telescope, and should have provided spectra of fainter objects than had previously been observable. The booster rocket failed to separate from the satellite following its launch on 3 November 1970, and the satellite burned up...
Taiwan joins Japan's project to upgrade Subaru Telescope Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top academic and science research institute, signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) Friday to collaborate in optical and infrared wavelength astrono...
Atlantis Moves to New Home Highlights of NASA Television coverage of events surrounding space shuttle Atlantis' move to the Kennedy Space Centre Visitor Complex in Florida for permanent public display.
Orbital elements: 2009 SB15 Earth MOID = 0.0635 AU Epoch 2009 Sept. 6.0 TT = JDT 2455080.5 MPC M 305.79629 (2000.0) P Q n 0.40152207 Peri. 170.85176 -0.54818438 -0.83481409 a 1.8196859 Node 312.37175 +0.76292998 -0.47425343 e 0.6117171 Incl. 3.94183 +0.34268313 -0.27958739 P 2.45 H 20.6 G 0.15 Fr...