A possible magnitude 13.9 nova was detected in the constellation Pegasus on the 13th September, 2012, by K. Itagaki (Japan). Image Position (J2000): R.A. 23 27 27.15 | Dec. +08° 55' 39.1''
Orbital elements:
2008 HV4 Earth MOID = 0.1747 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 292.22277 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.57865347 Peri. 249.42629 -0.35600196 -0.90120792
a 1.4262325 Node 224.05882 +0.93353822 -0.33107271
e 0.2778835 Incl. 20.81917 +0.04205949 -0.27966970
P 1.70 H 19....
Appearances aside, the stars are not eternal and the planets do not move with clockwork precision. For these reasons, one astronomer is proposing that his colleagues ditch the astronomical unit, or AU, as the standard measure of distance within the solar system. One AU is roughly the average dista...
Title: The high-field polar RX J1007.5-2017 Authors: H.-C. Thomas, K. Beuermann, K. Reinsch, A.D. Schwope, V. Burwitz We report optical and X-ray observations of the high-field polar RXJ1007.5-2017 performed between 1990 and 2012. It has an orbital period of 208.60 min determined from the elli...
Title: A compact steep spectrum radio source in NGC1977 Authors: D. Anish Roshi (NRAO, Charlottesville and Green Bank), Scott M. Ransom (NRAO, Charlottesville) A compact steep spectrum radio source (J0535-0452) is located in the sky coincident with a bright optical rim in the HII region NGC1977...
Orbital elements:
2012 RN6 Earth MOID = 0.0537 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 38.47215 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.46592597 Peri. 195.16355 -0.49561624 +0.86760508
a 1.6478769 Node 45.14586 -0.79083601 -0.43159408
e 0.6528221 Incl. 3.26081 -0.35908626 -0.24695744
P 2.12 H 21.1 G 0...
KOUNOTORI 3 revealed to the media at TNSC On June 1 (Fri.), the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI 3" (HTV3, a cargo transporter to the International Space Station) was revealed to the media at the Spacecraft and Fairing Assembly Building 2 at the Tanegashima Space Centre. [url=http://...
The 150 - 340 metre wide asteroid 2007 PB8 will make a close pass (65.5 lunar distances, 0.1682 AU), travelling at 14.51 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th September, 2012 @ 12:23 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
The 310 - 690 metre wide asteroid 1998 QC1 will make a close pass (63.9 lunar distances, 0.1642 AU), travelling at 17.11 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th September, 2012 @ 17:51 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
A total solar eclipse will occur on September 14, 2099. It will begin at sunrise off the western coast of Canada, and move eastern across Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan) and the northern states of the United States (North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, the Virginias, an...
The Mohr Rocket was a sounding rocket developed by Ernst Mohr in Wuppertal, Germany. On June 8, 1958 the first launch attempts were made, but failed, because two rockets hung on the launcher and the third was unstable in flight. The next launch attempt of three further rockets on September 14, 1958 wa...
Nicol Williamson (14 September 1936 - 16 December 2011) was a British actor once described by English playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". He was also described by playwright Samuel Beckett as "touched by genius" and viewed by many critics as...
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