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Orbital elements:
2012 PY19 Earth MOID = 0.0099 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 253.47563 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.20791101 Peri. 171.85287 -0.64514057 -0.76389911
a 0.8731980 Node 318.32133 +0.69966283 -0.58229047
e 0.2004844 Incl. 1.36742 +0.30702698 -0.27820130
P 0.82 H 27....
Meteor likely cause of mysterious booms It's looking more and more like a meteor was the cause of a loud mysterious boom heard Sunday night by people across western Nova Scotia. Several witnesses are describing an object with a fiery green tail that flew across the skyline. David Landry was in Dartmo...
Scott's wrecked ship Terra Nova found off Greenland The wreck of the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott on his doomed expedition to the Antarctic a century ago has been discovered off Greenland. The SS Terra Nova was found by a team from a US research company. Scott and his party set off from Cardif...
Orbital elements:
2012 PC20 Earth MOID = 0.1612 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 76.34058 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.64420043 Peri. 290.12026 -0.15327237 +0.98039058
a 1.3277675 Node 330.20808 -0.78772513 -0.19689760
e 0.1839038 Incl. 14.43577 -0.59665459 +0.00810252
P 1.53 H 21....
