Meteorite lights up Ostrobothnia sky An exceptional bright light phenomenon was observed in many parts of Ostobothnia, western Finland, just after 5pm on Tuesday. According to the Ursa astronomical association, this was a meteorite which had passed through the Earth's upper atmosphere before...
Neutrinos: Clues to the Most Energetic Cosmic Rays We're constantly being peppered by showers of debris from cosmic rays colliding with atoms in the atmosphere. Cosmic rays aren't actually rays, of course, they're particles; ninety percent are protons, the nuclei of hydrogen atoms, and most of t...
Title: CASTRO: A New Compressible Astrophysical Solver. III. Multigroup Radiation Hydrodynamics Authors: W. Zhang, L. Howell, A. Almgren, A. Burrows, J. Dolence, J. Bell We present a formulation for multigroup radiation hydrodynamics that is correct to order O(v/c) using the comoving-frame...
Title: Planck intermediate results. VI: The dynamical structure of PLCKG214.6+37.0, a Planck discovered triple system of galaxy clusters Authors: Planck Collaboration: P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, F. Atrio-Barandela, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B....
Researchers Develop New Amplifier to Study the Universe Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology, both in Pasadena, have developed a new type of amplifier for boosting electrical signals. The device can be used for everything from studying st...
RAF leader sought evidence of Highland Sputnik crash A former RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team leader has told how he sought evidence that a Russian satellite crashed in the Highlands 50 years ago. David "Heavy" Whalley was intrigued by a story from the 1960s that a shepherd found the rem...
Title: Miras Authors: Lee Anne Willson, Massimo Marengo Mira variables share essential characteristics: High visual amplitude, periods of hundreds of days, red colours (spectral types M, S, and C), and the presence of emission lines at some phases. They are fundamental mode pulsators, with pro...
Title: CSS100603:112253-111037: A helium-rich dwarf nova with a 65 minute orbital period Authors: E. Breedt, B. T. Gaensicke, T. R. Marsh, D. Steeghs, A. J. Drake, C. M. Copperwheat We present time-resolved optical spectroscopy of the dwarf nova CSS100603:112253-111037. Its optical spectrum...
Maxima of long period variable R Fornacis on the 5th January, 2012. Magnitude: 8.9-12.2 Period: 388.73 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 02 29 15.30831 | Dec. -26° 05' 55.6473''
Title: Discovery of an Unusually Red L-type Brown Dwarf Authors: John E. Gizis, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Michael C. Liu, Philip J. Castro, John D. Shaw, Frederick J. Vrba, Hugh C. Harris, Kimberly M. Aller, Niall R. Deacon We report the discovery of an unusually red brown dwarf found in a search for hig...
How Asteroids Split Up - Mystery of asteroid pairs solved Asteroids are often thought of simply as big rocks orbiting the Sun, but they can have quite exciting lives. Small irregularly-shaped asteroids can be "spun up" to fast rotation rates by sunlight falling on them - much as the asymm...
Orbital elements:
2012 BV26 Earth MOID = 0.0431 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 318.00821 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.81909065 Peri. 106.52074 -0.61944792 +0.72088938
a 1.1313094 Node 120.99619 -0.78407109 -0.58777175
e 0.1476170 Incl. 21.25914 +0.03894615 -0.36720958
P 1.20 H 22....
The Elysium, 18 July 1888 In a turn of events that can only be described as catastrophic, the Mayfield Star Lines commercial steamer The Elysium grounded herself yesterday on rocks one half mile from the extremities of the South Coast. The Elysium was carrying a cargo of valuable metals, includin...
Today is the 30th Anniversary of the Indian Rohini 1 satellite launch. Rohini is the name given to a series of satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Rohini series consisted of four satellites, all of which were launched by the Indian Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) and...
