Title: Stellar scattering and the origin of the planet around gamma-cephei-A Authors: Javier Marti, Cristian Beauge In the last years several exoplanets have been discovered that orbit one component of a compact binary system (separation < 50 astronomical units), the probably best-known c...
Title: Disentangling the Environment of the FU Orionis Candidate HBC 722 with Herschel Authors: Joel D. Green, Neal J. Evans II, Ágnes Kóspál, Tim A. van Kempen, Gregory Herczeg, Sascha P. Quanz, Thomas Henning, Jeong-Eun Lee, Michael M. Dunham, Gwendolyn Meeus, Jeroen Bouwman, Ewine van Dishoe...
A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred at 04:54:50 (UTC) on Tuesday, January 30, 2007, west of Macquarie Island, about 855 km west of Macquarie Island, Australia, at a depth of 10 km. Location 54.888°S, 145.733°E
Orbital elements:
2012 MO3 Earth MOID = 0.0801 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 6.94154 (2000.0) P Q
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a 0.9359440 Node 219.20364 +0.65916949 -0.71665400
e 0.4516722 Incl. 12.98749 +0.04520324 -0.26464723
P 0.91 H 20.7 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2007 LC15 Earth MOID = 0.2870 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 81.98257 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.65492139 Peri. 341.10662 -0.00605243 -0.89102125
a 1.3132375 Node 107.11235 +0.96772489 -0.11958241
e 0.7385540 Incl. 28.35592 +0.25193631 +0.43792827
P 1.50 H 18.6...
Orbital elements:
2012 LZ1 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0312 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 334.60964 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.24313966 Peri. 13.89205 +0.12450858 +0.88919710
a 2.5423315 Node 264.68544 -0.94734493 -0.02539397
e 0.5923410 Incl. 26.24163 -0.29501727 +0.45681907
P 4.05 H 1...
The Battle of Pydna in 168 BC between Rome and the Macedonian Antigonid dynasty saw the further ascendancy of Rome in the Hellenic/Hellenistic world and the end of the Antigonid line of kings, whose power traced back to Alexander the Great. At the night before the battle there was an eclipse of the moo...
The 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (also known as the 2002 Avaj earthquake or the 2002 Changureh earthquake) occurred on June 22, 2002 in a region of northwestern Iran which is crossed by several major fault lines. The earthquake's epicenter was near the city of Bou'in-Zahra in Qazvin Province, an a...
Possible meteor streaks across Summit County sky Wednesday Reports of a bright and fiery object falling from the sky in Summit County Wednesday afternoon spurred speculations ranging from a UFO or a meteor to plane debris, according to the Summit County Sheriff's Office. At 1 p.m., the Summit Coun...
'Giant wombat' grave found in Queensland, Australia Scientists have unearthed the biggest find yet of pre-historic "giant wombat" skeletons, revealing clues to the reasons for the species' extinction. The find, in Queensland, Australia, of about 50 diprotodons - the largest mars...
The is scheduled to take place at the Wallops Flight Facility on the 21st June, 2012. RockON is an annually recurring mission associated with the RockON workshop held at NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre's Wallops Flight Facility each summer. This workshop provides college students and instruct...
Asteroids May Have Delivered Magnetic Material to the Moon After running sophisticated computer models, a trio of researchers believe a giant crater at the moon's south pole may hold the answer to a long-standing mystery about why portions of the lunar crust have a magnetic field and other parts do...