Tropical storm Chris has become the first hurricane of the Atlantic Ocean Season out at sea. Max. winds near 75 mph, Chris is about 625 miles from Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada. Source
Title: Parsec-scale dust emission from the polar region in the type 2 nucleus of NGC 424 Authors: Sebastian F. Hoenig (1), Makoto Kishimoto (2), Robert Antonucci (1), Alessandro Marconi (3), M. Almudena Prieto (4), Konrad Tristram (2), Gerd Weigelt (2) ((1) UCSB, (2) MPIfR, (3) Univ. Firenze, (4)...
Title: A resolved outflow of matter from a Brown Dwarf
Authors: Emma T. Whelan, Thomas P.Ray, Francesca Bacciotti, Antonella Natta, Leonardo Testi, Sofia Randich
The birth of stars involves not only accretion but also, counter-intuitively, the expulsion o...
Yáng Lìwei (born June 21, 1965 in Suizhong, Huludao, Liaoning) is a Chinese major general and military pilot and a CNSA astronaut. He was the first man sent into space by the Chinese space program and his mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send people into space. Rea...
Orbital elements:
2012 MX2 Earth MOID = 0.0210 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 6.75122 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.31550875 Peri. 205.20608 -0.36215783 -0.92781856
a 0.8249106 Node 266.13182 +0.86966448 -0.30181438
e 0.4754610 Incl. 5.14150 +0.33544804 -0.21922773
P 0.75 H 23.2 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2012 MW1 Earth MOID = 0.1240 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 335.71685 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.41108924 Peri. 126.95311 -0.64663136 +0.46225023
a 1.7913425 Node 88.89224 -0.73310493 -0.59639564
e 0.4342460 Incl. 37.36585 +0.21077248 -0.65622936
P 2.40 H 20.7 G...
Orbital elements:
2012 MN2 Earth MOID = 0.2082 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 307.93924 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31718025 Peri. 254.18862 +0.89257364 +0.44633696
a 2.1294394 Node 79.26606 -0.38474905 +0.82792077
e 0.4331250 Incl. 3.73470 -0.23511799 +0.33960347
P 3.11 H 20.4 G 0...
Title: The First Infrared Telescope in Tibet Plateau Authors: Li-Yong Liu, Yong-Qiang Yao, Yi-Ping Wang, Jun-Rong Li, Yun-He Zhou, Lin Li, Xian-Long You We plan to install an infrared telescope at the new site of Tibet. The primary mirror diameter is 50cm, and the focal ratio F8. The Xenics 640 x 512...
Title: A pulsation zoo in the hot subdwarf B star KIC 10139564 observed by Kepler Authors: A. S. Baran, M. D. Reed, D. Stello, R.H. Ostensen, J.H. Telting, E. Pakstiene, S. J. O'Toole, R. Silvotti, P. Degroote, S. Bloemen, H. Hu, V. Van Grootel, B.D. Clarke, J. Van Cleve, S.E. Thompson, S.D. Kawaler We...
Title: ACME Stellar Spectra. I. Absolutely Calibrated, Mostly Empirical Flux Densities of 55 Cancri and its Transiting Planet Authors: Ian J. M. Crossfield The ACME Spectra project provides absolutely calibrated, mostly empirical spectra of exoplanet host stars for use in analysis of the star...
Title: Discovery of a double eclipsing binary with periods near a 3:2 ratio Authors: P. Cagas, O. Pejcha The evolution of multiple stellar systems can be driven by Kozai cycles and tidal friction (KCTF), which shrink the orbit of the inner binary. There is an interesting possibility that two close b...
The White Knight has a new mission.
The White Knight mothership has been fitted up with the X-37, an unpiloted, reusable space plane.
At its inland spaceport in Mojave, California, the plane has undergone a set of recent ground evaluations, including high-speed taxi tests.
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The Battle of Lake Trasimene (June 21, 217 BC, April on the Julian calendar) was a Roman defeat in the Second Punic War between the Carthaginians under Hannibal and the Romans under the consul Gaius Flaminius. The battle is one of the largest and most successful ambushes in military history. Read mor...
