On the afternoon of 17 June 1940 the RMS Lancastria off the coast of France, came under attack from the Luftwaffe. After receiving three direct hits from a Junkers 88 bomber the liner sank in just 20 minutes, with the loss of an estimated 4,000 plus lives. Read more [video=http://www.youtube.com/w...
Mumtaz Mahal (April 1593 - 17 June 1631) (meaning "the chosen one of the palace") born as Arjumand Banu Begum was a Mughal Empress and chief consort of emperor Shah Jahan. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Taj Mahal, Agra was constructed by her husband as her final resting place. Read more[v...
The Battle of the Rosebud (also known the Battle of the Rosebud Creek) occurred June 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Native Americans during the Black Hills War. The Cheyenne called it the Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother, because of an inc...
The Dusky Seaside Sparrow, Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens, was a non-migratory subspecies of the Seaside Sparrow, found in Southern Florida in the natural salt marshes of Merritt Island and along the St. Johns River. The last definite known individual died on June 17, 1987 and the species was of...
César-François Cassini de Thury (17 June 1714 - 4 September 1784), also called Cassini III or Cassini de Thury, was a French astronomer and cartographer. Read more
Burt Rutan believes that what we're exposed to as children moulds us into adults with the courage to try new things. So it's appropriate that the renowned aircraft designer, entrepreneur and visionary will expose 2,000 local students to his ideas at the Shaw Conference Centre on June 3. [url=http:...
The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a United Nations observance each June 17. Its purpose is to highlight ways to prevent desertification and recover from drought. Read more Theme for 2012: Healthy soil sustains your life: Let's go land degradation neutral Read more[video=ht...
The 3300 - 7400 metre wide asteroid 1998 TU3 will make a close pass (69.1 lunar distances, 0.1774 AU), travelling at 9.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th October, 2010 @ 10:25 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD)...
Title: Can we measure structures to a precision better than the Planck length? Authors: Sabine Hossenfelder It was recently claimed that the Planck length is not a limit to the precision by which we can measure distances, but that instead it is merely the Planck volume that limits the precision by wh...
Hurricane Carlotta (03E) is forecast to make landfall in Mexico probability for CAT 1 or above is 90% within 6 hours probability for TS is 95% currently Puerto Angel (15.8 N, 96.5 W) probability for CAT 1 or above is 75% within 6 hours probability for TS is 95% within 6 hours San Ni...
Predicting the first visibility of the young lunar crescent for a given location is a problem that has challenged astronomers and mathematicians for more than four millennia. Numerous computational methods and algorithms for predicting the visibility of the lunar crescent have been proposed i...
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Blog4Bucks.com is a forum that covers various blog monetisation strategies including paid ad placement, blog networks, and pay per click advertising. A blogging resource section th...
Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
2012 LL9 Earth MOID = 0.2301 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 327.30719 (2000.0) P Q
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