There are many free satellite tracking programs as well as website based satellite prediction sites. Here are a few links to popular programs, in no particular order, that users should try out: (if your favourite program does not appear, feel free to mention it) FOOTPRINT FOOTPRINT Satell...
Orbital elements:
2012 HR69 Earth MOID = 0.2126 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 317.10550 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.28616846 Peri. 167.50601 +0.43856686 +0.89429936
a 2.2806302 Node 128.43682 -0.83398978 +0.44181718
e 0.4619253 Incl. 6.51043 -0.33484348 +0.07089597
P 3.44 H 19.9...
The Test Acts were a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office and imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and Nonconformists. The principle was that none but persons professing the Established Church were eligible for public employment, and the...
Peter Stoner (June 16, 1888 - March 21, 1980) was Chairman of the Departments of Mathematics and Astronomy at Pasadena City College until 1953; Chairman of the science division, Westmont College, 1953-57; Professor Emeritus of Science, Westmont College; Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and A...
Orbital elements:
2012 LW7 Earth MOID = 0.0843 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 335.81936 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.63662681 Peri. 123.12274 -0.81550176 +0.55894848
a 1.3382773 Node 91.28939 -0.56833203 -0.72440859
e 0.2229513 Incl. 8.63559 -0.10934160 -0.40349572
P 1.55 H 23.3 G 0...
Julius Plücker (16 June 1801 - 22 May 1868) was a German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry and was a pioneer in the investigations of cathode rays that led eventually to the discovery of the electron. He also vastly extended the study...
The 740 - 1700 metre wide asteroid 2002 AC will make a close pass (62.2 lunar distances, 0.1598 AU), travelling at 26.71 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th June, 2012 @ 07:24 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
The 670 - 1500 metre wide asteroid 1999 BJ8 will make a close pass (68.8 lunar distances, 0.1769 AU), travelling at 14.88 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th June, 2012 @ 11:42 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved new names for twelve lunar craters. Expand (796kb, 1024 x 1737)Credit Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography Features identified on the Sea of Rains Lunokhod-1 (Luna 17) lunar rovers traverse map have been named as: Crater Al...
Britain's 'last witch': Campaign to pardon Helen Duncan Campaigners looking to clear the name of Britain's last convicted witch may apply for a judicial review. Spiritualist Helen Duncan was convicted in 1944 under the Witchcraft Act for fear she would reveal military secrets during World War I...
Compact Blue Dwarf Can't Hide from Hubble The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this view of the dwarf galaxy UGC 5497, which looks a bit like salt sprinkled on black velvet in this image. UGC 5497 is considered part of the M 81 group of galaxies, which is located about 12 million light-ye...
Trial by vacuum brings next Galileo satellites closer to launch The next two Galileo navigation satellites have now endured the harsh vacuum and temperature extremes of space on the way to their scheduled 28 September launch. The fourth satellite completed 20 days of thermal vacuum testing at Th...
Why is the bell curve so ubiquitous? Known to statisticians as the Gaussian or Normal distribution, the bell curve is routinely used to describe everything from the outcome of dice rolls to the weights, heights and IQs of randomly selected groups of people. [url=http://sciencefocus.com/qa/wh...
