A SL-4 rocket body that was launched on the 17th May, 2012, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, for the KOSMOS 2480 satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 20th May, 2012 @ 16:40 GMT ± 15 hours.SL-4 RB
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2 38336 0...
'Cursing stone' found on Isle of Canna A stone discovered by chance on the Isle of Canna is Scotland's first known example of a bullaun "cursing stone", experts have revealed. Dating from about 800 AD, the stones are associated with early Christian crosses - of which there is one on the isl...
A Minotaur 1 Rocket body that was launched on the 30th June, 2011, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Virginia's Wallops Island, for the ORS-1 satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 20th May, 2012 @ 05:00 GMT ± 48 hours.MINOTAUR RB
1 37729U 11029B 121...
Charles Lindbergh transatlantic flight As a 25-year-old U.S. Air Mail pilot Charles Lindbergh emerged suddenly from virtual obscurity to instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight on May 20-21, 1927, made from Roosevelt Field located in Garden Cit...
Giuseppe Mercalli (May 21, 1850 - March 19, 1914) was an Italian volcanologist. He is best remembered today for his Mercalli scale for measuring earthquakes which is still used today. Read more
A possible magnitude 10.5 nova was discovered by J. Seach (Australia) on the 19th May, 2012, in the constellation Ophiuchus. Google earth file: Nova Ophiuchus 3 2012.kmz (2kb, kmz) Position (J2000): R.A. 17 39 57.00 | Dec. -24° 47' 08.0''
Sunspots 11486 (left), 11484 and 11482 (right) captured with a 80mm F6 refractor and Vesta Pro webcam + Solar filter and IR-cut filter. Captured in colour mode.
Orbital elements:
2012 KD6 Earth MOID = 0.0197 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
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a 2.2273413 Node 237.59953 -0.95166596 -0.12009428
e 0.5548950 Incl. 12.42512 -0.29909416 +0.15315043
P 3.32 H 23.3 G...
Orbital elements:
2012 KZ3 Earth MOID = 0.1007 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 333.41721 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.41017368 Peri. 173.06362 -0.54025151 +0.83437358
a 1.7940072 Node 64.18082 -0.77778070 -0.44552354
e 0.3800003 Incl. 6.97487 -0.32122499 -0.32454506
P 2.40 H 24.7 G 0...
Sunspots 11482(right),11484 and a new sunspot that has emerged over the Suns eastern limb, captured with an 80mm f6 refractor with a Vista pro webcam + Solar filter (film) + baader contrast booster filter + Revelation IR-cut filter. [vid...
Orbital elements:
2012 JT17 Earth MOID = 0.1058 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 303.85943 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.25110188 Peri. 118.43549 +0.93980358 +0.29060600
a 2.4883000 Node 225.32771 -0.32653562 +0.91879287
e 0.6173351 Incl. 14.64279 +0.10071605 +0.26714756
P 3.93 H 18....
Orbital elements:
2012 KO1 Earth MOID = 0.0802 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 351.74778 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31692496 Peri. 133.90873 -0.97079659 +0.22650891
a 2.1305828 Node 59.33141 -0.23789539 -0.86637028
e 0.5044904 Incl. 5.27267 -0.03098002 -0.44508004
P 3.11 H 23.9 G 0...
Egyptian invents a spacecraft propulsion device A 19-year-old Egyptian university student called Aisha Mustafa has invented a propulsion device intended to offer spacecrafts a new method and cheaper means of energy consumption. The propulsion device promises chances of using quantum physi...
Astronomy's new special issue focuses on 50 major telescopes that have changed our understanding of the universe. The William Herschel Telescope takes pride of place on the front cover of Astronomy magazine's special summer 2012 issue. This issue is a picture-packed guided tour of the world's m...
