Mercury: at magnitude 2.0, starts the month in the constellation of Pisces. Mercury is at aphelion (distance to sun: 0.4667 AU) at 5:00 UT, 15th April. Mercury is at Greatest Elongation (27.5° West, in the mornings, brightness: 0.4 mag) on the 18th April. Mercury is at Dichotomy (Half phase) o...
Orbital elements:
2012 HE31 Earth MOID = 0.0042 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 300.74459 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.61075908 Peri. 271.17598 +0.27674019 +0.96094087
a 1.3758025 Node 14.89064 -0.87735336 +0.25382946
e 0.3909527 Incl. 0.61115 -0.39200248 +0.11028713
P 1.61 H 25.8 G...
Orbital elements:
2012 HD25 Earth MOID = 0.0247 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 3.25396 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.34536790 Peri. 93.06041 -0.71278452 -0.69784365
a 2.0119387 Node 42.70097 +0.59522638 -0.65492323
e 0.6382866 Incl. 5.95630 +0.37100376 -0.28998241
P 2.85 H 23.3 G 0.1...
Orbital elements:
2012 HC25 Earth MOID = 0.0184 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 10.94679 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.74235523 Peri. 316.59356 -0.90996481 -0.41311131
a 1.2079850 Node 199.09728 +0.40421210 -0.86417500
e 0.1877422 Incl. 6.33458 +0.09261004 -0.28729884
P 1.33 H 25.8 G...
Sunspots 11469 (left), 11466 and 11465 (bottom right) captured with a 80mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Solar filter + Baader contrast filter + IR-cut filter. Sunspots 11471...
Orbital elements: 2010 KY39 Earth MOID = 0.3250 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 13.67482 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39914200 Peri. 92.56448 +0.16966103 +0.98353400 a 1.8269126 Node 188.05245 -0.98383001 +0.17271367 e 0.4232881 Incl. 26.38782 +0.05739026 +0.05320590 P 2.47 H 19.6 G 0.15 U 9 [...
Jules Henri Poincaré (29 April 1854 - 17 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and a philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as The Last Universalist, since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his...
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