An unidentified glowing object is said to have crashed down from the skies in Russia's Siberia, causing a powerful explosion. A search for the mysterious item is underway amid speculations of what on Earth it could be. Witnesses describe seeing a bright glow covering the sky, followed by a shining...
Title: Probing cluster dynamics in RXCJ1504.1-0248 via radial and two-dimensional gas and galaxy properties Authors: Yu-Ying Zhang, Miguel Verdugo, Matthias Klein, Peter Schneider We studied one of the most X-ray luminous cluster of galaxies in the REFLEX survey, RXC J1504.1-0248 (hereafte...
Designing the interplanetary web Reliable Internet access on the Moon, near Mars or for astronauts on a space station? How about controlling a planetary rover from a spacecraft in deep space? These are just some of the pioneering technologies that ESA is working on for future exploration mission...
Durham University's Oriental Museum to reopen Durham University's Oriental Museum is set to reopen this Monday, April 16, after being temporarily closed following a break-in when two ancient Chinese artefacts were stolen. The museum, on Elvet Hill, in Durham City, was temporarily closed to th...
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Orbital elements:
2012 GD2 Earth MOID = 0.0462 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 333.94187 (2000.0) P Q
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Title: Investigating the properties of the near contact binary system TW CrB Authors: G. Faillace, C. Owen, D. Pulley, D. Smith TW Coronae Borealis (TW CrB) is a binary system likely to be active showing evidence of starspots and a hotspot. We calculated a new ephemeris based on all available timing...
Astronomical observatory to be set up in Tibet A remote area in Tibet may be chosen as the location for a new international astronomical observatory, because of "limited clouds and vapours" but "high transparency" ideal for observation activities. A possible location fo...
Title: A WISE View of a Nearby Supercluster A2199 Authors: Ho Seong Hwang (1), Margaret J. Geller (1), Antonaldo Diaferio (2,3), Kenneth J. Rines (4) ((1) SAO, (2) Universita' di Torino, (3) INFN Torino, (4) WWU) We use Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) data covering the entire region (~1...
Secret Computer Code Threatens Science Modern science relies upon researchers sharing their work so that their peers can check and verify success or failure. But most scientists still don't share one crucial piece of information - the source codes of the computer programs driving much of today'...
Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
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Studio Khara announced on their website that on April 6, the asteroid known as "2006 US217" was named "Moyocoanno" after the manga creator Moyoco Anno by Yasuhide Fujita, the scientist who discovered it on October 25, 2006. The asteroid was discovered at the Kuma Kogen Astro...
Typhoon aircraft sonic boom behind mysterious bang reports A loud bang which sparked a deluge of calls to emergency services across a large part of England was a sonic boom from a Typhoon aircraft, the MoD said. Mystified residents across the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset a...
