Orbital elements:
2012 FP62 Earth MOID = 0.3017 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
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P 1.85 H 20.8...
Orbital elements:
2012 FO62 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0198 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 25.79769 (2000.0) P Q
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P 2.81 H 2...
Orbital elements:
2012 FN62 Earth MOID = 0.2451 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 324.90641 (2000.0) P Q
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P 5.86 H 17.6...
The Moons Terminator captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam + IR-cut filter + baader contrast filter. (+2x Barlow lens for close-ups) Images at the end were processed with AviStack 2. The cyberpunk music was created on an Amig...
Orbital elements:
2012 FT62 Earth MOID = 0.0148 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 332.07321 (2000.0) P Q
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P 2.56 H 24.9 G...
The Veneralia (April 1) was the Ancient Roman festival of Venus Verticordia ("Venus the changer of hearts"), an aspect of the Roman goddess Venus. The worship of the goddess Fortuna Virilis ("Bold fortune") was also part of this festival. Read more
Orbital elements:
2012 FQ62 Earth MOID = 0.0131 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 339.97723 (2000.0) P Q
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P 3.23 H 25.9 G...
William James Sidis (April 1, 1898 - July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic abilities. His IQ was estimated to be between 250 and 300 (measures of IQ have changed over time since then) - one of the highest ever recorded - he entered Harvard early at ag...
UK-Germany National Astronomy Meeting NAM2012 27-30 March 2012 The 2012 National Astronomy Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society, in partnership with the Astronomische Gesellschaft (incorporating meetings of MIST and UK Solar Physics) is taking place in University Place at the Univers...
A Sungrazing comet, a member of the Kreutz sungrazer family, has plunged towards the sun and disintegrated. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) managed to capture the comets as it passed through its field of view. [url=http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1377/536167151_8d2aa611eb_...
Orbital elements:
2010 VE Earth MOID = 0.1284 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 313.92944 (2000.0) P Q
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P 1.82 H 19.7 G 0.1...
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. The main structural work was completed at the end of March 1889 and on the 31st Gustave Eiffel celebrated this by leading a group of government officials, accompanied by representatives of the press, to the top of t...
The Great Egg Race was a BBC television series that ran from 1978 to 1986 and featured Professor Heinz Wolff and Lesley Judd, who joined the series in 1984. It was later revived on BBC Choice (now BBC Three) and was presented by Johnny Ball. Rea...
Dark Star is a 1974 American comedic science fiction motion picture directed by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon. Read more The End of Dark Star
