Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (March 23, 1915 - December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, notable particularly for his activities between November 10 and December 17, 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad. Read more
Gosses Bluff (Gosse's Bluff) is an impact crater in Northern Territory, Australia. Today the crater measures 5 km in diameter and is 150 m high. It is located 175 km west of Alice Springs at 23°49 S 132°19 E. The crater was created by a meteorite impact approximately 142.5 ± 0.8 million years ago in the U...
Orbital elements:
2012 FZ13 Earth MOID = 0.0655 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
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P 1.06 H 24.2...
Orbital elements:
2012 FX13 Earth MOID = 0.0500 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 107.49289 (2000.0) P Q
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P 1.07 H 25.2...
Title: Planetary and Other Short Binary Microlensing Events from the MOA Short Event Analysis Authors: D. P. Bennett, T. Sumi, I. A. Bond, K. Kamiya, F. Abe, C. S. Botzler, A. Fukui, K. Furusawa, Y. Itow, A. V. Korpela, P. M. Kilmartin, C. H. Ling, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, N. Miyake, Y. Muraki, K. Ohnis...
Title: XMM-Newton EPIC and OM observation of Nova Centauri 1986 (V842 Cen) Authors: G. J. M. Luna (IAFE/Conicet), M. P. Diaz (IAG), N. S. Brickhouse (CfA), M. Moraes (IAG) We report the results from the temporal and spectral analysis of an XMM-Newton observation of Nova Centauri 1986 (V842 Cen). We...
Title: Spitzer Imaging of the Nearby Rich Young Cluster, Cep OB3b Authors: Thomas S. Allen, Robert A. Gutermuth, Erin Kryukova, S. Thomas Megeath, Judith L. Pipher, Tim Naylor, R. D. Jeffries, Scott J. Wolk, Brad Spitzbart, James Muzzerolle We map the full extent of a rich massive young cluster in t...
Title: Triggered star formation surrounding Wolf-Rayet star HD 211853 Authors: Tie Liu, Yuefang Wu, Huawei Zhang, Sheng-Li Qin The environment surrounding Wolf-Rayet star HD 211853 is studied in molecular emission, infrared emission, as well as radio and HI emission. The molecular ring consi...
Runaway Planets Zoom at a Fraction of Light-Speed Seven years ago, astronomers boggled when they found the first runaway star flying out of our Galaxy at a speed of 1.5 million miles per hour. The discovery intrigued theorists, who wondered: If a star can get tossed outward at such an extreme velocit...
200-kilo metal 'UFO fragment' falls from sky in Siberia A giant "UFO fragment", resembling a silvery dome, has fallen from the sky near a remote village in Siberia, according to Russian media. The U-shaped object is currently under inspection by Russian experts, after being covertly...
In Ancient Rome the month of March was the traditional start of the campaign season, and the Tubilustrium was a ceremony to make the army fit for war. The ceremony involved sacred trumpets called tubae. The festival was held on March 23, the last day of the Quinquatria festival held in tribute to the Ro...
The main belt asteroid (2883) Barabashov (1978 RG6) will transit Uranus on the 23rd March 2012. The event is unobservable as it takes place too close to the Sun.
Orbital elements:
2012 FB14 Earth MOID = 0.0453 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
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P 2.95 H 27.0...
Title: VV124 (UGC4879): A new transitional dwarf galaxy in the periphery of the Local Group Authors: Alexander I. Kopylov (1), Nikolay A. Tikhonov (1), Sergey Fabrika (1), Igor Drozdovsky (2), Azamat F. Valeev (1) ((1) Special Astrophysical Observatory, (2) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canaria...
