Harmony Day is held on 21 March. Managed by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), Harmony Day celebrates the cohesive and inclusive nature of Australia and promotes a tolerant and culturally diverse society. In 2012 , the theme for Harmony Day is 'Sport: Play, Engage, Inspire', re...
Another Vertebrate Species Reported Extinct from the Hawaiian Islands A species of lizard is now extinct from the Hawaiian Islands, making it the latest native vertebrate species to become extirpated from this tropical archipelago. The copper striped blue-tailed skink (Emoia impar) - a sleek l...
Breitling Orbiter 3 was the first balloon to fly around the world non-stop, piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones. Designed and built by Cameron Balloons, of Bristol, England, Breitling Orbiter 3 stood 55 m tall when fully inflated. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones took off from the Swiss Alp...
Ranger 9 Moon Impact Mission Ranger 9 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. The spacecraft carried six television vidicon cameras, 2 wide angle (channel F, cameras A and B...
Mother's Day in most Arab countries is celebrated on 21 March. It was introduced in Egypt by journalist Mustafa Amin in his book (Smiling America) 1943. Read more
Alexander Fedorovich Mozhaysky (March 21 [O.S. March 9] 1825, Rochensalm (current Kotka), southern Finland - 1 April [O.S. March 20] 1890, Saint Petersburg), was a Russian naval officer, aviation pioneer, researcher and designer of heavier-than-air craft." In 1884, Mozhaysky's monopl...
Colin Pillinger will use meteorites to make an impact at Faraday Lecture 'Stones from the sky', this year's Royal Society Faraday Lecture, will explore what meteorites can tell us about the solar system Pillinger will use meteorites to catch the attention of his audience at the Royal Society on Thu...
Title: Outflow and accretion detections in the young stellar object IRAS 04579+4703 Authors: Jin-Long Xu, Jun-Jie Wang, Sheng-Li Qin We present Submillimeter Array observations of the young stellar object IRAS 04579+4703 in the 1.3 mm continuum and in the 12CO(2-1), 13CO(2-1) and C18O(2-1) li...
Title: First detailed analysis of multiple system V2083 Cyg Authors: P. Zasche, P. Svoboda, M. Slechta Main aim of this paper is the first detailed analysis of multiple system V2083 Cyg and to reveal its basic physical properties. The system was studied by method of the light and radial velocity cur...
Searching for Cadmium in the Ocean They are invisible and very difficult to measure but no life in the oceans would be possible without them. They are trace metals, such as cadmium, copper or iron, dissolved in seawater. Their precise origin and distribution in the world's ocean, in particular in th...
Satellites expose 8,000 years of civilization Beyond the impressive mounds of earth, known as tells in Arabic, that mark lost cities, researchers have found a way to give archaeologists a broader perspective of the ancient landscape. By combining spy-satellite photos obtained in the 1960s with...
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Orbital elements:
2010 RE64
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 312.97802 (2000.0) P Q
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Orbital elements:
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