Orbital elements:
2012 EA2 Earth MOID = 0.1228 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 25.20701 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.45886313 Peri. 39.93257 +0.52066580 -0.85204186
a 1.6647433 Node 18.88677 +0.73438158 +0.41461621
e 0.6469976 Incl. 9.62930 +0.43542028 +0.31955918
P 2.15 H 19.4 G 0.1...
Orbital elements:
2012 EB2 Earth MOID = 0.0183 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 354.22237 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.34890141 Peri. 187.01532 -0.97486340 +0.22263389
a 1.9983317 Node 5.87004 -0.20006863 -0.85755997
e 0.4917218 Incl. 4.87384 -0.09805046 -0.46370794
P 2.82 H 24.5 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2012 EZ1 Earth MOID = 0.0012 AU
Epoch 2012 Feb. 23.0 TT = JDT 2455980.5 MPC
M 10.88540 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.33742192 Peri. 311.53175 -0.20956628 -0.97778888
a 2.0434022 Node 150.56470 +0.89909476 -0.19402320
e 0.6031052 Incl. 0.38440 +0.38433135 -0.07927101
P 2.92 H 28.7 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2012 DX75 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0496 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 347.44957 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.27443908 Peri. 211.82759 -0.70563567 +0.70601879
a 2.3451579 Node 13.62335 -0.58470812 -0.53224728
e 0.5713293 Incl. 14.79094 -0.40024332 -0.46717266
P 3.59 H...
The Moon captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Baader contrast filter + IR-cut filter, 2x Barlow lens. This was a test for the free AviStack image stacking software. The images were a 'one button' press batch process with jus...
Orbital elements:
2012 EK1 Earth MOID = 0.0372 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 32.07733 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.63723334 Peri. 137.83007 -0.53895432 -0.80928369
a 1.3374279 Node 340.51822 +0.45407130 -0.04550854
e 0.2735602 Incl. 44.47178 +0.70946987 -0.58565253
P 1.55 H 24.4 G...
Orbital elements:
2012 EJ1 Earth MOID = 0.0186 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 350.40621 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.39757131 Peri. 45.97152 -0.90812912 +0.41648168
a 1.8317211 Node 158.53044 -0.40982073 -0.86320097
e 0.4914857 Incl. 6.73869 -0.08572321 -0.28535434
P 2.48 H 25.2 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2012 EM1 Earth MOID = 0.0098 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 357.27246 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.43246235 Peri. 200.71278 -0.99865141 +0.05066676
a 1.7318244 Node 342.18021 -0.04088842 -0.90198527
e 0.4242219 Incl. 2.12065 -0.03199209 -0.42878369
P 2.28 H 26.6 G...
Ancient statue of Medici Venus once had red lips Red lipstick once shimmered on the lips of the Medici Venus, a new study has revealed. The new study involved a chemical analysis of the 2,000-year-old lifesize Hellenistic marble sculpture representing the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite. [url=ht...
A magnitude 10.2 transient object was discovered on the 26th February, 2012, in the constellation Carina. Position (J2000): R.A. 10 50 20.00 | Dec. -64° 06' 48.0'' Google earth file: Transient object 260212.kmz (1kb, kmz)
Mars Society India Launched Today In Collaboration With Nehru Centre The Indian chapter of the Mars Society was launched today in Mumbai in collaboration with the Nehru Centre and students of IIT-Mumbai. Robert Zubrin, President of The Mars Society, has stated that if India launches major space e...
Orbital elements:
2008 CS1 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0102 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 318.42237 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.72205835 Peri. 94.96325 -0.55963361 +0.74786764
a 1.2305177 Node 134.15851 -0.80647513 -0.59065679
e 0.3725238 Incl. 29.84977 +0.19080902 -0.30301576
P 1.36 H 2...
Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier collapses Huge ice chunks from the Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina crash into the lake below. Report by Sophie Foster.
The Purkinje effect (sometimes called the Purkinje shift, or dark adaptation and named after the Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyn) is the tendency for the peak luminance sensitivity of the human eye to shift toward the blue end of the color spectrum at low illumination levels. In visual astr...
Asteroid Named After Manga Creator Jiro Taniguchi The Saji Astro Park observatory in Tottori City announced on Friday that it named a minor planet - an asteroid discovered in 2000 - after manga creator and Tottori native Jiro Taniguchi. The naming honors Taniguchi for receiving the Chevalier de l'...
