SES S.A. today announced that the SES-4 satellite has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan , where it is being processed for launch aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS). The SES-4 satellite was designed and built for SES by Space System...
The first ALMASat (ALma MAter SATellite) demonstration mission is due for launch in the February of 2012 on board the VEGA Maiden Flight in Kourou, French Guyana. Among the possible future applications, there is the use of an enhanced ALMASat bus for a microsatellite Earth Observation mission (AL...
Orbital elements:
2012 DY Earth MOID = 0.0158 AU
Epoch 2012 Feb. 3.0 TT = JDT 2455960.5 MPC
M 347.03682 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31109448 Peri. 31.09391 -0.99878716 +0.02259623
a 2.1571210 Node 150.10648 -0.03566603 -0.94454948
e 0.5492893 Incl. 5.03548 +0.03394326 -0.32759074
P 3.17 H 26.7 G 0.1...
The 50 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2008 BX2 will make a close pass (60.7 lunar distances, 0.0739 AU), travelling at 7.66 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th February, 2012 @ 21:44 UT ±1 day 03:29. See moreThe Lunar...
The dwarf nova RX Andromeda is in outburst. Date: 28th October 2008 Magnitude: 10.3 - 14 V Period: 14 days Satellite period: 0.209893 days Type: UGZPosition(2000): RA=01 04 35.54, Dec=+41°17'57.8"
The dwarf nova IR Geminorum is in outburst Date: 13th October, 2008 Magnitude: 10.7 - 14.5 V Period: 75 days Satellite period: 0.0684 days Type: UGSUPosition(2000): RA=06 47 34.69, Dec=+28°0622.4
Orbital elements:
2012 DN PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0306 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 65.25402 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.28765466 Peri. 236.23593 +0.87583680 -0.41658564
a 2.2727680 Node 146.41739 +0.43406828 +0.90064848
e 0.6473549 Incl. 26.13514 -0.21093750 +0.12364753
P 3.43 H 18...
Orbital elements:
2012 CN46 Earth MOID = 0.1711 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 13.93404 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.56683169 Peri. 23.24406 -0.83052178 -0.55601814
a 1.4459945 Node 122.93439 +0.50468917 -0.77616460
e 0.1991964 Incl. 2.24134 +0.23563194 -0.29734214
P 1.74 H 24.8 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2012 CP46 Earth MOID = 0.0876 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 35.92509 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.79737423 Peri. 346.03005 -0.61616287 -0.78359583
a 1.1517580 Node 141.91611 +0.73443947 -0.60808771
e 0.0690263 Incl. 7.40571 +0.28450305 -0.12730634
P 1.24 H 25.7 G...
Orbital elements:
2012 CR46 Earth MOID = 0.0291 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 11.97554 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.63525008 Peri. 196.67673 -0.91010758 -0.41324363
a 1.3402101 Node 318.87169 +0.38528563 -0.81677564
e 0.2422336 Incl. 2.66299 +0.15250957 -0.40262546
P 1.55 H 27.0 G...
Orbital elements: 2010 CG19 Earth MOID = 0.0967 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 189.42471 (2000.0) P Q n 0.62571132 Peri. 154.56554 +0.64275978 +0.64182410 a 1.3537965 Node 148.88272 -0.76460375 +0.50374864 e 0.1950264 Incl. 54.02703 +0.04733877 -0.57818608 P 1.58 H 19.6 G 0.15 U 9...
Orbital elements:
2012 CQ46 Earth MOID = 0.0092 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 70.34282 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.74567190 Peri. 28.30759 +0.71093801 -0.70324805
a 1.2044003 Node 16.38176 +0.64316474 +0.64842978
e 0.4375640 Incl. 0.62016 +0.28444025 +0.29151500
P 1.32 H 27.2 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2012 DP Earth MOID = 0.1196 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 16.77329 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.33124120 Peri. 149.60241 -0.55788030 -0.82935901
a 2.0687427 Node 334.26934 +0.74657440 -0.48543671
e 0.4689109 Incl. 4.03493 +0.36248618 -0.27661314
P 2.98 H 25.4 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2012 DO Earth MOID = 0.1006 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 359.21512 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.29529501 Peri. 341.24216 -0.99704565 -0.05953954
a 2.2333938 Node 195.58460 +0.06921766 -0.97034520
e 0.5124750 Incl. 10.40652 -0.03330001 -0.23427600
P 3.34 H 20.1 G...
David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941) is an American particle physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom. Read more