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Title: Limb darkening laws for two exoplanet host stars derived from 3D stellar model atmospheres Authors: W. Hayek, D. Sing, F. Pont, M. Asplund We compare limb darkening laws derived from 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres and 1D hydrostatic MARCS models for the host stars of the two transitin...

Photo mosaic of the 10 day old moon Expand (81kb, 560 x 907)

Tycho crater and the elongated crater Schiller (near the bottom) captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Baader contrast filter + IR-cut filter. + 2x Barlow lens The round Mare Humorum is on the upper left of the image

The Middle English word soupen meant "to drink in sips", which is how most soups were consumed. The words "soup," "supper," "sip," and "sop" are derived from this term. [url=http://m.blogher.com/its-national-homema...

Johann Ludwig Bach (born 4 February 1677; buried 1 May 1731) was a composer and violinist. Read more Moonlight Sonata Techno

Map of Milky Way's magnetic fields charted In a new study, an international team of scientists pooled their radio observations into a database to produce the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way galaxy. Researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory, led by the...

NGC 1073 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It probably has a H II nucleus Read more

The Founding of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), we have realised that, while 1912 has long been recognised as the year HVO was established, the actual founding date is not clear. There was no ribbon-cutting ceremony...

The Marfa lights, also known as the Marfa ghost lights, have been observed near U.S. Route 67 on Mitchell Flat east of Marfa, Texas, in the United States. They have gained some fame as onlookers have ascribed them to paranormal phenomena such as ghosts, UFOs, or Will-o'-the-wisp, etc. However, rese...

Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. Catania is known for its seismic history, having been destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169. Read more

The 1797 Riobamba earthquake occurred at 12:30 UTC on 4 February. It devastated the city of Riobamba and many other cities in the Interandean valley, causing up to 40,000 casualties. Read more

The 1975 Haicheng earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale occurred at 19:36 CST on February 4, 1975 in Haicheng, Liaoning, China, a city that at the time had approximately 1 million residents. Read more

The 1976 Guatemala earthquake struck on February 4, 1976 at 03:01:43 local time (09:01:43 UTC-6). It was a 7.5 Mw earthquake, centred in the Motagua Fault, about 160 km northeast of Guatemala City, Guatemala. Read more

February 4, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake occurred in northern Afghanistan in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at Rostaq in the Takhar Province near Afghan-Tajikistan border. Read more

Orbital elements: 2012 CT Earth MOID = 0.1986 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 18.81453 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28286075 Peri. 325.00863 -0.27565374 -0.94492859 a 2.2983752 Node 140.14765 +0.93275986 -0.30729581 e 0.5022374 Incl. 15.98058 +0.23232317 +0.11260220 P 3.48 H 21.4 G 0...