Orbital elements:
2012 CS Earth MOID = 0.0059 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 25.18672 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.26937514 Peri. 238.40611 +0.68383297 -0.72962788
a 2.3744573 Node 168.44738 +0.67594107 +0.63145705
e 0.7066474 Incl. 1.13113 +0.27472921 +0.26249791
P 3.66 H 23.0 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2012 CR Earth MOID = 0.0896 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 357.11987 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.45937071 Peri. 35.30162 -0.98097217 +0.19357562
a 1.6635168 Node 155.84696 -0.18544980 -0.91153832
e 0.3469795 Incl. 2.08719 -0.05746278 -0.36280349
P 2.15 H 21.8 G 0....
Mars Express reveals wind-blown deposits on Mars New images from ESA's Mars Express show the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Once thought to be a sea of water, the region is now known to be a volcanic province dating back billions of years. Syrtis Major can be spotted from Earth even with r...
Orbital elements:
2012 CU Earth MOID = 0.0031 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 33.76087 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.42742959 Peri. 268.12695 +0.16452569 -0.98637254
a 1.7453921 Node 172.40325 +0.90711825 +0.15102110
e 0.5069591 Incl. 0.31022 +0.38738583 +0.06528278
P 2.31 H 25.8 G 0....
Nikolay Alekseevich Umov (January 23, 1846 - January 15, 1915) was a Russian physicist and mathematician known for discovering the concept of Umov-Poynting vector and Umov effect. Read more
Lunar Orbiter 3 Launched (1967) The Lunar Orbiter 3 was a spacecraft launched by NASA in 1967, designed primarily to photograph areas of the lunar surface for confirmation of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. It was also equipped to collect selenodetic, radiation intensity...
Title: First Images of R Aquarii and its Asymmetric H_{2}O Shell Authors: S. Ragland, H. Le Coroller, E. Pluzhnik, W. D. Cotton, W. C. Danchi, J. D. Monnier, W. A. Traub, L. A. Willson, J.-P. Berger, M. G. Lacasse We report imaging observations of the symbotic long-period Mira variable R Aquarii (R Aq...
The Lakes of Covadonga (el. 1134 m.) are of two glacial lakes located on the region of Asturias, Spain. These lakes, usually also called Lakes of Enol, are Lake Enol and Lake Ercina located in the Picos de Europa range and they are the original center of the Picos de Europa National Park, created in 1918...
The 580 - 1300 metre wide asteroid 2006 AL8 will make a close pass (40.9 lunar distances, 0.1050 AU), travelling at 36.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st February, 2012 @ 20:37 UT ±10:17. See moreThe Lunar Di...
Young astronomers in Dartford observe 4.5 billion year-old asteroid Astronomers at a Dartford school took part in a Europe-wide observation of an asteroid last month (January). Pupils at the Leigh Technology Academy were part of a six-school observation of asteroid '[url=http...
Giovanni Domenico Cassini scientific map of the moon produced around c. 1679 contains a strange silhouette at Promontorium Heraclides commonly known as the 'Moon Maiden'. The feature is best observed when the terminator is over that region; slightly less than when the moon is 11 days old. Sinus Ir...
China launches new communication satellite China's Long March rocket on Monday successfully launched a new communication satellite, first time after its previous mission failed last month. The Long March-3B rocket carrier put the satellite, Zhongxing-1A after its launch from Xichang Satell...
