Istanbul, historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople is the largest city in Turkey and 3rd largest city proper in the world with a population of 13 million, also making it the largest metropolitan city proper in Europe and the second largest metropolitan area in Europe by population. Rece...
The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2007 BD will make a close pass (36.4 lunar distances, 0.0935 AU), travelling at 9.40 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd January, 2012 @ 01:02 UT ±00:25. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
A shampoo for fools and philistines As far as hair care is concerned, I was tempted to give the 2011 Dept of Daft Award to the Hands Free Hair Rejuvenator, but in the end the $239 shampoo called Truffle by Fuente seems too deserving. I love that it has space rocks in it. Surely that more than truffle justi...
The Blue Hole is located in the Pinelands of Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey and Winslow Township, Camden County, New Jersey. It is a clear blue body of water situated in the middle of a dense forest, with many similar such lakes in it's immediate vicinity. The water has warm and cold sp...
Edinburgh welcomes the world to Hogmanay Visitors from around the world were among thousands of people who carried torches up Calton Hill in Edinburgh yesterday evening as the city's Hogmanay festival officially began. Organisers say people from more than 50 countries, including Botswana, Ne...
Green light streaks across Arizona night sky A streaking green light across the Arizona sky Saturday night created a stir among KOLD News 13 viewers and Facebook friends. Around 8:15 p.m., viewers called to ask about the light, wondering if it were a meteor, an asteroid or fireworks. [url=http://w...
A science news preview of 2012 The BBC News website science team signs the office crystal ball out of the equipment cupboard to tease out the stories likely to make headlines over the coming year. Read more
Irikaitz archaeological site - host to a 25,000 year-old pendant In the open air, full of volcanic rocks, difficult to date... the excavations here are unique, according to Alvaro Arrizabalaga and his team at the University of the Basque Country The recent discovery of a pendant at the Irikaitz arc...
Iran has successfully test-fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile during military exercises in the Gulf, the official Irna news agency reports. Iranian naval commander, Mahmoud Mousavi, was quoted as saying the missile was equipped with the "latest technology" and "in...
Orbital elements:
2011 YE40 Earth MOID = 0.0228 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 52.19764 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.73389135 Peri. 183.33067 -0.18754821 -0.89987802
a 1.2172549 Node 277.75573 +0.91013656 -0.00843573
e 0.1740806 Incl. 23.41530 +0.36942808 -0.43606008
P 1.34 H 24.9...
Maxima of long period variable T Leporis on the 20th December, 2010. Magnitude: 8.3-12.9 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 05 04 50.8436, Dec -21 54 16.505
The 130 - 280 metre wide asteroid 2007 AM will make a close pass (74.2 lunar distances, 0.1906 AU), travelling at 11.36 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st January, 2012 @ 12:50 UT ±08:07. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
Title: Top++: a program for the calculation of the top-pair cross-section at hadron colliders Authors: Michal Czakon, Alexander Mitov We present the program Top++ for the numerical evaluation of the total inclusive cross-section for producing top quark pairs at hadron colliders. The program c...
Orbital elements:
2011 YD40 Earth MOID = 0.5067 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 65.70996 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.38170780 Peri. 106.32473 +0.60820485 -0.59663360
a 1.8821260 Node 293.67981 +0.30807482 +0.78530008
e 0.3126224 Incl. 34.86847 +0.73155776 +0.16532429
P 2.58 H 21.0...
Orbital elements:
2011 YC40 Earth MOID = 0.0008 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 72.81847 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.59740526 Peri. 298.68553 +0.81617345 -0.56782526
a 1.3962291 Node 96.10609 +0.56054177 +0.73320369
e 0.3991472 Incl. 6.17390 +0.14019209 +0.37414812
P 1.65 H 29.7 G 0...
