UK space radar project initiated The UK government is to kick-start an innovative project to fly radar satellites around the Earth, with an initial investment of £21m. Radar spacecraft can see the planet's surface in all weathers, day and night. [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir...
Russia activates missile early warning radar system Russia has turned on a new incoming missile early warning system in its westernmost region in response to US plans for a missile shield in Europe. President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the system to be activated on a visit to the radar unit in Kalining...
Orbital elements:
2011 WL69 Earth MOID = 0.0910 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
2011 WP69 Earth MOID = 0.1062 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
2011 WN69 Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
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Piece Of Burnt Meteorite Falls On East Delhi Housetop A burning piece of space debris, probably a meteorite, fell on the roof of a house in East Delhi's Gandhinagar area on Sunday evening. The house owner immediately poured water on the burnt piece after which it broke up into small stones. [url=http...
Orbital elements:
2011 WS46 Earth MOID = 0.0229 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
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Title: Precision measurement of the 7Be solar neutrino interaction rate in Borexino Authors: The Borexino Collaboration (Version v2) A direct measurement of the 0.862 MeV 7Be solar neutrino interaction rate performed with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso yield...
Meteor Showers There are many minor meteor showers this month... The northern Taurids and southern Taurids started to become active about October 1st, but do not reach maximums until early November. Both have fairly slow meteors, with the northern Taurids velocity at 29 km per second, and the sout...
Ernest William Brown FRS (29 November 1866 - 22 July 1938) was a British mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States. Read more
Royal Astronomical Society Press Notice
BLACK HOLE BLOWS BUBBLE BETWEEN THE STARS
A team of astronomers from The Netherlands and the UK has discovered a vast 'jet-powered bubble' formed in the gas around a black hole in the Milky Way.
The discovery means that for decades scienti...
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Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
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P 1.89 H 24.9 G...
Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
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