Orbital elements:
2011 UX275 Earth MOID = 0.0199 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 56.43145 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.93588363 Peri. 50.78197 +0.03559199 +0.99799907
a 1.0351139 Node 221.34969 -0.93955272 +0.01559642
e 0.0770445 Incl. 4.53700 -0.34054942 +0.06127482
P 1.05 H 25.8 G...
Orbital elements:
2011 UY275 Earth MOID = 0.0382 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 18.74959 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.93995876 Peri. 58.93083 +0.16661880 +0.98212687
a 1.0321200 Node 220.95292 -0.94405683 +0.13326969
e 0.3281899 Incl. 7.67619 -0.28459600 +0.13291348
P 1.05 H 26.0 G...
Tributes for top science journalist Condolences are pouring in for the doyen of South African science journalists, Christina Scott, who died of severe injuries sustained in a freak parking accident in Observatory yesterday. The accident occurred in the parking area of the Black River office whe...
Did meteor fall from sky in Pell City? Where are FBI special agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully when you need them? The two "X-Files" characters would come in handy helping a local man figure out what in the world, or maybe out of this world, caused a large, black hole to appear in his backyard...
The All Saints' Flood (Allerheiligenvloed) of 1570 was a disaster which happened on November 1, on the Dutch coast. Affected cities include Egmond, Bergen op Zoom and Saeftinghe. Read more
Nasa examines 'tractor beams' for sample gathering US space agency Nasa has funded a study of "tractor beams" to gather samples for analysis in future missions. The $100,000 (£63,000) award will be used to examine three laser-based approaches to do what has until now been the stuff of sc...
Title: MAGIC low energy observation of GRB090102 afterglow Authors: A. Carosi, L.A. Antonelli, U. Barres de Almeida, D. Bastieri, J. Becerra González, E. Colombo, M. Garczarczyk, S. Covino, A La Barbera, S. Spiro, A. Domínguez, M. Gaug, F. Longo, V. Scapin, for the MAGIC collaboration Hints for a...
Title: Massive black holes lurking in Milky Way satellites Authors: S. Van Wassenhove, M. Volonteri, M.G. Walker, J.R. Gair As massive black holes (MBHs) grow from lower-mass seeds, it is natural to expect that a leftover population of progenitor MBHs should also exist in the present universe. Dw...
A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for a beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. At the center of a new image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short. The pulsar is a rapidly spinni...
Using ESA’s Integral observatory, an international team of researchers has been able to confirm the production of radioactive aluminium (Al 26) in massive stars and supernovae throughout our galaxy and determine the rate of supernovae - one of its key parameters.
The team, led by Rol...
The 1200 - 2700 metre wide asteroid 1991 VK will make a close pass (25.3 lunar distances, 0.0650 AU), travelling at 8.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th January, 2012 @ 23:47 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (...
Orbital elements:
2011 UG256 Earth MOID = 0.3596 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 357.01561 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.35192722 Peri. 133.04880 +0.94508078 +0.12180343
a 1.9868610 Node 222.76519 -0.14498042 +0.98790338
e 0.3574531 Incl. 26.53075 +0.29292148 +0.09597306
P 2.80 H 19...
Orbital elements:
2011 UF256 Earth MOID = 0.2555 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 346.88579 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.13838023 Peri. 208.37633 +0.41600066 -0.78450072
a 3.7018602 Node 222.36573 +0.90846897 +0.38096323
e 0.6765600 Incl. 43.03741 +0.04034333 -0.48931139
P 7.12 H 21...
Orbital elements:
2011 UD256 Earth MOID = 0.3563 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 243.11039 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.53982281 Peri. 322.07528 -0.87553450 -0.18800202
a 1.4938325 Node 216.27475 +0.05524919 -0.95410472
e 0.6078414 Incl. 48.78616 -0.47998631 +0.23310820
P 1.83 H 19...
Maxima of long period variable R Persei on the 1st November, 2011 Magnitude range: 8.7-14.0 Period: 209.89 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 03 30 02.976 | Dec +35° 40' 17.07'' Google earth file: R Persei.kmz (1kb, kmz)
