Debris from an ARIANE 44L rocket that was launched on the 3rd June, 1997, from the Kourou launch facility, for the INSAT-2D satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 21st October, 2011 @ 18:59 GMT ± 48 hours.ARIANE 44L DEB 1 24822U 97027D 11290.48206810 .03305932 -303...
Bright light reported in night sky near Sioux Falls prompts calls to 911 Several people in the Sioux Falls area reported seeing an unidentified object in the sky early Wednesday morning. Read more Experts think it wa...
Title: The Structure of NGC 1976 in the Radio Range Authors: T. L. Wilson, S. Casassus, Katie M. Chynoweth High angular resolution radio continuum images of NGC 1976 (M42, Orion A) at frequency=330 MHz (wavelength=91 cm), 1.5 GHz (20 cm) and 10.6 GHz (2.8 cm), have been aligned, placed on a common gri...
Luna 12 (E-6LF series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 12. Luna 12 was launched towards the Moon from an Earth-orbiting platform and achieved lunar orbit on October 25, 1966. Read more
Venera 9 was a USSR unmanned space mission to Venus. It consisted of an orbiter and a lander. It was launched on June 8, 1975 02:38:00 UTC and weighed 4,936 kg. The orbiter was the first spacecraft to orbit Venus, while the lander was the first to return images from the surface of another planet. [url=ht...
Karl Guthe Jansky (October 22, 1905 - February 14, 1950) was an American physicist and radio engineer who in August 1931 first discovered radio waves emanating from the Milky Way. He is considered one of the founding figures of radio astronomy. Read more
André-Jacques Garnerin (January 31, 1769 - August 18, 1823) was the inventor of the frameless parachute. He was born in Paris. His early experiments were based on umbrella-shaped devices. He was captured by British troops during the first phase of the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1797, turned over to the...
In 2159 B. C., the Chinese emperor put to death the royal astronomer brothers Hsi and Ho when they failed to predict the eclipse of October 22, 2134 B.C. Title: The Chinese astronomers, Hi and Ho Authors: Henkel, F. W. Read more
India and the United States are finalising the formalities to incorporate a US payload in India's first unmanned moon mission, Chandrayan-1.
Both the countries have to sign a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the US Natio...
Title: Vetting Kepler Planet Candidates with Multi-Colour Photometry from the GTC: Identification of an Eclipsing Binary Star Near KOI 565 Authors: Knicole D. Colon (University of Florida), Eric B. Ford (University of Florida) We report the discovery of an eclipsing binary star (KIC 7025851) n...
The sticky star cluster that's mostly black hole At the centre of the Milky Way, a cluster of three stars perches precariously on the edge of oblivion, a mere stone's throw in cosmic terms from the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core. Like a delicate spiderweb that somehow survives a hurrica...
Stanton Drew - new Great Circle entrance found New evidence of archaeological features in and around the three prehistoric stone circles at Stanton Drew has been revealed. The results of a geophysical survey carried out by Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society (BACAS) in collaboration with B...
Orbital elements:
2011 UH20 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0084 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 21.05229 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.72435876 Peri. 256.87210 +0.08113482 +0.97311973
a 1.2279110 Node 21.68026 -0.52530986 +0.22552494
e 0.3350353 Incl. 35.69215 -0.84703405 -0.04665288
P 1.36 H 2...
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