Orbital elements:
2011 UU Earth MOID = 0.1431 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 347.81747 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.22809924 Peri. 174.41028 +0.86286007 -0.50065397
a 2.6528956 Node 215.90493 +0.45902816 +0.83368578
e 0.5710760 Incl. 6.79759 +0.21157896 +0.23305284
P 4.32 H 22.5 G 0...
Volcan Parinacota Parinacota is a massive stratovolcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It is part of the Nevados de Payachata group of volcanoes. The other major edifice in th...
International Launch Services (ILS), a Lockheed Martin joint venture, has received authorisation from the U.S. Air Force to proceed with the launch of a military weather satellite on an Atlas V vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, US.
The launch is scheduled for late 2007 with...
A further step in the design of the LAGUNA large neutrino observatory is launched The kick-off meeting for the second phase of the LAGUNA's design study starts today at CERN. The principal goal of LAGUNA (Large Apparatus for Grand Unification and Neutrino Astrophysics) is to assess the feasibi...
OGLE-TR132b was discovered in the third phase of the OGLE photometric surveys that took place from June - July 2001 and February - May 2002. The discovery observations were made by the 1.3-m Warsaw telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory, Chile (operated by the Carnegie Institution of Washingto...
On Jan. 13, 2008, a 27 metre-wide asteroid, 2008 AF3, will make a close flyby (1.3 lunar distances) of the Earth. The asteroid will appear as a magnitude 14 star in the northern sky br /> Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC APmag 2008-Jan-12 00:00 05 44 02.50 +27 52 38.5 14.96 2008-Jan-13 0...
Orbital elements: 2009 WK1 Earth MOID = 0.0302 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 16.94972 (2000.0) P Q n 0.48727794 Peri. 195.71272 +0.35423980 -0.93402475 a 1.5993796 Node 233.56221 +0.86402370 +0.34569890 e 0.3660936 Incl. 3.27470 +0.35773902 +0.08994462 P 2.02 H 27.1 G 0.15 U 6 [ur...
Orbital elements:
2011 UD Earth MOID = 0.0962 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 323.23784 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31714027 Peri. 148.62375 -0.80418058 -0.59425317
a 2.1296184 Node 354.86331 +0.51226807 -0.68224219
e 0.7924056 Incl. 8.03885 +0.30145483 -0.42592109
P 3.11 H 20.7 G 0...
Fermi catalogue update shows 'violent Universe' changes The catalogue that lists the most violent neighbourhoods in the Universe has been updated. The Fermi space telescope captures gamma rays - the highest-energy light in nature, which hints at the cosmos' most extreme conditions and process...
University of Colorado Denver's world-class Dinosaur Tracks Museum in its last year on campus Tucked away in the basement of St. Cajetan's on the Auraria Campus is one of the smallest, most unique museums in the country. Barely the size of a one-bedroom apartment, the Dinosaur Tracks Museum holds t...
According to the French Space Agency (CNES), the construction work on the infrastructure to allow launches of Soyuz spacecraft from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana will start in December, and are expected to be completed in July 2008.
The 135-million euros contract was signed by CNES...
Orbital elements:
2010 VK201
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 173.20123 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00345366 Peri. 79.25417 -0.51606736 +0.83442083
a 43.3460315 Node 156.34964 -0.84317192 -0.53463893
e 0.1045744 Incl. 28.82861 +0.15078326 -0.13380247
P 285 H 4.5 G 0.15 U 8 MPEC 2011 - U1...
Orbital elements:
2010 RF43
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 84.39093 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00278090 Peri. 194.73926 -0.77929031 +0.58729935
a 50.0817608 Node 25.43571 -0.51103450 -0.39368458
e 0.2676134 Incl. 30.59504 -0.36269871 -0.70717178
P 354 H 4.2 G 0.15 U 7 MPEC 2011 - U09
Orbital elements:
2011 UE Earth MOID = 0.0182 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 346.26742 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.41143076 Peri. 340.29375 +0.99721972 -0.05239126
a 1.7903511 Node 22.90520 +0.07211376 +0.85765825
e 0.4401067 Incl. 7.82510 -0.01877329 +0.51154422
P 2.40 H 25.1 G 0....
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