ATK and Astrium Unveil the Liberty Launch Vehicle Initiative for NASA's CCDev-2 Competition ATK and Astrium (an EADS Company) are working together in response to NASA's Commercial Crew Development-2 (CCDev-2) procurement. The team is offering NASA launch services with the Liberty rocket. T...
SkyWatcher Plossl 25mm Focal Length: 25 mm Barrel Size: 1.25 Apparent FOV: 50.0 degrees Eye Relief: 22 mm Elements: 4 Field Stop Dia: 21.2 mm (?) Fully coated, and lens edges are blackened to reduce light scatter and maximise contrast. Threaded for use with 1.25&...
The 2nd Planetary Crater Consortium (PCC) Meeting will be held in the Building 6 (Shoemaker Center for Astrogeology) Roddy conference room at the US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, AZ, Wednesday Sept. 14 through Friday Sept. 16, 2010. The meeting will include time for contributed oral and poste...
Robert Sinclair Dietz (September 14, 1914 - May 19, 1995) was Professor of Geology at Arizona State University. Dietz was a marine geologistgeophysicist and oceanographer who conducted pioneering research along with Harry Hammond Hess concerning seafloor spreading, published as early as 196...
Karl Taylor Compton (September 14, 1887 - June 22, 1954) was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948. Read more
Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC and Bar, MID, FRS, FZS, (14 September 1909 - 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman. Read more
Orbital elements:
2011 OV18 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0241 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 316.20625 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.47237763 Peri. 148.81450 +0.47329978 -0.83122854
a 1.6328383 Node 271.46195 +0.73615278 +0.55504500
e 0.4397755 Incl. 16.96109 +0.48380410 -0.03137145
P 2.09...
Orbital elements: 2009 TK12 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0134 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 358.66767 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46591216 Peri. 245.00021 -0.65391654 -0.75419596 a 1.6479095 Node 245.97219 +0.71561682 -0.59091305 e 0.5687225 Incl. 3.75696 +0.24553151 -0.28637426 P 2.12 H 20.2 G 0.1...
Microsoft unveils its new Windows 8 operating system Microsoft has taken the wraps off the next generation of its Windows operating system. Windows 8 is designed to run on tablet computers, as well as desktop and laptop PCs. The software, which is due to be released in 2012 will work on the popular ARM...
Title: A Habitable Planet around HD 85512? Authors: L. Kaltenegger, S. Udry, F. Pepe Aims: In this study we assess the habitability of HD85512b, a 3.6M_Earth planet orbiting a K5V star. The radial velocity data and orbital parameters for HD 85512 b have just been published, based on data from the ded...
Title: Magnetic activity in the photosphere of CoRoT-Exo-2a. Active longitudes and short-term spot cycle in a young Sun-like star Authors: A. F. Lanza, I. Pagano, G. Leto, S. Messina, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, P. Barge, A. S. Bonomo, P. Boumier, A. Collier Cameron, M. Comparat...
Citizen Science in Action: the "Violin Clef" merger Just a few days ago, long-time forum member Bruno posted a curious galaxy as his choice for "Object of the Day" for September 9th. These are some really beautiful tidal tails. They are extremely long and thin and appear curio...
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