Orbital elements:
2011 QD23
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 356.20884 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.15636736 Peri. 197.04111 +0.91501904 -0.40314065
a 3.4122328 Node 186.78892 +0.38314930 +0.87992785
e 0.5191149 Incl. 7.17131 +0.12624092 +0.25140526
P 6.30 H 17.1 G 0.15 U 9 MPEC 2011 - Q3...
Orbital elements:
2011 QE23 Earth MOID = 0.0182 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 13.36858 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.56943490 Peri. 314.38345 +0.61201494 +0.79083494
a 1.4415841 Node 353.34791 -0.71483620 +0.55090202
e 0.3015844 Incl. 2.08800 -0.33830005 +0.26662157
P 1.73 H 25.6 G...
Telescopes to put on star show The largest collection of telescopes ever seen in Ireland will be available to the public during a barbecue under the stars. Astronomy Ireland's "Star-B-Q" will highlight the wonders of the universe via the dark skies of the highest village in the country -...
In early April this year, Moscow resident Oleg Nikolayevich Gus'kov brought a piece of iron to the laboratory. According to Gus'kov, he was returning home from collecting mushrooms near the village of Dronino, Kasimovsky Raion, Ryazan Oblast. As he walked along a path leading along the edge of a fo...
Orbital elements:
2011 OC57 Earth MOID = 0.1486 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 6.11645 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31887408 Peri. 0.71888 +0.72811665 +0.68094414
a 2.1218918 Node 316.01452 -0.62945379 +0.61890000
e 0.4521148 Incl. 6.48975 -0.27135599 +0.39150718
P 3.09 H 24.5 G 0.1...
413 BCE lunar eclipse causes panic in Athens' fleet The Sicilian Expedition was an Athenian expedition to Sicily from 415 BC to 413 BC, during the Peloponnesian War. Just as the Athenians were preparing to sail home, on August 28, there was a lunar eclipse, and Nicias, described by Thucydides as a par...
Gallium is a chemical element that has the symbol Ga and atomic number 31. Elemental gallium does not occur in nature, but as the gallium(III) salt in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores. Gallium was discovered spectroscopically by Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875 by its characteristic sp...
Marcopolo 1, Sirius W, originally Sirius 1, was launched on 27 August 1989. It was Hughes Space and Communication's first satellite. Marcopolo 1 was sold in December 1993 to Nordic Satellite AB of Sweden and operated until 2000 as Sirius 1 at 5°E. It was then moved to 13°W, and renamed Sirius W. It had 5...
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. (born August 27, 1915, in Washington, DC) is an American physicist. A physics professor at Harvard University since 1947, Ramsey also held several posts with such government and international agencies as NATO and the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Read more
Volturnalia is the Roman festival on August 27 dedicated to Volturnus, 'god of the waters,' god of fountains. Volturnus was a tribal river god who later was identified as god of the Tiber river. The Volturno River, in southern Italy, is named for him. Read more
The Heinkel He 178 was the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, and the first practical jet aircraft. It was a private venture by the German Heinkel company in accordance with director Ernst Heinkel's emphasis on developing technology for high-speed flight and first flew on 27 Augus...
Orbital elements: 2010 NK1 Earth MOID = 0.0107 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 97.43287 (2000.0) P Q n 0.96440992 Peri. 262.74060 -0.96714099 +0.00427392 a 1.0146002 Node 277.26446 +0.10487999 -0.90411184 e 0.1846560 Incl. 14.84836 -0.23159988 -0.42727452 P 1.02 H 22.2 G 0.15 U 7 [...
Scots site may hold the key to Arthurian mystery It is a mystery that has baffled generations of historians, but the secrets of King Arthur's round table could finally be laid bare thanks to modern technology. A circular earthen mound near Stirling Castle has been linked variously to the legendary k...
Universe Awareness outreach programme hosted locally at South African Astronomical Observatory honoured with prestigious international award The Universe Awareness (UNAWE) programme, with which the S.A. Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) is intimately involved, has been honoured with the...
