Orbital elements:
2011 PK10 Earth MOID = 0.0256 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 8.08602 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.42069975 Peri. 173.73895 +0.72190884 +0.52325804
a 1.7639565 Node 140.77500 -0.66189485 +0.71302196
e 0.4121606 Incl. 45.73144 -0.20184856 -0.46669124
P 2.34 H 23.2 G...
HORIZON - Seeing Stars: Monday 15th August, BBC2, 9pm Thankfully this episode of Horizon (the second in a series that opened strongly last week with a exploration of the human eye's perception of colour) is a little more high-brow than Richard Hammond's pretty basic scientific journeys of last mon...
Obon or just Bon is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honour the departed (deceased) spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves, and when the spirits of anc...
Police investigators said they received reports late Tuesday of a light, described by some as a fireball, falling into the ocean. Read more What did people see crash into the Atlantic Ocean late Tuesday night off the Flagler County coa...
At 5:00 pm the center of Tropical Storm Gert was located near latitude 28.9 north, longitude 63.2 west. Gert is moving toward the north-northwest near 8 mph. A gradual turn toward the north is expected later tonight or Monday morning. The center of Gert is expected to pass near or just east of Bermuda b...
Two of the World's Largest Interferometric Facilities Team-up to Study a Red Giant Star Using ESO's VLTI on Cerro Paranal and the VLBA facility operated by NRAO, an international team of astronomers has made what is arguably the most detailed study of the environment of a pulsating red giant star. T...
Maxima of the long period variable T Columbae on the 15th August, 2011 Magnitude range: 7.5-11.9 V Period: 225.84 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 05 19 17.33 | Dec -33 42 29
Siyabulela Xuza became interested in aeronautics at an early age. "One of my earliest memories of my childhood in Umtata in the Eastern Cape was seeing a plane flying overhead dropping election pamphlets in 1994.[url=http://free.financialmail.co.za/08/1031/people/people.ht...
Ancient stone chamber unearthed in garden An ancient underground chamber which could date back 2,000 years has been unearthed near Clonmany in Inishowen. Discovered by Clonmany man Sean Devlin, the previously unrecorded structure appears to be an underground tunnel or souterrain. Mr Devlin re...
Sea surveys to reveal Scotland's marine secrets A series of surveys to increase knowledge of Scotland's marine life is due to be carried out, the Scottish government has said. Eight marine surveys will gather information on the biodiversity of Scotland's seas. The surveys will cover almost 2,200...
Goldschmidt2011 August 14-19, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic Prague, the city of a hundred spires, plays host to the Goldschmidt conference in August 2011. With great science, over 70,000 hotel beds and hundreds of tourist attractions, your stay in Prague will be unforgettable. [url=http://ww...
Gerakan Pramuka is the national Scouting organization of Indonesia. Scouting was founded in the Dutch East Indies in 1912, and Indonesia became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1953. Each year August 14 is celebrated as Pramuka Day to honour the organization's fir...
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 August 1919 - 31 December 1971) was an Indian physicist. He is considered to be the father of the Indian space program; legendary Homi Bhabhas successor as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission; and was as at home in the world of the arts as in his favourite laboratory. [...
