Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 - 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. His best-known discoveries are the discovery of the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin from the...
Maxima of S Piscium variable star on the 6th August, 2011. Magnitude range: 9.6-15.0 Period: 404.62 days Type: Mira Position(2000): RA=01 17 34.54 | Dec= +08 55 52.6
Hem Stone and mineral show Date: Sat 6th Aug 2011 to Sun 7th Aug 2011 Skaraborgs Geological Society has been located at the Falkängen handicraft village since over twenty years. SGS also have an exhibition of minerals and fossils at the location. Read more
Typhoon MUIFA (11W) is forecast to make landfall in Okinawa (26.3 N, 127.8 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 64 hours probability for TS is 55% in about 64 hours
Orbital elements:
2011 PX Earth MOID = 0.2381 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 11.84887 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.28657631 Peri. 53.52869 +0.49707447 +0.86233613
a 2.2784658 Node 246.54801 -0.82593548 +0.43615954
e 0.4574910 Incl. 6.03192 -0.26598412 +0.25717940
P 3.44 H 21.8 G 0.1...
Boeing pilots to make space trip Boeing says two of its own employees will crew the first manned mission of its new astronaut capsule. The US company has confirmed it will use the Atlas 5 rocket to test its CST-100 ship on three flights in 2015. An unmanned capsule will be used on the first and second laun...
Orbital elements:
2011 OE26 Earth MOID = 0.1046 AU
Epoch 2011 July 18.0 TT = JDT 2455760.5 MPC
M 9.53385 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.17819166 Peri. 271.80663 -0.66585992 +0.73470025
a 3.1275994 Node 315.50756 -0.58947577 -0.62471186
e 0.7287788 Incl. 10.67293 -0.45732797 -0.26448184
P 5.53 H 23.2 G...
William Henry Dines BA FRS (5 August 1855 - 24 December 1927) was an English meteorologist. From 1901 to 1902 he was President of the Royal Meteorological Society and in 1905 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Read more
John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley FRS FRAS (5 August 1798 - 27 October 1867) was an English astronomer. Wrottesley is distinguished for his attainments in astronomical science, was a founding member of the Royal Astronomical Society and served as its president from 1841 to 1842. In 1839 he rec...
The 280 - 620 metre wide asteroid 2008 SR7 will make a close pass (55.3 lunar distances, 0.1421 AU), travelling at 8.31 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th August, 2011 @ 04:34 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
Asteroid (3103) Eger is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid that was discovered in 1982, by Miklós Lovas. It was named after the city of Eger, Hungary. It makes eight approaches to Earth less than 30 Gm (0.2 AU) in the 20th and 21st centuries. The last close approach was in August 2006 at 19.2 Gm (0.13 AU...
Orbital elements: 2009 OO9 Earth MOID = 0.0697 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 306.25494 (2000.0) P Q n 0.57676069 Peri. 325.39458 -0.17875935 -0.97057398 a 1.4293512 Node 134.29426 +0.94595249 -0.21463827 e 0.7968749 Incl. 13.02715 +0.27059008 +0.10916301 P 1.71 H 19.0 G 0.15 U 9...
Orbital elements:
2011 PU Earth MOID = 0.2280 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 7.56934 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.29002441 Peri. 9.53689 +0.71439576 +0.69273210
a 2.2603708 Node 306.13917 -0.64979379 +0.60436914
e 0.4507896 Incl. 7.02698 -0.25962805 +0.39352279
P 3.40 H 20.8 G 0.15 U...
