Title: New light curves and ephemeris for the close eclipsing binary V963 PER Authors: Andrew P. Odell, Patrick Wils, Clarissa Dirks, Blythe Guvenen, Jo C. O'Malley, Antonio S. Villarreal, Rita M. Weinzettle We have obtained CCD photometry in 2010-11 of V963 Per (=GSC3355 0394), which is a recent...
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world's largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. Since 1963, AIAA members have been involved in every milestone in modern American flight and the institute continues to be the forum for innovat...
The continuum hypothesis, one of mathematics' most famous riddles, may finally have been cracked after 140 years. But the proof involves delving deep not only into the intricacies of infinity, but perhaps beyond mathematics as we know it. A respected US mathematician believes he has cracked it. W...
Title: The role of the sun in the Pantheon's design and meaning Authors: Robert Hannah, Giulio Magli Despite being one of the most recognisable buildings from ancient Rome, the Pantheon is poorly understood. While its architecture has been well studied, its function remains uncertain. This pape...
Satellite innovators launch smartphone Space App competition Surrey experts in space technology have today launched a Facebook competition challenging the British public to develop innovative applications that will run on its smartphone-powered satellite due for launch into space next yea...
Orbital elements:
2011 OC18 Earth MOID = 0.1731 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 2.03769 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.32493852 Peri. 179.37686 +0.86079143 +0.50548781
a 2.0954079 Node 150.02437 -0.46747194 +0.83133542
e 0.4346609 Incl. 6.81996 -0.20126626 +0.23100540
P 3.03 H 20.7 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 OD18 Earth MOID = 0.0008 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 16.36039 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31331650 Peri. 332.25721 +0.11886538 +0.99085946
a 2.1469102 Node 304.50301 -0.89604557 +0.07937233
e 0.5471110 Incl. 4.43914 -0.42775385 +0.10907595
P 3.15 H 26.3 G...
Indian scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), speaking at the second European Conference for Aerospace Sciences in Brussels, have provided details of the reusable launch vehicle demonstrator's sub-orbital flight, due for 2009. To be launched on an 11.5m -tall solid ro...
Title: Elemental abundance differences in the 16 Cygni binary system: a signature of gas giant planet formation? Authors: I. Ramirez, J. Melendez, D. Cornejo, I. U. Roederer, J. R. Fish The atmospheric parameters of the components of the 16Cygni binary system, in which the secondary has a gas gian...
The variable star Z Delphini is predicted to be in outburst on the 1st August, 2011. Magnitude range: 8.8-14.5 V Period: 304.48 days Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 20 32 39.14 | Dec +17 27 03.3
Strings, Branes and Supergravity Koç University and Istanbul Centre for Mathematical Sciences are jointly organising a topical conference on Strings, Branes and Supergravity, to be held between 1-5 August 2011. The conference will take place at Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey. Read more
Ancient City That Mysteriously Survived Mideast Collapse Discovered Archaeologists have discovered an ancient city in northwest Syria, which is claimed not only to survive the Middle East civilization collapse, but also to expand after that. While ancient civilizations across the Middle Eas...
