Quabbin telescope scrapped Off limits to the general public, the 12,300 acres of Prescott Peninsula divide virtually the entire length of Quabbin Reservoir and because of its special status has always generated its share of speculation and tall tales. The vast majority of research on Prescott Pe...
Meteor in the sky of Brittany A scene from science fiction: a bright object crosses the sky of a quiet town in Brittany, northern France and then disappears over the horizon. Some would think it was a UFO. In fact, according to reports from the Rennes space centre, which released the video filmed by a su...
Eta Cassiopeiae is a star system 19.4 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Cassiopeia. Sometimes the traditional name Achird is used. The primary star in the Eta Cassiopeiae system is a yellow dwarf (main sequence) star of spectral type G0V, putting it in the same spectral class as our S...
China will launch the ninth orbiter into space in "coming days" as part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network. The "Beidou," or Compass, navigation satellite will be launched on a Long March-3A carrier rocket, said an unnamed spokesman for the Xic...
China launches another experimental satellite China launched an experimental orbiter into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gansu Province on Friday. The SJ-11-02 orbiter was sent into space at 3:42 p.m. (07:42 GMT) by a Long March II-C carrier rocket, accordi...
A Delta-2 rocket body that was launched on the 10th June, 2011, from the Vandenberg military air base in California, for the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 8th August, 2011 @ --:-- GMT ± -- hours.DELTA 2 RB 1 37674U 11024B 11179.98727383 +.00...
The Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP) is primarily funded by the Canadian Space Agency's Canadian Analogue Research Network (CARN) program, with additional funding coming from NASA's ASTEP and Spaceward Bound Programs and the National Geographic Society. McMaster University and Nuytco...
Orbital elements:
2011 OW17 Earth MOID = 0.3701 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 25.15253 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.25294970 Peri. 119.64603 -0.15651247 +0.93984017
a 2.4761670 Node 137.67996 -0.98767549 -0.14862555
e 0.5017956 Incl. 26.80846 -0.00098473 -0.30758886
P 3.90 H 21.4...
Orbital elements:
2011 OV17 Earth MOID = 0.2315 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 4.98752 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30982275 Peri. 182.29807 +0.77066207 +0.63311901
a 2.1630199 Node 138.12951 -0.58291646 +0.74629376
e 0.4245101 Incl. 6.22641 -0.25746530 +0.20544084
P 3.18 H 23.3 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 OE16 Earth MOID = 0.1642 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 1.97180 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.29342121 Peri. 202.08662 +0.82261564 +0.55992410
a 2.2428921 Node 123.48463 -0.50232837 +0.79717831
e 0.4776739 Incl. 6.81273 -0.26640142 +0.22581350
P 3.36 H 23.8 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 OX17 Earth MOID = 0.1032 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 29.36034 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.29795557 Peri. 212.40686 -0.93922624 +0.34222936
a 2.2200787 Node 347.51826 -0.28218116 -0.81452992
e 0.7503304 Incl. 7.19685 -0.19551944 -0.46842297
P 3.31 H 20.1 G...
Orbital elements:
2011 OY17 Earth MOID = 0.0530 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 357.62485 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.26573339 Peri. 189.74964 +0.97131468 +0.22926771
a 2.3961019 Node 156.70214 -0.20601148 +0.94387167
e 0.5581622 Incl. 9.18312 -0.11877314 +0.23778686
P 3.71 H 22.0...
HighlightsThe Summer Triangle -- Vega, Deneb, and Altair -- holds the central position, high in the south. The scorpion sits low to the south and slightly west. Directly to the arachnid's east is Sagittarius, the Archer, and between the two lies the direction toward the Milky Way galaxy's centre. T...
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