Charles Dillon Perrine (July 28, 1867 - June 21, 1951) was an Argentine astronomer. Born in Ohio, he worked at Lick Observatory from 1893 to 1909 and then was director of the Argentine National Observatory (today, Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba) in Argentina from 1909 until 1936. Read more
Having taken on the Wonders Of The Solar System, Professor Brian Cox takes the next step - the laws of the Universe in Wonders Of The Universe. In another epic series, Brian visits some of the most dramatic parts of the globe to explain the fundamental principles that govern the laws of nature - light, g...
Orbital elements:
2011 OY4 Earth MOID = 0.2105 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 12.90505 (2000.0) P Q
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e 0.4358026 Incl. 2.93788 -0.38225637 +0.21471536
P 3.20 H 24.2 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 OV4 Earth MOID = 0.2786 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 359.82010 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30224360 Peri. 28.56930 +0.91002724 +0.40127288
a 2.1990308 Node 307.39630 -0.40089163 +0.78795811
e 0.4170729 Incl. 7.52711 -0.10552880 +0.46701402
P 3.26 H 18.6 G 0...
The 290 - 650 metre wide asteroid (202683) 2006 US216 will make a close pass (22.0 Lunar Distances, 0.0566 AU), travelling at 12.25 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th November, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), th...
This famous group of spiral galaxies is known as the Leo Triplet; NGC 3628 (top), Messier 66 (bottom left), and Messier 65 (bottom right[img]http://static.flickr.com/42/110103785_bfe58e6357_o...
Orbital elements:
2004 KM19
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 10.65671 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00300452 Peri. 305.90173 -0.64623097 +0.76260556
a 47.5648832 Node 283.81460 -0.69033499 -0.60014552
e 0.2893447 Incl. 1.68807 -0.32530469 -0.24136719
P 328 H 8.2 G 0.15 U 3 MPEC 2011 - O34
Orbital elements:
2004 KL19
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 5.68442 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00300993 Peri. 199.35222 -0.53165632 +0.84465836
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e 0.3203766 Incl. 5.74026 -0.36705214 -0.29617842
P 327 H 8.7 G 0.15 U 3 MPEC 2011 - O34
Orbital elements:
2004 HP79
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 349.33086 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00302036 Peri. 60.90878 -0.57348927 +0.81920306
a 47.3983980 Node 174.09244 -0.76462844 -0.53349644
e 0.1804386 Incl. 2.25510 -0.29402960 -0.21044688
P 326 H 6.7 G 0.15 U 4 MPEC 2011 - O34
Orbital elements:
2004 HO79
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 30.17057 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00242008 Peri. 119.63529 -0.98976282 -0.11881540
a 54.9434460 Node 53.65197 +0.07101948 -0.89058348
e 0.4093278 Incl. 5.63403 +0.12379740 -0.43902615
P 407 H 7.3 G 0.15 U 2 MPEC 2011 - O34
Orbital elements:
2004 KZ18
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 1.55558 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00240026 Peri. 11.31054 -0.45882100 +0.83473447
a 55.2455528 Node 232.14802 -0.84233342 -0.51768366
e 0.3799509 Incl. 22.68101 -0.28276793 +0.18767526
P 411 H 8.5 G 0.15 U 4 MPEC 2011 - O33
Orbital elements:
2004 VK78
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 17.22200 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00294528 Peri. 312.54438 +0.93895740 -0.34322006
a 48.2005367 Node 67.54128 +0.32266795 +0.85472256
e 0.3360042 Incl. 1.46597 +0.11934987 +0.38942180
P 335 H 7.9 G 0.15 U 4 MPEC 2011 - O32
Delhi girls find asteroid As a child her mother told her that it takes eight minutes for the sun's rays to reach the earth. This simple fact is etched in the memory of Pragya Chawla, who along with her class mate, Aprajita Aggarwal, discovered an asteroid last month. But it is not just any asteroid tha...
Title: Another Look at the EBS: A Stellar Debris Stream and a Possible Progenitor Authors: Carl J. Grillmair Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7, we reexamine the Eastern Banded Structure (EBS), a stellar debris stream first discovered in Data Release 5 and more recently detected in v...
