Vanessa Redgrave and her daughter Joely Richardson are among the star cast announced for the BBC's new version of sci-fi classic The Day of The Triffids. Actor Dougray Scott will play hero Dr Bill Masen, while Eddie Izzard, Brian Cox and US star Jason Priestley will also take roles in the drama. [url=...
Fireballs spotted in the night sky? Meteors, fireballs or maybe something more extra-terrestrial may have been seen in the Ballyclare sky in the past fortnight. Eagle-eyed Ballyclare man Trevor McCusker sent these pictures in of three strange objects he spotted in the night sky. On Tuesday, July...
Future of UK's largest missile range secure says MoD The future of the UK's largest missile range is secure for at least the next five years, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. The Hebrides Range, set up in the 1950s, has sites on Benbecula, North and South Uist and a radar station on the remote St Ki...
Orbital elements:
2004 HN79
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 338.82626 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00320501 Peri. 219.50985 -0.31040368 +0.94423213
a 45.5599807 Node 32.83749 -0.81282009 -0.20369175
e 0.2271852 Incl. 11.69184 -0.49292297 -0.25871868
P 308 H 6.9 G 0.15 U 32004 KK19
Epo...
Orbital elements:
2004 VU130
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 44.41168 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00198295 Peri. 272.40092 +0.70470385 +0.70312770
a 62.7471782 Node 42.94301 -0.58295634 +0.65004519
e 0.4302767 Incl. 8.00632 -0.40441858 +0.28818862
P 497 H 7.0 G 0.15 U 4 MPEC 2011 - O17
Orbital elements:
2006 CJ69
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 331.70193 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00360538 Peri. 59.17618 -0.95425133 +0.18581575
a 42.1213474 Node 130.43064 -0.23344109 -0.95254472
e 0.2266807 Incl. 17.92380 +0.18684124 -0.24110386
P 273 H 7.7 G 0.15 U 3 MPEC 2011 - O18...
Orbital elements: 2010 HA Earth MOID = 0.0335 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 211.77952 (2000.0) P Q n 1.04863192 Peri. 185.94370 +0.22157729 -0.97446643 a 0.9595199 Node 251.25885 +0.89624813 +0.21818283 e 0.1957377 Incl. 2.19765 +0.38424313 +0.05302288 P 0.94 H 24.0 G 0.15 U 8 [u...
Orbital elements:
2011 FY2 Earth MOID = 0.4825 AU
Epoch 2011 Mar. 20.0 TT = JDT 2455640.5 MPC
M 335.02352 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.22224784 Peri. 279.90851 -0.25599209 +0.94802933
a 2.6992577 Node 332.85294 -0.64177255 -0.31285832
e 0.5308485 Incl. 24.46582 -0.72290805 -0.05796606
P 4.43 H 18.0...
Title: The Orbital Period and Variability of the Dwarf Nova ES Draconis Authors: F. A. Ringwald, Kenia Velasco A radial velocity study of the cataclysmic variable ES Dra (PG 1524+622) is presented. ES Dra is found to have an orbital period of 0.17660 ±0.00006 d (4.2384 ±0.0014 h). The mass-losing se...
The Science Channel is taking viewers on a search for extraterrestrial treasures and revealing some of these lost pieces of the universe for the first time in "Meteorite Men," premiering Sunday, May 10 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). Two treasure hunters, Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold, have travell...
Orbital elements:
2011 OB PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0101 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 121.11108 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.14568019 Peri. 48.93485 -0.82444048 -0.34664083
a 0.9045386 Node 106.27419 +0.26727700 -0.93524640
e 0.5243494 Incl. 27.77764 +0.49885960 -0.07179350
P 0.86 H 19...
Title: The field of Loden 112 Authors: Nadia Kaltcheva, Valeri Golev Based on the available uvbybeta photometry of OB stars in the longitude range 281 - 285 deg in the Galactic disk, we identify a feature of young stars at 1630±82 pc, that is probably connected to the compact cluster candidate Loden 1...