The 360 - 800 metre wide asteroid 2002 QY6 will make a close pass (55.6 lunar distances, 0.1428 AU), travelling at 19.33 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st July, 2010 @ 19:29 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD)...
Orbital elements:
2011 FS2 Earth MOID = 0.0363 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 259.22772 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.87971056 Peri. 76.46413 -0.22781630 +0.97370283
a 1.0787219 Node 180.37845 -0.96027483 -0.22494432
e 0.1143045 Incl. 13.93401 -0.16115825 -0.03609496
P 1.12 H 26.2 G 0...
Orbital elements: 2009 UR5 Earth MOID = 0.0187 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 317.04442 (2000.0) P Q n 1.46698079 Peri. 341.23925 -0.96056234 +0.26866356 a 0.7671020 Node 214.60158 -0.23623343 -0.92446888 e 0.3900699 Incl. 7.25293 -0.14667567 -0.27051281 P 0.67 H 25.5 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Orbital elements: 2008 EK1 Earth MOID = 0.0544 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 21.66647 (2000.0) P Q n 0.51396025 Peri. 256.22414 +0.44822520 -0.87424194 a 1.5435346 Node 162.90670 +0.83919464 +0.48341226 e 0.5571338 Incl. 39.39226 -0.30797163 +0.04487332 P 1.92 H 20.3 G 0.15 U 4 [u...
The Mysterious Crestone Crater: A real meteor crater or not? Is the hole in the ground south of Crestone a meteor crater or not, and if not, what is it? Well it sure looks like one, and many geologists believe it is, but a few others say they aren't sure. It's a Crestone mystery that's not completely solve...
NASA Simulates Space Exploration At Remote Arctic Crater Site NASA personnel are among a group of international researchers who are in the Canadian Arctic assessing concepts for future planetary exploration as part of the Haughton-Mars Project, or HMP-2010. Scientists are using the arid, rock...
Orbital elements:
2008 KD6 Earth MOID = 0.1298 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 351.87150 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.65741114 Peri. 127.81548 +0.79139087 -0.45726023
a 1.3099197 Node 262.87772 +0.34768917 +0.88257798
e 0.4433602 Incl. 24.13456 +0.50280487 +0.10940380
P 1.50 H 19.7...
Two NASA Terrier-Improved Orion and Black Brant V sounding rockets will be launched from the Wallops launch site. The launch window is 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Local time). Webcast
Soyuz carrier rocket orbits military satellite Soyuz-U carrier rocket that blasted off from the Plesetsk spaceport on Monday, June 27, has orbited a military satellite. Space Troops spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass that the carrier rocket had successfully put a...
Asteroid to be named 'Ganbarou' in support of quake-affected people An amateur astronomer in Kochi Prefecture said Friday he has decided to name an asteroid he discovered on March 11, 1989, "Ganbarou," or "Let's keep it up!" in Japanese, to give support to those who have been...
Few life stories are as extraordinary as that of Thad Roberts. Roberts is back at the U, having served time in prison and worked at NASA. His story is almost beyond belief, involving high-stakes larceny and possibly resolving modern physics with itself. Roberts has served his prison time, but appar...
Tall Ships Races Clyde weekend begins in Greenock Participating vessels in the Tall Ships Races have arrived in Greenock for a weekend of public events. The 57 ships will be on the Clyde until 12 July, when they depart for their next official port of Lerwick. [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-sc...
John A. Wheeler, a visionary physicist and teacher who helped invent the theory of nuclear fission, gave black holes their name and argued about the nature of reality with Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, died Sunday morning at his home in Hightstown, N.J. He was 96. [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2...
Orbital elements:
2006 BR284
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 15.42813 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00339812 Peri. 100.38021 -0.43077033 -0.90244618
a 43.8171144 Node 15.13958 +0.81988875 -0.39379194
e 0.0402324 Incl. 1.15735 +0.37711982 -0.17469632
P 290 H 6.9 G 0.15 U 42006 JZ81
Epoc...
Believers In Mysterious Planet Nibiru Await Earth's End Renowned astrophysicist Carl Sagan once described a "baloney detection kit" - a set of tools that skeptical thinkers use to investigate any new concept. A few of the key tools include a healthy distrust of information that isn't i...
