Orbital elements: 2010 DP Earth MOID = 0.0976 AU Epoch 2010 Feb. 13.0 TT = JDT 2455240.5 MPC M 96.13678 (2000.0) P Q n 0.77481598 Peri. 239.54181 +0.62092009 -0.77869275 a 1.1740061 Node 170.39548 +0.76398947 +0.62685919 e 0.3242753 Incl. 32.63459 -0.17543753 -0.02617543 P 1.27 H 18.9 G 0.15 From...
Orbital elements:
2008 SQ7 Earth MOID = 0.1536 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 258.39738 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.62565439 Peri. 272.35170 -0.12419904 -0.99194698
a 1.3538786 Node 184.99135 +0.98538140 -0.12036077
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P 1.58 H 19.8...
Huge Meteor Plunges Into Sea (or Not) "Huge Meteor Plunges Into Sea Narrowly Missing Tug," reads the page one headline of Eureka's old daily, the Humboldt Standard, for Sept. 13, 1930. Read more
Crater Tycho is a very young impact crater, only 110 million years old; much younger than the Sydney sandstone we walk around on. It has very steep and tormented slopes (sic) as Virtual Moon describes it; tormented indeed! The sketch was made in 2006 when seeing showed more detail than I could possibl...
NASA | Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified New research from NASA's Lunar Science Institute indicates that the solar wind may be charging certain regions at the lunar poles to hundreds of volts. In this short video Dr. Bill Farrell disc...
The mystery surrounding the discovery of prehistoric wooden posts on the marshes in Waveney has deepened following the discovery of a third site. Three rows of Iron Age wooden posts were discovered on Beccles marshes in 2006, prompting experts to undertake a number of archaeological digs to try t...
Tsunami sensor detects mysterious background signal in Panama An unusual signal detected by the seismic monitoring station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's research facility on Barro Colorado Island results from waves in Lake Gatun, the reservoir that forms the Panama Canal c...
525-million-year-old discovery of 'feathered helmet from beyond the clouds' Researchers from China, Leicester and Oxford have discovered a remarkable fossil which sheds new light on an important group of primitive sea creatures. The 525-million-year-old fossil belongs to a group of tentacl...
If you want to get a good, up close and personal look at the newest additions to the Dallas Stars organization, head out to McKinney this weekend where all of the top prospects (and then some) will be attending their annual development camp from July 1 to July 7 [url=http://www.defendingbigd.com/20...
Orbital elements:
2011 MQ3 Earth MOID = 0.0249 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 98.88005 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.82849784 Peri. 301.16257 -0.81237565 +0.57472925
a 1.1227295 Node 274.09548 -0.49568591 -0.76970391
e 0.1102121 Incl. 5.67606 -0.30715025 -0.27792479
P 1.19 H 24.8 G 0...
A University of Washington computer scientist has led a statistical study of the Indus script, comparing the pattern of symbols to various linguistic scripts and nonlinguistic systems, including DNA and a computer programming language. The results, published online Thursday by the journal Sc...
Underwater landslide likely cause of 'mild tsunami' A "mild tsunami" along the South West coast was probably caused by an underwater landslide, a coastal expert has said. The unusual tidal surge struck the Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Hampshire coastline on Monday morning. There were...
Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon Crater) is a geological feature of Israel's Negev desert. Located at the peak of Mount Negev, some 85 km south of the city of Beersheba, the landform is not actually an impact crater from a meteor, but rather is the world's largest makhtesh. The crater is 40 km long and 2-10 km wide...
Scientists Study Earthquake Triggers in Pacific Ocean New samples of rock and sediment from the depths of the eastern Pacific Ocean may help explain the cause of large, destructive earthquakes similar to the Tohoku Earthquake that struck Japan in mid-March. Nearly 1,500 meters (almost one mile)...
