Giovanni Battista Riccioli (17 April 1598 - 25 June 1671) was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest. He was a Jesuit who entered the order in 1614. He was also the first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a freely falling body. Read more
Orbital elements:
2003 BK47 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0282 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 358.27481 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21720186 Peri. 235.03251 +0.93483017 -0.26895348
a 2.7409032 Node 139.12712 +0.30305117 +0.94458596
e 0.7086542 Incl. 20.75118 -0.18507443 +0.18820570
P 4.54...
I first heard about Anushandhitsu Chokro ("Circle of Inquiring Minds", henceforth abbreviated as Achokro) from Dr. Dipen Bhattacharya, who teaches physics and astronomy at California's Riverside Community College. Dipen is also a research professor at University of California R...
Star Formation Everywhere You Look This image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, highlights several star-forming regions. There are five distinct centers of star birth in this one image alone. Star-forming nebulae (called HII regions by astronomers) are clouds of gas an...
Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, in order to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's flagship c...
Springwatch 2011 Springwatch and Autumnwatch are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom. The programmes are broadcast live from locations around the country in a primetime evening slot on BBC Two. [url=h...
The Chilbolton Observatory is home to CFARR, the Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research. CFARR provides the UK and European science communities with advanced radars and other ground-based remote sensing facilities in support of high quality atmospheric science, radar and rad...
Utrecht Science Faculty profile 2015: Astronomical Institute to be closed On June 16th , 2011, the Faculty of Science of Utrecht University announced its plans to restructure its efforts in research and education. These plans no longer include an Astronomical Institute after 2014. Only some eff...
The 35 - 79 metre wide asteroid 2002 EM7 will make a close pass (11.0 lunar distances, 0.0284 AU), travelling at 10.69 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st July, 2011 @ 04:42 UT ±00:43. See moreThe Lunar Distance (...
Orbital elements:
2011 MJ Earth MOID = 0.0753 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 98.86547 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.73203052 Peri. 99.64382 -0.95621671 +0.23108253
a 1.2193169 Node 93.87780 -0.28410613 -0.88022646
e 0.2078501 Incl. 10.36954 +0.07023748 -0.41449035
P 1.35 H 22.7 G 0.1...
Orbital elements:
2011 ML Earth MOID = 0.1979 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 15.44025 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31039187 Peri. 353.40996 +0.34375458 +0.93868490
a 2.1603751 Node 296.69307 -0.86020940 +0.30343619
e 0.4378057 Incl. 1.70116 -0.37665978 +0.16369830
P 3.18 H 22.1 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2011 MK Earth MOID = 0.1151 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 21.59425 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.33673516 Peri. 15.17367 +0.13494488 +0.98274462
a 2.0461796 Node 262.70438 -0.92185239 +0.07771100
e 0.4487607 Incl. 7.32717 -0.36328785 +0.16785115
P 2.93 H 20.5 G 0.1...
Orbital elements:
2011 MF Earth MOID = 0.1087 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 16.27762 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31618927 Peri. 188.97512 +0.32699824 +0.93331460
a 2.1338864 Node 100.21790 -0.85742329 +0.35899905
e 0.4733715 Incl. 8.66753 -0.39736312 -0.00659829
P 3.12 H 22.6 G 0....
