Total Lunar Eclipse on December 21st, 2010 at 07:40 UT The last lunar eclipse of 2010 is especially well placed for observers throughout North America. The last lunar eclipse of 2010 is especially well placed for observers throughout North America. The eclipse occurs at the Moon's descending node...
Skara Brae is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It consists of ten clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly 3180 BC-2500 BC. Read more For obvio...
Title: ESO 546-G34: The most metal poor LSB galaxy? Authors: Lars Mattsson, Leonid S. Pilyugin, Nils Bergvall We present a re-analysis of spectroscopic data for 23 HII-regions in 12 blue, metal-poor low surface brightness galaxies (LSBGs) taking advantage of recent developments in calibratin...
The Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw offers hundreds of interactive exhibits displayed within an area of 20,000 square meters, Danusia Isler reports. The latest addition to the Centre is Planetarium called "Copernicus Heavens". [url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/6/Artykul/255...
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved new names for three features on Mars. Lipany for a 50-km-wide Martian crater located at -0.24°S, 79.69°W. The feature was named in honour of a town in Slovakia. Oenotria Plana for a 925-km-wide Martian plain located at -8°S, 76°E. The featur...
They Came From Beyond Space Scientists investigate a mysterious meteorite shower that dropped space rocks in a V shape in a English field. Recovering from a recent accident, Dr. Richard Arden, pre-eminent in the field of extraterrestria...
Is That a Meteorite? Is that rock from Earth, Mars or the Moon? Scientists in Washington DC will tell you for free! Meteorite I.D. How to tell if you have a Meteorite! [video=http...
The HIWIND balloon-borne experiment was successfully launched from Kiruna, Sweden at 23:11 GMT, 13th June, 2011. Relayed Real Time GPS Data High-altitude Interferometer WIND experiment (HIWIND) is a balloon-borne Fa...
Ohio Wesleyan's Perkins Observatory Celebrates the Sun in July The regular Friday night programs at Ohio Wesleyan University's Perkins Observatory, 3199 Columbus Pike (U.S. 23), will be replaced in July with three daytime "Celebration of the Sun" events. The special programs will b...
Mystery blast unlikely to have been a sonic boom Mystery continues to shroud the loud explosion heard on Sunday evening in the areas around Dingli and Rabat, and aviation experts have shed doubt on the theory that it may have been caused by an aircraft travelling at supersonic speed. The explosive so...
Orbital elements:
2011 LJ20 Earth MOID = 0.3085 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 6.74924 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21970948 Peri. 208.94007 +0.28543442 +0.68898737
a 2.7200081 Node 85.20413 -0.69902310 +0.62521133
e 0.5300114 Incl. 41.95460 -0.65566294 -0.36661588
P 4.49 H 20.4 G 0...
Title: Discovery and Mass Measurements of a Cold, 10-Earth Mass Planet and Its Host Star Authors: Y. Muraki, C. Han, D.P. Bennett, D. Suzuki, L.A.G. Monard, R. Street, U.G. Jorgensen, P. Kundurthy, J. Skowron, A.C. Becker, M.D. Albrow, P. Fouque, D. Heyrovsky, R.K. Barry, J.-P. Beaulieu, D.D. Wel...
The BBC has announced that Television Centre is up for sale. The West London home of corporation for over 50 years, it has played a central role in the history of the BBC. Here stars share their favourite memories of working in the place. The For Sale sign is going up at BBC Television Centre. Shows recor...
Someone who goes by the username Horsefarmer1000 posted the video on the popular website on June 5 and in the information attached claims the footage was taken about 9.30pm on June 2. Rotorua Astronomical Society vice-president Brian Hurren says the video - which is about 90 seconds long - may be any...
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