Fake swords found across northern Europe Scandinavia's Vikings were not only great warriors but also savvy businessmen who were among the first groups to sell cheap copies of a well-made original, according to British scientists. Specifically, a strong steel sword called the 'Ulfberht' was wid...
Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, 1912 - April 10, 1997) was a German American astronomer. He was the son of famed astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild and the nephew of the Swiss astrophysicist Robert Emden. His work led to greater understanding in the fields of stellar structure and stellar evolution...
Roman ship had on-board fish tank A Roman ship found with a lead pipe piercing its hull has mystified archaeologists. Italian researchers now suggest that the pipe was part of an ingenious pumping system, designed to feed on-board fish tanks with a continuous supply of oxygenated water. Their anal...
Orbital elements: 2009 SK1 Earth MOID = 0.3532 AU Epoch 2009 Sept. 6.0 TT = JDT 2455080.5 MPC M 50.70092 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46009249 Peri. 113.29990 +0.43134674 +0.90193075 a 1.6617765 Node 182.57250 -0.89772460 +0.43145571 e 0.2635145 Incl. 28.57583 +0.08961326 -0.01915444 P 2.14 H 18.1 G 0.15 Fro...
The Marlborough Mound: Prehistoric origins confirmed Jim Leary, who led the recent archaeological investigations for English Heritage at nearby Silbury Hill, and is co-author of the recently published The Story of Silbury Hill, coordinated EH's contribution to the investigation of Marlboro...
Turkmenistan creates own space agency Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has signed a decree authorizing the creation of a National Space Agency, national television reported. The document, signed on Monday, stipulates that the agency is being set up "to ensure the implement...
Orbital elements:
2011 JP29 Earth MOID = 0.0785 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 5.05322 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31186715 Peri. 162.35806 +0.60806560 +0.78891005
a 2.1535566 Node 144.94098 -0.74573534 +0.60594647
e 0.4965725 Incl. 8.88835 -0.27227746 +0.10222429
P 3.16 H 18.8 G 0...
Title: The Atlas-3D project - IX. The merger origin of a fast and a slow rotating Early-Type Galaxy revealed with deep optical imaging: first results Authors: Pierre-Alain Duc, Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Paolo Serra, Leo Michel-Dansac, Etienne Ferriere, Katherine Alatalo, Leo Blitz, Maxime Bo...
Title: Discovery of a massive X-ray luminous galaxy cluster at z=1.579 Authors: Joana S. Santos (1), Rene Fassbender (2), Alessandro Nastasi (2), Hans Böhringer (2), Piero Rosati (3), Robert Suhada (2), Daniele Pierini (2), Mario Nonino (4), Martin Muehlegger (2), Hernan Quintana (5), Axel D. S...
Take part in ESA's Cool Comet Campaign Do you use Twitter? Are you as intrigued by comets as we are? Then tell us 'Why comets are cool' and you might win a trip to ESA's operations centre in Germany on 15 June to celebrate 25 years of cometary science at ESA. To take part, simply tweet your entry. It must in...
ISRO Kids is an education programme that attempts to help students explore various fields of space science and encourage budding scientists. Started with the guidance and support of ISRO on April 20, 2011, isrokids.com attempts to impart scientific knowledge about space to kids online, keeping...
The 33 - 75 metre wide asteroid 2007 CS5 will make a close pass (22.5 lunar distances, 0.0578 AU), travelling at 3.42 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th June, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distanc...
The 330 - 750 metre wide asteroid 1998 KM3 will make a close pass (36.1 lunar distances, 0.0927 AU), travelling at 15.46 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th June, 2011 @ 05:26 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distan...
The 5 - 12 metre wide asteroid 2010 VL65 made a close pass (2.6 lunar distances, 0.0066 AU), travelling at 4.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th November, 2010 @ 00:23 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), th...
Asteroid 2001 VH75 Minimum Distance: 0.1084 AU Approach Date: 16:47 UT, 12th June 2011 Maximum magnitude: 15.9 V Date at maximum brightness: 04:00 UT, 4th June 2011 Maximum angular speed: 19.63"/min
