The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS (6 October 1732 - 9 February 1811) was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. His interest in astronomy had begun while at Westminster School, shortly after the eclipse of 25 July 1748. In 1758 Maskelyne was admitted to the Royal So...
Title: HAT-P-13b,c: a transiting hot Jupiter with a massive outer companion on an eccentric orbit Authors: G. A. Bakos (1,2), A. W. Howard (3), R. W. Noyes (1), J. Hartman (1), G. Torres (1), Geza Kovacs (4), D. A. Fischer (5), D. W. Latham (1), J. A. Johnson (6), G. W. Marcy (3), D. D. Sasselov (1), R. P. S...
Orbital elements:
2011 KX15 Earth MOID = 0.0378 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 50.90566 (2000.0) P Q
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P 1.80 H 26.5 G 0...
The celtic festival of Beltane is on May 1st. North American Nebula this is an enormous and vivid cloud of gas and dust which has striking resemblance to North America. Due to its large size (four degrees across, eight times the angular size of the Moon), the nebula ("NGC7000") must be view...
Orbital elements:
2011 KV15 Earth MOID = 0.0162 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 14.65347 (2000.0) P Q
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P 4.10 H 26.1 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 KU15 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0479 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 9.81879 (2000.0) P Q
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e 0.8787167 Incl. 4.44765 +0.16194052 +0.30003494
P 2.78 H 21...
Orbital elements:
2011 KT15 Earth MOID = 0.2252 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 343.00319 (2000.0) P Q
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a 2.1041695 Node 223.67153 -0.53476442 +0.77007969
e 0.4189453 Incl. 4.22069 -0.15359686 +0.31622001
P 3.05 H 20.2...
Orbital elements:
2011 KJ15 Earth MOID = 0.0220 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 11.31032 (2000.0) P Q
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P 2.70 H 22.9 G...
Orbital elements:
2011 KE15 Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 25.91931 (2000.0) P Q
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P 2.17 H 26.9 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 KK15 Earth MOID = 0.0069 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 30.44526 (2000.0) P Q
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a 2.4425808 Node 230.78660 -0.50678323 -0.77132007
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P 3.82 H 22.2 G...
Insider's hand suspected in theft of meteorites from museum The five meteorite pieces taken away from the Chennai museum were all originals and the one left behind in the display case was a "fake" generally used for study purposes, investigations found on Wednesday. Museum authoritie...
US defence firm Lockheed Martin says it has come under a significant cyber-attack, which took place last week. Few details were available, but Lockheed said its security team had detected the threat quickly and ensured that none of its programmes had been compromised. The Pentagon said it is worki...
Orbital elements:
2011 KC15 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0449 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 23.30169 (2000.0) P Q
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P 3.88 H 2...