Pi-Ramesses (Pi-Ramesses Aa-nakhtu, meaning "House of Ramesses, Great in Victory") was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt Pharaoh Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great, reigned 1279 - 1213 BC) at Qantir near the old site of Avaris. The city had previously served as a sum...
Meteor captured over Atlanta on the 20th May, 2011 Atlanta Meteor 5/20/2011 - 11:46 EDT - NASA MEO - Tellus StationAtlanta Meteor 5/20/2011 - 11:46 EDT - NASA MEO - Chickamauga Station [video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eykzfx_Y...
Bacteria-rich hailstones add to 'bioprecipitation' idea A study of hailstones has found large numbers of bacteria at their cores. The find lends credence to the "bio-precipitation" idea, which suggests that bacteria are actively involved in stimulating precipitation. The bacte...
Title: How common are Earth-Moon planetary systems? Authors: Sebastian Elser, Ben Moore, Joachim Stadel, Ryuji Morishima The Earth's comparatively massive moon, formed via a giant impact on the proto-Earth, has played an important role in the development of life on our planet, both in the histo...
Spiders protect webs with decorations The delicate web decorations spun by some orb-weaving spiders are a strange but well-known phenomena, but exactly why the spiders adorn their webs is unclear. Now a study by researchers in Australia suggests that the creatures use decorations to protect the...
Orbital elements:
2011 KH4 Earth MOID = 0.2323 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 32.53870 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31090639 Peri. 348.72626 -0.61466488 +0.74155956
a 2.1579910 Node 242.75269 -0.69814811 -0.67008886
e 0.4250411 Incl. 17.60165 -0.36711892 +0.03271598
P 3.17 H 21.5 G...
Geek Pride Day is an initiative which claims the right of every person to be a nerd or a geek. It has been celebrated on May 25 since 2006, celebrating the premiere of the first Star Wars film in 1977. Read more
New Mexico's first commercial rocket launch could come as soon as Monday, potentially paving the way for the US state to become a major centre of the space tourism industry.
Colorado-based UP Aerospace is set to launch a SpaceLoft XL suborbital rocket on its maiden voyage at 07:30 MDT (13:30 GMT),...
IAU Global Office of Astronomy for Development launched in SA A new Global Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), that will function under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), was launched in Cape Town on 16 April 2011. This office will be the nerve centre of a partnershi...
New radio telescope planned for Mozambique South Africa will assist Mozambique with the construction of a new radio telescope adjacent to the country's Maluana Science and Technology Park over the next year. The radio telescope will boost postgraduate research and teaching programmes in radio...
Monash student finds Universe's missing mass A Monash student has made a breakthrough in the field of astrophysics, discovering what has until now been described as the Universe's 'missing mass'. Amelia Fraser-McKelvie, working within a team at the Monash School of Physics, conducted a targete...
Title: A Chandra ACIS Study of the Young Star Cluster Trumpler 15 in Carina and Correlation with Near-infrared Sources Authors: Junfeng Wang, Eric D. Feigelson, Leisa K. Townsley, Patrick S. Broos, Konstantin V. Getman, Scott J. Wolk, Thomas Preibisch, Keivan G. Stassun, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Go...
Quark Matter 2011 23-28 May 2011 -- 22 May student day Annecy, France The Quark Matter series of conferences has the objective of reuniting world specialist experimental and theoretical physicists in the discipline of heavy ion physics. Read more...
ATA spitfire women Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) ferried military planes from the factories to the military airfields. This clip is about the woman who joined this organisation.
The 44 - 99 metre wide asteroid 2005 WA will make a close pass (67.7 lunar distances, 0.1740 AU), travelling at 5.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th May, 2011 @ 17:35 UT ±1 day 10:18. See moreThe Lunar Distance...
