Maffei 2 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. Maffei 2 and Maffei 1 were both discovered by Paolo Maffei in 1968 from their infrared emission. Maffei 2 lies in the Zone of Avoidance and is heavily obscured by the Milky Way, so is barely de...
The unique sounds of a Stradivarius violin may come down to the density of the wood it is made from. Scientists say the patterns of the grain are markedly different from modern instruments. It is believed that the seasonal growth of trees in the early seventeenth century was affected by a mini-Ice Age...
A Proton Breeze M Debris (Tank) that was launched on the 7th April, 2001, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, for the Ekran 21 satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 24th April, 2011 @ 07:17 GMT ± 48 hours. BREEZE-M TANK 1 26737U 01014B 11111.66688581 .270199...
Orbital elements:
2011 HY52
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 341.56324 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21134263 Peri. 160.22833 -0.77430084 +0.60788431
a 2.7913308 Node 58.46471 -0.60482268 -0.62913547
e 0.5291230 Incl. 11.90904 -0.18613899 -0.48442257
P 4.66 H 20.2 G 0.15 U 7 MPEC 2011 - J02...
The Berthold Seliger Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (BSFEGmbH) was a company founded by German rocket technical designer Berthold Seliger in 1961. The first rocket developed by the BSFEGmbH was an improved version of the Kumulus, which was first launched on November 19, 1962 and...
Orbital elements: 2009 UK20 Earth MOID = 0.0058 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 345.97719 (2000.0) P Q n 0.90844872 Peri. 277.93026 -0.69592112 -0.71751448 a 1.0558505 Node 216.22841 +0.67692942 -0.64176899 e 0.2062847 Incl. 2.85536 +0.23970890 -0.27074993 P 1.08 H 26.5 G 0.15 U 8 [...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Vladimir Popovkin, formerly First Deputy Defense Minister, as head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos today (April 29, 2011), replacing Anatoly Perminov. Read more
The head of Russia's space agency is to step down after seven years in the job, a deputy prime minister announced Wednesday, after a string of problems and launch delays angered top officials. Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said that Roskosmos head Anatoly Perminov would be stepping down as he...
Orbital elements: 2011 DS9 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0011 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 334.19546 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26104463 Peri. 142.13193 -0.51019135 +0.85751025 a 2.4247085 Node 97.10108 -0.80448229 -0.44859040 e 0.6124191 Incl. 3.82449 -0.30415954 -0.25187860 P 3.78 H 19.9 G 0.15 U...
Carl Linnaeus published Species Plantarum on 1 May 1753, the work which, with his earlier work, Systema Naturae, is internationally accepted as the beginning of modern botanical nomenclature. Read more
Orbital elements:
2011 HP4 Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 323.50926 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30227140 Peri. 233.14008 +0.08731718 +0.99537220
a 2.1988959 Node 41.92470 -0.89380190 +0.09606506
e 0.6123371 Incl. 3.44277 -0.43987938 +0.00238693
P 3.26 H 27.5 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2011 HC24 Earth MOID = 0.0009 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 310.25666 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.36067970 Peri. 69.53732 +0.47014954 +0.88220632
a 1.9545866 Node 228.53395 -0.82209870 +0.42705736
e 0.6049844 Incl. 1.98164 -0.32111234 +0.19832808
P 2.73 H 24.2 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 HP24 Earth MOID = 0.0646 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 304.74425 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.76021650 Peri. 44.34921 -0.85151109 +0.52420578
a 1.1889890 Node 167.25062 -0.49462031 -0.79563938
e 0.1103528 Incl. 3.04210 -0.17401037 -0.30358899
P 1.30 H 25.7 G 0...
