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Tropical Storm Errol (21S) is forecast to make lanfall in Indonesia probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 32 hours probability for TS is 80% within 8 hours

Easter Aquhorthies Recumbent Stone Circle, The 4000-year-old East Aquhorthies recumbent stone circle lies north east of Bennachie, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It comprises of nine stones set in a low bank, a la...

Orbital elements: 2011 GQ65 Earth MOID = 0.3922 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 343.03335 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29359332 Peri. 114.77176 -0.82812639 +0.39735060 a 2.2420155 Node 90.79067 -0.53776365 -0.76220416 e 0.4395418 Incl. 23.29154 +0.15816743 -0.51103553 P 3.36 H 18.5 G...

Orbital elements: 2011 GO65 Earth MOID = 0.1517 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 329.08633 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37096445 Peri. 175.34690 -0.76737401 +0.63227931 a 1.9182911 Node 44.47529 -0.59308937 -0.63674893 e 0.3955833 Incl. 8.75045 -0.24368447 -0.44133171 P 2.66 H 23.0 G 0...

Pluton is a system of deep space communications and a planetary radar. It was built near Yevpatoria in 1960, and consists of at at least three antennas. The Pluton complex supported all the Soviet space programs until 1978, when the Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope was built. [url=http://en.wiki...

Orbital elements: 2011 FG41 Earth MOID = 0.0839 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 329.79478 (2000.0) P Q n 0.41112953 Peri. 15.92208 -0.85079958 +0.52384434 a 1.7912255 Node 195.87404 -0.49718898 -0.82806094 e 0.3964434 Incl. 8.73942 -0.17012701 -0.19975531 P 2.40 H 24.9 G 0...

Title: The discovery of the T8.5 dwarf UGPS J0521+3639 Authors: Ben Burningham, P.W. Lucas, S. K. Leggett, R. Smart, D. Baker, D. J. Pinfield, C. G. Tinney, D. Homeier, F. Allard, Z. H. Zhang, J. Gomes, A. C. Day-Jones, H.R.A. Jones, G. Kovacs, N. Lodieu, F. Marocco, D. N. Murray, B. Sipocz We have carr...

A Centaur upper stage of an Atlas V rocket that was launched on the 15th April, 2011, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, for the NROL-34 satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 16th April, 2011 @ 06:30 GMT ± 5 hours. CENTAUR CLASSIFIED Period: - minutes Inclina...

Weather satellite sets new service record Europe's series of Meteosat satellites has been improving the accuracy of weather forecasts for over 30 years. Meteosat-6 has recently broken the record for the operational life of one of these robust missions. The first Meteosat was launched in 1977 and...

A Chinese Long-March-3 CZ-3A rocket body that was launched on the 9th April, 2011, from the Xichang space launch centre in Sichuan, China, for a Beidou 2 (Compass) navigation satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 19th April, 2011 @ --:-- GMT ± -- hours. CZ-3A RB 1 3...

A ULA Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to will launch U.S. National Reconnaissance Office classified satellite (NROL-34) from SLC-3 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 14:51 GMT (9:51 p.m. PDT), 12th April, 2011. NROL-34: Odin and Frigga NROL-34 is slated for launch from Vandenberg on Ap...

Kovai boy finds new asteroid, gets international recognition Searching for asteroids was his favourite pastime ever since Atul Felix Payapilly came across an article on them in internet two years ago. An engineering student with Karunya Institute of Technology here, Atul started devoting all h...

Orbital elements: 2011 GM62 Earth MOID = 0.0297 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 277.35977 (2000.0) P Q n 0.70634730 Peri. 52.58438 -0.19628610 +0.96096630 a 1.2486973 Node 208.05355 -0.97837121 -0.20517786 e 0.2311381 Incl. 24.49289 -0.06528049 +0.18559582 P 1.40 H 22.2 G...

Title: WASP-35b, WASP-48b and WASP-51b: Two new planets and an independent discovery of HAT-P-30b Authors: B.Enoch, D.R.Anderson, S.C.C.Barros, D.J.A.Brown, A.Collier Cameron, F.Faedi, M.Gillon, G.Hébrard, T.A.Lister, D.Queloz, A.Santerne, B.Smalley, R.A.Street, A.H.M.J.Triaud, R...

Pieces from the world's most famous chess set are going on display in museums in Aberdeen, Stornoway and Lerwick from next year, it was announced yesterday. The British Museum, National Museums Scotland and Scottish Government have teamed up to give people the opportunity to see 30 of the Lewis Che...