Title: Orbital Period of the Dwarf Nova RXS J053234.9+624755 Authors: Ann B. Kapusta, John R. Thorstensen 5 Jul 2006 Researchers report spectroscopy of the newly discovered SU Ursae Majoris dwarf nova identified with the x-ray source RXS J053234.9+624755. Radial velocities of...
Palaeontologists call for more sharing of raw information. When Ross Mounce tried to use measurements of a fossilised feathered theropod dinosaur in his research, he hit a big stumbling block. A data table in the paper describing the dinosaur contained a formatting error that prevented Mounce f...
Young Bulgarian astronomer discovers an asteroid A young Bulgarian astronomer has discovered a new asteroid, now about 450 million km from Earth, Bulgarian National Television reported on April 11 2011. Suna Ibryamov from Shoumen University, the only Bulgarian in Nasa's Pan-STARRS programm...
Title: An XMM-Newton Study of the Bright, Nearby Supernova Remnant G296.1-0.5 Authors: Daniel Castro, Patrick Slane, B. M. Gaensler, J. P. Hughes, D. J. Patnaude We present a detailed study of the supernova remnant G296.1-0.5, performed using observations with the EPIC and RGS instruments of th...
Title: When two become one: an apparent QSO pair turns out to be a single quasar Authors: Guido Cupani, Stefano Cristiani, Valentina D'Odorico, Bo Milvang-Jensen, Jens-Kristian Krogager We report on our serendipitous discovery that the objects Q 01323-4037 and Q 0132-4037, listed in the Veron-...
Orbital elements:
2011 GG60 Earth MOID = 0.0069 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 3.83919 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.92833461 Peri. 222.63762 +0.44784474 -0.89399480
a 1.0407179 Node 200.76965 +0.83090930 +0.42209603
e 0.6480785 Incl. 2.33306 +0.33018907 +0.15036037
P 1.06 H 22.2 G 0....
A Chinese Long March 3A rocket is scheduled to launch a Beidou 2 (Compass) navigational satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern Sichuan province, on the 10th April, 2011. The second-generation Beidou satellite navigation system is China's equivalent to the US GPS nav...
Orbital elements:
2011 GQ59 Earth MOID = 0.0857 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 345.82330 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.25971687 Peri. 66.62375 -0.98684836 +0.16040488
a 2.4329655 Node 122.60117 -0.15562858 -0.90931014
e 0.5555066 Incl. 1.36135 -0.04370414 -0.38396008
P 3.79 H 22.6 G 0...
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A SL-23 rocket body that was launched on the 20th January, 2011, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, for the Elektro-Lsatellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 4th March, 2011 @ --:-- GMT ±-- hours. TLE Data pre>SL-23 RB 1 37346U 11001C 11050.56077656 .00583...
K-PAX is a 2001 American science fiction film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack and Alfre Woodard. Read more K-PAX remix (EveryBeing) [video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-...
Michigan State University researchers have developed a prototype petrol engine which uses a rotor thats equipped with wave-like grooves that trap and mix oxygen and fuel The engine has no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, cooling system, fluids, or valves. Called the Wave Disk Generator, it...
