Orbital elements:
2011 FR21 Earth MOID = 0.3642 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 260.65806 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.47869748 Peri. 282.44757 +0.31194809 +0.94870708
a 1.6184351 Node 6.46254 -0.59223535 +0.23647875
e 0.2603062 Incl. 27.17985 -0.74293047 +0.20983967
P 2.06 H 21.0 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 FQ21 Earth MOID = 0.0040 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 1.11672 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.65670173 Peri. 300.01829 -0.59065064 -0.80690694
a 1.3108629 Node 186.19431 +0.75747068 -0.55198127
e 0.3198212 Incl. 3.05213 +0.27815461 -0.21028043
P 1.50 H 28.2 G 0....
Spotted a bird, a plane or a UFO lately? Then the New Zealand Defence Force doesn't want to know about it. The most recent instalment of previously classified UFO files were made public yesterday and within the documents, former chief of defence Jerry Mateparae makes it quite clear the military has n...
Large meteor seen across NZ A meteor spotted last night in the sky over New Zealand could have been the size of a desk. Reports of a bright flashing light in the sky about 11pm were received from Auckland to as far south as Wellington while a sonic boom was heard by many people near Raglan. [url=http://ww...
An almost 7,000-year-old stone tablet found in Bulgaria bears carvings that might turn out to be one of the world’s oldest inscriptions.
"These signs are unique and apparently bear a meaning. This could be the prototype of a script" - Nikolai Ovcharov, Bulgarian archaeologist.
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Title: ExploreNEOs. III. Physical Characterisation of 65 Potential Spacecraft Target Asteroids Authors: Mueller, Michael; Delbo', M.; Hora, J. L.; Trilling, D. E.; Bhattacharya, B.; Bottke, W. F.; Chesley, S.; Emery, J. P.; Fazio, G.; Harris, A. W.; Mainzer, A.; Mommert, M.; Penprase, B.; Smi...
Climbers descend into the empty chamber of Iceland's Thrihnukagigur (aka. þrihnukahellir or Svartholid - The black hole) volcano. Read more Ed ~ þríhnúkagíg...
The Rose-red Glow of Star FormationCredit ESO The vivid red cloud in this new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope is a region of glowing hydrogen surrounding the star cluster NGC 371. This stellar nursery lies in our neighbouring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud. The object dominating this ima...
Orbital elements:
2011 FR17 Earth MOID = 0.2041 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 326.39722 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.44183501 Peri. 37.72344 -0.86340750 +0.50431061
a 1.7072455 Node 172.52206 -0.48520768 -0.82240881
e 0.2994254 Incl. 6.21161 -0.13820633 -0.26327659
P 2.23 H 23.6 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 FQ17 Earth MOID = 0.0267 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 349.53337 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.37374609 Peri. 155.14529 -0.95695636 -0.28743003
a 1.9087612 Node 8.45488 +0.19873636 -0.74997017
e 0.4778414 Incl. 15.87984 +0.21151451 -0.59575895
P 2.64 H 24.0 G 0...
Stargazers search for asteroids Brookhaven College students in the astronomy division officially recorded evidence of at least one unidentified object during their autumn asteroid search initiative. The asteroid search was part of the International Astronomical Search Collaboration, als...
Orbital elements: 2010 GH30 Earth MOID = 0.2940 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 22.39185 (2000.0) P Q n 0.43973214 Peri. 61.20080 -0.47222318 +0.88147182 a 1.7126840 Node 180.65303 -0.87766330 -0.47055088 e 0.2990097 Incl. 18.21669 -0.08192923 -0.03986604 P 2.24 H 20.7 G 0.15 U 8 [...
Title: Coordinates and 2MASS and OGLE identifications for all stars in Arp's 1965 finding chart for Baade's Window Authors: Ross P. Church, Jennifer A. Johnson, Sofia Feltzing Aims: We seek to provide 2MASS and OGLE identifications and coordinates for all stars in the finding chart published...