Legio Nona Hispana (Ninth Spanish Legion) was a Roman legion alleged to have disappeared in Britain in about AD 117. The legion was raised, along with the 6th, 7th and 8th, by Pompey in Hispania in 65 BC. Caesar first commanded them as Governor of Further Spain in 61 BC. He brought them over to Gaul aroun...
Title: DARWIN - A Mission to Detect, and Search for Life on, Extrasolar Planets Authors: C. S. ****ell, A. Leger, M. Fridlund, T. Herbst, L. Kaltenegger, O. Absil, C. Beichman, W. Benz, M. Blanc, A. Brack, A. Chelli, L. Colangeli, H. Cottin, V. Coude du Foresto, W. Danchi, D. Defrere, J.-W. den Herder...
UCSD to build telescope in Chilean desert UC San Diego says it is close to getting final permision from Chile to place a telescope in the Atacama Desert that would help scientists study the origins and evolution of the universe. The Polarbear telescope will be used to search for gravational waves tha...
Scientists ask for help to decipher symbols in rock drawings Scientists who have discovered new rock drawings in Ras al Khaimah called yesterday on the emirate and the federal Government to bring in more archaeologists to help them to understand what the mysterious symbols mean. About 100 of the re...
A Scope for Skywalker On Jan. 5, 1978, 'Jedi' Dan Joyce started to build a very special telescope. In the amateur telescope making shop, Joyce was teaching others how to craft their own telescopes while beginning to build his own recreational project. Nobody knew who this 10" f/4.8 Newtonian w...
Orbital elements: 2011 ER74 Earth MOID = 0.0381 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 164.08558 (2000.0) P Q n 1.28311758 Peri. 165.05356 +0.90369438 +0.42635853 a 0.8387356 Node 169.44661 -0.41161615 +0.89041309 e 0.2492391 Incl. 12.43293 -0.11793481 +0.15932023 P 0.77 H 24.2 G 0.15 U 8...
Orbital elements: 2011 ES74 Earth MOID = 0.0259 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 336.26530 (2000.0) P Q n 0.31475674 Peri. 60.82186 -0.73000023 +0.68322853 a 2.1403560 Node 162.25585 -0.64509031 -0.68046210 e 0.5602382 Incl. 3.24945 -0.22573911 -0.26489639 P 3.13 H 24.7 G 0.15 U 9 MP...
Orbital elements: 2011 EB74 Earth MOID = 0.0008 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 215.90268 (2000.0) P Q n 1.09580899 Peri. 301.41301 +0.46165659 +0.88697144 a 0.9317788 Node 356.01908 -0.74081867 +0.37779414 e 0.1736918 Incl. 10.32571 -0.48791484 +0.26561861 P 0.90 H 26.9 G 0.15 U 8...
Orbital elements: 2011 ET74 Earth MOID = 0.0031 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 21.69681 (2000.0) P Q n 0.79849184 Peri. 304.55142 -0.20330330 -0.97891021 a 1.1506831 Node 157.15377 +0.91440230 -0.19715263 e 0.2121829 Incl. 2.96220 +0.35005172 -0.05353169 P 1.23 H 27.0 G 0.15 U 9 MP...
Mount Agung or Gunung Agung is a mountain in Bali, Indonesia. This stratovolcano is the highest point on the island. It dominates the surrounding area influencing the climate. On February 18, 1963, local residents heard loud explosions and saw clouds rising from the crater of Mount Agung. On Febru...
Tropical cyclones typically don't form in the Southern Atlantic because the waters are usually too cool. However, forecasters at the Naval Research Laboratory noted that a low pressure system off the coast of Brazil appeared to have tropical storm-force winds yesterday. On Wednesday, March 10 a...
Title: Five New and Three Improved Mutual Orbits of Transneptunian Binaries Authors: W.M. Grundy, K.S. Noll, F. Nimmo, H.G. Roe, M.W. Buie, S.B. Porter, S.D. Benecchi, D.C. Stephens, H.F. Levison, J.A. Stansberry We present three improved and five new mutual orbits of transneptunian binary sys...
How strong is the weak force? New measurement of the muon lifetime - the most precise determination of any lifetime - provides a high-accuracy value for a crucial parameter determining the strength of weak nuclear force. The experiments were performed by an international research team at the acce...
