Orbital elements: 2011 DV10 Earth MOID = 0.0577 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 7.04427 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21553668 Peri. 293.07701 -0.05513323 -0.99731123 a 2.7550020 Node 159.90358 +0.95979415 -0.06626323 e 0.6764531 Incl. 8.07690 +0.27523719 +0.03129689 P 4.57 H 24.9 G 0.15 U 9MPE...
The Bucknell Observatory will host Family Night on Saturday, March 5, from 7 to 10 p.m. Family Night will feature views of star clusters, galaxies and the great nebula of Orion with the Observatory's telescopes, including the recently restored, 124-year-old Clark refractor. [url=http://www.b...
New 'Thermometer' Helps Scientists Accurately Measure Rock Formation A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have used magnesium isotopes to determine the temperature at which rocks form, which will allow scientists to better study the formation of the earth's crust and mantle...
Ukiahan receives award for volunteer service Most everyone thinks of Martin Bradley as co-founder of Ploughshares Peace and Justice Centre. But like everyone, Bradley's interests are multi-faceted, and last week he was recognised by the California Park and Recreation Society for 30 years of se...
New Sutherland telescope under construction A new telescope specially geared to help learners is under construction at Sutherland in the Northern Cape. The South African Astronomy Observatory says 40% of the telescope's time will be devoted to helping learners in the Southern Hemisphere - via t...
Astronomy club restores antique telescope An 1847 Merz and Mahler telescope will be available for public viewing on clear Thursday evenings. The observatory is located on Columbia Audubon Society property off of O'Rear Road near Hallsville. The 12-foot telescope first peered at the stars the ye...
Scientists to investigate five major submarine volcanoes A New Zealand-led group of international scientists will spend the next three weeks on NIWAs research ship Tangaroa, using a free-diving robotic vehicle to investigate mineral deposits and hydrothermal activity at five major submarin...
Title: First results from the MIT Optical Rapid Imaging System (MORIS) on the IRTF: a stellar occultation by Pluto and a transit by exoplanet XO-2b Authors: A. A. S. Gulbis, S.J. Bus, J. L. Elliot, J. T. Rayner, W.E. Stahlberger, F. E. Rojas, E. R. Adams, M.J. Person, R. Chung, A. T. Tokunaga, C.A. Zulu...
A soft muddy island appeared a few kilometres offshore in Hingol on the Makran coast, Balochistan on November 16, 2010. The Director General, Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) dispatched a team of earth scientists to investigate the sudden appearance of this white mud dome, about three kilomet...
Measurement of the polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) has the potential to provide one of the few quantitative observable consequences of the inflationary epoch. A community-wide study of the theory, analysis, instrumentation and technology is being supported by a NASA Mis...
Telescope Flashlight is a handy red astronomy flashlight for the amateur astronomer and telescope user for Android. As every amateur astronomer knows, red light preserves dark-adapted night vision better than white light. To help you read star charts, operate your telescope and simply walking...
Professional 7x50 Outdoor Binoculars * Magnification: 7x * Objective diameter: 50mm * Smooth Easy-Focussing and Porro Prism Lens for bright, high-contrast images with an entire range of viewing objects. * It comes with ruby coated objective lens which protect the user's eyes from UV transmissi...
The 150 - 350 metre wide asteroid 2006 KV89 will make a close pass (63.8 lunar distances, 0.1639 AU), travelling at 6.67 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th February, 2011 @ 01:19 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
