Exploring the Cosmos: A National Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics and Astroparticle PhysicsJanuary 27-28, 2011Venue: North Bengal University, Siliguri, West Bengal The aim of the conference is to discuss theoretical and experimental issues connected to astrophysics and astropart...
Orbital elements: 2011 BV10 Earth MOID = 0.0717 AU Epoch 2011 Jan. 19.0 TT = JDT 2455580.5 MPC M 347.01045 (2000.0) P Q n 0.44857787 Peri. 193.27817 -0.85154895 -0.52097874 a 1.6900938 Node 315.16386 +0.48829889 -0.74736845 e 0.3744871 Incl. 4.77546 +0.19086274 -0.41233670 P 2.20 H 24.5 G 0.15 Fr...
Asteroid (239611) Likwohting = 2008 UC212 A newly recognised asteroid has been officially named after Li Kwoh-ting, who was known as the father of Taiwan's industrial revolution and economic miracle, National Central University (NCU) announced in Taipei Wednesday. The International Astrono...
Première image 3D de l'environnement proche d'une étoile supergéante chaude Comment expliquer que l'étoile supergéante chaude en fin de vie HD 62623 soit entourée d'un disque généralement associé à des étoiles en formation ? Une équipe internationale, menée par Florentin Millour du laboratoi...
Title: Discovery of a ~23 Mjup Brown Dwarf Orbiting ~700 AU from the Massive Star HIP 78530 in Upper ScorpiusAuthors: David Lafrenière, Ray Jayawardhana, Markus Janson, Christiane Helling, Soeren Witte, Peter Hauschildt We present the discovery of a substellar companion on a wide orbit around t...
Twenty-five years ago, NASA's Voyager 2 zipped past the planet Uranus on its way to Neptune. It was the first spacecraft ever to grab a close-up look at this bizarre world. Voyager 2 made its closest approach on Jan. 24, 1986, and since then we've only been able to gaze on the "ice giant" from...
Irvine women's conference to host first female space tourist Coastline Community College hosts its first Iranian-American Women's Leadership Conference, which will feature Anousheh Ansari as the guest lecturer. The conference starts at 8:30 a.m. 29th Jauary, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Irvin...
Title: WASP-40b: independent discovery of the 0.6-Mjup transiting exoplanet HAT-P-27b Authors: D.R. Anderson, S.C.C. Barros, I. Boisse, F. Bouchy, A. Collier-Cameron, F. Faedi, G. Hebrard, C. Hellier, M. Lendl, C. Moutou, D. Pollacco, A. Santerne, B. Smalley, A.M.S. Smith, I. Todd, A.H.M.J....
Inventories of living and dead organisms could serve as a relatively fast, simple and inexpensive preliminary means of assessing human impact on ecosystems. The University of Chicagos Susan Kidwell explains how measuring the degree of live-dead mismatch could be used as an ecological tool in th...
A clearer picture of how rivers and deltas develop By adding information about the subsoil to an existing sedimentation and erosion model, researchers at TU Delft have obtained a clearer picture of how rivers and deltas develop over time. A better understanding of the interaction between the subs...
4th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group The 4th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group will be held at the Westin Washington National Harbor Hotel from January 24-26, 2011. Attendees will convene in the Potomac Conference Room, located on the lobby level of the hotel on Tu...
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (25 January 1736 - 10 April 1813), born Giuseppe Lodovico (Luigi) Lagrangia, was a mathematician and astronomer, who was born in Turin, Piedmont, lived part of his life in Prussia and part in France, making significant contributions to all fields of analysis, to number theo...
