Asteroid 2003 YG118 (2011 February, H = 17.0) The lightcurve parameters for this NEA are unknown. The estimated size is 1.1 km. DATE RA(2000) DC(2000) E.D. S.D. Mag a 02/01 12 39.05 +11 36.5 0.294 1.182 16.45 42.5 02/06 13 12.57 +07 31.7 0.246 1.135 16.13 47.6 02/11...
(137924) 2000 BD19 (2011 January, H = 19.6) There are no known lightcurve parameters for this asteroid. The estimated diameter is 0.9 km. DATE RA(2000) DC(2000) E.D. S.D. Mag a 01/20 14 01.08 +07 13.0 0.397 1.085 17.67 64.9 01/22 14 16.63 +06 09.2 0.363 1.059 17.53 ...
An international team of astronomers has discovered that the naked-eye star, tau Scorpii, unexpectedly hosts a complex network of magnetic field lines over its surface.
Our Sun has its explosive flares and spots and high speed wind, but it is a placid star compared to some. Stars that are much m...
Title: Lucky Imaging Adaptive Optics of the brown dwarf binary GJ569Bab Authors: Autors: B. Femenía (1 and 2), R. Rebolo (1 and 3), J. A. Pérez-Prieto (1), S. R. Hildebrandt (1 and 4), L. Labadie (1 and 2), A. Pérez-Garrido (5), V. J. S. Béjar (1 and 2), A. Díaz-Sánchez (5), I. Villó (5), A. Oscoz (1), R. L...
The druids revered mistletoe (and the oak tree) and used it to announce the new year. Because of its pagan associations it is not used by Christians to decorate churches. It is also associated with fertility and conception, which is one reason it is used for kissing under. There is a strict etiquette i...
Much like the story of the shepherds and wise men during the first Christmas, people around the world had their attention turned toward the heavens on Dec. 24, 1968, when the Apollo 8 crew delivered its famous Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit.
They were also the first astronau...
Astronomy binoculars ideal for comets, start clusters, and distant scenery 9x magnification, 305-foot field of view at 1000 yards Fully coated optics and BAK-4 prisms Durable rubber-coated body Includes soft case and necks strap; 1-year warr...
Title: Solar-like oscillations in the G2 subgiant beta Hydri from dual-site observations
Authors: Timothy R. Bedding, Hans Kjeldsen, Torben Arentoft, Francois Bouchy, Jacob Brandbyge, Brendon J. Brewer, R. Paul Butler, Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Thomas Dall, Soere...
The 230 - 510 metre wide asteroid 2010 WZ8 will make a close pass (44.8 lunar distances, 0.1152 AU), travelling at 10.81 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th December, 2010 @ 06:27 UT ±5 minute. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
AstroFly is a software project, which is intended for educational use; thus, if you are interested in astrophysics, it may help you to expand your knowledge about our Universe. Its main purpose is to present the three-dimensional models of our neighbourhood in our own Milky Way Galaxy on a personal...
A piece of Soyuz rocket body that was launched on the 15th December, 2010, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, for the Soyuz TMA-20 mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 19th December, 2010 @ 07:42 GMT ±13 hours. TLE Data pre>OBJECT B 1 37255U 10067B 10350.4291563...
Top research astronomer and magician Professor John Brown visited Slindon College to give pupils a fascinating overview of the latest research with a few entertaining magic tricks thrown in. Professor Brown is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland and holds professorships at Glasgow and Edinburgh...
Orbital elements: 2010 YB PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0451 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 35.17048 (2000.0) P Q n 0.41539840 Peri. 94.14664 +0.65460405 -0.75473698 a 1.7789326 Node 314.86407 +0.66716837 +0.60363270 e 0.4813906 Incl. 3.49375 +0.35549951 +0.25690398 P 2.37 H 20.6 G 0.15 U 8 M...
Raindrops reveal how a wave of mountains moved south across the country Analysing the isotope ratios of ancient raindrops preserved in soils and lake sediments, Stanford researchers have shown that a wave of mountain building began in British Columbia, Canada, about 49 million years ago and roll...
Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, December 8, 2010, as secondary payloads on a Space Exploration (SpaceX) Technologies, Inc., Falcon 9 launch vehicle, two NRL Naval Centre for Space Technology designed and built nano-satellites have been deployed to evaluate nano-satellites as...
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