* Astronomy

The 350 - 780 metre wide asteroid 2008 OS9 will make a close pass (73.6 lunar distances, 0.1890 AU), travelling at 16.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd August, 2010 @ 13:46 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...

Maxima of the long period variable S Tauri on the 23rd August, 2010. Magnitude: 10.2-15.3 Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 04 29 11.74, Dec +09 56 43.4

Orbital elements: 2010 QN1 Earth MOID = 0.2263 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 265.08630 (2000.0) P Q n 0.80751302 Peri. 318.14502 -0.18484602 -0.93582430 a 1.1420971 Node 139.65025 +0.97888263 -0.20244614 e 0.4486456 Incl. 27.61460 +0.08729693 +0.28852806 P 1.22 H 20.2 G 0.15 U 8...

Millionaire businessman Bill Cullen's dreams of becoming Ireland's first space tourist may be at an end because he is not a US citizen. The Apprentice star was one of two Irish people who paid Euro 200,000 to become part of Virgin boss Richard Branson's dream of space tourism. [url=http://www.inde...

IAU Symposium 273: Physics of Sun and Star Spots Ventura, California 22-26 August 2010 IAU Symposium 273: Physics of Sun and Star Spots is being held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ventura, California, USA from 22-26 August 2010. Ventura is approximately one hour drive time north of Los Angeles and th...

The 920 - 2100 metre wide asteroid 2000 JH5 will make a close pass (47.0 lunar distances, 0.1208 AU), travelling at 2.65 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th December, 2010 @ 20:36 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (LD),...

Orbital elements: C/2010 L4 (WISE) T 2010 Jan. 24.066 TT MPC q 2.66207 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 85.253 +0.118748 +0.607679 Node 126.567 -0.212232 -0.757040 e 1.0 Incl. 102.120 +0.969978 -0.240035 From 33 observations 2010 June 15-18. [url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10M20.html...

Maxima of the long period variable U Cassiopeia (HD 4350) on the 21st August, 2010. Magnitude: 8.4-14.8 Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 00 46 21.371, Dec +48 14 38.72

Snapshot of Activity Inside NASA's First GRIP Flight Scientists, graduate students and NASA flight crew came together and took part in the first flight of the DC-8 aircraft in NASA's Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment on Tuesday, August 17, as it flew into the remnants...

Orbital elements: 2007 RU12 Earth MOID = 0.2746 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 285.67828 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28427820 Peri. 334.59733 +0.85474992 -0.50899386 a 2.2907288 Node 56.37452 +0.49460694 +0.73938288 e 0.4490454 Incl. 7.01028 +0.15737392 +0.44072464 P 3.47 H 20.0 G 0.15 U 1 [...

An area of seabed with a rocky reef gouged by icebergs at the end of the last ice age is to be given Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) status. Wyville Thomson Ridge 180km north of Lewis has "plough marks" thought to have been left by massive blocks of ice. North-west Rockall Bank about 330k...

Orbital elements: 2005 WC1 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0148 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 253.52003 (2000.0) P Q n 0.59462598 Peri. 256.60145 -0.89115491 -0.29974501 a 1.4005764 Node 265.11908 +0.41546393 -0.84076652 e 0.4865966 Incl. 19.98787 -0.18229822 -0.45084874 P 1.66 H 20.7 G 0....

Orbital elements: 2010 PY75 Earth MOID = 0.2433 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 340.89664 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23926011 Peri. 135.97323 +0.59311749 -0.62077022 a 2.5697400 Node 270.28484 +0.52065928 +0.78145785 e 0.7661335 Incl. 30.84392 +0.61410550 -0.06299179 P 4.12 H 18.4 G 0.15 U...

The 320 - 700 metre wide asteroid 2005 GC120 will make a close pass (16.9 lunar distances, 0.0434 AU), travelling at 19.03 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st December, 2010 @ 05:18 UT. See more The Lunar Dista...