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Orbital elements: 2010 PO58 Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 16.27604 (2000.0) P Q n 0.03779705 Peri. 28.13861 +0.91490850 -0.33609602 a 8.7935480 Node 15.14236 -0.16523770 -0.81714615 e 0.6591921 Incl. 121.14510 +0.36829191 +0.46830720 P 26.08 H 14.5 G 0.15 U 8 [url=http://www.mi...

Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2010 07 18 04 58.01 +37 11.5 2.584 1.921 40.1 19.9 18.4 2010 07 23 05 13.39 +37 23.8 2.560 1.922 41.6 20.5 18.4 2010 07 28 05 28.67 +37 29.8 2.536 1.924 43.1 21.1 18.4 2010 08 02 05 43.80 +37 29.9 2.512 1.926 44.6 21.7 18.3

By putting their home computers to work when they would otherwise be idle, three "citizen scientists" have discovered a rare astronomical object. The unusual find is called a "disrupted binary pulsar"; these pulsars can be created when a massive star collapses. The discov...

The man who says he found a meteorite on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River was disappointed by researchers at the University of Alberta. Read more

The Astronomy and Nature Centre's expert reveals the true reason behind some mysterious lights in Cambridgeshire's night skies. Featured on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on Monday 9th August 2010

Orbital elements: 2010 NW117 Earth MOID = 0.1130 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 325.43491 (2000.0) P Q n 0.27279698 Peri. 148.43456 +0.75022650 -0.65874050 a 2.3545596 Node 252.87887 +0.59358486 +0.70885090 e 0.5332217 Incl. 3.40463 +0.29123394 +0.25217328 P 3.61 H 18.3 G 0.15 U...

CSTAR chooses frame transfer CCD cameras Four Andor frame transfer CCD cameras are helping Chinese astronomers scan the night sky above the South Pole for faint, transient sources of light, such as supernovae and minor planets. Each of the DV435 1 x 1k cameras records the light captured by four sepa...

Maxima of the long period variable RY Ophiuchus (HD 167766) on the 13th August, 2010. Magnitude: 8.2-13.2 Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 18 16 36.9363, Dec +03 41 35.346

Maxima of the long period variable Z Cygni (HD 190163) on the 13th August, 2010. Magnitude: 8.7-13.3 Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 20 01 27.50, Dec +50 02 32.5

The 190 - 420 metre wide asteroid 2002 AC9 will make a close pass (19.0 lunar distances, 0.0488 AU), travelling at 13.66 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th August, 2010 @ 08:00 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (L...

Possible meteor strike in Kelowna A meteor shower has made its mark on a Kelowna construction site. The earth is currently going through a comet, causing the Perseid meteor shower to come down on us. Daniel Vizzutti says he arrived at work earlier this week to find a hole had burned right through a seem...

Prisma is a Swedish satellite project designed to develop and qualify new technology which is necessary for future research projects. Many of these projects include formation flight and rendezvous, i.e. multiple spacecraft can communicate and interact with each other with high precision with...

An Ohio man says he was standing in his yard when he was struck by a falling object from the sky. Pat Foraker, of Quaker City, believes the small rock was a meteorite. Read more

A strong magnitude 6.1earthquake occurred at 21:47:27 (UTC) on Friday, December 23, 2005, in Ecuador, 130 km East of Ambato, and at a depth of 192.2 km. Location 1.427°S, 77.480°W

A strong magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred at 21:53:09 (UTC) on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, in the Haiti region, 9 km SSW from Carrefour, at a Depth of 10 km Location 18.451°N, 72.445°W