Orbital Elements at Epoch 2455400.5 (2010-Jul-23.0) TDBReference: MPO160659(heliocentric ecliptic J2000) ElementValueUncertainty (1-sigma) Units e0.0596033n/aa2.7380757n/aAUq2.5748774n/aAUi2.37651n/adegnode310.91084n/adegperi275.17560n/adegM234.95433n/adegtp24559...
The IAU Symposium 272 will concentrate on physical processes related to active OB stars. These massive stars display strong variability on various time scales due to such phenomena as mass outflows, rapid rotation, pulsations, magnetism, binarity, radiative instabilities, and the influence...
The X-15 Research Airplane reached an altitude of 106,010 metres on the 19th July, 1963. This was the first X-15 flight over 100 km (a height known as the Karman line), which made the pilot Joe Walker the first US civilian in space. Maximum Speed - 5,971 km/h. Maximum Altitude - 106,010 m. Read more + X-1...
Board Wants to Sell Satellite Division The Swedish Space Corporation may sell off the department that builds satellites despite there being an ongoing mission which could be highly profitable for the Swedish space industry. SVT reports that the reason given is that the satellite industry is not c...
Engineering students from Bangalore and Hyderabad who teamed up to develop STUDsat will see the pico-sized satellite in orbit on May 10. STUDSAT is a PICO Satellite weighing less than 1 Kg with a volume of 1.1 litres and is designed to operate in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at an altitude of 680 Km. The paylo...
The Kármán line lies at an altitude of 100 km (approx. 62 miles) above the Earth's sea level, and is commonly used to define the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space. This definition is accepted by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which is an international sta...
Orbital elements: 2010 NB2 Earth MOID = 0.0966 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 22.80493 (2000.0) P Q n 0.34104102 Peri. 291.91342 -0.89398164 -0.16022200 a 2.0289202 Node 241.16530 +0.23698375 -0.96165181 e 0.7550571 Incl. 28.53589 -0.38030978 -0.22260887 P 2.89 H 20.3 G 0.15 U 9 [...
Craters of the Moon National Monument is located in central Idaho, near the town of Arco. It is a protected area and was once the site of a volcanic eruption. It was because of sheer curiosity that craters of the moon became known. Federal geologists explored the place in 1901 and again in 1923. Also in t...
Glentress Meteorite stone Star Trek fans will be lured to the Borders after a mysterious monument in a mountain bike haven was revealed to contain a message from the Final Frontier. Thousands of visitors have been baffled by a bizarre and incomprehensible inscription on the sculpture unveiled at G...
If you look back on history, you get the sense that scientific discoveries used to be easy. Galileo rolled objects down slopes. Robert Hooke played with a spring to learn about elasticity; Isaac Newton poked around his own eye with a darning needle to understand colour perception. It took creativit...
The magnitude 17.4 asteroid (1334) Lundmarka will occult the magnitude 6.7 star HD 23841, in the constellation Taurus, at 04:15 UT, 18th July, 2010. The 1 second event is visible from Europe. Position(2000): RA 03 48 30.7675, Dec +09 38 45.413
Today is the 45th anniversary of the first Russian 2-stage Proton rocket launch. The Proton rocket has become one of the most successful and reliable rockets in the commercial space industry. Read more
