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Quella meteorite caduta il 17 luglio 1840 Mercoledì nel cortile del municipio di Cereseto il momento più atteso della serata è stato quello della presentazione della meteorite caduta il 17 luglio 1840 nel territorio comunale. Organizzata dal Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, in col...

Kimberlite is a type of potassic volcanic rock best known for sometimes containing diamonds. It is named after the town of Kimberley in South Africa, where the discovery of an 83.5-carat (16.7 g) diamond in 1871 spawned a diamond rush, eventually creating the Big Hole. [url=http://en.wikipedia....

Title: The unusual X-ray emission of the short Swift GRB 090515: Evidence for the formation of a magnetar? Authors: A. Rowlinson, P.T. O'Brien, N.R. Tanvir, B. Zhang, P.A. Evans, N. Lyons, A.J. Levan, R. Willingale, K.L. Page, O. Onal, D.N. Burrows, A.P. Beardmore, T.N. Ukwatta, E. Berger, J. Hjor...

To reach the bottom of the world, Zhu Zhenxi first had to run and climb his way to the top. Next weekend Sydney astronomers will wave goodbye to a robot-controlled observatory destined for one of the calmest and coldest places on earth: a desolate Antarctic plateau 4100 metres above sea level. Built...

A viewing telescope made possible by a $4,000 grant from the Meridian Te Apiti Community Fund has been installed in Woodville's Vogel St. The coin-operated telescope will be available for locals and visitors alike, and money raised from its use will be contributed towards community projects and i...

Maxima of long period variable S Ceti on the 15th July, 2010. Magnitude: 8.2-14.2 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 00 24 03.532, Dec 00 24 03.532

A blob of the Earth's gooey insides linked to volcanic eruptions has been detected below southern Africa. The newly discovered blob is known to geologists as a mid-mantle plume. Mantle plumes are columns of hot, gushy gunk that flow toward the Earth's surface and are a known contributor to volcanic...

Public lecture by Andrew Chaikin and "Communicating Science through Art" by Jose Francisco Salgado, PhD. Start: 2010-07-21, 19:30 NASA Ames Research Centre, Mountain View, CA Read more

An important seismic event imperceptible to humans has begun in the Pacific Northwest as predicted, according to the government agency Geological Survey of Canada. The event is called episodic tremor and slip (ETS). It involves a slow movement of the Juan de Fuca and North America tectonic pl...

Asteroid (3838) Epona (1986 WA) Minimum distance: 0.1973 AU Date of closest approach: 2010-11-07 07:11:00 UT Date of maximum brightness: 2010-11-08 19:00:00 UT Maximum brightness at closest approach: 14.5 V. Maximum angular velocity: 12.59"/min maximum date and time the angular veloci...

Orbital elements: 2004 RR109 Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 26.15122 (2000.0) P Q n 0.16612070 Peri. 267.79296 -0.12562558 +0.98592603 a 3.2773303 Node 351.90363 -0.24802667 -0.13887153 e 0.5526623 Incl. 51.55731 -0.96057326 -0.09308367 P 5.93 H 17.5 G 0.15 U 3 [url=http://www.m...

Orbital elements: C/2010 J2 (McNaught) T 2010 Apr. 6.273 TT MPC q 3.42754 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 351.698 +0.723010 -0.314366 Node 312.070 -0.576653 -0.764988 e 1.0 Incl. 124.034 -0.380430 +0.562109 From 27 observations 2010 May 8-9.[url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10J59.htm...

Orbital elements: C/2010 J1 (Boattini) T 2010 Jan. 31.598 TT MPC q 1.60295 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 327.002 +0.123216 -0.700108 Node 253.863 -0.675147 -0.578568 e 1.0 Incl. 132.931 -0.727320 +0.418459 From 89 observations 2010 May 6-7.[url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10J32.ht...

In Greek mythology, the Anemoi ("winds") were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction, from which their respective winds came, and were each associated with various seasons and weather conditions. Of the four chief Anemoi, Boreas was the north wind and bringer of cold w...