Portland State University drop tower defies gravity Mark Weislogel, a mechanical engineering professor, describes Portland State University's new drop tower to physics students from Tualatin High School. The tower, one of three in the nation, is used to create nearly weightless conditions fo...
Orbital elements: 2010 LS108 Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 335.51798 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21852430 Peri. 36.95836 +0.24946958 +0.73856937 a 2.7298339 Node 255.83536 -0.96837645 +0.19257764 e 0.5025949 Incl. 40.23786 +0.00346248 +0.64608756 P 4.51 H 16.4 G 0.15 U 9 [url=http://www.m...
A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 20:34:10 (UTC) on Friday, February 3, 2006, in the Andaman Islands, at a depth of 10 km .
Location 11.904°N, 92.374°E
Astronomers Witness a Star Being Born Astronomers have glimpsed what could be the youngest known star at the very moment it is being born. Not yet fully developed into a true star, the object is in the earliest stages of star formation and has just begun pulling in matter from a surrounding envelope of...
Princeton scientists win Shaw Prize for helping map the universe Two Princeton University scientists have been recognized with a major international prize for their central role in a satellite experiment that has contributed to breakthroughs in better understanding the shape, makeup and age o...
Title: The edge of the young Galactic disc Authors: Giovanni Carraro (ESO-Chile), Ruben A. Vazquez (Universidad de La Plata), Edgardo Costa (Universidad de Chile) . Gabriel Perren (Universidad de Rosario), Andre' Mointinho (Universidad de Lisboa) In this work we report and discuss the detecti...
A Russian Soyuz rocket is scheduled to launch the Progress M-67/34P supply ship to the International Space Station, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 10:56 GMT, 24th July, 2009.
Orbital elements: 2010 MQ Earth MOID = 0.3566 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 344.98404 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49301153 Peri. 164.30527 +0.82356015 -0.44858188 a 1.5869552 Node 227.81642 +0.45685253 +0.88732485 e 0.7568976 Incl. 27.93759 +0.33620594 -0.10690602 P 2.00 H 19.9 G 0.15 U 9 [...
Newberry perfect for observatory The Alachua Astronomy Club is shooting for the stars with its new project, but the club may have to wait for a later launch date. Bob Lightner, secretary of the club, announced plans for an observing site to be built at the Newberry Sports Complex. The plans, which cal...
Starfest 2010 - Astronomy: The Next Generation The North York Astronomical Association invites you to attend its annual astronomy conference and star party. August 12-15, 2010 River Park Place, RR 3, Ayton, Ontario, Canada Starfest is Canada's largest annual observing conference and star part...
Title: Transits and Occultations Authors: Joshua N. Winn When we are fortunate enough to view an exoplanetary system nearly edge-on, the star and planet periodically eclipse each other. Observations of eclipses (transits and occultations) provide a bonanza of information that cannot be obtai...
Orbital elements: 2010 CJ171 Earth MOID = 0.1147 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 18.43740 (2000.0) P Q n 0.34922765 Peri. 99.61074 -0.38602822 +0.91989320 a 1.9970869 Node 147.40862 -0.88869839 -0.35074763 e 0.4891191 Incl. 7.37353 -0.24738104 -0.17542120 P 2.82 H 21.0 G 0.15 U 6 [...
Orion EON 80mm f/6.25 ED Apo Refractor Telescope Fast f/6.25 optics and all-machined, premium mechanics make for an awesome imaging telescope.80mm doublet lens crafted with FPL-53 "ED" glass to virtually eliminate chromatic aberration.Machined aluminum 2" Crayford focuse...
The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2007 DS7 will make a close pass (37.2_lunar distances, 0.0956_AU), travelling at 9.81_km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th August, 2010 @ 03:45 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (L...
STS-7 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Challenger, launched 18 June 1983. This was the seventh space shuttle mission, and was the second mission for the Space Shuttle Challenger. It was also the first American mission to have a female astronaut. Read more STS-7 launch &...
1 2
)
(Preview)
