Submarine volcano erupts south of Sarigan Gov. Benigno R. Fitial has declared a state of disaster emergency in the CNMI following the eruption of an active submarine volcano south of Sarigan Friday noon. Fitial declared the island of Sarigan as unsafe for human habitation and restricted all trave...
Asteroid (1777) Gehrels makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.654 AU) on the 1st June, 2010. Asteroid (1777) Gehrels (4007 P-L) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. [ur...
Advanced solar facility opens in Melbourne The Victoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility (VSASF) will officially be launched today in Melbourne, with the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change, and Innovation, Gavin Jennings MLC, on hand to commemorate the event. The facility...
Meteorite found along Oregon road estimated at 4.5 billion years old An extremely rare and pristine meteorite was found on the side of the road in Eastern Oregon and experts say it's 4.5 billion years old. Don Wesson found the rock 11 years ago in rural Morrow County and he is just learning about its rar...
The Anna Science Centre-Planetarium in Tiruchi has been abuzz with a series of activities for the past few weeks. A large number of students from different parts of the State have been visiting it this summer. Come summer, the Anna Science Centre-Planetarium organises special programmes targete...
Among the most famous astronomers in ancient China, Zhang Heng of the East Han dynasty was considered the most brilliant. Zhang Heng, alias Pingzhi, was born in A.D. 78, in Shiqiao Town, Xie County, Nanyang Shire (about 16 miles north of the current Nanyang City) in Henan Province. At the age of 16, he...
Train like an astronaut ESA and its partners are launching a new kind of fitness initiative using the example of space explorers to promote exercise and healthy nutrition to young people worldwide. 'Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut' is boarding now in eight countries. [url=http://www.esa.int...
If a rock that falls from space is a meteorite, then one that's misidentified is a meteorwrong. And I am sure thats what we have in Texas. A land owner there claims to have found a long ditch with a large teardrop-shaped rock at one end. It looks just like a scene from Superman, when Kal-el's ship crashed i...
Orbital elements: 2010 GA34 Earth MOID = 0.0312 AU Epoch 2010 Mar. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455280.5 XXXXXXXXXX M 337.86837 (2000.0) P Q n 0.47489634 Peri. 146.00352 -0.66235083 +0.74474828 a 1.6270597 Node 82.37340 -0.70436381 -0.58195917 e 0.3731180 Incl. 4.71630 -0.25527045 -0.32660914 P 2.08 H 22.2 G...
Title: Outburst characteristics of the dwarf nova SDSS J073208.11+413008.7 Authors: Jeremy Shears, Robert Koff, Richard Sabo, Bart Staels, William Stein, Patrick Wils We report unfiltered photometry during the first confirmed superoutburst of the recently discovered dwarf nova, SDSS J073...
The 560 - 1300 metre wide asteroid 2004 FU4 will make a close pass (59.0 lunar distances, 0.1516 AU), travelling at 15.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th October, 2010 @ 15:03 UT. See more The Lunar Distance...
When Charlie Sawyer was 9 years old, his family moved from Brewer to Pembroke. Arriving at his new home after dark, Sawyer stepped out of the family car and was astounded at the number of stars he could see in the night sky. That single glimpse ignited a passion in Sawyer, who now operates the Pembroke Ob...
Title: HAT-P-15b: A 10.9-day Extrasolar Planet Transiting a Solar-type Star Authors: G. Kovács (1), G. Á.Bakos (2,3), J. D. Hartman (2), G. Torres (2), R. W. Noyes (2), D. W. Latham (2), A. W. Howard (4), D. A. Fischer (5), J. A. Johnson (6), G. W. Marcy (4), H. Isaacson (4), D. D. Sasselov (2), R. P. Stef...
Orbital elements: 2010 KU10 Earth MOID = 0.2023 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 335.63671 (2000.0) P Q n 0.47038590 Peri. 103.31246 +0.61996020 +0.61651461 a 1.6374442 Node 222.03799 -0.59594794 +0.77234488 e 0.4242309 Incl. 46.45239 +0.51038751 +0.15294813 P 2.10 H 19.5 G 0.15 U...
The European Space Agency (ESA), established on May 31, 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states. Read more
