This simple two line ELSET code can be used to describe the orbit of a satellite. Example: ISS 1 25544U 98067A 08073.77889163 .00028385 00000-0 17915-3 1070 2 25544 051.6371 148.2068 0001310 244.5695 215.1945 15.76395734533473 at Name 1 AAAAAU 00 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCC...
Orbital elements: 2010 JO71 Earth MOID = 0.0455 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 354.59239 (2000.0) P Q n 0.77847005 Peri. 119.08679 +0.93073187 +0.35953737 a 1.1703294 Node 219.94560 -0.36117075 +0.87500811 e 0.3851310 Incl. 5.97780 -0.05739239 +0.32418156 P 1.27 H 23.9 G 0.15 U 8...
The 26 - 57 metre wide asteroid 2008 TF2 will make a close pass (22.0 Lunar Distances, 0.0566 AU), travelling at 14.42 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th October, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance...
The University of Utah invites future innovators, scientists and engineers to register for the FIRST LEGO League (FLL), an event to be held January 29, 2011 at the U. FLL students will build LEGO-based robots to complete tasks on a thematic playing surface. [url=http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=052...
Activity in the skies over Cranbrook Did a meteorite fly over Cranbrook Wednesday night? Local resident Jennifer Doering is sure one did because she saw it around 9:45 p.m. and even saw it explode as it came close to earth. Doering and her boyfriend were driving in their car when their attention was su...
Dinosaur bones on sale in New York If you have ever fancied your own mini natural history museum they will be over 443 items, including a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth, a unique meteorite from Mars and some large gold nuggets. For the space enthusiast The Bonham's Natural History collection on May 27th has...
MSU robot to dig "moon dirt" in national contest at Kennedy Space Centre A Montana State University robot that sometimes had a spooky mind of its own is at the Kennedy Space Centre to see if it can dig more moon dirt than any other student-built robot. In a May 27-28 competition sponsored by N...
Title: A massive star origin for an unusual helium-rich supernova in an elliptical galaxy Authors: K. S. Kawabata, K. Maeda, K. Nomoto, S. Taubenberger, M. Tanaka, J. Deng, E. Pian, T. Hattori, K. Itagaki (Version v2) The unusual helium-rich (type Ib) supernova SN 2005E is distinguished from any s...
Search launched off NT coast Police are organising a search after a flare was seen off the coast of the Northern Territory last night, but they suspect it was a meteor. Read more
Orbital elements: 2010 JN71 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0129 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 14.62270 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26640463 Peri. 185.18444 -0.38368155 +0.88367511 a 2.3920754 Node 62.48617 -0.83602444 -0.20904749 e 0.5828385 Incl. 17.59883 -0.39223923 -0.41882865 P 3.70 H 21.2 G 0.1...
Elia Angulo was relaxing in her backyard when she says a rock shot out of the sky. "I thought it was bird, you know. And, I saw it and saw it was a rock, and I tried to touch it, and it was hot so I went inside and got cold water[url=http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12541...
Orbital elements: 2010 AQ81 Earth MOID = 0.2187 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 40.09462 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21803264 Peri. 264.43806 -0.82259299 -0.55322029 a 2.7339362 Node 241.90801 +0.56264972 -0.75843367 e 0.5836716 Incl. 8.57144 +0.08225607 -0.34456592 P 4.52 H 20.0 G 0.15 U 9 [...