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Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 -May 22, 2010) was an American mathematics and science writer specialising in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, pseudoscience, literature (especially the writings of Lewis Carroll), philosophy, scienti...

The 70 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2005 CN will make a close pass (20.4 Lunar Distances, 0.0524 AU), travelling at 4.91 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th September, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance...

Asteroid 2009 CN5 = 92D0006 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 CN5 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0410 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 1.07731 (2000.0) P Q n 0.51833064 Peri. 52.24351 +0.73618074 -0.67587095 a 1.5348460 Node 350.10548 +0.53858294 +0.61652045 e 0.4648069 Incl. 11.80765 +0.4098...

Orbital elements: 2010 JE88 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0074 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 40.42899 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32601734 Peri. 258.10946 -0.55702882 -0.81936248 a 2.0907828 Node 226.60614 +0.81592997 -0.50950272 e 0.7609387 Incl. 10.74812 +0.15484563 -0.26277768 P 3.02 H 21.5 G 0....

South African Astronomical Observatory Selected as Host for the IAU Office for Astronomy Development The Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has selected the SAAO, a national facility of the South African National Research Foundation (NRF), to host the IAU Offic...

Launch of the Syracuse 3A Telkom 2 on an Ariane 5 from CSG Kourou, French Guiana has been delayed to July.

Orbital elements: 2010 JV34 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0383 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 4.94682 (2000.0) P Q n 0.43511747 Peri. 86.82154 +0.66815756 +0.73860838 a 1.7247720 Node 225.53885 -0.72271790 +0.61570568 e 0.5447000 Incl. 7.20958 -0.17676058 +0.27452535 P 2.27 H 20.7 G 0.15 U...

Chott el Jerid, Tunisia the closest thing to Mars on Earth? From 24-31 May, a team of nine scientists and geologists will be analysing one of the most Mars-like places on Earth, Chott el Jerid in South West Tunisia, in preparation for future missions to the Red Planet. The field campaign has been organ...

A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 13:27:03 (UTC) on Saturday, July 21, 2007, in the Amazonas region, Brazil, 165 km ESE of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil, at a depth of 632.9 km. Location 7.976°S, 71.130°W

Orbital elements: C/2010 J4 (WISE) T 2010 May 3.289 TT MPC q 1.08599 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 84.477 -0.576192 -0.790454 Node 316.997 -0.816973 +0.549667 e 1.0 Incl. 162.260 -0.023641 +0.270275 From 12 observations 2010 May 12-13. [url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10J91.html]MP...

Orbital elements: 2010 JC170 Earth MOID = 0.2820 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 346.08444 (2000.0) P Q n 0.83859142 Peri. 33.98877 +0.96461423 -0.03353843 a 1.1137023 Node 324.94052 -0.16441967 +0.69888494 e 0.4085133 Incl. 27.08280 +0.20612027 +0.71444735 P 1.18 H 19.3 G 0.15 U...

Explorer 32 - also known as Atmosphere Explorer-B (AE-B) - was a satellite launched by the United States to study the Earth's upper atmosphere. It was launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta-C1 rocket, on 25 May 1966. Read more

Payload preparations are underway for Arianespace's first launch of 2010 The first-arrived payload for Ariane 5's year-opening flight is undergoing initial checkout at Europe's Spaceport as preparations move forward for a dual-passenger mission set for March 24. After ASTRA 3B's delivery in...

The Am CVn or helium dwarf nova KL Draconis is in outburst. Observations on the 17th September, 2009, by observers using the Liverpool Telescope detected a brightness increase of 1.35 magnitudes to magnitude 17.29. The star was also seen in outburst on the 8th August, 2009 with the system reachin...

The 33rd Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites June 8 and 9, 2010 National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa City, Tokyo, Japan During the periods of 8 to 9 June, 2010, oral and poster presentations at the symposium will be held on the 2nd floor of the new building of the National Institute of Polar R...