Klencke Atlas (1660) is the world's largest dimensioned book. It is 1.75 metres tall by 1.9 metres wide when open, and so heavy the British Library reportedly had six people to carry it. It is a world atlas, made up of 37 maps on 39 sheets. It was presented by Dutch merchant Johannes Klencke to King Cha...
Piercebridge Roman Fort (possibly originally known as Morbium or Vinovium) is a scheduled ancient monument situated in the village of Piercebridge on the banks of the River Tees in County Durham, England. There were Romans here from about 70 AD until at least the early fifth century. There was an...
Orbital elements: 2010 GT6 Earth MOID = 0.0846 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 14.73013 (2000.0) P Q n 0.52699447 Peri. 303.05347 +0.65853870 +0.75213240 a 1.5179775 Node 8.27452 -0.61957878 +0.56071747 e 0.6011806 Incl. 9.99265 -0.42714038 +0.34625537 P 1.87 H 21.2 G 0.15 U 9 [url...
Orbital elements: 2009 YF Earth MOID = 0.0173 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 179.67485 (2000.0) P Q n 1.08929117 Peri. 193.43235 +0.19212177 +0.98101195 a 0.9354920 Node 87.64907 -0.89791742 +0.18663625 e 0.1212138 Incl. 1.52253 -0.39602213 +0.05274911 P 0.90 H 24.7 G 0.15 U 6 [url...
Orbital elements: 2007 TD71 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0297 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 259.55848 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67554515 Peri. 220.73073 -0.16997978 +0.79571072 a 1.2863717 Node 49.60803 -0.58205127 +0.39495735 e 0.2795168 Incl. 49.75416 -0.79518752 -0.45918749 P 1.46 H 18.5 G 0.1...
If you had the chance to name a minor planet what would you name it? Well here's your chance to do just that. As a tribute to Venetia's extraordinary contribution and Pluto's discovery by the young American, Clyde Tombaugh, Space Renaissance Education Chapter, in collaboration with Father Films, w...
The "Cowell structure" in northern California is a possible 1.3 km wide buried impact crater dating to the Miocene (5 to 24 million years ago). Source: Blake R. G., 1998. AAPG Bull. 82 (5A), 842. Title: 3D Seismic and the Discovery of California's First Meteorite Impact Crater, Sacramen...
A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred at 23:11:43 (UTC) on Friday, April 30, 2010, in the Bering Sea region, 486 km SW from Gambell, at a Depth of 10 km Location 60.370°N, 177.560°W
Orbital elements: 2010 GU6 Earth MOID = 0.1056 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 7.59280 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17196496 Peri. 83.25848 +0.16105443 +0.98551262 a 3.2026494 Node 196.30263 -0.96372427 +0.14542064 e 0.7276930 Incl. 10.91709 -0.21283091 +0.08727951 P 5.73 H 20.1 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
A Russian Soyuz SL-3 Rocket Body that was launched on the 26th October, 1979, from the Plesetsk launch complex for the KOSMOS 1143 mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 18th April, 2010 @ ??:00 GMT ±?? hours. TLE Data pre>SL-3 RB 1 11601U 79093B 10105.24008469 .00359945 63...
Orbital elements: 2004 QD17 Earth MOID = 0.1785 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 178.32739 (2000.0) P Q n 0.42983959 Peri. 171.35406 +0.74615470 -0.64533302 a 1.7388620 Node 230.15866 +0.59737726 +0.75750105 e 0.3290720 Incl. 12.31016 +0.29392785 +0.09867854 P 2.29 H 19.8 G 0.15 U...
Orbital elements: 2006 JT Earth MOID = 0.2501 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 55.54365 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26589310 Peri. 161.92087 -0.97684040 -0.01474300 a 2.3951424 Node 21.06268 -0.17301788 -0.53252051 e 0.4846232 Incl. 36.43813 +0.12588744 -0.84628869 P 3.71 H 19.0 G 0.15 U 2 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2010 FF10 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0401 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 12.30145 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26006539 Peri. 105.01352 +0.02733795 +0.99940781 a 2.4307913 Node 166.50114 -0.94809594 +0.03254821 e 0.6371302 Incl. 5.13611 -0.31680707 -0.01116474 P 3.79 H 21.7 G 0.1...