Orbital elements: 2009 UX87 Earth MOID = 0.0248 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 10.74422 (2000.0) P Q n 0.86066245 Peri. 57.20717 -0.03206565 -0.99118014 a 1.0945799 Node 35.32819 +0.82647526 -0.09864070 e 0.1122342 Incl. 12.84787 +0.56205910 +0.08849828 P 1.15 H 25.2 G 0.15 U 8 [ur...
The 200 - 440 metre wide asteroid 2002 FQ5 will make a close pass (63.7 lunar distances, 0.1637 AU), travelling at 20.39 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th April, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the dis...
Strange Antihyperparticle Created Physicists, including nine from UC Davis, working at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory recently created some strange matter not seen since just after the Big Bang -- an "antihypertriton" composed of antimatter and &q...
Scientists Explore Origins of 'Supervolcanoes' on the Sea Floor "Supervolcanoes" have been blamed for multiple mass extinctions in Earth's history, but the cause of their massive eruptions is unknown. Despite their global impact, the eruptions' origin and triggering mechanisms h...
The magnitude 15.9 asteroid (995) Sternberga will occult the magnitude 6.0 star HD 52913 in the constellation Monoceros, at 02:51 UT, 11th April, 2010. The 1.7 second event is visible from the USA. Position (2000): RA 07 03 17.9154, Dec +09 08 18.077
A NASA-funded robotic probe is to be tested under ice to evaluate the systems ability to operate in the kind of extreme conditions found on Jupiters moon Europa. The Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic Antarctic Explorer is a $2.3m project aimed at creating a vehicle designed to swi...
Orbital elements: 2010 GD6 Earth MOID = 0.0061 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 229.50613 (2000.0) P Q n 1.05651906 Peri. 237.52532 +0.39476007 -0.91412610 a 0.9547386 Node 190.53595 +0.91630981 +0.38432498 e 0.1162202 Incl. 30.35336 -0.06738556 -0.12910374 P 0.93 H 23.8 G 0.15 U 9...
Orbital elements: 2010 FE7 Earth MOID = 0.0051 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 358.43866 (2000.0) P Q n 0.43399307 Peri. 51.44407 -0.18775710 -0.98195693 a 1.7277498 Node 49.39312 +0.89167989 -0.18002721 e 0.4746998 Incl. 1.70101 +0.41189106 -0.05788605 P 2.27 H 23.9 G 0.15 U 9 [url...
Orbital elements: 2010 EL139 Epoch 2010 Mar. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455280.5 MPC M 1.26138 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00345260 Peri. 232.61530 -0.90262766 +0.38212326 a 43.3549425 Node 328.39367 -0.16339064 -0.72999730 e 0.1570358 Incl. 22.21004 -0.39820448 -0.56664430 P 285 H 5.0 G 0.15 From 8 observations 2010...
Orbital elements: 2010 GJ23 Earth MOID = 0.3697 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 50.87095 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23608698 Peri. 312.03895 +0.23348309 -0.93625550 a 2.5927145 Node 122.61551 +0.95855015 +0.17628060 e 0.5041068 Incl. 18.15904 +0.16330115 +0.30389272 P 4.17 H 18.4 G 0.15 U 9...
Orbital elements: 2010 GL23 Earth MOID = 0.0672 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 158.11924 (2000.0) P Q n 0.82564855 Peri. 235.86368 +0.01080863 -0.99744213 a 1.1253110 Node 213.73108 +0.95421894 +0.03141136 e 0.3450220 Incl. 7.31023 +0.29891368 -0.06420694 P 1.19 H 22.7 G 0.15 U 9...
Orbital elements: 2010 GA6 Earth MOID = 0.0018 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 27.76031 (2000.0) P Q n 0.34778089 Peri. 32.71649 -0.63392039 +0.77191970 a 2.0026216 Node 198.09159 -0.73855511 -0.62254603 e 0.5262058 Incl. 8.85471 -0.22952407 -0.12874944 P 2.83 H 26.0 G 0.15 U 7 [ur...
The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has started works on developing a geological penetrator CHOMIK (Polish word for hamster), intended for the Russian space mission Phobos Sample Return. The return spacecraft will reach the Earth in mid 2014 with a soil sample col...