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Orbital elements: 2008 EY68 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0398 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 342.87143 (2000.0) P Q n 1.53260297 Peri. 198.95042 +0.96677265 -0.25426488 a 0.7450457 Node 175.52099 +0.25547366 +0.96467101 e 0.7599869 Incl. 19.80331 -0.00915676 +0.06898703 P 0.64 H 22.0 G 0...

Wing commander Rakesh Sharma takes a walk down memory lane to the day he blasted off to space, becoming the first Indian to do so. Wing Commander (Retd) Rakesh Sharma, recipient of the Ashoka Chakra, fobs off any attempt to glorify him. When I tell him that my family and friends were beside themselves w...

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Orbital elements: 2010 FG81 Earth MOID = 0.0191 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 55.60583 (2000.0) P Q n 0.44994984 Peri. 191.26581 -0.99614536 -0.07868635 a 1.6866565 Node 344.06605 +0.08736942 -0.85067949 e 0.4035354 Incl. 8.11803 +0.00781063 -0.51976231 P 2.19 H 23.3 G 0.15 U 7 [...

Orbital elements: 2010 FJ81 Earth MOID = 0.0888 AU Epoch 2010 Mar. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455280.5 MPC M 341.23399 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26022637 Peri. 171.90350 +0.00471545 +0.77325281 a 2.4297887 Node 96.52138 -0.94951249 +0.20237371 e 0.5468917 Incl. 39.65846 -0.31369379 -0.60093675 P 3.79 H 21.1 G 0.15 Fr...

The Missoula Floods (also known as the Spokane Floods or the Bretz Floods) refer to the cataclysmic floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge at the end of the last ice age. Read more T...

80 km wide structure off the Vietnam coast. Latitude: 13°34'5.21"N, Longitude: 111°19'20.04"E

The once secret life of a huge, recently discovered species of manta ray has been unveiled. Biologist Dr Andrea Marshall has discovered that the giant fish, which she first described as new to science last year, undertakes huge journeys. As well as making the longest migration known across the Indi...

Stargazing under siege in Gaza[url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=2626...

ULA chooses new HQ site The United Launch Alliance is expected to tell its employees April 5 the location of its new headquarters campus. Read more

Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger blew apart into jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and onlookers who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space.

Title: Meteorite and meteoroid: New comprehensive definitions Authors: Alan E. Rubin and Jeffrey N. Grossman Meteorites have traditionally been defined as solid objects that have fallen to Earth from space. This definition, however, is no longer adequate. In recent decades, man-made objects...

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Right in front of their home, about 15 feet from their front door, Roger found a rock a little smaller than a basketball. The yard that had been covered with 10 inches of snow was melted bare a couple of feet in all directions of the rock. Roger thought it could be a meteorite, but initially had a hard time c...

Orbital elements: 2010 EE43 Earth MOID = 0.0752 AU Epoch 2010 Mar. 5.0 TT = JDT 2455260.5 MPC M 345.32475 (2000.0) P Q n 0.58599677 Peri. 176.39049 -0.98900794 +0.14752993 a 1.4142925 Node 12.10686 -0.13681690 -0.88765289 e 0.2403892 Incl. 2.70824 -0.05607516 -0.43624221 P 1.68 H 24.2 G 0.15 From...