A man who allegedly stole a rare meteorite from a Dungeness resident more than a year ago is on the run, according to the Clallam County Sheriff's Office. A bench warrant was issued for the arrest of Raymond R. Lima after he missed a court appearance in February. Lima, who is charged with first-degree t...
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You would expect conservationists to be thrilled by the decision to designate the Chagos Islands the largest fully protected marine park in the world. They are not. The project hinges on the notion that what makes the archipelago special is its lack of habitation - but the Chagos Islands are neither...
The magnitude 14.7 asteroid (824) Anastasia will occults the magnitude 2.5 close double star zeta Ophiuchus (HD 149757) in the constellation Ophiuchus, at 10:21 UT, 6th April, 2010. The 8.6 second event will be visible from Western Canada and the USA. Position (2000): RA 16 37 09.5378, Dec -10 34 0...
Orbital elements: 2010 EW45 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0026 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 0.83000 (2000.0) P Q n 0.62554407 Peri. 110.15484 +0.98483359 +0.17041118 a 1.3540378 Node 240.04573 -0.16990137 +0.90914090 e 0.6169187 Incl. 2.15638 -0.03516136 +0.38003006 P 1.58 H 17.6 G 0.15 U...
A piece of 9th Century AD history is being re-created, when the 'Jewel of Muscat', a replica of ancient Omani trading vessel set sail on Tuesday amidst much fanfare from Port Sultan Qaboos. The Jewel of Muscat is a copy of an ancient Omani trading vessel discovered wrecked off the coast of Indonesia in...
Ordnance Survey offers free data Mapping agency Ordnance Survey has launched a new service offering free and unrestricted access to most of its map data. After months of public consultation, OS OpenData is being launched by Communities Secretary John Denham. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/lo...
Orbital elements: 2010 FP9 Earth MOID = 0.1687 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 311.42743 (2000.0) P Q n 0.50675325 Peri. 197.15899 -0.94511945 +0.32670328 a 1.5581348 Node 1.92211 -0.28503331 -0.81882521 e 0.2516978 Incl. 6.45070 -0.15970361 -0.47200661 P 1.94 H 23.4 G 0.15 U 8 [url...
Interview: Professor John Brown - Astronomer Royal for Scotland Waiting in the wings was a nervous Professor John Brown, the 10th Astronomer Royal for Scotland, due to give a public talk entitled "Black Holes and White Rabbits", which he would illustrate with an array of magic tricks. B...
Ancient snakes living in Madagascar Blind snakes have been discovered to be one of the few species now living in Madagascar that existed there when it broke away from India about 100 million years ago, according to a study that was published in the March 31 issue of the Royal Society journal Biology Le...
SoCal 'mystery boom' remains, well, a mystery A large boom was heard and felt through a portion of Highland Park tonight, but firefighters were unable to determine its cause. Dozens of calls came in at 8:02 p.m. Read more
Today, ESO is unveiling an image of the little known Gum 19, a faint nebula that, in the infrared, appears dark on one half and bright on the other. On one side hot hydrogen gas is illuminated by a supergiant blue star called V391 Velorum. New star formation is taking place within the ribbon of luminous a...
Title: The PPMXL catalogue of positions and proper motions on the ICRS. Combining USNO-B1.0 and 2MASS Authors: Siegfried Roeser, Markus Demleitner, Elena Schilbach USNO-B1.0 and 2MASS are the most widely used full-sky surveys. However, 2MASS has no proper motions at all, and USNO-B1.0 publish...
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