Title: Chandra observations of the ULX N10 in the Cartwheel galaxy Authors: Fabio Pizzolato Anna Wolter Ginevra Trinchieri The Cartwheel galaxy harbours more Ultra-Luminous X-ray sources (ULXs) than any other galaxy observed so far, and as such it is a particularly interesting target to study t...
Sandia to break ground for new computational laboratories building A groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility - the Combustion Research Computation and Visualisation (CRCV) building, part of the Combustion Research Facility (CRF) - will take place at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, on the groun...
The 10 - 23 metre wide asteroid 2008 EG32 will make a close pass (62.8-lunar distances, 0.1614-AU), travelling at 13.62-km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th March, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the...
One of Scotland's most famous clock-makers, who designed the mechanisms behind the Capital's One o'Clock Gun and Time Ball, is being honoured at his former home. Campaigners have won permission to erect a bronze plaque in memory of Frederick James Ritchie, one of the pioneers of electric clock-ma...
Orbital elements: 2010 EK44 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0182 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 327.18790 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19514930 Peri. 107.08763 +0.31479720 +0.94914869 a 2.9436853 Node 181.28624 -0.92835666 +0.30692631 e 0.7792392 Incl. 11.34053 -0.19762752 +0.07009277 P 5.05 H 19.6 G 0....
The New Moore Island, once a flashpoint between India and Bangladesh in the Sunderbans is now history, as it has been consumed by the rising sea. Read more
Orbital elements: 2010 FC Earth MOID = 0.0779 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 289.69648 (2000.0) P Q n 0.63717343 Peri. 60.32814 -0.79863144 +0.59967378 a 1.3375118 Node 156.40383 -0.58666702 -0.75692814 e 0.2417850 Incl. 7.28893 -0.13419995 -0.25971360 P 1.55 H 23.9 G 0.15 U 8 [url...
Title: First Detection of the [OIII] 88 micron Line at High Redshifts: Characterising the Starburst and Narrow Line Regions in Extreme Luminosity Systems Authors: C. Ferkinhoff, S. Hailey-Dunsheath, T. Nikola, S.C. Parshley, G.J. Stacey, D. J. Benford, J.G. Staguhn We have made the first detec...
The 150 - 340 metre wide asteroid 2000 EW70 will make a close pass (23.1-lunar distances, 0.0593-AU), travelling at 11.96-km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd March, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), t...
Steen River is an impact structure in Alberta, Canada. It is 25 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 91 ± 7 million years (Lower Cretaceous). The crater is not exposed at the surface. The crater was partially eroded prior to burial, and lies under 200 m of sediments. [url=http://en.wikipedia....
Millville man treasures a fragment he found 70 years ago while taking a walk Jimmy "Skeeter" Littleton was 11 years old when he stumbled upon a piece of history. "I was walking along, throwing stones at a fence (in Millville), when I picked this thing up," he said, referring to t...
Orbital elements: 2006 AR3 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0062 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 24.28495 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25495863 Peri. 40.16106 +0.60152475 -0.79864002 a 2.4631427 Node 12.89526 +0.71003021 +0.52388797 e 0.6397782 Incl. 4.75401 +0.36609435 +0.29616806 P 3.87 H 20.6 G 0.15 U 1 [...
Orbital elements: 2010 FQ9 Earth MOID = 0.2514 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 337.63046 (2000.0) P Q n 0.33314311 Peri. 124.15778 -0.98502530 -0.17149458 a 2.0608616 Node 45.97464 +0.14894810 -0.89828950 e 0.3964337 Incl. 1.41387 +0.08683095 -0.40455604 P 2.96 H 22.8 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
