While asteroids usually bring up images of science fiction, for three local Collin College students, the far-out space rock is much less fiction and way more actual science. Adrian Boysselle, David Golynskiy and Deepak Joseph pored over satellite images provided to them by the new Wide-Field Inf...
Orbital elements: 2010 EQ43 Earth MOID = 0.6137 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 298.31349 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26425143 Peri. 274.69344 +0.14527022 +0.98742374 a 2.4050521 Node 5.12683 -0.36870871 +0.11253362 e 0.4786266 Incl. 44.26984 -0.91812333 +0.11104297 P 3.73 H 18.5 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Orbital elements: 2010 EF44 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0142 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 354.04760 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28336014 Peri. 236.91940 +0.61184298 -0.78852920 a 2.2956740 Node 174.07981 +0.75929843 +0.60755317 e 0.8856896 Incl. 37.09409 -0.22161694 -0.09539834 P 3.48 H 19.8 G 0....
Super Supernova: White Dwarf Star System Exceeds Mass Limit An international team led by Yale University has, for the first time, measured the mass of a type of supernova thought to belong to a unique subclass and confirmed that it surpasses what was believed to be an upper mass limit. Their findings...
Gliese 710 is an orange dwarf star (K7 spectral class) in the constellation Serpens Cauda, with visual magnitude 9.66 and a mass of 0.4-0.6 solar masses. It is about 63.0 light years from Earth, but is notable because its proper motion, distance, and radial velocity[3] indicate that it will approa...
Orbital elements: 1996 GQ Earth MOID = 0.0204 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 343.14792 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35219947 Peri. 59.21493 -0.81471146 -0.57966199 a 1.9858369 Node 85.35401 +0.52659705 -0.75072755 e 0.4949483 Incl. 0.88542 +0.24277725 -0.31685979 P 2.80 H 23.0 G 0.15 U 2 [url=...
ILS Proton to Launch Intelsat 21 and Intelsat 23 for Intelsat International Launch Services (ILS) announced two firm missions with the ILS Proton launches of the Intelsat 21 satellite and the Intelsat 23 satellite for Intelsat S.A., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services. Int...
Tropical cyclone Tomas hits Fiji A powerful cyclone has hit northern Fiji, flattening houses and villages, and forcing some 5,000 people to leave their homes. People fled to some 200 evacuation centres as Cyclone Tomas with winds of up to 205 kilometres per hour ripped through Fiji's northern isla...
Van Horn spaceport gets NASA backing Drive 25 miles north of here along Texas Highway 54. In an hour, seven vehicles cover the route; in a day, 180. The road, a quiet and isolated corridor along the Chihuahuan Desert, divides the Sierra Diablo and Delaware mountain ranges. On this remote site lies a bi...
Orbital elements: 2010 EJ43 Earth MOID = 0.1055 AU Epoch 2010 Mar. 5.0 TT = JDT 2455260.5 MPC M 79.96400 (2000.0) P Q n 0.85792120 Peri. 19.05066 +0.73232563 -0.67897641 a 1.0969103 Node 23.95889 +0.60700817 +0.61638464 e 0.4420497 Incl. 7.33821 +0.30861019 +0.39882454 P 1.15 H 20.9 G 0.15 From 18...
Orbital elements: 2010 EH43 Earth MOID = 0.2263 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 302.80310 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67779987 Peri. 191.58628 -0.96003840 +0.27381896 a 1.2835173 Node 5.45524 -0.18233932 -0.45508402 e 0.0474991 Incl. 37.50044 -0.21231730 -0.84730261 P 1.45 H 18.6 G 0.15 U 8 [u...
Orbital elements: 2010 EG43 Earth MOID = 0.1040 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 340.15170 (2000.0) P Q n 0.41587278 Peri. 159.20784 -0.88425201 -0.46672140 a 1.7775796 Node 352.90409 +0.40751607 -0.75395759 e 0.3883189 Incl. 7.63707 +0.22809874 -0.46229762 P 2.37 H 25.0 G 0.15 U 8 [...
Orbital elements: 2010 EK43 Earth MOID = 0.0771 AU Epoch 2010 Mar. 5.0 TT = JDT 2455260.5 MPC M 40.45504 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67866232 Peri. 37.74029 +0.57650935 -0.81602714 a 1.2824297 Node 17.18101 +0.71111889 +0.47596741 e 0.6148531 Incl. 8.11028 +0.40242625 +0.32795539 P 1.45 H 21.7 G 0.15 From 14...
Orbital elements: 2010 EB43 Earth MOID = 0.0991 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 346.05009 (2000.0) P Q n 0.63134235 Peri. 323.27825 -0.64783521 -0.75482208 a 1.3457347 Node 166.07268 +0.76004667 -0.64954982 e 0.2158302 Incl. 25.26512 +0.05136726 +0.09126152 P 1.56 H 22.1 G 0.15 U 8...
Title: VSX J003909.7+611233: a new gamma Doradus variable in Cassiopeiae? Authors: David Boyd, Christopher Lloyd, Pierre dePonthiere, Mack Julian, Robert Koff, Tom Krajci, Jeremy Shears, Bart Staels We report the discovery of a new 13th magnitude variable in Cassiopeia close to the variable K...