Orbital elements: 2010 EG21 Earth MOID = 0.0387 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 89.12098 (2000.0) P Q n 1.25980498 Peri. 186.97887 +0.99693255 +0.07164326 a 0.8490511 Node 168.76650 -0.06168984 +0.96705175 e 0.2179084 Incl. 9.30771 -0.04816481 +0.24429112 P 0.78 H 24.4 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
DR Congo ring may be giant 'impact crater' Deforestation has revealed what could be a giant impact crater in Central Africa, scientists say. The 36-46km-wide feature, identified in DR Congo, may be one of the largest such structures discovered in the last decade. Italian researchers considered o...
Orbital elements: 2006 QW89 Earth MOID = 0.1355 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 311.49743 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23269046 Peri. 136.34326 -0.13951414 +0.98780350 a 2.6178836 Node 125.51949 -0.93024051 -0.10681283 e 0.5660121 Incl. 4.87284 -0.33939417 -0.11329286 P 4.24 H 19.1 G 0.15 U 3 [...
Title: Cometary Origin of the Zodiacal Cloud and Carbonaceous Micrometeorites Authors: David Nesvorny, Peter Jenniskens, Harold F. Levison, William F. Bottke, David Vokrouhlicky (Version v2) The zodiacal cloud is a thick circumsolar disk of small debris particles produced by asteroid colli...
A two-stage CZ-2D is scheduled to launch China's Yaogan 9 optical reconnaissance satellite, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest Gansu Province. As yet a launch date is not available.
GamesMaster may return Starring Dominic Diamond, GamesMaster was a bizarre, tongue-in-cheek magazine show containing reviews, competitions, and the astronomer Patrick Moore. It's difficult to know why GamesMaster succeeded where others failed, but the series starring the excellent but i...
Orbital elements: 2010 CW180 Earth MOID = 0.4299 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 4.50492 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26293592 Peri. 114.85378 -0.33046918 -0.94300647 a 2.4130673 Node 354.02417 +0.67195171 -0.20598327 e 0.4696335 Incl. 22.06032 +0.66277524 -0.26136124 P 3.75 H 19.8 G 0.15 U 7 [...
Residents of the Scenic Hills subdivision east of Hudson near Badland Sno-park witnessed a possible meteor burn up and explode just before 8 p.m. Wednesday. Lisa Pierce said she was inside her home on Prairie Meadows Drive and didn't see the meteor in the sky, but saw what looked like "a huge fla...
Orbital elements: 2010 DC Earth MOID = 0.1811 AU Epoch 2010 Feb. 13.0 TT = JDT 2455240.5 MPC M 297.85312 (2000.0) P Q n 0.55595991 Peri. 70.60466 -0.53977934 +0.84082138 a 1.4647845 Node 166.49678 -0.82288049 -0.51682802 e 0.2431083 Incl. 10.04177 -0.17749919 -0.16096023 P 1.77 H 20.8 G 0.15 From...
Orbital elements: 2008 FN6 Earth MOID = 0.1054 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 264.43487 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46949539 Peri. 226.38728 -0.02863661 +0.98664493 a 1.6395141 Node 42.76857 -0.83558321 +0.06441417 e 0.3584186 Incl. 13.65888 -0.54861702 -0.14960813 P 2.10 H 21.2 G 0.15 U 1 [u...
Near Earth Objects - Dynamic Site NEODyS (Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site) is an Italian and Spanish service that provides information on Near Earth Objects with a convenient Web-based interface. It is based on a continually and (almost) automatically maintained database of near earth asteroid...
Orbital elements: 2010 CV180 Earth MOID = 0.3332 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 335.80377 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18426880 Peri. 239.91571 -0.75674403 +0.64377015 a 3.0584509 Node 339.45272 -0.43059404 -0.62159978 e 0.6028235 Incl. 18.87978 -0.49186100 -0.44628882 P 5.35 H 18.5 G 0.15 U...
MoD extends Skynet contract The Skynet 5 programme is one of the largest private finance initiatives (PFI) ever signed off by the Ministry of Defence, provided by Paradigm Secure Communications, owned by the defence contracting giant EADS. The MoD leases communications services for phones and i...
