Astronomer Scott Gaudi talks about the Microlensing Follow-Up Network (MicroFUN) exoplanet finding project. Listen: Windows Media | MP3 Running Time: 00:28:52 MicroFUN is an informal consortium of observers dedicated to photometric monitoring of interesting microlensing events in the Gal...
Orbital elements: 2007 EF PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0248 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 25.23397 (2000.0) P Q n 1.32587038 Peri. 226.02795 +0.89152785 -0.43198775 a 0.8206072 Node 158.41716 +0.44203673 +0.89540185 e 0.4098302 Incl. 21.74064 -0.09890206 +0.10789861 P 0.74 H 21.5 G 0.15 U...
An inuksuk (plural inuksuit) is a stone landmark or cairn built by humans, used by the Inuit, Inupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. Read more Anyway, that funny-looking, multicoloured thing th...
On Sept. 17, 1959, a little heralded Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Perched atop the rocket was Transit 1A, a satellite designed by scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory that the U.S. Navy hoped would provide accurate location informati...
Title: 5485 Sagittarii: A Possible Symbiotic Star Exhibiting Ellipsoidal Variation Evidence as Orbital Signature Authors: J. Greaves MACHO project photometry shows the candidate Symbiotic Star V5485 Sagittarii's red giant component has a photometric orbital period of 270 days as evidenced...
Two unknown disk shape objects crash to the ground on 19 February, 2010. near the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. One is smaller, about 10 kg and the another is huge, approximately 2 tons. There has been reports that maybe it was a piece of space junk, or a Chinese missile test gone wrong. [url=http://...
Orbital elements: 2007 MG Earth MOID = 0.1033 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 337.94553 (2000.0) P Q n 0.68450054 Peri. 248.17580 -0.75028058 -0.51700570 a 1.2751272 Node 258.40297 +0.64478310 -0.70992917 e 0.4677482 Incl. 24.87473 -0.14606096 -0.47823183 P 1.44 H 20.9 G 0.15 U 3 [u...
The observatory is located in the reasonably dark skies of the Yorkshire Dales National Park near Sedbergh, although even here light pollution is spreading. Observatory is perhaps too grand a title - observing site would be more accurate! As yet there is no building, just a permanent pier concrete...
Feb. 28-March 6, 1935: A meteor may have plunged to earth near Wentworth, with a roar and a flash of light awakening Rockingham residents about 3 o'clock Sunday morning. While the meteor has not been found, pieces from it have been, with Mrs. J.M. Sharp of near Reidsville reporting she had a small piec...
Orbital elements: 2010 AN2 Earth MOID = 0.0692 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 318.14623 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46577529 Peri. 270.59044 -0.91653625 +0.37586059 a 1.6482323 Node 291.49351 -0.28285059 -0.85080995 e 0.4852521 Incl. 8.44902 -0.28276640 -0.36722099 P 2.12 H 22.2 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Orbital elements: 2005 VC2 Earth MOID = 0.1593 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 325.23785 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21432789 Peri. 166.84779 +0.84473280 -0.35403025 a 2.7653510 Node 222.09631 +0.42066332 +0.90284227 e 0.5873254 Incl. 36.77719 +0.33086078 -0.24400495 P 4.60 H 17.6 G 0.15 U [...
On March 2 Vera Rubin, an award-winning astronomer, will deliver a lecture on her research on dark matter. She will open with a brief historical introduction and discuss evidence that most of the matter in the Universe is dark and alternatives to this explanation, some of which she chooses to suppor...
NASA Buys Additional Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted for September...
