Orbital elements: 2009 EF3 Earth MOID = 0.1964 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 34.58422 (2000.0) P Q n 0.91752516 Peri. 210.90828 +0.87743938 -0.47954569 a 1.0488758 Node 177.65248 +0.47732915 +0.87045885 e 0.3058867 Incl. 16.54585 +0.04750801 +0.11107349 P 1.07 H 21.5 G 0.15 U 4 [u...
Orbital elements: 2010 DA PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0018 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 191.18405 (2000.0) P Q n 1.19938735 Peri. 135.08376 +0.53833647 +0.84008208 a 0.8773302 Node 167.00155 -0.83225893 +0.54242492 e 0.5804830 Incl. 17.26422 -0.13243462 +0.00610745 P 0.82 H 19.9 G 0.15...
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History Showcases New Planetarium Design firm Visual Acuity, working alongside Texas-based design firm Gideon Toal, has finished work on the redesign of the Noble Planetarium at the Fort Worth Museum of Science & History in Forth Worth, Texas. The facility...
The Chi Capricornids are a daylight meteor shower. The shower has a broad active range between January 29 and February 28 with a peak during the day time hours around the 13th February. The chi Capricornid radiant is located 17°SW of the Sun in southern Capricornus, (Peak radiant is at =314.3°, =-23....
Applications for 2010 internships in meteoritics are now open. The F. A. Paneth Meteorite Trust was set up to encourage and further research concerned with meteorites with funds from the late Professor F. A. Paneth. The Trust is administered by the Royal Astronomical Society. The Trust offers gra...
The 90 - 200 metre wide asteroid 2007 DA will make a close pass (41.1 Lunar Distances, 0.1056 AU) to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th February 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Missing Primitive Stars Outside Milky Way Uncovered After years of successful concealment, the most primitive stars outside our Milky Way galaxy have finally been unmasked. New observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope have been used to solve an important astrophysical puzzle concerning...
A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred at 01:13:17 (UTC) on Thursday, February 18, 2010, in the Russian North Korean border region, 110 km NE of Chongjin, at a Depth of 562.5 km Location 42.561°N, 130.836°E
Launch season at Poker Flat Research Range is under way. The rocket range, located about 30 miles north of Fairbanks off the Steese Highway, fired its first rocket of the year on Tuesday. The range has an international reputation as a research facility, largely because there are few others like it. T...
Wilko Johnson, who was the cult lead guitarist in trailblazing Canvey band Dr Feelgood, is proving there are other reasons to stay up late. Wilko is excited about astronomy and there are even those who would like to see him take over from Patrick Moore on long-running BBC show the Sky at Night. [url=ht...
On the 3rd February, the French National Museum of natural history published photos of a recently acquired meteorite weighing 1.3 kg. The meteorite named "Paris" will be used in studies on the development and origin of life on the Earth. [url=http://www.afpbb.com/article/environm...
Orbital elements: 2010 CO44 Earth MOID = 0.0273 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 39.42781 (2000.0) P Q n 0.88908252 Peri. 73.67697 +0.74801015 -0.66117774 a 1.0711279 Node 327.64594 +0.56035302 +0.67571515 e 0.2312211 Incl. 6.18551 +0.35564774 +0.32596478 P 1.11 H 24.6 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2010 CD19 Earth MOID = 0.0708 AU Epoch 2010 Feb. 13.0 TT = JDT 2455240.5 MPC M 6.93607 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26682593 Peri. 136.66317 +0.01452221 -0.96690238 a 2.3895568 Node 310.76887 +0.80078580 +0.16380652 e 0.5956810 Incl. 19.65452 +0.59877476 -0.19562009 P 3.69 H 18.1 G 0.15 Fro...
Orbital elements: 2010 DF Earth MOID = 0.1317 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 300.95844 (2000.0) P Q n 0.77985165 Peri. 208.52858 -0.97430569 -0.09062606 a 1.1689467 Node 324.36271 +0.20381609 -0.74436011 e 0.0474929 Incl. 20.72520 -0.09585105 -0.66160030 P 1.26 H 24.5 G 0.15 U 8 [u...