Orbital elements: 2010 AL30 Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 281.40401 (2000.0) P Q n 0.98349499 Peri. 104.60232 -0.78960713 +0.61038481 a 1.0014316 Node 113.05422 -0.58599752 -0.71971978 e 0.3055892 Incl. 3.91707 -0.18200958 -0.33080782 P 1.00 H 27.0 G 0.15 U 7 [...
New research suggests that near-Earth encounters can 'shake' asteroids For decades, astronomers have analysed the impact that asteroids could have on Earth. New research examines the opposite scenario: that Earth has considerable influence on asteroids -- and from a distance much larger than...
After watching China's moves since the highly controversial satellite shootdown which China undertook in January 2007, India has now openly declared its desire to match China. "There is no reason to be surprised. India is anxious to be seen as not lagging behind China - ergo - if China has an AS...
Was it a bird, a plane, a meteor or a Chinese lantern? Undoubtedly this is a very odd question, but it is one that has provoked a difference of opinion between residents in Londonderry and Armagh Observatory over an aerial sighting on New Years Eve. A Prehen resident contacted the Sentinel and provide...
Carbon deficit on Earth tied to fire in Solar System Though our planet supports carbon-based life, it has a mysterious carbon deficit, but the element is thousands of times more abundant in comets in the outer solar system than on the earth, even the sun is rich in carbon. The conventional explanatio...
Orbital elements: 2010 AF40 Earth MOID = 0.0019 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 306.78932 (2000.0) P Q n 0.72339923 Peri. 93.47933 -0.83763793 +0.54226603 a 1.2289966 Node 119.36895 -0.52629209 -0.76904469 e 0.4606513 Incl. 4.32045 -0.14621677 -0.33840481 P 1.36 H 25.0 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
The 470 - 1000 metre wide asteroid 2002 PP6 will make a close pass (71.2 lunar distances, 0.1829 AU), travelling at 21.46 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st January, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the...
Iridium Communications Inc. today unveiled its next-generation "Iridium 9602" satellite data transceiver at its annual Partners Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The Iridium 9602 is a full-duplex short-burst data (SBD) transceiver designed for embedded applications in the rapi...
W Ursae Majoris (W UMa) is a variable star in the constellation Ursa Major. It is an eclipsing contact binary whose two component stars share a common outer layer, and is the prototype of a class of contact binary variables known as W Ursae Majoris variables. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_...
How do free electrons originate? Scientists at Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching and Greifswald and Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin have discovered a new way in which high-energy radiation in water can release slow electrons. Their results have now been published in the ren...
Objects that tell us about the history of the world Five out of the ten objects chosen to tell a history of Oxfordshire are from Oxford University museums. In the project led by the BBC, the county's curators selected objects which 'tell us about Oxfordshire history and its place in the world'. The Ash...
Nikon Ecobins 10x25 Binoculars Nikon is proud of its commitment to protect the environment and believes that pollution prevention measures and the efficient use of resources are vital. With this commitment in mind, Nikon introduces ecobins binocular. Made from eco-friendly glass, manufactur...
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