Orbital elements: 2010 AN61 Earth MOID = 0.0201 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 344.63536 (2000.0) P Q n 0.78745547 Peri. 6.48977 -0.55379680 -0.83072065 a 1.1614095 Node 117.15217 +0.76105083 -0.53261596 e 0.1358683 Incl. 3.65203 +0.33780280 -0.16193656 P 1.25 H 27.0 G 0.15 U 6 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2010 BQ Earth MOID = 0.1284 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 4.10191 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25950180 Peri. 148.82230 -0.12228471 -0.85103799 a 2.4343095 Node 303.03833 +0.73796207 +0.26609472 e 0.5642340 Incl. 37.52918 +0.66367043 -0.45268966 P 3.80 H 19.9 G 0.15 U 8 [url...
Title: The Mysterious Merger of NGC6868 and NGC6861 in the Telescopium Group Authors: M. E. Machacek (1), E. O'Sullivan (1 and 2), S.W. Randall (1), C. Jones (1), W. R. Forman (1) ((1) CfA, (2) Univ. of Birmingham) We use Chandra X-ray observations of the hot gas in and around NGC6868 and NGC6861 in the...
Title: SDSS J123813.73-033933.0, a cataclysmic variable evolved beyond the period minimum Authors: A. Aviles, S. Zharikov, G. Tovmassian, R. Michel, M. Tapia, M. Roth, V. Neustroev, C. Zurita, M. Andreev, A. Sergeev, E. Pavlenko, V. Tsymbal, G.C. Anupama, U.S. Kamath, D.K. Sahu We present infr...
Astronomers have glimpsed dusty debris around an essentially dead star where gravity and radiation should have long ago removed any sign of dust. The discovery might provide insights into our own solar system’s eventual demise several billion years from now.
Solar systems may continue to exis...
Title: XMM-Newton unveils the complex iron K alpha region of Mrk 279 Authors: E. Costantini (1), J.S. Kaastra (1 and 2), K. Korista (3), J. Ebrero (1), N. Arav (4), G. Kriss (5), K.C. Steenbrugge (6) ((1) SRON, (2) Utrecht University, (3) WMU, (4) VT, (5) STSci, (6) Oxford University) (Submitted on 15...
Title: ULAS J141623.94 + 134836.3 - a faint common proper motion companion of a nearby L dwarf. Serendipitous discovery of a Y dwarf candidate in UKIDSS DR6 Authors: R.-D. Scholz New near-infrared large-area sky surveys (e.g. UKIDSS, CFBDS, WISE) go deeper than 2MASS and aim at detecting brown dwa...
Title: Distance to G14.33-0.64 in the Sagittarius Spiral Arm: H2O Maser Trigonometric Parallax with VERA Authors: Mayumi Sato, Tomoya Hirota, Mark J. Reid, Mareki Honma, Hideyuki Kobayashi, Kenzaburo Iwadate, Takeshi Miyaji, Katsunori M. Shibata We report on trigonometric parallax measure...
Orbital elements: 2010 AE30 Earth MOID = 0.0033 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 313.44037 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67758548 Peri. 277.31638 -0.95245152 +0.28791057 a 1.2837880 Node 279.45503 -0.22409310 -0.88367489 e 0.4217608 Incl. 5.80200 -0.20644222 -0.36908833 P 1.45 H 23.3 G 0.15 U 9 [...
Egg Shape Mobile Living Space - Blob VB3 After 18 months, the mobile living space - blob VB3 is finally finished. This unit is build by architectural firm dmvA for the office of xfactoragencies. The blob is mainly made by polyester, and holds all necessary items one could possibly need as bathroom, ki...
The Coma Berenicid Meteors will peak on January 18th, 2006 The shower radiant is very close to the naked eye Coma cluster, 13h30m RA, +12 degrees Dec.
The meteor shower rises about 10 p.m. and is directly overhead at pre-dawn. The meteors are fast 65 km/s but sparse. A gibbous moon will interfere wit...
Canada joins civilian space race 2010 is looking to be a promising year for everyone interested in space and all its opportunities. Civilian space programs have been given the "OK" to launch into orbit or sub-orbit, opening doors for a whole new industry to spring up, and a Canadian compa...
Aristotle, who lived from 384 to 322 B.C., studied under Plato and tutored Alexander the Great. Later, in Athens, he taught in the grounds of the Lyceum, a public sports complex frequented by the city's young men. The remains of the ancient school where philosopher Aristotle taught his pupils nearl...
