A monkey may be sent to Mars, under plans unveiled by Russian scientists. Although the ape will be looked after by a robot on the mission, the decision is expected to spark controversy with animal rights groups. The Russians first succeeded in putting monkeys into orbit in 1983. [url=http://www.te...
The 130 - 300 metre wide asteroid 2003 YL118 will make a close pass (13.2 lunar distances, 0.0338 AU), travelling at 16.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd December, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD)...
Title: Activity on the M star of QS Vir Authors: T. Ribeiro, S. Kafka, R. Baptista, C. Tappert We report analysis of VRIJH photometry, and phase-resolved optical spectroscopy of the eclipsing DA white dwarf plus dMe dwarf binary QS Vir. Modelling of the photometric data yields an inclination of i = 7...
Ferdinand R. Hassler, named after one of history's greatest surveyors and first superintendent of Coast Survey, is a small waterplane area, twin-hull coastal mapping vessel - the first of its kind to be constructed for NOAA. Hassler's twin-hull design is more stable than a mono-hull and particul...
Duke University engineers have created a new generation of lens that could greatly improve the capabilities of telecommunications or radar systems to provide a wide field of view and greater detail. But the lens they fashioned doesn't look anything like a lens. While traditional lenses are made o...
New Course for Space Exploration Promotes Private Firms The Obama administration appears set to chart a new course for U.S. space exploration by promoting the use of private companies to ferry astronauts into orbit, according to people familiar with the matter [url=http://online.wsj.com/art...
Charbonneau Exoplanet Research Team to announce major discovery The Charbonneau Exoplanet Research Team will present details of exciting new discoveries of Earth-Like Worlds--including a world, unlike any other--guaranteed to advance exoplanetary research. The briefing will be embargoe...
Orbital elements: 2006 WS195 Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 70.42719 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00394760 Peri. 232.96763 +0.31851620 +0.81766332 a 39.6503508 Node 62.55446 -0.60282883 +0.56514850 e 0.2420034 Incl. 32.70923 -0.73153594 -0.10969904 P 250 H 8.2 G 0.15 U 5 [url=http://www.cfa....
Orbital elements: 2009 YU6 Earth MOID = 0.0821 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 27.28620 (2000.0) P Q n 0.33238256 Peri. 291.79150 +0.89706833 -0.38983604 a 2.0640041 Node 91.65951 +0.44147137 +0.81117565 e 0.5627690 Incl. 12.01483 -0.01927271 +0.43591503 P 2.97 H 21.5 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2009 YQ Earth MOID = 0.0702 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 337.64820 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39934137 Peri. 306.71271 -0.85797620 +0.49476579 a 1.8263045 Node 263.32282 -0.41571346 -0.82673212 e 0.6382049 Incl. 7.99502 -0.30176011 -0.26780742 P 2.47 H 20.6 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
Ten ways to traverse deep space In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to reach outer space. Eight years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made it to the surface of the moon. And that is as far as any of us has ventured. Apart from the mundane problems of budgets and political will, the maj...
Orbital elements: 2009 YP Earth MOID = 0.0509 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 163.24041 (2000.0) P Q n 1.33377871 Peri. 202.55434 +0.31274540 +0.93384849 a 0.8173603 Node 86.02271 -0.84276381 +0.35709299 e 0.4270859 Incl. 10.01828 -0.43810897 -0.02028772 P 0.74 H 24.0 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
Expand (393kb, 1024 x 768) A bright orange object observed, moving in a south to north direction, at 18:46 GMT, 20th December, 2009. Probably the NOAA 8 satellite [url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32...
Orbital elements: 2009 WO106 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0365 AU Epoch 2009 Nov. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455160.5 MPC M 9.79850 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39985212 Peri. 138.75296 +0.39863352 -0.86461317 a 1.8247489 Node 285.68351 +0.73588844 +0.50056884 e 0.5310935 Incl. 18.52161 +0.54732031 -0.04330012 P 2.46 H 19.2 G 0....
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