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Orbital elements: 2009 YS Earth MOID = 0.0040 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 31.00083 (2000.0) P Q n 0.75668810 Peri. 338.64016 +0.49466307 -0.86124185 a 1.1926823 Node 81.54687 +0.81346095 +0.41164093 e 0.1796653 Incl. 6.76364 +0.30592440 +0.29801714 P 1.30 H 25.3 G 0.15 U 8 [url=...

A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 23:19:17 (UTC) on Saturday, December 19, 2009, in the Malawi region, 140 km SSE of Mbeya, Tanzania, at a Depth of 15.5 km Location 10.110°S, 33.815°E

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A city woman is hoping to find other witnesses to a strange point of light she saw first hovering, then falling through the sky Thursday evening. Evelyn Elam said she saw it around 4:45 p.m. Thursday as she was driving on Liberty Street, Middletown, on her way home from work. [url=http://www.middle...

Orbital elements: 2009 YA Earth MOID = 0.0800 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 356.10869 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39895406 Peri. 31.72499 -0.39474985 -0.81637769 a 1.8274863 Node 84.63391 +0.72928632 -0.55747372 e 0.4414809 Incl. 25.04945 +0.55885062 +0.15083276 P 2.47 H 24.8 G 0.15 U 9 [url...

The 240 - 530 metre wide asteroid 2001 BP61 will make a close pass (75.9 lunar distances, 0.1951 AU), travelling at 11.83 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th December, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), t...

"At 9 p.m. Central Time on Dec. 16th, a very bright meteor lit up the completely overcast sky like lightning in southeast Nebraska" - Trooper Jerry Chab of the Nebraska State Patrol. Read more A magnitude 3.5 earthquake occurred...

Historic Scotland is celebrating this years winter solstice at Maeshowe with a special ticket offer from December 11, to January 11, 2008. The ticket will allow you to visit Maeshowe for three times during the allotted period. Prices are £10 for an adult ticket, £7.50 concessions and £5.00 for chil...

A sonic boom like sound heard by many late last night is something that has happened before, according to State Police. Read more

Green meteor lights up night sky A green meteor was seen over the Mojave Desert in California as part of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Read more

Credit EMEPC Portuguese scientists have found a depression on the Atlantic Ocean floor they think may be an impact crater. The roughly circular, 6km-wide hollow has a broad central dome and has been dubbed the "Fried Egg" because of its distinctive shape. It was detected to the south of t...

JAXA GX rocket plan scrapped after cost overruns[url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091217p2a00m0na015000c.html]Read

GeoEye, the world’s largest commercial satellite imaging company, announced today the delivery of the camera for its next-generation commercial imaging satellite to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in Gilbert, Arizona for integration i...

Orbital elements: 2009 WD11 Earth MOID = 0.0726 AU Epoch 2009 Nov. 5.0 TT = JDT 2455140.5 MPC M 262.75727 (2000.0) P Q n 0.88838073 Peri. 127.34564 -0.95938891 +0.20975108 a 1.0716919 Node 65.46581 -0.27559403 -0.83958812 e 0.4286155 Incl. 11.96650 +0.06017344 -0.50109508 P 1.11 H 21.8 G 0.15 Fro...

Orbital elements: 2009 XJ8 Earth MOID = 0.3133 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 4.27592 (2000.0) P Q n 0.20330228 Peri. 351.88289 +0.32881537 -0.94040040 a 2.8644498 Node 78.88730 +0.87135511 +0.26667562 e 0.5466590 Incl. 5.07267 +0.36417130 +0.21102416 P 4.85 H 21.0 G 0.15 U 9 [url=...