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Orbital elements: 2009 WE253 Earth MOID = 0.2727 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 27.96138 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23619794 Peri. 105.62017 +0.85104991 -0.48515602 a 2.5919024 Node 283.77356 +0.36654299 +0.82279168 e 0.5491317 Incl. 11.93423 +0.37597909 +0.29603630 P 4.17 H 17.7 G 0.15 U 5...

2009 Maunakea Lecture Date: December 17, 2009, 7:00pm Location: W. M. Keck Observatory, Hualalai Learning Theater, Waimea The free public lecture will feature the latest in cosmic discovery presented by Michael Bolte (Thirty Meter Telescope Project) using the W. M. Keck Observatory.

A possible magnitude 15.3 supernova was discovered on the 15th December, 2009, in an anonymous galaxy in the constellation Phoenix. The supernova is located 16 East and 60 North from the center of the galaxy. [url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/blobrana/supernovaphe3.jpg]Expan...

Comet P/2003 CP7 = 2009 X1 (LINEAR-NEAT) Orbital elements: P/2003 CP7 = 2009 X1 (LINEAR-NEAT) Epoch 2003 May 1.0 TT = JDT 2452760.5 T 2003 Apr. 29.32896 TT MPC q 3.0168393 (2000.0) P Q n 0.12252009 Peri. 42.61655 -0.98582459 -0.06183798 a 4.0148054 Node 133.12561 +0.02037320 -0.96684231 e 0.24857...

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory is an incredible new tool in the global effort to understand climate change that will fill in the gaps left by ground measuring stations in parts of North America, Europe and Asia. The new satellite mission dovetails with a newly-announced plan by Virgin Galactic an...

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Researchers devise new way to cleave nitrogen Prescription drugs, nylon stockings and common fertilizers all have something in common -- bonded atoms of nitrogen and carbon. But any chemist knows creating these bonds is no easy task, as nitrogen in its natural state is paired (N2) and contains a st...

Caltech Scientists Film Photons with Electrons Techniques recently invented by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - which allow the real-time, real-space visualisation of fleeting changes in the structure of nanoscale matter - have been used to image the evanesc...

Orbital elements: P/2009 U4 (McNaught) T 2009 Sept. 11.164 TT MPC q 1.67495 (2000.0) P Q n 0.058323 Peri. 261.923 +0.710010 +0.689274 a 6.58532 Node 54.361 -0.555797 +0.674238 e 0.74565 Incl. 10.218 -0.432406 +0.265150 P 16.9 From 32 observations 2009 Oct. 11-24. [url=http://www.cfa.harvard....

Orbital elements: 2009 XK8 Earth MOID = 0.0272 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 12.17554 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25877065 Peri. 300.61765 +0.67261769 -0.73859170 a 2.4388928 Node 107.04079 +0.69416934 +0.60848860 e 0.6079542 Incl. 2.72605 +0.25634813 +0.29021359 P 3.81 H 25.1 G 0.15 U 8 [ur...

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Planet-hunters have discovered two "super-Earths" orbiting two nearby Sun-like stars. These rocky planets are larger than the Earth but much smaller than ice giants such as Uranus and Neptune. Scientists say the discoveries are a step towards finding potentially habitable planets...

Orbital elements: 2009 XF8 Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 328.77799 (2000.0) P Q n 0.27940220 Peri. 52.63001 -0.16321423 -0.42295888 a 2.3173030 Node 76.28605 +0.31971776 -0.87736446 e 0.1891383 Incl. 66.56112 +0.93334970 +0.22657755 P 3.53 H 19.1 G 0.15 U 8 [url=http://www.cfa.h...

Orbital elements: 2009 WW25 Earth MOID = 0.0960 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 11.73810 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39182799 Peri. 153.85770 +0.42899049 -0.90296473 a 1.8495770 Node 270.73010 +0.82433765 +0.40262540 e 0.4150596 Incl. 1.42904 +0.36937054 +0.15015817 P 2.52 H 20.7 G 0.15 U 9 [u...

Orbital elements: 2009 XP7 Earth MOID = 0.0706 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 21.50872 (2000.0) P Q n 0.45295336 Peri. 147.52881 +0.60282967 -0.76968961 a 1.6791921 Node 264.52815 +0.67951564 +0.63333134 e 0.3909375 Incl. 12.18911 +0.41815653 +0.08043203 P 2.18 H 23.3 G 0.15 U 9 [u...