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Orbital elements: 2009 XR1 Earth MOID = 0.0010 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 359.92394 (2000.0) P Q n 0.45573110 Peri. 210.41020 -0.30686481 -0.95172300 a 1.6723619 Node 257.46108 +0.87477073 -0.27890090 e 0.4250678 Incl. 0.44442 +0.37498020 -0.12820931 P 2.16 H 29.2 G 0.15 U 7 [u...

Orbital elements: 2009 XS6 Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 8.78898 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24600239 Peri. 195.31962 +0.35946829 -0.92365411 a 2.5225696 Node 233.79133 +0.87252635 +0.38316433 e 0.4567773 Incl. 9.47586 +0.33087809 -0.00694096 P 4.01 H 20.1 G 0.15 U 9 [url=http://www.cfa.ha...

The IAU has approved the name Boudewijnbuch for the asteroid 1971 FB after Boudewijn Büch (1948 - 2002) a Dutch writer, poet and television presenter. Planetoïde vernoemd naar Boudewijn Büch Schrijver, verzamelaar en wereldreiziger Boudewijn Büch leeft voort in het heelal. Tijdens de 8e Inte...

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Scientists from space agency Nasa are testing a mineral only found in one corner of Scotland to see if it can provide clues about life on Mars. Macaulayite is only believed to exist at a quarry at the foot of Bennachie in Aberdeenshire. Researchers think it could be the same mineral which gives the plan...

TLE Data NOAA 13 DEB 1 22740U 93050B 09347.87379229 .01618834 13321-2 50221-2 5544 2 22740 098.9295 102.0841 0015746 319.7456 040.3346 15.91714862868302

Expand (115kb, 560 x 560) Credit: SOHO/MDI A new sunspot, 11034, has emerged from the Suns eastern limb.

Orbital elements: C/2009 U6 (LINEAR) T 2009 Aug. 26.433 TT MPC q 1.61891 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 319.286 +0.252191 -0.941312 Node 115.014 +0.939612 +0.182774 e 1.0 Incl. 14.334 +0.231364 +0.283769 From 15 observations 2009 Oct. 27-29. [url=http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K09/K09UC6.html]MPE...

Volcano eruption covers villages in ash Nicaragua's Concepcion volcano has erupted, spewing gas and smoke almost 150 metres into the air and dumping ash on three nearby villages. Read more Latitud...

A trail of gold. That's what a Langham women said an apparent meteor left behind when it zipped across the Saskatchewan night sky. Laurie Suiker says she was driving home just before 6:00 Friday evening on Highway 16, near Lutheran Road, when she saw a flash of light. [url=http://www.newstalk650.c...

Orbital elements: 2009 WP6 Earth MOID = 0.0010 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 80.47783 (2000.0) P Q n 0.83257271 Peri. 228.02342 +0.21549945 +0.97572853 a 1.1190632 Node 54.46201 -0.88119173 +0.21148032 e 0.7352785 Incl. 2.74060 -0.42078632 +0.05683229 P 1.18 H 26.8 G 0.15 U 9 [url...

PAM-D (Payload Assist Module - Delta) debris from a ULA Delta II rocket that was launched on the 13th May, 1993, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, for the GPS 2A-20 satellite mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 12th December, 2009. TLE Data pre>PAM-D DEB 1 25...

The Indonesia Aeronautics and Space Agency (LAPAN) prepared to launch a satellite in 2011, spokesperson of the LAPAN Elly Kuntjahyowati said here Tuesday. The satellite is aimed to address communication problem in post-disaster phase and to provide a picture of the affected areas quickly, whic...

Orbital elements: 2009 XA2 Earth MOID = 0.0792 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 41.40810 (2000.0) P Q n 0.50224933 Peri. 107.67635 +0.90060689 -0.03115565 a 1.5674360 Node 255.89053 -0.08985752 +0.96253161 e 0.4561884 Incl. 26.55148 +0.42524446 +0.26937375 P 1.96 H 23.2 G 0.15 U 8 [u...

Indian scientists detect signs of life on Moon Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) are on the brink of a path-breaking discovery. They may have found signs of life in some form or the other on the Moon. They believe so because scientific instruments on India's first unmanned...