The US Missile Defence Agency says a planned test of a ground-based missile defence system in Hawaii was aborted because the target missile failed. Source
Orbital elements: 2009 XV1 Earth MOID = 0.0694 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 36.95955 (2000.0) P Q n 0.43830745 Peri. 254.85468 +0.85652476 +0.39560011 a 1.7163933 Node 80.90471 -0.23967862 +0.87367188 e 0.6621042 Incl. 19.61394 -0.45707712 +0.28319252 P 2.25 H 22.7 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2009 VJ24 Earth MOID = 0.0665 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 3.21684 (2000.0) P Q n 0.38719293 Peri. 56.61903 -0.05475918 -0.99164997 a 1.8643085 Node 37.06717 +0.83966571 -0.10900938 e 0.4925342 Incl. 11.16902 +0.54033595 +0.06890065 P 2.55 H 22.0 G 0.15 U 9 [url...
A magnitude 17.3 supernova, 2009mg, was discovered by B. Monard on the 7th December, 2009, in the magnitude 12.5 SB galaxy ESO 121-26 in the constellation Pictor. The supernova is located 46' East and 4' South from the center of the galaxy. As yet the type is unknown. Position(2000): RA 06h 21m 44.8...
A ULA Delta 4 rocket was scheduled to launch the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) 3 satellite, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, between 00:45-01:30 GMT on the 19th November, 2009. The planned Nov. 19 launch of a Delta IV rocket and a military communications satellite is being delayed...
A ChangZheng CZ-2C launch vehicle is scheduled to launch the Yaogan Weixing 7 reconnaissance satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on the 25th October, 2009. The military satellite will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit and provide high-resolution imagery for the military and ci...
DARPA ANNOUNCES NEW CHALLENGE COMPETITION The DARPA Network Challenge Will Explore How Broad-Scope Problems Can Be Solved Using Internet-based Technologies The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today announced the DARPA Network Challenge to mark the 40th anniversary of th...
Orbital elements: 2009 XQ1 Earth MOID = 0.1775 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 268.61456 (2000.0) P Q n 0.89092522 Peri. 319.53514 -0.77788804 +0.56087689 a 1.0696505 Node 256.83114 -0.47475699 -0.81998917 e 0.2826695 Incl. 16.92017 -0.41169893 -0.11417041 P 1.11 H 22.4 G 0.15 U 9 [...
The magnitude 16.8 asteroid (7754) Gopalan will occult the magnitude 5.5 star Sigma Arietis (HD 17769), in the constellation Aries, at 05:41 UT, 13th December, 2009. The event is visible from Hawaii and the US and will last for a maximum of 1.7 seconds. Position (2000): RA 02 51 29.5869, Dec +15 04 55...
THE ORIGIN OF GALAXIES: LESSONS FROM THE DISTANT UNIVERSE Date: 12-17 December 2009 Location: Universitätszentrum Obergurgl, Otz Valley, near Innsbruck, Austria The Obergurgl University Centre is located at an altitude of 1940 metres, in the highest glacial village in the Tyrol, at the end of t...
Energetics and Mass (CREAM) experiment was designed and constructed to measure cosmic ray elemental spectra using a series of ultra long duration balloon (ULDB) flights. The goal is to extend direct measurement of cosmic-ray composition to the energies capable of generating gigantic air showe...
Residents are still talking about the unique light show they witnessed in the evening skies last week. A "big ol' honking fireball" was what Steve Yoder said he saw while he was on his way to Wailua from Waimea the night of Dec. 2. A "flaming green" object lit up the eastern sky rig...
Scientists have worked out just what a perfectly designed gill mushroom would look like. Their study reveals that no such fungi exists naturally, but it does show how a mushroom's unique structure helps it reproduce so successfully. The research also sheds light on why different mushrooms posses...
ESA is running a six-month crash effort to design an instrument to operate between a pair of satellites flying in formation. One will cast a precisely-controlled shadow across the other to produce a perpetual solar eclipse, revealing parts of the Sun's corona usually hidden in sunlight. ESA's lat...
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