The 290 - 650 metre wide asteroid 2002 XN14 will make a close pass (37.1 lunar distances, 0.0954 AU), travelling at 11.00 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th December, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), th...
Orbital elements: 2002 GP186 Earth MOID = 0.0818 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 228.45297 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67621158 Peri. 24.65889 +0.56245504 -0.82354719 a 1.2855263 Node 31.26679 +0.73312813 +0.45558655 e 0.3326149 Incl. 8.15031 +0.38231854 +0.33795105 P 1.46 H 20.2 G 0.15 U 7 [u...
Indonesia breaks world record for most sky lanterns Indonesia on Saturday successfully broke the world record for the most sky lanterns flown simultaneously, according to officials, with more than ten-thousand paper lanterns sent up into the night sky. [url=http://www.necn.com/Boston/Wor...
The 590 - 1300 metre wide asteroid 2002 WP will make a close pass (71.2 lunar distances, 0.1830 AU), travelling at 10.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th December, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the di...
Archaeologists have found evidence of mass cannibalism at a 7,000-year-old human burial site in south-west Germany, the journal Antiquity reports. The authors say their findings provide rare evidence of cannibalism in Europe's early Neolithic period. Up to 500 human remains unearthed near th...
Orbital elements: 2004 XE6 Earth MOID = 0.3014 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 337.44191 (2000.0) P Q n 0.38780326 Peri. 45.37806 -0.51691542 -0.68495836 a 1.8623519 Node 82.85220 +0.56247796 -0.72391671 e 0.3520023 Incl. 31.16277 +0.64530380 +0.08232038 P 2.54 H 19.5 G 0.15 U 2 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2009 WA52 Earth MOID = 0.0025 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 1.25060 (2000.0) P Q n 0.40970360 Peri. 214.35805 -0.30352418 -0.95235189 a 1.7953792 Node 253.32728 +0.88107460 -0.26854990 e 0.4744019 Incl. 1.79355 +0.36274043 -0.14459192 P 2.41 H 26.3 G 0.15 U 7 [ur...
The main belt asteroid (317) Roxane has been discovered to have a satellite moon. using the J. Merline et al used the 8-m Gemini-North telescope to make the discovery. IAUC 9099 (Subscription)
Orbital elements: 2009 WC106 Earth MOID = 0.0121 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 334.63743 (2000.0) P Q n 0.87337758 Peri. 257.55485 -0.76777303 -0.63536771 a 1.0839303 Node 242.93639 +0.61799387 -0.70029381 e 0.1784969 Incl. 5.32600 +0.16913946 -0.32541735 P 1.13 H 25.5 G 0.15 U 8...
Title: A new investigation of the binary HD 48099 Authors: L. Mahy, G. Rauw, F. Martins, Y. Naze, E. Gosset, M. De Becker, H. Sana, P. Eenens With an orbital period of about 3.078 days, the double-lined spectroscopic binary HD 48099 is, still now, the only short-period O+O system known in the Mon OB2 as...
Preparations are moving forward at the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan for the fourth Land Launch mission, the first of a satellite for Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services. Liftoff on November 29 is planned at 1:00 pm PT (21:00 GMT), for the Intelsat 15 sate...
A Japanese H-2A rocket is scheduled to launch an Information Gathering Satellite, from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan, between 01:05-03:32 GMT, on the 28th November, 2009.
Nickel analysis of the meteorite NWA869Click to Play | View Details The Northwest Africa 869 (NWA 869) strewn field, was first found in 2000 near Tindouf in Algeria. The regolith breccia meteorites are classified as ordinary chondrites (L4-6). The chemistry of the NWA 869 meteorite shows that it c...
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A colleague of the UK professor at the centre of the climate e-mails row says "sceptics" have embarked on a "tabloid-style character assassination". Professor Andrew Watson rallied to the defence of climate scientist Phil Jones, whose e-mail exchanges prompted claims th...
