Orbital elements: 2009 WQ25 Earth MOID = 0.0009 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 25.75092 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25923611 Peri. 286.16303 +0.87236065 +0.48581164 a 2.4359725 Node 44.80986 -0.41374605 +0.79312582 e 0.7134620 Incl. 4.43797 -0.26038644 +0.36733975 P 3.80 H 23.9 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2003 BU35 Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 349.15110 (2000.0) P Q n 0.13613998 Peri. 214.07397 -0.46711817 -0.84641381 a 3.7423603 Node 264.99210 +0.85763544 -0.36337855 e 0.5366456 Incl. 14.87335 +0.21508616 -0.38928099 P 7.24 H 16.3 G 0.15 U 2 [url=http://www.cf...
Though many meteorites probably have landed in Maine, only 5 have been found and authenticated and described in the scientific literature, and portions of each are preserved in museum collections. Four of these were actually observed falling from the sky, and were collected shortly thereafter....
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the leader in high-power commercial satellites, today announced that it delivered a satellite built for Intelsat, the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati...
Orbital elements: 2009 WZ53 Earth MOID = 0.0339 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 307.25561 (2000.0) P Q n 0.82141389 Peri. 112.59842 -0.87003053 -0.15312086 a 1.1291753 Node 61.59565 -0.16477616 -0.80556046 e 0.2387617 Incl. 32.19163 +0.46464576 -0.57238654 P 1.20 H 24.2 G 0.15 U 9 [...
Orbital elements: 2009 WD54 Earth MOID = 0.0028 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 183.92442 (2000.0) P Q n 1.32638353 Peri. 210.55304 +0.03331347 +0.99843728 a 0.8203956 Node 61.38947 -0.90632838 +0.04910162 e 0.2856930 Incl. 2.92963 -0.42125892 -0.02668377 P 0.74 H 28.7 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Orbital elements: 2009 WM139 Earth MOID = 0.4154 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 13.46462 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25164254 Peri. 265.90939 +0.78643788 -0.54695279 a 2.4847346 Node 126.98882 +0.60411519 +0.77791719 e 0.5200827 Incl. 21.05637 -0.12868681 +0.30933395 P 3.92 H 18.5 G 0.15 U 8...
Orbital elements: 2009 WV7 Earth MOID = 0.0322 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 12.66027 (2000.0) P Q n 0.55752320 Peri. 33.94636 +0.14288515 -0.98859430 a 1.4620450 Node 47.88821 +0.89322223 +0.10808984 e 0.3143484 Incl. 3.67840 +0.42630726 +0.10487084 P 1.77 H 25.9 G 0.15 U 7 [url=...
Orbital elements: 2009 VR25 Earth MOID = 0.0184 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 358.86965 (2000.0) P Q n 0.52707094 Peri. 78.01712 -0.46286817 -0.88538586 a 1.5178307 Node 39.64678 +0.78483948 -0.43186457 e 0.4563498 Incl. 3.85998 +0.41204374 -0.17200254 P 1.87 H 23.4 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
New 7.5-acre park near Laurel is called 'one of the most prolific sites for dinosaur and plant fossils east of the Mississippi River' One hundred million years in development, Maryland's first dinosaur park is set to be turned over Monday to the Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recrea...
Two fireballs were spotted in the Edmonton area this week, prompting an investigation by local astronomers. Dan VanKeeken of the Telus World of Science said a bright fireball was seen at about 7:15 a.m. on Thursday travelling low along the horizon from northeast to east. A second fireball was spott...
Orbital elements: 2009 WL106 Earth MOID = 0.1236 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 304.05115 (2000.0) P Q n 0.69528797 Peri. 354.63177 -0.83282419 +0.54649659 a 1.2619038 Node 218.91823 -0.50250495 -0.81310548 e 0.6298268 Incl. 8.05320 -0.23214788 -0.20050176 P 1.42 H 20.0 G 0.15 U 9...
NASA Sets Briefings for November Space Shuttle Mission NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a series of news briefings on Friday, Oct. 16, at NASA's Johnson Space Centre in Houston. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will broadcast the briefings live. Reporters may ask qu...
Final Lockheed Martin-Built Modernised GPS IIR Satellite to Liftoff from Cape Canaveral The last in a series of eight modernised Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellites built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force is set to launch aboard a Delta II rocket on Aug. 17 from Cape Ca...