Orbital elements: 2009 WM8 Earth MOID = 0.0246 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 18.86775 (2000.0) P Q n 0.40637796 Peri. 181.59583 +0.51895741 -0.83040486 a 1.8051610 Node 237.18816 +0.78691199 +0.55674682 e 0.4392147 Incl. 13.96024 +0.33384536 -0.02146500 P 2.43 H 24.8 G 0.15 U 8 [u...
The AIM Problem Lists are part of the Bibliographic Knowledge Network (BKN) project funded by a Cyber Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) grant from the National Science Foundation. Major partners in the project are UC Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, and AIM. [url=http://aimpl.org/pl/]Read...
The National Space Society's International Space Development Conference is where astronauts, scientists, entrepreneurs, officials, activists and other citizens who look forward to the final frontier gather each year. Regular features include talks by government and industry leaders, pa...
Orbital elements: 2009 WX7 Earth MOID = 0.0081 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 25.38946 (2000.0) P Q n 0.40553241 Peri. 336.57631 +0.80061024 -0.59755288 a 1.8076694 Node 60.19243 +0.55748309 +0.71581967 e 0.4569368 Incl. 2.91999 +0.21962659 +0.36129318 P 2.43 H 26.7 G 0.15 U 7 [url...
Orbital elements: 2009 WZ7 Earth MOID = 0.1026 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 40.15845 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36516849 Peri. 250.36357 +0.78059827 +0.52220770 a 1.9385359 Node 76.73132 -0.35345757 +0.82201494 e 0.6897602 Incl. 20.66365 -0.51549403 +0.22713556 P 2.70 H 19.6 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
Orbital elements: 1998 HJ3 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0116 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 36.21288 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35205966 Peri. 93.75844 +0.73596003 +0.67236025 a 1.9863626 Node 224.01512 -0.65761998 +0.68208479 e 0.7459949 Incl. 6.55636 -0.16093102 +0.28756224 P 2.80 H 18.8 G 0.15 U 2...
Orbital elements: 2009 WG7 Earth MOID = 0.0192 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 71.74181 (2000.0) P Q n 0.71263056 Peri. 292.21332 +0.99281464 +0.10807192 a 1.2413467 Node 61.61521 -0.07643898 +0.90310156 e 0.2538570 Incl. 3.34784 -0.09206619 +0.41560562 P 1.38 H 26.6 G 0.15 U 8 [url...
Orbital elements: 2009 WD7 Earth MOID = 0.0177 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 20.29221 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26568067 Peri. 108.66405 +0.93750884 -0.34736936 a 2.3964190 Node 271.66647 +0.31111050 +0.86291234 e 0.5872141 Incl. 1.16314 +0.15584428 +0.36703791 P 3.71 H 25.6 G 0.15 U 8 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2009 JL1 Earth MOID = 0.0754 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 276.98439 (2000.0) P Q n 0.77065904 Peri. 289.59614 +0.98245831 +0.01839131 a 1.1782240 Node 69.70639 +0.06890159 +0.88890857 e 0.1685720 Incl. 11.41152 -0.17328655 +0.45771531 P 1.28 H 21.2 G 0.15 U 7 [...
Since 2005, the Ad Astra Rocket Company of Webster, Texas, has been working to perfect a type of engine it calls VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket). It uses radio waves to heat argon gas, turning it into a hot plasma a state of matter in which electrons are no longer bound to atomi...
Orbital elements: 2009 WX6 Earth MOID = 0.0137 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 39.74377 (2000.0) P Q n 0.41663065 Peri. 330.46006 +0.96900652 +0.24694437 a 1.7754233 Node 15.24755 -0.22136409 +0.88002354 e 0.5487277 Incl. 1.45899 -0.10965537 +0.40568098 P 2.37 H 23.7 G 0.15 U 9 [url...
A contender for the title of brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy has been unearthed in the dusty metropolis of the galaxy's center. Nicknamed the "Peony nebula star," the bright stellar bulb was revealed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and other ground-based telescopes. It blazes...
Orbital elements: 2009 WO6 Earth MOID = 0.3559 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 350.98474 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18111053 Peri. 30.39393 -0.22561918 -0.85480068 a 3.0939046 Node 76.23924 +0.76863653 -0.45093525 e 0.5809967 Incl. 28.76092 +0.59857654 +0.25685249 P 5.44 H 17.2 G 0.15 U 7 [ur...
