Orbital elements: 2009 WE Earth MOID = 0.1708 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 350.00575 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49063403 Peri. 71.21734 -0.44662854 -0.80473754 a 1.5920777 Node 51.82412 +0.51062962 -0.58815755 e 0.3933287 Incl. 29.83114 +0.73469745 -0.08042506 P 2.01 H 22.5 G 0.15 U 8 [url...
Orbital elements: 2009 WD Earth MOID = 0.2703 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 32.50319 (2000.0) P Q n 0.41940443 Peri. 340.59833 +0.91293229 -0.14457113 a 1.7675866 Node 35.60355 +0.40329639 +0.46280697 e 0.2932731 Incl. 40.96169 -0.06250321 +0.87459070 P 2.35 H 20.1 G 0.15 U 9 [url...
How long is a piece of string? Alan Davies leaves behind his role in the TV quiz show QI to explore the world of quantum mechanics for the BBC science programme Horizon. The stand-up comic admits to deliberately failing at physics so he wouldn't have to take the O-level. But after making a TV documentar...
Thirty-five radio telescopes around the world will conduct an unprecedented continuous 24-hour observation of nearly 250 remote quasars this week. The collection of quasars, whose positions in the sky are precisely known, forms the core (or defining sources) of a grid of celestial landmarks ca...
Orbital elements: 2009 WB Earth MOID = 0.0339 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 35.37555 (2000.0) P Q n 0.53725180 Peri. 336.36935 +0.82481911 -0.54282476 a 1.4985945 Node 57.44756 +0.54404896 +0.68584964 e 0.3292296 Incl. 10.81501 +0.15389659 +0.48471802 P 1.83 H 24.2 G 0.15 U 9 [url...
Orbital elements: 2009 VM24 Earth MOID = 0.0350 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 344.64503 (2000.0) P Q n 0.83792906 Peri. 88.61029 -0.69335661 -0.70554775 a 1.1142891 Node 46.48658 +0.55431723 -0.65211815 e 0.2320301 Incl. 11.65360 +0.46042266 -0.27738832 P 1.18 H 26.6 G 0.15 U 8 [u...
Orbital elements: 2009 VS44 Earth MOID = 0.0166 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 44.41739 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49521953 Peri. 311.06581 +0.98994077 -0.04556214 a 1.5822346 Node 51.97789 +0.10591370 +0.86635127 e 0.4216172 Incl. 9.78959 -0.09380598 +0.49735255 P 1.99 H 25.7 G 0.15 U 7 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2009 VR44 Earth MOID = 0.0357 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 34.21247 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39518620 Peri. 313.67474 +0.98301442 -0.15060549 a 1.8390839 Node 55.25638 +0.18225207 +0.86834300 e 0.4787235 Incl. 7.33329 -0.02160631 +0.47254463 P 2.49 H 25.0 G 0.15 U 7 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2009 VQ44 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0190 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 63.96293 (2000.0) P Q n 0.62861117 Peri. 238.00384 +0.17297865 +0.91570619 a 1.3496298 Node 46.76907 -0.64848030 +0.38306500 e 0.7275757 Incl. 29.85603 -0.74131754 -0.12142230 P 1.57 H 21.9 G 0.15...
Orbital elements: 2009 VP44 Earth MOID = 0.0315 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 9.61127 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24857251 Peri. 195.34109 +0.41091711 -0.86602675 a 2.5051514 Node 231.28879 +0.87015446 +0.46578571 e 0.5977258 Incl. 21.41128 +0.27198961 -0.18177277 P 3.97 H 25.9 G 0.15 U 7 [u...
Media Invited to International Earth Observation Briefing, Exhibit The United States is hosting the sixth plenary meeting of the Group on Earth Observations, or GEO, this week at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in Washington. The press event will be held at 12:45 p.m. EST i...
The next time you bungee jump off a cliff, new materials developed in the United States and Canada may be able to provide you with a smoother ride. Based on mermaid's necklace, a gooey, stringy material snails use to protect their growing embryos, the synthetic substance could have a range of applica...
New Satellite Positioning Station In Central Vietnam The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has launched a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) to receive round the clock positioning signals from the United States (US) satellite system in Vietnam's central province of Qu...
The Mercury Islands lie off the northeast coast of New Zealand's North Island. They are located eight kilometres off the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, and 35 kilometres northeast of the town of Whitianga. Read more Latitude: 3...
Title: The galactic unclassified B[e] star HD 50138. I. A possible new shell phase Authors: Marcelo Borges Fernandes (1), Michaela Kraus (2), Olivier Chesneau (1), Armando Domiciano de Souza (1), Francisco Xavier de Araujo (3), Philippe Stee (1), Anthony Meilland (4) ((1) Fizeau, France, (2) As...
