Orbital elements: 2009 VA1 Earth MOID = 0.1552 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 21.79530 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24221867 Peri. 134.67169 +0.89321324 +0.36369061 a 2.5487719 Node 207.55029 -0.33800855 +0.93088358 e 0.5911323 Incl. 34.86251 +0.29651361 -0.03442223 P 4.07 H 18.4 G 0.15 U 7 [u...
Orbital elements: 2009 UX17 Earth MOID = 0.1415 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 322.86181 (2000.0) P Q n 0.76681282 Peri. 279.46497 -0.70456062 -0.70143232 a 1.1821606 Node 216.12386 +0.70140904 -0.66528569 e 0.0847788 Incl. 10.52069 +0.10779469 -0.25571009 P 1.29 H 21.3 G 0.15 U 9...
360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky Expand (1082kb, 4000 x 1216) Credit: ESO The Milky Way arches across this rare 360-degree panorama of the night sky above the Paranal platform, home of ESOs Very Large Telesc...
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Orbital elements: 2009 HC21 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0468 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 288.08951 (2000.0) P Q n 0.77620029 Peri. 128.26711 +0.92277509 +0.33654808 a 1.1726098 Node 213.30749 -0.36047370 +0.92604875 e 0.1544375 Incl. 19.98443 +0.13617947 +0.17078962 P 1.27 H 21.9 G 0...
Orbital elements: 2009 VW PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0281 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 66.75380 (2000.0) P Q n 0.57884123 Peri. 255.67522 +0.63915133 +0.76225453 a 1.4259241 Node 54.52009 -0.64834393 +0.60553799 e 0.5581934 Incl. 7.21289 -0.41368554 +0.22867396 P 1.70 H 21.6 G 0.15 U 9 [...
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the name Herse for the moon Jupiter L discovered on the 27th February, 2003 by B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, and L. Allen at the Mauna Kea observatory. Herse is a figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Cecrops (or, according to Paus...
A beautiful sequence generated by Barbarian Software's magnetosphere iTunes visualiser set to Vangelis' Heaven & Hell. This track was the theme music to Carl Sagan's PBS Cosmos series. Vangelis / Cosmos Click to Play | View Details
Orbital elements: 2008 DV Earth MOID = 0.2135 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 253.94326 (2000.0) P Q n 0.43299720 Peri. 258.41367 -0.77619156 +0.48454681 a 1.7303979 Node 309.09196 -0.13861500 -0.75532092 e 0.4515775 Incl. 31.31683 -0.61507117 -0.44125354 P 2.28 H 18.3 G 0.15 U 2 [u...
Orbital elements: 2009 VS Earth MOID = 0.0378 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 77.68093 (2000.0) P Q n 0.67347301 Peri. 105.62285 +0.86965103 +0.46058858 a 1.2890089 Node 227.33016 -0.49201767 +0.83806274 e 0.3338026 Incl. 13.98296 +0.04032002 +0.29241923 P 1.46 H 24.9 G 0.15 U 7 [ur...
Orbital elements: 2009 VQ Earth MOID = 0.0163 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 16.61509 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26262492 Peri. 353.70140 +0.78930257 -0.61127226 a 2.4149719 Node 44.15357 +0.56690082 +0.68931183 e 0.5832183 Incl. 4.76455 +0.23584934 +0.38883856 P 3.75 H 26.4 G 0.15 U 5 [url=...
Orbital elements: 2009 VP Earth MOID = 0.0773 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 69.38896 (2000.0) P Q n 0.61281491 Peri. 291.86206 +0.89238570 +0.35751739 a 1.3727238 Node 48.38619 -0.13433132 +0.79299573 e 0.3314718 Incl. 21.61211 -0.43081650 +0.49329412 P 1.61 H 22.6 G 0.15 U 7 [url...
The 29 - 64 metre wide asteroid 2008 VY3 will make a close pass (41.7 Lunar Distances, 0.1071 AU), travelling at 14.57 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th November, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance...
