NASA Selects 18 University Proposals for Steckler Space Grants NASA has chosen 18 proposals from universities around the country to receive up to $70,000 for Phase One of the NASA Ralph Steckler Space Grant Colonisation Research and Technology Development Opportunity. [url=http://www.nasa....
Orbital elements: 2009 UP5 Earth MOID = 0.1843 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 32.88199 (2000.0) P Q n 0.42296316 Peri. 354.66391 +0.97552332 -0.15110302 a 1.7576579 Node 16.81507 +0.21659992 +0.53497175 e 0.3279916 Incl. 33.52143 +0.03793054 +0.83124792 P 2.33 H 19.5 G 0.15 U 9 [ur...
The main-belt asteroid (4897) 1987 QD6, discovered in 1987 by Eleanor F. Helin at the Palomar Observatory in California, has been officially renamed "Tomhamilton" for astronomer Thomas Wm. Hamilton of Grymes Hill. [url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4897;orb=1]See...
The mystery of fire in the sky over Chatham Sunday night has been solved. They were fire lanterns released during a birthday party, said Allan Stevenson. He said after leaving the grocery store shortly before 8 p. m. he looked into the sky and saw dozens of floating red objects. [url=http://www.chat...
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Orbital elements: 2009 UJ5 Earth MOID = 0.0166 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 22.76773 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26235378 Peri. 345.38521 +0.97175507 -0.22666487 a 2.4166356 Node 27.97881 +0.22813139 +0.83101954 e 0.5850101 Incl. 8.04898 +0.06039988 +0.50796610 P 3.76 H 25.1 G 0.15 U 7 [url...
A $1.5 million grant gives UH researchers the tools to analyze bits of cosmic dust
The University of Hawaii is developing one of the world's most advanced laboratories to study the origin of the solar system.
"The university is trying to build the premier centre in the world for stu...
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Orbital elements: 2009 KN4 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0113 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 51.18478 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36470244 Peri. 37.98947 +0.96594032 +0.22668042 a 1.9401870 Node 308.44442 -0.25871138 +0.83618552 e 0.5252114 Incl. 9.16889 -0.00526433 +0.49940942 P 2.70 H 18.3 G 0.15 U 1...
On Thursday, 15 October 2009, at the same time as the 300th anniversary celebrations of Berlin's Charité university hospital began, the ThermoLab experiment was launched on the International Space Station (ISS). Scientists from Charité want to use the experiment to study changes in the heat bal...
Akapana pyramid 'renovated' with adobe Eager to attract more tourists, the town of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes has spruced up the ancient Akapana pyramid with adobe instead of stone, in what some experts are calling a renovation fiasco. Now, the Akapana pyramid risks losing its designation as a...
Orbital elements: 2009 TH8 Earth MOID = 0.0088 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 13.01365 (2000.0) P Q n 0.33837583 Peri. 49.72681 +0.16077221 -0.98599667 a 2.0395600 Node 31.10575 +0.87752807 +0.12225104 e 0.5915167 Incl. 4.91962 +0.45177073 +0.11342511 P 2.91 H 24.8 G 0.15 U 7 [url=...
Taiwanese amateur astronomer discovers new asteroid An amateur astronomer who discovered an asteroid earlier this year presented a model of his new discovery to Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu Monday to share it with all residents of the southern Taiwan port city. Tsai Yuan-sheng discovered the astero...
