New Approaches to Old Physics, University of WarwickDATE: 21 Oct 2009 START TIME: 10:30 am LOCATION/VENUE: University of Warwick , UK A one day meeting of the Higher Education Group of the Institute of Physics co-hosted with the Higher Education Academy Physical Sciences Centre. Registration is...
Green Fireball, September 18, 1954 It was precisely midnight on September 18, 1954 when my telephone rang. It was Jim Phalen, a friend of mine from the Long Beach Press-Telegram, and he had a "good flying saucer report," hot off the wires. He read it to me. The lead line was: "Thousand...
To celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, Sky-Watcher is proud to present the commemorative edition of Newton's telescope - Heritage Heritage 76 features * Highly affordable and easy to use Dobsonian base, perfect for beginners * Great all-around astronomical viewing performance * Al...
Two years before the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, and three years before he helped create NASA, American physicist and mathematician Dr. Homer E. Newell Jr. postulated satellites would one day orbit Earth in massive numbers. He also saw them orbiting at four times the altitude at which scientis...
For nearly 30 years UFO enthusiasts have been poring over a high-profile incident dubbed Britain's 'Roswell'. But now a lorry driver has come forward to claim it was he who was responsible for the infamous UFO sighting near Woodbridge, Suffolk, in December 1980. [url=http://www.dailymail.co.u...
A science meteorite exhibition starts a pioneer collaboration project with nine Andalusian universities to exhibit to the public some interesting research work. The Granada Science Park welcomed yesterday some of the most curious samples that have gone through the Museum, meteorites: fragm...
Temples of the moon The temples of Khajuraho, with their unique rhythms in stone, embody a culture's vision of itself and its place in the universe... Read more Khajuraho is a village in the Indian state of Madh...
Title: The Ritland crater - An early Cambrian impact structure in West Norway Authors: Fridtjof Riis, Henning Dypvik, Svein Olav Krøgli The Ritland crater is a 2 km wide and 350 m deep circular depression in the sub-Cambrian peneplain. It is located in the community of Hjelmeland, county of Rogalan...
Title: SEDIMENTARY INFILL OF THE GARDNOS IMPACT CRATER – A FIELD REPORT
Authors: E.Kalleson, H.Dypvik, J.Naterstad.
The Gardnos impact structure in Hallingdal is one of only two (at present) confirmed impact craters in Norway, the other being the Mjølnir crater in the Bar...
Orbital elements: 2009 HD21 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0017 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 327.94391 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37032342 Peri. 139.62936 +0.76028944 +0.64958398 a 1.9205042 Node 179.85327 -0.64650135 +0.75679830 e 0.5185068 Incl. 17.90763 -0.06321371 +0.07278035 P 2.66 H 18.2 G 0...
The 20 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2009 FS32, made a close flyby of the Earth on the 31st March, 2009, passing by around nine million, one hundred and ninety thousand km away. See more
The 490 - 1100 metre wide asteroid 2004 HO will make a close pass (57.1 Lunar Distances, 0.1467 AU), travelling at 15.10 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th September, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance...
Orbital elements: 2009 FG44 Earth MOID = 0.0714 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 246.60742 (2000.0) P Q n 1.03914542 Peri. 15.68429 +0.92930788 -0.36414176 a 0.9653508 Node 6.71173 +0.25602232 +0.51513483 e 0.1131121 Incl. 31.77479 +0.26615678 +0.77591036 P 0.95 H 22.4 G 0.15 U 8 [u...
