* Astronomy

Reports of bright orange lights over the night sky on Tyneside were sparked by illuminated paper lanterns being released in a park, police said. Witnesses reported seeing clusters of lights speeding through the sky from the Gateshead area on Saturday night. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/...

Star-gazing gets out of hand and into the living room for Maccabim family There are families that have swimming pools in their yards, and others who outfit their homes with wine cellars or collect vintage cars. The members of the Barkat family of Maccabim, near Modi'in, are avid fans of astronomy. Th...

Refurbished Clark telescope returns to Bucknell Built in the 1800s and aiding student research throughout the 1900s, Bucknell University's Clark telescope, completely refurbished and updated, is ready to excite future generations of star-gazing Bucknellians. [url=http://www.bucknell....

The 530 - 1200 metre wide Mars-crossing asteroid 2009 QA36 was discovered on the 30th August, 2009. See more

The 3000 - 7000 metre wide main-belt asteroid 2009 QE35 was discovered on the 30th August, 2009. See more

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Title: Atlas of Vega: 3850 -- 6860 angstrom Authors: Hyun-Sook Kim, Inwoo Han, G. Valyavin, Byeong-Cheol Lee, V. Shimansky, G.A. Galazutdinov We present a high resolving power (\lambda / \Delta\lambda = 90,000) and high signal-to-noise ratio (~700) spectral atlas of Vega covering the 3850 -- 68...

A fiery meteor blazed a trail through the skies this morning, with sightings reported from Christchurch to Rotorua. Zoe Battersby was out for an early walk along Jimmy Amers beach in Kaikoura at around 6.10am when she noticed a "very large meteor". [url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/natio...

Orbital elements: 2009 QC36 Earth MOID = 0.0738 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 348.94690 (2000.0) P Q n 0.53977587 Peri. 89.40609 +0.10847963 +0.99400057 a 1.4939191 Node 186.86874 -0.95220066 +0.09986186 e 0.3875725 Incl. 6.70580 -0.28556272 +0.04461466 P 1.83 H 22.0 G 0.15 U 8 [...

Orbital elements: 2009 QB36 Earth MOID = 0.2607 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 326.10504 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21838293 Peri. 179.28532 -0.62894163 -0.74919541 a 2.7310119 Node 309.66053 +0.71195346 -0.44769370 e 0.8456642 Incl. 15.65204 +0.31233747 -0.48813583 P 4.51 H 17.4 G 0.15 U...

In 1934 a landslide into the Tafjord created a local tsunami which killed 47 people living on the shore of the fjord. Read more The near-vertical sides of the fjord in this stunning part of the world, hide a rift that is opening up near the summit a...

Tingskov mound Expand (84kb, 800 x 600) Latitude: 57° 5'14.32"N, Longitude: 9°23'12.64"E

The 2000 - 4000 metre wide Mars-crossing asteroid 2009 HC88 was discovered on the 30 August, 2009. See more

Orbital elements: 2009 QA35 Earth MOID = 0.1723 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 348.45822 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23147115 Peri. 342.16687 +0.73994467 +0.66654866 a 2.6270689 Node 335.30161 -0.58775949 +0.57521414 e 0.5523110 Incl. 12.51230 -0.32714013 +0.47417463 P 4.26 H 22.5 G 0.15 U...

2004 BX159 Earth Impact Risk SummaryTorino Scale (maximum) Palermo Scale (maximum) -4.64Palermo Scale (cumulative) -4.27Impact Probability (cumulative) 2.6e-09Number of Potential Impacts 13 Vimpact 17.94 km/sVinfinity 14.05 km/sH 17.2Diameter 1.200 kmMass 2.5e+12 kgEnergy 9.6e+04 M...