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The Mars crossing asteroid 2009 QU was discovered on the 17th August, 2009. See more

The Mars crossing asteroid 2009 QV was discovered on the 17th August, 2009. See more

The main belt asteroid 2009 QW was discovered on the 18th August, 2009. Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma) Units e 0.3253580 n/a a 2.4973799 n/a AUq 1.6848374 n/a AUi 8.35152 n/a degnode 33.14837 n/a degperi 314.37978 n/a degM 3.52511 n/a degtp 2455026.3845248 (2009-Jul-13.88452480) n/a JEDp...

The Mars crossing asteroid 2009 QP8 was discovered on the 21st August, 2009. Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma) Units e 0.3833179 n/a a 2.1808248 n/a AUq 1.3448756 n/a AUi 7.06106 n/a degnode 226.54281 n/a degperi 91.61136 n/a degM 2.17799 n/a degtp 2455053.3832294 (2009-Aug-09.88322941) n/...

Asteroid 2009 QH9 was discovered on the 22nd August, 2009. Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma) Units e 0.2972088 n/a a 2.3198316 n/a AUq 1.6303572 n/a AUi 1.79081 n/a degnode 346.01593 n/a degperi 5.02493 n/a degM 351.31593 n/a degtp 2455091.6317780 (2009-Sep-17.13177800) n/a JEDperiod 1290...

China's founding dynasty may just be a myth, say archaeologists. In a news report in the current Science, writer Andrew Lawler surveys a decade's worth of discoveries suggesting ancient China sprang from distinct regions, rather than possessing a single national culture some 4,300 years ago. &q...

Saturn V rocket to be wrapped in art for world's largest collaborative public art project One of the 20th-century icons, the 37-story Saturn V Moon Rocket, will be transformed into the worlds largest collaborative public art project - the Dream Rocket. By May 2010, over 8,000 panels, created by stu...

The Main Belt Asteroid 2009 QK5 was discovered by the Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory on the 23rd August, 2009.

Orbital Elements P/2009 L18 (Skiff) Epoch 2010 Sept. 1.0 TT = JDT 2455440.5 T 2010 Aug. 14.5215 TT MPC q 2.420072 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1165795 Peri. 37.8480 +0.8934016 -0.4371335 a 4.150062 Node 346.8250 +0.2119997 +0.6136594 e 0.416859 Incl. 27.0551 +0.3960930 +0.6575230 P 8.45 From 149 observation...

USNO CCD Astrograph Catalogue (UCAC) [url=http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astrometry/optical-IR-prod/ucac]Read

Orbital elements: 2009 QK9 Earth MOID = 0.0046 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 314.56402 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39362368 Peri. 239.48421 +0.79658970 -0.59659540 a 1.8439476 Node 156.70045 +0.60376769 +0.77711694 e 0.5434199 Incl. 14.28007 +0.03015680 +0.20040759 P 2.50 H 22.7 G 0.15 U 7...

Orbital elements: 2009 QJ9 Earth MOID = 0.0598 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 338.99661 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22292899 Peri. 200.59482 +0.99251331 -0.00531180 a 2.6937566 Node 158.58364 +0.01633068 +0.99585458 e 0.6112211 Incl. 19.52228 -0.12103980 +0.09080446 P 4.42 H 19.3 G 0.15 U 7...

Ancient dial solves time riddle A new discovery at an island abbey in the Firth of Forth has revealed the Augustinian canons who once lived there measured time using a mass dial. Conservationists working at Inchcolm Island found the remnants of a special sundial which they believe may have been carv...

A possible magnitude 10 nova in the constellation Ophiuchus was discovered by S. Kiyota (Tsukuba, Japan) and L. Elenin (Moscow, Russia) on the 16th August, 2009. Position (2000): RA 17 38 19.68, Dec -26 44 14.0

Hurricane Bill now Category 4 storm in Atlantic[url=http://www.examiner.com/a-2175369~Hurricane_Bill_now_Category_4_storm_in_Atlantic.html]Read