The 490 - 1100 metre wide asteroid 2005 CW25 will make a close pass (33.7 Lunar Distances, 0.0865 AU), travelling at 20.55 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th August, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance b...
Orbital elements: 2009 PU1 Earth MOID = 0.0723 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 240.00395 (2000.0) P Q n 0.83706581 Peri. 268.92458 +0.58115799 -0.78754657 a 1.1150551 Node 142.96953 +0.81358685 +0.56791397 e 0.1385508 Incl. 19.90120 -0.01821616 +0.23925745 P 1.18 H 22.3 G 0.15 U 9...
Orbital elements: 2009 QC Earth MOID = 0.0902 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 347.52022 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32185422 Peri. 148.07864 +0.55059511 +0.83338266 a 2.1087734 Node 155.22853 -0.78802686 +0.53792841 e 0.4843462 Incl. 6.59874 -0.27542457 +0.12691089 P 3.06 H 22.3 G 0.15 U 8 [u...
Orbital elements: 2009 PR1 Earth MOID = 0.0151 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 336.20396 (2000.0) P Q n 0.54509108 Peri. 167.09816 +0.59310664 +0.79909947 a 1.4841917 Node 139.16162 -0.75139670 +0.59324294 e 0.3101735 Incl. 8.64636 -0.28918423 +0.09748253 P 1.81 H 24.5 G 0.15 U 6 [...
Orbital elements: 2009 PY Earth MOID = 0.1761 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 72.62351 (2000.0) P Q n 1.08469610 Peri. 195.46563 -0.93266133 -0.26497110 a 0.9381321 Node 325.91765 +0.35959131 -0.62840823 e 0.2989088 Incl. 25.90407 +0.02892973 -0.73136407 P 0.91 H 20.9 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Images of "Victoria Crater" in Mars' Meridiani Planum region, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, provided detailed, three-dimensional information that was used to create this animation of a hypothetica...
Scientists say the odds of finding a meteorite are astronomical. Only six meteorites have been found in Washington in the history of the state, according to one professor, but a family in Spokane Valley thinks they might have number seven after finding a small, dark rock in their backyard this weeke...
The International Year of Astronomy coincides with the 27th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2009. More than two thousand astronomers from all around the world are expected to meet and present their latest discoveries in Rio de Janeiro on the 3-14 August 2009. A n...
Night-time photos shed light on growing economies Night-time images taken from kilometres above the Earth could help us better understand the economies of some of the planet's least developed countries. So say the US economists behind a method for measuring changes GDP using the intensity of str...
Orbital elements: 2009 JK1 Earth MOID = 0.1626 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 340.78708 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36326474 Peri. 122.32314 +0.59258424 +0.80543355 a 1.9453028 Node 184.06892 -0.78127161 +0.57137988 e 0.4245027 Incl. 8.90744 -0.19610862 +0.15748596 P 2.71 H 19.5 G 0.15 U 4 [...
North Laurel lab to build $60-million space research facility Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory officials announced Wednesday they had broken ground on a new $60-million building dedicated to space research. The five-story, 200,000 square foot building, known as "Building 200,...
Orbital elements: 2009 PN Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 359.85613 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18341562 Peri. 273.69573 -0.04645173 +0.99882926 a 3.0679280 Node 353.59488 -0.86171854 -0.04690527 e 0.5542978 Incl. 6.95229 -0.50525578 -0.01183203 P 5.37 H 20.0 G 0.15 U 9 [url=http://www.cfa....
EADS Astrium has signed a contract with the Algerian National Space Technology Centre (CNTS) for the development of the ALSAT-2 system, which consists of two optical observation satellites. ALSAT-2 is the first Earth observation satellite system from the AstroSat100 family to be built...
