A three-stage Proton booster, topped by a Block DM upper stage, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 04:10 GMT, 28th February, 2009. The Raguda military communications satellite is to operate in a geosynchronous orbit. Proton-K Blasts Off with RADUGA-1 Military Satellite...
The 780 - 1700 metre wide asteroid 1994 CC will make a close pass (6.6 Lunar Distances, 0.0168 AU), travelling at 8.39 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th June, 2009. At closest approach the asteroid will reach magnitude 13. [url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=136617;orb=1]See...
Orbital elements: 2009 PH Earth MOID = 0.2120 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 337.43552 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29237850 Peri. 44.18156 +0.91954265 +0.38830696 a 2.2482215 Node 292.88058 -0.37631046 +0.82565405 e 0.4587209 Incl. 3.76451 -0.11327732 +0.40928364 P 3.37 H 22.1 G 0.15 U 8 [ur...
Title: Observations of three pre-cataclysmic variables from the Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey Authors: C. Tappert, B. T. Gaensicke, M. Zorotovic, I. Toledo, J. Southworth, C. Papadaki, R. E. Mennickent We present light curves and time-resolved spectroscopy of the three candidate pre-ca...
Orbital elements: 2009 KC3 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0098 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 350.32405 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17306486 Peri. 337.45864 +0.73778502 +0.67240712 a 3.1890656 Node 339.91563 -0.58989912 +0.59936306 e 0.6977259 Incl. 9.98013 -0.32816505 +0.43431854 P 5.70 H 17.9 G 0.1...
Debris from an Arianespace ARIANE 44L rocket that was launched from French Guiana on the 29th October, 1991, for the Intelsat 6AF1 telecommunications satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 10th August, 2009 @ 18:33 GMT ±24 hours. Period: ...
Orbital elements: 2009 OW6 Earth MOID = 0.0015 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 339.45887 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35894126 Peri. 230.07664 +0.82344634 +0.56739029 a 1.9608925 Node 95.35482 -0.51993071 +0.75603520 e 0.4839257 Incl. 0.12042 -0.22717433 +0.32631126 P 2.75 H 25.2 G 0.15 U 7 [u...
What am i doihg today. MY FIRST UGLY SCETCH. To scetch the solar disk is very impressivw. Today i understand the other scetch guys. Incredible situation. Today the disk has a great line of Q.R.FILAMENTS in SPOTS, LINES and ARCHES. All was in a beautifull row. In the N limb there is a detached prominence...
Very difficult observation today. Too much mist together with strong wind. The chromospheric network is very very low. Take an image of the center of the solar disk and the brightness points is too short and weak. The sun in big crisis the last days. Observed small quiscent filaments on solar surface...
PerthNow reader photographs mystery lights over Perth Hills A PerthNow reader taking photographs of Perth's night sky has captured several mysterious, unexplained lights in the image. The photograph, which shows a green saucer-like shape and a reddish light to the left, was taken looking east o...
Stunned viewers saw a UFO streak across the sky during a live TV newscast. The eerie glowing disc flashed across screens in 100,000 homes as presenter Colin Briggs read breakfast headlines on the BBCs regional news show Look North. The mystery object in the centre of Newcastle was picked up by a webc...
Typhoon Morakot is forecast to make landfall in Taiwan probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 30 hours probability for TS is 100% in about 30 hours Taipei (25.0 N, 121.5 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 30 hours probability for TS is 95% in about 30 hours T'aichung (24.1 N, 120.7 E) pr...
PIA Planetarium suffering from neglect Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Planetarium at Chauburji, established for educating and providing constructive entertainment to citizens, is seemingly heading towards its unfortunate but sure end. The deplorable and outdated standards of imp...
July 6, 2009Fireball in the sky above the East Village Two people just saw a fireball in the sky moving from west to east above the East Village (New York City). Read more
