Orbital elements: 2008 FC76 Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 330.21538 (2000.0) P Q n 0.01734032 Peri. 141.37427 +0.82833913 -0.37618055 a 14.7830726 Node 245.65007 +0.32966953 +0.92644579 e 0.3104644 Incl. 27.10847 +0.45295949 +0.01365271 P 56.84 H 9.1 G 0.15 U 2 [url=http://www....
Orbital elements: 2009 OZ4 Earth MOID = 0.1551 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 336.02246 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22865922 Peri. 240.18829 +0.81936376 -0.41687287 a 2.6485626 Node 140.26895 +0.40337134 +0.90700681 e 0.6349834 Incl. 38.00014 -0.40735071 +0.05962927 P 4.31 H 18.9 G 0.15 U 9...
Orbital elements: 2009 OC Earth MOID = 0.1926 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 346.89333 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29771482 Peri. 124.44535 +0.65272628 +0.75754787 a 2.2212754 Node 186.32187 -0.71756873 +0.61467122 e 0.4619778 Incl. 4.34614 -0.24298874 +0.21977378 P 3.31 H 20.4 G 0.15 U 8 [u...
Orbital elements: 2009 OS5 Earth MOID = 0.0282 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 2.84175 (2000.0) P Q n 0.80869619 Peri. 120.59099 -0.06801796 +0.99755039 a 1.1409829 Node 145.49721 -0.92494730 -0.05691427 e 0.0947323 Incl. 1.65232 -0.37395996 -0.04066917 P 1.22 H 22.8 G 0.15 U 8 [ur...
Telescopes: From seas to space Created 400 years ago, it's been used to explore the high seas - and the heavens. As a new exhibition opens celebrating the telescope, Steve Connor charts the story of the invention that brought space closer to Earth [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/...
Saturn can still be found in the evening sky of July. By looking high in the southwestern sky after sunset, you will be able to find the golden glow of this planet. As July begins, Saturn's rings are tilted towards the Earth by only 3.2 degrees and by months' end, only 1.9 degrees. Looking at Saturn throu...
A Dumfries-born scientist, the late Robbie Waland helped make it possible for Neil Armstrong to become the first man to walk on the moon. Mr Waland, who died in 1999 at the age of 90, was born in Leafield Road and went on to bring great advances in the study of astronomy. This included mapping the moons su...
Pictures taken by a Worcester family show what they claim is a "fireball" streaking across the Worcester night sky. The object which had "orange flames coming from its top and sides" was spotted in Worcester at 10.15pm on Thursday. [url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/n...
Orbital elements: 2009 OF PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0092 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 340.77790 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25685499 Peri. 217.83555 +0.95789606 +0.25472852 a 2.4510041 Node 126.88940 -0.20596639 +0.93109533 e 0.6126583 Incl. 9.53388 -0.20003243 +0.26110317 P 3.84 H 21.1 G 0.15...
Orbital elements: 2009 OC3 Earth MOID = 0.0734 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 348.82985 (2000.0) P Q n 0.33651909 Peri. 126.20575 +0.52337137 +0.85210184 a 2.0470553 Node 175.35129 -0.79027606 +0.48636314 e 0.4696118 Incl. 1.56136 -0.31866309 +0.19332189 P 2.93 H 22.1 G 0.15 U 7 [...
India will soon design and develop its heaviest communications satellite GSAT-11 to provide advanced telecom services from 2011-12, a senior official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said here Friday. At 4.5 tonnes, it will weigh more than twice as much as the biggest Indian sate...
Title: Near-Infrared Photometric Survey of Herbig Ae/Be Candidate Stars Authors: Ryan L. Doering (1), Margaret Meixner (2) ((1) University of Wisconsin-Madison, (2) STScI) We report near-infrared photometric measurements of 35 Herbig Ae/Be candidate stars obtained with direct imaging and...
Spot 2 Satellite Retired The French Spot 2 (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre) Earth observation satellite, launched on the 22nd January, 1990 is being retired after 19 years. The satellites design life time was intended to be only three years. The onboard tape recorders failed in 1991 and e...
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