A Timaru Boys High School trio have blasted their way to first place in an astronomy competition, beating their peers from around the country and scoring a trip to Europe in July. Ryan Ammar, Matthew Keelty and Adam Simpson took out the top prize in the Freemasons BIG Science Adventures DVD competiti...
Mt. Kerinci's volcanic activities have recently decreased although there are still tremors and a spew of black ashes. The head of the Mt. Kerinci observation post in Kersik Tuo village, Kayu Aro district in Kerinci regency, Jambi, Heru Prasetyo, said Sunday that small eruptions still happened ev...
Strong winds and heavy rains from Cyclone Aila lashed eastern India and Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least 15 people and stranding thousands in their flooded villages. By the evening, however, the storm had gradually begun to weaken, G.C. Debnath, an official at the local meteorological offi...
The 37 - 83 metre wide asteroid 2006 FH will make a close pass (60.7 Lunar Distances, 0.1560 AU), travelling at 10.19 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th May, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance betwee...
Cline Observatory's First Open House Set for Sept. 21 Guilford College's Cline Observatory has scheduled its fall series of open houses, which will each feature a multimedia presentation followed by viewing through the observatory's telescope. Each event will be free and open to the public. [ur...
Orbital elements: 2009 KG3 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0155 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 347.14054 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21134100 Peri. 270.45453 +0.97972175 +0.11299212 a 2.7913452 Node 83.06399 -0.03571662 +0.91107961 e 0.7819982 Incl. 9.59502 -0.19715378 +0.39644258 P 4.66 H 19.4 G 0.15...
Orbital elements: 2009 KD3 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0280 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 24.63150 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30446861 Peri. 116.25950 -0.90477732 -0.41676233 a 2.1883042 Node 39.28015 +0.32435777 -0.80773657 e 0.6789781 Incl. 7.96017 +0.27598919 -0.41697816 P 3.24 H 21.3 G 0.15 U...
Orbital elements: 2008 KP Earth MOID = 0.3623 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 218.87093 (2000.0) P Q n 0.85356358 Peri. 344.97280 +0.56199593 -0.31063277 a 1.1006404 Node 62.46844 +0.81965024 +0.08470642 e 0.7897956 Incl. 59.82491 +0.11105880 +0.94674817 P 1.15 H 19.0 G 0.15 U 4 [u...
A possible magnitude 17.7 supernova was discovered in an anonymous galaxy in the constellation Corona Borealis on the 24th May 2009 The supernova is located 8 west and 9 south from the center of the galaxy. Position(2000): RA 15 39 29.84, Dec +24 26 05.3
Researchers from the Vietnam Archaeology Institute and the Hanoi University of Culture have discovered a megalith of nearly 2,000 years old in Tao Dao district, Vinh Phuc province, in Vietnam. According to a report in VietNamNet, the megalith of over three meters long, over one meter wide, and nea...
The galaxies, the nebulas and the stars are no longer far from Lucknow. Indira Gandhi Planetarium has now made it easier to have a close look at the heavenly bodies that are light years away from us. It has got something that no other planetarium in the country has. A 14-inch telescope, installed insid...
A new comet, C/2009 F1 (Larson), was announced by Mr. S. Larson (Univ. of Arizona) (Mount Lemmon Survey) on the 16th March, 2009. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 24th June, 2009 at a distance of approximately 1.8 AU from the Sun. [url=http://www.cf...
Orbital elements: 2009 KM Earth MOID = 0.1050 AU Epoch 2009 May 9.0 TT = JDT 2454960.5 MPC M 344.10755 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23338635 Peri. 227.31679 +0.88021323 +0.44590984 a 2.6126772 Node 105.60127 -0.37097683 +0.85997256 e 0.8002978 Incl. 9.70999 -0.29597444 +0.24821686 P 4.22 H 20.2 G 0.15 From 27...
Title: Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy in the analysis of microstructural changes of Y-TZP ceramics Author: P. Parente, G. Ferro, A. Tucci, L. Esposito, G. Timellini Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (PALS) technique was used for microstructural characterisation o...
A government report says the accuracy of GPS signals could deteriorate in the next few years because of delays in satellite launches, but the Air Force says it has plenty of ways of keeping up the navigation system increasingly relied on by drivers and cellphone users. The Government Accountabilit...
