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Asteroid 2009 DW = BO51894 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 DW Earth MOID = 0.0227 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 329.23397 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37312329 Peri. 8.73880 -0.88985931 -0.45528400 a 1.9108847 Node 144.13090 +0.41549205 -0.83536087 e 0.4709361 Incl. 2.88030 +0.18845891...

Asteroid 2009 DV = BO50063 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 DV Earth MOID = 0.0097 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 348.92618 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37032787 Peri. 76.02344 +0.64322594 -0.76503103 a 1.9204888 Node 333.86219 +0.67207618 +0.58378623 e 0.7243148 Incl. 4.09141 +0.3668432...

Padang Hill, at an elevation of almost 900 meters above sea level, is home to the largest megalithic site in Southeast Asia, or the second-largest in the Asia-Pacific region. The word padang, in the language of the Sundanese people of West Java Province, translates as bright. One explanation for th...

World's tallest monoliths in Jaintia Hills The cluster of monoliths in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya is a testimony of Jaintia rulers' strength. It's an amazing site as the monolith is sure to kindle your thought of man's greatest idea and knowledge. [url=http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?art...

Title: Photon-Axion-Like Particle Coupling Constant and Cosmological Observations Authors: M. Yu. Piotrovich, Yu. N. Gnedin, T. M. Natsvlishvili We estimated the photon-pseudoscalar particle mixing constant from the effect of cosmological alignment and cosmological...

Could future trips to space be powered by vegetable oil? In a test firing earlier this month, the California-based engineering firm Flometrics announced that commercially available biodiesel produced almost the same amount of thrust as conventional rocket fuel. The find may not come as much of a...

Orbital elements: C/2008 Y1 (Boattini) T 2009 Feb. 16.8075 TT MPC q 1.407239 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 154.8193 +0.6334874 -0.7589225 Node 255.4997 +0.6809412 +0.6393456 e 1.0 Incl. 8.9589 +0.3674410 +0.1235874 From 38 observations 2008 Dec. 22-25. MPEC 2008 -Y53

CoRoT-Exo-6 b a Hot-Jupiter type exoplanet with a close 8.89 day orbital period. Read more

Orbital elements: 2009 BA71 Earth MOID = 0.2291 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 316.24458 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46958503 Peri. 28.88136 -0.93979348 -0.33799431 a 1.6393055 Node 131.27343 +0.29922328 -0.88519238 e 0.2571913 Incl. 3.85110 +0.16508676 -0.31967842 P 2.10 H 20.6 G 0.15 U 3 M...

Astronomers say bright lights in the sky and noises like thunder observed over much of Kentucky were meteors. Read more

There are many interesting celestial highlights to enjoy this month, as there are every month. Our sister planet, Venus, reaches its maximum brilliancy for the year, three planets gather in the morning sky along with a crescent moon, our largest asteroid makes its closest approach in 2,000 years,...

Around 20:03 UT on Feb. 13th, multiple cameras in Italy recorded a fireball some 10 times brighter than a full Moon. Astronomer Diego Valeri sends this video from the town of Rieti: Ferruccio Zanotti of Ferrara, Italy, recorded that same fireball and two others. Italian scientists are plotting the...

Asteroid 2009 DD = 9D10AAF (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 DD Earth MOID = 0.0333 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 332.53666 (2000.0) P Q n 0.33996717 Peri. 1.49007 -0.87259367 -0.48574676 a 2.0331905 Node 149.27926 +0.44709634 -0.83658835 e 0.4971703 Incl. 5.76191 +0.19668543 -0...

Orbital elements: 2005 WR54 Earth MOID = 0.1951 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 55.08818 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36381474 Peri. 325.98012 +0.75417454 -0.60943156 a 1.9433418 Node 73.49329 +0.64485453 +0.61697575 e 0.4074924 Incl. 14.77843 +0.12402985 +0.49792982 P 2.71 H 19.2 G 0.15 U 2M...

Orbital elements: 2006 MF10 Earth MOID = 0.2696 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 273.15997 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29770210 Peri. 64.42660 -0.15289171 +0.98812381 a 2.2213387 Node 196.80018 -0.92467909 -0.14851930 e 0.4232904 Incl. 3.04326 -0.34870145 -0.03941265 P 3.31 H 19.4 G 0.15 U 3 M...