Large meteor registered between the Norwegian mainland and Svalbard "The large meteor that entered the atmosphere North of Norway on the 15th January, at 20:40 local time, was recorded by all our infrastructure sound stations, says professor emeritus Ludwik Liszka at the Institute of Spa...
A new exhibition by the Benaki Museum entitled From the land of the Golden Fleece: Treasures of Ancient Colchis. This travelling exhibition is being presented to the Greek public for the first time, and introduces, in an impressive manner, the civilisation that developed on the Eastern shores of t...
Orbital elements: 2009 BP5 Earth MOID = 0.0012 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 324.10634 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32532392 Peri. 99.32289 -0.80490285 +0.58850788 a 2.0937527 Node 116.76560 -0.57239661 -0.73617662 e 0.6816799 Incl. 4.88881 -0.15650409 -0.33421917 P 3.03 H 22.5 G 0.15 U 8MP...
Orbital elements: 2009 BO5 Earth MOID = 0.0045 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 311.94993 (2000.0) P Q n 0.57649890 Peri. 211.76896 -0.92619118 -0.37389160 a 1.4297839 Node 306.19784 +0.35735571 -0.82921171 e 0.3292988 Incl. 3.46220 +0.12027799 -0.41546722 P 1.71 H 26.8 G 0.15 U 7M...
Orbital elements: 2009 BQ5 Earth MOID = 0.0617 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 7.68771 (2000.0) P Q n 0.72351288 Peri. 45.80047 +0.98826662 +0.04307779 a 1.2288679 Node 311.15482 -0.11251051 +0.85416624 e 0.6473122 Incl. 11.22268 +0.10329802 +0.51821264 P 1.36 H 23.2 G 0.15 U 9 MPE...
Orbital elements: 2009 BT5 Earth MOID = 0.2481 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 260.22516 (2000.0) P Q n 0.65473500 Peri. 79.41944 -0.81447779 +0.50929660 a 1.3134867 Node 130.55593 -0.56079172 -0.81388613 e 0.1410586 Incl. 21.45696 +0.14879041 -0.27965398 P 1.51 H 20.8 G 0.15 U 9 M...
Stacy Palen, an assistant professor at Weber State, will discuss "Listening to the Universe - A lecture on the latest in radio telescopes" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, in the Museum of the Rockies' Hager Auditorium. According to event organisers, the very large array, which is the most p...
Title: 2XMMi J225036.9+573154 - a new eclipsing AM Her binary discovered using XMM-Newton Authors: Gavin Ramsay (Armagh Observatory), Simon Rosen (Univ Leicester), Pasi Hakala (Tuorla Observatory), Thomas Barclay (Armagh, MSSL/UCL) We report the discovery of an eclipsing polar, 2XMMi J225...
Two couples from Deeside were left amazed after they spotted an unidentified object in the sky on Boxing Day. Kelly Dawson had stepped outside her home on Boxing Day with friend Leanne Newby when they spotted a "flaming orange ball" hurtling towards them in the sky. [url=http://www.eve...
A chunk of a meteorite weighing over 7 kilograms has been stolen from a museum in the remote Magadan Region in Russia's Far East on Saturday. Anna Chak, a local Interior Ministry spokesperson explained the thieves broke into a history museum in the village of Seimchan at night and stole a part of the me...
Orbital elements: 2009 AE16 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0284 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 319.69379 (2000.0) P Q n 0.40209689 Peri. 280.17501 -0.40686097 +0.72590458 a 1.8179513 Node 309.98701 -0.24124504 -0.67089990 e 0.7414343 Incl. 46.36721 -0.88105901 -0.15151195 P 2.45 H 18.5 G 0...
Orbital elements: 2009 AC16 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0123 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 303.44044 (2000.0) P Q n 0.50653276 Peri. 99.63081 -0.84464715 +0.43730755 a 1.5585869 Node 106.84812 -0.52157651 -0.80214653 e 0.5499004 Incl. 18.82074 +0.12053685 -0.40659936 P 1.95 H 21.2 G 0....
Orbital elements: 2009 AD16 Earth MOID = 0.0847 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 344.91165 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22989636 Peri. 195.72590 -0.70762459 -0.66875246 a 2.6390522 Node 299.99220 +0.67336147 -0.54040196 e 0.5986893 Incl. 15.27111 +0.21413025 -0.51062302 P 4.29 H 20.5 G 0.15 U...
