New evidence has emerged which suggests that a major volcanic eruption in 1761 belched out enough dust and gas to completely blot out the moon, thus explaining the missing moon observed that year during a total lunar eclipse. According to a report in National Geographic News, astronomer Kevin D. P...
FormalhautClick to Play | View Details Fomalhaut ( PsA / Piscis Austrini / Alpha Piscis Austrini) is the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the sky. Fomalhaut can be seen low in the southern sky in the northern hemisphere in the fall/winter. Its nam...
Orbital elements: 2009 BG Earth MOID = 0.0083 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 13.04962 (2000.0) P Q n 0.84431737 Peri. 93.50500 +0.82796776 -0.55461700 a 1.1086613 Node 300.19611 +0.46887901 +0.76575513 e 0.2741868 Incl. 5.50276 +0.30760668 +0.32560569 P 1.17 H 25.6 G 0.15 U 7MPEC...
Orbital elements: 2009 BB Earth MOID = 0.2177 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 328.98399 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26535920 Peri. 154.74572 -0.65962056 +0.68839299 a 2.3983540 Node 72.36917 -0.73207608 -0.49756497 e 0.8431355 Incl. 18.45488 -0.17019205 -0.52777286 P 3.71 H 18.1 G 0.15 U 9 MP...
THE ROUND TOWER COPENHAGEN 2009Click to Play | View Details Rundetårn (former spelling: Rundetaarn, lit. [The] Round Tower) is a 17th century tower located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The tower is part of the Trinitatis complex, which was built to provide the scholars of the time with an astronomical...
The Valparaiso University Observatory has been hosting open houses for a peek at the night sky since 1985. But the school has nothing on Galileo and, in honour of the early astronomer's achievements, the university will provide public lectures and demonstrations in addition to the open houses, wh...
Forty years ago, on January 16, 1969, two Russian spacecraft (Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5) carried out the first docking between two manned spacecraft and transfer of crew between the craft. The Soyuz 4/5 mission was a critical milestone for the future of manned space missions, the rendezvous and docking of...
Regular readers have long ago learned that, with some effort, we can find star patterns shaped like a square, a bow tie, a kite - even a coat hanger, for cryin' out loud. But one of my favourites has to be the long and winding star group known to astronomers as Eridanus, the river. Most people don't know ab...
"On my short drive home I saw a fireball sphere in the sky. In Donvale, which is about 14km from Melbourne. I thought it was a meteor rock on fire. I drove left into Shirvington Place a street off Doncaster Road and watched it for a good two and a half minutes" - Yvonne Vincent. [url=http://www...
Moon rock with fusion crust NWA 2995 Paired Individual Lunar Feldspathic Breccia Algeria - Discovered in 2005 An end piece from lunar meteorite. This outstanding specimen is covered with fusion crust on the rough end and displays the grey and black matrix with whitish inclusions so characteristi...
Orbital elements: 2007 EJ26 Earth MOID = 0.2603 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 36.94187 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46859139 Peri. 224.34150 +0.75208318 -0.65836532 a 1.6416221 Node 176.40613 +0.65336049 +0.75083815 e 0.2685913 Incl. 29.04223 -0.08655026 -0.05288835 P 2.10 H 18.4 G 0.15 U 3...
Orbital elements: 2009 AG16 Earth MOID = 0.0559 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 14.16121 (2000.0) P Q n 0.53498939 Peri. 257.62246 +0.88851184 -0.16382996 a 1.5028164 Node 110.51647 +0.27287851 +0.93961985 e 0.6098452 Incl. 27.23474 -0.36889568 +0.30045678 P 1.84 H 21.1 G 0.15 U 9...
Orbital elements: 2009 AF16 Earth MOID = 0.1988 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 342.09244 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30172127 Peri. 180.58073 -0.57499607 -0.79059360 a 2.2015680 Node 304.53806 +0.75167045 -0.40884356 e 0.4624270 Incl. 14.81082 +0.32306511 -0.45586041 P 3.27 H 21.0 G 0.15 U...
