Title: FK Comae Berenices, King of Spin: The COCOA-PUFS Project Author: Thomas R. Ayres, V. Kashyap, S. Saar, D. Huenemoerder, H. Korhonen, J.J. Drake, P. Testa, O. Cohen, C. Garraffo, T. Granzer, K. Strassmeier COCOA-PUFS is an energy-diverse, time-domain study of the ultra-fast spinning, hea...
Orbital elements:
2014 AA Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU
Epoch 2014 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2456658.5 MPC
M 324.30925 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.78273412 Peri. 52.35440 -0.89800711 -0.43929392
a 1.1660751 Node 101.57475 +0.39536118 -0.83018926
e 0.2149211 Incl. 1.43759 +0.19306155 -0.34322973
P 1.26 H 30.9 G 0.1...
A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 15:56:32 (UTC) on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, Near Islands, Aleutian Islands region, 120 km WNW of Attu Station, at a depth of 14 km. Location 53.364°N, 171.593°E
The earth is now on the brink of entering another Ice Age, according to a large and compelling body of evidence from within the field of climate science. Many sources of data which provide our knowledge base of long-term climate change indicate that the warm, twelve thousand year-long Holocene peri...
Orbital elements:
2013 BC70 Earth MOID = 0.0014 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 332.86691 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.65122836 Peri. 262.11230 +0.87998258 -0.44120534
a 1.3181976 Node 123.90329 +0.47443824 +0.83449527
e 0.4270890 Incl. 12.24120 -0.02321668 +0.33008405
P 1.51 H 24...
Title: Deep 2MASS Photometry of M67 and Calibration of the Main Sequence J-Ks Colour Difference as an Age Indicator Authors: Ata Sarajedini, Aaron Dotter, Allison Kirkpatrick We present an analysis of Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) calibration photometry of the old open cluster M67 (NGC 2682)...
'Gigantic chasm under Antarctic ice' A vast, previously unrecognised canyon system could be hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet. Hints of its presence are seen in the shape of the white continent's surface, in a largely unexplored region called Princess Elizabeth Land. If confirmed by a proper g...
Finds in Bronze Age city confirm long-distance trade The Bronze Age city Hala Sultan Tekke (about 1600-1100 BC) in Cyprus is much larger than previously thought, and new finds suggest that its inhabitants were involved in trade reaching far beyond its immediate neighbours. Last summer, a Swedish...
Observing a Solar Eclipse on January 1, 1907 near the Cherniaevo Station http://www.wdl.org/en/item/6567/ A total solar eclipse occurred on January 14, 1907. Observations of the solar eclipse were made from the Tian Shan Mountains. Read more
Orbital elements:
P/2012 T2 (PANSTARRS)
T 2011 Aug. 29.44417 TT MPC
q 4.8847265 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.07606394 Peri. 253.77382 +0.80714635 +0.55152155
a 5.5167524 Node 72.30130 -0.42100979 +0.78779435
e 0.1145649 Incl. 12.76950 -0.41384238 +0.27423357
P 13.0
From 19 observations 2012 Oc...
The 580 - 1300 metre wide asteroid (337866) 2001 WL15 will make a close pass (31.3 LD, 0.0804 AU) travelling at 7.23 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th January 2016 @ 13:03 UT ą00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
NameExoWorlds Contest Opens for Public Voting The NameExoWorlds contest, organised by the IAU, is now entering its historic final stage. The public voting on the shortlist of names for the ExoWorlds - 20 planetary systems comprising 15 stars and 32 exoplanets - starts today. The vote will decide t...