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Orbital elements: 2008 OS7 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0106 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 323.26155 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37394573 Peri. 73.07261 -0.85926399 +0.50469566 a 1.9080818 Node 137.13953 -0.50346237 -0.80557514 e 0.6447553 Incl. 7.03865 -0.09050433 -0.31037234 P 2.64 H 20...

Orbital elements: 2015 NU13 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0099 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 11.44581 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39822116 Peri. 260.24605 +0.76110579 -0.64691224 a 1.8297278 Node 140.04109 +0.62016816 +0.70449299 e 0.5898308 Incl. 4.20961 +0.19002483 +0.29188043 P 2.48 H 1...

A prehistoric giraffe discovered in eastern Macedonia earlier this summer is the first to be found in Europe, according to palaeontologists. The ancient animal was among several sets of fossil remains dating five to ten million years ago. Located outside the village of Stamer, near Delcovo, the f...

ATel 8535: Swift observations of SN 2016G

Orbital elements: 2016 AN66 Earth MOID = 0.0005 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 21.00646 (2000.0) P Q n 0.60457641 Peri. 152.96022 +0.29199217 -0.95580872 a 1.3851663 Node 280.04633 +0.87109670 +0.28054052 e 0.3096840 Incl. 1.99097 +0.39488114 +0.08790175 P 1.63 H 27.3 G...

New development could lead to more effective lightbulbs US researchers say they have developed a technique that can significantly improve the efficiency of the traditional incandescent lightbulb. These older bulbs have been phased out in many countries because they waste huge amounts of energ...

Comet 251P/LINEAR is at Opposition (4.254 AU) on the 23rd November 2013. EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2013 11 22 04 06 46.3 +09 28 41 4.2532 5.2252 168.6 2.1 2013 11 23 04 06 07.5 +09 25 10 4.2539 5.2260 168.7 2.1 2013 11 24 04 05 28.6 +09 21 43 4.2548 5.2267 168.7 2.1 20...

Experts warn of more great quakes in the Himalayas In a new study, a team of researchers has discovered that massive earthquakes in the range of 8 to 8.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale have left clear ground scars in the central Himalayas. This ground-breaking discovery by scientists from Nanyang T...

Orbital elements: 2010 BB PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0111 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 116.72561 (2000.0) P Q n 1.31505641 Peri. 29.47746 +0.62906153 +0.75875029 a 0.8250998 Node 280.03574 -0.74259017 +0.52223605 e 0.2691362 Incl. 9.88562 -0.22987264 +0.38931671 P 0.75 H 19.8 G 0.15 U 9...

Orbital elements: 2016 AC65 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0397 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 43.60331 (2000.0) P Q n 0.48057056 Peri. 59.29795 +0.93470426 +0.30819441 a 1.6142270 Node 282.25362 -0.35507312 +0.83189165 e 0.7241283 Incl. 10.43793 +0.01584376 +0.46148943 P 2.05 H 2...

The Kielder Observatory is a new astronomical facility for the north of England. Kielder, Hexham, Northumberland, UK Permanent telescopes: Meade LX 200 14 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with built-in GPS and motor drives, mounted on equatorial wedge, wired for computer connection in war...

Comet 116P/Wild 4 (magnitude 14.8) will pass close to the Globular Cluster NGC 6553 in the constellation Sagittarius, at 21:00 UT, 31st January, 2010. The comet will only be 0.09° deg from the center of NGC 6553 (magnitude 8.3). Ephemeris pre>Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase mag 2010 0...

Orbital elements: 2016 AA10 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0432 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 17.96661 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37961113 Peri. 342.47620 +0.73425076 -0.65186653 a 1.8890499 Node 59.74182 +0.64618960 +0.58547068 e 0.5112964 Incl. 12.67952 +0.20812215 +0.48196900 P 2.60 H 2...

Black hole wakes up and has a light snack Astronomers have watched as a black hole woke up from a decades-long slumber to feed on a low-mass object - either a brown dwarf or a giant planet - that strayed too close. A similar feeding event, albeit on a gas cloud, will soon happen at the black hole at the centr...

The Great Comet of 1760 (C/1760 A1) was first seen on 7 January 1760 by Abbe Chevalier at Lisbon. Charles Messier also spotted the comet on 8 January 1760 in Paris, by the sword of Orion. The comet was his third discovery and the comet was the 51st to have a calculated orbit. Messier observed the comet for...