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The star is only a couple of degrees from the south celestial pole of Mars, so it could therefore be considered the southern polar star of Mars. Read more

Kuiper Belt Object 230965 (2004 XA192) is at Opposition (34.657 AU) on the 3rd January 2016.

Orbital elements: 2015 YC10 Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 351.12145 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29660194 Peri. 236.43006 -0.94936015 -0.30130312 a 2.2268282 Node 285.89670 +0.31012758 -0.85321493 e 0.6349306 Incl. 5.31330 +0.05036057 -0.42572375 P 3.32 H 24.7...

Advance in astronomy 'can help find other worlds' The pull of gravity on a distant star can now be measured more accurately, shedding light on other worlds, say astronomers. A team led by Thomas Kallinger of the University of Vienna used data from the Kepler space telescope - which is searching for ot...

Big Solar Storm & Aurora for New Years Eve brings Luck for 2016: Periscope 12-30-15 Spoiler

Northwest Africa 1110 Morocco Purchased 2001 November Martian meteorite (basaltic shergottite) G. and A. Hupé (xHupé) received a small sample of this meteorite in 2001 September and bought the rest from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco in 2001 November. The weight of the total material purchased is 11...

The Northwest Africa 1669 (NWA 1669) meteorite was found in Morocco in January 2001. A single stone weighing 36 g was bought in Erfoud in January 2001 by Bruno Fectay (Fectay). The location of its find is unknown but Al Mala'ika was used as working name. The sample is mostly covered with desert varnis...

The 670 - 1500 metre wide asteroid 2004 MQ1 will make a close pass (55.4 LD, 0.1424 AU) travelling at 21.06 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd January 2016 @ 13:00 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

ATel 8488; ASAS-SN Discovery of A Probable Supernova in 2MASX J08270817+2748382 Mag 16.4V

Timothy Nigel Peake (born April 7, 1972 in Chichester, Sussex) is a former British Army Air Corps officer and a current European Space Agency astronaut. He is the first British citizen to be selected as an astronaut by ESA. Read more

Twenty panel photomosaic captured with a 8" f5 reflector and vesta pro webcam.

SPMN311215, 8h34m27.7s ± 0.1s TUC, Fireball from the Ebro Observatory Absolute magnitude: -17 ± 2 Origin: Probably sporadic Read more

Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (4.088 AU) on the 27th September 2014 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2014 09 26 000000 00 32 36.5 -11 37 06 4.150 5.129 166.1 2.7 20.2 2014 09 27 000000 00 31 43.8 -11 37 21 4.142 5.121 166.2 2.7 20.2 2014 09 28 000000 00 30 50.8 -11 37 3...

Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (1.314 AU) on the 20th April 2016 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2016 03 10 23 34 46.2 +05 46 44 2.4193 1.4536 10.4 7.1 13.2 2016 03 15 23 34 45.0 +05 11 05 2.4040 1.4238 7.5 5.2 13.2 2016 03 20 23 34 42.9 +04 35 42 2.3779 1.3971 7.6...