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Orbital elements: 2015 XA352 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0073 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 196.82345 (2000.0) P Q n 0.68309265 Peri. 19.08366 -0.23307089 +0.96993497 a 1.2768787 Node 237.49450 -0.90266594 -0.24257089 e 0.2073583 Incl. 4.76322 -0.36176258 -0.01963477 P 1.44 H...

Title: Dust reddening in star-forming galaxies Authors: Ting Xiao, Tinggui Wang, Huiyuan Wang, Hongyan Zhou, HongLin Lu, Xiaobo Dong (USTC) We present empirical relations between the global dust reddening and other physical galaxy properties including the Halpha luminosity, Halpha surface...

Orbital elements: 2015 XA378 Earth MOID = 0.0002 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 351.46271 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39409201 Peri. 92.12804 -0.97285523 -0.23138304 a 1.8424864 Node 74.49346 +0.21071221 -0.89252555 e 0.6422024 Incl. 0.22708 +0.09567163 -0.38711759 P 2.50 H 25.7 G...

Orbital elements: 2015 XW377 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0350 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 346.70438 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24670784 Peri. 9.32376 -0.88702417 -0.44264386 a 2.5177586 Node 143.47443 +0.40812738 -0.88469999 e 0.5954336 Incl. 12.75015 +0.21591703 -0.14619280 P 4.00 H...

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Title: A Deep 1.2 mm Map of the Lockman Hole North Field Authors: Robert R. Lindner, Andrew J. Baker, Alain Omont, Alexandre Beelen, Frazer N. Owen, Frank Bertoldi, Herve Dole, Nicolas Fiolet, Andrew I. Harris, Rob J. Ivison, Carol J. Lonsdale, Dieter Lutz, Mari Polletta We present deep 1.2 mm conti...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency submitted to a science ministry panel on Wednesday a report saying that preparations have been completed for research and development to be conducted on a second Hayabusa unmanned space probe mission aimed for launch in 2014. [url=http://home.kyodo.co....

Title: Kim 3: an Ultra-faint Star Cluster in the Constellation of Centaurus Author: Dongwon Kim, Helmut Jerjen, Dougal Mackey, Gary S Da Costa, Antonino P Milone We report the discovery of an ultra-faint star cluster in the constellation of Centaurus. This new stellar system, Kim 3, features a hal...

Orbital elements: 2014 BW2 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0234 AU Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC M 300.57692 (2000.0) P Q n 0.38140564 Peri. 26.39944 -0.98043107 +0.17910442 a 1.8831199 Node 163.29999 -0.18873844 -0.97318613 e 0.4767551 Incl. 16.51977 +0.05597061 -0.14432730 P 2.58 H 19...

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Messier 34 (also M 34, NGC 1039 and OCL 382) is a magnitude +5.5 open star cluster located 1,500 light-years away in the constellation Perseus. The cluster was probably discovered by Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna with a with a 20x Galilean telescope in the castle of his patron Carl...

The highly sanitised X-ray optics laboratory located in a corner of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research building, in India, is teeming with activity these days. Technicians donning protective overalls are working furiously to give the finishing touches to a project which is the firs...

Orbital elements: 2015 XJ351 Earth MOID = 0.0009 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 73.26200 (2000.0) P Q n 0.61743289 Peri. 76.80570 +0.82786261 +0.46001344 a 1.3658706 Node 254.99479 -0.54910444 +0.78149288 e 0.4294771 Incl. 19.40940 +0.11457667 +0.42149319 P 1.60 H 22.4...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t11367291/weston-meteorite/

Orbital elements: 2015 XY261 Earth MOID = 0.0018 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 350.71635 (2000.0) P Q n 0.53827707 Peri. 61.94021 -0.85559394 -0.51690474 a 1.4966909 Node 86.92282 +0.46465512 -0.79050722 e 0.4655873 Incl. 1.59085 +0.22815484 -0.32849325 P 1.83 H 26.9 G...