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Comet C/2014 W8 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.190 AU) on the 28th November 2014 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2014 11 27 000000 03 38 02.5 +07 16 08 4.231 5.187 164.2 3.0 21.3 2014 11 28 000000 03 37 37.7 +07 09 59 4.231 5.184 163.4 3.1 21.3 2014 11 29 000...

7P/Pons-Winnecke (also known as Comet Pons-Winnecke) is a periodic comet in our solar system. Jean Louis Pons (Marseille) originally discovered the comet on June 12, 1819, it was later rediscovered by Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (Bonn) on March 9, 1858. It is believed to be the parent body...

Comet C/2014 XB8 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (3.011 AU) in the constellation Aries on the 5th April 2015 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2015 04 04 000000 02 25 16.7 +10 43 46 3.892 3.007 24.1 7.8 21.2 2015 04 05 000000 02 25 20.6 +10 51 05 3.901 3.007 23.1 7.5 21.2 2015 04 06 0000...

KBO 2010 RE64 is at Opposition (52.026 AU) in the constellation Cetus on the 21st September 2015 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2015 09 20 000000 00 11 43.9 -12 54 36 52.027 53.006 167.0 0.2 21.6 2015 09 21 000000 00 11 40.2 -12 54 59 52.026 53.005 167.0 0.2 21.6 2015 09 22 000000...

According to a report released today by a team led by Andrew Becker of the University of Washington, an Oort Cloud object named 2006 SQ372 has been detected a little over three billion kilometres from Earth, a bi...

The 6 - 12 metre wide asteroid 2015 SM made a close pass (4.0 LD, 0.0103 AU) travelling at 5.41 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th September 2015 @ 00:00 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 35 - 79 metre wide asteroid 2015 SD made a close pass (32.2 LD, 0.0828 AU) travelling at 10.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th September 2015 @ 17:37 UT ±00:06. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 6 - 15 metre wide asteroid 2015 SH made a close pass (2.5 LD, 0.0065 AU) travelling at 5.17 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th September 2015 @ 18:22 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 14 - 31 metre wide asteroid 2015 SE will make a close pass (4.2 LD, 0.0107 AU) travelling at 10.00 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th September 2015 @ 20:32 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 36 - 80 metre wide asteroid 2007 TD will make a close pass (3.8 lunar distances, 0.0097 AU), travelling at 11.91 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd September, 2011 @ 10:24 UT ±18:37. See more The Lunar Distan...

An apparent asteroidal object discovered by the NEAT survey (the discovery observation tabulated below was originally assigned the designation 2000 YN 30 and published on MPO 24160) was recovered a few months ago with the 0.9-m Spacewatch reflector at Kitt Peak (recovery observation also tabu...

The magnitude 10.7 comet 144P Kushida is moving through the constellation Taurus. Distance from Earth 0.641 AU Orbital Elements 144P/Kushida Epoch 2009 Jan. 9.0 TT = JDT 2454840.5 T 2009 Jan. 26.8601 TT MPC q 1.439021 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1296555 Peri. 216.0966 -0.2006767 -0.9774830 a 3.866122 Nod...

The 12 - 27 metre wide asteroid 2015 SB made a close pass (10.0 LD, 0.0256 AU) travelling at 7.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th September 2015 @ 16:03 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

ATel 8068: Bright, High-Amplitude CV Candidate ASASSN-15pu