* Astronomy

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44436054/malakal-meteor...

The 79 - 180 metre wide asteroid 2015 OT78 will make a close pass (71.1 LD, 0.1826 AU) travelling at 6.78 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th August 2015 @ 12:07 UT ±00:18. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: P/2009 L2 (Yang-Gao) T 2009 May 19.898 TT MPC q 1.28936 (2000.0) P Q n 0.148535 Peri. 345.164 -0.420388 +0.864808 a 3.53115 Node 259.343 -0.801425 -0.495784 e 0.63486 Incl. 16.223 -0.425431 +0.079400 P 6.64 From 48 observations 2009 June 15-16. [url=http://www.cfa.harvard.e...

The sudden deep freeze of the northern hemisphere that occurred 13,000 years ago has been traced to events originating in northern Canada, according to University of Toronto research. The findings could shed light on the future of climate change due to greenhouse gases. The study, published...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44424074/cape-girardeau-meteorite/

Shipment explodes in Tianjin port Massive explosions have hit China's northern port city of Tianjin, reportedly injuring many people. According to Chinese state media, the blasts occurred when a shipment of explosives blew up at about 23:30 (16:30 GMT). Read more

Alpha Ceti (HD 18884) is a red giant star located 249 ±8 light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. It has the traditional name Menkar or Menkab.

White-light image of sunspot 12396 and the western limb.

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44411159/shelburne-meteorite/

White-light image of sunspot 12396 captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader solar filter.

On 2015 Aug 13th, asteroid (701) Oriola will occult a 6.0 mag star in the constellation Aquarius for observers along a path across Africa, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru. Read more

Orbital elements: 2011 AK5 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0417 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 200.60006 (2000.0) P Q n 0.76239085 Peri. 331.38867 +0.33613853 +0.93982013 a 1.1867273 Node 318.17108 -0.84566593 +0.27256819 e 0.2253600 Incl. 5.26777 -0.41456005 +0.20602111 P 1.29 H 21.6 G 0.15...

The 300 - 670 metre wide asteroid 2004 AR1 will make a close pass (74.6 Lunar Distances, 0.1918 AU), travelling at 10.28 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th October, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distan...

Orbital elements: 2014 SD224 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0165 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 195.47332 (2000.0) P Q n 1.01654228 Peri. 277.56331 -0.91194612 +0.40313130 a 0.9796082 Node 286.23587 -0.33804308 -0.84373853 e 0.3317486 Incl. 4.56502 -0.23255355 -0.35438742 P 0.97 H...

Orbital elements: 2015 EK7 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0119 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 354.40115 (2000.0) P Q n 0.52204304 Peri. 127.44215 -0.01458929 +0.99905467 a 1.5275608 Node 141.66035 -0.93697200 +0.00063901 e 0.3827561 Incl. 3.78510 -0.34909972 -0.04346675 P 1.89 H 2...