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The 6 - 14 metre wide asteroid 2015 PK made a close pass (0.2 LD, 0.0005 AU) travelling at 16.33 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th August 2015 @ 03:11 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Asteroid 2009 DB1 = 9D115D0 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 DB1 Earth MOID = 0.0396 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 351.14163 (2000.0) P Q n 0.71956427 Peri. 240.43823 +0.66548189 -0.74622738 a 1.2333594 Node 167.79838 +0.70923830 +0.62521016 e 0.4383349 Incl. 4.52927 +0.232626...

The mayor of Nagasaki, Itcho Ito, marked the 61st anniversary of its atomic bombing. Elderly survivors, children and dignitaries bowed their heads at the city's Peace Park near "ground zero" for a moment of silence at 11:02 a.m. -- the moment when a U.S. bomber dropped the world's second atomic...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58274809/glorieta-mountain-pallasite-meteorite/

Super Typhoon Soudelor a Threat to China, Taiwan, Japan's Ryuku Islands; State of Disaster Declared in Saipan Soudelor is intensifying rapidly over the western Pacific Ocean after raking through Saipan, a U.S. commonwealth in the northern Mariana Islands, Sunday night and early Monday. Super...

Comet 140P/Bowell-Skiff is at Perihelion (1.988 AU) in the constellation Leo (passing near to Regulus) on the 9th August 2015. EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 08 05 09 57 44.2 +12 50 54 2.9505 1.9881 15.0 7.6 18.3 2015 08 06 10 00 06.5 +12 36 54 2.9525 1.9880 14.7 7.4 18....

The 510 - 1100 metre wide asteroid (438105) 2005 GO22 will make a close pass (51.0 LD, 0.1311 AU) travelling at 31.74 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th August 2015 @ 15:18 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...

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

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NASA Simulation Indicates Ancient Flood Volcanoes Could Have Altered Climate The eruptions of El Chichon and Pinatubo were powerful enough to propel their gases into the stratosphere, which gave them the potential to alter short-term climate. Another type of volcano called a "flood-basa...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44316164/pillistfer-meteorite/

Comet C/2014 W7 (Christensen) makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.573 AU) in the constellation Cepheus on the 8th August 2015 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 08 05 21 38 18.9 +59 20 02 2.5743 2.9725 103.1 19.4 22.8 2015 08 06 21 35 52.1 +59 05 32 2.5738 2.9815 103...

The 330 - 750 metre wide asteroid (434154) 2002 SL will make a close pass (70.3 LD, 0.1806 AU) travelling at 9.86 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th August 2015 @ 06:02 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 85 - 190 metre wide asteroid 2015 MM116 will make a close pass (68.7 LD, 0.1766 AU) travelling at 4.78 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th August 2015 @ 01:37 UT ±00:21. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Hubble Finds a Little Gem This colourful bubble is a planetary nebula called NGC 6818, also known as the Little Gem Nebula. It is located in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer), roughly 6,000 light-years away from us. The rich glow of the cloud is just over half a light-year across - humongo...