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Title: A Venus-Mass Planet Orbiting a Brown Dwarf: Missing Link between Planets and Moons Author: A. Udalski, Y. K. Jung, C. Han, A. Gould, S. Kozlowski, J. Skowron, R. Poleski, I. Soszynski, P. Pietrukowicz, P. Mróz, M. K. Szymanski, L. Wyrzykowski, K. Ulaczyk, G. Pietrzynski, Y. Shvartzvald, D....

Asteroid (135) Hertha is at Opposition on the 28th May, 2011. Magnitude=10.6 Distance to Sun=2.222 AU Distance to Earth=1.210 AU Asteroid (135) Hertha is a large main belt asteroid. Named Hertha, another name for Nerthus, a Germanic fertility goddess. It orbits among the Nysa asteroid family b...

Orbital elements: P/2013 EW90 (Tenagra) Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 T 2012 Oct. 12.11237 TT MPC q 3.3004412 (2000.0) P Q n 0.11846855 Peri. 346.08036 -0.84546616 -0.50379341 a 4.1058273 Node 160.36139 +0.52638707 -0.84209939 e 0.1961568 Incl. 31.80784 +0.09002017 +0.19251...

Orbital elements:P/2011 E1 Epoch 2011 Mar. 20.0 TT = JDT 2455640.5 T 2011 Mar. 9.83663 TT MPC q 0.0533979 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18553060 Peri. 57.25585 -0.19320163 -0.96806317 a 3.0445681 Node 44.78691 +0.80714017 -0.24939833 e 0.9824613 Incl. 13.10849 +0.55785113 +0.02557677 P 5.31 From 1...

NGC 2346 (also Butterfly Nebula, PK 215 +3.1 and HD 293373) is a magnitude +11.6 planetary nebula located 2,000 light years away in the constellation Monoceros. A the center of the nebula is the binary star system HD 293373; The two stars orbit each other every 16 days. The nebula has a diameter of 0.34...

The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2015 ND3 made a close pass (15.1 LD, 0.0388 AU) travelling at 9.10 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd July 2015 @ 20:36 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 190 - 420 metre wide asteroid 2004 EW will make a close pass (71.6 lunar distances, 0.1840 AU), travelling at 5.09 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd June, 2013 @ 16:34 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD...

The 230 - 520 metre wide asteroid (194006) 2001 SG10 will make a close pass (75.6 LD, 0.1943 AU) travelling at 9.64 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th July 2015 @ 08:06 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)....

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New Hubble snap of ESO 381-12 The ghostly shells of galaxy ESO 381-12 are captured here in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, set against a backdrop of distant galaxies. The strikingly uneven structure and the clusters of stars that orbit around the galaxy suggest that ESO 381-12 m...

Two panel white-light photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader solar filter.

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43819069/allegan-meteorite/

The 46 - 100 metre wide asteroid 2015 LV24 will make a close pass (51.6 LD, 0.1326 AU) travelling at 5.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th July 2015 @ 08:29 UT ±00:07. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2014 WU200 Earth MOID = 0.0031 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 307.22919 (2000.0) P Q n 0.93360613 Peri. 196.44539 -0.74362838 -0.66858215 a 1.0367967 Node 301.59624 +0.61392868 -0.68054379 e 0.0892616 Incl. 0.25824 +0.26477993 -0.29976333 P 1.06 H 28.9...

Asteroid (306) Unitas is a typical main belt asteroid that was discovered by Elia Millosevich on March 1, 1891 in Rome. Read more