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Title: Aperture Synthesis Observations of the Nearby Spiral NGC 6503: Modelling the Thin and Thick HI Disks Authors: Eric W. Greisen, Kristine Spekkens, Gustaaf A. van Moorsel We present sensitive aperture synthesis observations of the nearby, late-type spiral galaxy NGC 6503, and produce HI m...

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Orbital elements: 2012 XB112 Earth MOID = 0.0025 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 223.54156 (2000.0) P Q n 0.94495361 Peri. 83.40753 -0.95768398 -0.28493684 a 1.0284797 Node 80.03164 +0.24506965 -0.88132310 e 0.1406941 Incl. 2.36542 +0.15093792 -0.37693579 P 1.04 H 29.9...

The 16 - 35 metre wide asteroid 2015 LH2 made a close pass (5.2 LD, 0.0133 AU) travelling at 11.71 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th June 2015 @ 10:55 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

NASA Tests Future Mars Landing Technology Landing payloads that are large enough to bring humans and sustain their survival on the Red Planet is still beyond our capability. The same parachute design developed for the Viking missions in the 1970s has been used for all U.S. missions to the surface o...

Expand (251kb, 1280 x 960) Credit NASA Thackeray Globule.kmz Google Sky file (1kb, kmz) Dark clouds in the HII star-forming region, IC 294...

Title: WASP-121 b: a hot Jupiter in a polar orbit and close to tidal disruption Author: L. Delrez, A. Santerne, J.-M. Almenara, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier-Cameron, R. F. Díaz, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P. F. L. Maxted, M. Neveu-VanMalle, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan,...

Zhupanovsky is a volcanic massif located in the southeastern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Read more

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On 2015 Jun 10 UT, the 89 km diameter asteroid (424) Gratia will occult a 6.1 mag star in the constellation Aquarius for observers along a path across NE Australia. Read more

The 16 - 36 metre wide asteroid 2015 HK10 will make a close pass (33.9 LD, 0.0871 AU) travelling at 5.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th June 2015 @ 19:27 UT ±02:55. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2015 LH Earth MOID = 0.0029 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 358.13230 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37523701 Peri. 201.62099 +0.26183165 +0.96270008 a 1.9037019 Node 83.60906 -0.87511031 +0.26662354 e 0.4819767 Incl. 3.93574 -0.40697191 +0.04604825 P 2.63 H 27.1 G 0....

The first Italian woman in Space in November 2014 Announcing the launch of Captain Samantha Cristoforetti, member of ESA's astronaut corps: she will fly to the ISS on the Soyuz, Expedition 42/43 The first "space" mission of an Italian woman is officially on the agenda. Just over a couple...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved new names for two craters on Mars. Arima for a 53.59-km-wide Martian crater located at -15.84°S, 296.32°E. The feature was named in honour of a town in Trinidad and Tobago. Baucau for a 17.94-km-wide Martian crater located at -28.37°S, 304....

The 14 - 31 metre wide asteroid 2015 LF will make a close pass (0.5 LD, 0.0013 AU) travelling at 16.76 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th June 2015 @ 23:49 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).