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Comet 176P/LINEAR makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.955 AU) on the 1st August, 2010. Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2 2010 08 01 20 12 18.5 -20 13 05 1.9552 2.9642 172.3 2.6 19.1 2010 08 02 20 11 29.6 -20 15 34 1.9554 2.9623 171.1 3.0 19.1 2010 08 03 20 10 41.0 -20 18 01 1.95...

The 71 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2015 KU121 will make a close pass (7.5 LD, 0.0192 AU) travelling at 16.31 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th June 2015 @ 18:33 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

V603 Aquilae was the brightest nova recorded in the last 300 years. The first sighting was made on the night of June 8, 1918, and was viewed as an object of the first magnitude about 6° north of the star cloud in the Milky Way of Scutum Among the first to observe it there was E. Barnard. At the time of discove...

The first launch of a Soyuz-2.1a after the Progress-M27M carrier rocket accident will take place at the end of this week Read more

Title: In-depth Chandra study of the AGN feedback in Virgo elliptical galaxy M84 Authors: A. Finoguenov, M. Ruszkowski, C. Jones, M. Brueggen, A. Vikhlinin, E. Mandel Using deep Chandra observations of M84 we study the energetics of the interaction between the black hole and the interstellar med...

ATel 7593; ASAS-SN Discovery of A Probable Bright Supernova in UGC 04883 mag 14.7V

White light image of Sunspots 12361, 12362 (Returning sunspot region 12342) and 12358 (right), and the eastern limb.

Science-Fiction's Most Famous Comm. Officer Visits Goddard Hundreds of scientists and engineers (even the occasional astronaut) pass through Goddard's gates every day. One of science fiction's most famous astronauts joined the mix on February 29. Nichelle Nichols, best known in the role of S...

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Australian fossil forces rethink on our ancestors emergence onto land A 333-million year old broken bone is causing fossil scientists to reconsider the evolution of land-dwelling vertebrate animals, says a team of palaeontologists, including QUT evolutionary biologist Dr Matthew Phillips,...

Comet P/2013 W1 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.809 AU) on the 12th December 2013 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2013 12 11 02 49 59.4 +07 48 28 0.8089 1.7007 142.8 20.5 19.3 2013 12 12 02 49 27.8 +07 50 53 0.8088 1.6950 141.7 21.1 19.3 2013 12 13 02 48 58...

Rob H. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey) has announced the discovery of a new comet on May 10, 2008. The cometary nature of the object was confirmed by A.C. Gilmore and P. Kilmartin (Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo) and by N. Teamo (Tiki Observatory, Punaauia). The preliminary orbital elements o...

The 11 - 25 metre wide asteroid 2005 YK will make a close pass (23.9 LD, 0.0613 AU) travelling at 8.45 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th June 2015 @ 03:35 UT ±2 days 04:22. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2015 KA122 Earth MOID = 0.0074 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 356.70390 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46175369 Peri. 214.92992 +0.29582124 +0.93175784 a 1.6577885 Node 73.08394 -0.81864757 +0.36085082 e 0.4148733 Incl. 12.71120 -0.49224582 -0.04017483 P 2.13 H 23....

The 100 - 230 metre wide asteroid 2015 KS154 will make a close pass (32.9 LD, 0.0845 AU) travelling at 20.02 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th June 2015 @ 14:28 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).