* Astronomy

The 400 - 900 metre wide asteroid 1999 XM141 will make a close pass (73.4 lunar distances, 0.1887 AU), travelling at 18.04 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th December, 2010 @ 11:35 UT. See more The Lunar Dist...

The 32 - 71 metre wide asteroid 2015 KE19 will make a close pass (23.8 LD, 0.0612 AU) travelling at 18.43 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th May 2015 @ 19:21 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 (405) Thia is at Opposition on the 26th June, 2011. Magnitude=11.0 Distance to Sun=2.248 AU Distance to Earth=1.236 AU Asteroid (405) Thia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It was discovered by A...

Galapagos Isabela Island Volcano Erupts First Time in 33 Years Ecuador's Galapagos National Park administration said the 1.7 kilometre-high Wolf volcano began spewing fire, smoke and lava before dawn Monday. Read more

On 2015 May 26, asteroid (1285) Julietta will occult a 2.9 mag star in the constellation Sagittarius for observers along a path across New Guinea, Indonesia, Africa. Read more

The 210 - 470 metre wide asteroid 2013 WR44 will make a close pass (50.6 LD, 0.1301 AU) travelling at 20.65 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th May 2015 @ 02:28 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 67 - 150 metre wide asteroid 2015 FY35 will make a close pass (77.4 LD, 0.1990 AU) travelling at 7.29 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th May 2015 @ 04:12 UT ±00:06. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 92 - 210 metre wide asteroid 2001 EC16 will make a close pass (67.2 LD, 0.1728 AU) travelling at 8.26 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th May 2015 @ 05:21 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2015 JW Earth MOID = 0.0313 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 8.09243 (2000.0) P Q n 0.34728706 Peri. 201.84589 -0.26453457 +0.96429536 a 2.0045196 Node 52.81697 -0.88246185 -0.23682252 e 0.4784547 Incl. 0.89802 -0.38895058 -0.11853077 P 2.84 H 25.6 G 0.15...

Comet 198P/ODAS makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.217 AU) on the 24th October, 2011.

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Orbital elements: 2015 KJ57 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0126 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 319.17596 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49936202 Peri. 336.06112 +0.98740391 +0.15776943 a 1.5734721 Node 14.87614 -0.13662900 +0.88825853 e 0.4118204 Incl. 2.66348 -0.07978747 +0.43139956 P 1.97 H 2...

White light photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader solar filter. Prime focus. Processed in MS ICE (planar motion 1) and Paint Shop Pro. Hazy sky between broken cloud

John Forbes Nash, Jr. (June 13, 1928 - May 23, 2015) was an American mathematician whose works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations have provided insight into the factors that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life. Read more

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