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Title: A Revised Parallel-Sequence Morphological Classification of Galaxies: Structure and Formation of S0 and Spheroidal Galaxies Authors: John Kormendy, Ralf Bender We update van den Bergh's parallel sequence galaxy classification in which S0 galaxies form a sequence S0a-S0b-S0c that pa...

ATel 6941: Spectroscopic confirmation and additional photometry of the very bright nova M31N 2015-01a

The 150 - 340 metre wide asteroid 2015 HA1 will make a close pass (30.5 LD, 0.0784 AU) travelling at 10.50 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st May 2015 @ 10:51 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 22 - 50 metre wide asteroid 2015 JD3 will make a close pass (20.7 LD, 0.0532 AU) travelling at 1.50 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st May 2015 @ 23:29 UT ±06:33. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.757 AU) on the 27th September, 2012. EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2012 09 26 21 50 11.4 +15 45 06 1.7567 2.6224 142.3 13.5 19.0 2012 09 27 21 49 29.1 +15 38 31 1.7566 2.6163 141.5 13.8 19.0 2012 09 28 21 48...

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Title: Discovery of Seven Companions to Intermediate Mass Stars with Extreme Mass Ratios in the Scorpius-Centaurus Association Author: Sasha Hinkley (Exeter), Adam L. Kraus (UT), Michael J. Ireland (ANU), Anthony Cheetham (Sydney), John M. Carpenter (Caltech), Peter Tuthill (Sydney), Sylv...

Orbital elements: 2015 KE Earth MOID = 0.0044 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 156.46802 (2000.0) P Q n 1.02806080 Peri. 222.38384 -0.31856384 -0.94785062 a 0.9722774 Node 246.19440 +0.87253290 -0.28917386 e 0.1247499 Incl. 0.61448 +0.37040981 -0.13400625 P 0.96 H 26.1 G 0...

Orbital elements: 2015 KK Earth MOID = 0.0097 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 21.16879 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24073501 Peri. 85.43428 -0.75493314 -0.61186373 a 2.5592333 Node 56.64482 +0.43133567 -0.73434770 e 0.7864700 Incl. 16.41231 +0.49398936 -0.29386431 P 4.09 H 25.1 G 0.1...

Orbital elements: 2008 AZ30 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0281 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 340.28368 (2000.0) P Q n 0.64050500 Peri. 25.76282 +0.99118029 +0.13060503 a 1.3328697 Node 326.70872 -0.12755727 +0.89434384 e 0.6539549 Incl. 2.34399 -0.03592748 +0.42789184 P 1.54 H 2...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49228895/tysnes-isl...

TNO 2006 HJ123 is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It was discovered in 2006 by Marc W. Buie. Read more

The 170 - 380 metre wide asteroid 2015 HP43 will make a close pass (52.0 LD, 0.1337 AU) travelling at 10.88 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th May 2015 @ 05:07 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 68 - 150 metre wide asteroid 2006 KY67 will make a close pass (58.3 lunar distances, 0.1499 AU), travelling at 13.88 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd May, 2012 @ 12:36 UT ±11:18. See more The Lunar Dista...

EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 01 09 08 52 16.6 +28 42 17 1.1670 2.1118 158.2 10.0 18.1 2014 01 10 08 51 50.4 +28 51 07 1.1636 2.1118 159.1 9.6 18.1 2014 01 11 08 51 22.7 +28 59 55 1.1606 2.1118 160.0 9.1 18.1 2014 01 12 08 50 53.6 +29 08 40 1.1577 2.1118 160.9 8.8 18.1 2014 01...