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The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2004 GD will make a close pass (38.2 LD, 0.0981 AU) travelling at 13.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th April 2015 @ 09:33 UT ±12:07. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 12 - 27 metre wide asteroid 2015 GA1 will make a close pass (2.5 LD, 0.0064 AU) travelling at 16.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th April 2015 @ 07:13 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: P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) T 2009 Apr. 22.2398 TT MPC q 4.178926 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0940329 Peri. 324.1478 +0.9852301 +0.0092752 a 4.789418 Node 36.4871 +0.0954018 +0.7994692 e 0.127467 Incl. 16.7109 -0.1421978 +0.6006355 P 10.5 From 34 observations 2009 Sept. 17-Oct. 16....

Orbital elements: 2003 WY25 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0153 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 267.93090 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18518292 Peri. 9.81610 +0.19568730 -0.97596181 a 3.0483777 Node 68.94827 +0.89262834 +0.13675099 e 0.6846813 Incl. 5.90068 +0.40610482 +0.16969886 P 5.32 H 21....

Comet C/2014 G3 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (4.699 AU) on the 2nd February 2015. EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 02 01 15 12 25.3 -04 41 15 4.6849 4.6980 84.7 12.1 19.1 2015 02 02 15 12 01.2 -04 39 14 4.6657 4.6980 85.8 12.1 19.1 2015 02 03 15 11 36.1 -04 37 08 4.6466 4.6980...

For over 400 years, astronomers have studied the Sun from afar. Now, a team at European Space Agency, with backing from NASA, is planning to send two space missions to explore the brightest star. According to the ESA astronomers, the aim of the space missions is to get closer to the centre of the Sun, wh...

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Orbital elements: 2015 EZ Earth MOID = 0.0852 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 14.41715 (2000.0) P Q n 0.61757893 Peri. 65.03479 -0.33618886 +0.94154321 a 1.3656552 Node 185.45937 -0.92535289 -0.33452968 e 0.2844105 Incl. 13.22052 -0.17521151 -0.03982806 P 1.60 H 20.3 G 0....

Comet 112P/Urata-Niijima is at perihelion (1.455 AU) on the 24th June, 2013.

Title: Neptune at Summer Solstice: Zonal Mean Temperatures from Ground-Based Observations 2003-2007 Author: Leigh N. Fletcher, Imke de Pater, Glenn S. Orton, Heidi B. Hammel, Michael L. Sitko, Patrick G.J. Irwin Imaging and spectroscopy of Neptune's thermal infrared emission is used to asses...

Title: Spots on the surface of HgMn stars: Clues to the origin of Hg and Mn peculiarities Authors: S. Hubrig, J.F. Gonzalez, R. Arlt The important result achieved in our recent study of a large sample of HgMn stars using UVES at the VLT and FEROS at the ESO 2.2m telescope is the finding that most HgMn star...

Title: Very Large Telescope observations of Gomez's Hamburger: Insights into a young protoplanet candidate Author: O. Berne, A. Fuente, E. Pantin, V. Bujarrabal, C. Baruteau, P. Pilleri, E. Habart, F. Menard, J. Cernicharo, A. Tielens, C. Joblin Planets are thought to form in the gas and dust dis...

The 22 - 48 metre wide asteroid 2015 GA6 made a close pass (22.4 LD, 0.0575 AU) travelling at 7.14 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th April 2015 @ 07:46 UT ±00:07. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 21 - 46 metre wide asteroid 2015 GZ5 made a close pass (6.5 LD, 0.0168 AU) travelling at 15.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th April 2015 @ 00:02 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).