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The 17 - 37 metre wide asteroid 2015 GZ made a close pass (8.7 LD, 0.0224 AU) travelling at 18.50 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th April 2015 @ 23:33 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Venus and Pleiades

International Dark Sky Week April 1- 8, 2011 Founded in 2003 by then high school student Jennifer Barlow, National Dark Sky Week has been endorsed by the International Dark-Sky Association, the American Astronomical Association, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Astronomers Without Borders, and...

Orbital elements: 2014 UR116 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0288 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 30.86090 (2000.0) P Q n 0.33004005 Peri. 286.82064 +0.38728860 +0.92188059 a 2.0737590 Node 6.00624 -0.79625190 +0.34100912 e 0.7283173 Incl. 6.57875 -0.46474773 +0.18398087 P 2.99 H 19....

Spectacular fireball from space explodes over Russian city A suspected meteorite explosion has been recorded by citizens of the northern Russian city of Murmansk. Multiple drivers with dashcams out on the streets of the 300,000-people city at 2.10am on Saturday noticed a bright blue trail speed...

Ultraviolet (390nm) image

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The International Academy of Astronautics will hold its 4th conference from 13-17 April, 2015 in Frascati, Italy. www.pdc2015.org

The 24 - 53 metre wide asteroid 2015 GL will make a close pass (6.0 LD, 0.0155 AU) travelling at 8.62 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th April 2015 @ 05:53 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 47 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 FG36 will make a close pass (23.3 LD, 0.0600 AU) travelling at 4.23 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th April 2015 @ 07:02 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2015 GK will make a close pass (2.8 LD, 0.0072 AU) travelling at 11.95 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th April 2015 @ 21:32 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Comet C/2014 N2 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (1.445 AU) on the 23rd July 2014 Orbital elements: C/2014 N2 (PANSTARRS) T 2014 Oct. 9.97957 TT MPC q 2.1681785 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 238.86600 +0.07194455 -0.89968172 Node 143.83202 -0.46510703 +0.35162453 e 1.0 Incl. 133.14706 -0.88232615 -0....

Orbital elements: P/2012 WA34 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Epoch 2013 Jan. 28.0 TT = JDT 2456320.5 T 2013 Jan. 24.74404 TT MPC q 3.1734210 (2000.0) P Q n 0.09354658 Peri. 353.15911 +0.03976054 -0.99354317 a 4.8060039 Node 94.52339 +0.92173287 -0.00458824 e 0.3396965 Incl. 6.11886 +0.38578183 +...

Orbital elements: 2015 GU Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 15.40633 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36281019 Peri. 224.49513 -0.40836270 +0.91268942 a 1.9469273 Node 21.41718 -0.82527892 -0.36192642 e 0.5356537 Incl. 2.42100 -0.39007002 -0.18975585 P 2.72 H 28.4 G 0.1...

The Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is an image of a small region in the constellation Ursa Major, constructed from a series of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope. Read more Spoiler The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D [spoiler]...