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The 460 - 1000 metre wide asteroid (235756) 2004 VC will make a close pass (40.6 LD, 0.1044 AU) travelling at 20.40 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th April 2015 @ 05:55 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 93 - 210 metre wide asteroid 2015 FS33 will make a close pass (24.4 LD, 0.0627 AU) travelling at 23.30 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th April 2015 @ 19:57 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

ATel 7313: ASASSN-15fd: A Possible Nova in the LMC

Deception Island is a volcanic caldera, which formed a natural harbour when the caldera collapsed. The harbour is called Port Foster. The Island is in the South Shetland Islands, on the Bransfield Rift where the rift is offset by a short ridge-ridge transform fault . 700000 years ago, volcan...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48622474/lalitpur-meteorite/

Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) is at Opposition (3.440 AU) on the 13th February 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 02 13 09 45 54.4 +13 36 10 3.4398 4.4270 179.8 0.0 2014 02 14 09 45 19.2 +13 38 50 3.4385 4.4258 179.0 0.2 2014 02 15 09 44 44.1 +13 41 29 3.4375 4.4246 177.8 0.5...

The 89 - 200 metre wide asteroid 2015 EP7 will make a close pass (66.1 LD, 0.1699 AU) travelling at 12.48 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th April 2015 @ 11:49 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Asteroid (2063) Bacchus makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.302 AU) on the 16th December 2013 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2013 12 15 18 03 03.6 -07 13 32 0.3020 0.7031 18.0 154.4 23.2 2013 12 16 17 58 20.6 -06 43 21 0.3019 0.7024 17.6 154.9 23.3 2013 12 17 17 53 35.9 -...

Building of launching site for a new manned spacecraft is planned for no earlier than 2020 in the Far East. "I'm absolutely sure that a new civil space port for launchings a new manned spacecraft should be built in the Far East no earlier than 2020" - Anatoliy Perminov, Head of Roscosmos. [...

Images captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader solar filter. DIY focal reducer.

A total lunar eclipse will take place on 4 April 2015. Totality will last only 4 minutes and 43 seconds. Read more The eclipse is visible throughout most of North America, South America, eastern Asia, and Australia. Spoiler

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48608487/doroninsk-meteorite/

The 77 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2014 VG2 will make a close pass (68.7 LD, 0.1766 AU) travelling at 3.33 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th April 2015 @ 08:05 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 58 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2015 FE36 will make a close pass (60.5 LD, 0.1555 AU) travelling at 11.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th April 2015 @ 12:44 UT ±00:05. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).