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The 16 - 35 metre wide asteroid 2015 FN33 will make a close pass (9.8 LD, 0.0252 AU) travelling at 5.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th April 2015 @ 21:01 UT ±00:03. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital Elements 88P/Howell Epoch 2009 Oct. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455120.5 T 2009 Oct. 12.4693 TT MPC q 1.363486 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1794476 Peri. 235.9623 +0.3841862 +0.9210419 a 3.112989 Node 56.7567 -0.8198930 +0.3721759 e 0.562001 Incl. 4.3817 -0.4244720 +0.1147476 P 5.49 Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000)...

Ultraviolet (390nm) image

Two standing stones at Nether Corskie near Waterton of Echt (Dunecht), are all that remains of a stone circle which formerly stood on the site. The western stone has two cup marks on it on the south and west faces. The former also bears two faintly incised early Christian (before AD 800) symbols - a mirr...

Dun Echt Observatory flourished for almost twenty years but, in 1888, on learning that Scotland's modest Royal Observatory, Calton Hill, in the centre of Edinburgh was under threat of closure James Lindsay, now 26th Earl of Crawford, saved the day by magnanimously donating the entire contents of...

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The 120 - 270 metre wide asteroid (424392) 2007 YJ will make a close pass (71.0 LD, 0.1824 AU) travelling at 7.35 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th April 2015 @ 01:20 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2011 GK44 Earth MOID = 0.0240 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 127.31380 (2000.0) P Q n 1.22930101 Peri. 345.09676 +0.99482146 -0.05618314 a 0.8630393 Node 18.75401 +0.09646001 +0.78448846 e 0.1994678 Incl. 15.27433 -0.03202686 +0.61759315 P 0.80 H 25.6 G...

The 180 - 390 metre wide asteroid 2015 BD515 will make a close pass (62.8 LD, 0.1613 AU) travelling at 13.21 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th April 2015 @ 11:27 UT ±00:04. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 10 - 22 metre wide asteroid 2015 FK120 will make a close pass (5.8 LD, 0.0149 AU) travelling at 4.84 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th April 2015 @ 13:57 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 31 - 68 metre wide asteroid 2014 FZ6 will make a close pass (70.4 lunar distances, 0.1809 AU), travelling at 8.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th August 2014 @ 18:13 UT ±04:57. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...

Orbital elements: 2010 GB6 Earth MOID = 0.0717 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 297.87120 (2000.0) P Q n 1.32515802 Peri. 189.65540 +0.89903588 -0.42188723 a 0.8209013 Node 196.85132 +0.42387499 +0.90567927 e 0.3156168 Incl. 23.85584 +0.10983844 -0.04190730 P 0.74 H 22.8 G 0.15 U 9...

The 240 - 530 metre wide asteroid 2015 EE7 will make a close pass (38.7 LD, 0.0994 AU) travelling at 15.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th April 2015 @ 22:54 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 P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) is at Opposition (4.176 AU) on the 26th February 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 02 25 11 00 41.9 +22 13 09 4.1769 5.1404 165.3 2.8 18.2 2014 02 26 11 00 10.8 +22 18 22 4.1760 5.1399 165.3 2.8 18.2 2014 02 27 10 59 39.6 +22 23 31 4.1755 5.1395 1...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48573262/lunan-meteorite/