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Sinus Iridum (Latin for "Bay of Rainbows") is a plain of basaltic lava that forms a northwestern extension to the Mare Imbrium. It is surrounded from the northeast to the southwest by the Montes Jura range. The protruding part of...

The 66 - 150 metre wide asteroid 2015 CW13 will make a close pass (13.5 LD, 0.0348 AU) travelling at 5.75 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd April 2015 @ 15:58 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 120 - 280 metre wide asteroid 2015 DO155 will make a close pass (55.4 LD, 0.1424 AU) travelling at 9.97 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd April 2015 @ 20:07 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (21 October 1921 - 30 March 2015) was a Dutch astronomer. Read more

Title: Swift J201424.9+152930: discovery of a new deeply-eclipsing binary with 491 s and 3.4 h modulations Author: P. Esposito, G. L. Israel, D. de Martino, P. D'Avanzo, V. Testa, L. Sidoli, R. Di Stefano A. Belfiore, M. Mapelli, S. Piranomonte, G. A. Rodríguez Castillo, A. Moretti, V. D'Elia, F. V...

Title: Transits and starspots in the WASP-6 planetary system Author: Jeremy Tregloan-Reed, John Southworth, M. Burgdorf, S. Calchi Novati, M. Dominik, F. Finet, U. G. Jørgensen, G. Maier, L. Mancini, S. Proft, D. Ricci, C. Snodgrass, V. Bozza, P. Browne, P. Dodds, T. Gerner, K. Harpsøe, T. C. Hins...

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The 31 - 69 metre wide asteroid 2013 PY38 will make a close pass (17.3 lunar distances, 0.0446 AU), travelling at 5.02 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th September, 2013 @ 06:49 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...

Orbital elements: 2015 FA285 Earth MOID = 0.0029 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 9.21021 (2000.0) P Q n 1.54325869 Peri. 335.43685 +0.96981076 +0.24205750 a 0.7416123 Node 10.68272 -0.18890647 +0.82244013 e 0.4618990 Incl. 9.18358 -0.15421232 +0.51478189 P 0.64 H 26.5 G 0...

Rocks from Space Picture of the Day: A large fresh (unclassified) chondrite weighing 1098 grams. A beautiful specimen with lots of black fusion crust and regmaglypts. [url=http://www.spacerocksinc.com/]Link:[...

Title: The Puzzling Spectrum of HD 94509 Author: C. R. Cowley, N. Przybilla, S. Hubrig The spectral features of HD 94509 are highly unusual, adding an extreme to the zoo of Be and shell stars. The shell dominates the spectrum, showing lines typical for spectral types mid-A to early-F, while the prese...

Title: A Hero's Dark Horse: Discovery of an Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellite in Pegasus Author: Dongwon Kim, Helmut Jerjen, Dougal Mackey, Gary S. Da Costa, Antonino P. Milone We report the discovery of an ultra-faint Milky Way satellite galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. The concentration o...

Title: Outburst of a WZ Sge-type dwarf nova, AL Com in 2007 Authors: M. Uemura, A. Arai, M. Sasada, P. Schmeer, I. Miller, T. Ohsugi, T. Yama****a, K. S. Kawabata, M. Isogai, S. Sato, M. Kino We report photometric observations of AL Com during its rare outburst in 2007. The light curve is reminiscent of...

Stack of 4 images captured with a 8" f5 reflector and Canon EOS 350D.

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58497608/santa-rosa-de-viterbo-meteorite/