Massive stone circles found in desert Stone circles in the Gobi desert, one km north of Flaming Mountains, in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. About 200 stone circles of varying sizes and styles have been found in a 20,000-square-meter area. Experts speculate the circles were...
Orbital elements:
2015 FN118 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0273 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC
M 96.58692 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.46456159 Peri. 247.53754 +0.15441129 -0.98050319
a 1.6511018 Node 195.17963 +0.98721685 +0.14819856
e 0.5440996 Incl. 27.65491 -0.03949739 -0.12903752
P 2.12...
Jurrie van der Woude (June 18, 1935 - March 20, 2015) was a JPL Media relation's specialist. Jurrie van der Woude handled the public release of photographs for Mariners 4, 6, 7 and 9 missions to Mars and Mariner 10 to Venus and Mercury and participated in preparing NASA's atlas of Mercury. In the 1970's...
The 440 - 990 metre wide asteroid 2014 YB35 will make a close pass (11.6 LD, 0.0299 AU) travelling at 10.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th March 2015 @ 06:20 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
07.15.2014 This rock encountered by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is an iron meteorite called "Lebanon," similar in shape and luster to iron meteorites found on Mars by the previous generation of rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. Lebanon is about 2 yards or 2 meters wide (left to right, fro...
The 49 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 FA117 made a close pass (56.5 LD, 0.1452 AU) travelling at 15.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th March 2015 @ 18:32 UT ±00:29. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 99 - 220 metre wide asteroid 2015 FV117 made a close pass (37.4 LD, 0.0962 AU) travelling at 19.91 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th March 2015 @ 14:34 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:
2015 FQ117 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0279 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC
M 301.36781 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.23317877 Peri. 63.25880 +0.99603298 +0.05199582
a 0.8612291 Node 293.68710 -0.07792009 +0.90154837
e 0.6152874 Incl. 4.52285 +0.04297401 +0.42954274
P 0.80 H...
Orbital elements:
2015 FS117 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0415 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC
M 174.39027 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.76977035 Peri. 53.43147 +0.63616744 -0.77106856
a 1.1791307 Node 356.65667 +0.46883768 +0.41441159
e 0.2522412 Incl. 27.89141 +0.61276604 +0.48344215
P 1.28...
Neoplatonism 19 Apr 12 Thu, 19 Apr 12 Duration: 42 mins Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Neoplatonism, the school of thought founded in the 3rd century AD by the philosopher Plotinus. The Neoplatonists brought a new religious sensibility to bear on Plato's thought, outlining a complex cosmolog...
Aiming to drastically beef up the performance of the nation's intelligence satellites, the government will embark on a research and development program in fiscal 2009 to develop an optical information-gathering satellite that will have one of the world's highest resolutions. The envisioned s...
The 28 - 63 metre wide asteroid 2015 FH37 will make a close pass (8.9 LD, 0.0229 AU) travelling at 18.99 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th March 2015 @ 10:25 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).