Title: Possible Disintegrating Short-Period Super-Mercury Orbiting KIC 12557548 Authors: S. Rappaport, A. Levine, E. Chiang, I. El Mellah, J. Jenkins, B. Kalomeni, M. Kotson, L. Nelson, L. Rousseau-Nepton, K. Tran We report here on the discovery of stellar occultations, observed with Kepler...
Preliminary orbital elements of the comet P/2013 P5 (PANSTARRS) indicate a perihelion passage on April 17, 2014 at a distance of 1.9 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 3.2 years. MPEC 2013 - Q37
Orbital elements:
2015 FF Earth MOID = 0.0041 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC
M 32.00973 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.69364886 Peri. 241.33623 -0.36792896 +0.92984319
a 1.2638909 Node 7.08020 -0.83998572 -0.33030669
e 0.3356437 Incl. 2.07544 -0.39881358 -0.16213924
P 1.42 H 26.6 G 0.15...
The total eclipse of 20 March 1140, was recorded by William of Malmesbury in his Historia Novella, Lib. ii sec.35.: "During this year, in Lent, on the 13th of the Calends of April, at the 9th hour of the 4th day of the week, there was an eclipse, throughout England, as I have heard. With us, indeed,...
The 19 - 42 metre wide asteroid 2015 EO7 made a close pass (30.0 LD, 0.0771 AU) travelling at 3.08 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th March 2015 @ 05:52 UT ±02:49. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Orbital elements:
2015 FK Earth MOID = 0.0091 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC
M 38.43379 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.40260765 Peri. 188.16770 -0.99849528 +0.05398636
a 1.8164134 Node 354.89733 -0.04217889 -0.86824649
e 0.4487189 Incl. 6.21268 -0.03504442 -0.49318709
P 2.45 H 25.4 G 0....
Observations made with the European Space Agency's orbiting Mars Express satellite have spotted Martian Auroras.
Charged particles from the Sun interact with the Martian atmosphere and the weak magnetic field, and create glowing rings (aurora) around the poles.
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Another successful launch, REXUS 18 REXUS 18, with it's four experiments, was launched from Esrange Space Centre on March 18 2015, at 13:30 UTC Read more
Reacquainting Pittsburgh's youngsters with "Uncle John" Brashear will begin in the same North Side factory where the renowned optics expert toiled over precision mirrors and lenses for Gilded Age telescopes. Historian and musician Lisa A. Miles wants to transform Brashear's vacan...
Orbital elements:
2015 FJ PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0233 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC
M 4.27177 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.23473658 Peri. 99.80385 +0.33173135 +0.94306334
a 2.6026486 Node 189.67494 -0.91213087 +0.31409100
e 0.7855150 Incl. 8.28072 -0.24077288 +0.10944579
P 4.20 H 20.8 G...
The Sun with a deep red filter (#25 Wratten) captured with a 8" f5 SW reflector stopped down to 50mm and Canon EOS 350D. Motorised EQ5 Mount and solar filter made from Typhoo 'One cup' teabag foil. Prime focus. Clear but slightly hazy sky
Europe drops asteroid sample-return idea Europe will not be mounting a sample-return mission to an asteroid. Not anytime soon, certainly. The MarcoPolo venture, which has been under discussion for a decade, has fallen out of the European Space Agency's latest competition to find a future mediu...
Title: Evidence for explosive silicic volcanism on the Moon from the extended distribution of thorium near the Compton-Belkovich Volcanic Complex Author: J. T. Wilson (1), V. R. Eke (1), R. J. Massey (1), R. C. Elphic (2), B. L. Jolliff (3), D. J. Lawrence (4), E. W. Llewellin (1), J. N. McElwaine (1)...
