'Exceptional tomb of Celtic prince' found in France An "exceptional" tomb from the 5th Century BC likely to be that of a Celtic prince has been unearthed on the outskirts of Lavau in France's Champagne region. Read more
Buoyed by the success of its first spacewalk, China on Sunday set its sights on launching a space lab in 2011 and establishing a space station in 2020. China aims to set up a space station in 2020 and before that it will launch a "simple" space lab in 2011, Wang Zhaoyao, a spokesman of the count...
European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize despite year of anti-austerity protests Despite a year marred by violent protests against austerity and the looming prospect of an acrimonious break up, the European Union was controversially awarded the Nobel peace prize for fostering stability and unity...
Title: Cosmological dinosaurs Authors: V. K. Dubrovich, S. I. Glazyrin The hypothesis of existence of primordial black holes with large masses (\geq 10^6 solar masses), formed at the earliest stages of the Universe evolution, is considered in the paper. The possibility does not contradict some...
NASA's Chandra Observatory Finds Cosmic Showers Halt Galaxy Growth Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found that the growth of galaxies containing supermassive black holes can be slowed down by a phenomenon referred to as cosmic precipitation. Cosmic precipitation is n...
HIAL not pursuing Stornoway Spaceport The Board of Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd, who own and operate Stornoway Airport, are not pursuing establishment of a UK Spaceport in the Western Isles. Read more
The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge, opened in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting the capital city Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry. The bridge replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, c...
Orbital elements:
P/2012 TK8 (Tenagra)
T 2013 May 9.79861 TT MPC
q 3.0897030 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.11520344 Peri. 128.08763 +0.52820316 -0.84282728
a 4.1830440 Node 289.72658 +0.74070670 +0.51675572
e 0.2613745 Incl. 6.29225 +0.41515659 +0.15035196
P 8.56
From 15 observations 2012 Oct. 6...
Orbital elements: 2009 XO PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0475 AU Epoch 2009 Nov. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455160.5 MPC M 333.08457 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36203371 Peri. 101.05764 -0.81959096 -0.57292199 a 1.9497101 Node 43.98842 +0.52248885 -0.75136399 e 0.4696283 Incl. 0.45967 +0.23510859 -0.32743328 P 2.72 H 20.0 G 0.15 F...
The 35 - 78 metre wide asteroid 2008 HA2 will make a close pass (26.8 LD, 0.0688 AU) travelling at 4.87 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th March 2015 @ 10:23 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 47 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 DK155 will make a close pass (30.2 LD, 0.0777 AU) travelling at 12.30 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th March 2015 @ 11:28 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 97 - 220 metre wide asteroid 2015 BK509 will make a close pass (55.4 LD, 0.1424 AU) travelling at 9.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th March 2015 @ 21:59 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).