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Orbital elements: 2015 DR Earth MOID = 0.0034 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 265.70367 (2000.0) P Q n 0.68090239 Peri. 274.32103 -0.25988601 +0.96511396 a 1.2796155 Node 340.52544 -0.84374437 -0.24299674 e 0.4903719 Incl. 5.48175 -0.46963253 -0.09750705 P 1.45 H 23.7 G 0....

The 58 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2015 CN13 will make a close pass (11.5 LD, 0.0295 AU) travelling at 8.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd March 2015 @ 17:55 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 39 - 87 metre wide asteroid 2015 DS53 will make a close pass (3.1 LD, 0.0080 AU) travelling at 14.32 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd March 2015 @ 20:26 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

IC 2915 is a magnitude +14.5 star located in the constellation Leo. The star was discovered by French astronomer Charles Wolf at the Paris Observatory on the 27th March 1906. Right Ascension 11h 32m 15.6s, Declination +14° 29' 02"

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Orbital elements: C/2015 D1 (SOHO) T 2015 Feb. 19.74715 TT MPCW q 0.0281146 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 234.73914 +0.33475549 +0.10759763 Node 96.05006 -0.19431686 +0.97998924 e 1.0 Incl. 70.28549 -0.92205191 -0.16746295 From 211 observations 2015 Feb. 19-21. Fit only to post-prehelion obse...

Comet 92P/Sanguin is at Opposition (2.216 AU) on the 30th May 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 05 29 16 56 13.3 +03 58 51 2.2231 3.1607 153.2 8.3 21.2 2014 05 30 16 55 29.9 +04 04 11 2.2158 3.1542 153.3 8.3 21.2 2014 05 31 16 54 46.1 +04 09 22 2.2087 3.1477 153.3 8.3 21.2 ...

Orbital elements: 2015 DY198 Earth MOID = 0.0054 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 294.58281 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49793224 Peri. 261.61600 -0.50956401 +0.85949648 a 1.5764827 Node 337.60947 -0.74216207 -0.46264150 e 0.5507095 Incl. 6.04719 -0.43536190 -0.21732152 P 1.98 H 26.2...

The 28 - 62 metre wide asteroid 2015 DN53 will make a close pass (39.8 LD, 0.1024 AU) travelling at 7.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st March 2015 @ 09:10 UT ±01:37. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 31 - 69 metre wide asteroid 2015 DB200 made a close pass (60.1 LD, 0.1545 AU) travelling at 6.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th February 2015 @ 01:11 UT ±00:33. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Arctic research vessel Sikuliaq prepares for final trials A new National Science Foundation research vessel is visiting its home port before departing next month for trials in Bering Sea ice. The 261-foot Sikuliaq arrived Monday in Seward and is scheduled for tours March 6-8. Read more

ATel 7157: ASAS-SN Discovery of A Probable Supernova in ESO 561-G012

Many residents in Kerala have reported that they have seen fireballs in the sky after 10:30 pm on Friday, 27 February. The fireball appeared with a noise in many parts of Kerala, including Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kannur. Some even re...

Tough Enough for Mars, but Deinococcus is from Earth Results of a recent study titled Deinococcus geothermalis: The Pool of Extreme Radiation Resistance Genes Shrinks, will be published in the Sept. 26 edition of PLoS ONE. Bacteria of the genus Deinococcus are extremely resistant to ionising ra...

Orbital elements: 2015 DF200 Earth MOID = 0.0013 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 350.75654 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25070139 Peri. 299.37772 -0.02808674 -0.99907507 a 2.4909493 Node 152.17496 +0.93960172 -0.03750216 e 0.6881072 Incl. 3.99991 +0.34111545 +0.02103783 P 3.93 H 26.1...