* Astronomy

Successful launch of cryogenic liquid experiment On Sunday 22nd of February at 07.52 UTC, the sounding rocket Cryofenix was launched from SSC's launching facility Esrange Space Centre using a two-stage VSB30 rocket. Read more

Meteorites No confirmed historical meteorite falls today

The 29 - 65 metre wide asteroid 2015 BA511 will make a close pass (38.4 LD, 0.0987 AU) travelling at 5.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th February 2015 @ 04:07 UT ±00:05. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 42 - 93 metre wide asteroid 2015 CO13 will make a close pass (13.4 LD, 0.0344 AU) travelling at 19.10 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th February 2015 @ 19:30 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: 154P/Brewington Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 T 2013 Dec. 12.48980 TT MPC q 1.6079617 (2000.0) P Q n 0.09138192 Peri. 49.02541 +0.83287616 -0.54658125 a 4.8816040 Node 343.49726 +0.36940031 +0.66602035 e 0.6706079 Incl. 17.83136 +0.41214162 +0.50760795 P...

Images captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam.

The 36 - 81 metre wide asteroid 2015 DZ155 made a close pass (24.0 LD, 0.0616 AU) travelling at 11.52 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd February 2015 @ 07:33 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 e...

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The 150 - 330 metre wide asteroid 2015 BK will make a close pass (57.9 LD, 0.1487 AU) travelling at 5.23 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd February 2015 @ 03:43 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 12 - 28 metre wide asteroid 2015 DU will make a close pass (8.0 LD, 0.0205 AU) travelling at 1.69 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd February 2015 @ 10:20 UT ±00:09. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 60 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2014 EK24 will make a close pass (15.9 LD, 0.0410 AU) travelling at 2.88 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd February 2015 @ 17:32 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 130 - 280 metre wide asteroid 2015 CX13 will make a close pass (62.8 LD, 0.1613 AU) travelling at 22.65 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd February 2015 @ 20:48 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 33 - 73 metre wide asteroid 2015 CA40 will make a close pass (6.3 LD, 0.0162 AU) travelling at 8.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd February 2015 @ 21:49 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 - 88 metre wide asteroid 2015 DN155 made a close pass (47.3 LD, 0.1217 AU) travelling at 6.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th February 2015 @ 07:03 UT ±02:09. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2015 DH155 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0434 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 357.19460 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25682843 Peri. 261.96377 +0.30512385 -0.95157434 a 2.4511731 Node 170.02580 +0.93657099 +0.29271870 e 0.7008888 Incl. 12.50150 +0.17243615 +0.09392570 P 3.84...