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The Norton County (Aubrite) meteorite fell in Kansas, USA, on the 18th February, 1948. A total mass of 1.1 MT was recovered. 39° 41'N, 99° 52'W

Strong explosive eruption of Chikurachki volcano, Northern Kuriles, Russia A strong explosive eruption occurred at the Chikurachki volcano located on the Paramushir island, Northern Kuriles, Russia around 22:00 UTC on February 15, 2015. The last eruption of this volcano occurred in 2008. Rea...

Martian clouds in motion The images that compose this animation were taken on October 14, 2010, on Mars Express' 8676th orbit, and show an area within Noachis Terra to the west of Hellas basin, around 45 degrees south, 38 east. There are two c...

Orbital elements: 2015 CZ13 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0094 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 326.92890 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21208635 Peri. 78.10408 -0.69120550 +0.69843941 a 2.7848015 Node 145.68196 -0.72165443 -0.68063921 e 0.7622997 Incl. 19.21169 +0.03807676 -0.22116206 P 4.65 H 1...

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The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 AD45 will make a close pass (69.0 LD, 0.1774 AU) travelling at 2.95 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th February 2015 @ 02:21 UT ±02:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 240 - 540 metre wide asteroid 2004 DH2 will make a close pass (66.0 LD, 0.1695 AU) travelling at 13.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th February 2015 @ 13:11 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 92 - 210 metre wide asteroid 2007 YM56 will make a close pass (45.3 LD, 0.1165 AU) travelling at 10.66 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th February 2015 @ 16:20 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 160 - 370 metre wide asteroid 2000 AC6 will make a close pass (25.0 lunar distances, 0.0643 AU), travelling at 6.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th December, 2010 @ 19:15 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (L...

Comet 309P/LINEAR is at Opposition (1.276 AU) on the 19th September, 2014 EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 09 18 23 56 51.1 -10 19 06 1.2837 2.2815 170.8 4.0 19.1 2014 09 19 23 55 46.1 -10 16 24 1.2780 2.2757 171.0 4.0 19.1 2014 09 20 23 54 40.4 -10 13 33 1.2726 2.2699 170.9...

Asteroid Leda occults TYC 2390-00746-1 Click to Play | View Details

ATel 7082: Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Spitzer Archival Observations of the Precursor of PSN J14021678+5426205 in M101

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Orbital elements: 2015 CT13 Earth MOID = 0.0017 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 334.64038 (2000.0) P Q n 0.62167760 Peri. 331.20797 -0.42134477 -0.90332209 a 1.3596462 Node 143.54503 +0.85585963 -0.42541507 e 0.2929485 Incl. 7.78479 +0.29995479 -0.05505647 P 1.59 H 25.8 G...