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Asteroid (3384) Daliya will transit Neptune on the 13th February 2015.

'Megadrought' likely for western U.S. by end of century The consequences of climate change paint a bleak picture for the Southwest and much of America's breadbasket, the Great Plains. A "megadrought" likely will occur late in this century, and it could last for three decades, accordin...

Title: EVLA Observations of the Barnard 5 Star-Forming Core: Embedded Filaments Revealed Authors: Jaime E. Pineda (1 and 2), Alyssa A. Goodman (3), Héctor G. Arce (4), Paola Caselli (5), Steven Longmore (1), Stuartt Corder (6 and 7) ((1) ESO, (2) UK ARC Node, University of Manchester, (3) Harvard-...

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The comet is starting to fade but it is condensed and relatively easy to spot. It is observable until May next year when it fades down to 16 magnitude. Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2006 11 01 02 09.09 +06 18.1 0.686 1.674 171.2 5.2 10.5 2006 11 06 02 09.19 +05 16.0 0.690 1.670 166.5 8.0 10...

Comet 72P/Denning-Fujikawa is at Perihelion (0.784 AU) on the 11th July 2014. 72P/DenningFujikawa is a periodic comet discovered on 4 October 1881 by William Frederick Denning. Read more

The 15 - 34 metre wide asteroid 2015 CO will make a close pass (20.2 LD, 0.0519 AU) travelling at 4.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th February 2015 @ 20:57 UT ±03:38. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Title: Kepler-447b: a hot-Jupiter with an extremely grazing transit Author: J. Lillo-Box, D. Barrado, N. C. Santos, L. Mancini, P. Figueira, S. Ciceri, Th. Henning We present the radial velocity confirmation of the extrasolar planet Kepler-447b, initially detected as a candidate by the Kepler...

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The 380 - 860 metre wide asteroid 2014 YM9 will make a close pass (40.3 LD, 0.1037 AU) travelling at 12.22 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th February 2015 @ 23:12 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 27 - 59 metre wide asteroid 2015 BH92 will make a close pass (27.9 LD, 0.0717 AU) travelling at 2.94 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th February 2015 @ 10:26 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements: 2013 BK18 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0232 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 286.83056 (2000.0) P Q n 0.47601686 Peri. 64.65198 -0.84886107 +0.41713950 a 1.6245054 Node 137.76461 -0.44714521 -0.89423432 e 0.4936938 Incl. 28.88513 +0.28195043 -0.16229486 P 2.07...

Orbital elements: 2011 WK15 Earth MOID = 0.0919 AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC M 249.34241 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39205207 Peri. 72.07270 -0.98925665 -0.07053474 a 1.8488722 Node 103.73272 +0.01902892 -0.93057897 e 0.4736576 Incl. 7.57452 +0.14494547 -0.35923200 P 2.51 H 19.5 G...

In 2012, Vega will carry ESAs Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle into space. The vehicle will then return to Earth to test a range of enabling systems and technologies for atmospheric re-entry. A new video with computer generated animations of the vehicle and its mission is now available. Part of...

Photo-mosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount and Baader solar filter. Prime focus. Clear sky between snow flurries