The 40 - 90 metre wide asteroid 2017 BS5 in the constellation Sagittarius will make a close pass (3.12 LD, 0.00801 AU) travelling at 5.80 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd July 2017 @ 19:17 UT ±00:01. Magnitude: 15.0 V See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the M...
Falkland Islands Basin Shows Signs of Being Among World's Largest Craters A basin in the Falkland Islands exhibits traits of a large impact crater, according to a new analysis by a team of scientists. The structure measures approximately 250 kilometers, or more than 150 miles, in diameter and is de...
Asteroid (145) Adeona is at Opposition in the constellation Leo on the 10th March 2014 Magnitude: 11.4 Distance to Earth: 1.434 AU Distance to Sun: 2.387 AU 145 Adeona is a rather large main-belt asteroid. Its surface is very dark, and, based upon its classification as a C-type asteroid, is probably...
The ~700 meter wide asteroid 2017 YN3 reaches magnitude +14.4 in the constellation Gemini at ~23:10 UT, 11th January 2018. Distance to Earth: 0.104 AU (40.4 lunar distances) Read more
32 Pomona is a binary main belt asteroid. Pomona was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on October 26, 1854. It is named after Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees. Source Occultation by asteroid 32 Pomona on 16 August 2008Click to Play | View...
Asteroid 2004 FH had a close encounter with our planet on March 18th 2004, 2200 GMT. It came 43,000 km from the Earth's surface! That just slightly higher than most geosynchronous satellites , that orbit at an altitude of 35,800 km.
John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a retired American astronaut, test pilot, naval officer, and aeronautical engineer who became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. Read more
The apparent main belt asteroid (300163) 2006 VW139 was found to have a cometary nature by H. Hsieh, R. Wainscoat & D. Larry (PS1 telescope). The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 18th July, 2011, at a distance of ~2.4 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of ~ 5.33 y...
Asteroid 2062 Aten makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.211 AU) on the 5th August, 2012. 2062 Aten is an asteroid that was discovered at the Palomar Mountain Observatory by Eleanor F. Helin, who is now the principal scientist for the NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking) project. It is named af...
Astronomers Predict Fireworks from Rare Stellar Encounter in 2018 Astronomers are gearing up for high-energy fireworks coming in early 2018, when a stellar remnant the size of a city meets one of the brightest stars in our galaxy. The cosmic light show will occur when a pulsar discovered by NASA's F...
On January. 04, 2006, sky watchers somewhere will see a dazzling display of Quadrantid meteors.
In 2006 the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent so there will be no interference. The best place and time to watch is after 3:00 am local time on Wednesday, January 4th in Asian.
North American observers m...
8 Flora is a large, bright main belt asteroid. It is the innermost large asteroid: no asteroid closer to the Sun has a diameter above 25 kilometres or two-elevenths that of Flora itself, and not until the tiny 149 Medusa was discovered was a single asteroid orbiting at a closer mean distance known. It i...
Maxima of long period variable W Lyrae on the 21st December, 2011. Magnitude: 7.9-12.2 Period: 197.88 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 18 14 55.87803 | Dec. +36° 40' 13.2249'' Google earth file: W Lyrae.kmz (1kb, kmz)
Meteor Showers There are many meteor showers this month... The Geminid Meteors Shower Peaks on the night of the 13th-14th. The Coma Berenicids are a poorly-known minor shower, and badly need more observing. Very swift meteors, (65km/sec). Their Radiant is at RA 11h40m Dec +25°. Ursids Mete...
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