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Comet C/2014 W10 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (7.425 AU) on the 9th February 2015 EphemerisDate__(UT)__HR:MN R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC Mag 2015-Feb-01 00:00 01 58 10.58 +30 58 23.6 21.16 2015-Feb-02 00:00 01 58 14.88 +30 59 56.9 21.16 2015-Feb-03 00:00 01 58 19.77 +31 01 33.0 21.17 2015-Feb-...

Two panel photo-mosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ1 Mount and Baader solar filter. New sunspot 12282 on the eastern limb Prime focus. Clear sky

Could Denali be a volcano? North America's highest mountain should be a volcano. Denali sits about 60 miles above where the Pacific Plate grinds beneath the North American Plate, as do the Iliamna, Redoubt and Augustine volcanoes. If you draw a line from the Aleutians to volcanic features in Interi...

Volcán de Fuego ("Volcano of Fire") is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala. It sits about 20 miles (16 kilometers) from the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala, one of the Guatemalas most famous tourist attractions Read more

The 44 - 99 metre wide asteroid 2015 BC515 made a close pass (69.9 lunar distances, 0.1797 AU) travelling at 5.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th February 2015 @ 14:27 UT ±00:36. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...

Orbital elements: 2015 BK515 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0471 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 293.48529 (2000.0) P Q n 0.42586607 Peri. 59.13382 -0.84980664 +0.52538328 a 1.7496614 Node 152.49275 -0.50952884 -0.79820669 e 0.4463742 Incl. 5.27219 -0.13494086 -0.29468371 P 2.31 H 2...

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The 64 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2015 BM514 will make a close pass (63.5 lunar distances, 0.1633 AU) travelling at 4.83 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th February 2015 @ 07:57 UT ±03:14. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...

Orbital elements: 2011 GP59 Earth MOID = 0.0010 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 217.57793 (2000.0) P Q n 1.17290320 Peri. 315.77696 +0.89227298 +0.42160643 a 0.8904877 Node 21.01596 -0.17253423 +0.64904408 e 0.5931139 Incl. 26.77284 -0.41722999 +0.63323756 P 0.84 H 24.3 G...

Orbital elements: P/2010 N1 (WISE) Epoch 2010 Sept. 1.0 TT = JDT 2455440.5 T 2010 Aug. 16.15323 TT MPC q 1.4945194 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17169881 Peri. 153.49663 -0.04713472 +0.97766538 a 3.2059582 Node 113.21000 -0.95146685 +0.01848364 e 0.5338307 Incl. 12.87647 -0.30412030 -0.20935318 P 5.74 [url...

Grove Mountains (GRV) 99027 Martian meteorite was discovered on the 8th February, 2000, in the Grove Mountains, Antarctic. Latitude: 73006'01" S, Longitude: 75014'13" E Read more

O'Neill's Bridge on the Moon - Introduction and Flyover On July 30, 1953, as the Sun was setting over the western shore of Mare Crisium, science writer John J. O'Neill observed a patch of light on the mare floor that appeared to emanate from th...

Title: Detection of Keplerian dynamics in a disk around the post-AGB star AC Her. Author: V. Bujarrabal, A. Castro-Carrizo, J. Alcolea, H. Van Winckel So far, only one rotating disk has been clearly identified and studied in AGB or post-AGB objects (in the Red Rectangle), by means of observations w...

Title: Near Earth Asteroids with measurable Yarkovsky effect Authors: D. Farnocchia, S. R. Chesley, D. Vokrouhlicky, A. Milani, F. Spoto We seek evidence of the Yarkovsky effect among Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) by measuring the Yarkovsky-related orbital drift from the orbital fit. To prevent...

Astronomer Lei Hao has recently found a great deal of dust. The dust is between 0.88 and 2.4 billion light years away, in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). By confirming that the dust exists, Hao and her team of r...