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Comet P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR) Orbital elements: P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR) Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5 T 2002 Sept. 10.75398 TT MPC q 2.4249455 (2000.0) P Q n 0.13627978 Peri. 20.46222 +0.03842733 +0.96343254 a 3.7398005 Node 252.49414 -0.95112276 -0.04611042 e 0.3515843 Inc...

Orbital elements: 2013 BZ45 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0248 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 169.46109 (2000.0) P Q n 0.96717033 Peri. 99.07686 -0.62343848 +0.76667115 a 1.0126687 Node 131.20213 -0.77325398 -0.57552370 e 0.1424218 Incl. 11.76624 -0.11577022 -0.28458357 P 1.02...

Thirty-six panel photo-mosaic Eight panel single image photo-mosaic Images captured with a 8" reflector and vesta pro webcam. 1.5x Barlow lens, Motorised EQ5 Mount. Processed with PS pro and MS ICE. Clear(ish) sky between snow flurries. Moderate seeing.

Rock is new class of Mars meteorite[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20900843]Read

Title: The Be/X-ray binary A0535+26 during its recent 2009/2010 outbursts Authors: I. Caballero, K.Pottschmidt, A.Santangelo, L. Barragan, D. Klochkov, C. Ferrigno, J. Rodriguez, P. Kretschmar, S. Suchy, D. M. Marcu, D. Mueller, J. Wilms, I. Kreykenbohm, R. E. Rothschild, R. Staubert, M. H. F...

The Mocs (L5-6) meteorite fell in Cluj, Romania, on the 3rd February, 1882. A total mass of 300 kg was recovered. 46° 48'N, 24° 2'E

Orbital Elements 215P/NEAT Epoch 2010 June 13.0 TT = JDT 2455360.5 T 2010 June 8.0402 TT MPC q 3.213379 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1221768 Peri. 222.4528 +0.4516237 +0.8660974 a 4.022323 Node 75.4410 -0.7475850 +0.4984241 e 0.201113 Incl. 12.7900 -0.4869834 +0.0380624 P 8.07 Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) D...

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47623694/alessandria-meteorite/

Two panel photo mosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. motorised EQ1 Mount and Baader solar filter. Prime focus. Cropped and processed with PS Pro and MS ICE. Hazy sky, between snow flurries.

Japan launches new spy satellite Japan has placed a new spy satellite into orbit, successfully conducting this year's first launch of the H-IIA carrier rocket. The Joho Shushu Eisei (JSE) series satellite became the fifth in Tokyo's radar and surveillance orbit group. Read more [spoiler][video...

Augustine Volcano in the Gulf of Alaska erupted on December 12, 2005, sending a plume of ash and steam approximately 80 kilometres toward the southeast. The Aqua satellite captured this image the same day. In the image, the volcanic plume streams from the tiny, snow-capped volcanic island and diss...

Orbital elements: 2012 BJ86 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0033 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 33.11132 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35226295 Peri. 99.36795 +0.74389292 -0.66800855 a 1.9855983 Node 302.54849 +0.60361721 +0.68425149 e 0.6390652 Incl. 1.33883 +0.28682675 +0.29251407 P 2.80 H 21...

Orbital elements: 2012 LR1 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0050 AU Epoch 2012 June 2.0 TT = JDT 2456080.5 MPC M 58.85361 (2000.0) P Q n 0.64117654 Peri. 66.26421 -0.62576814 -0.40550639 a 1.3319389 Node 83.14708 +0.19658915 -0.90865854 e 0.3800853 Incl. 42.15294 +0.75482908 -0.09951997 P 1.54 H 20.5...

Fire rages through library in Russian capital, Moscow A blaze has raged for more than 17 hours at one of Russia's largest public libraries, destroying parts of the building. Read more

The 380 - 860 metre wide asteroid 1998 GL10 will make a close pass (60.5 lunar distances, 0.1554 AU) travelling at 7.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st February 2015 @ 02:47 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...