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Orbital elements: 2010 JE87 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0329 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 356.57287 (2000.0) P Q n 1.13858124 Peri. 241.85763 +0.96454463 -0.06583270 a 0.9082945 Node 120.86326 +0.12916355 +0.96224066 e 0.4476774 Incl. 17.32184 -0.23015305 +0.26411922 P 0.87 H 20.6 G 0...

Growing concerns over 'in the air' transmission of Ebola Canadian scientists have shown that the deadliest form of the ebola virus could be transmitted by air between species. In experiments, they demonstrated that the virus was transmitted from pigs to monkeys without any direct contact betwee...

Twinkle telescope to check out exoplanet climate There are over 1800 known exoplanets, and both NASA and the European Space Agency plan to launch dedicated planet hunters in 2017 to find more. Read more

Title: Three red giants with substellar-mass companions Author: A. Niedzielski, A. Wolszczan, G. Nowak, M. Adamów, K. Kowalik, G. Maciejewski, B. Deka-Szymankiewicz, M. Adamczyk We present three giant stars from the ongoing Penn State-Toru\'n Planet Search with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope,...

Title: DES13S2cmm: The First Superluminous Supernova from the Dark Energy Survey Author: A. Papadopoulos (1), C. B. D'Andrea (1), M. Sullivan (2), R. C. Nichol (1), K. Barbary, R. Biswas, P. J. Brown, R. A. Covarrubias, D. A. Finley, J. A. Fischer, R. F. Foley, D. Goldstein, R. R. Gupta, R. Kessler, E...

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Mare Marginis is a lunar mare that lies on the very edge of the lunar nearside. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are 13.3° N, 86.1° E, and the diameter is 420 km. The name is Latin for "Sea of the Edge". Read more

Orbital elements: 2015 BE511 Earth MOID = 0.0007 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 353.65535 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25096830 Peri. 177.36671 -0.12536929 -0.99210813 a 2.4891829 Node 279.83537 +0.91020613 -0.11421629 e 0.6161031 Incl. 0.11642 +0.39472440 -0.05173110 P 3.93 H 28.8...

Two panel photomosaic showing Sunspot 12268 (center) captured with a 100mm f5 refractor and vesta pro webcam. EQ1 motorised mount and Baader solar filter. Processed with PS pro and MS ICE. Hazy cloud.

Comet 172P/Yeung is a periodic comet in the solar system. Read more

Comet 65P/Gunn is at perihelion (2.440 AU) on the 2nd March, 2010. Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase mag 2010 02 28 19 00.46 -25 09.3 2.861 2.440 55.5 19.5 13.1 2010 03 05 19 10.10 -25 10.6 2.810 2.440 58.4 20.2 13.1 2010 03 10 19 19.57 -25 10.8 2.758 2.441 61.2 20.9 13.0 2010 03 15 19 28....

Comet P/2007 R2 (Gibbs) is at Opposition (2.506 AU) on the 29th January 2015. EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 01 28 08 44 01.8 +19 55 00 2.4961 3.4804 178.2 0.5 24.4 2015 01 29 08 43 05.3 +19 58 24 2.5012 3.4857 178.1 0.5 24.4 2015 01 30 08 42 09.1 +20 01 44 2.5067 3.4910 177....

The 140 - 310 metre wide asteroid 2014 SQ143 will make a close pass (43.5 lunar distances, 0.1119 AU) travelling at 9.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th January 2015 @ 20:26 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...

The 180 - 410 metre wide asteroid 2014 YS14 will make a close pass (57.4 lunar distances, 0.1475 AU) travelling at 16.17 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th January 2015 @ 09:28 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...

The 29 - 64 metre wide asteroid 2015 BG92 will make a close pass (11.3 lunar distances, 0.0290 AU) travelling at 4.23 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th January 2015 @ 06:09 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...