114 Kassandra is a large and dark main-belt asteroid. It belongs to the rare class T. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 23, 1871, and is named after Cassandra, the prophetess in the tales of the Trojan War. The asteroid is featured in the 2009 film Meteor: Path to Destruction, in which it is spli...
On the morning of January 26th, at least 20 observers spread from Virginia to northern California timed the occultation of the star 32 Lyncis by the asteroid (372) Palma — in spite of the track shifting nearly half a path-width south of what was predicted. Although it was the coldest night of the seaso...
The 16 - 36 metre wide asteroid 2017 AG13 made a close pass (0.5 lunar distances, 0.0014 AU) travelling at 15.70 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th January 2017 @ 12:50 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)....
Dec. Comae Berenicids Meteor Maximum in the constellation Leo. The stream active from 12. December to 15. January ZHR=3.2 Velocity=65.0km/s Radiant: RA=11.7h/176° Dec=24.7°
Bruce McCandless II (June 8, 1937 - December 21, 2017), (Capt, USN, Ret.), was an American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he made the first untethered free flight by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit....
The 1.5 - 3.0 metre wide asteroid 2013 YB made a close pass (0.07 lunar distances, 0.0002 AU), travelling at 10.52 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd December 2013 @ 12:51 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
Asteroid (31) Euphrosyne is one of the largest main-belt asteroids, discovered by James Ferguson on September 1, 1854. It was the first asteroid found from North America. It is named after Euphrosyne, one of the Charites in Greek mythology. Read more EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El....
The often-neglected Ursid meteor shower peaks on December 22/23, under excellent viewing conditions this year; look to the north after sunset, especially good after midnight, and until dawn. The faint, medium-speed (33 km/s) meteors seem to emanate from Ursa Minor (the "Little Bear"...
ULAS J1342+0928 is the most distant known quasar detected and contains the most distant supermassive black hole, at a reported redshift of z = 7.54, surpassing the redshift of 7 for the previously known most distant quasar ULAS J1120+0641. The ULAS J1342+0928 quasar is 13.1 billion light-years aw...
Maxima of long period variable V Coronae Borealis on the 30th December, 2010. Magnitude: 7.5-11.0 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 15 49 31.3118, Dec +39 34 17.892
On 2017 Dec 19 11:22 UT, the 11 km diameter asteroid (4149) Harrison will occult the 6.5 mag long-period variable star HD 42787 in the constellation Orion. Read more
Asteroid (980) Anacostia is at Opposition on the 14th October, 2012. Magnitude: 11.0 Distance to Earth: 1.297 AU Distance to Sun center: 2.227 AU EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag
2012 10 13 000000 00 30 33.6 +33 59 48 1.295 2.226 152.0 12.2 11.0
2012 10 14 000000 00 29 42.5 +3...
Asteroid (2886) Tinkaping (1965 YG) is an main-belt asteroid discovered by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking on December 20, 1965. The asteroid is named in honour of the Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist Tin Ka Ping. Asteroid (2886) Tinkaping transited Jupiter on the 17th December 2...
C/1680 V1, also called the Great Comet of 1680, Kirch's Comet, and Newton's Comet, has the distinction of being the first comet discovered by telescope. Discovered by Gottfried Kirch on 14 November 1680, New Style, it became one of the brightest comets of the 17th century - reputedly visible even in...
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