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Orbital elements: 2015 BL311 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0098 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 1.26963 (2000.0) P Q n 0.27240284 Peri. 134.71359 +0.99804010 -0.05944678 a 2.3568302 Node 228.70474 +0.04749730 +0.92298618 e 0.8432908 Incl. 1.49073 +0.04074265 +0.38021388 P 3.62 H 21...

Thelxinoe, also known as Jupiter XLII, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2004 from pictures taken in 2003, and originally received the temporary designation S/2003 J 22. http://en.wikipedia.org/...

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NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Observatory-1 measured the `cosmic low-energy background` in the late 1970s. The X-rays and gamma ray radiation is thought to come from very distant, supermassive black holes. Now new results from Europe's Integral gamma-ray observatory h...

The 250 - 570 metre wide asteroid 2007 AG will make a close pass (65.1 lunar distances, 0.1672 AU) travelling at 12.34 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th January 2015 @ 09:19 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

The 14 - 31 metre wide asteroid 2015 AP44 will make a close pass (11.8 lunar distances, 0.0304 AU) travelling at 5.00 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th January 2015 @ 12:27 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.100 AU) on the 26th August, 2012. 119P/Parker-Hartley is a periodic comet in the solar system. On 02 March 2161 the comet will pass about 0.010 AU (1,500,000 km; 930,000 mi) from Jupiter. Read more

Asteroid Named in Honour of 50th Anniversary of the Space Age Cambridge, MA - In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the start of the Space Age, an asteroid has been named "Astronautica." Minor plane...

Title: Observations of the Icy Universe Author: Adwin Boogert, Perry Gerakines, Douglas Whittet Freeze-out of the gas phase elements onto cold grains in dense interstellar and circumstellar media builds up ice mantles consisting of molecules that are mostly formed in situ (H2O, NH3, CO2, CO, CH...

Title: KELT-7b: A hot Jupiter transiting a bright V=8.54 rapidly rotating F-star Author: Allyson Bieryla, Karen Collins, Thomas G. Beatty, Jason Eastman, Robert J. Siverd, Joshua Pepper, B. Scott Gaudi, Keivan G. Stassun, Caleb Canas, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Roberto Sanchis-Ojeda,...

Title: Timing of pulsars found in a deep Parkes multibeam survey Authors: D.R. Lorimer, F. Camilo, M.A. McLaughlin We have carried out a sensitive radio pulsar survey along the northern Galactic plane (50° < l < 60° and |b| \lapp 2°) using the Parkes 20-cm multibeam system. We observed each po...

Title: A Lithium-Rich Red Giant Below the Clump in the Kepler Cluster, NGC 6819 Authors: Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog, Constantine P. Deliyannis, Evan Rich, Bruce A. Twarog WIYN/HYDRA spectra in the Li 6708 Angstrom region have been obtained for 332 probable members of the old open cluster, NGC 6819...

Title: Predicting alpha Comae Berenices Time of Eclipse II: How 3 Faulty Measurements Out of 609 Caused A 26 Year Binary's Eclipse To Be Missed Author: Matthew W. Muterspaugh, M.J.P. Wijngaarden, H.F. Henrichs, Benjamin F. Lane, William I. Hartkopf, Gregory W. Henry The dwarf stars in the 26 year p...

Orbital elements: 2015 BW310 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0308 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 1.61282 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22552357 Peri. 322.46463 +0.52611688 -0.83233630 a 2.6730562 Node 95.15802 +0.81651192 +0.43707966 e 0.6438640 Incl. 10.08533 +0.23771687 +0.34084843 P 4.37 H 22...

Orbital elements: 2004 PS42 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0488 AU Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 198.80849 (2000.0) P Q n 0.71219546 Peri. 323.39616 +0.00027601 +0.94563862 a 1.2418522 Node 304.33883 -0.79840221 -0.19561404 e 0.1672929 Incl. 23.19509 -0.60212444 +0.25981289 P 1.38 H...