* Astronomy

The 310 - 680 metre wide asteroid 1987 WC will make a close pass (48.6 lunar distances, 0.1249 AU) travelling at 10.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd November 2014 @ 17:33 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

Kuiper Belt Object (84522) 2002 TC302 is a large, red 2:5 resonant trans-Neptunian object discovered on October 9, 2002, by Mike Brown's team at the Palomar Observatory. It is very likely a dwarf planet. Read more

Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454800.5 (2008-Nov-30.0) TDB Reference: JPL 81 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000) Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma) Units e .5148364550523318 5.6926e-07 a .9976821472548191 2.9193e-09 AUq .4840390072931496 5.681e-07 AUi 19.81083044915119 1.7794e-05 de...

245 Vera is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by N. R. Pogson on February 6, 1885 in Madras. Read more

Asteroid (78) Diana is at Opposition in the constellation Aries on the 3rd November 2014. Magnitude: 11.4 Distance to Earth: 1.492 AU Distance to Sun: 2.468 AU

Following an agreement between ESA, Krunichev Space Centre and Eurockot Launch Services, ESA's next Earth Explorer mission SMOS and a secondary payload, the technology demonstrator Proba-2 satellite, will now launch on 2 November 2009. The new November launch date follows a rescheduling of th...

John Logie Baird FRSE (1888-1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube. Read more

A strong earthquake occurred at 23:06:02 (UTC) on Monday, July 11, 2005. The magnitude 6.1 event was located south of the Fiji islands, 285 km NNE from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands Location 26.964&...

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Comet C/2014 S1 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (7.611 AU) on the 21st October 2014 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2014 10 20 000000 02 47 15.5 -31 07 02 7.527 8.266 135.5 4.8 20.6 2014 10 21 000000 02 46 25.0 -31 08 55 7.525 8.265 135.5 4.8 20.6 2014 10 22 00000...

98P/Takamizawa is a periodic comet in the solar system. On 28 June 2188 the comet will pass about 0.27 AU (40,000,000km) from Earth. Read more

NGC 1503 (also ESO 83-13, IRAS 03561-6611 and PGC 14137) is a magnitude +13.6 barred spiral galaxy located 267 million light-years away in the constellation Reticulum. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at...

NGC 1511 (also ESO 55-4, IRAS 03594-6746 and PGC 14236) is a magnitude +11.3 spiral galaxy located 62 million light-years away in the constellation Hydrus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen,...

NGC 1526 (also ESO 84-3, IRAS 04048-6558 and PGC 14437) is a magnitude +13.7 barred spiral galaxy located 245 million light-years away in the constellation Reticulum. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at F...

NGC 1652 (also NGC 1649 and ESO 55-SC32) is a magnitude +13.1 open star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud located ~160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telesco...