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Orbital elements: 2012 KY3 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0239 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 3.78654 (2000.0) P Q n 0.73021752 Peri. 86.81421 -0.29313942 -0.94658701 a 1.2213343 Node 21.74634 +0.66788579 -0.30327702 e 0.4822705 Incl. 21.25648 +0.68410368 -0.10952661 P 1.35 H 18.7...

On 2014 Oct 10, asteroid (18399) 1992 WK1 will occult a 6.4 mag star in the constellation Sculptor for observers along a path across SE Australia. Read more

City of Ember is a 2008 science fiction fantasy film based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Jeanne DuPrau. It was directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay by Caroline Thompson, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau and Tim Robbins. It was released in...

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NGC 32 (also GC 16) is a magnitude +13.5 optical double star located 400(?) light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. Some sources classify NGC 32 as a double star; the second component is a slightly fainter neighbouring star. The asterism was discovered by German astronomer Johann Friedric...

NGC 2141 (also Collinder 79 and OCL 487) is a magnitude +9.4 open star cluster located 13,154 light-years away in the constellation Orion. The open cluster was discovered by American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard possibly using a 12.7 cm (5 inch) refracting telescope at the Vanderbilt Observ...

Experts select future REXUS/BEXUS experiments Following a workshop, held 3-5 February at the European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands, 10 student teams from ESA Member States and Co-operating States have been selected to fly their experiments on future soundin...

A new forecast centre dedicated to space weather is due to officially open in Exeter later. The Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre is designed to protect the UK's economy and infrastructure from severe events caused by space weather. Read more

Researchers detect brightest pulsar ever recorded Astronomers have detected a pulsating dead star that appears to be burning with the energy of 10 million suns, making it the brightest pulsar ever detected. The pulsar - a rotating, magnetized neutron star - was found in the galaxy Messier 82 (M82)...

Comet 152P/Helin-Lawrence makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.951 AU) on the 22nd March, 2011. Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2011 03 22 11 46 07.2 +15 40 50 2.9515 3.9167 163.4 4.2 19.8 2011 03 23 11 45 30.3 +15 44 32 2.9515 3.9141 162.7 4.3 19.8 2011 03 24 11 44 53.5 +15 4...

Comet P/2014 R5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.511 AU) on the 29th September 2014 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2014 09 28 000000 01 04 54.9 +05 08 05 1.511 2.499 167.6 5.0 19.9 2014 09 29 000000 01 04 18.0 +05 03 56 1.511 2.501 168.7 4.5 19.9 2014...

Preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2013 P4 (PANSTARRS) indicate a perihelion passage on June 23, 2015, at a distance of 4.4 AU from the Sun. MPEC 2013 - Q34

Orbital elements: C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) T 2013 Dec. 23.18785 TT MPC q 3.4167768 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 85.62151 +0.07509959 +0.96980432 Node 163.99559 +0.16048833 -0.24141233 e 1.0 Incl. 122.69245 +0.98417658 -0.03463610 From 63 observations 2011 Mar. 10-May 7. MPEC 2011 - J31 Comet C/2011 J2...

Orbital elements: 2011 TB4 Earth MOID = 0.0081 AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC M 293.64807 (2000.0) P Q n 0.65945913 Peri. 90.62153 -0.21180464 -0.97701579 a 1.3072063 Node 11.69066 +0.84279258 -0.19506089 e 0.4550569 Incl. 6.81968 +0.49481255 -0.08597318 P 1.49 H 25.5 G 0....

Asteroid 37 Fides is a large main-belt asteroid. Read more Asteroid (37) Fides passes through the Pleiades (M45) during January, 2011. EphemerisFides (37) Date RA (J2000) Dec Const- Mag- Radius Delta ella. nitude 2011 h m s o ' " mag AU A...