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Orbital elements: 2011 KQ12 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0437 AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC M 32.05718 (2000.0) P Q n 0.40336754 Peri. 142.77237 -0.65511089 +0.68022147 a 1.8141314 Node 83.67882 -0.74803737 -0.52280477 e 0.5051225 Incl. 19.31979 -0.10615938 -0.51378393 P 2.44 H 1...

ATel 6526: Swift observations of HD 305560 RA: 10h 46m 28.45364s, Dec: -60° 33' 50.7603"

The Moon and Rho Sagittarii (HD 181577).

Scripps Research Vessel Discovering Mammoth Undersea Mountains In the latest evidence of the vastness remaining to be explored in the world's oceans, scientists aboard Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego's research vessel Melville are mapping a series of colossal and previous...

Orbital elements: 2007 TF15 = 2014 SK304 Earth MOID = 0.0608 AU Id. F. Manca, H. Metrebian Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 MPC M 199.75098 (2000.0) P Q n 0.84415143 Peri. 28.89323 -0.74304818 +0.66902552 a 1.1088066 Node 193.14093 -0.62738647 -0.70512908 e 0.0448290 Incl. 4.25298 -0...

Looming over the city, the mountain has been exploited ever since silver was first discovered in 1545, but after almost five centuries it is showing warning signs of exhaustion. Its peak has lost its once perfect cone-like shape. In January a huge crater formed at the top, and geologists are worried...

A Canadian team is to search for two ships lost in an 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage. The British ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were trapped in the Arctic ice as Sir John Franklin sought a northern route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He and his 128 crew died - although their exact fate...

The 71 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2014 SU261 will make a close pass (21.6 lunar distances, 0.0555 AU) travelling at 27.49 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd October 2014 @ 16:01 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...

The 90 - 200 metre wide asteroid 2014 SX261 will make a close pass (8.9 lunar distances, 0.0230 AU) travelling at 27.49 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd October 2014 @ 22:51 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

Orbital elements: 2011 PT Earth MOID = 0.0456 AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC M 337.15103 (2000.0) P Q n 0.65380093 Peri. 296.61869 +0.98585959 -0.16354011 a 1.3147374 Node 72.81194 +0.16411327 +0.89817552 e 0.2161079 Incl. 2.19226 +0.03387770 +0.40808744 P 1.51 H 24.5 G 0....

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NGC 7351 (also PGC 69489) is a magnitude +13.0 lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Aquarius. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 3rd October 1878. Right Ascension 22h 41m 26.9s, Decl...

NGC 7690 (also PGC 71716) is a magnitude +12.0 spiral galaxy located in the constellation Phoenix. NGC 576 was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen Road, Claremont, Cape Town on the 3rd October 1834. RA 23h 33m 02...

NGC 7443 (also PGC 70218) is a magnitude +12.5 edge-on lenticular galaxy located 165 million light years away in the constellation Aquarius. NGC 720 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm House in...

NGC 7444 (also PGC 70219) is a magnitude +13.2 edge-on lenticular galaxy located 135 million light years away in the constellation Aquarius. NGC 720 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm House in...