The 580 - 1300 metre wide asteroid 2002 CU11 will make a close pass (13.5 lunar distances, 0.0347 AU), travelling at 26.09 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th August 2014 @ 03:14 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
Orbital elements: 2010 NG1 Earth MOID = 0.0817 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 182.68820 (2000.0) P Q n 1.25991155 Peri. 299.91884 -0.31201498 -0.94551560 a 0.8490032 Node 167.19602 +0.94995122 -0.31206945 e 0.3336832 Incl. 24.80891 +0.01547019 +0.09280572 P 0.78 H 20.4 G 0.15 U 9...
The 210 - 470 metre wide asteroid 2014 PL51 will make a close pass (36.3 lunar distances, 0.0932 AU), travelling at 7.71 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th August 2014 @ 06:51 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
The 15 - 33 metre wide asteroid 2014 QY33 will make a close pass (6.5 lunar distances, 0.0168 AU), travelling at 14.48 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th August 2014 @ 08:03 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2014 QB33 will make a close pass (27.9 lunar distances, 0.0717 AU), travelling at 5.78 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th August 2014 @ 08:23 UT ±00:06. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
Orbital elements: 2006 QQ23 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0338 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 162.76138 (2000.0) P Q n 1.36768007 Peri. 124.74598 -0.63849791 -0.76960619 a 0.8037970 Node 4.94342 +0.68505940 -0.57138954 e 0.2845442 Incl. 3.43908 +0.35073357 -0.28499175 P 0.72 H 20.0 G 0.15...
A volcano in Papua New Guinea has erupted, sending lava into the air and causing panic among locals. Tavurvur, on the tip of New Britain island in the countrys east, has previously erupted in 1937, 1994, 2006 and again last year. Read more
'Biggest cave' is Calders Geo in Shetland at Esha Ness The biggest cave in Britain can be found in Shetland, a geologist has claimed. Jonathan Swale used a laser range-finder at the Calders Geo sea cave at Esha Ness. He said he found it to be 60ft tall and spanning a floor area of 5,600 square metres. Read...
Atanarjuat is a 2001 Canadian film directed by Zacharias Kunuk. It is also released as Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, which translates the title. Atanarjuat was the first feature film ever to be written, directed and acted entirely in Inuktitut, the language of Canada's Inuit people. Igloolik is a c...
Mercury: at magnitude -1.5, starts the month in the constellation of Cancer. Mercury is at superior conjunction on the 8th August. (On August 1st, RA= 8h10m33s Dec=+21°14.5' (J2000) Distance=1.274AU Phase k=93% Diameter=5.3") Venus: is at magnitude -3.9. The planet is in the mornin...
NGC 139 (also PGC 1900) is a magnitude +14.4 barred spiral galaxy located 560 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 29th August 1864. Right Ascension 00h 31m 06.5s, De...
NGC 403 (also MCG 5-3-68, UGC 715 and PGC 4111) is a magnitude +12.5 spiral galaxy located 234 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen Observato...
NGC 472 (also MCG 5-4-22, UGC 870 and PGC 4833) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy located 244 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen Observato...
NGC 6914 (also LBN 274) is a magnitude +6.6 reflection nebula located 6,000 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. The dusty blue reflection nebula covers an area of 1.2 degrees. Ultraviolet radiation from hot, young stars ionises hydrogen gas in the region; protons and electrons rec...
NGC 6941 (also IRAS 20337-0447, MCG -1-52-10 and PGC 65054) is a magnitude +12.8 barred spiral galaxy located 286 million light-years away in the constellation Aquila. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Truman Henry Safford using a 46.99 cm (18.5-inch) refractor at the Dearborn Ob...
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