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The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an 82-kilometre ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. The canal was formally opened on Augus...

ATel 6394: PSN J04234719-5136029 is a premax SN Ia

ATel 6393: Fermi LAT Detection of a New Gamma-ray Source TXS 1731+152A

The 220 - 490 metre wide asteroid 2014 PS59 will make a close pass (51.1 lunar distances, 0.1313 AU), travelling at 16.43 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st August 2014 @ 13:45 UT ±00:04. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...

The August 16th 1989 solar flare was one of the largest X-class flare (X20) observed in the solar cycle 22. Read more

The Putinga (L6) meteorite fell in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on the 16th August, 1937. A total mass of 300 kg was recovered. 29° 2'S, 53° 3'W

The Utzenstorf (H5) meteorite fell in Bern, Switzerland, on the 16th August, 1928. A total mass of 3.42 kg was recovered. 47° 7'N, 7° 33'E

The Feid Chair (H4) meteorite fell in El Tarf, Algeria, on the 16th August, 1875. A total mass of 380 g was recovered. 36° 53'N, 8° 27'E

The Sabetmahet (H5) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 16th August, 1855. A total mass of 1250 g was recovered. 27° 26'N, 82° 5'E

Orbital elements: 2013 BP15 Earth MOID = 0.0938 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 125.72988 (2000.0) P Q n 0.93136164 Peri. 319.96131 -0.16559776 +0.95663992 a 1.0384617 Node 299.25043 -0.81989897 -0.26857116 e 0.1430825 Incl. 15.94043 -0.54803564 +0.11273680 P 1.06 H 24...

Orbital elements: 2014 MP5 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0184 AU Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC M 335.06131 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30831189 Peri. 183.02130 +0.72409739 +0.67851365 a 2.1700806 Node 133.41899 -0.62916109 +0.72330984 e 0.5240901 Incl. 9.80568 -0.28255848 +0.12822676 P 3.20 H 21...

The 36 - 80 metre wide asteroid 2014 OG300 will make a close pass (21.4 lunar distances, 0.0549 AU), travelling at 12.15 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th August 2014 @ 08:59 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...

The 380 - 860 metre wide asteroid 2003 EG16 will make a close pass (43.1 lunar distances, 0.1108 AU), travelling at 18.34 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th August 2014 @ 17:44 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...

NGC 1077 (also NGC 1077A, IRAS 02428+3952, MCG 7-6-69, UGC 2230 and PGC 10468) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 412 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refract...

NGC 6691 (also IRAS 18382+5535, MCG 9-30-31, UGC 11318 and PGC 62202) is a magnitude +12.9 barred spiral galaxy located 270 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor a...