The 74 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2004 SC56 will make a close pass (33.5 lunar distances, 0.0862 AU), travelling at 8.66 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th August, 2010 @ 11:12 UT. See more The Lunar Distance (L...
The 40 - 90 metre wide asteroid 2008 CP will make a close pass (73.4 lunar distances, 0.1887 AU), travelling at 7.32 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th August 2014 @ 14:48 UT ±1 day 13:13. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
The magnitude 13.2 asteroid (233) Asterope will occult the magnitude 6.8 double star HD 220512 in the constellation Pisces, at 18:28 UT, 25th May 2010. The 3.6 second event is visible from New Guinea and Northern Australia. Position (2000): RA 23 24 16.4666, Dec +03 42 55.846
The Glorieta Mountain (Pallasite) meteorite was discovered in New Mexico, USA on the 9th August 1884. A total mass of 148 kg was recovered. 35° 36'N, 105° 48'W Spoiler The Glorieta Mountain pallasite was first discovered in 1...
Title: Simulations of the 30 December 2002 Stromboli tsunami, Italy
Authors: Tinti, S.; Pagnoni, G.; Zaniboni, F.; Armigliato, A.
Stromboli is a volcanic island in southern Tyrrhenian sea, Italy, known to have unstable flanks. The Sciara del Fuoco (SdF) on its NW flank is a...
White dwarfs crashing into neutron stars explain the loneliest supernovae A research team led by astronomers and astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that some of the Universes loneliest supernovae are likely created by the collisions of white dwarf stars into neutron stars....
Archaeologist try to unlock secrets of Pictish find Archaeologists have released details on what they have described as the most important Pictish stone find to have been made in Moray in decades. Weighing more than a ton and stretching to 1.7m, the Dandaleith Stone dates from the 6th to 8th Centuri...
Herðubreið is a tuya in north-east Iceland. It is situated in the Highlands of Iceland in the midst of the Ódáðahraun desert and close to Askja volcano. Read more
NGC 7509 (also MCG 2-59-6 and PGC 70679) is a magnitude +13.4 compact galaxy located 224 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, Roches...
NGC 7500 (also MCG 2-59-4, UGC 12399 and PGC 70620) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy located 488 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observator...
NGC 6733 (also ESO 141-25 and PGC 62770) is a magnitude +12.3 barred spiral galaxy located 225 million light-years away in the constellation Pavo. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on...
NGC 6606 (also MCG 7-37-25, UGC 11174 and PGC 61633) is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy located 265 million light-years away in the constellation Lyra. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseilles Observatory...
NGC 2441 (also IRAS 07460+7308, MCG 12-8-15, UGC 4036 and PGC 22031) is a magnitude +12.7 face-on spiral galaxy located 180 million light years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 23.9 cm (9.4 inch) f/13....
The 35 - 78 metre wide asteroid 2012 QL14 will make a close pass (52.6 lunar distances, 0.1352 AU), travelling at 18.13 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th August 2014 @ 21:07 UT ±00:14. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
