Title: The EAGLE simulations of galaxy formation: Public release of particle data Author: The EAGLE team This manual accompanies the release of the particle data for 24 simulations of the EAGLE suite of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation by the virgo consortium. It des...
China's Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket leaves for launch site China's Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket departed northern China's Tianjin Port for the launch base in southern Hainan Monday. Monday is also China's second Space Day, which was chosen to mark the anniversary of the country's first satel...
The 15 - 33 metre wide asteroid 2017 ME4 in the constellation Cepheus will make a close pass (5.38 LD, 0.01381 AU), travelling at 6.75 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd July 2017 @ 14:41 UT ±00:01. Magnitude: 20.1 V See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon,...
Title: Panchromatic fits to the Globular Cluster NGC 6366 Authors: Fabíola Campos, S. O. Kepler, C. Bonatto We present panchromatic isochrone fits to the colour magnitude data of the globular cluster NGC 6366, based on HST ACS/WFC and SOAR photometric data. Before performing the isochrone fits,...
Major Yangtze River tributary breaks record flood level Days of torrential rain in central China's Hunan Province raised the water level of the Xiangjiang River, a major tributary of Yangtze River, to exceed its record flood level Sunday morning. The water level in the section of the river in Chang...
The real economic impact of an archaeological research project, co-directed by a Bristol academic, has been illustrated in a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The Longstones Project, undertaken by Dr Joshua Pollard of the Departm...
Orbital elements:
2017 MC3 Earth MOID = 0.0093 AU
Epoch 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2458000.5 MPC
M 6.72237 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.51693453 Peri. 246.82745 +0.98996805 +0.11826129
a 1.5376082 Node 106.30995 -0.08094020 +0.92318847
e 0.4957137 Incl. 4.62055 -0.11580998 +0.36570113
P 1.91 H 24.2 G 0....
Asteroid (5) Astraea (written Astræa in the early literature) is a large main-belt asteroid. Its surface is highly reflective (bright) and its composition is probably a mixture of nickel-iron with magnesium- and iron-silicates. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Astraea]Read more[/u...
Meteorite: a double impact crater discovered in Morocco A group of Moroccan geologists announced the discovery of a double impact crater, the result of a meteorite fall that occurred 40,000 years ago, they said. Located in the Moroccan High Atlas, the present two craters were "hidden&quo...
The volcano at incredibly powerful Mount Katla in Iceland might yet blow its lid, according to scientists quoted in news reports today. Incredible fountains of orange and black lava have since Saturday been burning through the white surface of the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in the southern part of...
Asteroid Day (also known as International Asteroid Day) is an annual global event that aims to raise awareness about asteroids and what can be done to protect the Earth, its families, communities, and future generations. Asteroid Day is held on the anniversary of the June 30, 1908 Siberian Tungusk...
Hubble Eyes a Powerful Galaxy With a Password Name 2XMM J143450.5+033843 lies nearly 400 million light-years away from Earth. It is a Seyfert galaxy that is dominated by something known as an Active Galactic Nucleus - its core is thought to contain a supermassive black hole that is emitting huge amo...
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