The 18 - 41 metre wide asteroid 2014 JV54 will make a close pass (12.3 lunar distances, 0.0316 AU), travelling at 4.38 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st June 2014 @ 23:52 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
The 170 - 380 metre wide asteroid 2006 XD2 will make a close pass (45.4 lunar distances, 0.1167 AU), travelling at 9.14 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st June 2014 @ 20:22 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
Orbital elements: 2008 WK32 Earth MOID = 0.0685 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 21.71510 (2000.0) P Q n 0.59761699 Peri. 139.75892 -0.92761449 +0.29580044 a 1.3958993 Node 58.86942 -0.37262743 -0.77540844 e 0.3787248 Incl. 15.45518 +0.02607972 -0.55789232 P 1.65 H 19.3 G 0.15 U 3 [...
The 23 - 52 metre wide asteroid 2014 KQ75 will make a close pass (3.0 lunar distances, 0.0076 AU), travelling at 19.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st June 2014 @ 05:02 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
NGC 6101 (also ESO 69-SC4, Caldwell 107 and GCL 40) is a magnitude +9.2 globular star cluster located 49,900 light-years away in the constellation Apus. An 8 inch telescope is require to resolve the brightest stars. The cluster was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a 22.86 cm (9...
Title: The Colour-Magnitude Diagram of the Globular Cluster M14 Authors: Erik D. Reinhart, Thayne A. McCombs, Andrew N. Darragh, Zheyu J. Liu, Brian W Murphy, Kyle E. Conroy Using the SARA 0.9 meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) we obtained R images during the summer of 2010 an...
20 Million Miles to Earth is a 1957 American science fiction giant monster film film written by Bob Williams and Christopher Knopf from an original treatment by Charlott Knight. The film was produced by Charles H. Schneer's Morningside Productions for Columbia Pictures and directed by Nathan H. J...
Sea Launch on Track to Loft Intelsat 19 The Condock V sea-based transport vessel carrying the Zenit-2S launch vehicle designated for Intelsat 19 departed the port at Oktyabrsky, Ukraine on February 17, 2012 and is scheduled to arrive pier-side at Sea Launch's Home Port facility in Long Beach, Cali...
Orbital elements:
2014 KP84 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0104 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 116.13891 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.54326959 Peri. 29.31199 +0.10728719 -0.94283746
a 1.4875074 Node 56.28026 +0.82226350 -0.09424905
e 0.3501212 Incl. 22.29204 +0.55890266 +0.31964768
P 1.81 H 20...
Sun 31.05.14: Another glorious day in the core Sun 31.05.14: A new sunspot captured with a 100mm refractor and focal reducer Sun 31.05.14: Photomosaic captured with a 100mm f5 refractor and webcam
Alan Harvey Guth (born February 27, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Guth has researched elementary particle theory (and how particle theory is applicable to the early universe). Currently serving as Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Insti...
Title: Meteorites in Iowa Authors: Wylie, C. C. On May 31, 1917, Mr. Hadden observed in the west a brilliant detonating meteor; the detonations reaching him at Alta five minutes after the flash of light. Read more