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Orbital elements: 2010 UQ7 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0170 AU Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC M 349.16232 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25663442 Peri. 76.26190 +0.68480692 +0.72571293 a 2.4524083 Node 237.15826 -0.69533340 +0.62355069 e 0.6801003 Incl. 4.51807 -0.21806181 +0.29073232 P 3.84 H 20....

The 920 - 2100 metre wide asteroid 1997 WS22 will make a close pass (47.1 lunar distances, 0.1209 AU), travelling at 12.54 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st May 2014 @ 19:00 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

NGC 6287 (also GCL 54) is a magnitude +9.3 Globular Cluster located 6800 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 21st May 1784. Ri...

NGC 6369 (also Little Ghost Nebula) is a magnitude +12.9 planetary nebula located 2000 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The nebula was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 21s...

Enigmatic Cluster Targeted by Hubble The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has used its powerful optics to separate the globular cluster NGC 6401 into its constituent stars. What was once only visible as a ghostly mist in the eyepieces of astronomical instruments has been transformed into a stunni...

Wubbo Johannes Ockels (born March 28, 1946) is a Dutch physicist and a former astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA). Read more

Sun 19.05.14: Sun 19.05.14: Sun 19.05.14: Hand stitched ultraviolet photo mosaic (hazy sky)

Asteroid (293) Brasilia was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on May 20, 1890 in Nice Read more

Asteroid (510) Mabella was discovered by American astronomer Raymond Smith Dugan on May 20, 1903 in Heidelberg Read more

The 92 - 210 metre wide asteroid 2014 HT184 will make a close pass (41.4 lunar distances, 0.1063 AU), travelling at 25.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th May 2014 @ 11:51 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...

The 110 - 240 metre wide asteroid 1996 XB27 will make a close pass (44.8 lunar distances, 0.1150 AU), travelling at 0.84 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th May 2014 @ 05:43 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...

NGC 4240 (also NGC 4243, MCG -2-31-29 and PGC 39411) is a magnitude +12.3 elliptical galaxy located 91 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) refractor at the Arcetri Observator...

The 35 - 78 metre wide asteroid 2014 KD will make a close pass (7.7 lunar distances, 0.0199 AU), travelling at 9.67 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th May 2014 @ 06:27 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

NGC 3967 (also MCG -1-30-47 and PGC 37398) is a magnitude +13.4 elliptical galaxy located 257 million light-years away in the constellation Crater. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) refractor at the Arcetri Obs...

NGC 3959 (also MCG -1-30-46 and PGC 37363) is a magnitude +13.7 barred spiral galaxy located 263 million light-years away in the constellation Crater. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) refractor at the Arcetri Obse...