The 13 - 29 metre wide asteroid 2014 HT178 will make a close pass (5.9 lunar distances, 0.0152 AU), travelling at 14.51 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th May 2014 @ 11:30 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
The 74 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2014 GC45 will make a close pass (72.1 lunar distances, 0.1853 AU), travelling at 6.21 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th May 2014 @ 20:34 UT ±00:07. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
Orbital elements:
2014 JR24 Earth MOID = 0.0007 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 317.41751 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.89392393 Peri. 246.45554 +0.42935743 +0.90305084
a 1.0672570 Node 48.97709 -0.82254933 +0.39663543
e 0.1191573 Incl. 0.93443 -0.37291392 +0.16486213
P 1.10 H 29.4 G 0...
Title: Chemical analysis of giant stars in the young open cluster NGC 3114 Authors: O. J. Katime Santrich (1), C. B. Pereira (2), N. A. Drake (1,2) ((1) Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, (2) Sobolev Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia...
NGC 3840 (also IRAS 11413+2021, MCG 3-30-70, UGC 6702 and PGC 36477) is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 339 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor at the C...
NGC 3844 (also MCG 3-30-69, UGC 6705 and PGC 36481) is a magnitude +13.9 lenticular galaxy located 311 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor at the Copenhagen Ob...
NGC 3855 (also IC 2953, MCG 6-26-25, UGC 6709 and PGC 36530) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 428 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor at the Cop...
NGC 3873 (also MCG 3-30-106, UGC 6735 and PGC 36670) is a magnitude +12.9 elliptical galaxy located 250 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor at the Copenhagen O...
NGC 3986 (also NGC 3966, IRAS 11541+3217, MCG 5-28-53, UGC 6920 and PGC 37544) is a magnitude +12.7 lenticular galaxy located 150 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflector at Windso...
NGC 6766 (also NGC 6884, HD 191916 and PK 82 +7.1) is a magnitude +10.9 planetary nebula located 12700 to to 17600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The planetary nebula was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering using a 38.1 cm (15 inch) refractor at the Harvard Col...
NGC 6833 (also HD 187836 and PK 82+11.1) is a magnitude +12.1 planetary nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. The planetary nebula was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering using a 38.1 cm (15 inch) refractor at the Harvard College Observatory on the 8th May 1883. Right...
Title: Asteroid rotation excitation by subcatastrophic impacts Authors: T. Henych, P. Pravec Photometric observations of asteroids show that some of them are in non-principal axis rotation state (free precession), called tumbling. Collisions between asteroids have been proposed as a possi...
Orbital elements:
2012 HP13 Earth MOID = 0.0003 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 313.41110 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.00594968 Peri. 286.45893 +0.75844915 +0.60755113
a 0.9864730 Node 37.10366 -0.33991017 +0.67754918
e 0.1762620 Incl. 23.01670 -0.55607190 +0.41449817
P 0.98 H 24.2 G...
A new iron meteorite fell at 3 hr a.m. on 7th May, in 1995, in Kaposfüred, Somogy County, Hungary. (Geographical coordinates are: 17 o 46' E longitude and 46 o 25' N latitude.) The meteorite (coming from NE direction, at high inclination), excavated a crater (depth ca. 1 meter) in the garden of Rev. M. T...
