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Orbital elements: 2011 XA3 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0359 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 25.89065 (2000.0) P Q n 0.55177514 Peri. 323.77804 -0.46986158 +0.74800891 a 1.4721813 Node 273.60952 -0.65843248 -0.65065586 e 0.9268627 Incl. 28.01268 -0.58795984 +0.13088020 P 1.79 H 2...

Asteroid (454) Mathesis was discovered by Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on March 28, 1900. Read more

The 39 - 88 metre wide asteroid 2014 FF will make a close pass (15.5 lunar distances, 0.0398 AU), travelling at 8.86 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th March 2014 @ 02:37 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...

Orbital elements: 2012 FM35 Earth MOID = 0.0077 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 69.86253 (2000.0) P Q n 0.96399498 Peri. 77.69699 -0.00630400 -0.99995329 a 1.0148913 Node 12.67105 +0.90399555 -0.00883065 e 0.1216271 Incl. 1.91390 +0.42749539 +0.00392790 P 1.02 H 26.6 G 0....

Orbital elements: 2011 FT53 Earth MOID = 0.0154 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 332.28701 (2000.0) P Q n 0.33043123 Peri. 37.55853 -0.66547719 +0.74622695 a 2.0721220 Node 190.75837 -0.70489847 -0.63574296 e 0.5342864 Incl. 5.19302 -0.24547560 -0.19742400 P 2.98 H 25.1 G 0...

Ancient sea creatures filtered food like modern whales Ancient, giant marine animals used bizarre facial appendages to filter food from the ocean, according to new fossils discovered in northern Greenland. The new study, led by the University of Bristol and published today in Nature, describes...

On March 27, 1894 according to Professor G. D. Hinrichs, meteoric material fell near Marengo, Iowa. Source

The Bhola (LL3-6) meteorite fell in Barisal, Bangladesh, on the 27th March, 1940. A total mass of 1047 g was recovered. 22° 41'N, 90° 39'E

The Cabin Creek (Iron) meteorite fell in Arkansas, USA, on the 27th May, 1886. A total mass of 48.5 kg was recovered. 35° 30'N, 93° 30'W

NGC 2944 (also Arp 63, IRAS 09363+3232, MCG 6-21-67, UGC 5144 and PGC 27533) is a magnitude +14.0 pair of interacting spiral galaxies located 312 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxies were discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa using a 30.48 cm (12 inch) Clark r...

NGC 4114 (also MCG -2-31-18 and PGC 38460) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 188 million light-years away in the constellation Corvus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm House in O...

NGC 4714 (also MCG -2-33-18 and PGC 43442) is a magnitude +13.7 lenticular galaxy located 197 million light-years away in the constellation Corvus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm Hous...

NGC 4748 (also IRAS 12495-1308, MCG -2-33-34 and PGC 43643) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 202 million light-years away in the constellation Corvus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayh...

NGC 4804 (also NGC 4802, IRAS 12532-1147, MCG -2-33-61 and PGC 44087) is a magnitude +11.6 lenticular galaxy located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Corvus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refle...

NGC 4825 (also MCG -2-33-70 and PGC 44261) is a magnitude +11.7 lenticular galaxy located 205 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm House...