NGC 4831 (also ESO 507-55, MCG -4-31-10 and PGC 44340) is a magnitude +12.5 lenticular galaxy located 153 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Feldhausen, Claremo...
NGC 5487 (also IRAS 14072+0818, MCG 1-36-21 and PGC 50537) is a magnitude +14.0 barred spiral galaxy located 336 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer George Mary Searle using a 38.1 cm (15 inch) refractor at the Harvard Observator...
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Orbital elements:
2012 FK15 Earth MOID = 0.0489 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 209.86012 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.99806141 Peri. 327.19091 +0.84554873 +0.53388104
a 0.9916640 Node 0.59386 -0.35547553 +0.56894794
e 0.0661941 Incl. 24.42831 -0.39835222 +0.62551521
P 0.99 H 26.5 G...
The Ch'ing-yang event of 1490 (also Ch'ing-yang, Chi-ing-yang or Chíing-yang meteor shower) is a presumed meteor shower in the Qěngyáng (Ch'ing-Yang, simplified Chinese) district of the then-Chinese province of Shaanxi (now part of Gansu Province), in March or April 1490 CE, with one source da...
On March 21 1813, the Reverend S.E. Dwight, in New Haven, Connecticut, observes a meteoric fireball. He describes it this way: This meteor appeared on Saturday evening, March 21, 1813, a little before ten o'clock. The sky was extensively overcast, yet the covering was every where thin; and in the No...
Orbital elements:
2011 HH Earth MOID = 0.0317 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 321.45011 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.66035455 Peri. 150.08470 -0.95863652 +0.28131653
a 1.3060243 Node 46.32132 -0.27158717 -0.85848585
e 0.2140492 Incl. 3.43436 -0.08518470 -0.42879254
P 1.49 H 25.0 G 0.1...
The 440 - 990 metre wide asteroid 2001 CK32 will make a close pass (57.0 lunar distances, 0.1465 AU), travelling at 9.06 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st March 2014 @ 06:01 UT ą00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
The 27 - 59 metre wide asteroid 2014 DW110 will make a close pass (25.3 lunar distances, 0.0649 AU), travelling at 6.40 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st March 2014 @ 00:55 UT ą00:03. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
The 180 - 400 metre wide asteroid 2003 YX1 made a close pass (57.1 Lunar Distances, 0.1468 AU) to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th February 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Asteroid (143649) 2003 QQ47 (also written 2003 QQ47) is an asteroid which became briefly notable upon its discovery in late August 2003 when media outlets played up a very preliminary report that it had a 1 in 250,000 chance of impacting into Earth on March 21, 2014. Read more
NGC 2744 (also IRAS 09018+1839, MCG 3-23-31, UGC 4757 and PGC 25480) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy located 157 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector a...
NGC 2774 (also MCG 3-24-4 and PGC 25879) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 403 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy 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...
NGC 2802 (also MCG 3-24-26, UGC 4897 and PGC 26177) is a magnitude +14.3 lenticular galaxy located 402 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. NGC 2803 lies close to the galaxy. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 s...
