* Astronomy

Title: Gas and Star Formation in the Circinus Galaxy Authors: Bi-Qing For, Bärbel Koribalski, Tom Jarrett We present a detailed study of the Circinus Galaxy, investigating its star formation, dust and gas properties both in the inner and outer disk. To achieve this, we obtained high-resolution S...

Orbital elements: 2014 DU22 Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC M 298.13151 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39159964 Peri. 212.55328 -0.87381249 +0.48625984 a 1.8502959 Node 356.54036 -0.43967232 -0.79162784 e 0.4887515 Incl. 1.66890 -0.20770166 -0.36996856 P 2.52 H 24.6 G...

The 10 - 22 metre wide asteroid 2014 EB25 will make a close pass (2.7 lunar distances, 0.0070 AU), travelling at 13.22 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th March, 2014 @ 09:58 UT ±00:18. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...

The 46 - 100 metre wide asteroid 2014 EJ24 will make a close pass (10.2 lunar distances, 0.0263 AU), travelling at 22.39 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th March, 2014 @ 08:49 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2014 EP12 will make a close pass (2.9 lunar distances, 0.0074 AU), travelling at 9.95 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th March, 2014 @ 01:39 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...

The 24 - 53 metre wide asteroid 2014 EA25 made a close pass (19.3 lunar distances, 0.0497 AU), travelling at 8.69 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th March, 2014 @ 06:17 UT ±00:09. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)....

The 5 - 11 metre wide asteroid 2014 EX24 made a close pass (0.7 lunar distances, 0.0018 AU), travelling at 16.20 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th March, 2014 @ 14:35 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: 2013 CT82 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0128 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 94.29178 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32699938 Peri. 89.81270 +0.99877195 -0.03845716 a 2.0865947 Node 272.39118 +0.02282822 +0.91676270 e 0.6236917 Incl. 1.79149 +0.04397108 +0.39757666 P 3.01 H 18...

**Moon 13.03.14**: Photo mosaic with a 100mm refractor (hazy conditions)

Moon 13.03.14: Photo mosaic with a 100mm refractor (hazy conditions)

The Jumapalo (L6) meteorite fell in Jawa Timur, Indonesia, on the 13th March, 1984. A total mass of 32.49 kg was recovered. 7° 43'S, 111° 12'E

The Distrito Quebracho (H4) meteorite fell in Entre Rios, Argentina, on the 13th March, 1957. A total mass of 400 g was recovered. 31° 53'S, 60° 28'W

Orbital elements: 2012 US27 Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 348.64545 (2000.0) P Q n 0.08617972 Peri. 1.23803 +0.63902969 -0.60144933 a 5.0761290 Node 49.31685 +0.70016533 +0.19676627 e 0.6413514 Incl. 39.21895 +0.31844867 +0.77430081 P 11.44 H 15.5 G 0.15 U 8 MPEC 2012 - U4...

Asteroid (313) Chaldaea is at Opposition in the constellation Leo on the 13th March 2014 Magnitude: 10.6 Distance to Earth: 1.024 AU Distance to Sun: 2.018 AU

NGC 5672 (also IC 1030, IRAS 14305+3153, MCG 5-34-68, UGC 9354 and PGC 51964) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located 162 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum ref...

NGC 5653 (also IC 1026, IRAS 14280+3126, MCG 5-34-58, UGC 9318 and PGC 51814) is a magnitude +12.1 spiral galaxy located 162 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum ref...