NGC 2822 (also ESO 61-4, IRAS09132-6926 and PGC 26026) is a magnitude +10.6 lenticular spiral galaxy located 76 million light-years away in the constellation Carina. Observation of the galaxy is made very difficult by the presence of the bright magnitude +1.68 star beta Carinae, Miaplacidus,...
NGC 2788 (also ESO 61-2, AM 0908-674, IRAS09083-6743 and PGC 25761) is a magnitude +12.5 edge-on spiral galaxy located 75 million light-years away in the constellation Carina. It is located in the vicinity of NGC 2788A and NGC 2788B. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel...
Orbital elements: 2009 TM10 Earth MOID = 0.3052 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 9.21255 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25933405 Peri. 284.13659 +0.56845757 -0.82189720 a 2.4353592 Node 131.16047 +0.77234450 +0.51779159 e 0.4707679 Incl. 2.78797 +0.28344307 +0.23743815 P 3.80 H 19.7 G 0.15 U 6 [ur...
Meteorite Hits Mast Of Steamer. No Damage Caused By Freak Occurrence A meteorite struck the mast or the Russian steamer Ismail while in the Indian Ocean on her way from Calcutta to Odessa, Moscow radio said today. The Russian minestry of merchant marine recieved a radio message from the ships's capt...
On March 26, 1859, a French medical doctor and amateur astronomer named Lescarbault claimed to have observed a planet closer to the sun than Mercury. He called it Vulcan, after the Roman god of fire. He calculated the planet's movements and sent the information onto Urbain Le Verrier, France's most...
The 230 - 520 metre wide asteroid 2013 WT45 will make a close pass (69.0 lunar distances, 0.1774 AU), travelling at 8.60 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th January 2014 @ 13:13 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
The 37 - 82 metre wide asteroid 2014 AZ16 will make a close pass (46.6 lunar distances, 0.1199 AU), travelling at 8.44 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th January 2014 @ 07:16 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2014 BU32 made a close pass (29.1 lunar distances, 0.0748 AU), travelling at 4.77 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th January 2014 @ 11:41 UT ±04:26. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...
The 6 - 13 metre wide asteroid 2014 BM25 will make a close pass (2.7 lunar distances, 0.0070 AU), travelling at 6.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th January 2014 @ 11:16 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
Exhibition honours Aberdeen astronomer Sir David Gill on Saturday 18 January The first-ever exhibition in Scotland to commemorate the life and work of Sir David Gill, Aberdeen's most famous astronomer, will open to the public on Saturday 18 January at Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Shiprow. Read mor...
Mercury: at magnitude -0.4, starts the month in the constellation of Sagittarius. Mercury is in conjunction with Venus (6.5° separated) at 22:02 UT, 7th January. (On January 16th, RA=20h43m07s Dec=-20°11.0' (J2000) Distance=1.289AU Phase k=92% Diameter=5.2") Venus: is at magnit...
Orbital elements:
2014 BK25 Earth MOID = 0.0069 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 291.84091 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.52904377 Peri. 61.86633 -0.98353756 +0.14263950
a 1.5140550 Node 126.12539 -0.17121605 -0.93191615
e 0.4453191 Incl. 7.89447 +0.05778355 -0.33344603
P 1.86 H 27.5 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2007 LS Earth MOID = 0.0632 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 120.20699 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.22316376 Peri. 168.66318 +0.98544799 -0.16525699
a 2.6918670 Node 200.97530 +0.14596851 +0.94266912
e 0.6824889 Incl. 6.38023 +0.08709453 +0.28993975
P 4.42 H 17.8 G 0....
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