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Orbital elements: 2012 BX34 Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 295.37101 (2000.0) P Q n 1.48178508 Peri. 335.64548 +0.22116788 +0.96419936 a 0.7619841 Node 306.80578 -0.86211305 +0.12317110 e 0.3564382 Incl. 10.52850 -0.45590115 +0.23483714 P 0.67 H 27....

Frank B. Harris saw an object in front of the moon which threw a shadow on the lunar surface. He described it as an "intensely black body about 250 miles long and fifty wide, allowing 2,000 miles from tip of cusp to cusp". He suggested it may have been the result of a volcanic eruption Read more...

New geological evidence indicates the Grand Canyon may be so old that dinosaurs once lumbered along its rim, according to a study by researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the California Institute of Technology. The team used a technique known as radiometric dating to show the G...

The Tianzhang (H5) meteorite fell in Anhui, China, on the 28th January, 1986. A total mass of 2.23 kg was recovered. 32° 56' 48"N, 118° 59' 24"E

The Maryville (L6) meteorite fell in Tennessee, USA, on the 28th January, 1983. A total mass of 1443 g was recovered. 35° 48'N, 84° 6'W

The Dhajala (H3.8) meteorite fell in Gujarat, India, on the 28th January, 1976. A total mass of 45 kg was recovered. 22° 22' 40"N, 71° 25' 38"E

The Rumuruti (R3.8-6) meteorite fell in Rift Valley, Kenya, on the 28th January, 1934. A total mass of 67 g was recovered. 0° 16'N, 36° 32'E

The St. Caprais-de-Quinsac (L6) meteorite fell in Aquitaine, France, on the 28th January, 1883. A total mass of 360 g was recovered. 44° 45'N, 0° 3'E

Asteroid (602) Marianna is at Opposition on the 30th August, 2012 Magnitude=11.2 Distance to Earth=1.434 AU Distance to Sun center=2.443 AU

NGC 3611 (also NGC 3604, UGC 6305, MCG 1-29-26, IRAS11149+0449, ZWG 39.103, Todd 1 and PGC 34478) is a magnitude +11.9 almost face-on spiral galaxy located 73 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 c...

NGC 2252 (also OCL 514) is a magnitude +7.3 open cluster located 2925 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor, on the 27th Janu...

NGC 2227 (also ESO 556-23, MCG -4-16-4, IRAS06238-2158 and PGC 19030) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 104 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldh...

Bright Fireball, Jan 26, 1934 A fireball of unusual size and appearance was observed on January 26 at about 10.10 p.m. E.S.T. from several towns in the neighbourhood of Oakville in southern Ontario. It appeared high in the northwest and fell towards the north, growing in apparent size until, accor...

What do earthquakes, spinning stellar remnants, bright space objects and a host of other natural phenomena have in common? Some of their properties conform to a curious and little known mathematical law, which could now find new uses. A subject of fascination to mathematicians, Benford's law sta...

The 330 - 750 metre wide asteroid 2013 PD21 will make a close pass (62.5 lunar distances, 0.1606 AU), travelling at 20.84 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th January, 2014 @ 16:57 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...