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Orbital elements: 2014 BQ Earth MOID = 0.0684 AU Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC M 344.98275 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19048108 Peri. 187.96924 -0.51972559 -0.84953762 a 2.9915860 Node 293.38610 +0.78916661 -0.43685649 e 0.6483502 Incl. 5.65193 +0.32726347 -0.29570633 P 5.17 H 24.4 G 0....

Pilot Reports Crater Of Meteorite DARWIN, Saturday. A pilot, Captain Harry Moss, believes he has found a hitherto unknown meteorite crater in an un-inhabited stretch of country on the edge of Arnhem Land. It is in the Koolatong River area, near Blue Mud Bay, 40 miles west of the Arnhem Land coast. Rea...

The Tonk (CI1) meteorite fell in Rajasthan, India, on the 22nd January, 1911. A total mass of 7.7 g was recovered. 24° 39'N, 76° 52'E

The Machinga (L6) meteorite fell in Southern, Malawi, on the 22nd January, 1981. A total mass of 93.2 kg was recovered. 15° 12' 44"S, 35° 14' 32"E

The Vigarano (CV3) meteorite fell in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on the 22nd January, 1910. A total mass of 15 kg was recovered. 44° 51'N, 11° 24'E

American Lottie Williams, 48, was exercising in a Tulsa park one morning four years ago when she was hit on the shoulder by a six-inch piece of blackened metallic material. A used Delta II rocket had crashed into the Earth's atmosphere half an hour earlier, and scientists at NASA believe that William...

TLE Data BLITS 1 35871U 09049G 09269.73399688 +.00000174 +00000-0 +10000-3 00071 2 35871 098.8005 319.8831 0004307 054.6872 305.4704 14.21536552000675 Period: 101.3 Inclination: 98.8 Apogee: 823 Perigee: 817 Read more

The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Read more An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 22, 1879. Read more

NGC 2849 (also OCL 756 and ESO 314-SC13) is a magnitude +12.5 open cluster located in the constellation Vela. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 22nd January 1835. Right Ascen...

NGC 2587 (also OCL 706 and ESO 431-SC7) is a magnitude +9.2 open cluster located in the constellation Puppis. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 22nd January 1835. Right Asce...

Glacier-monitoring station inaugurated in Yunnan The inauguration for a Chinese Academy of Science observation station for glacier and environment was held at a symposium on glaciology held in late May at Yulong Xueshan (Jade Dragon and Snow-capped Mountain) in the suburban Lijiang County of...

V4641 Sgr.kmz Google Sky File

The Krymka (LL3.2) meteorite fell in Nikolayev, Ukraine, on the 21st January, 1946. A total mass of 50 kg was recovered. 47° 50'N, 30° 46'E See also OC2

The Florence (H3) meteorite fell in Texas, USA, on the 21st January, 1922. A total mass of 3.64 kg was recovered. 30° 50'N, 97° 46'W

The De Cewsville (H6) meteorite fell in Ontario, Canada, on the 21st January, 1887. A total mass of 340 g was recovered. 43°N, 80°W