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IC 2408 is a star located in the constellation Cancer. The star is located near NGC 2667 The star was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on the 13th January 1901. Right Ascension 08h 48m 20.3s, Declination +19° 02' 12"

NGC 2308 (also PGC 19949, UGC 3618, MCG 8-13-37, GWT 234.37, 45.0086 NPM1G) is a magnitude +13.4 spiral galaxy located in the constellation Lynx. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 13...

NGC 2218 is a possible magnitude +14.0 asterism of four or five stars located in the constellation Gemini. Subsequent observations of that position show no astronomical object. The asterism was discovered by Irish astronomer Edward Joshua Cooper using a 34.29 cm (13.5 inch) f/22.4 refracto...

Asteroid (64070) NEAT 2001 SS272 makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.287 AU) on the 13th January 2014 64070 NEAT (2001 SS272) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 2001, by C. W. Juels and P. R. Holvorcem at Fountain Hills. Source

Orbital elements: 2010 TG19 Earth MOID = 0.0031 AU Epoch 2010 Sept. 21.0 TT = JDT 2455460.5 MPC M 68.46708 (2000.0) P Q n 0.98901346 Peri. 247.29148 -0.36678302 +0.93029752 a 0.9977029 Node 1.21383 -0.76686912 -0.29985343 e 0.3554087 Incl. 11.13608 -0.52667064 -0.21126866 P 1.00 H 24.0 G...

Sungrazing Comet ISON might dust the Earth with meteoroids in early 2014. Spoiler

The Galkiv (H4) meteorite fell in Chernigov, Ukraine, on the 12th January, 1995. A total mass of 5 kg was recovered. 51° 41'N, 30° 47'E

The Banswal (L5) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 12th January, 1913. A total mass of 14 g was recovered. 30° 24'N, 78° 12'E

The Leighton (H5) meteorite fell in Alabama, USA, on the 12th January, 1907. A total mass of 877 g was recovered. 34° 35'N, 87° 30'W

STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. STS-81 was the fifth of nine planned missions to Mir and the second one involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. Astronaut John Blaha, who had been on Mir since 19 September 1996, was replaced by astronaut Jerry Linen...

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. [url=http://en.wikipedia.or...

NGC 1723 (also PGC 16493, MCG -2-13-29 or IRAS04571-1103) is a magnitude +11.7 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 166.3 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Temple using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) refracting...

Orbital elements: 2012 KF47 Earth MOID = 0.1451 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 212.52736 (2000.0) P Q n 0.86316391 Peri. 218.35865 +0.98558345 -0.13064131 a 1.0924642 Node 148.63959 +0.15229263 +0.96183060 e 0.3391221 Incl. 11.92204 -0.07370357 +0.24044696 P 1.14 H 20....

The 24 - 55 metre wide asteroid 2014 AM29 will make a close pass (10.4 lunar distances, 0.0267 AU), travelling at 10.79 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th January 2014 @ 15:13 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...

Orbital elements: 2014 AZ32 Earth MOID = 0.0041 AU Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC M 328.87607 (2000.0) P Q n 0.37350164 Peri. 197.74898 -0.63656112 -0.77079793 a 1.9095940 Node 291.79494 +0.71090023 -0.57352283 e 0.4859709 Incl. 1.58606 +0.29901640 -0.27738441 P 2.64 H 25.9 G...