SF State astronomers discover new planet in Pisces Constellation A team led by SF State astronomer Stephen Kane has discovered a new giant planet located in a star system within the Pisces constellation. The planet, perhaps twice the mass of Jupiter, could help researchers learn more about how ext...
War Elephant Myths Debunked by DNA Through DNA analysis, Illinois researchers have disproved years of rumors and hearsay surrounding the ancient Battle of Raphia, the only known battle between Asian and African elephants. Read more The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was a batt...
Title: Meteorite falls in 1933-Four recent large meteors Author: Nininger, H. H. Again on January 10, 1936, before dusk, the same area was treated to the sight of an even more spectacular meteor, visible as far west as Hutchinson, Kansas, where the sun was not yet down. Read more
NGC 2353 (also Mel 62, Cr 130 and OCL 567) is a magnitude +7.1 open star cluster of about 30 stars located 3648 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster is within the Orion Arm, and can be found about 10 degrees to the NE of the star Sirius and 6 degrees WSW of alpha Monocerotis, in an...
NGC 2343 (also OCL 565) is a magnitude +6.7 open star cluster located 3,444 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 Datchet, Berkshire, on the 10th January 178...
NGC 2335 (also OCL 562) is a magnitude +7.2 open cluster located ~4,622 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 Datchet, Berkshire, on the 10th January 1785....
NGC 1035 (also PGC 10065, MCG -1-7-27, IRAS 02370-0820) is a magnitude +12.2 near edge-on spiral galaxy located 57 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Da...
NGC 731 (also NGC 757, PGC 7118, MCG -2-5-73) is a magnitude +12.1 elliptical galaxy located 176 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Datchet, Berkshire,...
NGC 636 (also PGC 6110, MCG -1-5-13) is a magnitude +11.5 elliptical galaxy located 85 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 1...
NGC 615 (also IRAS 01325-0735, MCG -1-5-8 and PGC 5897) is a magnitude +11.7 inclined spiral galaxy located about 86 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at D...
Orbital elements:
2013 AF53 Earth MOID = 0.0201 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 177.81707 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.99396726 Peri. 105.45236 -0.81667917 +0.53586956
a 0.9943852 Node 107.39187 -0.57691418 -0.74889683
e 0.1934104 Incl. 12.97084 -0.01432357 -0.38986838
P 0.99 H 26...
The 53 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2013 YT2 will make a close pass (73.1 lunar distances, 0.1878 AU), travelling at 4.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th January 2014 @ 17:45 UT ±00:57. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
The 10 - 22 metre wide asteroid 2014 AE29 will make a close pass (4.1 lunar distances, 0.0105 AU), travelling at 4.92 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th January 2014 @ 12:24 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
Çatalhöyük: a Stone Age city In 1961 the British archaeologist James Mellaart began excavating a 20-meter-high hüyük (a mound built of man-made debris, otherwise known as a tel) in the Konya Plain, near the small town of Çumra. Although he failed to unearth either a cave girl's fur bikini or a stone T...
