The 26 - 58 metre wide asteroid 2014 AF16 made a close pass (6.2 lunar distances, 0.0160 AU), travelling at 9.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th January 2014 @ 05:10 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
Orbital elements:
2007 PE8 Earth MOID = 0.0790 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 350.23310 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30954597 Peri. 337.89665 +0.45662605 +0.88738541
a 2.1643091 Node 319.19789 -0.80099640 +0.37897810
e 0.4970856 Incl. 5.58185 -0.38716587 +0.26253141
P 3.18 H 19.4 G 0...
NGC 2708 (also NGC 2727, MCG 0-23-15, GWT 5.34, IRAS08535-0309 and PGC 25097) is a magnitude +12.0 spiral galaxy located 92 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telesc...
NGC 2695 (also MCG 0-23-10, GWT 5.25 or PGC 25003) is a magnitude +11.9 lenticular galaxy located 84 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Datchet, Berkshi...
NGC 2974 (also NGC 2652, IRAS 09400-0328, MCG 0-25-8, PGC 27762 and UGCA 172) is a magnitude +10.9 elliptical galaxy located 85 ±6 million light-years away in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecti...
NGC 2286 (also OCL 548) is a magnitude +7.5 open cluster located 9,449 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 6th January 1785. Rig...
NGC 2142 (also 3 Monocerotis, and HD 40967) is a magnitude +4.94 blue giant double star of spectral type B5III located 769 ±125 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The star orbits about 25,400 to 22,700 light-years from the galactic center. 3 Monocerotis has a companion star of magnit...
NGC 1507 (also PGC 14409, UGC 2947, IRAS04019-0219, MCG 0-11-9, KARA 139, MK 1080, KCPG 97A or 392.2 GWT) is a magnitude +12.3 barred spiral galaxy located 40 million light years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47...
NGC 955 (also PGC 9549, UGC 1986, MCG 0-7-27A, GWT 388.29 or IRAS02279-0119) is a magnitude +12.1 edge-on spiral galaxy located 68 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 t...
NGC 941 (also PGC 9414, UGC 1954, McG 0-7-22, ZWG 388.23, KUG 0225-013, IRAS02259-012) is a magnitude +12.2 almost face-on barred spiral galaxy located 74 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5...
NGC 936 (also UGC 1929, McG 0-7-17, ZWG 388.18 and PGC 9359) is a magnitude +10.2 lenticular galaxy with a bar located 65 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy is located about halfway between the stars Mira Ceti and Delta Ceti. The galaxy was discovered by German-British a...
NGC 764 is a binary star located in the constellation Cetus. The double star was discovered by American astronomer Ormond Stone using a 26-inch (660 mm) f/14.9 Alvan Clark refractor at the Leander-McCormick observatory at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, on the 6th Jan...
The 180 - 410 metre wide asteroid 2013 UB1 will make a close pass (28.2 lunar distances, 0.0725 AU), travelling at 10.38 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th January 2014 @ 03:25 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
At 18:15, on the 6th January, a large meteor broke up over La Criolla, Entre Rios province Argentina. Meteorites were found over a 7 x 10 km scatterfield East of Estancion La Criolla, with one large piece hitting a farmhouse. Analysis revealed that the fall was of an ordinary L6 Olivine-hypersthene...
