The 47 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2013 YE48 will make a close pass (25.9 lunar distances, 0.0665 AU), travelling at 24.43 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th January 2014 @ 08:30 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
The Future of Time Splinter session to be held at the 223rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Sunday, 5 January 2014 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Gaylord National Resort and Convention Centre 201 Waterfront Street National Harbour, Maryland 20745 USA Read more
The Beta Bootids is a weak shower that begins on January 5, peaks on January 16, and ends on January 18. Its meteors travel at 43 kilometres/second Source
NGC 3431 (also IRAS 10487-1644, MCG -3-28-14 and PGC 32531) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 241 million light-years away in the constellation Crater. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) Alvan Clark & Sons re...
NGC 2925 (also Cr 210, ESO 166-SC022 and OCL 783) is a magnitude +8.3 open cluster located 2,524 light-years away in the constellation Vela. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.6 inch) reflector at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 5th January 1...
NGC 2502 (also ESO 209-8, AM 0754-521 and PGC 22210) is a magnitude +12.2 lenticular galaxy located 55.77 million light-years away in the constellation Carina. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.6 inch) reflector at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town...
Orbital elements:2014 AF5 Earth MOID = 0.0007 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 354.07494 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.52052734 Peri. 287.74722 +0.87158859 -0.47429491
a 1.5305247 Node 100.72222 +0.48386876 +0.79164550
e 0.5091261 Incl. 7.25065 +0.07876770 +0.38515157
P 1.89 H 28.8 G 0...
Newfound Planet is Earth-mass But Gassy An international team of astronomers has discovered the first Earth-mass planet that transits, or crosses in front of, its host star. KOI-314c is the lightest planet to have both its mass and physical size measured. Surprisingly, although the planet weigh...
The 27 - 60 metre wide asteroid 2013 YT102 will make a close pass (16.7 lunar distances, 0.0429 AU), travelling at 8.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th January 2014 @ 18:39 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
The 38 - 86 metre wide asteroid 2013 XX8 will make a close pass (19.7 lunar distances, 0.0506 AU), travelling at 2.81 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th January 2014 @ 16:46 UT ±00:07. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
NGC 2313 (also LDN 1653) is a magnitude +14.2 emission nebula located 3030 ±1695 light years away in the constellation Monoceros. The H II region contains about 7510 solar masses which is illuminated and ionised by the Be blue giant star HD 51477 (V747 Monocerotis) which ranges between magnitude 8...
NGC 1981 (also Cr 73, OCl 525, Lund 187, h 362, and GC 1184) is a magnitude +4.2 open star cluster located 1305 light-years away in the constellation Orion. The cluster is positioned inside the Orion Arm of the MilkyWay, about 4° south of the celestial equator, and forms the northern most part of 'Sword...
The 230 - 520 metre wide asteroid 2013 XZ21 will make a close pass (73.4 lunar distances, 0.1886 AU), travelling at 19.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th January 2014 @ 12:13 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0...
Discovery of Comet 1764 Messier on January 3, 1764 A Table of the Places of the Comet of 1764 Discovered at the Observatory of the Marine at Paris, the 3d of January, about 8 O'Clock in the Evening, in the Constellation of the Dragon, Concluded from Its Situation Observed with Regard to the Stars: By Mon...
