Comet 77P/Longmore will make its closest approach to the Earth (2.369 AU), on the 22nd July, 2010. Comet 77P/Longmore is a periodic comet in the solar system. Source Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2010 07 22 2...
The discovery of prima facies evidence for impact structures in the Eastern Yilgarn, Western Australia A large circular feature was observed by the author in gravity data of the Yilgarn region of Western Australia in May 1999. The discovery in August 2013 of prima facies evidence on many of the docu...
The 51 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2006 UA216 will make a close pass (38.1 lunar distances, 0.0980 AU), travelling at 8.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th November, 2013 @ 23:09 UT ±19:02 See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
Antarctica's famous volcano shows signs of life not seen in nearly 30 years There were hints as early as August. In October, however, the signs that Erebus volcano was waking up in a big way became unmistakable. By Oct. 9, a broadband seismic station External Non-U.S. government site on the flanks of...
NGC 603 is a grouping of three stars located in the constellation Triangulum. The asterism was discovered by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr Castle on the 16th November 1850. Right Ascension 01h 34m 44.2s, Declination +30° 13' 57&q...
Orbital elements: 2009 WR25 Earth MOID = 0.1048 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 159.60583 (2000.0) P Q n 1.21858037 Peri. 31.40936 -0.07254655 +0.89076938 a 0.8680937 Node 238.25501 -0.98897268 -0.12247769 e 0.4820485 Incl. 31.84009 -0.12911249 +0.43764041 P 0.81 H 21.6 G 0.15 U 8 [...
Supposed Aerolite. 15 November 1895 The Hawke's Bay Herald states that what has every appearance of being an aerolite was picked up on Tuesday by Mr J. Campbell, on one of the highest hills of of Mr Chambers' Te Mata ran. Source
In 2007, Greg Bruce found a meteorite while prospecting for gold nuggets. The stone was partially buried in a dry wash near the abandoned mining community of La Ciénega in Sonora, Mexico. A thorough search with metal detectors of the surrounding area produced a second complete stone and six fragmen...
On a Supposed Aerolite or Meteorite Found in the Trunk of an Old Willow Tree in the Battersea Fields (January 1, 1854) On the 2nd of June, a timber merchant, residing at North Brixton, named Clement Poole, brought the specimen now exhibited to the Museum of Practical Geology, when it occurred to Mr. Tr...
The 33 - 75 metre wide asteroid 2008 GD110 will make a close pass (57.7 lunar distances, 0.1482 au), travelling at 5.20 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23nd October, 2012 @ 01:30 UT ±04:03. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
NGC 7403 is a magnitude +14.0 star located in the constellation Pisces. The star was discovered by American astronomer Philip Sidney Coolidge using a 38.1 cm (15 inch) refractor at the Harvard College Observatory on the 15th November 1859. Right Ascension 22h 53m 06.3s, Declination +01...
Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov - a veteran of four space missions to two different space stations and the 26th most experienced spacefarer of all time - has died at the age of 69. Citing sources within the cosmonauts' training centre at Star City, on the outskirts of Moscow, ITAR-TASS noted th...
Title: Doppler-shifted lines revealing baryons in the jets of the X-ray binary 4U 1630-47. Author: S. Migliari, M. Diaz, J. Miller-Jones, W. Broderic, T. Tzioumis We report the detection of Doppler-shifted X-ray emission lines from the black hole X-ray binary 4U1630-47, coincident with the rea...
