Title: Forked Lightning Authors: Smith, C. Michie BY papers received by last mail I see that Mr. W. C. Gurley claims to have shown, by photographing a flash of lightning, that the ordinary notion of forked lightning must be given up. I do not know whether this conclusion has been drawn from the photogr...
The Bassikounou (H5) meteorite fell in Hodh ech Chargui, Mauritania, on the 16th October, 2006. A total mass of 29.56 kg was recovered. 15° 47'N, 5° 54'W
The 33 - 75 metre wide asteroid 2013 SL20 will make a close pass (17.5 lunar distances, 0.0449 AU), travelling at 10.81 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th October, 2013 @ 12:34 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
The 11 - 240 metre wide asteroid 2013 SB21 will make a close pass (13.2 lunar distances, 0.0340 AU), travelling at 2.79 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th October, 2013 @ 09:25 UT ±00:05. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
The 22 - 50 metre wide asteroid 2013 TF135 will make a close pass (21.5 lunar distances, 0.0552 AU), travelling at 9.91 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th October, 2013 @ 07:28 UT ±00:03. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
Orbital elements:
P/2013 T1 (PANSTARRS)
T 2013 July 31.31611 TT MPC
q 2.2116656 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.06919055 Peri. 345.86872 +0.99391333 +0.08220396
a 5.8763125 Node 10.29327 -0.00213293 +0.67996708
e 0.6236304 Incl. 24.23254 -0.11014420 +0.72862012
P 14.2
From 29 observations 2013 Se...
Orbital elements: 2010 GY6 Earth MOID = 0.2462 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 341.61614 (2000.0) P Q n 0.58361475 Peri. 89.25536 +0.37766341 +0.91288854 a 1.4181382 Node 204.78281 -0.92594193 +0.37258769 e 0.2599144 Incl. 21.69187 +0.00137894 +0.16677209 P 1.69 H 19.3 G 0.15 U 9 [...
The 51 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2004 HX53 will make a close pass (29.5 lunar distances, 0.0758 AU), travelling at 8.22 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th October, 2013 @ 08:35 UT ±00:08. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
The 13 - 29 metre wide asteroid 2013 TM127 will make a close pass (3.0 lunar distances, 0.0078 AU), travelling at 11.50 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th October, 2013 @ 00:28 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
The 92 - 210 metre wide asteroid 2013 TL will make a close pass (33.0 lunar distances, 0.0848 AU), travelling at 12.10 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th October, 2013 @ 04:29 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
NGC 823 (also IC 1782, ESO 478-2, IRAS 02050-2540, MCG -4-6-5 and PGC 8093) is a magnitude +12.8 elliptical galaxy (E-S0), located 204 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. NGC 823 was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road i...
NGC 1213 (also IC 1881, UGC 2557, MCG 6-7-45, ZWG 524.58 and PGC 11789) is a magnitude +14.4 spiral galaxy located 158 million light-years away in the constellation of Perseus. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at...