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Patrickswells 1813 meteorite goes for auction Part of a meteorite, worth several thousand euro, that crashed in Patrickswell nearly 200 years ago, is to be auctioned off in Scotland next week, the Limerick Post has learned. The tiny 0.71g meteorite part is to go under the hammer for £150 at Edinburg...

The 440 - 970 metre wide asteroid 2013 PW6 will make a close pass (70.2 lunar distances, 0.1803 AU), travelling at 26.52 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th September, 2013 @ 01:56 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (o...

The Great Comet of 1807 was discovered by Parisi, an Augustinian monk, on 9 September, and eight days later independently by J.L. Pons (Hind, 1852). Kronk (2003) credits Castro Giovanni of Sicily with having discovered it in the evening twilight near the horizon in the west-southwest direction on...

Orbital elements: 2013 NW Earth MOID = 0.0497 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 331.53774 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19398025 Peri. 113.41453 +0.98519671 +0.14182615 a 2.9555005 Node 238.55731 -0.16652836 +0.92511606 e 0.6942258 Incl. 6.48071 +0.04069096 +0.35220110 P 5.08 H 22.4 G 0...

2010 CF19 Earth Impact Risk SummaryTorino Scale (maximum) Palermo Scale (maximum) -4.73Palermo Scale (cumulative) -4.71Impact Probability (cumulative) 5.4e-08Number of Potential Impacts 28 Vimpact 14.20 km/sVinfinity 8.80 km/sH 21.5Diameter 0.169 kmMass 6.2e+09 kgEnergy 1.5e+02 MTa...

The Wessely (H5) meteorite fell in Jihomoravsky, Czech Republic, on the 9th September, 1831. A total mass of 3.75 kg was recovered. 48° 57'N, 17° 23'E

The Krasnoi-Ugol (L6) meteorite fell in Ryazanskaya oblast', Russia, on the 9th September, 1829. A total mass of 2.44 kg was recovered. 54° 2'N, 40° 54'E

On 2013 Sep 08 UT, the 19 km diameter asteroid (1465) Autonoma will occult the 3.6 mag star HIP 100064 in the constellation Capricornus for observers along a path across NW Canada, Hawaii, E Australia (daylight). Read more

The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is an English folk dance, which dates back to the Middle Ages. The dance takes place each year in Abbots Bromley, a village in Staffordshire, England. Read more

Titania est le principal satellite d'Uranus. Une équipe d'astronomes de l'Observatoire de Paris associée à plus d'une centaines d'observateurs amateurs et professionnels, dans une campagne inédite à cette échelle, a pu établir depuis le sol, avec des instruments de taille modeste (de l'ordre...

8-12 September 2014 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland http://www.espm14.ie/

8-12 September 2014 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland http://www.espm14.ie/

A strong magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred at 13:32:01 (UTC) on Friday, June 8, 2007, offshore of Guatemala, 100 km SSW of Guatemala City, at a depth of 51.4 km Location 13.798°N, 90.838°W

Biosatellite II was launched on September 7, 1967 from Cape Kennedy. The scientific payload, consisting of 13 select biology and radiation experiments, was exposed to microgravity during 45 hours of Earth-orbital flight. Experimental biology packages on the spacecraft contained a variety of...

STS-69 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission, and the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida on 7 September 1995. Read more STS-69 launch & landing (9-7-95) [spoiler]...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to schedule the launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 4 (H-IIB F4) with the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI4" (HTV4, cargo transporter to the International Space Station) onboard from the...