* Astronomy

Orbital elements: 2012 AN10 Earth MOID = 0.0019 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 339.15807 (2000.0) P Q n 1.13621525 Peri. 303.30815 -0.46494574 +0.85841085 a 0.9095550 Node 297.52128 -0.70915231 -0.50762139 e 0.3984375 Incl. 14.14308 -0.53002685 -0.07383322 P 0.87 H 22....

EN070807 fireball The EN070807 fireball is exceptional in two aspects. Firstly, it was a very rare Earth-grazing fireball, which means that some part of its initial mass survived its collision with Earth; and secondly its initial orbit belonged to the rare Aten type. [url=http://www.lpi.usra....

The launch campaign for India's Rs 450-crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), slated for lift off between October and November, kicked off on Monday as Isro engineers began assembling the four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at Sriharikota. The 44.4-metre tall brown-and-white PSLV is t...

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has entered into an agreement with Space Systems/Loral (SSL) for the construction of its new communications satellite JCSAT 14, scheduled for a 2015 launch. JCSAT 14 will succeed and replace JCSAT 2A in the 154 degree east orbital position. Based on the SSL 1300 platfo...

Patom crater (Patomskiy crater), is a crater at 59.28449°N 116.58954°E made of shattered calcareous blocks on a slope of Patomskiy upland. The crater site is located in the north of the Irkutsk region of southeastern Siberia, 360 km from the district center Bodaibo. It was discovered in 1949 by a ge...

The Patrimonio (L6) meteorite fell in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on the 6th August, 1950. A total mass of 2.12 kg was recovered. 19° 32'S, 48° 34'W

The Makarewa (L6) meteorite was recovered in Southland, New Zealand, in 1879. A total mass of 2.3 kg was recovered. 46° 19'S, 168° 24'E In 1879 the second stone was unearthed, this time at Makarewa, near Invercargill, in the South Island. Professor Ulrich, F.G.S., writing on the find, says, "T...

The Wairarapa Valley (H6) meteorite fell in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1863. A total mass of 6 kg was recovered. 41° 19'S, 175° 8'E It was not till 1864 that the first specimen was discovered, by Mr. Richard Collins, at Tohirua, near Masterton, in the Wairarapa Valley, North Island. [url=http://rs...

The Ufana (EL6) meteorite fell in Arusha, Tanzania, on the 5th August, 1957. A total mass of 189.2 g was recovered. 4° 16'S, 35° 21'E

The Andover (L6) meteorite fell in Maine, USA, on the 5th August, 1898. A total mass of 3.2 kg was recovered. 44° 37'N, 70° 45'W

The Oviedo (H5) meteorite fell in Asturias, Spain, on the 5th August, 1856. A total mass of 205 g was recovered. 43° 24'N, 5° 52'W

The Petersburg (Eucrite-pmict) meteorite fell in Tennessee, USA, on the 5th August, 1855. A total mass of 1.8 kg was recovered. 35° 18'N, 86° 38'W

The Chantonnay (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Centre, France, on the 5th August, 1812. A total mass of 31.5 kg was recovered. 46° 41'N, 1° 3'E

On August 5 and August 6, 1953 the US Military investigated a UFO incident in Bismarck, North Dakota. What has become known as the Ellsworth Case is one of the most significant radar-visual cases in the annals of UFO sightings. Read more

International Research Team Discovers New Mineral Geologists at the University of California, Riverside have discovered a new mineral, cubic boron nitride, which they have named "qingsongite." Read more