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Orbital elements: 2013 NQ8 Earth MOID = 0.0553 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 330.55078 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25255591 Peri. 225.95243 +0.86444017 +0.44621700 a 2.4787403 Node 106.27707 -0.36396549 +0.87324801 e 0.6066472 Incl. 13.96089 -0.34680299 +0.19577617 P 3.90 H 21.9...

Astronomers witness birth of Milky Ways most massive star The team used the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array) telescope in Chile - the most powerful radio telescope in the world - to view the stellar womb which, at 500 times the mass of the Sun and many times more luminous, is th...

Title: Remarkable Meteor (July 10, 1895) - Note by Professor William P. Blake Authors: William P. Blake and R. H. T. About eight o'clock, railway time, in the evening of the 10th of July, a brilliant meteor of unusual magnitude passed over Northern Sonora, Mexico, in a general southwesterly directi...

The Black Moshannan Park (L5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Pennsylvania, USA, on the 10th July, 1941. A total mass of 705 g was recovered. 40° 55'N, 78° 5'W

The Tjerebon (L5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Jawa Barat, Indonesia, on the 10th July, 1922. A total mass of 16.5 kg was recovered. 6° 40'S, 106° 35'E

The Sultanpur (L/LL6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 10th July, 1916. A total mass of 1711 g was recovered. 25° 56'N, 84° 17'E

The Saint-Sauveur (EH5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Midi-Pyrenees, France, on the 10th July, 1914. A total mass of 14 kg was recovered. 43° 44'N, 1° 23'E

An object did pass over the city at approximately 4.50 p.m., according to several reports. Brisbane astronomer (Mr. A. K. Chapman) says it probably was a meteor. Mr Chapman said that the meteor must have been a particularly large one, however, to be seen in daylight. Read more A woman hanging out the w...

Asteroid (238) Hypatia occults a +7.4 magnitude star at ~10:31 UT, 10th July, 2013. The event is visible from the Gulf of Mexico.

Imagine if your living room zoomed from a comfy 70 degrees to 3,000. In less time than it usually takes to boil an egg. Well, a star did the equivalent - it went from 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit to 30,000 degrees in less than three minutes. And got 15 times brighter in the process. [url=http://www.scienti...

Meteorite fall near Jalangi, Murshidabad, W.Bengal on 08.07.2012 A newspaper report appeared on 09.07.12, describing a meteorite fall at around 5-15am of 08.07.2012 witnessed by the villagers of Sarkarpara (N24º 05' 55": E88 º 41' 28") near Jalangi area in Murshidabad district, W.B...

The Bukhara (CV3 chondrite) meteorite fell in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, on the 9th July, 2001. A total mass of 5.3 kg was recovered. 39° 46' 47"N, 64° 36' 1"E

Orbital elements: 2013 NG6 Earth MOID = 0.2590 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 340.68271 (2000.0) P Q n 0.32234647 Peri. 359.11168 +0.04918898 +0.98925936 a 2.1066260 Node 273.69929 -0.91551872 -0.01043152 e 0.3946928 Incl. 7.92827 -0.39925671 +0.14579818 P 3.06 H 22.3 G...

Orbital elements: 2013 MP11 Earth MOID = 0.2403 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 341.41354 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30275963 Peri. 341.25641 +0.08938526 +0.98555056 a 2.1965314 Node 293.66168 -0.89255720 +0.01515846 e 0.4302482 Incl. 9.03756 -0.44198633 +0.16870183 P 3.26 H 21.8...

Orbital elements: 2013 MV10 Earth MOID = 0.1426 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 349.97089 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35458584 Peri. 31.34117 -0.49870903 +0.86415314 a 1.9769171 Node 208.90592 -0.82126958 -0.49592776 e 0.4250189 Incl. 8.00272 -0.27713818 -0.08541080 P 2.78 H 21.8 G...