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Orbital elements: 2013 NX Earth MOID = 0.0554 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 161.60483 (2000.0) P Q n 0.93614290 Peri. 312.66280 +0.40926578 -0.90652597 a 1.0349228 Node 112.90884 +0.86655180 +0.35067313 e 0.1698915 Incl. 6.45150 +0.28563876 +0.23502981 P 1.05 H 22.0 G 0...

James Breen (5 July 1826 - 25 August 1866) was an Irish astronomer. In 1854 he published The Planetary Worlds: the Topography and Telescopic Appearance of the Sun, Planets, Moon, and Comets. He went to Spain, and observed the total solar eclipse of July 18, 1860 at Camuesa, with Messrs. Wray and Bucki...

Rugged Olympus Mons This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 metres per pixel view of a portion of the upper west flank of the giant Martian volcano, Olympus Mons. Although co...

Title: Is GBT 1355+5439 a dark galaxy? Authors: T.A. Oosterloo (1,2), G.H. Heald (2), W.J.G. de Blok (1,3) ((1) Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, (2) Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, (3) Astrophysics, C...

Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958 by Pete Schoening and Andy Kauffman of an eight-man American expedition led by Nicholas B. Clinch. Richard K. Irvin, Tom Nevison, Tom McCormack, Bob Swift and Gil Roberts were also members of the team. Read more

Experiment Examining a SLICE of the Interstellar Medium When you look up at the stars at night, the space between stars looks empty. But, yes there is something there. Its called the interstellar medium. An experiment from the University of Colorado will fly on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket fro...

Bernard Yarnton Mills AC, FRS, FAA, DSc(Eng) (8 August 1920 - May 2011) was an Australian engineer and a pioneer of radio astronomy in Australia, responsible for the design and implementation of the Mills Cross Telescope and the Molonglo Cross Telescope. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be...

The Limantepe harbour settlement was inhabited starting from 6000 years ago and was equipped with a fortification wall partially submerged in the sea. The settlement changed significantly over time, and is one of the oldest known artificial harbours in the Aegean Sea. [url=http://en.wikipedi...

Quick snap of a crescent moon rise with an Olympus CAMEDIA compact camera

The first scientifically recorded meteorite fall in Estonia occurred on 4 July 1821, when a stony meteorite of the size of a man's head fell near the village of Kaiavere. According to eyewitnesses, a huge stone "whizzed from the east towards the west like an arrow. In a field at Kaiavere it hit th...

The Maromandia (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Mahajanga, Madagascar, on the 5th July, 2002. A total mass of 6 kg was recovered. 14° 12'S, 48° 6'E

Orbital elements: 2013 NK Earth MOID = 0.2689 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 324.39478 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26482900 Peri. 66.46430 +0.88698262 +0.45821902 a 2.4015540 Node 266.22089 -0.44190797 +0.80608089 e 0.4699410 Incl. 3.29897 -0.13408649 +0.37452493 P 3.72 H 21.4 G 0....

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A total lunar eclipse took place on July 4, 1917. It could be completely seen from Africa, and the Middle East. See more (PDF)