After a hibernation of two years, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE ) telescope is operating normally again.
The orbiting telescope returned to full strength last month after engineers fixed the problem with its onboard software control system.
Originally, the spacec...
177P/2006 M3 (Barnard) = P/1889 M1The comet 2006 M3 (Barnard) is currently moving through the constellation Hercules up towards Draco.The re-discovery of the comet, which had not been seen since 1889, was by the LINEAR survey (it was reported as an asteroid, but found to be cometary by other observ...
Professor Archie Edminston Roy (born 1924 June 24), was educated at Hillhead High School and the University of Glasgow. Professor Roy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Astronomical Society, and the British Interplanetary Society. The asteroid (5806) Archieroy is named aft...
Cosmos 428 was launched by the USSR into Earth orbit on June 24, 1971 and recovered July 6, 1971. The orbit characteristics: apogee/perigee/inclination 208 km, 271 km, and 51.8°, respectively. It was a military satellite on which X-ray astronomy experiments had been added. There was a scintillat...
Five Years of Stereo Imaging for NASA's TWINS On June 15, 2008, a new set of instruments began stereoscopic imaging of this mysterious region. Called Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers or TWINS, these satellites orbit in widely separated planes to provide the first and only stere...
The Fort Flatters (stone) meteorite fell in Illizi, Algeria, on the 23rd June, 1944. A stone was observed falling about 35km NE of Fort Flatters. The stone is housed in the Museum Saharienne, Ouargla, Algeria. 28° 15'N, 7° 0'E
The Chervony Kut (stone; eucrite achondrite) meteorite fell in Sumy, Ukraine, on the 23rd June, 1939. A total mass of 1700 g was recovered. A kilogram of the stone is housed by the Academy of Science in Moscow. 50° 50'N, 34° 0'E
On June 23, 2009, at 9:22 pm local time, A bright Fireball was witnessed over Southern Arizona. Dr.Jack Schrader triangulated this Fall from many eyewitness accounts throughout Southern Arizona and a video from a security camera in Marana, just Northwest of Tucson and in less than 48 hours had foun...
Orbital elements:
2013 MD6 Earth MOID = 0.2083 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 85.19278 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.24943575 Peri. 1.62381 -0.05853551 -0.87634737
a 0.8537422 Node 91.93003 +0.91043221 -0.24332046
e 0.4352841 Incl. 28.57972 +0.40949578 +0.41570476
P 0.79 H 21.7 G 0.1...
Orbital elements:
2013 MX5 Earth MOID = 0.2599 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 336.81240 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.27914996 Peri. 52.42254 +0.54102280 +0.83380968
a 2.3186988 Node 250.67749 -0.80363765 +0.47407208
e 0.4585536 Incl. 6.68165 -0.24791301 +0.28287289
P 3.53 H 18.8 G 0...
The GRAB satellite was launched into space on 22 June 1960 A U.S. Navy electronic intelligence (ELINT) satellite system became operational in July 1960 and was operated until August 1962. The heretofore classified mission was to obtain information on Soviet air defense radars that could not be ob...
Orbital elements:
2013 EW128 Earth MOID = 0.0720 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 353.05597 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.27279464 Peri. 106.72893 -0.66560295 +0.73819722
a 2.3545730 Node 121.02184 -0.72418979 -0.60333649
e 0.6012934 Incl. 7.35563 -0.18033821 -0.30174482
P 3.61 H 20....
