A total solar eclipse occurred on May 22, 1724. This solar eclipse crossed the United Kingdom near sunset, north-west to south-east track, from southern Wales and Devon in the west, eastwards to Hampshire and Sussex, but passing to the south of London. Read more
SNC - Shergottite (Mars) Sahara Desert, Algeria A fresh and unusual stone weighing only 72 grams was acquired by the Macovich Collection in 2010 following its discovery in Algeria. NWA 6342 was determined to be an extremely unusual specimen of Mars-and the first example to evidence affinities to t...
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades). The word may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species.The And...
A scientist from Boston University, Farouk El-Baz, while studying alluvial deposits in Kuwait and satellite photos of the Arabian peninsula spotted the unmistakable signs of a dry fossil river channel cutting across the desert.
Originating in the Hijaz Mountains near Medina, the ancient wat...
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Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
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Orbital elements:
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Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
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Martian - Nakhlite Sahara Desert at the Moroccan/Algerian Border... Recovered by Berber nomads, NWA 998 is an ankeritic carbonate from the planet Mars. Only one other meteorite in scientific literature has been similarly described, and that is ALH84001-the most famous meteorite in the world (a...
Slow earthquakes: It's all in the rock mechanics Earthquakes that last minutes rather than seconds are a relatively recent discovery, according to an international team of seismologists. Researchers have been aware of these slow earthquakes only for the past five to 10 years because of new tools...
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Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
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Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
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