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Orbital elements: 2005 VR Earth MOID = 0.2819 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 314.03299 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36843361 Peri. 270.79121 +0.63745628 +0.63292623 a 1.9270659 Node 50.08366 -0.24492776 +0.70714199 e 0.5219990 Incl. 34.95041 -0.73052028 +0.31520562 P 2.68 H 20.8 G 0...

Orbital elements: 2013 JS17 Earth MOID = 0.0397 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 10.80737 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26141762 Peri. 74.86948 -0.61171424 -0.77282656 a 2.4224016 Node 54.10040 +0.62181064 -0.60175896 e 0.7560230 Incl. 12.03862 +0.48903703 -0.20155710 P 3.77 H 22.8 G 0...

Spoiler Spoiler LYRICS Soon my lord shall call for me what a great reunion day Friends and love ones I shall see What a great reunion day Some bright morni...

On the night of May 11, 1922, at 11h 15m EST, a great fireball or meteor appeared over North Carolina, and travelling northward, burst over Amelia County, Virginia. Source

A total lunar eclipse took place on May 13, 1957. Read more

A total lunar eclipse took place on May 13, 1957. Read more

206P/Barnard-Boattini was the first comet to be discovered by photographic means. The American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard did so on the night of October 13, 1892. Read more

New 'Sars-like' coronavirus identified in the UK A new respiratory illness similar to the Sars virus that spread globally in 2002 and killed hundreds of people has been identified in a man who is being treated in Britain. Read more

The Salem (L6) meteorite fell in Oregon, USA, on the 13th May, 1981. A total mass of 61.4 g was recovered. 44° 58' 45"N, 122° 58' 10"W

Orbital elements: 2010 KB61 Earth MOID = 0.0619 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 2.12008 (2000.0) P Q n 0.57323714 Peri. 223.05762 -0.05592826 +0.79691780 a 1.4352025 Node 54.20072 -0.58812072 +0.46053486 e 0.2977677 Incl. 47.86818 -0.80683706 -0.39093435 P 1.72 H 20.3 G 0.15 U 9 [u...

Orbital elements: 2013 JK14 Earth MOID = 0.0075 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 242.00866 (2000.0) P Q n 1.11380135 Peri. 313.00916 +0.98610555 -0.15049903 a 0.9217169 Node 55.76517 +0.16606684 +0.88238762 e 0.4647286 Incl. 4.87979 +0.00420050 +0.44580504 P 0.88 H 25.0 G...

Orbital elements: 2013 JL14 Earth MOID = 0.0375 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 246.26874 (2000.0) P Q n 1.11853112 Peri. 136.47261 +0.98157520 -0.04665695 a 0.9191167 Node 227.19122 +0.00335912 +0.97379371 e 0.4273557 Incl. 14.62968 +0.19104671 +0.22259590 P 0.88 H 24....

Title: Apsidal motion in massive close binary systems. I. HD 165052 an extreme case? Authors: G. Ferrero, R. Gamen, O. G. Benvenuto, E. Fernández-Lajús We present a new set of radial-velocity measurements of the spectroscopic binary HD 165052 obtained by disentangling of high-resolution optic...

Large meteor spotted in night sky in England and Wales A meteor has been spotted travelling across the night sky by people in many parts of England and Wales. Sightings of the celestial body were reported on Twitter in areas such as Cornwall, Hampshire, Lancashire, south Wales and Worcestershire. [...

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Battlefield Earth (also referred to as Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000) is a 2000 American science fiction action film adapted from L. Ron Hubbard's novel of the same name. It was directed by Roger Christian, and stars John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, and Barry Pepper. The film depicts an E...