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The 140 - 320 metre wide asteroid 2009 FE made a close pass (40.3 Lunar Distances, 0.1034 AU), travelling at 12.18km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th April 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance betwee...

Orbital elements: 2013 JH14 Earth MOID = 0.0351 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 11.88667 (2000.0) P Q n 0.31988238 Peri. 357.18099 -0.86323128 -0.50433953 a 2.1174305 Node 152.49749 +0.46406971 -0.80979224 e 0.5927229 Incl. 2.70053 +0.19867324 -0.29979685 P 3.08 H 22.2 G...

Meteorite strikes mahangu field Thousands of people have flocked to the Omusati Region out of curiosity to view a small piece of meteorite that landed in a mahangu field in the village of Oshika, in Onesi Constituency, yesterday morning People who came from all over the five northern regions, inclu...

The Nejo (L6) meteorite fell in Welega, Ethiopia, on the 11th May, 1970. A total mass of 2.45 kg was recovered. 9° 30'N, 35° 20'E

Orbital elements: 2013 JS7 Earth MOID = 0.0853 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 17.54342 (2000.0) P Q n 0.40964398 Peri. 126.76540 -0.95183352 -0.28892634 a 1.7955534 Node 36.75829 +0.19683762 -0.83245472 e 0.4384580 Incl. 9.87556 +0.23509127 -0.47280092 P 2.41 H 23.5 G 0....

Orbital elements: 2013 JR7 Earth MOID = 0.0232 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 316.28458 (2000.0) P Q n 0.69731653 Peri. 230.65200 +0.06148222 +0.99205068 a 1.2594553 Node 43.26592 -0.85938788 +0.10856200 e 0.2298445 Incl. 9.21836 -0.50761442 -0.06363765 P 1.41 H 26.8 G 0...

Orbital elements: C/2013 G6 (Lemmon) T 2013 July 25.03130 TT MPC q 2.0492033 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 215.63572 -0.80837844 +0.09514526 Node 44.56670 -0.11777370 +0.94075836 e 1.0 Incl. 124.12317 -0.57676135 -0.32545519 From 48 observations 2013 Apr. 13-16. MPEC 2013 - H07 Key to Orbital el...

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The history of Carmona begins at one of the oldest urban sites in Europe, with nearly five thousand years of continuous occupation on a plateau rising above the Vega (plain) of the River Carbones in Andalusia, Spain. The city of Carmona lies thirty kilometres from Seville on the highest elevation of...

Title: Discovery of X-ray Pulsation from the Geminga-like Pulsar PSR J2021+4026 Authors: L. C. C. Lin (1), C. Y. Hui (2), C. P. Hu (3), J. H. K. Wu (4), R. H. H. Huang (4), L. Trepl (5), J. Takata (6), K. A. Seo (2), Y. Wang (6), Y. Chou (3), K. S. Cheng (6) ((1) China Medical University, (2) Chungnam National...

Title: The ordinary life of the gamma-ray emitting Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 1502+036 Authors: F. D'Ammando (Dep. of Physics, Univ. of Perugia, INAF-IRA Bologna), M. Orienti (INAF-IRA Bologna, Bologna University), A. Doi (ISAS, JAXA), M. Giroletti (INAF-IRA Bologna), D. Dallacasa (Bo...

Watch 'GMES in Action' live from Copenhagen Discover more about Europe's space programme for the GMES Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme via live web stream on 4-5 June. Source

Hubble Finds Dead Stars 'Polluted' with Planet Debris Deep inside the Hyades star cluster, a pair of burned-out stars are yielding clues to the presence of rocky planets that may have whirled around them. Asteroid debris is 'raining' into the hot atmospheres of these white dwarfs. Asteroids shoul...

Galaxy Morphology in the Era of Large Surveys The Geological Society Burlington House Piccadilly LONDON W1J 0BG Start Time:10 May 2013 - 10:30End Time: 10 May 2013 - 15:30 Read more

Eiskalt abgebremst: Mainzer Physiker erzeugen ultrakalte Neutronen am TRIGA-Reaktor Wissenschaftler am Forschungsreaktor TRIGA der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz haben erstmals die Geschwindigkeitsverteilung von ultrakalten Neutronen (UCN) nach Austritt aus einem Deuterium...