* Astronomy

The Kapoeta (Howardite) meteorite fell in South Sudan, on the 22nd April, 1942. A total mass of 11.36 kg was recovered. 4° 42'N, 33° 38'E

The Jackalsfontein (L6) meteorite fell in Western Cape, South Africa, on the 22nd April, 1903. A total mass of 48 kg was recovered. 32° 30'S, 21° 54'E

Orbital elements: 2009 SQ104 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0441 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 200.98638 (2000.0) P Q n 0.62534402 Peri. 83.66369 -0.66732695 -0.74258858 a 1.3543265 Node 48.36344 +0.64967728 -0.61777524 e 0.3273305 Incl. 4.36589 +0.36413484 -0.25868119 P 1.58 H 21.1 G 0.1...

George Ernest Kalmus, CBE, FRS (born 21 April 1935) is a British particle physicist. Read more

The 83 - 190 metre wide asteroid 2012 XF55 will make a close pass (32.7 lunar distances, 0.0841 AU), travelling at 7.33 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd April, 2013 @ 18:36 UT ±00:11. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

Millisecond Pulsar PSR1257+12 Three small bodies were found in orbit around the pulsar PSR 1257+12. They have been designated "PSR1257+12 AA ..BA and ..C". These planets are believed to have formed after the supernova that produced the pulsar. Distance: 300 pc PSR1257+12.kmz [url=h...

The Moon captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Music via an Amiga 1200

Orbital elements: 2005 HN3 PHA 0.015 Epoch 2005 Apr. 20.0 TT = JDT 2453480.5 MPC M 113.59542 (2000.0) P Q n 1.24766783 Peri. 6.11594 +0.41227173 -0.90326267 a 0.8545485 Node 59.59165 +0.82992836 +0.31848433 e 0.3362793 Incl. 7.92750 +0.37583365 +0.28754873 P 0.79 H 21.1 G 0.15 From 26 observatio...

The 52 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2010 WR7 will make a close pass (26.6 lunar distances, 0.0684 AU), travelling at 5.02 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th December, 2010 @ 13:45 UT ±1 minute. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....

The Moore County (Eucrite) meteorite fell in North Carolina, USA, on the 21st April, 1913. A total mass of 1880 g was recovered. 35° 25'N, 79° 23'W

Fireball not a meteorite, but explosives The mysterious fireball which fell in Jadrangal village here, injuring two women, was not a "meteorite", but "low intensity explosives", the state forensic experts claimed today. [url=http://www.business-standard.com/arti...

A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 10:06:15 (UTC) on Saturday, October 15, 2005, East of the Kuril Islands, about 450 km SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 30 km. Location 46.879 °N, 154.105 °E

[url=http://thetechies.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/iit-kanpur-to-develop-micro-satel...

Hubble Sees a Unique Cluster: One of the Hidden 15 Palomar 2 is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar clusters. These clusters, as the name suggests, were discovered in survey plates from the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the 1950s, a project that involved some of the most well-...

Gerald Stanley Hawkins (1928-2003) was an English astronomer and author most famous for his work in the field of archaeoastronomy. A professor and chair of the astronomy department at Boston University in the United States. In 1965 he published an analysis of Stonehenge in which he was the first to...