Orbital elements:
2013 FC8 Earth MOID = 0.0423 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 354.43081 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.36503347 Peri. 226.18215 -0.62504379 +0.78009529
a 1.9390139 Node 5.35607 -0.60313975 -0.46005805
e 0.5122947 Incl. 17.31237 -0.49552265 -0.42402586
P 2.70 H 22.4 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2013 FB8 Earth MOID = 0.0104 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 345.93052 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.63205741 Peri. 213.72622 -0.50468421 +0.86314387
a 1.3447195 Node 25.97502 -0.78344461 -0.44982265
e 0.3214343 Incl. 2.17586 -0.36264085 -0.22943898
P 1.56 H 24.9 G 0...
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the world's leading provider of high-power commercial satellites, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new direct broadcast satellite (DBS) for EchoStar Orbital Corporatio...
Supersonic missile BrahMos test-fired from Odisha India today test-fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. The missile, which has a flight range of up to 290 km, is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg...
Title: Direct imaging discovery of 12-14 Jupiter mass object orbiting a young binary system of very low-mass stars Authors: P. Delorme, J. Gagné, J.H. Girard, A.M. Lagrange, G. Chauvin, M-E. Naud, D. Lafrenière, R. Doyon, A. Riedel, M. Bonnefoy, L. Malo Context. Though only a handful of extrasola...
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have been held in London since 1825. Each year, the Royal Institution presents a series of lectures on a single topic. The lectures present scientific subjects to a general audience, including young people, in an inf...
The 53 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2005 XY4 will make a close pass (41.7 lunar distances, 0.1071 AU), travelling at 22.75 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th March, 2013 @ 20:17 UT ±21:20. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
The 270 - 600 metre wide asteroid 2002 JW15 will make a close pass (60.7 lunar distances, 0.1560 AU), travelling at 8.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th March, 2013 @ 02:35 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
The 190 - 420 metre wide asteroid 2006 GX2 will make a close pass (37.4 lunar distances, 0.0960 AU), travelling at 12.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th March, 2013 @ 03:40 UT ±1 day 02:51. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
The 35 - 79 metre wide asteroid 2010 SE will make a close pass (28.5 lunar distances, 0.0732 AU), travelling at 13.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th March, 2013 @ 16:43 UT ±12:52. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
A ULA Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to launch the U.S. military SBIRS GEO 2 satellite, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on the 19th March, 2013. The launch window extends from 21:21 to 22:01 UT.
International Astrology Day (most often observed on either March 20 or March 21) is an annual observance/holiday celebrated by astrologers and astrology enthusiasts. It is seen by astrologers as the beginning (first day) of the astrological year. It is the first full day of the astrological sign...
India plans to offer an astronomical site at Hanle in Leh for an international collaboration which is exploring the possibility of setting up two large gamma-ray telescope arrays in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, a senior astronomer said. The international collaboration is planning Ch...