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Orbital elements: 2013 EV89 Earth MOID = 0.2679 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 347.13836 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22741370 Peri. 250.65703 -0.15317437 +0.98466020 a 2.6582244 Node 11.53188 -0.67444963 -0.04236749 e 0.6027181 Incl. 24.70653 -0.72225710 -0.16926100 P 4.33 H 19.3...

Orbital elements: 2013 ES89 Earth MOID = 0.2235 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 346.94175 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23077485 Peri. 277.51150 -0.24619412 +0.96707249 a 2.6323506 Node 337.90934 -0.80782537 -0.24150984 e 0.5649606 Incl. 9.87437 -0.53554330 -0.08027321 P 4.27 H 18.8...

Orbital elements: 2013 ER89 Earth MOID = 0.0578 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 336.00727 (2000.0) P Q n 0.41439723 Peri. 282.67684 +0.23724080 +0.97140214 a 1.7817967 Node 1.18668 -0.60348690 +0.15522108 e 0.5606023 Incl. 28.02420 -0.76126235 +0.17967831 P 2.38 H 20.1 G...

Launch of next Soyuz manned spaceship postponed until after Oct 20 The launch of next Soyuz manned spaceship, planned for October 15, has been postponed until after Oct 20, Vladimir Popovkin, Director of the Federal Space Agency, told journalists on Monday. [url=http://www.itar-tass.com/en/...

The University of St Andrews is running a number of events for National Science Week, including a Science Discovery Day on Saturday March 16th. The Discovery Day Event will be held in the Physics and Astronomy building, and participatns will be able to explore hands-on exhibits provided by various...

Dunbar Science Festival, 16-17 March 2013

Dunbar Science Festival, 16-17 March 2013

Orbital elements: 2013 EO89 Earth MOID = 0.1041 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 50.64386 (2000.0) P Q n 0.61309490 Peri. 130.02097 -0.59454304 -0.80395868 a 1.3723058 Node 356.38519 +0.66053383 -0.47913015 e 0.2407052 Incl. 11.89989 +0.45849060 -0.35225665 P 1.61 H 25.5...

Orbital elements: 2013 EK89 Earth MOID = 0.2128 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 14.15730 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19440226 Peri. 324.62192 -0.80364851 -0.59508889 a 2.9512218 Node 178.83274 +0.58282717 -0.78850050 e 0.6024220 Incl. 12.11414 +0.12025621 -0.15535821 P 5.07 H 21.5...

Orbital elements: 2013 EH89 Earth MOID = 0.0868 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 77.83075 (2000.0) P Q n 0.63107228 Peri. 159.52402 +0.49274635 -0.86161765 a 1.3461186 Node 260.78105 +0.78022758 +0.49940529 e 0.4034031 Incl. 7.08341 +0.38528684 +0.09060566 P 1.56 H 20.3 G...

Orbital elements: 2013 EL89 Earth MOID = 0.0011 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 358.59988 (2000.0) P Q n 0.36140782 Peri. 33.62178 -0.78626573 +0.61788813 a 1.9519605 Node 184.54047 -0.56876935 -0.72418926 e 0.5054444 Incl. 0.49021 -0.24142830 -0.30620935 P 2.73 H 25.7 G...

Orbital elements: 2012 DL31 Earth MOID = 0.1134 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 165.38247 (2000.0) P Q n 1.05032988 Peri. 199.93262 +0.99839103 -0.00078708 a 0.9584855 Node 159.85931 +0.01498948 +0.96799838 e 0.2237492 Incl. 9.47778 -0.05468696 +0.25095521 P 0.94 H 22.9...

Orbital elements: C/2012 T5 (Bressi) T 2013 Feb. 23.55837 TT MPC q 0.3198913 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 318.27381 -0.63406825 -0.24350976 Node 230.55777 -0.15649561 -0.88907314 e 1.0 Incl. 71.87241 -0.75727576 +0.38762346 From 78 observations 2012 Oct. 14-18. MPEC 2012 - U38 Comet C/2012 T5 (B...

Title: Variation of the Diameter of the Sun as Measured by the Solar Disk Sextant (SDS) Authors: Mark Reynolds, Shyeh Loi, Tara Murphy, Jon Miller, Dipankar Maitra, Kayhan Gultekin, Neil Gehrels, Jamie Kennea, Michael Siegel, Jonathan Gelbord, Paul Kuin, Vanessa Moss, Sarah Reeves, William Rob...

Hubble Gazes on One Ring to Rule Them All Galaxies can take many forms - elliptical blobs, swirling spiral arms, bulges, and disks are all known components of the wide range of galaxies we have observed using telescopes like the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. However, some of the more intriguing o...