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Comet P/2008 T3 (Boattini)
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A new periodic comet P/2008 T3 (Boattini) was discovered by Andrea Boattini (Mt. Lemmon Survey), on the 7th October, 2008. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 25th October, 2008, at a distance of 1.1 AU from the Sun, and a 5.9 year period. [url=http://...
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A new study suggests that Jupiter's cloud bands are driven by thunderstorms.
The jet streams that give Jupiter its colourful cloud bands may extend thousands of miles into the planet’s interior, and are...
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Asteroid 2002 RQ25
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The 210 - 480 metre wide asteroid 2002 RQ25 made a close pass (30.1 Lunar Distances, 0.0774 AU), travelling at 8.02 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th August, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance be...
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Asteroid 2009 WQ6
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Orbital elements: 2009 WQ6 Earth MOID = 0.0024 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 147.23358 (2000.0) P Q n 1.22142663 Peri. 227.28540 +0.22162006 +0.97153267 a 0.8667446 Node 55.70248 -0.86243743 +0.23534928 e 0.4086581 Incl. 5.81630 -0.45506729 +0.02711050 P 0.81 H 29.2 G 0.15 U 8 [ur...
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Comet 107P (4015) Wilson-Harrington Comet Wilson-Harrington is a periodic comet (formally designated 107P/Wilson-Harrington). Little known about it distinguishes it from other comets, but for the fact that it is also designated an asteroid, 4015 Wilson-Harrington (which, incidentally, i...
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Comet 4P/Faye
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The comet is starting to fade but it is condensed and relatively easy to spot. It is observable until May next year when it fades down to 16 magnitude. Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2006 11 01 02 09.09 +06 18.1 0.686 1.674 171.2 5.2 10.5 2006 11 06 02 09.19 +05 16.0 0.690 1.670 166.5 8.0 10...
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Asteroid 2009 DT10
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Asteroid 2009 DT10 = 9D630A0 (NEOCPO) Orbital elements: 2009 DT10 Earth MOID = 0.0175 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 348.82801 (2000.0) P Q n 0.34136037 Peri. 134.01282 +0.13776183 -0.98909027 a 2.0276546 Node 307.99689 +0.88874340 +0.14669443 e 0.6102464 Incl. 3.79615 +0.4372...
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Comet P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR)
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Comet P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR) Orbital elements: P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR) Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5 T 2002 Sept. 10.75398 TT MPC q 2.4249455 (2000.0) P Q n 0.13627978 Peri. 20.46222 +0.03842733 +0.96343254 a 3.7398005 Node 252.49414 -0.95112276 -0.04611042 e 0.3515843 Inc...
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Comet 215P/NEAT
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Orbital Elements 215P/NEAT Epoch 2010 June 13.0 TT = JDT 2455360.5 T 2010 June 8.0402 TT MPC q 3.213379 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1221768 Peri. 222.4528 +0.4516237 +0.8660974 a 4.022323 Node 75.4410 -0.7475850 +0.4984241 e 0.201113 Incl. 12.7900 -0.4869834 +0.0380624 P 8.07 Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) D...
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Asteroid 2010 JE87
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Orbital elements: 2010 JE87 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0329 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 356.57287 (2000.0) P Q n 1.13858124 Peri. 241.85763 +0.96454463 -0.06583270 a 0.9082945 Node 120.86326 +0.12916355 +0.96224066 e 0.4476774 Incl. 17.32184 -0.23015305 +0.26411922 P 0.87 H 20.6 G 0...
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Comet 65P/Gunn
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Comet 65P/Gunn is at perihelion (2.440 AU) on the 2nd March, 2010. Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase mag 2010 02 28 19 00.46 -25 09.3 2.861 2.440 55.5 19.5 13.1 2010 03 05 19 10.10 -25 10.6 2.810 2.440 58.4 20.2 13.1 2010 03 10 19 19.57 -25 10.8 2.758 2.441 61.2 20.9 13.0 2010 03 15 19 28....
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Asteroid 2009 MB9
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Orbital elements: 2009 MB9 Earth MOID = 0.0621 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 343.23948 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22160474 Peri. 345.00245 +0.99238556 +0.12254614 a 2.7044774 Node 7.98931 -0.10183781 +0.87290386 e 0.7110879 Incl. 5.11159 -0.06928175 +0.47225130 P 4.45 H 18.6 G 0.15 From 1...
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Astronautica
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Asteroid Named in Honour of 50th Anniversary of the Space Age Cambridge, MA - In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the start of the Space Age, an asteroid has been named "Astronautica." Minor plane...
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Title: The Hawaii Trails Project: Comet-Hunting in the Main Asteroid Belt Authors: Henry H. Hsieh (Queen's University, Belfast) The mysterious solar system object 133P/(7968) Elst-Pizarro is dynamically asteroidal, yet displays recurrent comet-like dust emission. Two scenarios were hypo...
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Kuiper Belt Object 145452 (2005 RN43)
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Kuiper Belt Object 145452 (2005 RN43) is at Opposition (39.668 AU) on the 29th August, 2012. Kuiper Belt Object 145452 (2005 RN43) is a classical Kuiper belt object. It has an estimated diameter of 679+55 -73 km. It was discovered by Andrew C. Becker, Andrew W. Puckett, and Jeremy M. Kubica on S...
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