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Asteroid 2004 HZ
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The magnitude: 22.26, 94 - 210 metre sized NEO 2004 HZ is to have a near-Earth Flyby on April 25th, 2007. On that date the miss distance is currently listed at 0.0303AU. There is however an impact risk on 18th October 2023, with an impac...
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Double Asteroids
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Until recently, natural satellites were only known around the major planets.
The Moon orbits the Earth, there are two tiny moons around Mars, each of the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune has many more, and even the smallest and outermost, Pluto, is accompanied by one.
Howev...
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Asteroid Snowdonia
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Schools from across the UK have named a new asteroid discovered using the Faulkes Telescope Project's facility in Hawaii. The mountain-sized asteroid, found between Mars and Jupiter, has been officially named Snowdonia as a tribute to the beauty of this famous Welsh region. The asteroid was offi...
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Caelumnoctu 57424
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Asteroid 1862 Apollo
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An international research team led by Academy Research Fellow Mikko Kaasalainen has found an asteroid whose rotation receives an extra kick from solar radiation. The asteroid 1862 Apollo's diameter is about 1.5 km, it has a small m...
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Asteroids KO7D84U, KO7C54Q and KO7D84W
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The Sacramento region does not need to look too far to find future astronomers. Cordova High School’s astronomy class, taught by physical science teacher Glenn Reagan, is has already discovered three new asteroids through the International Asteroid Search Campaign (IASC). When their finding...
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Asteroid (372) Palma
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On the morning of January 26th, at least 20 observers spread from Virginia to northern California timed the occultation of the star 32 Lyncis by the asteroid (372) Palma — in spite of the track shifting nearly half a path-width south of what was predicted. Although it was the coldest night of the seaso...
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Asteroid 2006AM4
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2006 AM4 was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey (University of Arizona) on January 8, 2006. The asteroid will approach within 0.013 AU (5.2 lunar distances) on February 1. Its physical properties are unknown, but its absolute magnitude of 21.8 suggests a diameter within a factor of two of 140 met...
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132524 APL
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APL Rocks! Asteroid Named After JHU Applied Physics Lab The lab that landed the first spacecraft on an asteroid now has its name on one of the sun-orbiting space rocks. Lauding the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory's leading role in several planetary missions, the Internat...
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Asteroid (4073) Rui'an
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A naming ceremony was held yesterday in the city of Rui'an, in east China's Zhejiang Province, to name an asteroid from the solar system after Rui'an Middle School, local education authorities said.
It is the first time an asteroid has been named after a Chinese middle school.
The asteroid wa...
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Asteroid 2006BQ6
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Asteroid 2006 BQ6 was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey (University of Arizona) on January 22, 2006.
It will approach within 0.037 AU (14 lunar distances) of Earth on July 29.
Its physical properties are unknown, but its absolute magnitude of 19.5 suggests a diameter within a...
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Asteroid 2006 OF2
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A new Damocloid asteroid, 2006 OF2 discovered.
ate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2006 07 14 20 45.54 -27 34.2 6.736 7.711 162.4 2.3 18.5
2006 07 24 20 40.81 -27 41.7 6.638 7.640 169.9 1.3 18.4
2006 08 03 20 35.82 -27 46.7 6.570 7.569 169.2 1.4 18.4
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Asteroid 43844 Rowling
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling now has an asteroid named in her honour. The honour was bestowed by the International Astronomical Union, who named asteroid # 43844 'Rowling.'
Dr. Mark Hammergren who discovered the aste...
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Asteroid (6406) 1992MJ
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Silvano Casulli, Colleverde di Guidonia, Rome, Italy, and R. Behrend, Geneva Observatory, Switzerland, have reported that they have taken photometric measurements over three recent nights of the 14th magnitude near earth asteroid (6406) 1992 MJ.
They observed deep eclipses (~0.7 mag) with...
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Asteroids Spoelhof and Griffioen
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Asteroids discovered by students and professors at Calvin College now bear the names of two Calvin retirees: former Calvin president Dr. William Spoelhof and former Calvin dean and physics department chair Roger Griffioen.
Each asteroid is approximately the size of Calvin's entire Knollcre...
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Comet-like Asteroids
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Some asteroids that have comet-like orbits may actually be comets that have lost gases and other easily vaporised substances, according to a NASA research team.
The team will present its findings at the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences annual meeting in Camb...
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Asteroid (21238) 1995WV7
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Title: (21238) 1995 WV7: A New Basaltic Asteroid Outside the 3:1 Mean Motion Resonance
Authors: Mark Hammergren (Adler), Geza Gyuk (Adler/U of Chicago), Andrew Puckett (U of Chicago)
We report visible to near-infrared spectroscopy and spectrophotometry of asteroid (21...
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Asteroid 2007 LQ19
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2007 LQ19 Earth Impact Risk Summary Torino Scale (maximum) Palermo Scale (maximum) -2.51 Palermo Scale (cumulative) -2.51 Impact Probability (cumulative) 1.5e-06 Number of Potential Impacts 1 Vimpact 17.99 km/s Vinfinity 14.12 km/s H 17.9 Diameter 0.900 km Mass 1.0e+12 kg Energy 3.9e+04 MT a...
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Asteroid 2005 AD13
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The 690 m - 1.5 km sized near Earth Apollo asteroid 2005 AD13 (NEO, PHA) is predicted to make a flyby of the Earth on June 18th, 09:36 UT. The magnitude 15.5 asteroid should pass about 33.3 lunar distances away (0.08549 AU) towards the constellation Ursa Major. Relative Velocity: 23.73 km/s [url=htt...
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Since 30 years, Vesta, one of the three largest main belt bodies, poses a problem to the scientists: "Given that its basaltic surface is roughly similar to t...
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Asteroid 2006 VV2
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On March 31st, asteroid 2006 VV2 will pass close to the Earth at a distance of 8.8 lunar distances. The 2-km wide asteroid will be visible as a 9 ot 10th magnitude moving star. See orbit ate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. P...
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Asteroid 2007 GX01
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By taking advantage of newly-established astronomical equipment, researchers with the CAS Purple Mountain Observatory discovered a near-earth objective (NEO) on 10 April, making the total of similar findings to 19 within the past two months. The 18th magnitude minor planet was located in the c...
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Minor planet 49272
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The International Astronomical Union approved the naming of minor planet 49272 to Bryce Canyon this month. The asteroid, discovered by astronomer Roy Tucker in 1998 is one of literally hundreds of thousands of asteroids circling the sun ranging in size from several yards across to hundreds of mil...
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2006 UX184
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rbital elements:
2006 UX184
Epoch 2006 Nov. 1.0 TT = JDT 2454040.5 MPC
M 344.76707 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00411441 Peri. 22.65374 +0.51781709 -0.76343359
a 38.5713333 Node 39.47409 +0.66195719 +0.07170128
e 0.4761844 Incl. 37.39131 +0.54192080 +0.64189414
P 240 H 8.4 G 0.15
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NEA 2006RZ
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2006 RZ was discovered by Helmut Michels at Herrenberg Observatory (Germany) on September 4, 2006.
It will approach within 0.0129 AU (4.9 lunar distances) on October 7. Its physical properties are unknown, but its absolute magnitude of 20.1 suggests a diameter within a factor of two of 300 meter...
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NEA 2006 TC1
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2006 TC1 Earth Impact Risk Summary based on 21 observations spanning .98657 days
(2006-Oct-03.31668 to 2006-Oct-04.30325)
Date Distance Probability Energy Palermo Torino
2015-02-13.26 0.12 1.1e-08 7.84e+03 -4.23
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2006WZ2
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2006 WZ2
Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5 MPC
M 359.25991 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.04686800 Peri. 110.27311 -0.38480948 -0.92279345
a 7.6187737 Node 2.60998 +0.60546112 -0.26818237
e 0.7929662 Incl. 25.12804 +0.69666240 -0.27664141
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2004 XP14
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This coming July features a spectacular flyby of the near-Earth Apollo asteroid 2004 XP14. Like the flyby of 2002 NY40 in 2002, 2004 XP14 will amaze visual observers with incredible speed visible in medium size telescopes.
Near close approach around 4:44m UT July 3, this 600-meter/ya...
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Damocloids
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A table of 'Oort cloud asteroids', or 'Damocloid' objects (as of October 12th 2005).
Created by Akimasa Nakamura.
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(5335) Damocles 13.3 11.8 0.87 62.0 1.58 40.7
1996 PW 14.0 253.6 0.99 29.8 2.53 4040
1997 MD10 16.0 26.5 0.94 59.2 1.54 136
1998 QJ1 16.7 11.2 0.81 23...
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Asteroid Itokawa
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Asteroid collision 470 million years ago
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An asteroid collision showered the earth with meteorites for millions of years. An enormous collision between two asteroids created a meteorite shower that rained down on earth for millions of years. Meteorites of up to 1.5 kilometres in size impacted with the earth. German researchers have no...
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Asteriod 66391 1999KW4
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The first detailed images of a binary asteroid system reveal a bizarre world where the highest points on the surface are actually the lowest, and the two asteroids dance in each other's gravitational pull.
A binary asteroid is a system where two asteroids orbit around one another, like a mini Ea...
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Detecting Asteroid Impacts
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Can we detect asteroid impacts with rocky extrasolar planets?
Sixty-five million years ago a chunk of rock and ice perhaps 15 kilometres across collided with the Earth and wiped out many creatures, including the dinosaurs. This impact, known as the Chicxulub impact, must have created a spectac...
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On 23 December 1998 the NEAR spacecraft flew within 3824 km of the asteroid 433 Eros (33x33x16 km diameter[url=http://cps.earth.northwestern.edu/near.html]ht...
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Asteroids 9512 and 9517
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The Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced it has named two asteroids after Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, two astronauts from China's second manned space mission in 2005. According to Yang Jiexing, secretary of the asteroids naming committee in the obs...
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Asteroid 2003 YN107
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Earth Coorbital Asteroid 2003 YN107 is making a close flyby today. The asteroid's corkscrew path is lopsided and on June 10th it will dip within 3.4 million km of the Earth, slightly closer than usual. Earth's gravity...
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2002 NY40
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Title: Characterisation of the near-Earth Asteroid 2002 NY40 Authors: Lewis C. Roberts, Jr., Doyle T. Hall, John V. Lambert, John L. Africano2, Keith T. Knox, Jacob K. Barros, Kris M. Hamada, Dennis Liang, Paul F. Sydney In August 2002, the near-Earth asteroid 2002 NY40, made its closest approach...
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Asteroid 2008 TM9
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A magnitude 20 asteroid, 2008 TM9, has been discovered by Irish amateur astronomer Dave McDonald, from his observatory in Celbridge in Co Kildare . The last such discovery of an asteroid from Ireland was the discovery of (9) Metis, by Andrew Graham at Markree Observatory, on 25 April 1848. Brief...
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Asteroid 2000 SG344
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Nasa plans landing on 40m-wide asteroid travelling at 28,000mph[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_SG%E2%82%83%E2%82%84%E2%82%84]2...
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Asteroid 2008 UB95
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Orbital elements: 2008 UB95 Earth MOID = 0.0006 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 120.55416 (2000.0) P Q n 0.99909147 Peri. 253.80032 +0.10118076 +0.99464395 a 0.9909823 Node 22.03973 -0.88993183 +0.09997585 e 0.2673998 Incl. 3.22576 -0.44472890 +0.02623426 P 0.99 H 24.5 G 0.15 U 9 M...
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Asteroid 102 Miriam
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Occultation by asteroid 102 Miriam on 31 October 2008 Click to Play | View Details 102 Miriam is a quite large, very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 22, 1868 and named after Miriam, the sister of Moses in the Old Testament. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10...
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Asteroid Kankelborg
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Charles Kankelborg, a "well-rounded astrophysicist" at Montana State University, now has an asteroid named after him. The asteroid, 269 million miles away from the sun, was detected from an observatory in the middle of a steamy Texas swamp where alligators sometimes loiter at the bas...
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2007 VN84
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A 20 meter sized asteroid, 2007 VN84, discovered by Richard Kowalski and the Catalina Sky Survey is predicted to make a extremely close flyby of the earth on Nov 13.844 UT The object may reach around magnitude 9.7 and be favourably positioned. The minimum distance from the geocenter will only be 0...
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2007 VJ189
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The small asteroid 2007 VJ189 was discovered at 09:08 UT on 14th November. by the Mt. Lemmon Survey. K07VI9J V=22.4 H=25.7 ~25m /span> K07VI9J C2007 11 14.98506 03 38 37.86 +07 57 52.8 K07VI9J C2007 11 15.24381 03 36 36.28 +08 56 06.4 K07VI9J C2007 11 15.24925 03 36 33.51 +08 57 19.3 K07VI9J C2007 11 15.25...
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Asteroid 2008 AZ28
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Three Racine sophomore students were notified on Monday that a celestial body they discovered during a science project had been verified as an asteroid. The students at Racine's Prairie School will be able to name the asteroid, temporarily identified as "2008 AZ28," in about four year...
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Asteroid 165347 Philplait
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The "Bad Astronomer," as Phil Plait is known among fellow cosmos junkies, is the new space kid in town. The well-known astro-educator, former NASA scientist, faithful star blogger and Boulder resident is celebrating his latest honour -- an asteroid named just for him. The asteroid for...
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Asteroid 6137
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An amateur astronomer called John is celebrating the rare honour of having an asteroid named after him. Asteroid number 6137 is now officially called Johnfletcher, after the retired postman from Tuffley, Gloucester. [url=htt...
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Asteroid 2000 CO101
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The Near-Earth Asteroid 2000 CO101 is to make a close flyby of the Earth moon system on the 17th September 2009. The 0.5 - 1.0 km wide Apollo asteroid was discovered by LINEAR - Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico, on the 8th February 2000. Minimum distance: 0.04582 AU. Date: 2009-09-17 21:36: 00 UT Max...
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Asteroid 2008 UA202
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2008 UA202 Earth Impact Risk Summary Torino Scale (maximum) Palermo Scale (maximum) -5.96 Palermo Scale (cumulative) -5.05 Impact Probability (cumulative) 8.6e-04 Number of Potential Impacts 209 Vimpact 11.29 km/s Vinfinity 1.66 km/s H 29.3 Diameter 0.005 km Mass 1.4e+05 kg Energy 2.1e-03 M...
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Asteroid 2005 TM173
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2005 TM173 Earth Impact Risk Summary Torino Scale (maximum) Palermo Scale (maximum) -6.37 Palermo Scale (cumulative) -5.43 Impact Probability (cumulative) 9.8e-07 Number of Potential Impacts 168 Vimpact 14.22 km/s Vinfinity 8.78 km/s H 24.1 Diameter 0.051 km Mass 1.8e+08 kg Energy 4.6e+00 M...
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Asteroid 2008 US4
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Asteroid 2008 US4 Orbital elements: 2008 US4 Earth MOID = 0.0766 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 354.19644 (2000.0) P Q n 0.27947055 Peri. 72.60840 -0.23005048 -0.96590764 a 2.3169252 Node 31.46183 +0.78401480 -0.25623298 e 0.6313325 Incl. 13.15003 +0.57653930 -0.03697418 P 3.5...
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Asteroid 2008 UB7 Orbital elements: 2008 UB7 Earth MOID = 0.0009 AU Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC M 340.78255 (2000.0) P Q n 0.72056938 Peri. 287.49212 -0.84015731 -0.54187957 a 1.2322122 Node 219.70426 +0.50995097 -0.77523704 e 0.5914715 Incl. 2.01038 +0.18462314 -0.32461370 P 1....
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Asteroid (56) Melete
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The magnitude 11.8 main belt asteroid (56) Melete will occult the magnitude 10.9 star on TYC 0633-01047-1 at around 22:36 UT, 24th September, 2008. The event will be viewable from western Europe and the UK. The High proper-motion star TYC 633-1047-1 lies in the constellation Aries, near to th...
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Asteroid 2008 EV5
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Asteroid 2008 EV5 was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey on the 4th March 2008. The (H=19.8) 310 - 700 metre wide asteroid will flyby the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd December, 2008, by 8.4 lunar distances (0.0216 AU). The maximum predicted brightness is magnitude 13. Orbital and Physical Charact...
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Asteroid 3 Juno
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Asteroid 3 Juno is at Opposition on the 13th June, 2008. Expand (9kb, 1008 x 712) Magnitude: 10.1 Phase: 6 ° Distance: 2.2827 AU Solar Distance: 3.2610 AU pre>Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2008...
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
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Asteroid 2004 FM17
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The 390 - 870 metre wide asteroid 2009 CR4 is to make a close pass (56.1 Lunar Distances, 0.1440 AU), travelling at 9.68 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th May, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance bet...
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Asteroid 14 Irene
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The magnitude 9 asteroid, 14 Irene, is predicted to pass only 0.2° north of magnitude 6 star 92 Virginis (HD 121607). The event this evening is observable from Europe and the Americas. Asteroid 14 Irene was at opposition on the 21st April, 2009. Position(2000): RA = 13h56m27.90s, Dec = +01°03'02.0...
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Asteroid (68216) 2001 CV26
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The 1500 - 3300 metre wide asteroid 2001 CV26 will make a close pass (9.8 Lunar Distances, 0.0252 AU), travelling at 12.31 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th October, 2009. At closest approach, the asteroid should brighten to magnitude 12.9. [url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=...
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Pallas
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2 Pallas (Greek ) is an asteroid located in the asteroid belt region of the solar system and was the second to be discovered. It was found and named by astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers on March 28, 1802. Read more Orbital Elements at...
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Asteroid 24 Themis
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(24) Themis Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 Goffin M 328.35947 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17791088 Peri. 107.89566 -0.80788481 -0.58928891 a 3.1308893 Node 35.99891 +0.53556758 -0.73962459 e 0.1319198 Incl. 0.75953 +0.24594612 -0.32510621 P 5.54 H 7.08 G 0.19 U Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl....
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Asteroid 48 Doris
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(48) Doris Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 Goffin M 30.20873 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17970459 Peri. 257.46734 +0.15322085 -0.98816388 a 3.1100206 Node 183.74318 +0.94518606 +0.14874878 e 0.0747882 Incl. 6.55377 +0.28835166 +0.03749600 P 5.48 H 6.90 G 0.15 U Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. D...
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Asteroid 451 Patientia
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(451) Patientia Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 Goffin M 46.88176 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18404482 Peri. 340.35149 +0.33438737 -0.90512786 a 3.0609317 Node 89.39445 +0.89598323 +0.21893868 e 0.0772119 Incl. 15.22186 +0.29223132 +0.36443026 P 5.36 H 6.65 G 0.19 U Ephemeris Date TT R. A. (2000) D...
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Toutates
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A new discovery that could change the way we think about Roman Britain has provided archaeologists with the missing link to a bloodthirsty ancient Celtic warrior god. For years, metal detectorists in and around Lincolnshire have been digging up Roman-era finger rings with the mysterious letters...
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Asteroid (197856) Tafelmusik
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There's a new asteroid in the solar system, and its name is Tafelmusik. Well, not actually new - it's been circulating around our sun somewhere between Mars and Jupiter for just over four billion years - but it was assigned a name just last Friday. The International Astronomical Union, the organisat...
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Hungaria asteroids
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The Hungaria asteroids are a group of asteroids in the main belt that orbit the Sun between 1.78 and 2.00 AU. The asteroids typically have a low eccentricity (below 0.18) and an inclination of 16 to 34 degrees. They have an orbital period of approximately 2.5 years. They have a resonance with Jupiter...
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8TAF2C5
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A magnitude 20.1 asteroid, 8TAF2C5, was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey on the 9th October 2008. H=33.2 Ephemeris Date UT * R.A. (J2000) Decl. Elong. V Motion h "/min P.A. 2008 10 10 08 01 03 08.2 +22 08 57 164.6 23.9 1.22 295.0 2008 10 10 09 01 03 03.6 +22 09 27 164.6 24.0 1.14 295.0 2008 10 10 10 01 0...
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9V04E48
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The asteroid will make a close pass (21000 km) to the Earth at 21:30 UT, 6th November, 2009. 9V04E48 was discovered (V = 14.7) on the 6th November, 2009.
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Asteroid (234) Barbara
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The 44 km wide asteroid (234) Barbara (magnitude 13.1) will occult the magnitude 7.5 star HD 53203 in the constellation Monoceros, at 03:24 UT, 21st November, 2009. The star should dim by 5.6 magnitudes for about 8 seconds. The event is visible from Mexico, Florida, Atlantic, Europe and northern R...
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Asteroid (47171) 1999 TC36
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Title: Asteroid (47171) 1999 TC36, A Transneptunian Triple Authors: S. D. Benecchi, K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, H. F. Levison We present new analysis of HST images of (47171) 1999 TC36 that confirm it as a triple system. Fits to the point-spread function consistently show that the apparent primary is i...
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Asteroid (4486) Mithra
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The 2000 - 4500 metre wide asteroid (4486) Mithra will make a close pass (73.5 Lunar Distances, 0.1890 AU), travelling at 22.64 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th March, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distanc...
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Asteroid 216 Kleopatra
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A movie of an asteroid, made from 23 frames, which were taken over a thirty minute period. This was done by members of Monmouth School and Monmouth Astronomical Research Society (MARS) in the UK. They used the robotic 2m Faulkes Telescope North on the mountain Haleakala, on the Hawaiian island of Mau...
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Asteroid Families
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Title: The Size Distributions of Asteroid Families in the SDSS Moving Object Catalog 4 Authors: Alex H. Parker, Zeljko Ivezic, Mario Juric, Robert H. Lupton, Michael D. Sekora, Adam F. Kowalski Asteroid families, traditionally defined as clusters of objects in orbital parameter space, often ha...
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Basaltic Asteroids
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Title: The Distribution of Basaltic Asteroids in the Main Belt Authors: Nicholas A. Moskovitz (1), Robert Jedicke (1), Eric Gaidos (2 and 3), Mark Willman (1), David Nesvorny (4), Ronald Fevig (5), Zeljko Ivezic (6) ((1) Institute for Astronomy, Univ. of Hawaii, (2) Dept. of Geology & Geophys...
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Asteroid Miepgies
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An asteroid has been named after Miep Gies, the woman who saved the diary of Anne Frank. The International Astronomical Union announced that asteroid Miepgies orbits between Mars and Jupiter and has an estimated diameter of seven kilometres. [url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/asteroi...
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Asteroid 2002 VE68
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Title: Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus Authors: Mikkola, S.; Brasser, R.; Wiegert, P.; Innanen, K. The asteroid 2002 VE68 is currently a quasi-satellite of Venus, the first object of this dynamical class to be discovered, and is also the first known co-orbital companion to Venus. O...
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Asteroid 2010 AL30
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Orbital elements: 2010 AL30 Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 281.40401 (2000.0) P Q n 0.98349499 Peri. 104.60232 -0.78960713 +0.61038481 a 1.0014316 Node 113.05422 -0.58599752 -0.71971978 e 0.3055892 Incl. 3.91707 -0.18200958 -0.33080782 P 1.00 H 27.0 G 0.15 U 7 [...
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Asteroid 2003 SQ222
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A small asteroid, perhaps 3 to 6 meters in diameter - the size of a room or house - came within 88,000 km of Earth late on Friday, September 27 2003. Less than a quarter of the distance to the Moon, this is the closest well-documented Earth encounter of an asteroid that has not struck our atmosphere. Known...
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Asteroid 286 Iclea
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Occultation by asteroid 286 Iclea, 15 June 2008 Click to Play | View Details
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Asteroid (35107) 1991 VH
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Observations of (35107) 1991 VH in 2008 provide an exceptional opportunity to characterize the dynamics, morphology, and physical properties of a binary (or multiple) system. High resolution images obtained over a suitable range of aspect angles will provide detailed information on the regol...
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21782 Davemcdonald
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The IAU has announced the asteroid 1999 - RV239 is now officially named (21782)Davemcdonald, after Dave McDonald of Kildare who is a keen astronomer, specialising in CCD imaging. 21782 Davemcdonald orbits between Mars and Jupiter, and is currently at magnitude 21, however , in mid- 2009 it wil...
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Asteroid 2006 FT9
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A mythological hero of the Trojan Wara man the poet Virgil called the single most just man among the Trojans and the best preserver of fairnessnow has a place in the cosmos, roughly the size of Grand Rapids, thanks to Calvin students and faculty. In late August 2008, a rare asteroid discovered at Calvi...
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Asteroid 87 Sylvia
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One of the thousands of minor planets orbiting the Sun has been found to have its own mini planetary system. Astronomer Franck Marchis (University of California, Berkeley, USA) and his colleagues at the Observatoire de Paris (France) have discovered the first triple asteroid system – two small as...
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Asteroids Sana and Dina
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The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Intel Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have named two newly discovered asteroids in honour of two Lebanese students. The asteroids, 23717-Dina Kaddoura 23331-Sana Zaidan, are named after Sana...
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Asteroid seismology
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New research suggests that near-Earth encounters can 'shake' asteroids For decades, astronomers have analysed the impact that asteroids could have on Earth. New research examines the opposite scenario: that Earth has considerable influence on asteroids -- and from a distance much larger than...
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Asteroid (50687) Paultemple
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Asteroid (50687) 2000 EC117 has been officially designated Asteroid (50687) Paultemple. Paul Temple is a Senior Pastor in Deming, New Mexico. He photometrically studies variable stars and minor planets and carries out spectroscopy with his own instruments. [url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/...
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Asteroid (2867) Steins
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Title: The Cratering History of Asteroid (2867) Steins Authors: S. Marchi (1), C. Barbieri (1), M. Kueppers (2), F. Marzari (1), B. Davidsson (3), H.U. Keller (4), S. Besse (5), P. Lamy (5), S. Mottola (6), M. Massironi (1), G. Cremonese (7) ((1) Padova University, (2) ESA-ESAC Madrid, (3) Uppsala U...
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Asteroid 2010 HS20
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Orbital elements: 2010 HS20 Earth MOID = 0.0012 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 14.46601 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26941022 Peri. 157.41161 -0.19985142 +0.97904690 a 2.3742512 Node 101.04264 -0.90494581 -0.16914272 e 0.5820794 Incl. 2.28146 -0.37567604 -0.11339269 P 3.66 H 23.2 G 0.15 U 6 [...
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Asteroid (8) Flora
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8 Flora is a large, bright main belt asteroid. It is the innermost large asteroid: no asteroid closer to the Sun has a diameter above 25 kilometres or two-elevenths that of Flora itself, and not until the tiny 149 Medusa was discovered was a single asteroid orbiting at a closer mean distance known. It i...
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Asteroid (472) Roma
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Asteroid (472) Roma (13.5 mag) will occult the 2.7 mag star delta Oph (HD 146051) in the constellation Ophiuchus at around 21:57 UT, 8th July, 2010
The 7.5 second event is visible from Europe, Brazil and Bolivia.
Position (2000): RA 16 14 20.7395, Dec -03 41 39.563
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Asteroid 65 Cybele
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Frozen water on asteroids may be more common than previously thought, according to new research that will help to support the idea they might have carried the key ingredient for life to the Earth. Water ice and organic molecules that help to form the basis of life have been discovered on a second aster...
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M-type asteroids
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Title: Spectroscopic survey of M--type asteroids Authors: S. Fornasier, B. E. Clark, E. Dotto, A. Migliorini, M. Ockert-Bell, M.A. Barucci M-type asteroids, as defined in the Tholen taxonomy (Tholen, 1984), are medium albedo bodies supposed to have a metallic composition and to be the progenit...
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