... Russian . The Astronomical Circular (Astronomicheskii Tsirkulyar) is published online by the Eurasian Astronomical Society and Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University. ... All papers are refereed. All published papers are indexed in the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System . ... See this directory for sample files (template for a paper in English and in Russian , style file , sample figure and sample PDF file for a paper in English and in Russian ). ...

The world has lost one of its most renowned scientists with the death of Eugene Shoemaker at age 69. On the afternoon of July 18, 1997, Gene and his wife, Carolyn, were involved in a car accident in central Australia. ... Best known for his pioneering work in elucidating the mechanics of impacts and in the discovery of Earth-crossing bodies, Gene gained worldwide fame in March 1993 for his discovery,with Carolyn and colleague David Levy, of a comet that would strike Jupiter 16 months later. ...

Asteroid 2055 YU55 passes close by Earth; how close did it get? ... As Elizabeth Flock reported: An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier missed Earth by only 200,000 miles as it flew by Tuesday night the closest an asteroid has been to Earth in 200 years Asteroid 2005 YU55, as it has been dubbed, streaked by at about 30,000 mph, but some scientists and lucky amateur astronomers caught a glimpse in their telescopes, where they saw strange structures on the asteroid\u2019s dark-colored surface. ...