Computer Ephemeris for 2015 from DE200/LE200. ... Date Planets Time dif(delta) Phenomena Jan 3 Pluto Sun 23:33 209 Conjunction 8 Jupiter Moon 8:23 503 Conjunction 14 Mercury 20:32 1854 Maximum Western Elongation 16 Saturn Moon 11:33 -151 Conjunction 19 Pluto Moon 11:21 -254 Conjunction 19 Mars Neptune 21:27 -13 Conjunction 20 Sun Moon 13:15 -448 Conjunction 21 Mercury 3:46 Stopping 21 Mercury Moon 17:40 -258 Conjunction 22 Venus Moon 5:00 -537 Conjunction 23 Neptune Moon 0:47 -354 ...

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... Is this image worth a thousand words? ... A great grouping of planets is now visible to the west just after sunset. ... Still catching the Sun's rays, the International Space Station (ISS) cruises across the early evening sky above Tomahawk, Wisconsin, USA. ... Gazing across this gorgeous skyscape, the Southern Cross and stars of the constellation Centaurus are seen above the outline of Mauna Loa (Long Mountain), planet Earth's largest volcano. ... Comet and Aurora Over Alaska . ...

... Historical Data . Orbital Data . Physical Data . ... Sun . ... Jupiter . ... Saturn . ... William Herschel . ... William Cranch Bond . ... William Henry Pickering . Uranus . ... 1986 . Voyager 2 . ... William Lassell . ... J. Christy Key: Name Name of the planet or satellite. Orbits Sun or planet about which it orbits. ...

... Go directly to the moons of: . Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto . Go directly to the surface features of Earth's Moon and Mars . Planet & Moons . Pronunciation . ... Mercury . ... Mars: . 2 moons . ... Jupiter: . ... Neptune: . ... 1 moon . ...

Next: J.G. Doyle, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: C.J. Butler, Research Astronomer Contents . ... Research Highlights . ... John Chambers has refined and expanded an alternative scenario for the formation of the asteroid belt in collaboration with George Wetherill, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA. Using numerical simulations on computers, they have shown how planets may have formed in the asteroid belt. ...

... User Guide ] Task: planets Purpose: Print ephemerides of planets and the Sun. Categories: utility PLANETS is a MIRIAD task to report some parameters on solar system objects. ... Key: source This can be "sun" or the name of a major planet (excluding the Earth). ... No default. Key: epoch The time (UTC) for which information is required, in standard Miriad time format (yymmmdd.ddd or yymmmdd:hh:mm:ss.s). ... Key: telescop The name of an observatory used in computing rise and set times. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... October . ... By admin October 8, 2010 Posted in: Monthly Sky Notes . A giant from close up: an image made using data from the Cassini probe which flew past Jupiter in 2000. ... As it is so far from us, it takes JupiterтАЩs light a significant time to reach us тАУso when you see Jupiter tonight you are seeing it as it was 35€а minutes in the past. ... Posted October 12, 2010 at 11:15 PM . ... Astronotes . ...