... 2013 February 10 . Asteroids in the Distance . ... Explanation: Rocks from space hit Earth every day. ... Many kilograms of space dust pitter to Earth daily. ... Further, just last year the 50-meter wide asteroid 2012 DA14 was discovered that will pass inside the orbit of Earth's geosynchronous satellites this coming Friday. A collision with a large asteroid would not affect Earth's orbit so much as raise dust that would affect Earth's climate . ... About APOD | ...

... Science Users Information Future Facilities and Development E-ELT jump to navigation jump to content . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... In December 2012 ESO Council fully approved the E-ELT Programme ( more , more , even more , still more ). ... In December 2014 ESO Council approved the construction of the E-ELT in two phases, and authorised spending on Phase 1 . ... 15 Jan 2012] Announcement of the E-ELT Workshop "Shaping E-ELT Science and Instrumentation" , 25 February 01 March 2013 . ...

... Credit: M. Brown ( Caltech ), C. Trujillo ( Gemini ), D. Rabinowitz ( Yale ), NSF , NASA Explanation: Is that a tenth planet? A faint, slowly moving dot discovered by computer shows clear signs of being a deep Solar System object at least as large as Pluto . The object, designated 2003 UB 313 , is currently situated nearly 100 times the Earth-Sun distance -- over twice the average Pluto-Sun distance. ... Since 2003 UB 313 is surely not completely reflective , it could be substantially larger. ...

... A team of Japanese scientists including Armagh astronomer Dr David Asher have announced the discovery of the second largest known Earth-crossing asteroid. The group is based at the new Japanese Spaceguard Centre at Bisei, west of Osaka. ... The subsequent tracking and orbit determination was assisted by Armagh asteroid expert David Asher, who is currently visiting Japan to help in the setting up of the new Spaceguard Centre funded by the Japanese government. ...

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. 66%) of the extreme AGB stars are variable and only smaller fractions of carbon-rich (6.1%) and oxygen-rich (2.0%) stars are detected as variable sources. We also detect a population of variable young stellar object candidates. [ ADS ] . ADS Citation Query . # citations = 41 . citations vs. year [year,citations] . [2009,6][2010,6][2011,8][2012,4][2013,4][2014,4][2015,9] . Copyright 2012 Karl D. Gordon All Rights Reserved

... About meteorites . ... Meteoritic data . Impact Crater Smerdyachee . ... Based on Smerdyachee's depth, near circularity, and its mounded wall, and analysis by N.A. Fillin of nearby Roshal, Russia, the Estonian scientists Yu.V. Krestlane and K.H. Mella proposed in 1987 that Smerdyachee Lake is a meteorite crater. ... In 2002, the Laboratory of Meteoritics of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences explored this mysterious lake. ...

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