... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Risks Comparable to NEOs . ... The Increasing Rate of Discovery of Asteroids . ... Comet and Asteroid Collision Probabilities . ... Extreme albedo comets and the impact hazard (PDF Format) . ... Asteroid Impact Animations . ... Workshop on Scientific Requirements for Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids - 2002 . ... The Spaceguard Survey Report, 1992 (PDF) . Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 22.01.2010 . ... Credit: Mikael Svalgaard Explanation: The Moon's shadow raced across planet Earth on January 15 . Observers within the central shadow track were able to witness an annular solar eclipse as the Moon's apparent size was too small to completely cover the Sun. ... January . ... January 2010 . ... Publications with keywords: annular solar eclipse . Publications with words: annular solar eclipse . ... An Annular Solar Eclipse at High Resolution . ...

... 2010 January 22 . Millennium Annular Solar Eclipse . ... Explanation: The Moon's shadow raced across planet Earth on January 15 . Observers within the central shadow track were able to witness an annular solar eclipse as the Moon's apparent size was too small to completely cover the Sun. A visually dramatic ring of fire , the annular phase lasted up to 11 minutes and 8 seconds depending on location, the longest annular solar eclipse for the next 1,000 years . ... About APOD | ...

... On the morning of Thursday, 26 February, amid the Gal pagos Islands, the Sun will fade from view. Not the culmination of ancient prophecy, but none less mystical, Earth's small Moon will be executing a slow slide past the enormous Sun. ... And anyone living in southern North America, Central America, northern South America, or on islands and cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea will, weather permitting, have the opportunity to experience the wonder of a solar eclipse. ...

... Space Research Institute . Main . ... Main results of the experimental and theoretical research completed in 2011 . An automated method for mapping of vegetation cover over Russia using Earth observation data . ... The Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences . ... P.285-302. (in Russian) . ... P.103-116. (in Russian) . ... Main results of the experimental and theoretical research completed in 2010 . Main results of the experimental and theoretical research completed in 2009 ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #972 PERIOD COVERED: 0800 EST Daily Status Report as of 258/1200Z. 1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed PC 5073 (WF/PC Cycle 3 Calibration: PC Flats Wide. 2) The Planetary Camera was used to make two sets of Earth flat calibration images using different filter combinations. ... No anomalies were reported. ... 2) The Wide Field Camera was used to make six Earth flat calibration images to be used for flat fielding of WFC observations. ...

... The Russian TESIS (FIAN) Solar Observatory has transmitted observations back to Earth of the solar eclipse made on July 22nd, 2009. ... On the first occasion, the satellite passed through the eclipse area at 04:30 Moscow time, making it the first on our planet to see the shadow of the Moon, which was still in space and was only approaching the Earth ( film 1.2 MB, wmv format ). ... The first Moon passage over the solar disk (00:30 UT) (Movie wmv; 1.2 MB) . ...

The Sun is our nearest star and the source of energy for life on Earth. ... For centuries astronomers wondered whether they were clouds floating in the Sun's atmosphere, but we now know that they really are huge regions of magnetic field, about as intense as the field at the poles of an iron magnet. ... Such abrupt events were named solar flares , and what made them especially interesting was that occasionally, after a prominent flare, a magnetic storm would erupt on Earth. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... Total Lunar Eclipse May 15-16 . ... Post Message | ... A total Lunar Eclipse. On the night of May 15-16 the Earth will come between the Sun and the Moon casting a shadow that will slowly cover the Moon. ... The last total Eclipse was on a day where it snowed 10? all day. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Educator's Guide to Eclipses . ... In a so