... 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 . ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des actualit†йs . des reportages . ... les plus belles images de l'Univers d†йcrypt†йes pour vous . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Un impact record vu en direct sur la Lune . ... Comment d†йtecter des flashs sur la Lune ? ... 30/03/2016 - La chute dтАЩun corps c†йleste sur Jupiter vue en direct . ...

... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Observing . ... MESSENGER mission to impact Mercury today . ... The mission plan called for MESSENGER to spend one Earth year at Mercury, but when early findings raised new questions, NASA granted two mission extensions for a total of three additional years. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... The Lunar Orbiter 3 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... The spacecraft was placed in a cislunar trajectory and injected into an elliptical lunar orbit for data acquisition. ... The spacecraft acquired photographic data from February 15 to 23, 1967, and readout occurred through March 2, 1967. ... The quality of recorded data ranged from good to excellent. ...

Lunar Orbiter 3 . ... Launch Date: 1967-02-05 . ... The Lunar Orbiter 3 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... A three-axis inertial system provided stabilization during maneuvers and when the sun and Canopus were occulted by the Moon. ... The spacecraft acquired photographic data from February 15 to 23, 1967, and readout occurred through March 2, 1967. ...

... Rough topography, a large mountain, impact craters, grooves, and steep scarps characterize this region. ... Dawn Science Team Presents Early Science Results . ... Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission are sharing with other scientists and the public their early information about the southern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta. ... If you enjoyed this excerpt from a feature article and would like to receive our quarterly Mercury magazine, we invite you to join the ASP and receive 4 issues a year. ...

Astronomy - Does Pluto have rings? - http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=4173 Search LOGIN | ... The magazine | Intro to astronomy | ... Learn more A fter our team discovered Pluto's small moons, we realized impacts on them might generate ejecta that gets into orbit around Pluto, creating rings around the planet. ... In contrast, P1 and P2 have escape speeds about 10 times smaller, allowing much of the ejecta produced in impact events on their surfaces to get into orbit around Pluto. ...

Next: EPN_BADPIX Up: EMOS_BADPIX Previous: Generation from Ground Calibration Contents . Bad pixel lists are derived mostly from the internal calibration exposures, acquired at regular intervals since the beginning of the mission via dedicated automatic monitoring scripts at the SOC. ... Diagnostic and science exposures can also be used to identify bad pixels. Diagnostic exposures can also be used to confirm the presence of previously identified and up-linked bad pixels. ...

... Credit Copyright: Genesis Mission , NASA Explanation: A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert in 2004 after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. ... The saucer, pictured above , was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. ... The Genesis mission had been orbiting the Sun collecting solar wind particles that are usually deflected away by Earth's magnetic field . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2009 July 5 . Genesis Mission's Hard Impact . Credit: Genesis Mission , NASA . ... The saucer, pictured above , was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

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... Solar System . ... European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of the Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system тАФ the nearest to Earth. ... Alpha Centauri is one of the brightest stars in the southern skies and is the nearest stellar system to our Solar System тАФ only 4.3 light-years away. ... The European team detected the planet by picking up the tiny wobbles in the motion of the star Alpha Centauri B created by the gravitational pull of the orbiting planet [2] . ...

Tail Probe is one of the satellites of the INTERBALL program. ... Collection of the orbital elements | ... Flight situation analysis during operations scheduling . ... Two stages of the orbital situation analysis are presented: . ... The satellites motion calculation during the flight situation analysis is based on the orbital elements, determined by the Ballistic center at KIAM RAN. The modified (by backward integration) orbital elements are usedduring the aposteriory situation analysis. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Comets and Asteroids . ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... By admin February 19, 2011 Posted in: Comets and Asteroids . ... Since it was launched in 1999, the Stardust spacecraft has travelled about 5.7 billion km (3.5 billion miles) on its odyssey from Earth to comet Wild 2, back to Earth then on to comet Tempel 1. ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . News | ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Our people overview . ... Publications overview . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Australia Telescope 20GHz Survey . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... This is a first announcement of the workshop entitled "RFI and its impact on the new generation of HI spectral-line surveys". ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...

... Новости астрономии и космонавтики (Модераторы: Karen , recarrion , LeMay ) ? Deep Impact -- Вот это фейерверк . ... Kosmos 419 USSR May 10,1971 lander achieved Earth orbit only . Mars 2 USSR May 19,1971 orbiter&lander orbiter returned photos, lander . ... Phobos 1 USSR July 7,1988 orbiter&lander lost en route to Mars . ... Mars 96 Russia Nov.16,1996 orbiter&lander launch vehicle failed . ... Mars Express/Beagle2 Europe June 2,2003 orbiter&lander smashed into a planet . Mars Exploration . ...

Methods of Computing Impact Orbits . ... Chorz w Astronomical Observatory, Chorz w, Poland Abstract: . The methods of computing impact orbits with the use of the free OrbFit v.4.0 software [ http://adams.dm.unipi.it/~orbmaint /orbfit/ ] are described. ... Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), computing impact orbits, OrbFit v.4.0 software, Chorz?w Astronomical Observatory. ...

Proposal Identification No.: R2041 Date Received: 2005-Dec-23 01:20:14 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: This is an urgent prop osal for S-band radar astrometry of near-Earth asteroid 2004 MN4 in January 2005. ... This is by far the largest impact probability currently known for any Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and it places this ob ject at nearly 4 on the Torino impact scale. ...