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Ernesto Guido

Stardust-NExT and Comet 9P/Tempel - 0 views

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    In the next few hours, precisely on February 14 at 20:48 PST (February 15 at 04:48 UTC), the Stardust spacecraft will have a flyby with the comet 9P/Tempel (also known as comet Tempel 1).
Ernesto Guido

2011 CQ1 - Very Close Approach - 0 views

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    The newly discovered object, officially designated 2011 CQ1, will make a close Earth approach today February 04, 2011 around 19:40UT at ~0.03(LD)/0.00008(AU) or 11855 km.
Ernesto Guido

Observations of NEOs 2011 BB45 & 2011 BA45 - 0 views

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    In the past few days a number of faint objects discovered by Pan-STARRS (PS1 System - Haleakala - mpc code F51) have been added to the Neo Confirmation Page on the MPC website.
Ernesto Guido

Perseids 2010 - 1 views

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    The Perseid 2010 peak was expected on the night of August 12-13 between 18h and 07h UT with a ZHR (Zenithal Hourly Rate) of ~100 meteors per hour.
Ernesto Guido

Rosetta flyby of asteroid (21) Lutetia - 1 views

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    On July 10, 2010 ESA's Rosetta spacecraft imaged asteroid Lutetia within an estimated distance of 3170 kilometers.
Ernesto Guido

Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) - Animation & Images - 0 views

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    The comet is now around magnitude 7.5 and it will be a nice binocular object. Throughout this apparition it will be low in the east or northeast when dawn begins to brighten.
Ernesto Guido

Impact Flash on Jupiter - 1 views

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    Amateur astronomers Anthony Wesley (Australia) and Christopher Go (Philippines) have independently observed an impact flash on Jupiter.
Ernesto Guido

Fireball over Wisconsin - Missouri , April 14 - 2 views

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    A bright fireball has been seen over Wisconsin aroud 10:00 p.m. local time of April 14, 2010. The fireball has been seen from Wisconsin to Missouri. National Weather Service offices in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa, and St. Louis and Kansas City in Missouri all received numerous reports.
Ernesto Guido

Remanzacco Observatory - Comets & Neo: New Comet: C/2010 G2 (HILL) - 0 views

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    IAU circular No. 9134, issued on 2010, April 11, announces the discovery by R. E. Hill of a new comet on Apr. 10, 2010, in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey.
Ernesto Guido

An Avalanche of Dark Asteroids - 1 views

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    WISE and Asteroids
Ernesto Guido

Asteroid killed off the dinosaurs, says international scientific panel - 1 views

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    The Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction, which wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of species on Earth, was caused by an asteroid colliding with Earth and not massive volcanic activity, according to a comprehensive review of all the available evidence." id="metasummary
Ernesto Guido

Dark, dangerous asteroids found lurking near Earth - 0 views

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    NASA's WISE mission has spotted 16 near-Earth objects that had previously been hidden in the dark
Ernesto Guido

NASA - Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Trailing Debris - 0 views

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    NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids.
Ernesto Guido

NASA - Hubble Sees Suspected Asteroid Collision - 0 views

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    NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. Astronomers have long thought that the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never been seen before.
Ernesto Guido

New Sungrazing Comet - 0 views

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    After the bright sungrazing comet discovered on January 02, 2010 on images taken by NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft, a new comet is plunging toward the sun. On first looking this comet is ~1-1.5 mag fainter than the previous one from early January.
Ernesto Guido

New Comet Discovery: C/2010 A4 (SIDING SPRING) - 0 views

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    AU circular No. 9107, issued on 2010, Jan. 14, announces the discovery by G. J. Garradd of an apparently asteroidal object, on CCD images taken with the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt telescope in the course of the Siding Spring Survey.
Ernesto Guido

New Comet Discovery C/2010 A3 (HILL) - 1 views

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    IAU circular No. 9106, issued on 2010, Jan. 09, announces the discovery of another comet by R. E. Hill, named C/2010 A3. It was discovered with the Catalina 0.68-m Schmidt telescope + CCD in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey.
Ernesto Guido

NEO 2010 AL30 Close Approach - 0 views

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    MPEC 2010-A59 announces the discovery by Linear survey of a new object designated 2010 AL30. According to the preliminary orbit, 2010 AL30 will approach Earth at about 0.34 lunar-distance at 1248 UTC on 13 Jan. 2010 at magnitude 14 and it will be moving at about 10 arcsec/sec.
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