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... 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. ...

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Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

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Discover the cosmos! ... 2005 July 31 . Solar System Object Larger than Pluto Discovered . ... 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. ... About APOD | ...

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Asteroid 2004 MN4 was discovered on the 19th of June 2004 by Roy Tucker, David Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii Asteroid Survey from Kitt Peak Arizona. ... After a few days it was recognized that it would make several close approaches to Earth in the 21st century. ... These distances were calculated by the Near Earth Object Dynamic Site using data available up to 2005 February, to check for updates go to Near Earth Object Dynamic Site . ... PHA Close Approaches To The Earth . ...

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A team of U.S. and German astrophysicists have made the first ever detection of X-rays coming from a comet. ... Following the initial detection, the team reported repeated X-ray emissions from the comet over the next 24 hours. ... One preliminary theory is that X-ray emission from the Sun was absorbed by a cloud of gaseous water molecules surrounding the nucleus of the comet, and then were re-emitted by the molecules in a process physicists call "fluorescence." ... Comets . ...

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... The HST uses an onboard model of its orbit to perform in real-time various control functions relating to spacecraft operations and observation support. ... New coefficients for the ephemeris are updated every other day, and are archived as FITS keywords for each HST observation data set. Using these coefficients,an observer can perform a variety of calibration and characterization calculations relating to the orbital position and velocity of the telescope. ...

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Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the asteroid was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

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... The package AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is dedicated to solving a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... Obtaining selection of orbital elements and/ or photometric parameters of minor planets in conformity with imposed restrictions. ... The orbital elements of all minor planets used in AMPLE for 2015 have been determined in IAA on the ground of available observations in the catalogue of observations of the Minor Planet Center. ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... A Scorched World: too distant to image, Kepler-10b is depicted here by a NASA artist (Image credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry) . The Kepler satellite looks for planets passing between their parent star and Earth. ... Placed beside our homeworld, Kepler-10b would be about 40% wider than Earth. ... Possibly only occasional jagged islands of metal and rock break the monotony of its glowing lava oceans. ...

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Proposal Identi cation No.: P1688 Date Received: 2002-Jun-01 18:13:41 Technical Page Proposal Type: Regular General Category: Pulsars Sub-Category: Continuum Observation Category: Galactic Total Time Requested: 15 Hours Proposal Title: TIMING AND POLARIMETRY OF THE NEWLY DISCOVERED YOUNG PULSAR J2021+3651 ABSTRACT: PSR J2021+3651 is a 104-ms pulsar discovered in observations made by our group in the recent Arecibo proposal P1556. ... X Maybe Part of the observing run. ...

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Is the violent behavior of quasars caused by black holes in galaxies? If so, does the discovery of black holes in the centers of many normal galaxies mean that all galaxies were once quasars? ... If this is the case, then normal galaxies should still have massive black holes in their nuclei, like quasars, but these black holes should now be starved of fuel. ... What we do not yet know is what fraction of all normal galaxies once passed through a quasar phase. ... Scientific American. ...

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