Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Million

Comet Hartley 2 Seen in Cassiopeia – NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/watch-the-skies/2010/10/06/comet-hartley-2-seen-in-cassiopeia/

 In this image taken on the evening of  Friday, Oct. 1, Comet Hartley 2 can be seen in the constellation Cassiopeia (north-east sky, not far from horizon). Hartley 2 will only be in Cassiopeia for a few more day before traveling through the constellation Perseus. It’s a Jupiter Family Comet that we can’t see right now because it’s too tiny at …
On October 20th, Hartley 2 will will come within 11 million miles of Earth, and since

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Jupiter and Venus Conjunction – NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/watch-the-skies/2015/06/30/jupiter-and-venus-conjunction/

On Tuesday, June 30, there will be a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus. A conjunction is a celestial event in which two planets or a planet and the moon or a planet and a star appear close together in the night sky. Conjunctions have no real astronomical value, but they are nice to view. While …
On June 30, Venus is about 46 million miles from Earth, and Jupiter is 560 million

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Ancient Oort Cloud Comet to Make First Documented Pass By Earth in Mid-October – NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/watch-the-skies/2024/10/02/ancient-oort-cloud-comet-to-make-first-documented-pass-by-earth-in-mid-october/

An ancient celestial traveler will make its first close pass by Earth in mid-October. Mark those calendars – because it might not be back. The Oort Cloud comet, called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, was discovered in 2023, approaching the inner solar system on its highly elliptical orbit for the first time in documented human history. It …
At the time, the comet was about 44 million miles away from Earth.

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Camel Leopards and Comets – NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/watch-the-skies/2010/10/08/camel-leopards-and-comets/

Camelopardalis. It’s a strange-sounding name for a constellation, coming from the Greco-Roman word for giraffe, or “camel leopard”. The October Camelopardalids are a collection of faint stars that have no mythology associated with them — in fact, they didn’t begin to appear on star charts until the 17th century. Even experienced amateur astronomers are hard-pressed …
CometsMarshall Space Flight Center More from Watch the Skies Previous PostOnly 14 Million

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

MSFC Watches the Transit of Venus – NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/watch-the-skies/2012/06/12/msfc-watches-the-transit-of-venus/

The transit of Venus on June 5th this year sparked much attention worldwide. Astronomers and the general public alike gathered around telescopes or grabbed their solar filter glasses to observe this rare alignment of the Sun, Venus and Earth. Members of the Natural Environments Branch brought together their telescopes to have a viewing party at …
transit to estimate the distance between Earth and the Sun, coming up with 59.4 million

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

NASA Prepares to Stack Moon Rocket’s Core Stage – NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2021/06/04/nasa-prepares-to-stack-moon-rockets-core-stage/

The fully stacked twin solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are mated atop the mobile launcher at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as stacking and assembly activities for NASA’s Artemis I mission are underway. Crews from the spaceport’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs teams are currently preparing to …
Credit: NASA The 212-foot-tall core stage, which will provide more than 2 million

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden