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Comet Siding Spring (other)
Comet Siding Spring, discoveries made at Siding Spring Observatory, may refer to: * Periodic comets: ** 162P/Siding Spring (P/2004 TU12) ** P/2004 V3 ** P/2006 HR30 ** P/2006 R1 ** P/2012 US27 * Non-periodic comets: ** C/2004 T3 ** C/2006 HW51 ** C/2007 K3 ** C/2007 Q3, which came to perihelion in 2009 ** C/2010 A4 ** C/2012 OP ** C/2013 A1, which made a close approach to Mars on 19 Oct 2014 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siding Spring Observatory
Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (ANU), incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and other institutions. The observatory is situated above sea level in the Warrumbungle National Park on Mount Woorat, also known as Siding Spring Mountain. Siding Spring Observatory is owned by the Australian National University (ANU) and is part of the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories research school. More than 100 million worth of research equipment is located at the observatory. There are over 60 telescopes on site, though not all are operational. History The original Mount Stromlo Observatory was set up by the Commonwealth Government in 1924. After duty supplying optical components to the military in World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
162P/Siding Spring
This is a list of periodic comets that were numbered by the Minor Planet Center after having been observed on at least two occasions. Their orbital periods vary from 3.2 to 366 years. there are 436 numbered comets (1P–436P), most of them being members of the Jupiter-family (JFC). There are also 31 Encke-type comets (ETCs), 14 Halley-type comets (HTCs), five Chiron-type comets (CTCs), and one long-period comet ( 153P). About a third of these bodies are also near-Earth comets (NECs). In addition, eight numbered comets are principally classified as minor planets – five main-belt comets, two centaurs (CEN), and one Apollo asteroid – and display characteristics of both an asteroid and a comet. Occasionally, comets will break up into multiple chunks, as volatiles coming off the comet and rotational forces may cause it to break into two or more pieces. An extreme example of this is 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, which broke into over 50 pieces during its 1995 perihelion. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C/2007 Q3
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring), is an Oort cloud comet that was discovered by Donna Burton in 2007 at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia.Evans, Kate (February 19, 2010).'Australian' comet captured by NASA. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on February 19, 2010. Siding Spring came within 1.2 astronomical units of Earth and 2.25 AU of the Sun on October 7, 2009.Visitor from Deep Space . . February 17, 2010. Retrieved on February 19, 2010. The comet was visible with binoculars until January 2010. Images of the comet taken in March 2010 by N.Howes using the Faulkes telescope, showed that the |
