Sentences with phrase «lunar distance»

We didn't know exactly how close, but knew it was likely to be within one lunar distance.

The radar images were taken as the asteroid flew past Earth on October 31 at 1 p.m. EDT at about 1.3 lunar distances (300,000 miles, or 480,000 kilometers) from Earth.

Last week, Planetary Society Shoemaker NEO grant winner Gary Hug of Kansas, USA discovered the asteroid 2012 SY49 that flew by Earth about 2 lunar distances away later in the week.

NASA scientists used giant, Earth - based radio telescopes to bounce radar signals off the asteroid as it flew past Earth on 31 October at 17:00 UTC (~ 5 pm GMT) at about 1.3 lunar distances (302,500 miles, or 486,800 kilometres) from Earth.

The full cycle is 62.01371 years, and it is known to be a significant luni - solar cycle in producing enhanced gravitational force on the Earth as a result of large lunar parallaxes and close lunar distances at perigee.

(The worrying one might be 2011 YD29, due on December 27 and scheduled to miss us by a mere 6.1 lunar distances, but fortunately only 20 metres across.)

Not exact matches

Despite these vastly different time spans, their results agree with findings from the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment that has been measuring the distance between Earth and the Moon since NASA's Apollo missions in the 1960s and has been able to monitor possible variations in G at very high precision.

Sponsored by the two organizations, the HDTV - equipped spacecraft Kaguya entered lunar orbit last month and went on to shoot a combined eight minutes of crisp video (available here) from a distance of around 60 miles (100 kilometers), offering a panoramic view of the moon's northern topography.

At this distance, it takes sunlight reflected from the lunar surface approximately 1.3 seconds to reach Earth.

Elsewhere, Galactic Odyssey's Enigma Eden is situated near a backdrop of planets including Saturn as spaceships fly overhead, while Lunar Drill takes place on the moon's surface as rovers drive past in the distance with an amazing view of the Earth in the far distance.

So temperature of lunar surface during day is the sun temperature if the sun diameter increased to Earth / Moon distance but was also emitting the same total energy as the current sun does at it's much smaller diameter.

One could say that the lunar surface of around 120 C during the lunar day is close to the Sun's temperature at Earth / Moon distance.

Lunar mode is excellent; in combat, it lets you warp around to attack and dodge, while out in the world you can Superman - jump long distances and spring up the sides of buildings like the super-cop in Crackdown.