Astronomie
Evenementen
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Meteorenzwerm α-Virginiden in april 2026
De meteorenzwerm α-Virginiden bereikt op zaterdag 18 april 2026, rond 11:00, zijn maximum.
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Meteorenzwerm η-Aquariden in mei 2026
De meteorenzwerm η-Aquariden bereikt op donderdag 7 mei 2026, rond 22:00, zijn maximum, de meteoren van de η-Aquariden zijn snel en hebben nalichtende sporen.
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The Sky at Night – Jodrell Bank: Tuning Into the Universe (TV BBC Four / BBC iPlayer)
The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC.
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2026 JH2 – closest approach to Earth
2026 JH2 is a small near-Earth asteroid with a diameter between 15 and 35 metres.
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (shortened as Roman or the Roman Space Telescope, and formerly the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope or WFIRST) is a NASA infrared space telescope in development and scheduled to launch by May 2027.
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2027 solar eclipse
2027 solar eclipse
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Total Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027
The solar eclipse of August 2, 2027, also known as the Eclipse of the Century, is an upcoming total solar eclipse that will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, August 2, 2027, with a magnitude of 1.079.
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Asteroid Apophis Fly By / Apophis scheert langs de Aarde
99942 Apophis (/əˈpɒfɪs/, previously known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a 370-meter diameter near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a probability of up to 2.7% that it would hit Earth on April 13, 2029.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 – chance of impacting Earth
2024 YR4 is an asteroid between 40 and 100 metres in diameter, classified as an Apollo-type (Earth-crossing) near-Earth object, it was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on 27 December 2024.