30 September 2016

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30SEP2016

NEO Asteroid 2009 UG: tomorrow's near-Earth flyby
Closest approach is predicted for 30 September 2016 at 05:32 UT (actually +/- 27.5 hours).
Maximum brightness should be around 16 mag. Aten-type orbit.

Spokane photographer captures incredible photo of meteor
Myfoxspokane.com
“I took one last shot and that's when the meteor happened. It was big, very bright and moving super slow across the sky. It was one of the most ...

KXLY 4 viewer snaps photo of possible meteor
KXLY Spokane
Viewer Tiffany Hansen snapped a picture on Thursday morning of what looks to be a meteor falling to Earth. On her own Facebook page, ...

Picture of meteor snapped over Washington
Signs of the Times
Spokane - KXLY 4 viewer Tiffany Hansen snapped a picture on Thursday morning of what looks to be a meteor falling to Earth. On her own Facebook ...

Photographer captures image of slow-moving meteor fireball near Post Falls, Idaho
Signs of the Times
Meteor fireball near Post Falls, Idaho. Wednesday night around 11pm FOX 28 received several reports of a bright light flashing across the sky and ...

Spectacular fireball lights up the skies over southern Spain
Spanish News Today
... be repeated again in the coming weeks. When impacting the atmosphere of the Earth, these particles cause meteor showers known as "Taurids".

Spectacular meteor fireball lights up the skies over southern Spain
Signs of the Times
The fragment of Comet Encke entered our atmosphere at 111000 kilometres an hour More debris from the Comet Encke is likely to head our way in ...

China begins operating world's largest radio telescope
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-china-world-largest-radio-telescope.html

Surgical Strikes: Panic in Srinagar as falling meteorite confused for missile attack
The Indian Express
Panic struck the people of Srinagar as a falling meteorite was confused for a missile, hours after India confirmed conducting surgical strikes along the ...

Meteor over Srinagar mistaken for missile attack
Signs of the Times
Panic struck the people of Srinagar as a falling meteorite was confused for a missile, hours after India confirmed conducting surgical strikes along the ...

Queensland Meteor Questions Efficacy of Near-Earth Asteroid Monitoring System
Nature World News
A meteor reportedly hit Queensland last Monday lighting up the sky; residents even reported hearing a loud bang that could mean the space rock hit ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Meteor Crashes Into Coral Sea Off Queensland Australia -Shakes Houses Like An ... EARTHQUAKE and METEOR UPDATE for September 28th 2016 ..

Curiosity Finds Evidence of Mars Crust Contributing to Atmosphere
NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence that chemistry in the surface material on Mars contributed to the makeup of its atmosphere....

Farewell Rosetta: ESA Mission to End on Comet Surface
The European Space Agency Rosetta mission will end dramatically Friday, Sept. 30, by touching down on a region of a comet known for active pits that spew dust into space.

NASA TV Coverage of European Mission Comet Touchdown
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- September 28, 2016
NASA Television and the agency's website will air the conclusion of ESA's (European Space Agency's) Rosetta mission from 3:15 to 5 a.m PDT (6:15 to 8 a.m. EDT) Friday, Sept. 30, with NASA commentary, interviews and analysis of the successful mission. The Rosetta mission will end with the controlled descent of the spacecraft onto the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at around 4:20 a.m. PDT (7:20 a.m. EDT)....

Farewell Rosetta: ESA Mission to End on Comet Surface
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- September 29, 2016
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta mission will come to a dramatic end on Friday, Sept. 30, with a controlled touchdown of the spacecraft on a region of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko known for active pits that spew comet dust into space. ...

When is the Orionids Meteor Shower 2016, where's the best place in the UK to watch and when ...
The Sun
ASTRONOMY addicts are excitedly anticipating the Orionids Meteor Shower, which is set to take place next month. Here's everything you know about ...

When is the Orionids Meteor Shower, where's the best place to watch it and when does it peak?
Telegraph.co.uk
Dust from Halley's Comet will produce an amazing meteor shower in October that should be visible across many parts of Britain if the weather is kind.

Star Trak: October 2016
IU Bloomington Newsroom
The Orionid meteor shower will peak before the first light of dawn on Oct. 21. Fainter meteors will be overwhelmed by the third-quarter moon, but the ...

Event 3656-2016
Fireball event
AMS received 4 reports about a fireball seen over Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Centre-Val de Loire and Vaud on Wednesday, September 28th 2016 ...

2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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