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25 June 2024
China's Chang'e-6 Lunar Capsule Return with Lunar Samples from the Farside of the Moon 25JUN2024 Video
31 March 2018
Tiangong 1 expected to Crash to Earth Producing Meteors on 01APR2018
Update- Fall now predicted for Monday.
China space lab may fall to Earth on Monday: European Space Agency
Hindustan Times
Chinese authorities have said the roughly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 is unlikely to cause any damage when it comes down and that its fiery disintegration will offer a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. The abandoned craft is expected to make its plunge between the afternoon of Sunday and early ...
Chinese space station hurtling towards Earth won't hit for another day
Telegraph.co.uk
A spokesman said that such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said the country would step up ...
Chinese space lab may fall to earth later than expected: European Space Agency
The Straits Times
Such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth", it said. Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - was placed in orbit in September 2011 and had been slated for a ...
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Chinese space station falling toward earth, expected to hit Sunday
9News.com KUSA
Phil Plait, an astronomer, says if you see it you may think it's a meteor show - but meteors are a little different. They're pieces of rock and ice and sometimes metal, and they're moving at very high speeds – think 20, 30, or 40 miles per second. “So when they burn up and burn across the sky they zip ...
Earth-bound space lab to be 'splendid' show, China says
Taipei Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that is to plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities said, but would offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency on Thursday said that the nearly 8-tonne Tiangong-1 would re-enter ...
China space station will offer 'splendid meteor shower' as April 1 crash date CONFIRMED
Daily Star
Instead, CMSEO said the spacecraft will “turn into a splendid [meteor shower] and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". China's space agency lost control of the space lab on March 16, 2016, when it entered the “final phase” of its five-year lifespan. Since then experts using ...
Out-of-control 9-TONNE Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will give 'splendid show' when it ...
The Sun
THE out-of-control Chinese space station heading for Earth this weekend is expected to put on a "splendid show", according to experts. The Tiangong-1 space craft is expected to tear across the sky - similar to that of a meteor shower - once it plummets into the Earth's atmosphere somewhere between ...
Earth-bound space lab won't cause damage, says China
The Straits Times
BEIJING • An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, the Chinese authorities said, but will instead offer a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 ...
China says Earth-bound space lab to offer splendid show like meteor shower
Hindustan Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will re-enter the ...
Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend
Popular Mechanics
If you are lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time, you could see parts of the spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere, similar to a meteor shower. Astronomers and national space agencies are closely tracking the station, though in the final days leading up to reentry, it is impossible to say ...
Defunct Chinese space lab to plummet from sky this weekend
NEWS.com.au
But there is “no need for people to worry”, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said on its WeChat social media account. Such falling spacecraft do “not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as ...
Space Station Debris Could Hit Parts Of Indiana
Indiana Public Media
“It'll be a melted mangle of metal and you won't know what part of the spacecraft that came from” McCauley says. “It's just best to leave it alone.” He advises everyone to pay attention and stay alert and believes that the crash will be similar to a meteor shower, so there is no need to prepare in advance.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
China space lab may fall to Earth on Monday: European Space Agency
Hindustan Times
Chinese authorities have said the roughly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 is unlikely to cause any damage when it comes down and that its fiery disintegration will offer a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. The abandoned craft is expected to make its plunge between the afternoon of Sunday and early ...
Chinese space station hurtling towards Earth won't hit for another day
Telegraph.co.uk
A spokesman said that such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said the country would step up ...
Chinese space lab may fall to earth later than expected: European Space Agency
The Straits Times
Such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth", it said. Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - was placed in orbit in September 2011 and had been slated for a ...
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Chinese space station falling toward earth, expected to hit Sunday
9News.com KUSA
Phil Plait, an astronomer, says if you see it you may think it's a meteor show - but meteors are a little different. They're pieces of rock and ice and sometimes metal, and they're moving at very high speeds – think 20, 30, or 40 miles per second. “So when they burn up and burn across the sky they zip ...
Earth-bound space lab to be 'splendid' show, China says
Taipei Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that is to plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities said, but would offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency on Thursday said that the nearly 8-tonne Tiangong-1 would re-enter ...
China space station will offer 'splendid meteor shower' as April 1 crash date CONFIRMED
Daily Star
Instead, CMSEO said the spacecraft will “turn into a splendid [meteor shower] and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". China's space agency lost control of the space lab on March 16, 2016, when it entered the “final phase” of its five-year lifespan. Since then experts using ...
Out-of-control 9-TONNE Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will give 'splendid show' when it ...
The Sun
THE out-of-control Chinese space station heading for Earth this weekend is expected to put on a "splendid show", according to experts. The Tiangong-1 space craft is expected to tear across the sky - similar to that of a meteor shower - once it plummets into the Earth's atmosphere somewhere between ...
Earth-bound space lab won't cause damage, says China
The Straits Times
BEIJING • An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, the Chinese authorities said, but will instead offer a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 ...
China says Earth-bound space lab to offer splendid show like meteor shower
Hindustan Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will re-enter the ...
Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend
Popular Mechanics
If you are lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time, you could see parts of the spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere, similar to a meteor shower. Astronomers and national space agencies are closely tracking the station, though in the final days leading up to reentry, it is impossible to say ...
Defunct Chinese space lab to plummet from sky this weekend
NEWS.com.au
But there is “no need for people to worry”, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said on its WeChat social media account. Such falling spacecraft do “not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as ...
Space Station Debris Could Hit Parts Of Indiana
Indiana Public Media
“It'll be a melted mangle of metal and you won't know what part of the spacecraft that came from” McCauley says. “It's just best to leave it alone.” He advises everyone to pay attention and stay alert and believes that the crash will be similar to a meteor shower, so there is no need to prepare in advance.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
03 November 2016
1490慶陽 隕石事件殺死10,000人 / 1490 Ch'ing-Yang China Meteor Event May Have Killed 10,000 People
The 1490 Ch'ing-Yang China Meteor Event May Have Killed 10,000 People
1490慶陽 隕石事件殺死10,000人
1490慶陽 隕石事件殺死10,000人
English Wikipedia Entry Source Link-wikipedia.org/wiki/1490_Ch%27ing-yang_event
The Ch'ing-yang event of 1490 (also Ch'ing-yang, Chi-ing-yang or Chíing-yang meteor shower) is a presumed meteor shower or air burst in Qìngyáng (Ch'ing-Yang, simplified Chinese: 庆阳; traditional Chinese: 慶陽) in March or April 1490.[1][2] The area was in the district of Shaanxi (陕西, now part of Gansu甘肃 Province). If a meteor shower did occur, it may have been the result of the disintegration of an asteroid during an atmospheric entry air burst.
A large number of deaths were recorded in historical Chinese accounts of the meteor shower, but have not been confirmed by researchers in the modern era. In the same year, Asian astronomers coincidentally discovered comet C/1490 Y1, a possible progenitor of the Quadrantid meteor showers.
Meteor shower
At least three surviving Chinese historical records describe a shower during which "stones fell like rain", killing more than 10,000 people. At least one report of the event is found in the official History of the Ming Dynasty, and other journal records which describe the event are also generally considered reliable.[3] But the official Ming Dynasty history omits the number of casualties, which has been frequently either doubted or discounted by present-day researchers.[1][4]
Due to the paucity of detailed information and the lack of surviving meteorites or other physical evidence, researchers have also been unable to definitively state the exact nature of the dramatic event,[5] even examining the possible occurrence of severe hail.[1] However Kevin Yau et al. of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory did note several similarities of the Ch'ing-yang meteor fall to the Tunguska event, which would have destroyed a highly populous district.[1][6]
One surviving account records:[1]
"Stones fell like rain in the Ch’ing-yang district. The larger ones were 4 to 5 catties (斤, about 1.5 kg), and the smaller ones were 2 to 3 catties (about 1 kg). Numerous stones rained in Ch'ing-yang. Their sizes were all different. The larger ones were like goose's eggs and the smaller ones were like water-chestnuts. More than 10,000 people were struck dead. All of the people in the city fled to other places."
One source of Chinese astronomical information of celestial events, the Zhongguo gudai tianxiang jilu zongji (Complete collection of records of celestial phenomena in ancient China) records ten works that discuss the March–April 1490 event,[2][7] including the official History of the Ming Dynasty. Additionally there are records of it in local gazettes and histories of the region.[2] The History of Ming work (the 明史, or Míng Shǐ) states only that there was a rain of uncountable stones of various sizes. The large objects were as big "as a goose egg, and the small ones were the size of the fruit of an aquatic plant". The date given was the third lunar month of 1490, which translates as March 21 to April 19, 1490.[2]
Although the Ming Dynasty history did not record the number of deaths or injuries, other sources do. One semi-official document recorded that a provincial Shaanxi official reported there had been a rain of stones that weighed as much as 4–5jin (市斤), down to 2–3 jin (modern jins being 605 grams). The number of deaths in this account was in the several tens of thousands.[2] The semi-official report and two others date the event to the second lunar month with one source dating the event as April 4, 1490, part of the 3rd lunar month.[2]
References-
Yau, K., Weissman, P., & Yeomans, D.Meteorite Falls In China And Some Related Human Casualty Events, Meteoritics, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 864-871, ISSN 0026-1114, bibliographic code: 1994Metic..29..864Y.
Death from above in ancient China, Sky & Telescope, March 1995, Vol. 89, Iss. 3, p. 15, ISSN 0037-6604.
Gritzner, C. Human Casualties in Impact Events, WGN Journal of the International Meteor Organization, pp. 222-226, bib. code: 1997JIMO...25..222G.
Lewis, John S. Rain of Iron and Ice: The Very Real Threat of Comet and Asteroid Bombardment, Basic Books, 1997, P. 170, ISBN 0201154943, ISBN 9780201154948.
"Zhongguo gudai tianxiang jilu zongji, (Complete collection of records of celestial phenomena in ancient China)", Nanjing: Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1988, pp 73-74. (Chinese)
Haines, Lester, Meteor shower traced to 1490 comet break-up: Quadrantid mystery solved, The Register, January 8, 2008.
Ball, Phillip. Dead comet spawned New Year meteors,Nature online website, ISSN 1744-7933, doi:10.1038/news031229-5, published online on December 31, 2003.
2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
1490年慶陽事件 / 中文- zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1490年慶陽事件
The Ch'ing-yang event of 1490 (also Ch'ing-yang, Chi-ing-yang or Chíing-yang meteor shower) is a presumed meteor shower or air burst in Qìngyáng (Ch'ing-Yang, simplified Chinese: 庆阳; traditional Chinese: 慶陽) in March or April 1490.[1][2] The area was in the district of Shaanxi (陕西, now part of Gansu甘肃 Province). If a meteor shower did occur, it may have been the result of the disintegration of an asteroid during an atmospheric entry air burst.
A large number of deaths were recorded in historical Chinese accounts of the meteor shower, but have not been confirmed by researchers in the modern era. In the same year, Asian astronomers coincidentally discovered comet C/1490 Y1, a possible progenitor of the Quadrantid meteor showers.
Meteor shower
At least three surviving Chinese historical records describe a shower during which "stones fell like rain", killing more than 10,000 people. At least one report of the event is found in the official History of the Ming Dynasty, and other journal records which describe the event are also generally considered reliable.[3] But the official Ming Dynasty history omits the number of casualties, which has been frequently either doubted or discounted by present-day researchers.[1][4]
Due to the paucity of detailed information and the lack of surviving meteorites or other physical evidence, researchers have also been unable to definitively state the exact nature of the dramatic event,[5] even examining the possible occurrence of severe hail.[1] However Kevin Yau et al. of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory did note several similarities of the Ch'ing-yang meteor fall to the Tunguska event, which would have destroyed a highly populous district.[1][6]
One surviving account records:[1]
"Stones fell like rain in the Ch’ing-yang district. The larger ones were 4 to 5 catties (斤, about 1.5 kg), and the smaller ones were 2 to 3 catties (about 1 kg). Numerous stones rained in Ch'ing-yang. Their sizes were all different. The larger ones were like goose's eggs and the smaller ones were like water-chestnuts. More than 10,000 people were struck dead. All of the people in the city fled to other places."
One source of Chinese astronomical information of celestial events, the Zhongguo gudai tianxiang jilu zongji (Complete collection of records of celestial phenomena in ancient China) records ten works that discuss the March–April 1490 event,[2][7] including the official History of the Ming Dynasty. Additionally there are records of it in local gazettes and histories of the region.[2] The History of Ming work (the 明史, or Míng Shǐ) states only that there was a rain of uncountable stones of various sizes. The large objects were as big "as a goose egg, and the small ones were the size of the fruit of an aquatic plant". The date given was the third lunar month of 1490, which translates as March 21 to April 19, 1490.[2]
Although the Ming Dynasty history did not record the number of deaths or injuries, other sources do. One semi-official document recorded that a provincial Shaanxi official reported there had been a rain of stones that weighed as much as 4–5jin (市斤), down to 2–3 jin (modern jins being 605 grams). The number of deaths in this account was in the several tens of thousands.[2] The semi-official report and two others date the event to the second lunar month with one source dating the event as April 4, 1490, part of the 3rd lunar month.[2]
References-
Yau, K., Weissman, P., & Yeomans, D.Meteorite Falls In China And Some Related Human Casualty Events, Meteoritics, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 864-871, ISSN 0026-1114, bibliographic code: 1994Metic..29..864Y.
Webb, Sterling K., Juhl, Robert A. Meteorite deaths in Qingyang (Ch'ing-yang) in 1490, MeteoriteCentral.com website as archived on Mail-Archive.com, January 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
Death from above in ancient China, Sky & Telescope, March 1995, Vol. 89, Iss. 3, p. 15, ISSN 0037-6604.
Gritzner, C. Human Casualties in Impact Events, WGN Journal of the International Meteor Organization, pp. 222-226, bib. code: 1997JIMO...25..222G.
Asteroid's close shave ranks among Earth's biggest hits (and misses), NBCNews.com website, February 14, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
Lewis, John S. Rain of Iron and Ice: The Very Real Threat of Comet and Asteroid Bombardment, Basic Books, 1997, P. 170, ISBN 0201154943, ISBN 9780201154948.
"Zhongguo gudai tianxiang jilu zongji, (Complete collection of records of celestial phenomena in ancient China)", Nanjing: Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1988, pp 73-74. (Chinese)
Haines, Lester, Meteor shower traced to 1490 comet break-up: Quadrantid mystery solved, The Register, January 8, 2008.
Ball, Phillip. Dead comet spawned New Year meteors,Nature online website, ISSN 1744-7933, doi:10.1038/news031229-5, published online on December 31, 2003.
2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
28 November 2014
Northern China / Inner Mongolia Asteroid Meteor 26/27NOV2014 w/ Video
Northern China / Inner Mongolia Asteroid Meteor 26/27NOV2014 w/ video
Breaking News- details of date and time yet unknown
Updates Pending- check back.
Asteroid China VIDEO Meteor Asteroid Lights Up Night Sky in Northern China
Posted on YouTube by LiveLeak 4 views
Published on Nov 27, 2014
Asteroid China VIDEO Meteor Asteroid Lights Up Night Sky in Northern China Asteroid China VIDEO Meteor Asteroid Lights Up Night Sky in Northern China Surveillance camera at highway toll station captured the moment a white flash, believed to be an asteroid, tore across the sky in Inner Mongolia. ...
Breaking News- details of date and time yet unknown
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| Northern China / Inner Mongolia Asteroid Meteor 26/27NOV2014 w/ video Source- LiveLeak / NBC NEWS |
Asteroid China VIDEO Meteor Asteroid Lights Up Night Sky in Northern China
Posted on YouTube by LiveLeak 4 views
Published on Nov 27, 2014
Asteroid China VIDEO Meteor Asteroid Lights Up Night Sky in Northern China Asteroid China VIDEO Meteor Asteroid Lights Up Night Sky in Northern China Surveillance camera at highway toll station captured the moment a white flash, believed to be an asteroid, tore across the sky in Inner Mongolia. ...
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Original News Source-
Original News Source-
Asteroid Lights Up Night Sky in Northern China
NBC News .com
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/asteroid-lights-night-sky-northern-china-n257246
2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
02 August 2013
丟臉! Xinjiang, China Meteorite Fall 31JUL2013
丟臉! 新疆隕石 - Xinjiang, China Meteorite Fall 31JUL2013
NOW CONFIRMED FAKE EVENT / FAKE "Meteorite"!
丟臉!
UPDATES Pending-
Report of crater 3 meters wide and 2 deep-- unconfirmed
More accurate report-
NOW CONFIRMED FAKE EVENT / FAKE "Meteorite"!
丟臉!
Photos shown of "crater" appear to be unrelated or very suspect.
新疆阿克陶疑似隕石墜落
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| Sorry this photo does not enlarge due to copyright issues; see the orginal source just below. Photo of meteorite appears to be authentic Source- http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/224047-meteorite-in-chinas-xinjiang-a-heavenly-warning/ |
More accurate report-
Meteorite fall Xinjiang hit pit will have earth-shattering event occurred?
NTDTV August 2, 2013 Reuters Local time at 2:00 on July 31 and more, a meteorite crashed in Xinjiang Akto County Township Bulunkou Gez village. Loud noise generated by meteorite fall, was awakened the sleeping villagers, individual houses glass was shattered, but fortunately caused no casualties. - Google Translated
NTDTV - 7 hours ago
Meteorite in China's Xinjiang a 'Heavenly Warning'?
The Epoch Times-6 hours ago
A photo of a meteorite fragment in Xinjiang Province on August 1, 2013. A meteorite crashing into a Xinjiang Province village on Thursday has ...
Suspected meteorite crashed Xinjiang punched two meters deep pit shattered glass
ETtoday - 11 hours ago Share
Xinjiang Meteorite Collectors Association Tong Xianping said, "may be a meteorite, according to the relevant records, before falling meteorite Xinjiang experienced similar situations." He explained that Xinjiang is currently recognized as the largest meteorite continent rich region, refers to more than the amount saved, easy to meteorites found a specific area, mainly due to the Taklimakan Desert, ...
Meteorite fall Xinjiang now pit "or something big happens."
Taiwan Epoch Times - 14 hours ago
Meteorite crashed into Xinjiang punched two meters deep pit (Figure)
China Review - Jul 31, 2013
Social commentary in Beijing July 31 / PRNewswire CCTV reported today 2:00, ameteorite crashed into Xinjiang Gez Akto County village, in a rubbish delivery point punched a diameter of three meters, two meters deep pit . Meteorite fall generated noise, then woke up the sleeping villagers. Fortunately, in addition to individual houses shattered windows, there is no ...
Xinjiang meteorite fell to the ground punched 2 m deep pit crater inventory of the most spectacular
People - 4 hours ago
Extraterrestrial "dump Xinjiang Gez Village] yesterday 2:00, a meteorite crashed into Xinjiang Gez Akto County village, in a rubbish delivery point punched a diameter of three meters, two meters deep pit . loud noise generated by meteorite fall, was awakened the sleeping villagers. Fortunately, in addition to individual houses shattered windows, but caused no ...
NTDTV August 2, 2013 Reuters Local time at 2:00 on July 31 and more, a meteorite crashed in Xinjiang Akto County Township Bulunkou Gez village. Loud noise generated by meteorite fall, was awakened the sleeping villagers, individual houses glass was shattered, but fortunately caused no casualties. - Google Translated
NTDTV - 7 hours ago
Meteorite in China's Xinjiang a 'Heavenly Warning'?
The Epoch Times-6 hours ago
A photo of a meteorite fragment in Xinjiang Province on August 1, 2013. A meteorite crashing into a Xinjiang Province village on Thursday has ...
Suspected meteorite crashed Xinjiang punched two meters deep pit shattered glass
ETtoday - 11 hours ago Share
Xinjiang Meteorite Collectors Association Tong Xianping said, "may be a meteorite, according to the relevant records, before falling meteorite Xinjiang experienced similar situations." He explained that Xinjiang is currently recognized as the largest meteorite continent rich region, refers to more than the amount saved, easy to meteorites found a specific area, mainly due to the Taklimakan Desert, ...
Meteorite fall Xinjiang now pit "or something big happens."
Taiwan Epoch Times - 14 hours ago
China Review - Jul 31, 2013
Social commentary in Beijing July 31 / PRNewswire CCTV reported today 2:00, ameteorite crashed into Xinjiang Gez Akto County village, in a rubbish delivery point punched a diameter of three meters, two meters deep pit . Meteorite fall generated noise, then woke up the sleeping villagers. Fortunately, in addition to individual houses shattered windows, there is no ...
Xinjiang meteorite fell to the ground punched 2 m deep pit crater inventory of the most spectacular
People - 4 hours ago
Extraterrestrial "dump Xinjiang Gez Village] yesterday 2:00, a meteorite crashed into Xinjiang Gez Akto County village, in a rubbish delivery point punched a diameter of three meters, two meters deep pit . loud noise generated by meteorite fall, was awakened the sleeping villagers. Fortunately, in addition to individual houses shattered windows, but caused no ...
Meteorite Hits Village in NW China
CRIENGLISH.com-Jul 31, 2013
This photo taken on August 1, 2013, shows the dump site which was hit by a meteorite in a village of Akto County of northwest China's Xinjiang ...
Centro Meteo Italiano
Cina : Meteorite si schianta al suolo in nottata. Paura fra la ...
InMeteo-12 hours ago
Cina/ Un meteorite si è schiantato al suolo, come riferito da fonti statiunitensi, in un discarica in un villaggio dello Xinjiang, nel Nord-Ovest della ...
Meteor pogodio selo na sjeverozapadu Kine
China Radio International-21 hours ago
Meteor je u četvrtak pogodio selo u sjeverozapadnoj kineskoj pokrajini Xinjiang, u Ujgurskoj autonomnoj regiji, javlja CCTV. Oko dva sata ...
2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
CRIENGLISH.com-Jul 31, 2013
This photo taken on August 1, 2013, shows the dump site which was hit by a meteorite in a village of Akto County of northwest China's Xinjiang ...
Centro Meteo Italiano
Cina : Meteorite si schianta al suolo in nottata. Paura fra la ...
InMeteo-12 hours ago
Cina/ Un meteorite si è schiantato al suolo, come riferito da fonti statiunitensi, in un discarica in un villaggio dello Xinjiang, nel Nord-Ovest della ...
China Radio International-21 hours ago
Meteor je u četvrtak pogodio selo u sjeverozapadnoj kineskoj pokrajini Xinjiang, u Ujgurskoj autonomnoj regiji, javlja CCTV. Oko dva sata ...
2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
19 February 2009
COMET LULIN & SATELLITE DEBRIS UPDATES
Space Weather News for Feb. 18, 2009http://spaceweather.com
COMET LULIN UPDATE: Comet Lulin is approaching Earth and brightening rapidly. Observers say it is now visible to the naked eye as a faint (magnitude +5.6) gassy patch in the constellation Virgo before dawn. Even city dwellers have seen it. Backyard telescopes reveal a vivid green comet in obvious motion. Just yesterday, amateur astronomers watched as a solar wind gust tore away part of the comet's tail, the second time this month such a thing has happened. Lulin's closest approach to Earth (38 million miles) is on Feb. 24th; at that time the comet could be two or three times brighter than it is now.
Browse the gallery for the latest images: http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm
SATELLITE DEBRIS: More than a week has passed since the Feb. 10th collision of Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 over northern Siberia, and the orbits of some of the largest fragments have now been measured by US Strategic Command. Today's edition of http://Spaceweather.com features global maps showing where the debris is located. Only 26 fragments are currently plotted, but that number will grow as radar tracking of the debris continues. Check back often for updates.
COMET LULIN UPDATE: Comet Lulin is approaching Earth and brightening rapidly. Observers say it is now visible to the naked eye as a faint (magnitude +5.6) gassy patch in the constellation Virgo before dawn. Even city dwellers have seen it. Backyard telescopes reveal a vivid green comet in obvious motion. Just yesterday, amateur astronomers watched as a solar wind gust tore away part of the comet's tail, the second time this month such a thing has happened. Lulin's closest approach to Earth (38 million miles) is on Feb. 24th; at that time the comet could be two or three times brighter than it is now.
Browse the gallery for the latest images: http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_lulin_page8.htm
SATELLITE DEBRIS: More than a week has passed since the Feb. 10th collision of Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 over northern Siberia, and the orbits of some of the largest fragments have now been measured by US Strategic Command. Today's edition of http://Spaceweather.com features global maps showing where the debris is located. Only 26 fragments are currently plotted, but that number will grow as radar tracking of the debris continues. Check back often for updates.
06 February 2009
Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) Loses Part of Its Tail
Photo credit: Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero & Paul Camilleri [more]
Space Weather News for Feb. 5, 2009
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COMET TAIL: Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) is approaching Earth and putting on a good show for amateur astronomers. Yesterday, Feb. 4th, observers witnessed a "disconnection event." A gust of solar wind tore off part of the comet's tail in plain view of backyard telescopes. Photos of the event are featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com/.
Activity in the comet's tail and atmosphere will become even easier to see in the weeks ahead as Lulin nears closest approach on Feb. 24th. At that time the comet will lie only 38 million miles from Earth and it should be visible to the naked eye. In the meantime, please note that Feb. 5th-7th, is an especially good time to find Comet Lulin in the pre-dawn sky. The comet is gliding beautifully close to the naked-eye double star Zubenelgenubi. Just point your binoculars at the double star and the comet will materialize right beside it.
Visit http://spaceweather.com/ for photos, sky maps and more information.
http://spaceweather.com/
COMET TAIL: Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) is approaching Earth and putting on a good show for amateur astronomers. Yesterday, Feb. 4th, observers witnessed a "disconnection event." A gust of solar wind tore off part of the comet's tail in plain view of backyard telescopes. Photos of the event are featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com/.
Activity in the comet's tail and atmosphere will become even easier to see in the weeks ahead as Lulin nears closest approach on Feb. 24th. At that time the comet will lie only 38 million miles from Earth and it should be visible to the naked eye. In the meantime, please note that Feb. 5th-7th, is an especially good time to find Comet Lulin in the pre-dawn sky. The comet is gliding beautifully close to the naked-eye double star Zubenelgenubi. Just point your binoculars at the double star and the comet will materialize right beside it.
Visit http://spaceweather.com/ for photos, sky maps and more information.
05 February 2009
Comet Lulin-Green Comet Approaches Earth 4FEB09
Photo by Jack Newton 2009 (c)http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/04feb_greencomet.htm
Green Comet Approaches Earth
NASA Science news02.04.2009 February 4, 2009:
In 1996, a 7-year-old boy in China bent over the eyepiece of a small telescope and saw something that would change his life--a comet of flamboyant beauty, bright and puffy with an activetail. At first he thought he himself had discovered it, but no, helearned, two men named "Hale" and "Bopp" had beat him to it. Mastering his disappointment, young Quanzhi Ye resolved to find his own comet one day.And one day, he did. Fast forward to a summer afternoon in July 2007. Ye, now 19 years old and a student of meteorology at China's Sun Yat-sen University, bent over his desk to stare at a black-and-white star field. The photo was taken nights before by Taiwanese astronomer Chi Sheng Lin on "skypatrol" at the Lulin Observatory. Ye's finger moved from point to point--and stopped. One of the stars was not a star, it was a comet, and this time Ye saw it first.Comet Lulin, named after the observatory in Taiwan where the discovery-photo was taken, is now approaching Earth. "It is a green beauty that could become visible to the naked eye any day now," says Ye. Amateur astronomer Jack Newton sends this photo from his backyard observatory in Arizona: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/images/greencomet/Jack-Newton1.jpg
"My retired eyes still cannot see the brightening comet," says Newton,"but my 14-inch telescope picked it up quite nicely on Feb. 1st."The comet makes its closest approach to Earth (0.41 AU) on Feb. 24,2009. Current estimates peg the maximum brightness at 4th or 5th magnitude, which means dark country skies would be required to see it.No one can say for sure, however, because this appears to be Lulin's first visit to the inner solar system and its first exposure to intense sunlight. Surprises are possible.Lulin's green color comes from the gases that make up its Jupiter-sized atmosphere. Jets spewing from the comet's nucleus contain cyanogen (CN:a poisonous gas found in many comets) and diatomic carbon (C2). Both substances glow green when illuminated by sunlight in the near-vacuum ofspace.In 1910, many people panicked when astronomers revealed Earth would passthrough the cyanogen-rich tail of Comet Halley. False alarm: The wispy tail of the comet couldn't penetrate Earth's dense atmosphere; even it if had penetrated, there wasn't enough cyanogen to cause real trouble. Comet Lulin will cause even less trouble than Halley did. At closest approach in late February, Lulin will stop 38 million miles short of Earth, utterly harmless.To see Comet Lulin with your own eyes, set your alarm for 3 am. The comet rises a few hours before the sun and may be found about 1/3rd of the way up the southern sky before dawn. Here are some dates when it is especially easy to find:
sky map
Feb. 6th:
Comet Lulin glides by Zubenelgenubi, a double star at the fulcrum of Libra's scales. Zubenelgenubi is not only fun to say (zuBEN-el-JA-newbee), but also a handy guide. You can see Zubenelgenubi with your unaided eye (it is about as bright as stars in the Big Dipper); binoculars pointed at the binary star reveal Comet Lulin in beautiful proximity.
[sky map]
Feb. 16th:
Comet Lulin passes Spica in the constellation Virgo. Spica is a star of first magnitude and a guidepost even city astronomers cannotmiss. A finderscope pointed at Spica will capture Comet Lulin in the field of view, centering the optics within a nudge of both objects. [skymap]
Feb. 24th:
Closest approach! On this special morning, Lulin will lie just a few degrees from Saturn in the constellation Leo. Saturn is obvious to the unaided eye, and Lulin could be as well. If this doesn't draw you out of bed, nothing will.
[sky map]
Ye notes that Comet Lulin is remarkable not only for its rare beauty,but also for its rare manner of discovery. "This is a 'comet ofcollaboration' between Taiwanese and Chinese astronomers," he says. "The discovery could not have been made without a contribution from both sides of the Strait that separates our countries. Chi Sheng Lin andother members of the Lulin Observatory staff enabled me to get the images I wanted, while I analyzed the data and found the comet."Somewhere this month, Ye imagines, another youngster will bend over an eyepiece, see Comet Lulin, and feel the same thrill he did gazing at Comet Hale-Bopp in 1996. And who knows where that might lead...?"I hope that my experience might inspire other young people to pursue the same starry dreams as myself," says Ye.
Green Comet Approaches Earth
NASA Science news02.04.2009 February 4, 2009:
In 1996, a 7-year-old boy in China bent over the eyepiece of a small telescope and saw something that would change his life--a comet of flamboyant beauty, bright and puffy with an activetail. At first he thought he himself had discovered it, but no, helearned, two men named "Hale" and "Bopp" had beat him to it. Mastering his disappointment, young Quanzhi Ye resolved to find his own comet one day.And one day, he did. Fast forward to a summer afternoon in July 2007. Ye, now 19 years old and a student of meteorology at China's Sun Yat-sen University, bent over his desk to stare at a black-and-white star field. The photo was taken nights before by Taiwanese astronomer Chi Sheng Lin on "skypatrol" at the Lulin Observatory. Ye's finger moved from point to point--and stopped. One of the stars was not a star, it was a comet, and this time Ye saw it first.Comet Lulin, named after the observatory in Taiwan where the discovery-photo was taken, is now approaching Earth. "It is a green beauty that could become visible to the naked eye any day now," says Ye. Amateur astronomer Jack Newton sends this photo from his backyard observatory in Arizona: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/images/greencomet/Jack-Newton1.jpg
"My retired eyes still cannot see the brightening comet," says Newton,"but my 14-inch telescope picked it up quite nicely on Feb. 1st."The comet makes its closest approach to Earth (0.41 AU) on Feb. 24,2009. Current estimates peg the maximum brightness at 4th or 5th magnitude, which means dark country skies would be required to see it.No one can say for sure, however, because this appears to be Lulin's first visit to the inner solar system and its first exposure to intense sunlight. Surprises are possible.Lulin's green color comes from the gases that make up its Jupiter-sized atmosphere. Jets spewing from the comet's nucleus contain cyanogen (CN:a poisonous gas found in many comets) and diatomic carbon (C2). Both substances glow green when illuminated by sunlight in the near-vacuum ofspace.In 1910, many people panicked when astronomers revealed Earth would passthrough the cyanogen-rich tail of Comet Halley. False alarm: The wispy tail of the comet couldn't penetrate Earth's dense atmosphere; even it if had penetrated, there wasn't enough cyanogen to cause real trouble. Comet Lulin will cause even less trouble than Halley did. At closest approach in late February, Lulin will stop 38 million miles short of Earth, utterly harmless.To see Comet Lulin with your own eyes, set your alarm for 3 am. The comet rises a few hours before the sun and may be found about 1/3rd of the way up the southern sky before dawn. Here are some dates when it is especially easy to find:
sky map
Feb. 6th:
Comet Lulin glides by Zubenelgenubi, a double star at the fulcrum of Libra's scales. Zubenelgenubi is not only fun to say (zuBEN-el-JA-newbee), but also a handy guide. You can see Zubenelgenubi with your unaided eye (it is about as bright as stars in the Big Dipper); binoculars pointed at the binary star reveal Comet Lulin in beautiful proximity.
[sky map
Feb. 16th:
Comet Lulin passes Spica in the constellation Virgo. Spica is a star of first magnitude and a guidepost even city astronomers cannotmiss. A finderscope pointed at Spica will capture Comet Lulin in the field of view, centering the optics within a nudge of both objects. [skymap
Feb. 24th:
Closest approach! On this special morning, Lulin will lie just a few degrees from Saturn in the constellation Leo. Saturn is obvious to the unaided eye, and Lulin could be as well. If this doesn't draw you out of bed, nothing will.
[sky map
Ye notes that Comet Lulin is remarkable not only for its rare beauty,but also for its rare manner of discovery. "This is a 'comet ofcollaboration' between Taiwanese and Chinese astronomers," he says. "The discovery could not have been made without a contribution from both sides of the Strait that separates our countries. Chi Sheng Lin andother members of the Lulin Observatory staff enabled me to get the images I wanted, while I analyzed the data and found the comet."Somewhere this month, Ye imagines, another youngster will bend over an eyepiece, see Comet Lulin, and feel the same thrill he did gazing at Comet Hale-Bopp in 1996. And who knows where that might lead...?"I hope that my experience might inspire other young people to pursue the same starry dreams as myself," says Ye.
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