Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada Meteor Fireball 21AUG2011 PST 11:13 PM : lasting 5-7 seconds. Distance aprox: 500- 700 Miles Traveling North East from Western SKy ...
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Meteor Activity Outlook for August 20-26, 2011 | American Meteor ...
While the half illuminated moon will be bright, it is much less bright than the full moon, therefore successful meteor observations can be attempted under ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Auburn, Indiana - Ohio ...
I saw a green fireball from Auburn Indiana looking to the west towards Ohio at approx 12.20.am CDT. Upper left to lower right at approx 15 degree angle it ...
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RSC planetarium moves to 'edutainment'
Times of India
City kids may soon be able to learn much more about astral phenomena like Big Bang, meteorshowers and star burst and have an enhanced view of Saturn rings, Martian surface and aquatic creatures. The planetarium of the centre, that had remained shut ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Indicates Meteor Seen ...
Shawnee, Oklahoma arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Meteor 27MAY2011" by searching for fireball ...
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| Glaciologist captures meteor's fall China Daily According to planetary expert Rubber Munoz Sanchez of the Max Schreier Planetarium in La Paz, the object was a meteor of up to 50 cm (20 inches) in diameter, burning due to friction with the atmosphere. Picture taken August 16, 2011.[Photo/Agencies] |
| NASA Update On 2012 Doomsday Comet EleninHULIQ Some have been saying that it will come as a result of a cataclysmic event produced by a meteor or asteroid from space. Some think it might come in the form of a 3-mile-wide comet called Elenin. The world is coming to an end. ... |
Technology Review (MIT)
August 18, 2011
A small shove could prevent a global catastrophe, according to Chinese
plans
Apophis is a 46 million tonne asteroid that will pass within a hair's
breath of Earth in 2029. However, Apophis's trajectory is likely to take
it through a region of space near Earth known as a keyhole that will
ensure the asteroid returns in 2036. ...
Chinese to combat a meteor
UPI.com
BEIJING, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Chinese scientists say they have a plan to save the Earth from a possible collision with an asteroid that could take place in 2036. A group of Chinese astronomers headed by Shengping Gong of Tsinghua University in Beijing have ...
Pennies From Space? Hunt on for Valuable Meteorite
KWCH
Astronomers tracked a fireball worth thousands of dollars that landed there earlier this month. Now the hunt is on to find pieces of it. Ohio residents should be on the lookout for small meteorites that were seen over Lake Erie on Aug. 8. ...
Comet Elenin Poses No Threat to Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Often, comets are portrayed as harbingers of gloom and doom in movies
and on television, but most pose no threat to Earth. Comet Elenin, the
latest comet to visit our inner solar system, is no exception. Elenin
will pass about 22 million miles (35 million kilometers) from Earth
during its closest approach on Oct. 16, 2011. ...
NASA Plans to Visit a Near-Earth Asteroid
NASA Science News
In a few years a NASA spacecraft will seek the
building blocks of life in a shovelful of asteroid dirt. The
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, targeted for launch in September 2016, will
intercept asteroid 1999 RQ36, orbit it for a year, and then reach out a
robotic arm to touch its surface. ...
