Showing posts with label NASA EPOXI misson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA EPOXI misson. Show all posts

04 November 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 4NOV2010

Did Earth Encounter Pieces Of An Alien Visitor Last Night
Space Daily
NASA meteor experts had predicted it was a long shot, but the evenings of November 2nd and 3rd might display a meteor shower from dust which puffed off this ...


Hartley 2 Spawns Meteor Shower | Universe Today
The comet of the year for 2010 seems to be Hartley 2. Although this comet is receding from Earth now (its closest approach was in the latter half of ...

Arctic lake offers up climate record
UPI.com
Cored through sediment layers at the bottom of a lake in northeastern Siberia, the record shows what happened when a meteorite smashed into the planet 3.6 ...


A Clear Voice for Science
Berthoud Recorder
The radiant points for two November meteor showers – the South Taurids and North Taurids – both reside in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull. ...

 [1010.5733] Meteor showers of comet C/1917 F1 Mellish
Abstract: December Monocerotids and November Orionids are weak but established annual meteor showers active throughout November and December. ...




Jet Propulsion Laboratory  -- November 03, 2010
PASADENA, CALIF. - Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have relayed final instructions to their comet-bound spacecraft today, Nov. 3. The new programming will guide NASA's EPOXI mission through its close approach with comet Hartley 2, scheduled for tomorrow, Nov. 4, at about 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT).

Dawn Journal
Dr. Marc Rayman - October 31, 2010
Continuing its journey to collect treats in the main asteroid belt, Dawn is making excellent progress toward its July 2011 rendezvous with protoplanet Vesta. The gentle thrust of its ion propulsion system is gradually changing its trajectory around the sun, smoothly helping the spacecraft move onto a path that will perfectly match Vesta's own motion. This pas de deux ...

03 November 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 3NOV2010

 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Meteor? ~8:00P.M. Central Time, 1Nov2010
A reader from Canada writes to ask, "Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Around 8:00P.M. Central Time, November 1, 2010, My wife and I saw a bright light travel across the night sky. It was a steady path, very large and gets smaller as it went past the Big Dipper, southwest to northeast and it disappeared; did anyone else see this?."
  Anyone with information please use the comment form at the bottom of this post; thank you.

Arctic Lake Yields Planet's Most Continuous Record of Ancient Climate
Wired News (blog)
At the time the kilometer-wide meteorite hit, temperatures were probably 10 to 14 degrees Celsius warmer than today, Brigham-Grette said. ...

NASA's Comet Mission May Face Multiple Jets Nov. 4
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- November 01, 2010
Two movies derived from images taken by the two cameras aboard NASA's
EPOXI mission spacecraft show comet Hartley 2 is, as expected, quite
active, and it provides information on the nucleus's rotation. The
spacecraft has been imaging Hartley 2 almost daily since Sept. 5, in
preparation for its scheduled Nov. 4 flyby of the comet. ...

PAGASA: Meteor shower treat awaits stargazers this November
GMANews.TV
Barring cyclones and cloudy skies, stargazers will be treated to a meteor shower display this November, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and ...

Craig Murray - Meteors or Meteorites over Kent
By craig
I have just seen the most beautiful sight. A meteor of the deepest red, a distinct flare with a tail, came over in a great arc, moving very slowly and slightly wobbly, and gradually dwindling away to nothing. Just as...

Memorial Songs for the Meteorite Hunter
5 min video- a bit odd
Ethan Murrow 2010
youtube.com