Meteor/Meteorite News 19JUL10

Astronomers discover 95 'near-Earth' asteroids
SINDH TODAY
However, the threat of a destructive meteor bombardment is remote at present. WISE will continue to make such discoveries as it starts its survey mode once ...

Asteroids through the rest of April 2010

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ see original site for 2010 schedule and more information.

(2010 FD7)	2010-Apr-14
218017 (2001 XV266)	2010-Apr-15
(2001 HC)	2010-Apr-15
(2009 BW2)	2010-Apr-16
(2010 GJ30)	2010-Apr-16
(2010 CM44)	2010-Apr-17
(2009 BK2)	2010-Apr-17
(2004 HZ)	2010-Apr-17
(2010 EC43)	2010-Apr-18
(2010 FA6)	2010-Apr-19
(2005 YU55)	2010-Apr-19
(2008 UC202)	2010-Apr-20
(2010 GZ5)	2010-Apr-21
(2010 GP33)	2010-Apr-22
(2009 UY19)	2010-Apr-23
(2004 US1)	2010-Apr-25
(2005 XB1)	2010-Apr-27
(2010 GE35)	2010-Apr-28
164207 (2004 GU9)	2010-Apr-28
(2010 GS7)	2010-Apr-28
(2008 UN3)	2010-Apr-29
(2002 JR100)	2010-Apr-29
(2010 FF10)	2010-Apr-30

4486 Mithra- 12March 2010 Earth Asteroid Approach

(click on image to englarge) (c) JPL/NASA
Asteroid 4486 Mithra March 12, 2010 as it passes

Near Earth Asteroids Encounters from NASA-JPL MARCH 2010 Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs ) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time. On March 4, 2010 there were 1105 potentially hazardous asteroids. March 2010 Earth-asteroid encounters: Asteroid Date(UT) Miss Distance Mag. Size 2001 PT9 March 3 11.1 LD 15 305 m 4486 Mithra March 12 73.5 LD 15 3.3 km 2001 FM129 March 13 44.1 LD 16 1.5 km 2002 TE66 March 28 48.0 LD 15 940 m Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach. Source: NASA-JPL/CalTech http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ Mithra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mithra (Miθra) is the Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian divinity (yazata) of covenant and oath. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra - Cached Mithraic Mysteries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Mithraic Mysteries or Mysteries of Mithras (also Mithraism) was a ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_Mysteries 4486 Mithra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 4486 Mithra is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4486_Mithra

Wolrdwide Meteor/Meteorite News- Asteroid Smaller Than Thought 29JUL09

Devastating asteroid smaller than once thought

Globe and Mail - Sue Major Holmes - ‎

“A meteorite or asteroid coming into Earth's atmosphere has a lot of momentum,” he said. “The idea that it would push down into the atmosphere seems very ...

Argentina Meteorite News- Más de mil objetos podrían chocar contra la Tierra 27JUL09

Más de mil objetos podrían chocar contra la Tierra

Lanacion.com (Argentina) - ‎

El "evento de Tunguska", que dejó un escenario devastado en una superficie de 2000 kilómetros cuadrados, es considerado el mayor impacto de un meteorito en ...

Google Spanish- English Translation:
More than a thousand objects might hit Earth
Lanacion.com (Argentina) - 19 hours ago The "Tunguska Event", which left a scene in a devastated area of 2000 square kilometers, is considered the greatest impact of a meteorite in ...