A giant asteroid almost struck Earth and we had no idea it was coming
The Indian Express
A giant asteroid the size of a football field narrowly missed crashing into Earth on April 15 whizzing by at about half the average distance between Earth and the moon. According to NASA, the asteroid measures 3.6 times the size of the one that exploded over Tunguska in 1908. The asteroid 2018 GE3 ...
Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peaks May 6, 7
Irene W. Pennington Planetarium - WordPress.com
The Eta Aquarids is an above average shower, capable of producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. Most of the activity is seen in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, the rate can reach about 30 meteors per hour. It is produced by dust particles left behind by comet Halley, ...
Storm Team 11 Starwatch: Monday, May 7th - Sunday, May 13th 2018
WJHL (blog)
This morning is the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. There could be a rate of 15-20 meteors per hour. However, moonlight will be present, which could ...
Awake before sunrise? Go outside and look for this meteor shower
KSLA-TV
It's called a meteor shower. This particular shower is called the Eta Aquarid. According to Space.com, it became visible on April 22 and will remain ...
Something cool to see in the night sky
WMC Action News 5
The meteor shower is a result of the Earth passing through the dust debris of Haley's Comet. As small pieces of dust enter Earth's atmosphere, they burn up and create a brief streak in the sky. The best place to see the shower is in the Southern Hemisphere but here in the Mid-South, we should still have ...
Lyrid meteor shower 2018: When, where and how to watch
WPXI Pittsburgh
Here's what you need to know about the Lyrid meteor shower and how to watch the celestial spectacle: What are Lyrids? The Lyrid meteors are named after their radiant, defined as the point in the sky from which they appear to come from, the constellation Lyra. According to NASA, Lyrids are one of the ...
Anisotropic diffusion of meteor trails due to the geomagnetic field over King Sejong Station
Springer Link
We analyzed meteor decay times measured by a VHF meteor radar at King Sejong Station, Antarctica (62.22°S, 58.78°W) to study diffusion processes ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Patricia O. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, I cannot believe no one else has not reported seeing this. Location. Address, Lockport, IL. Latitude, 41° 35' 12.13'' N (41.59°). Longitude, 87° 58' 41.28'' W (-87.98°). Elevation, 226.66m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-05 ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Name, David M. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, I have seen quite a few falling star of all degrees. I spend a lot of time outside. This was probably my first fireball, very very cool. It was so bright it woke me up!
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
06 May 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06MAY2018
Chuva de meteoritos poderá ser vista nesta madrugada
Terra
Admiradores de fenômenos naturais têm um motivo a mais para ficarem acordados na madrugada deste domingo (6), entre as 2h e as 5h - horário de Brasília. Uma chuva de chuva de meteororitos poderá ser vista a olho nu. O espetáculo na atmosfera é causado por um rastro de detritos deixado pelo ...
Catch the peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on May 4-7
MSN.com
Unlike other meteor showers, the peak of the Eta Aquarids has a broad range from May 4 to May 7. Take advantage for several nights out under the ...
The peak of this week's Eta Aquarid meteor shower could start Sunday
Boston.com
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to start its peak around Sunday, and the weather should cooperate at least most of the time.
NASA sends Mars lander, will explore planet interior
Global Times
... the 485 million kilometer trip, the lander should settle on the Red Planet on November 26. InSight is short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. NASA chief scientist Jim Green said experts already know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and meteor strikes.
The Unusual Boulder at Tycho's Peak
Space Fellowship
Why is there a large boulder near the center of Tycho's peak? Tycho crater on the Moon is one of the easiest features to see, visible even to the unaided eye (inset, lower right). But at the center of Tycho (inset, upper left) is a something unusual — a 120-meter boulder. This boulder was imaged at very ...
Nasa blasts off spaceship, InSight, to study Mars-quakes
Gulf Times
The Nasa InSight spacecraft being launched onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Terra
Admiradores de fenômenos naturais têm um motivo a mais para ficarem acordados na madrugada deste domingo (6), entre as 2h e as 5h - horário de Brasília. Uma chuva de chuva de meteororitos poderá ser vista a olho nu. O espetáculo na atmosfera é causado por um rastro de detritos deixado pelo ...
Catch the peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on May 4-7
MSN.com
Unlike other meteor showers, the peak of the Eta Aquarids has a broad range from May 4 to May 7. Take advantage for several nights out under the ...
The peak of this week's Eta Aquarid meteor shower could start Sunday
Boston.com
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to start its peak around Sunday, and the weather should cooperate at least most of the time.
NASA sends Mars lander, will explore planet interior
Global Times
... the 485 million kilometer trip, the lander should settle on the Red Planet on November 26. InSight is short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. NASA chief scientist Jim Green said experts already know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and meteor strikes.
The Unusual Boulder at Tycho's Peak
Space Fellowship
Why is there a large boulder near the center of Tycho's peak? Tycho crater on the Moon is one of the easiest features to see, visible even to the unaided eye (inset, lower right). But at the center of Tycho (inset, upper left) is a something unusual — a 120-meter boulder. This boulder was imaged at very ...
Nasa blasts off spaceship, InSight, to study Mars-quakes
Gulf Times
The Nasa InSight spacecraft being launched onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
NASA launches Mars-bound spaceship InSight to study quakes
Hindustan Times
NASA chief scientist Jim Green said experts already know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and meteor strikes. “But how quake-prone is Mars? That is fundamental information that we need to know as humans that explore Mars,” Green said. French-made seismometer. The key instrument on board is a ...
Three, two, one: NASA blasts off Mars lander, InSight
Saudi Gazette
NASA chief scientist Jim Green said experts already know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and meteorstrikes. “But how quake-prone is Mars? That is fundamental information that we need to know as humans that explore Mars,” Green said. The key instrument on board is a seismometer, called the ...
What is the diameter of a meteor that causes an EMP to get back the humanity to the stone age?
Quora
A meteor won't cause an electromagnetic pulse. Your thinking more about things like nuclear bombs detonating in the atmosphere. Also,meteors ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Laura C. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, This was significant in size larger than any other astronomical object I have ever observed.
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Roger C. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, Very impressive, though seemingly short lived, started low on horizon, and nearly straight down, got bigger and brighter then quickly fizzled out. One of the best I've witnessed, of many meteor showers. Expected to hear significant boom after a ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Name, Joseph G. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, Meteor appeared in front of star Alfirk and went between Polaris and Kochab before going out very nice ETA ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Hindustan Times
NASA chief scientist Jim Green said experts already know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and meteor strikes. “But how quake-prone is Mars? That is fundamental information that we need to know as humans that explore Mars,” Green said. French-made seismometer. The key instrument on board is a ...
Three, two, one: NASA blasts off Mars lander, InSight
Saudi Gazette
NASA chief scientist Jim Green said experts already know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and meteorstrikes. “But how quake-prone is Mars? That is fundamental information that we need to know as humans that explore Mars,” Green said. The key instrument on board is a seismometer, called the ...
What is the diameter of a meteor that causes an EMP to get back the humanity to the stone age?
Quora
A meteor won't cause an electromagnetic pulse. Your thinking more about things like nuclear bombs detonating in the atmosphere. Also,meteors ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Laura C. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, This was significant in size larger than any other astronomical object I have ever observed.
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Roger C. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, Very impressive, though seemingly short lived, started low on horizon, and nearly straight down, got bigger and brighter then quickly fizzled out. One of the best I've witnessed, of many meteor showers. Expected to hear significant boom after a ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Name, Joseph G. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, Meteor appeared in front of star Alfirk and went between Polaris and Kochab before going out very nice ETA ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
05 May 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05MAY2018
Lowell astronomer helps track 775000 asteroids
Arizona Daily Sun
The cameras can be used to trace the meteor's trajectory, either back to its possible origin in the solar system or downward to its landing spot on ...
How to watch the Eta Aquariid meteor shower 2018
MSN.com
Video provided by Mirror. Shooting stars spawned by history's most famous comet will be visible from the UK over the weekend. The Eta Aquariids is an annual event that occurs when Earth passes through a stream of ice and dust left in the trail of Halley's Comet. The comet produces two meteor ...
Clear skies to give way to fantastic Eta Aquariids meteor shower display above Somerset
Somerset Live
Clear skies to give way to fantastic Eta Aquariids meteor shower display above Somerset. 20 to 40 meteors per hour may be visible .... The peak of the Eta Aquariids meteor shower will be visible across Somerset this May bank holiday weekend. Typically considered to be one of the best of the year, the ...
Marc Hoover: The mysterious Patomisky crater
The Clermont Sun
The site was considered a location of a possible meteor strike but that has also been ruled out as no meteor fragments were found. It's also a possibility that the crater was made by an alien spacecraft. Of course that couldn't be proven or disproven either. Kolpakov estimated the strange crater was more ...
Nasa Mars lander InSight prepares to launch on mission to pave the way for human exploration
Telegraph.co.uk
Nasa is counting down to the long-awaited launch of its latest Mars lander, InSight, designed to perch on the surface of the Red Planet and listen for ...
First NASA lander to study Mars' interior launches from California
Channel NewsAsia
If all goes as planned, the lander should settle on the Red Planet on Nov 26. Its name, InSight, is short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. NASA chief scientist Jim Green said experts already know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and meteor strikes.
Volcanoes observed erupting from space by Russian satellites
The Independent
These readings are provided by Russian satellites Meteor-M, Resource-P and Canopus-B, with additional information coming from the likes of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the European Space Agency's Sentinel satellites. Data collected in this manner have ...
Calculating probabilities of a meteor shower falling into a circle
Math Stack Exchange
A rain of meteors is falling on a circular area, with a radius of 10 km, so that each meteor is falling in a random place inside the area, without any dependancy on other meteor falls. assuming that the number of meteors that fall inside the round area is a poisson random variable with the parameter 2, and ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Arizona Daily Sun
The cameras can be used to trace the meteor's trajectory, either back to its possible origin in the solar system or downward to its landing spot on ...
How to watch the Eta Aquariid meteor shower 2018
MSN.com
Video provided by Mirror. Shooting stars spawned by history's most famous comet will be visible from the UK over the weekend. The Eta Aquariids is an annual event that occurs when Earth passes through a stream of ice and dust left in the trail of Halley's Comet. The comet produces two meteor ...
Clear skies to give way to fantastic Eta Aquariids meteor shower display above Somerset
Somerset Live
Clear skies to give way to fantastic Eta Aquariids meteor shower display above Somerset. 20 to 40 meteors per hour may be visible .... The peak of the Eta Aquariids meteor shower will be visible across Somerset this May bank holiday weekend. Typically considered to be one of the best of the year, the ...
Marc Hoover: The mysterious Patomisky crater
The Clermont Sun
The site was considered a location of a possible meteor strike but that has also been ruled out as no meteor fragments were found. It's also a possibility that the crater was made by an alien spacecraft. Of course that couldn't be proven or disproven either. Kolpakov estimated the strange crater was more ...
Nasa Mars lander InSight prepares to launch on mission to pave the way for human exploration
Telegraph.co.uk
Nasa is counting down to the long-awaited launch of its latest Mars lander, InSight, designed to perch on the surface of the Red Planet and listen for ...
First NASA lander to study Mars' interior launches from California
Channel NewsAsia
If all goes as planned, the lander should settle on the Red Planet on Nov 26. Its name, InSight, is short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. NASA chief scientist Jim Green said experts already know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and meteor strikes.
Volcanoes observed erupting from space by Russian satellites
The Independent
These readings are provided by Russian satellites Meteor-M, Resource-P and Canopus-B, with additional information coming from the likes of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the European Space Agency's Sentinel satellites. Data collected in this manner have ...
Calculating probabilities of a meteor shower falling into a circle
Math Stack Exchange
A rain of meteors is falling on a circular area, with a radius of 10 km, so that each meteor is falling in a random place inside the area, without any dependancy on other meteor falls. assuming that the number of meteors that fall inside the round area is a poisson random variable with the parameter 2, and ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
04 May 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04MAY2018
Eta Aquarids meteor shower to peak from May 4-7
MSN.com
The Eta Aquarids is the last major meteor shower until the end of July. Although the shower favors the Southern Hemisphere with 60 meteors per hour, the Northern Hemisphere can still expect 10-30 meteors hourly depending on how far south you live. The shower's debris originate from Halley's Comet.
Everything stargazers need to know about the Eta Aquariid meteor shower
The Irish News
Skygazers can look forward to seeing several shooting stars as Earth passes through the dust left over from Halley's Comet. The Eta Aquariid meteors appear every year at this time and are expected to peak this weekend. Here is everything you need to know about this celestial event: ...
Spring's best meteor shower peaks this weekend with the Eta Aquarids
USA TODAY
Now that the weather has warmed up, it's a good weekend to look for shooting stars. The Eta Aquarid meteorshower will be at its peak. Though folks in the Southern Hemisphere will see the most meteors — up to 60 per hour — we'll still see 10 to 30 meteors an hour up here in the Northern Hemisphere, ...
Everything you need to know about the Eta Aquarids meteorshower set to light up the skies this ...
LincolnshireLive
The annual Eta Aquarids meteor shower is set to shine in the skies of Lincolnshire from this weekend. Stargazers and astronomers will be in for a treat as the spectacle is set to reach its peak over the May bank holiday weekend. The shower is named after the brightest star of the constellation, Eta Aquarids...
Eta-Aquarid meteor shower to illuminate Doha sky tomorrow
Qatar Tribune
ETA-Aquarid meteor shower will illuminate the sky from the evening of Saturday (May 5) till dawn of Sunday (May 6), and residents of Northern Hemisphere including Qatar will be able to watch this celestial spectacle, Qatar Calendar House (QCH) announced on Thursday. QCH Astronomer Dr Beshir ...
Spring's major meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's how to watch Eta Aquarids
Kansas City Star
The first major meteor shower of the spring peaks this weekend. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower can produce up to 30 meteors per hour at its peak, Saturday through Monday, May 5-7, though 10-20 meteors per hour is more likely, according to NASA. The best time to see the Eta Aquarids is just before ...
Microbes with a reserve pack of sulfur
Phys.Org
Together with the Collaborative Research Center 754 of GEOMAR and the University of Kiel, a group of researchers around Marcel Kuypers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen has now found some answers: In the sea off Peru during a trip with the research ship Meteor the ...
NASA mission to search for marsquakes
WRAL.com
If a meteor impacts Mars during the mission's two year primary mission, SEIS could detect it as it rings the planet like a bell. HP3 will take Mars' temperature as it burrows down nearly 16 feet below the surface — deeper than any previous arms, scoops, drills or probes before it. This provides a view into ...
Driver sees meteor crash into field
The Times
A woman driving to work near Delabole, north Cornwall, was stunned to see a flaming meteor crash into a nearby field. Wendy Smith said: “First I saw a bright white light then about 25 feet away from me I looked up and I saw flames coming off this object.” She told a local radio station: “There was a long ... (Highly Unlikely- LMH)
Viewing the eta Aquariids 2018
International Meteor Organization
Unlike most major annual meteor showers, there is no sharp peak for this shower, but rather a plateau of good rates that last approximately one week centered on May 6. The eta Aquariids are particles from Halley's Comet, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1986. The meteors we ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 5-11, 2018
American Meteor Society
Here we present another impressive watercolor by avid observer Michel Deconinck. This time he shares a bright meteor he witnessed on April 9, 2018 ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
MSN.com
The Eta Aquarids is the last major meteor shower until the end of July. Although the shower favors the Southern Hemisphere with 60 meteors per hour, the Northern Hemisphere can still expect 10-30 meteors hourly depending on how far south you live. The shower's debris originate from Halley's Comet.
Everything stargazers need to know about the Eta Aquariid meteor shower
The Irish News
Skygazers can look forward to seeing several shooting stars as Earth passes through the dust left over from Halley's Comet. The Eta Aquariid meteors appear every year at this time and are expected to peak this weekend. Here is everything you need to know about this celestial event: ...
Spring's best meteor shower peaks this weekend with the Eta Aquarids
USA TODAY
Now that the weather has warmed up, it's a good weekend to look for shooting stars. The Eta Aquarid meteorshower will be at its peak. Though folks in the Southern Hemisphere will see the most meteors — up to 60 per hour — we'll still see 10 to 30 meteors an hour up here in the Northern Hemisphere, ...
Everything you need to know about the Eta Aquarids meteorshower set to light up the skies this ...
LincolnshireLive
The annual Eta Aquarids meteor shower is set to shine in the skies of Lincolnshire from this weekend. Stargazers and astronomers will be in for a treat as the spectacle is set to reach its peak over the May bank holiday weekend. The shower is named after the brightest star of the constellation, Eta Aquarids...
Eta-Aquarid meteor shower to illuminate Doha sky tomorrow
Qatar Tribune
ETA-Aquarid meteor shower will illuminate the sky from the evening of Saturday (May 5) till dawn of Sunday (May 6), and residents of Northern Hemisphere including Qatar will be able to watch this celestial spectacle, Qatar Calendar House (QCH) announced on Thursday. QCH Astronomer Dr Beshir ...
Spring's major meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's how to watch Eta Aquarids
Kansas City Star
The first major meteor shower of the spring peaks this weekend. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower can produce up to 30 meteors per hour at its peak, Saturday through Monday, May 5-7, though 10-20 meteors per hour is more likely, according to NASA. The best time to see the Eta Aquarids is just before ...
Microbes with a reserve pack of sulfur
Phys.Org
Together with the Collaborative Research Center 754 of GEOMAR and the University of Kiel, a group of researchers around Marcel Kuypers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen has now found some answers: In the sea off Peru during a trip with the research ship Meteor the ...
NASA mission to search for marsquakes
WRAL.com
If a meteor impacts Mars during the mission's two year primary mission, SEIS could detect it as it rings the planet like a bell. HP3 will take Mars' temperature as it burrows down nearly 16 feet below the surface — deeper than any previous arms, scoops, drills or probes before it. This provides a view into ...
Driver sees meteor crash into field
The Times
A woman driving to work near Delabole, north Cornwall, was stunned to see a flaming meteor crash into a nearby field. Wendy Smith said: “First I saw a bright white light then about 25 feet away from me I looked up and I saw flames coming off this object.” She told a local radio station: “There was a long ... (Highly Unlikely- LMH)
Viewing the eta Aquariids 2018
International Meteor Organization
Unlike most major annual meteor showers, there is no sharp peak for this shower, but rather a plateau of good rates that last approximately one week centered on May 6. The eta Aquariids are particles from Halley's Comet, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1986. The meteors we ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 5-11, 2018
American Meteor Society
Here we present another impressive watercolor by avid observer Michel Deconinck. This time he shares a bright meteor he witnessed on April 9, 2018 ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
03 May 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03MAY2018
Mineral Found in Lunar Meteorite Hints at Hidden Moon Water
https://www.space.com/40481-moon-meteorite-mineral-hidden-lunar-water.html
Looking Up: Tales (and tails) of comets long ago
Chico Enterprise-Record
As another meteor shower graces our skies, you may be getting around to wondering more about the source of these streaks of light. We've talked before about how meteors themselves are tiny specks of grit and dust drifting around in Earth's orbit, and that our atmosphere collides with them around the ...
Comets in the path of Earth
SETI Institute
Jenniskens explains how past returns of some of these comets left trails of debris that we see now as meteor showers, when that debris hits the ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
https://www.space.com/40481-moon-meteorite-mineral-hidden-lunar-water.html
Looking Up: Tales (and tails) of comets long ago
Chico Enterprise-Record
As another meteor shower graces our skies, you may be getting around to wondering more about the source of these streaks of light. We've talked before about how meteors themselves are tiny specks of grit and dust drifting around in Earth's orbit, and that our atmosphere collides with them around the ...
Comets in the path of Earth
SETI Institute
Jenniskens explains how past returns of some of these comets left trails of debris that we see now as meteor showers, when that debris hits the ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
02 May 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01-02MAY2018
05/03/2018 – Ephemeris – The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is coming
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog - WordPress.com
Ephemeris for Thursday, May 3rd. The Sun rises at 6:29. It'll be up for 14 hours and 20 minutes, setting at 8:50. The Moon, half way from full to last quarter, will rise at 12:26 tomorrow morning. Saturday morning at about 3 a.m. is the predicted peak of the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower. The bright…
Solobservatoriet Planetarium and Visitor Center
ARCHITECT Magazine
The institute collaborates closely with researchers and organizations, providing observations of meteoractivity, earthquakes and climatic gasses.
2018 eta Aquariids
American Meteor Society
During this period the moon will reach it's full phase on Monday April 30. At that time the moon will be located opposite the sun and will lie above the horizon all night long. As the week progresses the waning gibbous moon will rise later in the evening but will still seriously impede meteor viewing as the ...
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog - WordPress.com
Ephemeris for Thursday, May 3rd. The Sun rises at 6:29. It'll be up for 14 hours and 20 minutes, setting at 8:50. The Moon, half way from full to last quarter, will rise at 12:26 tomorrow morning. Saturday morning at about 3 a.m. is the predicted peak of the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower. The bright…
Solobservatoriet Planetarium and Visitor Center
ARCHITECT Magazine
The institute collaborates closely with researchers and organizations, providing observations of meteoractivity, earthquakes and climatic gasses.
2018 eta Aquariids
American Meteor Society
During this period the moon will reach it's full phase on Monday April 30. At that time the moon will be located opposite the sun and will lie above the horizon all night long. As the week progresses the waning gibbous moon will rise later in the evening but will still seriously impede meteor viewing as the ...
Events in 2018 1622-2018 KML
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1622-2018 KML. We received one report about a fireball seen over NC on Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 around 01:30 UT. 1 Witness Report. a - Robert D. Level 4. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With observation directions. All Levels (1), Level 2 ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1622-2018 KML. We received one report about a fireball seen over NC on Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 around 01:30 UT. 1 Witness Report. a - Robert D. Level 4. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With observation directions. All Levels (1), Level 2 ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
30 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30APR2018
Eta Aquarids set to to peak at weekend: museum
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Conditions will be optimal to view the meteor shower at about 2 a.m. each day during the period, the museum said, adding that the Eta Aquarids are ... The Eta Aquarid meteor shower takes place annually from April 19 to May 28, when the Earth encounters dusty debris from Halley's Comet, named after ...
Shooting stars spectacle visible in Taiwan
Hong Kong Standard (press release)
There is a good chance that astronomy buffs in Taiwan will be able to watch shooting stars from Friday to Sunday as the Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks, the Taipei Astronomical Museum said today. Conditions will be ideal to watch the meteor shower at about 2:00 a.m. each day, the museum said.
Asteroids big enough to destroy cities hit Earth with terrifying frequency, scientists reveal
Metro
Although an impact from a Tunguska-sized object would not wipe out humanity, it could kill millions. These smaller rocks are also hard to guard against because they can sneak up on our planet and may only be detected just before they hit us. The Taurid meteor shower is believed to be the source of the ...
All about asteroids
The Hindu
Both asteroids and meteors are space rocks. Sometimes, one asteroid may collide with another and break into small pieces. These pieces are called meteoroids. When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it vapourises and turns into a meteor. You can witness a meteor as a streak of light in the ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Conditions will be optimal to view the meteor shower at about 2 a.m. each day during the period, the museum said, adding that the Eta Aquarids are ... The Eta Aquarid meteor shower takes place annually from April 19 to May 28, when the Earth encounters dusty debris from Halley's Comet, named after ...
Shooting stars spectacle visible in Taiwan
Hong Kong Standard (press release)
There is a good chance that astronomy buffs in Taiwan will be able to watch shooting stars from Friday to Sunday as the Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks, the Taipei Astronomical Museum said today. Conditions will be ideal to watch the meteor shower at about 2:00 a.m. each day, the museum said.
Asteroids big enough to destroy cities hit Earth with terrifying frequency, scientists reveal
Metro
Although an impact from a Tunguska-sized object would not wipe out humanity, it could kill millions. These smaller rocks are also hard to guard against because they can sneak up on our planet and may only be detected just before they hit us. The Taurid meteor shower is believed to be the source of the ...
All about asteroids
The Hindu
Both asteroids and meteors are space rocks. Sometimes, one asteroid may collide with another and break into small pieces. These pieces are called meteoroids. When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it vapourises and turns into a meteor. You can witness a meteor as a streak of light in the ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
29 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29APR2018
Will We Live to See Tomorrow? 5 Giant Asteroids to Zoom Past Earth in Next Hours
Sputnik International
Remy recalled the 20 meter meteor which flew over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, which exploded near the city and released over 30 times more kinetic energy than the Hiroshima bomb. That blast caused damage to over 7,200 buildings, shattering windows and collapsing a factory roof, and resulted ...
Meteor Showers
Norwich Astronomical Society
Shower. Activity. Maximum activity. Zenith Hourly Rate. Moon Percentage. Quadrantids. 1st January - 10th January, 3rd January, 120, 4. April Lyrids. 18th April - 25th April, 22nd April, 18, 54. Eta Aquarids. 29th April - 20th May, 7th May, 60, 48. Delta Aquarids. 21st July - 23rd August, 30th July, 20, 8 ...
Event 1452-2018
Fireball event
AMS received 9 reports about a fireball seen over Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Basel-Landschaft on Sunday, April 15th 2018 around 20:30 UT.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Sputnik International
Remy recalled the 20 meter meteor which flew over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, which exploded near the city and released over 30 times more kinetic energy than the Hiroshima bomb. That blast caused damage to over 7,200 buildings, shattering windows and collapsing a factory roof, and resulted ...
Meteor Showers
Norwich Astronomical Society
Shower. Activity. Maximum activity. Zenith Hourly Rate. Moon Percentage. Quadrantids. 1st January - 10th January, 3rd January, 120, 4. April Lyrids. 18th April - 25th April, 22nd April, 18, 54. Eta Aquarids. 29th April - 20th May, 7th May, 60, 48. Delta Aquarids. 21st July - 23rd August, 30th July, 20, 8 ...
Event 1452-2018
Fireball event
AMS received 9 reports about a fireball seen over Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Basel-Landschaft on Sunday, April 15th 2018 around 20:30 UT.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
28 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28APR2018
Amateur astronomer captures 3 UFOs flying in front of the moon [Video]
International Business Times, India Edition
While the user has said it could be balloons, one of the commenters said it could be a space rock or a meteor. Several others even agreed with the users' theory. "Bottom one and the one to the right seem to be shadows of something... meteor maybe?" user Wheelori814 commented on the video.
Researchers have found a crater on mercury in the shape of Mickey mouse
The Siver Telegram
Astronomers from the US, studying the surface of the planet mercury, discovered a meteor crater similar as two drops of water, on the famous cartoon character of Walt Disney Mickey mouse. Исследователи нашли на Меркурии кратер в форме Микки Мауса. The photo they published in a social ...
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 26 April 2018 - Materials Exposure Experiment
Space Ref (press release)
Meteor: The crew replacde the hard drive in the Meteor laptop today. The Meteor payload is a visible spectroscopy instrument used to observe meteors in Earth orbit. Meteor uses image analysis to provide information on the physical and chemical properties of the meteoroid dust, such as size, density, ...
Earth will be hit by asteroid with 100% CERTAINTY – space experts warn
Daily Star
EXPERTS have warned it is "100pc certain" Earth will be devastated by an asteroid as millions are hurting towards the planet undetected. By Paul Harper / Published 28th April 2018. Asteroid warning GETTY. WARNING: Expert fear it is absolutely certain an asteroid will smash into Earth. “It's 100 per ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
International Business Times, India Edition
While the user has said it could be balloons, one of the commenters said it could be a space rock or a meteor. Several others even agreed with the users' theory. "Bottom one and the one to the right seem to be shadows of something... meteor maybe?" user Wheelori814 commented on the video.
Researchers have found a crater on mercury in the shape of Mickey mouse
The Siver Telegram
Astronomers from the US, studying the surface of the planet mercury, discovered a meteor crater similar as two drops of water, on the famous cartoon character of Walt Disney Mickey mouse. Исследователи нашли на Меркурии кратер в форме Микки Мауса. The photo they published in a social ...
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 26 April 2018 - Materials Exposure Experiment
Space Ref (press release)
Meteor: The crew replacde the hard drive in the Meteor laptop today. The Meteor payload is a visible spectroscopy instrument used to observe meteors in Earth orbit. Meteor uses image analysis to provide information on the physical and chemical properties of the meteoroid dust, such as size, density, ...
Earth will be hit by asteroid with 100% CERTAINTY – space experts warn
Daily Star
EXPERTS have warned it is "100pc certain" Earth will be devastated by an asteroid as millions are hurting towards the planet undetected. By Paul Harper / Published 28th April 2018. Asteroid warning GETTY. WARNING: Expert fear it is absolutely certain an asteroid will smash into Earth. “It's 100 per ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
27 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27APR2018
This is when you can see the Eta Aquarids meteor shower over Huddersfield
Huddersfield Examiner
It's almost time again for the annual Eta Aquarids meteor shower which - weather permitting - will be providing a spectacle for astronomers and casual stargazers alike. The shower, named after the brightest star of the constellation, Eta Aquarii, is set to peak between May 4 and May 7. If you're ...
Where and when you can see the spectacular Eta Aquaridsmeteor shower in 2018
Kent Live
The out-of-this-world event takes place between April and May and is named after the brightest star of the constellation, Eta Aquarii. And while it may not be as well known as the Perseid meteor shower, it is an opportunity to see a long stretch of shooting stars that promises to be jaw-dropping.
You Are Working At NASA When A Probe Traveling To
Chegg
You are working at NASA when a probe traveling to Mars gets hit by a micro-meteor and begins spinning. The probe has working thrusters which can provide 100 N of force in any direction on the outer edge of the probe. You measure the angular velocity vector of the spacecraft to be ~? = [0.8, ?1.1, 3.2] ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 28-May 4, 2018
American Meteor Society
As the week progresses the waning gibbous moon will rise later in the evening but will still seriously impede meteor viewing as the bright glare will obscure all but the brightest meteors. The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is 1 as seen from mid-northern latitudes (45N) ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Huddersfield Examiner
It's almost time again for the annual Eta Aquarids meteor shower which - weather permitting - will be providing a spectacle for astronomers and casual stargazers alike. The shower, named after the brightest star of the constellation, Eta Aquarii, is set to peak between May 4 and May 7. If you're ...
Where and when you can see the spectacular Eta Aquaridsmeteor shower in 2018
Kent Live
The out-of-this-world event takes place between April and May and is named after the brightest star of the constellation, Eta Aquarii. And while it may not be as well known as the Perseid meteor shower, it is an opportunity to see a long stretch of shooting stars that promises to be jaw-dropping.
You Are Working At NASA When A Probe Traveling To
Chegg
You are working at NASA when a probe traveling to Mars gets hit by a micro-meteor and begins spinning. The probe has working thrusters which can provide 100 N of force in any direction on the outer edge of the probe. You measure the angular velocity vector of the spacecraft to be ~? = [0.8, ?1.1, 3.2] ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 28-May 4, 2018
American Meteor Society
As the week progresses the waning gibbous moon will rise later in the evening but will still seriously impede meteor viewing as the bright glare will obscure all but the brightest meteors. The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is 1 as seen from mid-northern latitudes (45N) ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
26 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26APR2018
Asteroids Smack Jupiter More Often Than Astronomers Thought
Universe Today
One reason we may never have witnessed a meteor impact on Jupiter is, astronomers (both professional and amateur) never thought to look for them. The big wake-up call was the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in July 1994, an event witnessed by the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope ...
New 3-D map of Milky Way will 'revolutionize astronomy'
Arab News
The milky way and meteors of the April Lyrids annual meteor shower are seen in the night sky over Burg auf Fehmarn on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, northern Germany. (AFP). Updated 25 April 2018. AFP. April 25, 2018 12:30. 0 ...
$4.5M Pair of Pistols Made from a 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5659945/US-gun-company-puts-expensive-handguns-world-sale-2-25million-each.html
Did an Astronomical Body Fly by the Earth and Produce the Floods of 'Myths' 12000 Years Ago ...
Ancient Origins
A huge meteor flew over the Urals in Russia early in the morning of 02/15/2013. The fireball exploded above Chelyabinsk city that caused damages of buildings and hundreds of people were injured. (Alex Alishevskikh/ CC BY SA 2.0 ). Top image: Meteor strike. ( Public Domain ). By Kirk Kirchev ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Universe Today
One reason we may never have witnessed a meteor impact on Jupiter is, astronomers (both professional and amateur) never thought to look for them. The big wake-up call was the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in July 1994, an event witnessed by the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope ...
New 3-D map of Milky Way will 'revolutionize astronomy'
Arab News
The milky way and meteors of the April Lyrids annual meteor shower are seen in the night sky over Burg auf Fehmarn on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, northern Germany. (AFP). Updated 25 April 2018. AFP. April 25, 2018 12:30. 0 ...
$4.5M Pair of Pistols Made from a 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5659945/US-gun-company-puts-expensive-handguns-world-sale-2-25million-each.html
Did an Astronomical Body Fly by the Earth and Produce the Floods of 'Myths' 12000 Years Ago ...
Ancient Origins
A huge meteor flew over the Urals in Russia early in the morning of 02/15/2013. The fireball exploded above Chelyabinsk city that caused damages of buildings and hundreds of people were injured. (Alex Alishevskikh/ CC BY SA 2.0 ). Top image: Meteor strike. ( Public Domain ). By Kirk Kirchev ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
25 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25APR2018
Asteroids Really Could Have Brought Water to Earth, Experiment With Giant Rock Blaster Shows
Gizmodo
Additionally, this is a small-scale experiment, not a real meteor impact, so it's not a perfect test of the theory. But marbles shot from an enormous gun seem to suggest that, yes, perhaps asteroids really could have delivered some of the watery goods that made Earthly life possible. Recent Video from ...
Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks
Pear Tree Observatory
Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks. Calendar. When: May 7, 2018 @ 14:00 – 14:00. 2018-05-07T14:00:00-05:00. 2018-05-07T14:00:00-05:00. Meteor Shower. Posted by admin at 10:41.
Bounce houses & globular clusters
Ukiah Daily Journal
The Cameras for All-sky Meteor Surveillance, or the CAMS project is a NASA/SETI collaboration. The automated video surveillance project searches the night sky, looking for and mapping meteor showers and asteroids, with an emphasis on locating near-earth objects. Tim Beck, professor of Astronomy ...
Photos
American Meteor Society
This is a 58-second exposure centered at 1:57:21 a.m. November 23, 2017 taken with an all-sky camera. Uploaded by. diCicco Dennis © Dennis diCicco. Uploaded by. diCicco Dennis. Credit Dennis diCicco. Date 2017-11-23 01:57:21 EST. This photo is related to. AMS #4572-2017. Location Sudbury ...
Event 1546-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1546-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over WA on Tuesday, April 24th 2018 around 05:40 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 no. Frag. 1 no. 1 Report. a - William S. Level 2. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Gizmodo
Additionally, this is a small-scale experiment, not a real meteor impact, so it's not a perfect test of the theory. But marbles shot from an enormous gun seem to suggest that, yes, perhaps asteroids really could have delivered some of the watery goods that made Earthly life possible. Recent Video from ...
Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks
Pear Tree Observatory
Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks. Calendar. When: May 7, 2018 @ 14:00 – 14:00. 2018-05-07T14:00:00-05:00. 2018-05-07T14:00:00-05:00. Meteor Shower. Posted by admin at 10:41.
Bounce houses & globular clusters
Ukiah Daily Journal
The Cameras for All-sky Meteor Surveillance, or the CAMS project is a NASA/SETI collaboration. The automated video surveillance project searches the night sky, looking for and mapping meteor showers and asteroids, with an emphasis on locating near-earth objects. Tim Beck, professor of Astronomy ...
Photos
American Meteor Society
This is a 58-second exposure centered at 1:57:21 a.m. November 23, 2017 taken with an all-sky camera. Uploaded by. diCicco Dennis © Dennis diCicco. Uploaded by. diCicco Dennis. Credit Dennis diCicco. Date 2017-11-23 01:57:21 EST. This photo is related to. AMS #4572-2017. Location Sudbury ...
Event 1546-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1546-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over WA on Tuesday, April 24th 2018 around 05:40 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 no. Frag. 1 no. 1 Report. a - William S. Level 2. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
24 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24APR2018
Lyrids meteor shower April 2018
Cloudy Nights
Lyrids meteor shower April 2018 - posted in Sketching: The problem when you have a long period of nice weather at night, is that we dont have to go to our prefered forum because of its name... Anyway between the sun nice spot of today and the nova in CMa tonight I just have time to show you my ...
Five Impact Craters Around the World Worth Visiting
Outlook India
Here are some meteor impact craters that you can visit around the world: Lonar Crater Lake in Maharashtra, India. Let's start our list with something closer home. Located in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra, about 10 hours from Mumbai, the Lonar Crater Lake was formed some time in the Pleistocene ...
PSRD: April edition: Moon, Microtektites, & impacts
New Age for Lunar Exploration -- A change in the National Space Policy adds a lunar emphasis to NASA exploration programs.
--- READ: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/April18/lunar-exploration.html
Microtektites -- Microtektites from a glacial moraine near Larkman Nunatak, Antarctica are related
to the Australasian strewn field.
--- READ: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/CosmoSparks/April18/microtektites.html
MA&PS -- Special Issue on Impact Cratering
--- READ: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/CosmoSparks/April18/maps.v53.4.html
Event 1505-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1505-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Rio Grande do Sul on Monday, April 23rd 2018 around 00:30 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 no. Frag. 1 no. Twitter0. 1 Report. a - Henrique G. Level 3. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Cloudy Nights
Lyrids meteor shower April 2018 - posted in Sketching: The problem when you have a long period of nice weather at night, is that we dont have to go to our prefered forum because of its name... Anyway between the sun nice spot of today and the nova in CMa tonight I just have time to show you my ...
Five Impact Craters Around the World Worth Visiting
Outlook India
Here are some meteor impact craters that you can visit around the world: Lonar Crater Lake in Maharashtra, India. Let's start our list with something closer home. Located in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra, about 10 hours from Mumbai, the Lonar Crater Lake was formed some time in the Pleistocene ...
PSRD: April edition: Moon, Microtektites, & impacts
New Age for Lunar Exploration -- A change in the National Space Policy adds a lunar emphasis to NASA exploration programs.
--- READ: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/April18/lunar-exploration.html
Microtektites -- Microtektites from a glacial moraine near Larkman Nunatak, Antarctica are related
to the Australasian strewn field.
--- READ: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/CosmoSparks/April18/microtektites.html
MA&PS -- Special Issue on Impact Cratering
--- READ: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/CosmoSparks/April18/maps.v53.4.html
Event 1505-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1505-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Rio Grande do Sul on Monday, April 23rd 2018 around 00:30 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 no. Frag. 1 no. Twitter0. 1 Report. a - Henrique G. Level 3. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
23 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23APR2018
Astronomer sheds light on detection of near-Earth objects
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
More recently, Wainscoat highlighted the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013, where a 20-meter-wide rock exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, shattering windows and triggering car alarms from miles away. The Chelyabinsk meteor was the largest of the 556 asteroids to disintegrate in the Earth's atmosphere ...
Mysterious Arctic Ice Holes Baffle Scientists
National Geographic
Meier thinks it unlikely this is the result of a fragmented meteor strike, since the holes are so close together. The most likely explanation is seals, since they are known to gnaw through the ice for breathing holes and sometimes haul themselves onto the ice to rest. “If those holes are less than 2 meters in ...
NASA scientists name the 'most inaccurate' space movie ever
Yahoo Movies UK
It just really is relevant to how we actually fly in space.” Mission Control's flight director Emily Nelson adds: “If it weren't for Apollo 13, it would be really hard to explain what my job is.” Bruce Willis meteor actioner Armageddon, however, not so much. “Armageddon. It's just not very accurate,” she added.
Meteor
Space Weather Gallery
Meteor Taken by Ian Carstairs on April 23, 2018 @ Harleston, Norfolk, UK. Click photo for larger image. Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 7D Exposure Time: 200/10. Aperture: f/inf. ISO: 1000. Date Taken: 2018:04:23 07:59:33. More images. Details: Canon EOS7D Sangyam 14mm f2.8 20 secs ...
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
More recently, Wainscoat highlighted the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013, where a 20-meter-wide rock exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, shattering windows and triggering car alarms from miles away. The Chelyabinsk meteor was the largest of the 556 asteroids to disintegrate in the Earth's atmosphere ...
Mysterious Arctic Ice Holes Baffle Scientists
National Geographic
Meier thinks it unlikely this is the result of a fragmented meteor strike, since the holes are so close together. The most likely explanation is seals, since they are known to gnaw through the ice for breathing holes and sometimes haul themselves onto the ice to rest. “If those holes are less than 2 meters in ...
NASA scientists name the 'most inaccurate' space movie ever
Yahoo Movies UK
It just really is relevant to how we actually fly in space.” Mission Control's flight director Emily Nelson adds: “If it weren't for Apollo 13, it would be really hard to explain what my job is.” Bruce Willis meteor actioner Armageddon, however, not so much. “Armageddon. It's just not very accurate,” she added.
Meteor
Space Weather Gallery
Meteor Taken by Ian Carstairs on April 23, 2018 @ Harleston, Norfolk, UK. Click photo for larger image. Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 7D Exposure Time: 200/10. Aperture: f/inf. ISO: 1000. Date Taken: 2018:04:23 07:59:33. More images. Details: Canon EOS7D Sangyam 14mm f2.8 20 secs ...
Meteor echo height ceiling effect and the mesospheric temperature estimation from meteor radar ...
ann-geophys-discuss.net
Abstract. The mesospheric temperature estimation from meteor height distribution is reevaluated by using the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) and the King Sejong Station meteor radar observations. It is found that the experimentally determined ...
A travelling quasi 2-day wave in the meteor region
Science Direct
Oscillations in the meteor wind with periods of about 2 days during the summer are explained as the effects of travelling planetary-scale waves. Spaced station observations indicate that the waves are travelling westward with a zonal number three. A possible connection with the quasi 5-day wave is ...
Atmospheric tides in the meteor zone
Science Direct
The results of observations of upper atmospheric winds made during the I.Q.S.Y. by the radio-meteortechnique are described and discussed. Comparison is made with other data obtained in the Northern Hemisphere. Реферат. oпиcывaютcя и oбcyждaютcя peзyльтaты нaблюдeний вe тpoв в ...
Reports Report 1161p (Event 1161-2018)
Fireball report
Observer. Name, christina J. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, Contacted nasa, they would investigate and asked me to call local enforcements. Location. Address, Valley View, OH. Latitude, 41° 24' 8.36'' N (41.4°). Longitude, 81° 37' 30.03'' W (-81.63°). Elevation, 182.96m. Time and Duration. Local Date ...
Reports Report 1084y (Event 1084-2018)
Fireball report
Observer. Name, Patricia M. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, The singularly thing that stood out to me was it's angle of approach. It didn't seem too high up or to be moving vertically, though I know it had to have been. I thought it move in a SSW direction. I remember that some have a greenish tinted trail ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
ann-geophys-discuss.net
Abstract. The mesospheric temperature estimation from meteor height distribution is reevaluated by using the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) and the King Sejong Station meteor radar observations. It is found that the experimentally determined ...
A travelling quasi 2-day wave in the meteor region
Science Direct
Oscillations in the meteor wind with periods of about 2 days during the summer are explained as the effects of travelling planetary-scale waves. Spaced station observations indicate that the waves are travelling westward with a zonal number three. A possible connection with the quasi 5-day wave is ...
Atmospheric tides in the meteor zone
Science Direct
The results of observations of upper atmospheric winds made during the I.Q.S.Y. by the radio-meteortechnique are described and discussed. Comparison is made with other data obtained in the Northern Hemisphere. Реферат. oпиcывaютcя и oбcyждaютcя peзyльтaты нaблюдeний вe тpoв в ...
Reports Report 1161p (Event 1161-2018)
Fireball report
Observer. Name, christina J. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, Contacted nasa, they would investigate and asked me to call local enforcements. Location. Address, Valley View, OH. Latitude, 41° 24' 8.36'' N (41.4°). Longitude, 81° 37' 30.03'' W (-81.63°). Elevation, 182.96m. Time and Duration. Local Date ...
Reports Report 1084y (Event 1084-2018)
Fireball report
Observer. Name, Patricia M. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, The singularly thing that stood out to me was it's angle of approach. It didn't seem too high up or to be moving vertically, though I know it had to have been. I thought it move in a SSW direction. I remember that some have a greenish tinted trail ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
22 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22APR2018
Lyrid meteor shower
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower. If forecasters are correct, the Lyrids will peak this weekend with as many as 20 meteors per hour--a minor display compared to greater showers like the Perseids and Geminids later in the year. However ...
Lyrid meteor shower 2018: 8 stunning photos of the celestial display
WPXI Pittsburgh
This year's Lyrid meteor shower reached its peak this weekend, and photographers flocked to social media to share some stunning snapshots of the celestial ... illuminate the sky over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, northern Germany, on Friday, April 20, 2018, during the Lyrid meteor shower.
The Lyrids Meteor Shower: April 22, 23
Irene W. Pennington Planetarium - WordPress.com
Lyrids meteor shower. The Lyrids is an average shower, usually producing about 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by dust particles left behind by comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, which was discovered in 1861. The shower runs annually from April 16-25. It peaks this year on the night of the night ...
Lyrid Meteor Shower Could Dazzle With 15-20 Shooting Stars Per Hour
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
Skywatchers can also just find a personal viewing spot that's nice and dark. The Lyrids originate in the constellation Lyra, northeast of Vega. NASA says it's best to lie down with your feet facing east and wait half an hour for your eyes to adjust. The Lyrid meteor shower happens each year around this time ...
Ukrainians will be able to observe the peak of the meteor shower Lerida
www.MICEtimes.asia (press release)
In Kiev, the unique astronomical phenomenon will be visible from 21:00 on April 22 to 5:00 on April 23. On the night of 23 April, the Ukrainians will be able to observe the peak of the meteor shower Lerida – first spring Starfall this year. Launched a unique astronomical phenomenon of the 16th and will ...
Lyrid meteor shower visible tonight
WKOW
MADISON (WKOW) - Though the Lyrid meteor shower reached its peak last night, viewing conditions are much more favorable tonight with your 27 Storm Track forecast calling for mostly ... The best time to view the meteor shower is between 2-5 am CT early Monday morning when the sky is darkest.
Capulin Volcano to host meteor shower viewing
Huerfano World Journal
CAPULIN — Capulin Volcano National Monument announces its first night sky viewing event of the season, weather permitting, on Sunday, April 22, 9 to 11 pm for the Lyrid's Meteor Shower. New Mexico's night sky is a cultural treasure that many have viewed in awe and appreciation. Due to minimal ...
APOD: 2018 April 22 - Meteor Over Crater Lake
Apod - NASA
One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is typically less than the time it takes for a head to turn. Possibly, though, the glory of seeing bright meteors shoot across and knowing that they were once small granules on another world ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, RMark B. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, apeared to be close by headed toward Fairview where i live. Location. Address, Fairview, UT. Latitude, 39° 55' 12.5'' N (39.920138°). Longitude, 111° 32' 47.59'' W (-111.546553°). Elevation, 1652.871m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Kevin T. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, I didn't see the end of the fireball as my view was blocked by trees. Location. Address, Las Vegas, NV. Latitude, 36° 12' 17.61'' N (36.204893°). Longitude, 115° 19' 11.59'' W (-115.319885°). Elevation, 872.271m. Time and Duration. Local Date ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower. If forecasters are correct, the Lyrids will peak this weekend with as many as 20 meteors per hour--a minor display compared to greater showers like the Perseids and Geminids later in the year. However ...
Lyrid meteor shower 2018: 8 stunning photos of the celestial display
WPXI Pittsburgh
This year's Lyrid meteor shower reached its peak this weekend, and photographers flocked to social media to share some stunning snapshots of the celestial ... illuminate the sky over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, northern Germany, on Friday, April 20, 2018, during the Lyrid meteor shower.
The Lyrids Meteor Shower: April 22, 23
Irene W. Pennington Planetarium - WordPress.com
Lyrids meteor shower. The Lyrids is an average shower, usually producing about 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by dust particles left behind by comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, which was discovered in 1861. The shower runs annually from April 16-25. It peaks this year on the night of the night ...
Lyrid Meteor Shower Could Dazzle With 15-20 Shooting Stars Per Hour
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
Skywatchers can also just find a personal viewing spot that's nice and dark. The Lyrids originate in the constellation Lyra, northeast of Vega. NASA says it's best to lie down with your feet facing east and wait half an hour for your eyes to adjust. The Lyrid meteor shower happens each year around this time ...
Ukrainians will be able to observe the peak of the meteor shower Lerida
www.MICEtimes.asia (press release)
In Kiev, the unique astronomical phenomenon will be visible from 21:00 on April 22 to 5:00 on April 23. On the night of 23 April, the Ukrainians will be able to observe the peak of the meteor shower Lerida – first spring Starfall this year. Launched a unique astronomical phenomenon of the 16th and will ...
Lyrid meteor shower visible tonight
WKOW
MADISON (WKOW) - Though the Lyrid meteor shower reached its peak last night, viewing conditions are much more favorable tonight with your 27 Storm Track forecast calling for mostly ... The best time to view the meteor shower is between 2-5 am CT early Monday morning when the sky is darkest.
Capulin Volcano to host meteor shower viewing
Huerfano World Journal
CAPULIN — Capulin Volcano National Monument announces its first night sky viewing event of the season, weather permitting, on Sunday, April 22, 9 to 11 pm for the Lyrid's Meteor Shower. New Mexico's night sky is a cultural treasure that many have viewed in awe and appreciation. Due to minimal ...
APOD: 2018 April 22 - Meteor Over Crater Lake
Apod - NASA
One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is typically less than the time it takes for a head to turn. Possibly, though, the glory of seeing bright meteors shoot across and knowing that they were once small granules on another world ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, RMark B. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, apeared to be close by headed toward Fairview where i live. Location. Address, Fairview, UT. Latitude, 39° 55' 12.5'' N (39.920138°). Longitude, 111° 32' 47.59'' W (-111.546553°). Elevation, 1652.871m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Kevin T. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, I didn't see the end of the fireball as my view was blocked by trees. Location. Address, Las Vegas, NV. Latitude, 36° 12' 17.61'' N (36.204893°). Longitude, 115° 19' 11.59'' W (-115.319885°). Elevation, 872.271m. Time and Duration. Local Date ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21APR2018
How to See This Weekend's Lyrid Meteor Shower
MSN.com
You'll want to look beyond our planet this Earth Day. The Lyrid meteor shower will peak in the early hours of Sunday, April 22, lighting up the sky with 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour. Added bonus: The sky will be purely dark for prime meteor viewing in the hours before dawn because the moon will set ...
When does the Lyrid meteor shower 2018 peak? Here's the best time to witness the dazzling ...
Mirror.co.uk
Stargazers are getting ready for one of the oldest meteor showers on the astronomical calendar. The Lyrids tgake place every April and, if conditions stay as they are at the moment, all of us in the UK will be in for a dazzling display. On a clear night, it's possible to see up to 20 meteors - also known as ...
Lyrid meteor shower peaks early Sunday morning
nbc25news.com
This meteor shower happens every year when Earth's orbit passes through tiny pieces of debris left behind by Comet Thatcher. In some years, Earth will pass through an unusually dense patch of debris, which can cause an outburst of Lyrid meteors, but 2018 is not predicted to be one of those years.
MSN.com
You'll want to look beyond our planet this Earth Day. The Lyrid meteor shower will peak in the early hours of Sunday, April 22, lighting up the sky with 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour. Added bonus: The sky will be purely dark for prime meteor viewing in the hours before dawn because the moon will set ...
When does the Lyrid meteor shower 2018 peak? Here's the best time to witness the dazzling ...
Mirror.co.uk
Stargazers are getting ready for one of the oldest meteor showers on the astronomical calendar. The Lyrids tgake place every April and, if conditions stay as they are at the moment, all of us in the UK will be in for a dazzling display. On a clear night, it's possible to see up to 20 meteors - also known as ...
Lyrid meteor shower peaks early Sunday morning
nbc25news.com
This meteor shower happens every year when Earth's orbit passes through tiny pieces of debris left behind by Comet Thatcher. In some years, Earth will pass through an unusually dense patch of debris, which can cause an outburst of Lyrid meteors, but 2018 is not predicted to be one of those years.
- International Business Times
Eyes open: Meteor shower to light up Vietnamese skies this weekend
VnExpress International
The annual Lyrid meteor shower is expected to beguile astronomy enthusiasts with a light show across Vietnam this weekend. Astronomers have predicted that observers will be able to see 15 to 20 meteors per hour. Dang Vu Tuan Son, chairman of the Vietnam Amateur Astronomy Club, said the best ...
Lyrid Meteor Shower 2018: How, When and Where to Catch the Peak Moment
Newsweek
Stargazers should head outside the evening of April 21 if they want to catch the best glimpse of our galaxy's oldest meteor shower. Although the Lyrid shower began earlier in the week, it will hit its peak before dawn on Sunday. In order to witness the annual event, viewers should head outdoors when it's ...
Gran asteroide casi choca contra la Tierra y la Nasa ni siquiera lo vio
Prensa Libre
En 2013 un meteorito cayó en una localidad poblada de Rusia. El sitio destaca que su onda expansiva dejó unos mil 500 heridos en el poblado de Cheliabinsk. Sin embargo, destaca la publicación, el cuerpo celeste de este domingo tiene un diámetro seis veces mayor que el del 2013, lo que dispara ...
Stishovite, SiO2, a very high pressure new mineral from Meteor Crater, Arizona
AGU Publications - Wiley
Stishovite, SiO2, a very high pressure new mineral from Meteor Crater, Arizona. E. C. T. Chao · Search for more papers by this author · J. J. Fahey · Search for more papers by this author · Janet Littler · Search for more papers by this author · D. J. Milton · Search for more papers by this author.
Meteor Scientists Analyse Data for Natural History Museum
William Perkin CofE High School
Meteor scientists have been analysing all the meteor data uploaded from the school computer, captured by our camera on the roof of the school. All the data they hone each month will go up on Twitter by Dr Ashley King from The Natural History Museum, which goes round the world, via their contacts, ...
Event 1496-2018
Fireball event
We received 6 reports about a fireball seen over Baden-Württemberg, Thüringen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Grand Est and Bourgogne Franche-Comté on Friday, April 20th 2018 around 19:45 UT. The trajectory displayed on the map and the KML file has been automatically computed based on all the witness ...
Event 1490-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1490-2018 KML. AMS received 13 reports about a fireball seen over MO, IA, IL and Missouri on Friday, April 20th 2018 around 03:15 UT. D. Sound. 9 no. C. Sound. 11 no. Frag. 1 yes. 8 no. Twitter0. 13 Reports. a - Gary M. Level 4. b - Patrick A. Level 3. c - Mona M. Level 1. d - Angi S.
Event 1483-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1483-2018 KML. AMS received 49 reports about a fireball seen over NY, PA, DE, NJ, CT, MD, New York, New Jersey and VA on Friday, April 20th 2018 around 00:48 UT. D. Sound. 1 yes. 39 no. C. Sound. 1 yes. 43 no. Frag. 6 yes. 32 no. Google+0. Twitter0. Stumbleupon0. 49 Reports ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Eyes open: Meteor shower to light up Vietnamese skies this weekend
VnExpress International
The annual Lyrid meteor shower is expected to beguile astronomy enthusiasts with a light show across Vietnam this weekend. Astronomers have predicted that observers will be able to see 15 to 20 meteors per hour. Dang Vu Tuan Son, chairman of the Vietnam Amateur Astronomy Club, said the best ...
Lyrid Meteor Shower 2018: How, When and Where to Catch the Peak Moment
Newsweek
Stargazers should head outside the evening of April 21 if they want to catch the best glimpse of our galaxy's oldest meteor shower. Although the Lyrid shower began earlier in the week, it will hit its peak before dawn on Sunday. In order to witness the annual event, viewers should head outdoors when it's ...
Gran asteroide casi choca contra la Tierra y la Nasa ni siquiera lo vio
Prensa Libre
En 2013 un meteorito cayó en una localidad poblada de Rusia. El sitio destaca que su onda expansiva dejó unos mil 500 heridos en el poblado de Cheliabinsk. Sin embargo, destaca la publicación, el cuerpo celeste de este domingo tiene un diámetro seis veces mayor que el del 2013, lo que dispara ...
Stishovite, SiO2, a very high pressure new mineral from Meteor Crater, Arizona
AGU Publications - Wiley
Stishovite, SiO2, a very high pressure new mineral from Meteor Crater, Arizona. E. C. T. Chao · Search for more papers by this author · J. J. Fahey · Search for more papers by this author · Janet Littler · Search for more papers by this author · D. J. Milton · Search for more papers by this author.
Meteor Scientists Analyse Data for Natural History Museum
William Perkin CofE High School
Meteor scientists have been analysing all the meteor data uploaded from the school computer, captured by our camera on the roof of the school. All the data they hone each month will go up on Twitter by Dr Ashley King from The Natural History Museum, which goes round the world, via their contacts, ...
Event 1496-2018
Fireball event
We received 6 reports about a fireball seen over Baden-Württemberg, Thüringen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Grand Est and Bourgogne Franche-Comté on Friday, April 20th 2018 around 19:45 UT. The trajectory displayed on the map and the KML file has been automatically computed based on all the witness ...
Event 1490-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1490-2018 KML. AMS received 13 reports about a fireball seen over MO, IA, IL and Missouri on Friday, April 20th 2018 around 03:15 UT. D. Sound. 9 no. C. Sound. 11 no. Frag. 1 yes. 8 no. Twitter0. 13 Reports. a - Gary M. Level 4. b - Patrick A. Level 3. c - Mona M. Level 1. d - Angi S.
Event 1483-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1483-2018 KML. AMS received 49 reports about a fireball seen over NY, PA, DE, NJ, CT, MD, New York, New Jersey and VA on Friday, April 20th 2018 around 00:48 UT. D. Sound. 1 yes. 39 no. C. Sound. 1 yes. 43 no. Frag. 6 yes. 32 no. Google+0. Twitter0. Stumbleupon0. 49 Reports ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
20 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20APR2018
Fireball lights up the New Jersey sky
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio
TRENTON — A bright meteor described as "bright and beautiful" streaked across the sky over New Jersey on Thursday. "I was driving Route 206 North just south of the Somerville Circle just before 9 p.m., and I saw something streak across the sky, with a pretty bright ball with a long tail. Then it just went ...
Did you see this meteor last night?
Bay Post/Moruya Examiner
Mt Stromlo Observatory confirmed reports of a meteor. ... Mt Stromlo Observatory in the ACT caught the meteor on camera, coming from the west and travelling to the north. ... The meteor last night was clearly visible from Kiama, there have been a number of first-hand reports from amazed star gazers.
Did you see this meteor last night?
Milton Ulladulla Times
The bluish-green meteor streaked the sky with a long tail. ... Mt Stromlo Observatory in the ACT caught the meteor on camera, coming from the west and travelling to the north. “It was a small meteor, about 20cm in diameter, made of very dense iron,” Stromlo observatory spokesman Brad Tucker said.
Meteorite Diamonds Confirm Protoplanets Once Existed in Our Solar System
ExtremeTech
One problem with researching the formation of the solar system is finding material that's existed for more than four billion years. Much of our understanding of this time period comes from studying asteroids and the meteors that fall to Earth. On this planet, plate tectonics and surface weathering have ...
How to See the 2018 Lyrid Meteor Shower
National Geographic
The rates can change so dramatically because of the way meteor showers work. Like bugs hitting the windshield of a fast-moving car, meteors pelt Earth when the planet passes through a particularly dense part of the stream of debris left behind by a comet. (Here's why Isaac Newton believed a comet ...
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks Saturday night: Viewing tips
Washington Post
Ever wish upon a shooting star? If not, Saturday night into Sunday morning you'll have the chance to wish on your very own, as the Lyrid meteor shower graces the skies above the United States. At its peak, up to 20 meteors per hour will spark across the heavens overnight Saturday into Sunday. Though ...
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio
TRENTON — A bright meteor described as "bright and beautiful" streaked across the sky over New Jersey on Thursday. "I was driving Route 206 North just south of the Somerville Circle just before 9 p.m., and I saw something streak across the sky, with a pretty bright ball with a long tail. Then it just went ...
Did you see this meteor last night?
Bay Post/Moruya Examiner
Mt Stromlo Observatory confirmed reports of a meteor. ... Mt Stromlo Observatory in the ACT caught the meteor on camera, coming from the west and travelling to the north. ... The meteor last night was clearly visible from Kiama, there have been a number of first-hand reports from amazed star gazers.
Did you see this meteor last night?
Milton Ulladulla Times
The bluish-green meteor streaked the sky with a long tail. ... Mt Stromlo Observatory in the ACT caught the meteor on camera, coming from the west and travelling to the north. “It was a small meteor, about 20cm in diameter, made of very dense iron,” Stromlo observatory spokesman Brad Tucker said.
Meteorite Diamonds Confirm Protoplanets Once Existed in Our Solar System
ExtremeTech
One problem with researching the formation of the solar system is finding material that's existed for more than four billion years. Much of our understanding of this time period comes from studying asteroids and the meteors that fall to Earth. On this planet, plate tectonics and surface weathering have ...
How to See the 2018 Lyrid Meteor Shower
National Geographic
The rates can change so dramatically because of the way meteor showers work. Like bugs hitting the windshield of a fast-moving car, meteors pelt Earth when the planet passes through a particularly dense part of the stream of debris left behind by a comet. (Here's why Isaac Newton believed a comet ...
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks Saturday night: Viewing tips
Washington Post
Ever wish upon a shooting star? If not, Saturday night into Sunday morning you'll have the chance to wish on your very own, as the Lyrid meteor shower graces the skies above the United States. At its peak, up to 20 meteors per hour will spark across the heavens overnight Saturday into Sunday. Though ...
- Khaleej Times
Look Up! Lyrid Meteor Shower Will Peak Saturday Night
MSN.com
The annual Lyrid meteor shower will have its biggest display this weekend. Tony Spitz has the details.
Lyrid meteor shower: What time will it peak? What to expect
Express.co.uk
Considered one of the strongest meteor showers in the celestial calendar, the Lyrids are usually active between April 16 and 26. The shooting stars move very quickly with around 20 to 25 per cent leaving “persistent trains”, according to Space.com. They originate from particle dust shed by Comet ...
Look up this weekend! Lyrid meteor shower will light up the sky as it peaks on Sunday morning ...
Daily Mail
The annual Lyrid Meteor Shower will streak across the skies this weekend; Experts say the most 'shooting stars' will be visible early morning on Sunday; The debris come from the comet Thatcher, which isn't expected to make a trip back to our solar system until 2276, after a 415-year orbital period.
Meteor Crater Field Camp
NASA Astrobiology
Applications now being accepted. The Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater is a week long field class and research project based at Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona, more popularly known as Meteor Crater. The goal of the field camp will be to introduce students to impact cratering ...
Perseid Meteor Shower
Macon County Conservation District
Perseid Meteor Shower. Griswold Conservation Area Sat, Aug 11, 2018 10:00 pm - 11:59 pm. What's the difference between a meteor and a meteorite? Learn this and more as we explore the cosmos, make s'mores, and watch some 'shooting stars.' Free. Register online by August 10. Register Online for ...
Phys. Rev. 74, 1875 (1948) - Diurnal Variations of Meteor Trails
aps.org
Diurnal Variations of Meteor Trails. Charles A. Little, Jr. Phys. Rev. 74, 1875 – Published 15 December 1948. More. ×. Article · References; No Citing Articles. Article, References · PDFExport Citation. Abstract, Authors, References. Abstract: Authors: References ...
Events in 2018 1479-2018 KML
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1479-2018 KML. AMS received 14 reports about a fireball seen over NY, Pennsylvania, DE, NJ, CT, New York and PA on Friday, April 20th 2018 around 00:44 UT. D. Sound. 1 yes. 13 no. C. Sound. 14 no. Frag. 1 yes. 11 no. Twitter0. 14 Reports. a - Anuraj B. Level 1. b - C. Level 2.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Look Up! Lyrid Meteor Shower Will Peak Saturday Night
MSN.com
The annual Lyrid meteor shower will have its biggest display this weekend. Tony Spitz has the details.
Lyrid meteor shower: What time will it peak? What to expect
Express.co.uk
Considered one of the strongest meteor showers in the celestial calendar, the Lyrids are usually active between April 16 and 26. The shooting stars move very quickly with around 20 to 25 per cent leaving “persistent trains”, according to Space.com. They originate from particle dust shed by Comet ...
Look up this weekend! Lyrid meteor shower will light up the sky as it peaks on Sunday morning ...
Daily Mail
The annual Lyrid Meteor Shower will streak across the skies this weekend; Experts say the most 'shooting stars' will be visible early morning on Sunday; The debris come from the comet Thatcher, which isn't expected to make a trip back to our solar system until 2276, after a 415-year orbital period.
Meteor Crater Field Camp
NASA Astrobiology
Applications now being accepted. The Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater is a week long field class and research project based at Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona, more popularly known as Meteor Crater. The goal of the field camp will be to introduce students to impact cratering ...
Perseid Meteor Shower
Macon County Conservation District
Perseid Meteor Shower. Griswold Conservation Area Sat, Aug 11, 2018 10:00 pm - 11:59 pm. What's the difference between a meteor and a meteorite? Learn this and more as we explore the cosmos, make s'mores, and watch some 'shooting stars.' Free. Register online by August 10. Register Online for ...
Phys. Rev. 74, 1875 (1948) - Diurnal Variations of Meteor Trails
aps.org
Diurnal Variations of Meteor Trails. Charles A. Little, Jr. Phys. Rev. 74, 1875 – Published 15 December 1948. More. ×. Article · References; No Citing Articles. Article, References · PDFExport Citation. Abstract, Authors, References. Abstract: Authors: References ...
Events in 2018 1479-2018 KML
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1479-2018 KML. AMS received 14 reports about a fireball seen over NY, Pennsylvania, DE, NJ, CT, New York and PA on Friday, April 20th 2018 around 00:44 UT. D. Sound. 1 yes. 13 no. C. Sound. 14 no. Frag. 1 yes. 11 no. Twitter0. 14 Reports. a - Anuraj B. Level 1. b - C. Level 2.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
19 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19APR2018
Bright meteor fireball observed over Spain
Sott
YouTube user 'Meteors' reported a bright meteor over Spain on April 16, 2018. It may have been produced by a fragment from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 100.000 km/h. The event begun at an altitude of about 100 km and ended at a...
Did you see this meteor last night?
Milton Ulladulla Times
Mt Stromlo Observatory confirmed reports of a meteor. This picture captures the meteor (top left) travelling from the west to the north at 7.34pm. Picture courtesy of Mt Stromlo Observatory. A meteor lit up the skies in south eastern NSW at 7.34pm on Thursday. The bluish-green meteor streaked the sky ...
The Lyrid meteor shower is back. Here's how to see the shooting stars
NBCNews.com
Like all meteor showers, the Lyrids are caused by fast-moving bits of space debris that create bright streaks when they collide with Earth's atmosphere and burn up. In this case, the debris comes from a comet known as C/1861 G1 Thatcher (Comet Thatcher for short) as it orbits the sun. The Lyrids aren't ...
04/20/2018 – Ephemeris – Astronomy Day and the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog - WordPress.com
04/20/2018 – Ephemeris – Astronomy Day and the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend. April 20, 2018 bobmoler Leave a comment Go to comments. Ephemeris for Friday, April 20th. The Sun rises at 6:50. It'll be up for 13 hours and 44 minutes, setting at 8:34. The Moon, 2 days before first quarter, will set ...
A search for thermal radiation from meteor trails
AGU Publications - Wiley
A theoretical analysis of the probability of detection of infrared radiation from a meteor trail, in the range 0.9 to 2.5 μ, using equipment at ground level, indicates that no more than one sporadic meteor is likely to be detected in 350 hours of observing. The rate may improve briefly during the peak of a ...
Effect of the Moon on terrestrial meteor rates
AGU Publications - Wiley
Abstract. An analysis of meteor rate data obtained at Christchurch, New Zealand, indicates that the existence of any lunar influence is doubtful. Citing Literature ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 21-27, 2018
American Meteor Society
As the week progresses the waxing gibbous moon will seriously impede on meteor viewing as it sets later in the morning with each passing night. The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is 2 as seen from mid-northern latitude (45N) and 3 from the southern tropics (25S).
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Sott
YouTube user 'Meteors' reported a bright meteor over Spain on April 16, 2018. It may have been produced by a fragment from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 100.000 km/h. The event begun at an altitude of about 100 km and ended at a...
Did you see this meteor last night?
Milton Ulladulla Times
Mt Stromlo Observatory confirmed reports of a meteor. This picture captures the meteor (top left) travelling from the west to the north at 7.34pm. Picture courtesy of Mt Stromlo Observatory. A meteor lit up the skies in south eastern NSW at 7.34pm on Thursday. The bluish-green meteor streaked the sky ...
The Lyrid meteor shower is back. Here's how to see the shooting stars
NBCNews.com
Like all meteor showers, the Lyrids are caused by fast-moving bits of space debris that create bright streaks when they collide with Earth's atmosphere and burn up. In this case, the debris comes from a comet known as C/1861 G1 Thatcher (Comet Thatcher for short) as it orbits the sun. The Lyrids aren't ...
04/20/2018 – Ephemeris – Astronomy Day and the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog - WordPress.com
04/20/2018 – Ephemeris – Astronomy Day and the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend. April 20, 2018 bobmoler Leave a comment Go to comments. Ephemeris for Friday, April 20th. The Sun rises at 6:50. It'll be up for 13 hours and 44 minutes, setting at 8:34. The Moon, 2 days before first quarter, will set ...
A search for thermal radiation from meteor trails
AGU Publications - Wiley
A theoretical analysis of the probability of detection of infrared radiation from a meteor trail, in the range 0.9 to 2.5 μ, using equipment at ground level, indicates that no more than one sporadic meteor is likely to be detected in 350 hours of observing. The rate may improve briefly during the peak of a ...
Effect of the Moon on terrestrial meteor rates
AGU Publications - Wiley
Abstract. An analysis of meteor rate data obtained at Christchurch, New Zealand, indicates that the existence of any lunar influence is doubtful. Citing Literature ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 21-27, 2018
American Meteor Society
As the week progresses the waxing gibbous moon will seriously impede on meteor viewing as it sets later in the morning with each passing night. The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is 2 as seen from mid-northern latitude (45N) and 3 from the southern tropics (25S).
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
18 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18APR2018
Diamonds in Almahata Sitta Meteorite
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/meteorite-diamonds-planet-1.4619284
Außerirdische Diamanten aus der Urzeit
Tagesspiegel
... fand eine eilig entsendete Forscherexpedition schließlich fast 300 der Bruchstücke im Wüstensand. Insgesamt vier Kilogramm gibt es seitdem von dem Meteoriten, genannt „Almahata Sitta“ nach einer nahe gelegenen Bahnstation. Jetzt gibt das Gestein Einblick in die Anfänge des Sonnensystems.
Diamonds from meteorite may be from lost planet, study says
CBS News
BERLIN -- Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar system, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers from Switzerland, France and Germany examined diamonds found inside the Almahata ...
These diamonds are tiny, flawed, and may come from a long-lost planet
Popular Science
In 2008, a rock laced with tiny diamonds hurtled through miles of thickening nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide, its exterior heating up as it raced through the thick air. A telescope tracked its progress, watching as the asteroid-turned-meteor exploded. The violent burst 23 miles above the ground sent ...
Diamonds found in mysterious meteorite originated from a lost planet from the early Solar System
- Mirror.co.uk
Scientists Say Diamonds From A Meteor Prove The Existence Of a Long-Lost Planet
Advocator
The Nubian Desert has holding a surprise for scientists that were looking for a meteor fallen north of Sudan. Inside that meteor, there are specks of diamonds! A new scientific report argues that these diamonds were formed inside a planet that was alive at the beginning of the solar system. Looking at the ...
Stunning space diamonds discovery: Mysterious meteorite came from 'lost planet'
Fox News
In January, a meteor made headlines when it flashed across the sky in Michigan. The blazing fireball sent meteorite hunters scrambling to find fragments of ... When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere it is known as a meteor. Earlier this week an asteroid the size of a football field made a “surprise” ...
meteor head radio echoes
Vox Charta
Comments: International Meteor Conference 2017. Originally posted 04/16/2018. EP. The French FRIPON (Fireball Recovery and Interplanetary Observation Network) programme relies on a video cameras network associated to radio sensors running in a radar multistatic configuration to observe ...
An Unexpected Asteroid Buzzed by Earth Last Sunday
Smithsonian
A meteor that blew up over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013, for example, resulted in nearly 1,500 injuries and thousands of buildings damaged. But the fragments of space rock didn't directly hit anyone. Rather, as Katherine Hignett reports for Newsweek, experts believe the explosion caused a shockwave, ...
The Lyrid Shower Kicks Off Year of Great Meteor Watching
Sky & Telescope
Most meteor showers originate with comets, and the Lyrids are no exception. Its parent is the long-period Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1), which orbits the Sun every 415 years. New York amateur A. E. Thatcher discovered it with his 4.3-inch refractor on April 6, 1861. Six years later, Johann Gottfried Galle ...
Qatar's Sky Witnesses Lyrid Meteor Shower
OANA NEWS
Doha, April 18 (QNA) - Qatar Calendar House announced that residents of Qatar and the rest of the countries of the northern part of the Earth will witness Lyrid Meteor Shower this year, next Sunday, and until the dawn of the next day. Astronomer at the Qatari Calendar House Dr. Bashir Marzouk said that ...
The 2018 Australian Lyrid Meteor Shower, Morning 23 April
Astroblog
Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The 2018 Australian Lyrid Meteor Shower, Morning 23 April. The morning sky looking north as seen from Brisbane at 5:00 am AEST on April 23. The Lyrid radiant is marked with a starburst. It is quite close to the obvious bright star Vega low above the northern horizon.
Lunar influence on meteor rates
AGU Publications - Wiley
Lunar influence on meteor rates. D. M. Brierley · Search for more papers by this author · J. G. Davies · Search for more papers by this author · D. M. Brierley · Search for more papers by this author · J. G. Davies · Search for more papers by this author. First published: 15 November 1963.
Arizona's Meteor Crater Interactive Discovery Center Updated With Alcorn McBride
Live Design
While Arizona is well known for the spectacular Grand Canyon, there's another natural phenomena that attracts visitors from around the world to the northern Arizona desert. Meteor Crater is the best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. The result of the collision between an asteroid and Earth ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/meteorite-diamonds-planet-1.4619284
Außerirdische Diamanten aus der Urzeit
Tagesspiegel
... fand eine eilig entsendete Forscherexpedition schließlich fast 300 der Bruchstücke im Wüstensand. Insgesamt vier Kilogramm gibt es seitdem von dem Meteoriten, genannt „Almahata Sitta“ nach einer nahe gelegenen Bahnstation. Jetzt gibt das Gestein Einblick in die Anfänge des Sonnensystems.
Diamonds from meteorite may be from lost planet, study says
CBS News
BERLIN -- Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar system, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers from Switzerland, France and Germany examined diamonds found inside the Almahata ...
These diamonds are tiny, flawed, and may come from a long-lost planet
Popular Science
In 2008, a rock laced with tiny diamonds hurtled through miles of thickening nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide, its exterior heating up as it raced through the thick air. A telescope tracked its progress, watching as the asteroid-turned-meteor exploded. The violent burst 23 miles above the ground sent ...
Diamonds found in mysterious meteorite originated from a lost planet from the early Solar System
- Mirror.co.uk
Scientists Say Diamonds From A Meteor Prove The Existence Of a Long-Lost Planet
Advocator
The Nubian Desert has holding a surprise for scientists that were looking for a meteor fallen north of Sudan. Inside that meteor, there are specks of diamonds! A new scientific report argues that these diamonds were formed inside a planet that was alive at the beginning of the solar system. Looking at the ...
Stunning space diamonds discovery: Mysterious meteorite came from 'lost planet'
Fox News
In January, a meteor made headlines when it flashed across the sky in Michigan. The blazing fireball sent meteorite hunters scrambling to find fragments of ... When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere it is known as a meteor. Earlier this week an asteroid the size of a football field made a “surprise” ...
meteor head radio echoes
Vox Charta
Comments: International Meteor Conference 2017. Originally posted 04/16/2018. EP. The French FRIPON (Fireball Recovery and Interplanetary Observation Network) programme relies on a video cameras network associated to radio sensors running in a radar multistatic configuration to observe ...
An Unexpected Asteroid Buzzed by Earth Last Sunday
Smithsonian
A meteor that blew up over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013, for example, resulted in nearly 1,500 injuries and thousands of buildings damaged. But the fragments of space rock didn't directly hit anyone. Rather, as Katherine Hignett reports for Newsweek, experts believe the explosion caused a shockwave, ...
The Lyrid Shower Kicks Off Year of Great Meteor Watching
Sky & Telescope
Most meteor showers originate with comets, and the Lyrids are no exception. Its parent is the long-period Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1), which orbits the Sun every 415 years. New York amateur A. E. Thatcher discovered it with his 4.3-inch refractor on April 6, 1861. Six years later, Johann Gottfried Galle ...
Qatar's Sky Witnesses Lyrid Meteor Shower
OANA NEWS
Doha, April 18 (QNA) - Qatar Calendar House announced that residents of Qatar and the rest of the countries of the northern part of the Earth will witness Lyrid Meteor Shower this year, next Sunday, and until the dawn of the next day. Astronomer at the Qatari Calendar House Dr. Bashir Marzouk said that ...
The 2018 Australian Lyrid Meteor Shower, Morning 23 April
Astroblog
Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The 2018 Australian Lyrid Meteor Shower, Morning 23 April. The morning sky looking north as seen from Brisbane at 5:00 am AEST on April 23. The Lyrid radiant is marked with a starburst. It is quite close to the obvious bright star Vega low above the northern horizon.
Lunar influence on meteor rates
AGU Publications - Wiley
Lunar influence on meteor rates. D. M. Brierley · Search for more papers by this author · J. G. Davies · Search for more papers by this author · D. M. Brierley · Search for more papers by this author · J. G. Davies · Search for more papers by this author. First published: 15 November 1963.
Arizona's Meteor Crater Interactive Discovery Center Updated With Alcorn McBride
Live Design
While Arizona is well known for the spectacular Grand Canyon, there's another natural phenomena that attracts visitors from around the world to the northern Arizona desert. Meteor Crater is the best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. The result of the collision between an asteroid and Earth ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
17 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17APR2018
'Tunguska'-Size Asteroid Makes Surprise Flyby of Earth
Space.com
This newfound asteroid is three to six times as big as another recent meteor, the one that broke up over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013. That object injured more than 1,200 people and damaged thousands of buildings up to 58 miles (93 km) away from the impact site. "If 2018 GE3 had hit Earth, it would ...
Sneaky Asteroid Skimmed Past Earth Just Hours After Detection
Newsweek
Potentially larger than the Statue of Liberty in New York, the asteroid was up to five times the size of the Chelyabinsk meteor that struck the skies above Russia in 2013. 4_16_Asteroid Ida Asteroid Ida, a large asteroid in the Koronis family of the asteroid belt, is depicted. Unlike 2018 GE3, this asteroid ...
An Asteroid Came Within 119500 Miles Of Earth & Scientists Didn't Spot It Until Hours Before It ...
Bustle
EarthSky reports that the asteroid was about 157 to 361 feet in diameter, which makes it significantly larger than the infamous Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February 2013. Later that year, The Guardian reported the Chelyabinsk meteor, which was about 20 meters wide, ...
An Asteroid The Size Of A Football Field Just Sailed Past Earth And No One Noticed Until After It ...
Tech Times
An asteroid the size of a football field skimmed Earth on Saturday, and no one knew that it was coming until after it had passed. It was bigger than the meteor that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk five years ago. It came between the Earth and the moon.
Fine-scale observations of the Doppler frequency shifts affecting meteor head radio echoes
arXiv
affecting meteor head radio echoes. Jean-Louis Rault1, Mirel Birlan2, Cyril Blanpain3, Sylvain Bouley4, Stéphane Caminade4, François. Colas2, Jérôme Gattacceca5, Simon Jeanne2, Julien Lecubin3, Adrien Malgoyre3, Chiara Marmo4,. Jérémie Vaubaillon2, Pierre Vernazza6, Brigitte Zanda7.
A dazzling annual meteor shower starts this week — here's how to watch it
Business Insider
The dazzling Lyrid meteor shower is starting this week. The annual shower, which happens between April 16 and 25 each year, occurs when the Earth passes through the tail of a comet. While meteor showers are difficult to accurately predict, you'll probably get your best glimpse of it in the early morning ...
The Great Leonids Meteor Storm of 1833
Astronomy Trek
The Leonids Meteor Storm of 1833 was one of the most spectacular astronomical sights ever seen in the modern era, with many people believing that the world was coming to an end. It also occurred at a time before electric street lights had been invented, and the Moon had set in the early evening ...
NASA Basically Missed a Huge Asteroid That Passed Unnervingly Close to Earth
ScienceAlert
Around 50-100 m in diameter, it was several times the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, around the size of the 1908 Tunguska event ~ easily enough to destroy a city. We had less than a day's warning. ( Michael Jäger) pic.twitter.com/kElrxBiUoB. — Andrew Rader (@marsrader) April 16, 2018. The situation is ...
Weekend Asteroid Flyby Confirms We're Worrying About the Wrong Space Rocks
Gizmodo
That same NASA FAQ page does say that a meteor like Chelyabinsk should only strike once or twice a century, and bigger objects would be several times rarer. But they make it clear: “Given the current incompleteness of the [near-Earth object] catalogue, an unpredicted impact—such as the ...
Diamonds that fell to Earth came from long-lost planet, researchers say
National Post
Specks of diamond inside a meteor that fell from space into the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan were formed inside a long-lost planet in the early years of the solar system, according to a new scientific report. The surprisingly large size of these extraterrestrial gemstones is the first compelling and direct ...
A 300 Kg Satellite S Traveling At 8 Km/s Is Hit By...
Chegg
A 300 kg satellite S traveling at 8 km/s is hit by a 2kg meteor M traveling at 16km/s. The meteor is embedded in the satellite by the impact. Determine the magnitude of the velocity of their common canter of mass after the impact and angle theta between the path of the center of mass and the original path ...
thatcher
International Meteor Organization
April 15, 2018 by Robert Lunsford -. Latest Major Fireball Events. Everyday, we receive reports about Fireballs. Here are some of the latest major Fireball Events: 12Apr 27 reports (KY, MS...) 8Apr 53 reports · 30Mar 28 reports (WI, IL...) 28Mar 29 reports (MI & OH). 28Mar 34 reports (NC, VA...) 28Mar 75 ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
This report has been submitted with a video and a photo that will be both reviewed by our team ASAP. Observer. Name, Joseph G. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, meteor appeared about 3 degrees above Jupiter heading South through Libra. Location. Address, Lakeland, FL. Latitude, 28° 0' 3.72'' N ...
Events in 2018 1400-2018 KML
Fireball event
We received 27 reports about a fireball seen over KY, MS, AR, TN, AL and MO on Thursday, April 12th 2018 around 10:59 UT. The trajectory displayed on the map and the KML file has been automatically computed based on all the witness reports and may not be the most optimized.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Space.com
This newfound asteroid is three to six times as big as another recent meteor, the one that broke up over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013. That object injured more than 1,200 people and damaged thousands of buildings up to 58 miles (93 km) away from the impact site. "If 2018 GE3 had hit Earth, it would ...
Sneaky Asteroid Skimmed Past Earth Just Hours After Detection
Newsweek
Potentially larger than the Statue of Liberty in New York, the asteroid was up to five times the size of the Chelyabinsk meteor that struck the skies above Russia in 2013. 4_16_Asteroid Ida Asteroid Ida, a large asteroid in the Koronis family of the asteroid belt, is depicted. Unlike 2018 GE3, this asteroid ...
An Asteroid Came Within 119500 Miles Of Earth & Scientists Didn't Spot It Until Hours Before It ...
Bustle
EarthSky reports that the asteroid was about 157 to 361 feet in diameter, which makes it significantly larger than the infamous Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February 2013. Later that year, The Guardian reported the Chelyabinsk meteor, which was about 20 meters wide, ...
An Asteroid The Size Of A Football Field Just Sailed Past Earth And No One Noticed Until After It ...
Tech Times
An asteroid the size of a football field skimmed Earth on Saturday, and no one knew that it was coming until after it had passed. It was bigger than the meteor that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk five years ago. It came between the Earth and the moon.
Fine-scale observations of the Doppler frequency shifts affecting meteor head radio echoes
arXiv
affecting meteor head radio echoes. Jean-Louis Rault1, Mirel Birlan2, Cyril Blanpain3, Sylvain Bouley4, Stéphane Caminade4, François. Colas2, Jérôme Gattacceca5, Simon Jeanne2, Julien Lecubin3, Adrien Malgoyre3, Chiara Marmo4,. Jérémie Vaubaillon2, Pierre Vernazza6, Brigitte Zanda7.
A dazzling annual meteor shower starts this week — here's how to watch it
Business Insider
The dazzling Lyrid meteor shower is starting this week. The annual shower, which happens between April 16 and 25 each year, occurs when the Earth passes through the tail of a comet. While meteor showers are difficult to accurately predict, you'll probably get your best glimpse of it in the early morning ...
The Great Leonids Meteor Storm of 1833
Astronomy Trek
The Leonids Meteor Storm of 1833 was one of the most spectacular astronomical sights ever seen in the modern era, with many people believing that the world was coming to an end. It also occurred at a time before electric street lights had been invented, and the Moon had set in the early evening ...
NASA Basically Missed a Huge Asteroid That Passed Unnervingly Close to Earth
ScienceAlert
Around 50-100 m in diameter, it was several times the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, around the size of the 1908 Tunguska event ~ easily enough to destroy a city. We had less than a day's warning. ( Michael Jäger) pic.twitter.com/kElrxBiUoB. — Andrew Rader (@marsrader) April 16, 2018. The situation is ...
Weekend Asteroid Flyby Confirms We're Worrying About the Wrong Space Rocks
Gizmodo
That same NASA FAQ page does say that a meteor like Chelyabinsk should only strike once or twice a century, and bigger objects would be several times rarer. But they make it clear: “Given the current incompleteness of the [near-Earth object] catalogue, an unpredicted impact—such as the ...
Diamonds that fell to Earth came from long-lost planet, researchers say
National Post
Specks of diamond inside a meteor that fell from space into the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan were formed inside a long-lost planet in the early years of the solar system, according to a new scientific report. The surprisingly large size of these extraterrestrial gemstones is the first compelling and direct ...
A 300 Kg Satellite S Traveling At 8 Km/s Is Hit By...
Chegg
A 300 kg satellite S traveling at 8 km/s is hit by a 2kg meteor M traveling at 16km/s. The meteor is embedded in the satellite by the impact. Determine the magnitude of the velocity of their common canter of mass after the impact and angle theta between the path of the center of mass and the original path ...
thatcher
International Meteor Organization
April 15, 2018 by Robert Lunsford -. Latest Major Fireball Events. Everyday, we receive reports about Fireballs. Here are some of the latest major Fireball Events: 12Apr 27 reports (KY, MS...) 8Apr 53 reports · 30Mar 28 reports (WI, IL...) 28Mar 29 reports (MI & OH). 28Mar 34 reports (NC, VA...) 28Mar 75 ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
This report has been submitted with a video and a photo that will be both reviewed by our team ASAP. Observer. Name, Joseph G. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, meteor appeared about 3 degrees above Jupiter heading South through Libra. Location. Address, Lakeland, FL. Latitude, 28° 0' 3.72'' N ...
Events in 2018 1400-2018 KML
Fireball event
We received 27 reports about a fireball seen over KY, MS, AR, TN, AL and MO on Thursday, April 12th 2018 around 10:59 UT. The trajectory displayed on the map and the KML file has been automatically computed based on all the witness reports and may not be the most optimized.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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