The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15MAY2018

Asteroid Will Pass Between The Earth And The Moon Tuesday (Don't Panic)
NPR
The asteroid is passing Earth at a much farther distance than the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, which, as EarthSky notes, "entered Earth's atmosphere, ...

An Asteroid Will Hurtle Past Earth Tonight in Close Flyby 

- Smithsonian

Asteroid to skim Earth EVERY DAY this week… starting with 300ft 'lost' space rock TODAY
Daily Star
The space rock – dubbed Asteroid 2010 WC9 – will be roughly 126,000 miles from Earth at its closest point tonight. That's around half the moon's ...

Giant 'lost' asteroid poised for one of closest-ever approaches to Earth 

- RT

What is an asteroid, when will 2010 WC9 fly past Earth and could a meteor strike destroy the planet?
The Sun
NASA maintains a constant monitoring programme on asteroids, gigantic space rocks that can come close to Earth and even strike the planet.

An asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty discovered in 2010 will skim past Earth TODAY in the ...
Daily Mail
It is larger than the Chelyabinsk meteor, which smashed windows in multiple Russian cities when it broke up entering Earth's atmosphere in 2013.

An asteroid is set to hurtle past Earth on Tuesday in its closest approach for 300 years
Somerset Live
There is no chance of the meteor striking Earth - which is a good thing because although it's not that big, it is larger than the Chelyabinsk meteor that ...

Earth Comes Scarily Close to City Block-Sized Asteroid
Daily Beast
But that's not to say that 2010 WC9 wouldn't cause damage; the Chelyabinsk meteor shows that a seemingly ignorable piece of space debris can still ...

Close approach of 2010 WC9 on May 15
International Meteor Organization
Re-discovered on May 8th, 2018, 2010 WC9 is a 60-130 meter-large object than will pass at around 0.5 lunar distance from the Earth on May 15th, ...

Meteor Crater Archives
Linda Hall Library
Clair Patterson. by Sally Crosson | Jun 2, 2016 | Scientist of the Day |. Clair Patterson, an American geochemist, was born June 2, 1922. Patterson is ...

Solved: How are meteor showers linked to comets, and why do the...
Chegg
Chegg will be down for maintenance from 1-2 AM PST on May 16. We're always working hard to help you succeed by making regular updates. Thanks ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14MAY2018

Asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza to shoot past Earth TOMORROW
Express.co.uk
The asteroid in question, dubbed 2010 WC9, was first discovered in 2010 by astronomers using the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona. But shortly after it ...

Asteroid the size of a city block to give Earth a close shave
NBCNews.com
If it were made of rocky material, Ryan said, it might create a small crater and shatter windows — as happened in 2013, when a meteor entering the ...

An Asteroid the Size of the Statue of Liberty Will Whiz Past Earth Tomorrow. Here's How to See It
TIME
It is bigger than the Chelyabinsk meteor, which broke up entering the Earth's atmosphere five years ago in 2013. The Chelyabinsk meteor was two to ...

Asteroid size of a football field will miss hitting Earth by just 26000 miles tomorrow
The Sun
For example, it's much larger than the estimated size of the Chelyabinsk meteor, which in 2013 entered Earth's atmosphere, broke windows in six ...

Long-lost asteroid '2010 WC9' will buzz Earth TOMORROW - marking its closest pass for 300 years
Mirror.co.uk
There's no chance of the meteor striking Earth - which is a good thing because although it's not that big, it is larger than the Chelyabinsk meteor that ...

Jumbo Jet-Sized Asteroid Due to Whiz Past Planet on Tuesday Afternoon
Alaska Native News
... over Chelyabinsk, if one the size of 2010 WC9 made of iron were to hit the planet, it would leave a crater the size of Meteor Crater west of Winslow, ...

Asteroid set to narrowly miss Earth tomorrow. Here's how you can watch
Globalnews.ca
While this isn't a particularly large asteroid, it is larger than the Chelyabinsk meteor, which broke windows in six Russian cities and caused some ...

2010 WC9: Asteroid the Size of the Statue of Liberty Set to Skim Past Earth
Newsweek
It is much larger than the Chelyabinsk meteor that entered the skies above Russia in 2013, but its trajectory will not bring it close enough to penetrate ...

Flagstaff scientists track 775092 asteroids
Kdminer
The cameras can be used to trace the meteor's trajectory back to its possible origin in the solar system. Scientists help track all 775,092 known ...

Is it possible to image a meteor so the rock is visible?
Astronomy Stack Exchange
I was wondering what one would see if they were to look through a telescope tracking a meteor as it shot through the sky. Technology aside, would ...

15 Points
Chegg
Answer to [15 points] A small meteor approaches the Earth with impact parameter b and velocity v at infinity. Suppose that the rad...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13MAY2018

Bright meteor over Spain on 13 May at 0:09 local time (22:09 UT on
Earth Changing Extremities - WordPress.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMtscQxf4ao&feature=em-uploademail.

An Asteroid will pass at around half's the moon distance on 15th of May
Science Examiner
But, it is bigger than the estimated size of the Chelyabinsk meteor, which entered Earth's environment, breaking windows in six Russian urban areas ...

Asteroid Possibly Longer Than Football Field Will Soon Have Near-Earth Encounter
Tech Times
Compared to other asteroids, 2010 WC9 is not a large one, but it is likely bigger that the Chelyabinsk meteor, which was initially estimated to be 65 ...

An Asteroid The Size Of The Statue Of Liberty Will Graze Past Us On May 15 — And You Can ...
The Inquisitr
The Minor Planet Center indicates that 2010 WC9 is an Apollo type asteroid, just like the infamous Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over Russia in ...

Huge discovery about Lost asteroid stuns scientists
Week Facts
This may make it larger than the Chelyabinsk meteor. The meteor is about 65 feet long (only about 20 meters) and damaged thousands of buildings ...

Close encounter: Asteroid as big as a football field will whiz right by Earth this week
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
The 2010 WC9 asteroid is most likely bigger than the Chelyabinsk meteor, which injured more than 1,000 people and shattered glass when it broke up ...

View the Perseid Meteor Shower
Post Crescent Events
View the Perseid Meteor Shower Saturday, August 11, 8:00 PM – midnight. The Northeast Wisconsin Stargazers group (NEWSTAR) will have their ...

Close encounters
Heavens-Above
The following table lists the upcoming close encounters with all other known orbiting objects for which orbital elements are available (over 16000).

batonrouge
Reddit
Does anyone have footage of the meteor exploding over Baton Rouge that occurred May 13, 2018 between 215 and 230 AM? It was west south west ...

REPORTS OF THE AMERICAN METEOR SOCIETY* - Olivier - 1956
Wiley Online Library
Full responsibility for the editorial policy, the contents, and the form of these Reports is ... More. About. Figures; References; Related; Information.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12MAY2018

Statue of Liberty-sized asteroid to GRAZE past Earth at speed of 28000mph
Daily Star
The space rock – dubbed Asteroid 2010 WC9 – will pass by the planet at around half the moon's distance on Tuesday. This is considered incredibly ...

'Lost' asteroid to pass closely May 15
EarthSky
But it is larger than the estimated size of the Chelyabinsk meteor, which entered Earth's atmosphere, breaking windows in six Russian cities and ...

Scientists have warned about the collision of the Solar system with a wandering star
The Siver Telegram
... planets located within it. Note, experts have calculated that the appearance of Gliese 710 in the Solar system could lead to a massive meteor rain.

An meteor crashes into Siberia, which contains 2.5 million km3 of ice
Chegg
An meteor crashes into Siberia, which contains 2.5 million km3 of ice (density = 0.92 g cm-3). The meteor has a radius of 50 m and is composed of iron ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10-11MAY2018

Bright meteor fireball observed over Brazil
Sott
The American Meteor Society (AMS) has received 78 reports about a meteor fireball seen over the Brazilian states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and ...

Perseid Meteor Shower & Stargaze, Indiana Dunes State Park
IN.gov
This is an annual shooting star event that marks the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower. Sky lore stories will begin at the State Park Pavilion at 8:30 ...

Perseids Meteor Shower Party
Littleton Rocks!
Join South Platte Park for the biggest celestial show of the summer! Lay back in our lakeside meadow and enjoy a campfire, s'mores and good ol' ...

State Park offers free events
Daily Journal Online
... Weekend June 22 -24, Waste Free at Washington State Park Interpretive Programs June 29-July 1, Perseids Meteor Shower Showcase Aug. 11-12 ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 12-18, 2018
American Meteor Society
This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise shortly before dawn and will be too thin to cause any problems viewing meteor activity.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09MAY2018

A meteor shower from Halley's comet
MSN.com
May 9, 2018—Halley's Comet is next expected in 2061. But you can see a bit of the famous comet every year, twice a year. In May and October, fragments from Halley's Comet left in its orbit hit Earth's atmosphere. As science news site Earthsky explains, the May event is named the Eta Aquarid meteor ...

Newsflare Edit - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Ashton-Under-Hill Worcestershire UK
Newsflare
St Barbara's Church, Elmley Road, Ashton-under-Hill, Worcestershire, UK. 6Th / 7th May 2018. Shooting stars belonging to the Eta Aquarids meteor shower fall to earth in the night sky above St Barbara's Church, located at the eastern foot of Bredon Hill, Worcestershire. The meteors are so called ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08MAY2018

Mesmerize your Monday morning with Eta Aquarid Meteor shower
Science Examiner
Skywatchers will be again stunned when they look up in the sky for the next upcoming meteor shower. Citing reports surfacing on the Internet, the first ...

eta Aquarid Meteor Shower 7-9 May, 2018
Astroblog
Morning sky on Tuesday May 7 looking east as seen from Adelaide at 5:00 am local time in South Australia showing the eta Aquariid meteor shower radiant as a star burst. Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time (click to embiggen). The eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on the ...

Cosmic show and first astrophotography workshop - MORE stargazing nights announced at ...
LincolnshireLive
... show from the moon, Jupiter, Venus and Mars at the Summer Star Party on August 18, which is also near the peak of the Perseid meteor show.

The Unusual Boulder at Tycho's Peak
Brinkwire (press release)
Over the next billion years meteor impacts and moonquakes should slowly degrade Tycho's center, likely causing the central boulder to tumble 2000 ...

Photocurrent modelling and experimental confirmation for Meteor Smoke Particle Detectors ...
AMTD
Gabriel Giono1,2, Boris Strelnikov1, Heiner Asmus1, Tristan Staszak1, Nickolay Ivchenko2, and Franz-Josef Lübken1 1Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric ...

Photocurrent modelling and experimental confirmation for Meteor Smoke Particle Detectors ...
atmos-meas-tech-discuss.net
Abstract. Characterizing the photoelectron current induced by the Sun's UV radiation is crucial to ensure accurate day-light measurements from particle detectors. This article lays out the methodology used to address this problem in the case of the. Meteor Smoke Particle Detectors (MSPDs), developed ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07MAY2018

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!

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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.

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

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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) ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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