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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Fireball Meteor 05APR2015 w/ video
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vlc record 2015 04 05 08h48m16s M20150405 024656 winnipeg aviPosted to YouTube by Larry Gundrum 2 views. Initial Meteor Sighting Report-

México e os segredos do meteorito que acabou com os dinossauros
brasil.elpais.comProjeto vai perfurar o fundo do mar para analisar a cratera gerada há 66 milhões de anos por um impa.

MSU Professor Discovers Crater Near Weaubleau

KTTS 94.7 - 16 hours
One of the largest meteorite craters in the United States can be found right here in the Ozarks. At least that's what one geology professor ...

Minerals focus of ENMU exhibit

Clovis News Journal - 23 hours

Editor’s note: Following is one in a series of features about destinations some consider treasures of the High Plains. The Miles Mineral ...

Scientists hope hostile Venus can answer Earth's secrets of evolution

The New Zealand Herald - 6 hours
Venus may get its name from the goddess of love but it is more like a vision of medieval hell.It is the solar system's most inhospitable ...

April Lyrids meteor shower peaks on night of April 22-23
Digital Photography Review
The April Lyrids meteor shower will peak this year on the night of April 22-23. The Moon will have set before the peak time, so it should be good ...

Eta aquarids meteor shower
AstronomyLive
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower will peak around the 5th or 6th of May in 2015. On this date, the Earth is predicted to pass through the high density ...

Estudar uma cratera do tempo dos dinossauros
observador.ptUma equipa multinacional vai estudar a cratera do meteorito que pode ter causado a extinção dos dino...

Acontece este mês a chuva de meteoros Líridas
www.blogandociencia.comO fenômeno astronômico Chuva de Meteoros, acontece quando a Terra passa por uma região, onde algum o...

Meteor Over Devil's Tower National Monument
danspace77
Here's an amazing image by David Kingham of a lone Eta Aquarid meteor streaking across the dark skies of Devils Tower National Monument.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Green Fireball Meteor 0246 Central 05APR2015 w/ video

vlc record 2015 04 05 08h48m16s M20150405 024656 winnipeg aviPosted to YouTube by Larry Gundrum 2 views

Initial Meteor Sighting Report-
05APR2015 LARRY G. Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 2:46am central canada/us just under 3 sec sw to se green as bright as venus no fragmentation observed video

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Security Message for US Citizens: Updated Travel Warning for Yemen People
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Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Updated Travel Warning for Yemen People SUBJECT: TRAVEL WARNING – YEMEN 04APR2015 1. The U.S. .

Night Sky & Meteor-Watching Programs
The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will offer two Night Sky Programs, one of which is a special Meteor-Watching event for the Lyrids Meteor ...

Lyrid meteor shower to fill the skies later this month - what other sky events are there in 2015?
Grimsby Telegraph
Grimsby-area stargazers can look forward to the delights of a meteorshower later this month. Between Tuesday, April 21 and ...

FAE – Lyrid Meteor Shower
The Leisurely Scientist
Future Astronomical Events (FAE) Report #3. Mark your calendars! This FAE Report is for the upcoming April Lyrid Meteor shower occurring between ...

Is there a relationship between the size of a possible meteor that is on an intercept trajectory with ...
Reddit
What are the chances that a meteor 5-10x larger than the one that hit Russia several years ago hits Earth within the next 10 years? Is there a...

Estudantes de Campos, RJ, encontram caminho para a astronomia e chegam à Nasa - G1 Norte...
Estudantes de Campos, RJ, encontram caminho para a astronomia e chegam à Nasa.

Leaked Warning From The Elite “There's a meteorcoming Sep 24 – 2015″ | THE AWAKEZONE
The Awakezone - WordPress.com
Are we expecting the world elite to come out on worldwide television and say, “There's a meteor coming”? No. Instead they're going to do it very subtly. ... Total BS

Meteor or Asteroid to strike earth soon! That is what many headlines are saying.
Godlike Productions
I see these headlines all over and that governments know about it but are not saying anything to the general public. ... Total BS

Total lunar eclipse will take place early Saturday morning
Daily Press
A total lunar eclipse that takes place on the night of a full moon and, later this month, the Lyrid meteor shower. North America will be able to see a ...

Moon Phases @PhasesMoon
Awesome pictures of the moon, stars, planets, and other celestial objects.
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WAY off-topic but NOT- Easter Weekend Video Movie/Music Matinee
- DO WE EVER LEARN FROM HISTORY? #YOUarenext
YOU ~~may~~ ~~will be~~ ARE next!
Empires and Economies built on death and destruction lead to your own....
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YOUR chains have been thrown off; are you STILL a slave? #Awaken

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Jesus Christ Did Not Teach Hate or War
The false one does.

Dear President Obama: Easter Has Nothing To Do With War
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This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience.
Dear President Obama: Easter Has Nothing To Do With War

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April 04, 2010 — In his weekly address, President Obama strangely introduces a war theme into a message ostensibly about a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ…y’know, the Prince of Peace. ... https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/dear-president-obama-easter-has-nothing-to-do-with-war-repost/

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#CHANGE is what Mr. Obama promised.
YOU have been lied to all of your life.

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Avistan enorme bola de fuego sobre Puerto Rico
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El brillante meteoro llamó la atención por sus colores

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Fireball Meteor03APR2015 w
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Captured video of meteor last night around 12:42 am April 3,2015. Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. by email - Larry Gundrum 03APR2015 Larry Gundrum ...

Meteor lights up sky over Southern states
FOX 10 News | fox10phoenix.com
NASA officials say brilliant lights and loud booms reported in Alabama and Georgia were a meteor that streaked across the South.

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03APR2015
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Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors Sudden Increase ALERT- Increased Meteor Activity! Expect some large fireballs this month .

Meteoro esporádico
Meteoro esporádico magnitude -2.1. Data: 2015/04/03 Hora: 08:05:42 TU Local: Lagoa Santa - MG - BR

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IASC Asteroid Search Update
We have 15 institutions that are registered and are currently taking part in the Asteroid Search. From India to Uganda - Congratulations. Good Luck in the coming weeks, we’re eager to hear about your progress.
Here are the list of participants:
1. Polaris Search Team, India
2. Student Space Agency, Astronomical Observatory, Bulgaria
3. St. George Girls High School, Australia
4. UPES Space Club, India
5. Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia
6. Arunima Higher Secondary School, Nepal
7. Tawa College, New Zealand
8. Kolo Astronomiczne w Kaliszu, Poland
9. Zespol Szkol Miejskich Nr. 3 w Jasle, Poland
10. Astronomical Society Eureka, Serbia
11. High Chemical Technlogy School of Professional Studies, Serbia
12. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
13. Mbrara University of Science & Technology, Uganda
14. Salonovia Conquerors, India

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near ...
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near ...

Largest Asteroid Impacts Found in Central Australia

SpaceDaily - 19 hours
Dr Andrew Glikson with a sample of suevite - a rock with partially melted material formed during an impact. Image courtesy D. Seymour.

Europa's Elusive Water Plume Paints Grim Picture For Life

SpaceDaily - 4 hours
A graphic showing water emissions detected above Europa in Hubble Space Telescope observations from December 2012. Image courtesy NASA/ESA/L. .

Waiting for a star to fall: meteorites caught on camera

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Astronomy Magazine
@AstronomyMag
Editor Dave Eicher has an exclusive online asteroid story goo.gl/ztJ7lt

Scary times for Europe's comet-chaser Rosetta
phys.org
Europe's pioneering probe Rosetta battled breakdowns with navigation and communication with Earth af...

Dr. Ian O'Neill

@astroengine
Rosetta is seeing stars as it wrestles with some rather nasty comet 'weather'
news.discovery.com/space/rosetta-…

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Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Updated Travel Warning for Yemen People
SUBJECT: TRAVEL WARNING – YEMEN
04APR2015
1. The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities and civil unrest. On February 11, 2015 due to the deteriorating security situation in Sanaa, the Department of State suspended embassy operations and U.S. Embassy Sanaa American staff have been relocated out of the country. All consular services, routine and/or emergency, have been suspended until further notice. The Department urges U.S. citizens to defer travel to Yemen and those U.S. citizens currently living in Yemen to depart when you are able to safely do so. This supersedes the Travel Warning for Yemen issued on February 11, 2015.

2. The level of instability and ongoing threats in Yemen remain severe. There are no plans for a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation of U.S. citizens at this time. We encourage all U.S. citizens to shelter in a secure location until they are able to depart safely. U.S. citizens wishing to depart should do so via commercial transportation options when they become available. Keep vital records and travel documents close at hand; U.S. citizens should be prepared to depart at a moment’s notice. The airports are currently closed, but may open unexpectedly; other unforseen opportunities to depart may also suddenly arise.

3. Additionally, some foreign governments may arrange transportation for their nationals and may be willing to offer assistance to others. There is no guarantee that foreign governments will assist U.S. citizens in leaving Yemen. U.S. citizens who choose to seek foreign government assistance in leaving Yemen should only do so if they can safely make their way to the point of embarkation and have received confirmation that there is space available. Even if assured there is space aboard transportation, U.S. citizens should be aware that there is no guarantee that they will be permitted to board the transport, or may have to wait an indefinite period until they can do so. There is also no guarantee of where travelers will go.For U.S. citizen inquiries, you may send an email toYEMENEMERGENCYUSC@state.gov.

4. Terrorist organizations, including Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), continue to be active throughout Yemen. The U.S. government remains extremely concerned about possible attacks on U.S. citizens (whether visiting or residing in Yemen), and U.S. facilities, businesses, and perceived U.S. and Western interests. In addition, piracy in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean is a security threat to maritime activities in the region. See our International Maritime Piracy Fact Sheet.

5. U.S. citizens remaining in Yemen despite this Travel Warning should limit nonessential travel within the country, make their own contingency emergency plans, enroll their presence in Yemen through the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), and provide their current contact information and next-of-kin or emergency contact information. You may inform the Department of State of U.S. citizens located in Yemen by visiting https://tfa.state.gov/ccd, selecting “2015 Yemen Unrest,” and providing as much information as possible. You can also contact us at 1-888-407-4747 (from the U.S. & Canada), +1-202-501-4444 (from overseas), andYemenEmergencyUSC@state.gov if you have additional questions or concerns.

6. For the latest security information, U.S. citizens living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs website where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Alerts and Travel Warnings, and Country Specific Information for Yemen can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States and Canada or, for callers in other countries, by calling a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Fireball Meteor 0042 Central Time 03APR2015 w/ photo and video

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Fireball Meteor 0042 Local 03APR2015
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vlc record 2015 04 03 10h48m44s M20150403 004227 winnipeg avi

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Captured video of meteor last night around 12:42 am April 3,2015. Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.

by email - Larry Gundrum

03APR2015 Larry Gundrum Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada central time US/Canada 12:42 am 3 seconds South to NNE green and red i am a poor judge of brightness not noticeable video 63mb size. could you give me instructions on how to upload a large file again

Thank you Larry for submitting your report, photo and video!

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Meteor Outburst ALERT!
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Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors Sudden Increase - April 2015 Videos. Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors ...

NASA Asteroid Capture
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NASA Announces Next Steps on Journey to Mars: Progress on Asteroid Initiative NASA Wednesday announced more details in its plan for its Asteroid ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02APR2015
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Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors Sudden Increase ALERT- IncreasedMeteor Activity! Expect some large fireballs this month .

Meteor shower, stars to dazzle sky watchers in April
GMA News
Other than Saturday's lunar eclipse, a meteor shower and the stars will be among the highlights this April for Philippine sky watchers, state weather ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 4-10, 2015
American Meteor Society
At this time the moon will be in the sky all night long and will spoil attempts to view meteoractivity. As the week progresses the moon's phase will wane ...

"This Was The Brightest Meteor I Ever Seen" - Fireball Streaks Across California's Bay Area!
The CELESTIAL Convergence
“Forrest L” in Concord reported to the American Meteor Society, “This was the brightestmeteor I can recall having seen. It passed about a hand span ...

Waiting for a star to fall: meteorites caught on camera
www.theguardian.comFrom the founder of the Mormons to one unlucky Alabama woman struck in her sleep, Regine Petersen ha...

Lyrid meteor shower peaks on April 22, 2015
Free Star Charts
The 2015 annual Lyrids meteor shower peaks on April 22nd and this year's event promises to be a good one as the four-day-old waxing crescent ...

Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs And Meteors Sudden Increase
Disclose.tv
Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors Sudden Increase ALERT- IncreasedMeteor Activity! Expect some large fireballs this month and especially large ones ...

Rover Curiosity da NASA Registra Veios Intrigantes de Minerais em Marte
blog.cienctec.com.brEssa imagem de 18 de Março de 2015 feita pela Mast Camera (MastCam) do rover Curiosity da NASA mostr...

Lunar Lava Tubes Might Make Underground Moon Cities Possible

SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - 12 hours
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Earth's moon is rife with huge lava tubes – tunnels formed from the lava flow of volcanic eruptions – and new ...

Moon's first settlers may live in giant city-sized lava tubes

The Times of India - 23 hours
The first human settlers on the moon may live inside giant lava tubes large enough to house cities, which were formed by ancient volcanic ...

Lunar Lava Tubes Could Host Underground Moon Cities

Discovery News - 11 hours
The moon's lava tubes could be large enough to house structurally stable lunar cities for future colonists.

Scientists Plan the Location of First City on the Moon

Rob Waugh via Yahoo UK & Ireland News - 9 hours
Human beings have dreamed of cities on the moon for decades - but a new study has finally revealed what they might look like. Purdue ...

Lindsey Williams — An asteroid or meteor will hit the earth on September 24, 2015
Before It's News
Lindsey Williams — An asteroid or meteor will hit the earth on September 24, 2015 – you have been warned!!! Thursday, April 2, 2015 9:52. TOTAL BS!

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Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors Sudden Increase - 2015 APRIL Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors Sudden Increase
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Full Lunar Eclipse 04APR2015
Sky to Turn BLOOD RED Across WORLD this Easter
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Tonight’s Sky April 2015: Constellations, Deep-Sky Objects, Planets & Events
Tonight’s Sky April 2015: Constellations, Deep-Sky Objects, Planets & EventsPosted to YouTube by nemesis maturity 1,311 views

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South Australia Fireball Meteor 01APR2015
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South Australia Fireball Meteor 01APR2015. Oodnadatta, South Australia Fireball Meteor 0431 Local Time 01APR2015 ...

Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors Sudden Increase
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Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors Sudden Increase ALERT- Increased Meteor Activity! Expect some large fireballs this month ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01APR2015
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The most credible theory is the monks just saw a particularly spectacular meteor hit the atmosphere. From their point of view, and their point of view .

STARS: What does April have in store after last month's dramatic eclipse?
News North Wales
The Lyrids meteor shower hits from the 19th to the 25th, reaching its maximum on the 22nd. This is the remains of comet Thatcher 1861, and the ...

Lyrids Meteor Shower
Tucson News Now
The annual Lyrids meteor shower is coming up later this month. The shower lasts from April 16th through April 25th, but is expected to peak the night ...

Timeline Photos
Una bola de fuego, procedente de un asteroide, sobrevuela la provincia de Toledo La roca del asteroi...
Fireball crosses Toledo
NEWS.GNOM.ES
A FIREBALL travelling at 45,000 kilometres per hour was seen from the province of Toledo this week – the second time this year. The burning rock, a ...

[1503.05245] Discrete steps in dispersion measures of Fast Radio Bursts
arxiv.org

[1504.00025] Systematic ranging and late warning asteroid impacts
arxiv.org

Small Near-Earth Asteroids as a Source of Meteorites
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Peter Brown
(Submitted on 11 Feb 2015)
Small asteroids intersecting Earth's orbit can deliver extraterrestrial rocks to the Earth, called meteorites. This process is accompanied by a luminous phenomena in the atmosphere, called bolides or fireballs. Observations of bolides provide pre-atmospheric orbits of meteorites,
physical and chemical properties of small asteroids, and the flux (i.e.frequency of impacts) of bodies at the Earth in the centimeter to decameter size range. In this chapter we explain the processes occurring
during the penetration of cosmic bodies through the atmosphere and review the methods of bolide observations. We compile available data on the fireballs associated with 22 instrumentally observed meteorite falls. Among them are the heterogeneous falls Almahata Sitta (2008 TC3) and Bene\v{s}ov, which revolutionized our view on the structure and composition of small asteroids, the P\v{r}\'{\i}bram-Neuschwanstein orbital pair, carbonaceous chondrite meteorites with orbits on the asteroid-comet boundary, and the Chelyabinsk fall, which produced a damaging blast wave. While most meteoroids disrupt into fragments during atmospheric flight, the Carancas meteoroid remained nearly intact and caused a crater-forming explosion on the ground.
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1502.03307

Guide To Major Sky Events In April 2015: Full Pink Moon, Lunar Eclipse, New Moon And Lyrids ...
Yibada (English Edition)
April sky will host some spectacular astronomical events, including first Total Lunar Eclipse of the year 2015 and Lyrids meteor shower. Here is a ...

NASA's Curiosity Eyes Prominent Mineral Veins on Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- April 1, 2015
* Exposed mineral veins at "Garden City" tell of a wet environment after
lake-bed deposits became rock
* Drilled sample from "Telegraph Peak" contains cristobalite, a silica
mineral ...

Meteor shower follows Friends of Cheyenne Bottoms annual meeting
Great Bend Tribune
The Friends of Cheyenne Bottoms Annual Meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 17, at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center, 592 NE K-156.

World's largest asteroid impact zone found

CNN - 11 hours
Imaging taken from rock along the border of South Australia and the Northern Territory shows evidence of a massive impact.

NASA Releases Tool Enabling Citizen Scientists to Examine Asteroid Vesta
NASA has announced the release of Vesta Trek, a free, web-based application that provides detailed visualizations of Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in our solar system.

NASA's Curiosity Eyes Prominent Mineral Veins on Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has climbed uphill from an outcrop it studied for six months and found a site with two-tone mineral veins forming "ice-cream sandwich" ridges.

Curiosity Sniffs Out History of Martian Atmosphere
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- March 31, 2015
NASA's Curiosity rover is using a new experiment to better understand
the history of the Martian atmosphere by analyzing xenon.

Lunar rocks, soil samples open for community viewing

Highlands Today - 18 hours
LAKE PLACID — Chances are many Highlands County residents have never seen a rock or soil sample from the moon.

Saw my first Green Meteor this Morning
Above Top Secret
04.30, central Scotland. On a heading from north to south, I lost her behind some trees before she burned out. I had just woken up and decided a ...

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ESA's Planetary Defence Test Set for 2020
European Space Agency
31 March 2015
If an asteroid were spotted headed towards Earth, what could humanity do about it? ESA's latest mission is part of a larger international effort to find out.
This month marked the start of preliminary design work on ESA's Asteroid Impact Mission, or AIM. Intended to demonstrate technologies for future deep-space missions, AIM will also be the Agency's very first investigation of planetary defence techniques.
Launched in October 2020, AIM will travel to a binary asteroid system - the paired Didymos asteroids, which will come a comparatively close 11 million km to Earth in 2022. The 800 m-diameter main body is orbited by a 170 m moon, informally called "Didymoon".
This smaller body is AIM's focus: the spacecraft will perform high-resolution visual, thermal and radar mapping of the moon to build detailed maps of its surface and interior structure.
AIM will also put down a lander - ESA's first touchdown on a small body since Rosetta's Philae landed on a comet last November.
Two or more CubeSats will also be dispatched from the mothership to gather other scientific data in the vicinity of the moon. AIM's findings will be returned by high-capacity laser link to ESA's Optical Ground Station on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
AIM should gather a rich scientific bounty - gaining valuable insights into the formation of our Solar System - but these activities will also set the stage for a historic event to come.
For AIM is also Europe's contribution to the larger Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment mission: AIDA. In late 2022, the NASA-led part of AIDA will arrive: the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, probe will approach the binary system - then crash straight into the asteroid
moon at about 6 km/s.
"AIM will be watching closely as DART hits Didymoon," explains Ian Carnelli, managing the mission for ESA. "In the aftermath, it will perform detailed before-and-after comparisons on the structure of the body itself, as well as its orbit, to characterise DART's kinetic impact and its consequences.
"The results will allow laboratory impact models to be calibrated on a
large-scale basis, to fully understand how an asteroid would react to this kind of energy. This will shed light on the role the ejecta plume will play - a fundamental part in the energy transfer and under scientific debate for over two decades.
"In addition, DART's shifting of Didymoon's orbit will mark the first time humanity has altered the dynamics of the Solar System in a measurable way.
"It will also give us a baseline for planning any future planetary defence strategies. We will gain insight into the kind of force needed to shift the orbit of any incoming asteroid, and better understand how the technique could be applied if a real threat were to occur."
A similar collision was achieved back in 2005, when NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft shot a copper impactor into asteroid Tempel 1. But the Didymos moon is several tens of times smaller than Tempel 1, so much greater precision will be required to strike it - and the possibility of altering its orbit
should be correspondingly higher.
The Didymos moon is nearly three times larger than the body thought to have caused the 1908 Tunguska impact in Siberia, the largest impact in recorded history. An equivalent asteroid striking Earth would be well into the "city-killer" class, leaving a crater of at least 2.5 km across and causing serious regional and climate damage.
The 2013 Chelyabinsk airburst, whose shockwave struck six cities across Russia, is thought to have been caused by an asteroid just 20 m in diameter.

AIM and AIDA will be discussed at this month's International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference, hosted at ESA's ESRIN Earth observation centre in Frascati, Italy, which will be devoted to assessing the risk of impacts from asteroid and comets and envisaging possible responses.
This year's event features a simulated asteroid threat exercise, to which representatives of global space agencies and disaster response organisations will coordinate their reactions.

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/ESA_s_planetary_defence_test_set_for_2020

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RIP: Ingrid Van Houten-Groeneveld (1921-2015), Death Obit.

Dear all - Female German-born, Leiden astronomer, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld passed away on Monday 30 march, 93 years old. together with her husband Kees Van Houten (who died in 2002) and with Dutch/American astronomer Tom Gehrels (who died in 2011), Ingrid discovered 4605 asteroids, as part of the leiden-palomar survey. many of them have been given a 'Dutch' name (see the 'vHGG'= entries in this list of minor planets with a name that is somehow related to the Netherlands: http://www.astronieuws.nl/NL-plan.html). Asteroid 1674) Groeneveld is named in Ingrid's honour. a funeral service is planned on April 7, 2015.
--Govert Schilling

From: "'Govert Schilling' allesoversterrenkunde@gmail.com"

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8th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics - Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil

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Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Breaking News- NASA Assteroid Capture

Asteroid Redirect Mission Concepts Development
NASA RELEASE 15-050

NASA Announces Next Steps on Journey to Mars: Progress on Asteroid Initiative
NASA Wednesday announced more details in its plan for its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), which in the mid-2020s will test a number of new capabilities needed for future human expeditions to deep space, including to Mars. NASA also announced it has increased the detection of near-Earth asteroids by 65 percent since launching its asteroid initiative three years ago.
For ARM, a robotic spacecraft will capture a boulder from the surface of a near-Earth asteroid and move it into a stable orbit around the moon for exploration by astronauts, all in support of advancing the nation’s journey to Mars.
"The Asteroid Redirect Mission will provide an initial demonstration of several spaceflight capabilities we will need to send astronauts deeper into space, and eventually, to Mars," said NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot. "The option to retrieve a boulder from an asteroid will have a direct impact on planning for future human missions to deep space and begin a new era of spaceflight."
The agency plans to announce the specific asteroid selected for the mission no earlier than 2019, approximately a year before launching the robotic spacecraft. Before an asteroid is considered a valid candidate for the mission, scientists must first determine its characteristics, in addition to size, such as rotation, shape and precise orbit. NASA has identified three valid candidates for the mission so far: Itokawa, Bennu and 2008 EV5. The agency expects to identify one or two additional candidates each year leading up to the mission.
Following its rendezvous with the target asteroid, the uncrewed ARM spacecraft will deploy robotic arms to capture a boulder from its surface. It then will begin a multi-year journey to redirect the boulder into orbit around the moon.
Throughout its mission, the ARM robotic spacecraft will test a number of capabilities needed for future human missions, including advanced Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP), a valuable capability that converts sunlight to electrical power through solar arrays and then uses the resulting power to propel charged atoms to move a spacecraft. This method of propulsion can move massive cargo very efficiently. While slower than conventional chemical rocket propulsion, SEP-powered spacecraft require significantly less propellant and fewer launches to support human exploration missions, which could reduce costs.
Future SEP-powered spacecraft could pre-position cargo or vehicles for future human missions into deep space, either awaiting crews at Mars or staged around the moon as a waypoint for expeditions to the Red Planet.
ARM's SEP-powered robotic spacecraft will test new trajectory and navigation techniques in deep space, working with the moon's gravity to place the asteroid in a stable lunar orbit called a distant retrograde orbit. This is a suitable staging point for astronauts to rendezvous with a deep space habitat that will carry them to Mars.
Before the piece of the asteroid is moved to lunar orbit, NASA will use the opportunity to test planetary defense techniques to help mitigate potential asteroid impact threats in the future. The experience and knowledge acquired through this operation will help NASA develop options to move an asteroid off an Earth-impacting course, if and when that becomes necessary.
In 2005, NASA's Deep Impact comet science mission tested technology that could assist in changing the course of a near-Earth object using a direct hit with a spacecraft. The ARM robotic spacecraft opens a new and second option for planetary defense using a technique called a gravity tractor. All mass exerts and experiences gravity and, in space, the gravitational attraction even between masses of modest size can significantly affect their motion. This means that by rendezvousing with the asteroid and holding a halo orbit in the appropriate direction, the ARM robotic spacecraft can slowly pull the asteroid without touching it. The effectiveness of this maneuver is increased, moreover, if mass is moved from the asteroid to the spacecraft by the capture of a boulder.
It will take approximately six years for the ARM robotic spacecraft to move the asteroid mass into lunar orbit. In the mid-2020s, NASA's Orion spacecraft will launch on the agency’s Space Launch System rocket, carrying astronauts on a mission to rendezvous with and explore the asteroid mass. The current concept for the crewed mission component of ARM is a two-astronaut, 24-25 day mission.
This crewed mission will further test many capabilities needed to advance human spaceflight for deep space missions to Mars and elsewhere, including new sensor technologies and a docking system that will connect Orion to the robotic spacecraft carrying the asteroid mass. Astronauts will conduct spacewalks outside Orion to study and collect samples of the asteroid boulder wearing new spacesuits designed for deep space missions.
Collecting these samples will help astronauts and mission managers determine how best to secure and safely return samples from future Mars missions. And, because asteroids are made of remnants from the formation of the solar system, the returned samples could provide valuable data for scientific research or commercial entities interested in asteroid mining as a future resources.
In 2012, the president's NASA budget included, and Congress authorized, $20.4 million for an expanded NASA Near-Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program, increasing the resources for this critical program from the $4 million per year it had received since the 1990s. The program was again expanded in fiscal year 2014, with a budget of $40.5 million. NASA is asking Congress for $50 million for this important work in the 2016 budget.
"Asteroids are a hot topic," said Jim Green, director of NASA Planetary Science. "Not just because they could pose a threat to Earth, but also for their scientific value and NASA's planned mission to one as a stepping stone to Mars."
NASA has identified more than 12,000 NEOs to date, including 96 percent of near-Earth asteroids larger than 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) in size. NASA has not detected any objects of this size that pose an impact hazard to Earth in the next 100 years. Smaller asteroids do pass near Earth, however, and some could pose an impact threat. In 2011, 893 near-Earth asteroids were found. In 2014, that number was increased to 1,472.
In addition to NASA's ongoing work detecting and cataloging asteroids, the agency has engaged the public in the hunt for these space rocks through the agency's Asteroid Grand Challenge activities, including prize competitions. During the recent South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, the agency announced the release of a software application based on an algorithm created by a NASA challenge that has the potential to increase the number of new asteroid discoveries by amateur astronomers.
More information about the Asteroid Redirect Mission, visit:
/asteroidinitiative

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/march/nasa-announces-next-steps-on-journey-to-mars-progress-on-asteroid-initiative/

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Oodnadatta, South Australia Fireball Meteor 0431 Local Time 01APR2015

I see meteors quite often when looking at the night sky but have never seen one to actually land (most of them just burn mid-air) and this one was quite close as well (I think). I was at the Oodnadatta track, next to Algebuckina bridge (not far from the township of Oodnadatta), South Australia.from my location I was looking South (towards the township of William Creek) time was 1 April 2015, 4:31am in South Australia (local time)
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Lunar Eclipse

On Saturday April 4, the moon will be moving into the Earth's shadow eventually turning the moon blood red. This celestial happening has been the subject of many myths around the world. Incas thought a jaguar was fighting the moon causing it to turn ruddy. To stop the jaguar, the Inca people yelled and shook spears at the moon. While the Mesopotamians believed that that seven demons were attacking the moon.
We know now that eclipses are just a result of the movement of the sun, moon and the Earth interacting in clock-work fashion. This eclipse will begin at 3:15am PDT, but the most dramatic part, where the moon begins to turn orange begins at 4:58am PDT. Totality will be seen in western North America, however, you can catch a glimpse of the partial phase of the event nearly anywhere on the continent.
However, if you don't live in North America, no worries, the Virtual Telescope Project will be holding a LIVE event online! Join in on the fun!

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