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Earth approaching objects – Tuesday May 21st, 2013

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May 21, 2013

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Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name Apporach Date Left AU Distance LD Distance Estimated Diameter* Relative Velocity
(2012 FC71) 20th May 2013 0 day(s) 0.0574 22.3 24 m – 53 m 3.25 km/s 11700 km/h
(2012 VN82) 21st May 2013 1 day(s) 0.1843 71.7 270 m – 610 m 12.09 km/s 43524 km/h
(2000 GD147) 21st May 2013 1 day(s) 0.1445 56.3 250 m – 570 m 15.11 km/s 54396 km/h
(2011 KG4) 21st May 2013 1 day(s) 0.1779 69.2 67 m – 150 m 11.99 km/s 43164 km/h
(2009 SB) 22nd May 2013 2 day(s) 0.1969 76.6 200 m – 460 m 31.78 km/s 114408 km/h
163364 (2002 OD20) 22nd May 2013 2 day(s) 0.0388 15.1 460 m – 1.0 km 10.18 km/s 36648 km/h
172722 (2004 BV102) 24th May 2013 4 day(s) 0.1795 69.9 840 m – 1.9 km 26.53 km/s 95508 km/h
(2012 KF25) 25th May 2013 5 day(s) 0.0793 30.9 23 m – 51 m 9.14 km/s 32904 km/h
(2011 KE3) 29th May 2013 9 day(s) 0.1303 50.7 43 m – 97 m 5.36 km/s 19296 km/h
285263 (1998 QE2) 30th May 2013 10 day(s) 0.0392 15.2 1.4 km – 3.1 km 10.58 km/s 38088 km/h
(2011 BM45) 31st May 2013 11 day(s) 0.0749 29.2 130 m – 280 m 27.67 km/s 99612 km/h
(2004 KH17) 02nd June 2013 13 day(s) 0.0979 38.1 110 m – 250 m 12.91 km/s 46476 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

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Earth approaching objects – Thursday May 16th, 2013

Earth approaching objects – Friday May 10th, 2013

Earth approaching objects – Sunday April 28th, 2013

Earth approaching objects – Wednesday April 24th, 2013

Earth approaching objects – Friday April 19th, 2013

Earth approaching objects – Monday April 15th, 2013

 

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MinuteEarth: Our atmosphere is escaping!

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May 20, 2013

 

Posted by Chiffre on May 20, 2013

Our planet is surrounded by a wispy layer of gas that keeps us warm, allows the weather to happen and basically makes all of life on Earth possibile.Except that precious atmosphere of ours is leaking into outer space every second. Thankfully it is a rather slow leak, since for any object, weather it is a molecule of gas, a rocket or a cat, to break the tether of our planets gravity and escape, it has to hightail it out of here at a speed of 11 000 m/s.

It takes the energy of a ton of TNT to boost a person to that speed, and less energy for lighter objects ( 1/10 out of that for a cat for example). Other than a large asteroid impact that can eject large amounts of atmosphere into space, the only gases that regularly escape Earths atmosphere are hydrogen and helium.There are different ways hydrogen and helium molecules can wind up on a one-way trip to space.

Some escape by simply getting enough energy from the suns heat-this process is an example of thermal escape mechanisms.

One classical thermal escape mechanism is Jeans escape. In a quantity of gas, the average velocity of a molecule is determined by temperature, but the velocity of individual molecules varies continuously as they collide with one another, gaining and losing kinetic energy. The variation in kinetic energy among the molecules is described by the Maxwell distribution. The kinetic energy and mass of a molecule determine its velocity by E_{\mathit{kin}}=\frac{1}{2}mv^2

Individual molecules in the high tail of the distribution may reach escape velocity, at a level in the atmosphere where the mean free path is comparable to the scale height, and leave the atmosphere. The more massive the molecule of a gas is, the lower the average velocity of molecules of that gas at a given temperature, and the less likely it is that any of them reach escape velocity.

 

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2.7 km wide Asteroid 1998 QE2 will fly past Earth on May 31, 2013

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May 20, 2013

Posted by Chiffre on May 19, 2013

Asteroid 1998 QE2 will fly past Earth at end of May at a distance of 5.8 million kilometers, or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon. The asteroid’s size is estimated to be about 2.7 kilometers. It will make its closest approach on May 31, 2013 at 20:59 UTC. This will be the closest it gets to Earth for at least the next two centuries. It has a cycle of about 15 years and 46 days.

Asteroid 1998 QE2 seen by Q62 iTelescope  Observatory (Credit: Guido&Howes/Remanzacco Observatory)

Asteroid 1998 QE2 was discovered on August 19, 1998, by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program near Socorro, New Mexico. Its name is given by Minor Planet Center, which gives every newly discovered asteroid a provisional designation starting with the year of first detection, along with an alphanumeric code indicating the half-month it was discovered, and the sequence within that half-month.

This flyby doesn’t spark much interest with astronomers and other experts who are monitoring potentially dangerous asteroids (PHAs). However, it will interesting target for those who dabble in radar astronomy and have a 70 meter or larger radar telescope on their hands.

According to radar astronomer Lance Benner, the principal investigator for the Goldstone radar observations from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Asteroid 1998 QE2 will be an outstanding radar imaging target at Goldstone and Arecibo Observatories and he expects him and his colleagues to obtain a series of high-resolution images that could reveal a wealth of surface features. Radar images from the Goldstone antenna might resolve features on the asteroid as tiny as 3.75 meters across, even at a distance of 4 million miles away. The two telescopes have complementary imaging capabilities that will give astronomers a chance to learn as much as possible about the asteroid during its brief visit near Earth.

 

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 Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name Apporach Date Left AU Distance LD Distance Estimated Diameter* Relative Velocity
(2012 FC71) 20th May 2013 1 day(s) 0.0574 22.3 24 m – 53 m 3.25 km/s 11700 km/h
(2012 VN82) 21st May 2013 2 day(s) 0.1843 71.7 270 m – 610 m 12.09 km/s 43524 km/h
(2000 GD147) 21st May 2013 2 day(s) 0.1445 56.3 250 m – 570 m 15.11 km/s 54396 km/h
(2011 KG4) 21st May 2013 2 day(s) 0.1779 69.2 67 m – 150 m 11.99 km/s 43164 km/h
(2009 SB) 22nd May 2013 3 day(s) 0.1969 76.6 200 m – 460 m 31.78 km/s 114408 km/h
163364 (2002 OD20) 22nd May 2013 3 day(s) 0.0388 15.1 460 m – 1.0 km 10.18 km/s 36648 km/h
172722 (2004 BV102) 24th May 2013 5 day(s) 0.1795 69.9 840 m – 1.9 km 26.53 km/s 95508 km/h
(2012 KF25) 25th May 2013 6 day(s) 0.0793 30.9 23 m – 51 m 9.14 km/s 32904 km/h
(2011 KE3) 29th May 2013 10 day(s) 0.1303 50.7 43 m – 97 m 5.36 km/s 19296 km/h
285263 (1998 QE2) 30th May 2013 11 day(s) 0.0392 15.2 1.4 km – 3.1 km 10.58 km/s 38088 km/h
(2011 BM45) 31st May 2013 12 day(s) 0.0749 29.2 130 m – 280 m 27.67 km/s 99612 km/h
(2004 KH17) 02nd June 2013 14 day(s) 0.0979 38.1 110 m – 250 m 12.91 km/s 46476 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

 

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John Whitesides Parsons & the occult origins of NASA

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May 18, 2013

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Earth and Moon pelted by meteors – Impact causes bright explosion on the Moon

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May 18, 2013

 

The Watchers

 

Posted by Chiffre on May 17, 2013

 

A meteor with estimated weight of 40 kg, approximately 0.3 – 0.4 meters wide, and traveling at speed of 90 123 km/h hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium on March 17, 2013. The resulting explosion packed as much punch as 5 tons of TNT.

 

“It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we’ve ever seen before”, said Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office.

 

Anyone looking at the Moon at the moment of impact could have seen the explosion without a telescope. For about one second, the impact site was glowing like a 4th magnitude star.

 

Ron Suggs, an analyst at the Marshall Space Flight Center, was the first to notice the impact in a digital video recorded by one of the monitoring program’s 14-inch telescopes.  “It jumped right out at me, it was so bright,” he recalls.

Cooke believes the lunar impact might have been part of a much larger event.

“On the night of March 17, NASA and University of Western Ontario all-sky cameras picked up an unusual number of deep-penetrating meteors right here on Earth,” he says. “These fireballs were traveling along nearly identical orbits between Earth and the asteroid belt.”

“My working hypothesis is that the two events are related, and that this constitutes a short duration cluster of material encountered by the Earth-Moon system,” says Cooke.This means Earth and the Moon were pelted by meteoroids at about the same time.

 

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Earth approaching objects – Thursday May 16th, 2013

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May 16, 2013

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Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name Apporach Date Left AU Distance LD Distance Estimated Diameter* Relative Velocity
(2012 XM55) 15th May 2013 0 day(s) 0.1293 50.3 7.2 m – 16 m 2.04 km/s 7344 km/h
(2012 FC71) 20th May 2013 5 day(s) 0.0574 22.3 24 m – 53 m 3.25 km/s 11700 km/h
(2012 VN82) 21st May 2013 6 day(s) 0.1843 71.7 270 m – 610 m 12.09 km/s 43524 km/h
(2000 GD147) 21st May 2013 6 day(s) 0.1445 56.3 250 m – 570 m 15.11 km/s 54396 km/h
(2011 KG4) 21st May 2013 6 day(s) 0.1779 69.2 67 m – 150 m 11.99 km/s 43164 km/h
(2009 SB) 22nd May 2013 7 day(s) 0.1969 76.6 200 m – 460 m 31.78 km/s 114408 km/h
163364 (2002 OD20) 22nd May 2013 7 day(s) 0.0388 15.1 460 m – 1.0 km 10.18 km/s 36648 km/h
172722 (2004 BV102) 24th May 2013 9 day(s) 0.1795 69.9 840 m – 1.9 km 26.53 km/s 95508 km/h
(2012 KF25) 25th May 2013 10 day(s) 0.0793 30.9 23 m – 51 m 9.14 km/s 32904 km/h
(2011 KE3) 29th May 2013 14 day(s) 0.1303 50.7 43 m – 97 m 5.36 km/s 19296 km/h
285263 (1998 QE2) 30th May 2013 15 day(s) 0.0392 15.2 1.4 km – 3.1 km 10.58 km/s 38088 km/h
(2011 BM45) 31st May 2013 16 day(s) 0.0749 29.2 130 m – 280 m 27.67 km/s 99612 km/h
(2004 KH17) 02nd June 2013 18 day(s) 0.0979 38.1 110 m – 250 m 12.91 km/s 46476 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

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First Biological Evidence of a Supernova Explosion Found on Earth

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May 10, 2013

 

2006-1130supernova

 

While there is, on average, only one supernova per galaxy per century, there is something on the order of 100 billion galaxies in the observable Universe. Taking 10 billion years for the age of the Universe (it’s actually 13.7 billion, but stars didn’t form for the first few hundred million), Dr. Richard Mushotzky of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, derived a figure of 1 billion supernovae per year, or 30 supernovae per second in the observable Universe. Now, scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen have discovered the first proven biological evidence of a nearby supernova explosion on earth, finding hints of supernova iron in bacteria microfossils.

Researchers of the Cluster of Excellence Origin and Structure of the Universe at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), found a radioactive iron isotope in fossils of iron-loving bacteria that they trace back to a supernova in our cosmic neighborhood. This is the first proven biological signature of a starburst on our earth. The age determination of the deep-drill core from the Pacific Ocean showed that the supernova must have occurred about 2.2 million years ago, roughly around the time when the modern human developed.

Most of the chemical elements have their origin in core collapse supernovae. When a star ends its life in a gigantic starburst, it throws most of its mass into space. The radioactive iron isotope Fe-60 is produced almost exclusively in such supernovae. Because its half-life of 2.62 million years is short compared to the age of our solar system, no supernova iron should be present on Earth. Therefore, any discovery of Fe-60 on Earth would indicate a supernova in our cosmic neighborhood. In the year 2004 scientists at TU Muenchen discovered Fe-60 on Earth for the first time in a ferromanganese crust obtained from the floor of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Its geological dating puts the event around 2.2 million years ago.

 

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Earth approaching objects – Friday May 10th, 2013

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May 10, 2013

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 Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name Apporach Date Left AU Distance LD Distance Estimated Diameter* Relative Velocity
(1988 TA) 09th May 2013 0 day(s) 0.0336 13.1 400 m 13.51 km/s 48636 km/h
(2008 OX2) 11th May 2013 2 day(s) 0.1418 55.2 260 m – 580 m 14.98 km/s 53928 km/h
(2012 VO76) 11th May 2013 2 day(s) 0.1060 41.2 180 m – 390 m 20.62 km/s 74232 km/h
(2010 SO16) 13th May 2013 4 day(s) 0.1537 59.8 210 m – 460 m 9.75 km/s 35100 km/h
(2012 XM55) 15th May 2013 6 day(s) 0.1293 50.3 7.2 m – 16 m 2.04 km/s 7344 km/h
(2012 FC71) 20th May 2013 11 day(s) 0.0574 22.3 24 m – 53 m 3.25 km/s 11700 km/h
(2012 VN82) 21st May 2013 12 day(s) 0.1843 71.7 270 m – 610 m 12.09 km/s 43524 km/h
(2000 GD147) 21st May 2013 12 day(s) 0.1445 56.3 250 m – 570 m 15.11 km/s 54396 km/h
(2011 KG4) 21st May 2013 12 day(s) 0.1779 69.2 67 m – 150 m 11.99 km/s 43164 km/h
(2009 SB) 22nd May 2013 13 day(s) 0.1969 76.6 200 m – 460 m 31.78 km/s 114408 km/h
163364 (2002 OD20) 22nd May 2013 13 day(s) 0.0388 15.1 460 m – 1.0 km 10.18 km/s 36648 km/h
172722 (2004 BV102) 24th May 2013 15 day(s) 0.1795 69.9 840 m – 1.9 km 26.53 km/s 95508 km/h
(2012 KF25) 25th May 2013 16 day(s) 0.0793 30.9 23 m – 51 m 9.14 km/s 32904 km/h
(2011 KE3) 29th May 2013 20 day(s) 0.1303 50.7 43 m – 97 m 5.36 km/s 19296 km/h
285263 (1998 QE2) 30th May 2013 21 day(s) 0.0392 15.2 1.4 km – 3.1 km 10.58 km/s 38088 km/h
(2011 BM45) 31st May 2013 22 day(s) 0.0749 29.2 130 m – 280 m 27.67 km/s 99612 km/h
(2004 KH17) 02nd June 2013 24 day(s) 0.0979 38.1 110 m – 250 m 12.91 km/s 46476 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

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Debris from Halley’s Comet – Eta Aquarid meteor shower / An active region just over the sun’s eastern limb exploded today : Strong solar M5 class solar flare

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May 3, 2013

ETA AQUARID METEOR SHOWER:

Earth is entering a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet, source of the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on May 5th and 6th with as many as 55 meteors per hour in the southern hemisphere and half that number in the north. The best time to look is during the dark hours before local sunrise.  [photo gallery]

Two Eta Aquarid Meteors
Taken by Mike Lewinski on May 3, 2013 @ Embudo, New Mexico, USA

 

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STRONG FLARE:

An active region just over the sun’s eastern limb exploded today, May 3rd @ 1730 UT, producing a strong M5-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught a plume of hot plasma flying up from the blast site:

 

This is the second time in three days that this same farside active region has unleashed a strong flare. The sun’s rotation is carrying the sunspot around the bend, and it should emerge into view from Earth during the weekend. After that, Earth-directed flares are possible. An uptick in geoeffective solar activity appears to be in the offing. Stay tuned for updates.

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Earth approaching objects – Sunday April 28th, 2013

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April 27, 2013

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  Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name Apporach Date Left AU Distance LD Distance Estimated Diameter* Relative Velocity
(2007 VZ2) 28th April 2013 1 day(s) 0.1296 50.4 30 m – 67 m 17.05 km/s 61380 km/h
242643 (2005 NZ6) 28th April 2013 1 day(s) 0.0640 24.9 810 m – 1.8 km 32.67 km/s 117612 km/h
(2010 FM) 29th April 2013 2 day(s) 0.1239 48.2 10 m – 23 m 7.97 km/s 28692 km/h
267223 (2001 DQ8) 29th April 2013 2 day(s) 0.1910 74.3 670 m – 1.5 km 33.90 km/s 122040 km/h
(2006 HC) 30th April 2013 3 day(s) 0.1558 60.6 20 m – 45 m 5.54 km/s 19944 km/h
(2007 WU3) 30th April 2013 3 day(s) 0.1576 61.3 56 m – 120 m 5.11 km/s 18396 km/h
(2009 TP) 02nd May 2013 5 day(s) 0.1547 60.2 52 m – 120 m 10.82 km/s 38952 km/h
(2010 VA1) 02nd May 2013 5 day(s) 0.1176 45.8 270 m – 600 m 6.63 km/s 23868 km/h
(2008 UC202) 03rd May 2013 6 day(s) 0.1102 42.9 6.0 m – 13 m 6.19 km/s 22284 km/h
(2006 YF) 03rd May 2013 6 day(s) 0.1065 41.4 180 m – 390 m 8.74 km/s 31464 km/h
(2010 KX7) 04th May 2013 7 day(s) 0.1136 44.2 110 m – 240 m 10.88 km/s 39168 km/h
(2012 DL31) 04th May 2013 7 day(s) 0.1770 68.9 76 m – 170 m 5.84 km/s 21024 km/h
(2009 BL2) 06th May 2013 9 day(s) 0.1342 52.2 360 m – 790 m 9.03 km/s 32508 km/h
(1988 TA) 09th May 2013 12 day(s) 0.0336 13.1 400 m 13.51 km/s 48636 km/h
(2008 OX2) 11th May 2013 14 day(s) 0.1418 55.2 260 m – 580 m 14.98 km/s 53928 km/h
(2012 VO76) 11th May 2013 14 day(s) 0.1060 41.2 180 m – 390 m 20.62 km/s 74232 km/h
(2010 SO16) 13th May 2013 16 day(s) 0.1537 59.8 210 m – 460 m 9.75 km/s 35100 km/h
(2012 XM55) 15th May 2013 18 day(s) 0.1293 50.3 7.2 m – 16 m 2.04 km/s 7344 km/h
(2012 FC71) 20th May 2013 23 day(s) 0.0574 22.3 24 m – 53 m 3.25 km/s 11700 km/h
(2012 VN82) 21st May 2013 24 day(s) 0.1843 71.7 270 m – 610 m 12.09 km/s 43524 km/h
(2000 GD147) 21st May 2013 24 day(s) 0.1445 56.3 250 m – 570 m 15.11 km/s 54396 km/h
(2011 KG4) 21st May 2013 24 day(s) 0.1779 69.2 67 m – 150 m 11.99 km/s 43164 km/h
(2009 SB) 22nd May 2013 25 day(s) 0.1969 76.6 200 m – 460 m 31.78 km/s 114408 km/h
163364 (2002 OD20) 22nd May 2013 25 day(s) 0.0388 15.1 460 m – 1.0 km 10.18 km/s 36648 km/h
172722 (2004 BV102) 24th May 2013 27 day(s) 0.1795 69.9 840 m – 1.9 km 26.53 km/s 95508 km/h
(2012 KF25) 25th May 2013 28 day(s) 0.0793 30.9 23 m – 51 m 9.14 km/s 32904 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

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