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Earth approaching objects – Saturday June 15th, 2013

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June 15, 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
340666 (2006 RO36) 17th June 2013 3 day(s) 0.1823 70.9 740 m – 1.7 km 12.76 km/s 45936 km/h
(2011 KR12) 17th June 2013 3 day(s) 0.1670 65.0 140 m – 310 m 8.46 km/s 30456 km/h
(2013 JR28) 17th June 2013 3 day(s) 0.0349 13.6 130 m – 300 m 17.00 km/s 61200 km/h
(2013 KL6) 19th June 2013 5 day(s) 0.0346 13.5 39 m – 88 m 10.58 km/s 38088 km/h
(2013 LC2) 20th June 2013 6 day(s) 0.0976 38.0 98 m – 220 m 8.34 km/s 30024 km/h
(2010 LL68) 20th June 2013 6 day(s) 0.1826 71.1 77 m – 170 m 8.09 km/s 29124 km/h
164202 (2004 EW) 22nd June 2013 8 day(s) 0.1840 71.6 190 m – 420 m 5.09 km/s 18324 km/h
354952 (2006 FJ9) 23rd June 2013 9 day(s) 0.1992 77.5 370 m – 840 m 4.63 km/s 16668 km/h
(2002 LT24) 24th June 2013 10 day(s) 0.0592 23.0 110 m – 250 m 8.96 km/s 32256 km/h
(2011 DL19) 24th June 2013 10 day(s) 0.1828 71.1 430 m – 960 m 19.82 km/s 71352 km/h
(2013 LE1) 24th June 2013 10 day(s) 0.1249 48.6 77 m – 170 m 11.11 km/s 39996 km/h
(2010 NY65) 25th June 2013 11 day(s) 0.0635 24.7 120 m – 270 m 13.98 km/s 50328 km/h
163249 (2002 GT) 25th June 2013 11 day(s) 0.1202 46.8 580 m – 1.3 km 8.76 km/s 31536 km/h
(2010 GA24) 26th June 2013 12 day(s) 0.1355 52.7 170 m – 370 m 9.03 km/s 32508 km/h
(2013 BP15) 26th June 2013 12 day(s) 0.1879 73.1 37 m – 84 m 9.33 km/s 33588 km/h
293726 (2007 RQ17) 27th June 2013 13 day(s) 0.0357 13.9 83 m – 190 m 5.92 km/s 21312 km/h
(2012 MD7) 29th June 2013 15 day(s) 0.1649 64.2 41 m – 92 m 7.99 km/s 28764 km/h
(2008 WM64) 29th June 2013 15 day(s) 0.1904 74.1 200 m – 460 m 17.44 km/s 62784 km/h
(2003 RU11) 30th June 2013 16 day(s) 0.1931 75.1 20 m – 45 m 9.22 km/s 33192 km/h
(2011 BN24) 30th June 2013 16 day(s) 0.1145 44.5 170 m – 380 m 7.71 km/s 27756 km/h
(2013 CE129) 01st July 2013 17 day(s) 0.0991 38.6 100 m – 220 m 5.89 km/s 21204 km/h
(2008 NP3) 01st July 2013 17 day(s) 0.1971 76.7 57 m – 130 m 6.32 km/s 22752 km/h
(2004 YG1) 02nd July 2013 18 day(s) 0.1019 39.6 140 m – 310 m 12.18 km/s 43848 km/h
(2008 TD) 03rd July 2013 19 day(s) 0.1373 53.4 23 m – 52 m 6.82 km/s 24552 km/h
(2009 HU44) 03rd July 2013 19 day(s) 0.1170 45.5 84 m – 190 m 17.32 km/s 62352 km/h
(2005 HN3) 04th July 2013 20 day(s) 0.1212 47.2 160 m – 350 m 10.48 km/s 37728 km/h
(2010 WR7) 05th July 2013 21 day(s) 0.1750 68.1 54 m – 120 m 12.02 km/s 43272 km/h
7753 (1988 XB) 09th July 2013 25 day(s) 0.1183 46.0 510 m – 1.1 km 10.19 km/s 36684 km/h
(2012 HN1) 10th July 2013 26 day(s) 0.1496 58.2 11 m – 24 m 4.89 km/s 17604 km/h
(2006 NL) 10th July 2013 26 day(s) 0.1379 53.6 300 m – 680 m 15.51 km/s 55836 km/h
(2012 LA11) 12th July 2013 28 day(s) 0.0926 36.0 16 m – 35 m 2.78 km/s 10008 km/h
(2010 MJ1) 12th July 2013 28 day(s) 0.1973 76.8 52 m – 120 m 11.08 km/s 39888 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

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New Subduction Zone Forming Off Spain’s Coast

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June 14, 2013
Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer
Date: 13 June 2013 Time: 12:12 PM ET

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Possible future scenarios for the subduction zone developing off Spain’s coast.
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A budding subduction zone offshore of Spain heralds the start of a new cycle that will one day pull the Atlantic Ocean seafloor into the bowels of the Earth, a new study suggests.

Understanding how subduction zones start is long-lasting mystery in plate tectonics, said lead study author João Duarte, a research fellow at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

Subduction zones are key players in creating supercontinents and opening and closing Earth’s oceans. In a subduction zone, one of Earth’s tectonic plates dives beneath another, sinking into the mantle, the layer under the crust. As oceanic crust disappears, continents may draw closer together and collide, as has happened numerous times in the history of the planet. Subduction zones also spawn the biggest earthquakes on the planet, as in Japan, Chile and Alaska. [The 10 Biggest Earthquakes in History]

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SOLAR ACTIVITY UPDATE: Departing Sunspot/M5.9-Flare/CME(June 9th, 2013).

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June 9, 2013

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Published on Jun 8, 2013

M-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: At the end of the day on June 7th (2249 UT) departing sunspot AR1762 unleashed a strong M5.9-class solar flare. Because of the sunspot’s location on the sun’s southwestern limb, the blast was not particulary geoeffective. X-radiation from the flare ionized Earth’s upper atmosphere, but only briefly, while a CME that flew away from the blast site is expected to miss our planet entirely.

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STORM WARNING: NOAA estimates a 60% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on June 9th when a CME is expected to deliver a glancing blow to Earth’s magnetic field. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras

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NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

NOAA Scales Activity
Range 1 (minor) to 5 (extreme)
NOAA Scale
Geomagnetic Storms *
Solar Radiation Storms
Previous 24 hour S-scale value
Current S-scale value
Radio Blackouts
Previous 24 hour R-scale value
 
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 3-day-forecast of solar and geomagnetic activity.  SIDC (RWC-Belgium) Daily Encoded data (ISES) SIDC Ursigram meu FormatMail headerSIDC code






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:Issued: 2013 Jun 08 1247 UTC
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#--------------------------------------------------------------------#
# DAILY BULLETIN ON SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY from the SIDC     #
# (RWC Belgium)                                                      #
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SIDC URSIGRAM 30608
SIDC SOLAR BULLETIN 08 Jun 2013, 1206UT
SIDC FORECAST (valid from 1230UT, 08 Jun 2013 until 10 Jun 2013)
SOLAR FLARES  : Active (M-class flares expected, probability >=50%)
GEOMAGNETISM  : Quiet (A<20 and K<4)
SOLAR PROTONS : Quiet
PREDICTIONS FOR 08 Jun 2013  10CM FLUX: 109 / AP: 013
PREDICTIONS FOR 09 Jun 2013  10CM FLUX: 108 / AP: 011
PREDICTIONS FOR 10 Jun 2013  10CM FLUX: 106 / AP: 008
COMMENT:Solar activity is low, with only three C-class flares and one
M-class flare
detected in last 24 hours.  The M5.9 flare peaking at 22:49 UT on June 07
originated from the Catania sunspot group 96 (NOAA AR 1765) situated at
that moment at the west solar limb, and was associated with a CME. From the
currently available data it seems that the bulk of the CME mass was
directed mostly southward of the Sun-Earth line and it is therefore not
probable that the CME will arrive at the Earth.   Fast growing Catania
sunspot group 96 (NOAA AR 1765) which currently has beta-gamma
configurations of its photospheric magnetic field, has a significant
potential to produce a C-class flares, and possibly also M-class flares.
The interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is about 4 nT, and the solar
wind speed is currently 450 km/s. The arrival of the fast flow from the
small equatorial coronal hole is expected today without significant
geomagnetic impact. A CME-driven shock wave associated with the M1.3 flare
on June 05, might be expected on June 09 producing at most unsettled
geomagnetic conditions. We expect quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions
during following 48 hours.
TODAY'S ESTIMATED ISN  : 017, BASED ON 16 STATIONS.

SOLAR INDICES FOR 07 Jun 2013
WOLF NUMBER CATANIA    : 066
10CM SOLAR FLUX        : 110
AK CHAMBON LA FORET    : 021
AK WINGST              : 025
ESTIMATED AP           : 033
ESTIMATED ISN          : 032, BASED ON 21 STATIONS.

NOTICEABLE EVENTS SUMMARY
DAY BEGIN MAX  END  LOC    XRAY OP  10CM Catania/NOAA RADIO_BURST_TYPES 
07  2211  2249 2304 ////// M5.9          92/1762      VI/1 
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 M5.9 Solar Flare & G2 Geomagnetic Storm – June 7, 2013 




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A moderately strong solar flare reaching M5.9 was observed Friday evening (6/7/2013) around Sunspot 1762 off the southwest limb. Because of the location near the limb, any associated CME would be directed mostly away from Earth.


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**ALERT**: SUPER SOLAR STORM Could Leave NATIONS WITHOUT POWER ‘FOR MONTHS’




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A power outage could leave Western nations without electricity for months in the event of a strong geomagnetic storm, a new report claims, adding that it is “almost inevitable in the future” while the sun is approaching the peak of its solar cycle.


It is a known fact that solar activity is interconnected with the our planet’s geomagnetic fields that are known to affect life on Earth, including widespread electrical disruptions.  Currently the Sun’s activity is ramping up toward what is known as solar maximum as the peak of the 11-year solar cycle is expected in 2015.




According to the report, produced by Lloyd’s in cooperation with Atmospheric and Environmental research (AER), super solar storms normally occur approximately every 150 years, the last being the Carrington Event in 1859 – a geomagnetic storm that caused disruptions in telegraph lines all over the world and the brightest auroras. However that was long before people were so dependent on electricity.


The report outlines a doomsday scenario – the cancellation of the services the public has come to depend upon every day. For example, the systems for controlling air-traffic would stop, potentially grounding entire fleets. The satellites that power the world’s telecoms networks would be knocked out.  Hospital patients dependent on electrical equipment would be put at risk.


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This could lead to liability claims if customers believe companies did not take enough protective measures during a blackout, which would have significant implications for the insurance industry.


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Earth approaching objects –  Friday  May  31st, 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




285263 (1998 QE2)
30th May 2013
0 day(s)
0.0392
15.2
1.4 km – 3.1 km
10.58 km/s
38088 km/h




(2011 BM45)
31st May 2013
1 day(s)
0.0749
29.2
130 m – 280 m
27.67 km/s
99612 km/h




(2004 KH17)
02nd June 2013
3 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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2.7 km wide Asteroid 1998 QE2 will fly past Earth on May 31, 2013




Posted by Chiffre on May 19, 2013


 photo ThisdiagramshowstheorbitofAsteroid1998QE2-Credit-NASAJPL-Caltech_zpsd81ad91a.jpg






 This diagram shows the orbit of Asteroid 1998 QE2 – Credit – NASA JPL-Caltech


 


 




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  –  Tuesday  May 21st, 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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MinuteEarth: Our atmosphere is escaping!

								

										

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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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 This diagram shows the orbit of Asteroid 1998 QE2 – Credit – NASA JPL-Caltech


 


 




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
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Major G2 geomagnetic storm conditions expected as CME sweeps past Earth

								

										

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Posted by Chillymanjaro on May 20, 2013







NOAA/SWPC reported passage of an interplanetary shock, recorded by ACE spacecraft. The CME-driven shock was first seen at 22:21 UTC on May 19, 2013, a bit later than forecasters had predicted. A Geomagnetic Sudden Impulse was recorded at 23:11 UTC. This signals the passage of anticipated CME past our planet. High-latitude auroras are possible in the hours ahead. Space weather forecasters expect G2 (Moderate) levels over the next 24 hours.




Lastest Estimated Planetary K-index and GOES13 Proton flux plots (Credit: NOAA/SWPC)


This CME was generated by M3.2 solar flare on May 17, 2013 in the magnetic canopy of Active Region 1748. On May 15, 2013 Sunspot 1748 produced X1.2 solar flare which caused minor G1 geomagnetic storm on May 18, 2013.


WARNING: SUMMARY: Geomagnetic Sudden Impulse

Observed: 2013 May 19 2306 UTC

Deviation: 39 nT

Station: Boulder


WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected

Valid From: 2013 May 19 2320 UTC

Valid To: 2013 May 20 0700 UTC

Warning Condition: Onset

NOAA Scale: G1 – Minor




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John Whitesides Parsons & the occult origins of NASA

								

										

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

								

										

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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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