Near-Earth objects and close calls
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"They" make it seem that this theory has the possibility of avoiding the inevitable.
But what if there are many large space rocks all at once? Does it seem that the Lucy Mission team representatives appear oblivious to being flexible? With keeping an open-minded approach with considering all possibilities within the realm of the billiard ball approach may even fail.
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By Elizabeth Howell published 12 days ago
But what if there are many large space rocks all at once? Does it seem that the Lucy Mission team representatives appear oblivious to being flexible? With keeping an open-minded approach with considering all possibilities within the realm of the billiard ball approach may even fail.
Fiery ancient asteroid impacts turned living things into charcoal
The dramatic ends of ancient microbes reveal clues of asteroid impacts.
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NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense
(September 26 at 7:14pm Eastern Time (2314 GMT)
"The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spaceship launched from California last November and is fast approaching its target, which it will strike at roughly 14,000 miles per hour (23,000 kph)."
"If all goes to plan, impact between the car-sized spacecraft, and the 530-foot (160 meters, or two Statues of Liberty) asteroid should take place on September 26 at 7:14pm Eastern Time (2314 GMT), and can be followed on a NASA livestream."
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NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense
Bet the dinosaurs wish they'd thought of this.
A live starry sky camera on Mauna Kea, Hawaii Island, captured the appearance of a fireball near the eastern horizon on September 21, 2022, at 21:49:33 local time. The fireball itself is blocked by the dome of the Keck telescope, but the image shows the sky brightening. Translated with Deepl
Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters (last week of September)
M.D: miss distance
LD: Lunar Distance (distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon, approximately 400,000 km)
VEL: Velocity (Km/s)
DT: Diameter (m)
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Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters (last week of September)
| Asteroid | Date (UT) | M.D. | VEL | DT |
| 2022 SW3 | 2022-Sep-23 | 7.2 LD | 8.7 | 38 |
| 2022 QK36 | 2022-Sep-23 | 18.7 LD | 3.7 | 22 |
| 2022 SP | 2022-Sep-24 | 9.2 LD | 9.8 | 13 |
| 2022 SK | 2022-Sep-24 | 18.1 LD | 16.6 | 50 |
| 2022 RM | 2022-Sep-25 | 14.2 LD | 10 | 31 |
| 2022 SK6 | 2022-Sep-25 | 2.7 LD | 3.9 | 11 |
| 2022 SL1 | 2022-Sep-25 | 9.3 LD | 8 | 22 |
| 2022 SU1 | 2022-Sep-25 | 4 LD | 14 | 16 |
| 2022 SE6 | 2022-Sep-26 | 4 LD | 4.2 | 24 |
| 2022 SR4 | 2022-Sep-26 | 7.9 LD | 11 | 24 |
| 2022 SY4 | 2022-Sep-26 | 2.4 LD | 11.8 | 10 |
| 2022 SY2 | 2022-Sep-27 | 18.8 LD | 12.8 | 46 |
| 2022 SZ2 | 2022-Sep-27 | 1.5 LD | 3.6 | 10 |
| 2022 ST3 | 2022-Sep-27 | 18 LD | 17.5 | 32 |
| 2022 SD4 | 2022-Sep-27 | 10.7 LD | 9.8 | 18 |
| 2022 SP4 | 2022-Sep-27 | 15.6 LD | 13.2 | 52 |
| 2022 SO4 | 2022-Sep-28 | 13.6 LD | 11.5 | 27 |
| 2022 SP1 | 2022-Sep-28 | 19 LD | 4.6 | 20 |
| 2022 SZ | 2022-Sep-28 | 13.7 LD | 7.4 | 18 |
| 2022 SR1 | 2022-Sep-29 | 12.1 LD | 6 | 25 |
| 2016 HF2 | 2022-Sep-29 | 19.2 LD | 5.6 | 21 |
M.D: miss distance
LD: Lunar Distance (distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon, approximately 400,000 km)
VEL: Velocity (Km/s)
DT: Diameter (m)
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Meteor in Japan
This is a wide-angle camera shot from my house in Hiratsuka, Japan, looking southwest, capturing a long meteor streaming at 10:45:14 p.m. on September 25, 2022. It was not bright enough to be called a fireball, but it glowed slowly for more than 4 seconds. It was a scattered meteor. (T.Deepl)
Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters (Updated September 26-30)
M.D: miss distance
LD: Lunar Distance (distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon, approximately 400,000 km)
VEL: Velocity (Km/s)
DT: Diameter (m)
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This is a wide-angle camera shot from my house in Hiratsuka, Japan, looking southwest, capturing a long meteor streaming at 10:45:14 p.m. on September 25, 2022. It was not bright enough to be called a fireball, but it glowed slowly for more than 4 seconds. It was a scattered meteor. (T.Deepl)
Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters (Updated September 26-30)
| Asteroid | Date (UT) | M.D. | VEL | DT |
| 2022 SE6 | 2022-Sep-26 | 4 LD | 4.2 | 25 |
| 2022 SR4 | 2022-Sep-26 | 7.9 LD | 11 | 24 |
| 2022 SY4 | 2022-Sep-26 | 2.4 LD | 11.8 | 10 |
| 2022 SY2 | 2022-Sep-27 | 18.8 LD | 12.8 | 46 |
| 2022 SZ2 | 2022-Sep-27 | 1.5 LD | 3.6 | 10 |
| 2022 ST3 | 2022-Sep-27 | 18 LD | 17.5 | 32 |
| 2022 SD4 | 2022-Sep-27 | 10.7 LD | 9.8 | 18 |
| 2022 SP4 | 2022-Sep-27 | 15.6 LD | 13.2 | 52 |
| 2022 SO4 | 2022-Sep-28 | 13.6 LD | 11.5 | 27 |
| 2022 SP1 | 2022-Sep-28 | 19 LD | 4.6 | 20 |
| 2022 ST7 | 2022-Sep-28 | 10.8 LD | 5.2 | 30 |
| 2022 SZ | 2022-Sep-28 | 13.7 LD | 7.4 | 18 |
| 2022 SR1 | 2022-Sep-29 | 12.1 LD | 6 | 25 |
| 2016 HF2 | 2022-Sep-29 | 19.2 LD | 5.6 | 21 |
| 2022 SJ9 | 2022-Sep-29 | 3.2 LD | 9.9 | 14 |
| 2022 SU7 | 2022-Sep-30 | 1.9 LD | 4.9 | 7 |
M.D: miss distance
LD: Lunar Distance (distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon, approximately 400,000 km)
VEL: Velocity (Km/s)
DT: Diameter (m)
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DART zeros in on an asteroid
DART – the Double Asteroid Redirect Test – is zeroing in on its target. DART is the first real test of our ability to defend ourselves from an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. For this test, DART is targeting Didymos B – aka Dimorphos – a little asteroid moon that’s just 525 feet (160 m) in diameter. It’ll strike the little asteroid – hoping to nudge it slightly off-orbit – at 7:14 p.m. ET (23:14 UTC) on Monday, September 26, 2022. NASA will begin its coverage of the DART impact at 6 p.m. ET (22 UTC) on September 26 on the agency’s website. NASA will also hold a post-event briefing to discuss what happened.You can also watch the DART asteroid impact via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (looks like the livestream on YouTube is not yet posted, as of 6 a.m. ET (10 UTC) on September 26).
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I came across this 'fireball' video from Colorado Springs and then looked in the forum to see if anyone had posted it. Since I couldn't find it, I thought it best to add it here. The funny thing is the 'explanation' for them. Mystery solved? Are they really just jet bombers?
Mystery solved for what the 3 ‘fireballs’ were spotted from Colorado this week
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Video taken 9/20/22 6:45 am. Objects were visible from Hartsel to Calhan Colorado according to 11 News Viewers. 11 News is working to find out what they are.
By Tony Keith
Published: Sep. 20, 2022 at 5:35 PM EDT|Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 2:36 PM EDT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Multiple people started reaching out to KKTV 11 News on Tuesday after they witnessed three objects in the sky that were visible from areas of Colorado.
One viewer, who shared photos with KKTV 11 News, explained he could see three “huge fireballs” in the sky from Hartsel while he was looking east toward Colorado Springs at about 6:38 in the morning. He added that he was able to watch the objects for about 10 minutes before they were out of sight. Video and pictures of the objects from a distance can be viewed at the top of this article.
After 11 News started receiving more videos and photos, we started reaching out to local military installations for answers. Tuesday evening, no one could identify the objects.
11 News also reached out to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Pueblo. An official with the NWS said they did pick something up on radar in an area east of Colorado Springs, but they were not able to identify the objects. Someone with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told 11 News they would be checking with the Space Center to see if they were tracking anything Tuesday morning.
On Wednesday, a representative with NOAA got back to 11 News and stated he had heard of other reports that it was simply a convoy of C-17s. However, 11 News received better quality video on Wednesday that helped solve the mystery. A higher-quality video depicting the aircraft can be viewed at the bottom of this article.
The Federal Aviation Administration referred 11 News to the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense couldn’t comment. After calling more military installations in Colorado, we were referred to Air Force Global Strike Command. A representative with Air Force Global Strike Command was able to confirm with the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri that the objects in question were B-2 Spirit Bombers. Whiteman AFB houses the B-2 Bombers.
Details on what the aircraft were doing in the Colorado area were not available.
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11 News is still working to confirm what type of aircraft was spotted east of Colorado Springs on 9/20/22. They appear to be Bombers.
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Mystery solved for what the 3 ‘fireballs’ were spotted from Colorado this week
Mystery solved for what the 3 ‘fireballs’ were spotted from Colorado this week
Multiple people started reaching out to KKTV 11 News on Tuesday after they witnessed three objects in the sky that were visible from areas of Colorado.
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Video taken 9/20/22 6:45 am. Objects were visible from Hartsel to Calhan Colorado according to 11 News Viewers. 11 News is working to find out what they are.
By Tony Keith
Published: Sep. 20, 2022 at 5:35 PM EDT|Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 2:36 PM EDT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Multiple people started reaching out to KKTV 11 News on Tuesday after they witnessed three objects in the sky that were visible from areas of Colorado.
One viewer, who shared photos with KKTV 11 News, explained he could see three “huge fireballs” in the sky from Hartsel while he was looking east toward Colorado Springs at about 6:38 in the morning. He added that he was able to watch the objects for about 10 minutes before they were out of sight. Video and pictures of the objects from a distance can be viewed at the top of this article.
After 11 News started receiving more videos and photos, we started reaching out to local military installations for answers. Tuesday evening, no one could identify the objects.
11 News also reached out to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Pueblo. An official with the NWS said they did pick something up on radar in an area east of Colorado Springs, but they were not able to identify the objects. Someone with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told 11 News they would be checking with the Space Center to see if they were tracking anything Tuesday morning.
On Wednesday, a representative with NOAA got back to 11 News and stated he had heard of other reports that it was simply a convoy of C-17s. However, 11 News received better quality video on Wednesday that helped solve the mystery. A higher-quality video depicting the aircraft can be viewed at the bottom of this article.
The Federal Aviation Administration referred 11 News to the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense couldn’t comment. After calling more military installations in Colorado, we were referred to Air Force Global Strike Command. A representative with Air Force Global Strike Command was able to confirm with the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri that the objects in question were B-2 Spirit Bombers. Whiteman AFB houses the B-2 Bombers.
Details on what the aircraft were doing in the Colorado area were not available.
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11 News is still working to confirm what type of aircraft was spotted east of Colorado Springs on 9/20/22. They appear to be Bombers.
Copyright 2022 KKTV. All rights reserved.
Good luck with that!
Just saw the following on a telegram channel that I've founded interesting and thought to share it here:
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⚡"There has been a nuclear strike. Don't ask me how or why, but the big trouble has arrived," New York City released a video with instructions for residents in case of a nuclear strike. The city authorities prepared a special video instruction on what to do in case of a nuclear strike...
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This has been out for a while. Saw it before, might have been this summer or before about how to get ready for a nuclear strikeJust saw the following on a telegram channel that I've founded interesting and thought to share it here:
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⚡"There has been a nuclear strike. Don't ask me how or why, but the big trouble has arrived," New York City released a video with instructions for residents in case of a nuclear strike. The city authorities prepared a special video instruction on what to do in case of a nuclear strike...
Two Russian observatories have discovered a new asteroid 2022 SE37, approaching Earth. The diameter of the celestial body is about 500 meters, it orbits the Sun in an elongated orbit with a period of 3.44 years and poses no danger to the Earth in the foreseeable future, confirmed the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russia's Academy of Science on its Telegram channel.
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By Svetlana Ekimenko - 3 hours ago (Updated: 15 minutes ago)
Russian Observatories Discover New Asteroid Hurtling Towards Earth
NASA released pictures of its experimental Double Asteroid Redirection Mission (DART) to collide a spacecraft with an asteroid recently, with the agency's science chief hailing the ongoing effort to teach engineers how to "deflect and...
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I'd bet they didn't expect such an extreme reaction. Though it was an experiment...
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By Robert Lea published about 7 hours ago
New comet Comet ATLAS C/2022 R2 ( ATLAS ) A narrow tail about 3' northwest of the head with strong central condensation 12 mag, brightening. 2022/09/30 28:20:14 (JST) 30.805 (UT) FSQ106+EOS60Da 2m×8 #cometcollection
DART impact gave asteroid Dimorphos a debris tail thousands of miles long (stunning photo)
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Cometary Activities of the Hyperbolic Asteroid A/2021 X2 Observed at Lulin Observatory
8 Sep 2022; 04:28 UT via The Astronomer's TelegramNew comet Comet ATLAS C/2022 R2 ( ATLAS ) A narrow tail about 3' northwest of the head with strong central condensation 12 mag, brightening. 2022/09/30 28:20:14 (JST) 30.805 (UT) FSQ106+EOS60Da 2m×8 #cometcollection
Today is the waxing moon. Last night there was a lunar impact flash, a meteorite falling and shining on the night side of the moon! The flash was at 20:03:24.0 on October 2, 2022. I took this photo from my home in Hiratsuka. It fell on the southwestern periphery of the Moon, at the edge of the eastern ocean. The moon has no atmosphere, so no meteors or fireballs are seen, but instead it glows at the moment of cratering. T.Deepl
This is a shot of meteors captured by a camera facing southeast from Fuji between 10:00 p.m. on September 30, 2022 and 3:00 a.m. on October 2, 2022. October is the peak month for various meteor showers, including the Geminids epsilon meteor shower, the Pisces delta North meteor shower, the Orionids meteor shower, and the Taurids South meteor shower. Especially in this year's Taurids group, fireballs are expected to appear. T.Deepl
Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters
M.D: miss distance LD: Lunar Distance (distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon, approximately 400,000 km)
VEL: Velocity (Km/s)
DT: Diameter (m)
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This is a shot of meteors captured by a camera facing southeast from Fuji between 10:00 p.m. on September 30, 2022 and 3:00 a.m. on October 2, 2022. October is the peak month for various meteor showers, including the Geminids epsilon meteor shower, the Pisces delta North meteor shower, the Orionids meteor shower, and the Taurids South meteor shower. Especially in this year's Taurids group, fireballs are expected to appear. T.Deepl
Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters
| Asteroid | Date (UTC) | M.D. | VEL | DT |
| 2018 VG | 2022-Oct-05 | 18.5 LD | 6.7 | 12 |
| 2022 SJ28 | 2022-Oct-05 | 14.9 LD | 9.2 | 19 |
| 2022 TD | 2022-Oct-06 | 1 LD | 10.1 | 10 |
| 2021 TJ10 | 2022-Oct-06 | 19.6 LD | 8.1 | 6 |
| 2013 TJ6 | 2022-Oct-07 | 11.7 LD | 14.4 | 32 |
| 2022 TV | 2022-Oct-08 | 6.3 LD | 18.6 | 17 |
| 2022 TR | 2022-Oct-08 | 4 LD | 11.6 | 11 |
| 2022 SU21 | 2022-Oct-08 | 3.2 LD | 19.9 | 41 |
| 2022 SB29 | 2022-Oct-09 | 4.6 LD | 7.6 | 15 |
| 2022 SV11 | 2022-Oct-09 | 17.1 LD | 14.4 | 35 |
M.D: miss distance LD: Lunar Distance (distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon, approximately 400,000 km)
VEL: Velocity (Km/s)
DT: Diameter (m)
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NASA says 110-foot wide asteroid is zooming towards Earth today!
According to NASA, a 110-foot wide asteroid called 2022 TB1 is headed towards Earth today. Is it dangerous? What is the chance of an asteroid strike?
With asteroids constantly moving past the Earth, the threat of an asteroid strike is not really that far-fetched. This risk grows significantly higher whenever a large asteroid makes its way towards the planet. NASA has reported that a 110-foot wide asteroid will be making its close approach to our planet. Worryingly, this asteroid is large enough to flatten an entire city and if it were to get pulled in by Earth’s gravity, it could spell a major disaster for us. But there are ways for us to know what the chance of an asteroid strike is. And it goes through a wing of NASA called the Planetary Defense.