The Asteroid News

21/01/2025

Anyone wishing to create a risk corridor, here is a how-to video -- Using Find_orb(interactive version) and Guide9 To find the impact location of The NEO 2008 TC3 https://youtu.be/FfuNIpCNzLk?si=aBcBxAPLkLgaHxpp remember to download asteroid_ephemeris.txt and JPL ephemeris files

Using Find_orb(interactive version) and Guide9 To find the impact location of The NEO 2008 TC3.CreditsThe Observations of 2008 TC3 were obtained from theThe...

22/12/2024

American Meteor Society received 120 reports about a fireball seen over AL, Alabama, AR, FL, Florida, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, Louisiana, MO, MS, TN and TX on Sunday, December 22nd 2024 around 04:11 UT. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/imo_view/event/2024/7912

11/12/2024

"METEOR" IS BOULDER
Tuscaloosa Man Hears Chattanooga "Heavenly Visitor" Is Fake.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 22[, 1921,].—Special.—A day or so ago the papers carried a story from Chattanooga about a 600-pound meteor falling from the sky and embedding itself halfway in the ground. A gentleman in this city who wanted to buy the meteoric stone got Chief of Police McDuff to write the police department of Chattanooga about it and received the following reply:

"A. L. McDuff,
"Chief of Police, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

"Hatchett meteor only a large boulder, which rolled from top of ridge.
"J. L. HARRIS,
"Acting Chief of Police."

"‘METEOR’ IS BOULDER—Tuscaloosa Man Hears Chattanooga ‘Heavenly Visitor’ Is Fake." The Birmingham News, 22 July 1921, p. 1. Accessed via Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-meteor-is-boulder/112217011/.

04/09/2024

has been given the provisional designations 2024 RW1 by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) see MPEC 2024-R68 : 2024 RW1

31/07/2024

07/06/2024

I have my "if the Earth were the size of a basketball" NEO Close Approaches table up and running is still needs some editing here is the link

The raw data for this web page is from the The JPL Center for NEO Studies (CNEOS) and was pull from the the API  webpage coding  was done with the aid of Chatgpt under the guidance of webmaster.

20/01/2024

🛑 ☄️ IMMINENT ASTEROID ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY☄️🛑
In 75 minutes, on January 21st, ~00h 32min UT (between 00h29 and 00h36 UT), a small freshly discovered 1-m (0.8-1.4 m) diameter asteroid, Sar2736 is to enter the Earth atmosphere above North-Eastern Germany (lat. ~ 52.54494°N, lon. ~ 12.52813°E), 100 km West of Berlin. A bright fireball should be visible from Northern Germany, Poland, Czechia and Denmark should be alerted for a nice fireball coming! Every picture of the event may be important, so please go out if you're in those regions.
Stay tuned for more informations!

07/01/2024

Astronomical League Sky Puppy Program ...

Engage Youth!

Do you have people in your life who are age 10 and under, and who you would love to introduce to astronomy and to start their voyage into the Universe? He or she could be a child, grandchild, or a neighbor.

If so, then the Astronomical League has an Observing Program that is just what you need, Sky Puppy.

This program explores the night sky at an introductory level, introducing concepts and objects to help young astronomers understand what they are seeing and to find their way among the stars. The Observing Program has a list of activities for the youth to accomplish, as well as useful information and stories.

Thanks to a partnership with NASA, these workbook guides, certificates, and pins are available at no cost to members of the Astronomical League, as well as to non-members. This Observing Program is great for one-on-one experiences, but has also been used in class settings.

If you would like more information on the Sky Puppy Observing Program, visit its website:

https://www.astroleague.org/sky-puppy-observing-program/

To request one or more copies of the workbook guides, please send an email to the Sky Puppy Coordinator, Aaron Clevenson, [email protected]. Be sure to include your postal mailing address.