* Astronomy

The Innisfree (L5) meteorite fell in Alberta, Canada, on the 5th February, 1977. A total mass of 4.58 kg was recovered. 53° 24' 54"N, 111° 20' 15"W

The Vilna (L5) meteorite fell in Alberta, Canada, on the 5th February, 1967. A total mass of 0.1 g was recovered. 54° 13' 30"N, 111° 41' 30"W

Orbital elements: 2014 CE Earth MOID = 0.0022 AU Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC M 336.65825 (2000.0) P Q n 0.62245675 Peri. 280.27299 +0.59190191 -0.80247981 a 1.3585113 Node 133.16146 +0.77402930 +0.53985309 e 0.4557269 Incl. 5.92958 +0.22479051 +0.25413538 P 1.58 H 27.0 G 0....

Title: Low-latitude auroras: The great aurora of 4 February 1872 Authors: Silverman, S. M. The aurora of 4 February 1872 was comparable to, and perhaps even greater than, that of 1/2 September 1859. In this paper we show that the aurora of 4 February 1872 was seen worldwide, and that in the Caribbea...

The 3500 - 7800 metre wide asteroid (4183) Cuno (1959 LM) will make a close pass (47.4 lunar distances, 0.1218 AU), travelling at 14.40 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th May, 2012 @ 19:12 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar...

Kuwae is a submarine caldera between Epi and Tongoa islands. Kuwae Caldera cuts through the flank of the Tavani Ruru volcano on Epi and the northwest end of Tongoa. The submarine volcano Karua, one of the most active volcanoes of Vanuatu, is near the northern rim of Kuwae Caldera. Read more

NGC 2333 (also UGC 3689, MCG 6-16-20, ZWG 176.18, IRAS07050 +3515 and PGC 20223) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy located 218 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting te...

NGC 2385 (also MCG 6-17-8, ZWG 177.20 and PGC 21080) is a magnitude +14.3 spiral galaxy located 191 million lightyears away in the constellation Gemini. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slou...

NGC 3255 (also OCL 817 and ESO 127-SC20) is a magnitude +11.0 open cluster located 4,713 light-years away in the constellation Carina. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Tow...

The 130 - 300 metre wide asteroid 2014 BQ8 made a close pass (72.4 lunar distances, 0.1861 AU), travelling at 15.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th February, 2014 @ 19:12 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

The 22 - 50 metre wide asteroid 2014 BS57 made a close pass (20.9 lunar distances, 0.0537 AU), travelling at 18.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th February, 2014 @ 13:42 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

Orbital elements: 2014 BM62 Earth MOID = 0.0027 AU Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC M 301.80808 (2000.0) P Q n 0.48004875 Peri. 225.86602 -0.99112263 -0.13061559 a 1.6153966 Node 306.61338 +0.12909405 -0.90084656 e 0.4339786 Incl. 1.77118 +0.03179083 -0.41402299 P 2.05 H 25.3 G...

Title: Correspondence - A Large Fireball. Authors: Denning, W. F. At 9h. 58m. on February 3, a very large meteor, or fireball, as it may appropriately be called, was imperfectly seen at this city. At the time of its appearance, the sky was much clouded, though not entirely overcast, and became sudden...

The Bou Hadid (L) meteorite was discovered in Adrar, Algeria, on the 3rd February, 1969. A total mass of 374 g was recovered. 28° 18' 45"N, 0° 14' 0"E

The Jolomba (LL6) meteorite fell in Huambo, Angola, on the 3rd February, 1974. A total mass of 483 g was recovered. 11° 51'S, 15° 50'E