Definitely a fireball; time was Dec 18 at 02:20:40 UTC or Dec 17 at 8:20:40 PM CST. It started out 52 miles above I-24 just south of Manchester, Tennessee and moved to the north of west at 50,000 mph. We lost track of it at an altitude of 23 miles just to the northwest of Shelbyville, Tennessee. Read more Fi...
The 120 - 260 metre wide asteroid 2013 VG13 will make a close pass (53.0 lunar distances, 0.1362 AU), travelling at 9.55 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th December, 2013 @ 12:00 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
The 16 - 37 metre wide asteroid 2013 XH22 will make a close pass (1.9 lunar distances, 0.0050 AU), travelling at 19.33 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th December, 2013 @ 11:58 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
The 31 - 68 metre wide asteroid 2008 ON10 will make a close pass (58.8 Lunar Distances, 0.1511 AU), travelling at 3.82 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th December, 2013 @ 07:29 UT ±2 days 14:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
Asteroid (29075) 1950 DA is a near Earth asteroid. It is notable for having the highest known probability of impacting Earth (although this probability remains low). For a few days in December 2004 it was temporarily surpassed by 99942 Apophis and in November 2008 the much smaller object 2008 TC3 br...
NGC 2319 is an asterism located ~3588 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The asterism was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at an old hunting lodge in Datchet, Berkshire, on the 18th December 1783. Ri...
NGC 1032 (also UGC 2147, PGC 10060, CGCG 388-086, MCG+00-07-073, SRGb 149.043, 2MASX J02392368+0105376) is a magnitude +12.6 edge-on spiral galaxy located 117 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using...
The 42 - 93 metre wide asteroid 2010 VA76 will make a close pass (71.8 lunar distances, 0.1845 AU), travelling at 3.34 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th December, 2010 @ 17:23 UT ±38 minutes. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
The 130 - 280 metre wide asteroid 2006 YV1 will make a close pass (41.7 Lunar Distances, 0.1072 AU), travelling at 16.08 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th June, 2009. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance be...
The 75 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2013 XG17 will make a close pass (23.7 lunar distances, 0.0609 AU), travelling at 19.62 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th December, 2013 @ 04:53 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
NGC 518 (also MCG +01-04-049, PGC 5161, 2MASX J01241762 +0919514 and UGC 952) is a magnitude +13.3 inclined spiral galaxy located ~107 million light years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum refl...
The 32 - 71 metre wide asteroid 2013 VC10 will make a close pass (14.1 lunar distances, 0.0361 AU), travelling at 5.35 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th December, 2013 @ 06:01 UT ±00:02. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
Notes on Kansas Meteorites: Metoric Fall of December 17, 1923 On December 17, 1923, at approximately 9:00 p. m. another meteor was seen by several students of McPherson College who reported to me the next day. A notice through the press 'brought information which indicated that it was more than a sho...
