Where is the Crater that formed the Australian tektites?
No crater has been found...
Australites (and Indochinites which are indistinguishable from each other) have been dated to about 710,000 years using fission track and potassium-argon (K-Ar) dating methods; However the stratigraphi...
The Mehaires (L6) meteorite fell in Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania, on the 16th December, 2012. A total mass of 6 kg was recovered. 25° 57' 33"N, 10° 57' 37"W
The 56 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2013 XZ20 will make a close pass (54.1 lunar distances, 0.1391 AU), travelling at 10.32 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th December, 2013 @ 15:26 UT ±00:19. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or...
The 20 - 44 metre wide asteroid 2013 XY20 will make a close pass (15.5 lunar distances, 0.0399 AU), travelling at 2.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th December, 2013 @ 13:51 UT ±00:40. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
NGC 129 (also C 0027 +599, OCl 294) is a magnitude +6.5 loose open star cluster located 5,450 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. NGC 129 contains approximately 35 members stars; several of magnitude 8 and 9 with the remaining being magnitude 10 and 11. The Cepheid variable DL Cassi...
Meteor-Fall in Oregon, December 16, 1892. Albany, Oregon, December 17, 1892. "About five o'clock yesterday morning Fred Reis saw a bright meteor approaching from the southeast. It was travelling very rapidly, and with a rushing sound fell into the street, followed by a wake of bright sparks...
Quebec, P. Q., Dec. 16, 1884. - An aerolite fell on the farm of C. Francois, at Chateau Richer, below Montmorency Falls, a short distance from Quebec, at three o'clock Saturday morning. It was dug up from the ground, in which it had imbedded itself, and was found to measure about a foot in diameter. The p...
The 23 - 51 metre wide asteroid 2013 XH17 made a close pass (7.1 lunar distances, 0.0182 AU), travelling at 10.15 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th December, 2013 @ 00:27 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
The 3 - 8 metre wide asteroid 2013 XS21 made a close pass (0.2 lunar distances, 0.0005 AU), travelling at 8.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th December, 2013 @ 23:27 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
The 9 - 21 metre wide asteroid 2013 XT21 made a close pass (1.1 lunar distances, 0.0029 AU), travelling at 13.55 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th December, 2013 @ 23:50 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 A...
Appalachian geology professors collect evidence of mass extinction that occurred in Central Asia Members of a U.N.-sponsored research team with members from Appalachian State Universitys Department of Geology have found evidence for catastrophic oceanographic events associated with clim...
The 16 - 35 metre wide asteroid 2013 XU21 made a close pass (6.2 lunar distances, 0.0158 AU), travelling at 10.74 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th December, 2013 @ 08:20 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
NGC 1847 (also ESO 56-SC66, GC 1057) is a magnitude +11.1 open star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremo...
NGC 1691 (also PGC 16300, UGC 3201, MCG 1-13-9, MK 1088, GWT 420.19 and IRAS04520 0311) is a magnitude +12.2 barred spiral galaxy located 210 million light-years away in the constellation Orion. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) refle...