* Astronomy

The 25 - 57 metre wide asteroid 2010 SG15 will make a close pass (34.9 lunar distances, 0.0898 AU), travelling at 4.92 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th October 2013 @ 17:59 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...

Asteroid 94 Aurora occults a +8.9 magnitude star at ~6:56 UT, 13th October 2013. The event is visible from South America.

The Soko-Banja (LL4) meteorite fell in Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, on the 13th October, 1877. A total mass of 80 kg was recovered. 43° 40'N, 21° 52'E

The Borkut (L5) meteorite fell in Zakarpats'ka, Ukraine, on the 13th October, 1852. A total mass of 7 kg was recovered. 48° 9'N, 24° 17'E

The Pohlitz (L5) meteorite fell in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, on the 13th October, 1819. A total mass of 3 kg was recovered. 50° 56'N, 12° 8'E

A tiny fragment of space rock which crashed to Earth near Wigan is up for sale as part of an extraordinary collection of meteorites. The rare 'amphoterite' hit Appley Bridge at around 150mph on October 13, 1914 - just ten weeks after the start of the First World War. Now a tiny fragment, found the follow...

A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 13:08:27 (UTC) on Friday, September 29, 2006 in the Sucre region, Venezuela, 40 km Northwest of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, at a depth of 62.6 km. Location 10.847°N, 61.823°W

The 44 - 99 metre wide asteroid 2013 SE21 will make a close pass (29.6 lunar distances, 0.0760 AU), travelling at 6.82 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th October 2013 @ 13:02 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...

The 40 - 90 metre wide asteroid 2013 SR will make a close pass (27.2 lunar distances, 0.0698 AU), travelling at 5.66 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th October 2013 @ 08:29 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...

NGC 7435 (also UGC 12267, MCG 4-54-4, GWT 475.7 and PGC 70116) is a magnitude +14.3 SBa-type barred spiral galaxy, located 376 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell, assistant to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, u...

NGC 7328 (also IRAS 22349+1016, MCG 2-57-7, UGC 12118 and PGC 69349) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy (Sab), located 130 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflect...

NGC 7396 (also UGC 12220, MCG 0-58-7, GWT 379.10, IRAS22498 0049 and PGC 69889) is a magnitude +12.9 spiral galaxy (Sa), located 228 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum ref...

Multiple meteor sightings provide October surprise A fireball was spotted across the sky in Jackson, Tennessee, Tuesday morning; it could be seen from Kentucky, Alabama and even Louisiana, according to Bill Cooke with NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office. The fireball was officially clocked...

The Beni Yacoub (H4/5 chondrite?) meteorite fell in Tata, Morocco, at 04.00 local time, 12th October, 2012. An unknown total mass has been recovered. See more

The Dwaleni (H4-6) meteorite fell in Shiselweni, Swaziland, on the 12th October, 1970. A total mass of 3.23 kg was recovered. 27° 12'S, 31° 19'E