* Astronomy

The 44 - 99 metre wide asteroid 2008 SZ150 will make a close pass (25.2 lunar distances, 0.0648 AU), travelling at 11.55 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st October 2013 @ 09:16 UT ±1 day 17:27. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (o...

The Eagle enstatite chondrite (presently 9.2 kg) was an observed fall in October 1946. It was not recovered until the spring of 1947 and was allowed to remain out-of-doors until 1984. The meteorite appears relatively unweathered, although the absence of oldhamite and the depletion of calcium ind...

The Serra de Magé (Eucrite-cm) meteorite fell in Pernambuco, Brazil, on the 1st October, 1923. A total mass of 1800 g was recovered. 8° 23'S, 36° 46'W

The Les Ormes (L6) meteorite fell in Bourgogne, France, on the 1st October, 1857. A total mass of 125 g was recovered. 48° 21'N, 3° 15'E

The Sextanids are active September 29 through October 9. Though, this one is more of a radio/radar shower as it occurs during the daytime with minimal activity. The radiate is in the constellation Sextans. The Sextanid meteor shower was first reported by Weiss (1960), who matched theoretical enve...

344 Desiderata is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. Read more

712 Boliviana is an asteroid from the asteroid belt. Boliviana was observed by Arecibo radar 2005 Oct 29-Nov 1 Source

The 140 - 310 metre wide asteroid 2002 NV16 will make a close pass (13.9 lunar distances, 0.0358 AU), travelling at 4.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th September, 2013 @ 23:36 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (...

The Sivas (H6) meteorite fell in Yozgat, Turkey, on the 30th September, 1989. A total mass of 40 kg was recovered. 39° 49' 29"N, 36° 8' 9"E

The Binningup (H5) meteorite fell in Western Australia, Australia, on the 30th September, 1984. A total mass of 488 g was recovered. 33°9'23"S., 115°40'35"E.

Mercury: at magnitude -1.1, starts the month in the constellation of Leo. The planet is close to Spica on the 25th. Mercury is at Aphelion (distance to sun: 0.4667 AU) on the 25th. (On September 1st, RA= 7h23m04s Dec=+20°32.8' (J2000) Distance=0.920AU Phase k=44% Diameter=7.3") Venus: is at...

TWO KILLED BY METEORITE A meteorite fell near a village in the Kanthjalaun district, U.P., and the village record-keeper and his assistant were killed instantly, while surveying some fields, and a third person was seriously hurt. The record-keeper's body was blown to pieces. Source: The Singapo...

September 29, 2004 Pat Lee was working outside the Tool Time Rental building on South Main Street Saturday when he heard a bang. A rock had struck the south side of the building, about five feet from where Lee had been working. The rock, according to Tool Time owner Pete Cali, was a meteorite. Read more E...

The 9 - 20 metre wide asteroid 2013 SK20 will make a close pass (2.3 lunar distances, 0.0058 AU), travelling at 11.30 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th September, 2013 @ 00:11 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....

The 200 - 450 metre wide asteroid 2013 PN43 will make a close pass (60.2 lunar distances, 0.1548 AU), travelling at 12.34 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th September, 2013 @ 03:51 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (...