* Astronomy

Title: The Bolide of September 17, 1966 Authors: Halliday, I. Read more "Sir: I was sitting around a large outdoor fire at my summer mobile home located on the shore of Lake Huron in Port Hope, Michigan last Saturday evening when the meteorite appeared at 7:46 p.m. It appeared out of the southeas...

The 88 - 200 metre wide asteroid 2001 SQ263 will make a close pass (21.8 lunar distances, 0.0560 AU), travelling at 14.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th September, 2013 @ 13:35 UT ±03:07. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km,...

The 81 - 180 metre wide asteroid 2013 QL10 will make a close pass (69.5 lunar distances, 0.1785 AU), travelling at 8.82 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th September, 2013 @ 03:19 UT ±3 days 04:38. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 k...

Eighty kilometres from Pune city in Khodad village in Junnar taluka, the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT), one of the world's few low radio frequency telescopes used in studying the universe, is getting an upgrade. The facility, which attracts talent from across the world and India, has bee...

The Kushiike (OC) meteorite fell in Tohoku, Japan, on the 16th September, 1920. A total mass of 4.46 kg was recovered. 37° 3'N, 138° 23'E

The Klein-Wenden (H6) meteorite fell in Thuringen, Germany, on the 16th September, 1843. A total mass of 3.25 kg was recovered. 51° 36'N, 10° 48'E

The 160 - 350 metre wide asteroid 2008 HB38 will make a close pass (12.7 lunar distances, 0.0326 AU), travelling at 10.42 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th September, 2013 @ 23:52 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (...

Peru's Andina News Agency reported today that Puno's Regional Health Directorate sent a group of specialists to the Carancas community in the province of Chucuito near Bolivia to take samples of a meteorite that supposedly landed in the area. Jorge López Tejada, a representative for the institut...

The Baroti (L6) meteorite fell in Himachal Pradesh, India, on the 15th September, 1910. A total mass of 4.5 kg was recovered. 31° 37'N, 76° 48'E

The Gambat (L6) meteorite fell in Sind, Pakistan, on the 15th September, 1897. A total mass of 6.4 kg was recovered. 27° 21'N, 68° 32'E

Orbital elements: 2008 KZ5 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0037 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 304.78321 (2000.0) P Q n 0.39496681 Peri. 194.15499 +0.91819966 +0.38616543 a 1.8397649 Node 142.73902 -0.34778052 +0.89253344 e 0.4527440 Incl. 8.37999 -0.18962618 +0.23293845 P 2.50 H 2...

SPRINT-A is the world's first space telescope for remote observation of the planets such as Venus, Mars, and Jupiter from the orbit around the earth. SPRINT-A will also perform an observation of extreme ultraviolet light from the satellite Io of the Jupiter, and examines how to transfer energy in t...

JAXA readies small rocket to break cost, use barriers The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency figures smaller is better: Striving for cheaper and more frequent launches, JAXA has set its sights on firing its new Epsilon small rocket into space from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima next Augu...

The 51 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2013 RM21 will make a close pass (44.8 lunar distances, 0.1150 AU), travelling at 13.99 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th September, 2013 @ 13:49 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (...

The 26 - 59 metre wide asteroid 2013 RA6 will make a close pass (37.5 lunar distances, 0.0963 AU), travelling at 7.20 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th September, 2013 @ 22:59 UT ±00:06. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....