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An asteroid, currently located between Mars and Jupiter, has been named after 18-year old Mumbaikar Bhushan Mahadik. The asteroid was christened after him by the Lincoln Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, US. The laboratory named the asteroid after...

Blobrana · Blobrana

Catch the last of comet C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) (at least for lower powered telescopes in the southern hemisphere). The brightness evolution had been slower than a typical comet since its discovery until the perihelion passage in early April. Although it kept bright as 8 magnitu...

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There are at least 3 giant explosion on the air from disintergrated Meteors: 1. Tunguska, Siberia, Russia 1908 2. Rio Curaca River, Brazil 1930 Rio Curaca, Brazil 3. British Guyana, 1935 [url...

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Scientists excited about potential site of meteorite May 22, 2005 The crash millions of years ago of what could have been a 900-foot-wide meteorite in St. Clair Count, US, could provide lessons for today if a small meteorite evading current detection methods hits Earth. [img]http://p...

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When something that looked curiously like a meteorite landed in Bill Hicks’s driveway and left a sizable indentation, he wondered out loud if maybe it was meant for his neighbour. “We live near Camp Phillip. Maybe God was trying to speak to them and he missed.” - Bill Hicks. “We’v...

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C/2005 K2 (LINEAR) was discovered after May 14th by LINEAR in New Mexico, and confirmed by the Table Mountain Observatory in southern California. The first and very preliminary orbit for the 18th magnitude comet shows perihelion at about 0.68 AU on June 29, 2005. The comet is intrinsic...

Anonymous

2005 K1 (P/Skiff) Brian A. Skiff discovered a new 17th magnitude comet on May 16 during a LONEOS sky survey on May 16TH. It will reach perihelion in November 2005 at 4.2 AU. This is the 32nd comet discovery by LONEOS C/2005 K1 16th May RA 17 54.3 Dec +65 16...

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An exceptionally bright "fireball" was spotted late on Tuesday slicing through the sky over Finland before exploding over the country's border with Russia, the Finnish Astronomical Association (URSA) said on Wednesday. The phenomenon was witnessed by dozens of people in the eastern...

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A 15-thousand pound mystery rock was found in a Cedar Rapids farm field, Iowa, US. Bob Taylor works for Bladerston Farms of Central City and says he found the rock this spring while doing field work. Taylor says it may be a meteorite. But the rock is clean, not burned and is sitting on the field, not i...

Anonymous

Residents were startled awake by a loud deep, reverberating rumble on Marco Island, Florida, early morning on April 25th. "We heard it plainly here at the station. I checked to see if there was a crash at one of the intersections, and the phone calls came in shortly thereafter. Since we had no r...

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The LONEOS sky survey telescope has recovered the minor planet 2004 JG6. This object has a period of about 0.5 years, and may be locked into 2:1 resonance with our Earth. It orbits entirely within Earth's orbit with the smallest known semimajor axis of any known asteroid.

Blobrana · Blobrana

A brilliant green fireball streaked over New England, US, on Sunday, April 24th, at about 7:45 pm EDT. It was seen as far north as southern Maine and as far south as Pennsylvania and occurred during the Lyrid meteor shower but it was probably a small fridge sized asteroid, breaking up in Earth's atmosp...

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The small bluish white object, maybe the size of a basketball, with sparks for a tail and fiery "chunks breaking off", was seen burning up in the earths atmosphere at about 2 a.m. 23rd April, moving in a southwest to the northeast direction. It was witnessed by John Kempen who was travelling the Park...

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A massive meteor was spotted in the daytime sky over western Manitoba on Saturday 24th April 2005. The meteor passed over Riding Mountain before exploding high over the St. Ambroise area, north of Portage la Prairie. "About half the people only heard it because of the sonic boom – the explosion...

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	Asteroid Bhushan (Preview) An asteroid, currently located between Mars and Jupiter, has been named after 18-year old Mumbaikar Bhushan Mahadik. The asteroid was christened after him by the Lincoln Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, US. The laboratory named the asteroid after...	Anonymous	0	May 30 14:10 2005 by Anonymous
	C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) (Preview) *Catch the last of comet C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) (at least for lower powered telescopes in the southern hemisphere).* The brightness evolution had been slower than a typical comet since its discovery until the perihelion passage in early April. Although it kept bright as 8 magnitu...	Blobrana	0	May 26 16:15 2005 by Blobrana
	Tunguska, Brazil, Guyana (Preview) There are at least 3 giant explosion on the air from disintergrated Meteors: 1. Tunguska, Siberia, Russia 1908 2. Rio Curaca River, Brazil 1930 Rio Curaca, Brazil 3. British Guyana, 1935 [url...	Anonymous	2	May 25 23:32 2005 by Blobrana
	Weaubleau-Osceola Structure (Preview) Scientists excited about potential site of meteorite May 22, 2005 The crash millions of years ago of what could have been a 900-foot-wide meteorite in St. Clair Count, US, could provide lessons for today if a small meteorite evading current detection methods hits Earth. [img]http://p...	Blobrana	0	May 23 08:51 2005 by Blobrana
	Fake meteorite? (Preview) When something that looked curiously like a meteorite landed in Bill Hicks’s driveway and left a sizable indentation, he wondered out loud if maybe it was meant for his neighbour. “We live near Camp Phillip. Maybe God was trying to speak to them and he missed.” - Bill Hicks. “We’v...	Anonymous	0	May 22 22:14 2005 by Anonymous
	C/2005 K2 (LINEAR) (Preview) C/2005 K2 (LINEAR) was discovered after May 14th by LINEAR in New Mexico, and confirmed by the Table Mountain Observatory in southern California. The first and very preliminary orbit for the 18th magnitude comet shows perihelion at about 0.68 AU on June 29, 2005. The comet is intrinsic...	Blobrana	0	May 22 16:58 2005 by Blobrana
	C/2005 K1 (P/Skiff) (Preview) 2005 K1 (P/Skiff) Brian A. Skiff discovered a new 17th magnitude comet on May 16 during a LONEOS sky survey on May 16TH. It will reach perihelion in November 2005 at 4.2 AU. This is the 32nd comet discovery by LONEOS C/2005 K1 16th May RA 17 54.3 Dec +65 16...	Anonymous	0	May 22 16:56 2005 by Anonymous
	Finland Fireball (Preview) An exceptionally bright "fireball" was spotted late on Tuesday slicing through the sky over Finland before exploding over the country's border with Russia, the Finnish Astronomical Association (URSA) said on Wednesday. The phenomenon was witnessed by dozens of people in the eastern...	Blobrana	1	May 19 15:27 2005 by Blobrana
	Big rock FOUND (Preview) A 15-thousand pound mystery rock was found in a Cedar Rapids farm field, Iowa, US. Bob Taylor works for Bladerston Farms of Central City and says he found the rock this spring while doing field work. Taylor says it may be a meteorite. But the rock is clean, not burned and is sitting on the field, not i...	Blobrana	1	May 16 22:13 2005 by Blobrana
	Marco Island rumble (Preview) Residents were startled awake by a loud deep, reverberating rumble on Marco Island, Florida, early morning on April 25th. "We heard it plainly here at the station. I checked to see if there was a crash at one of the intersections, and the phone calls came in shortly thereafter. Since we had no r...	Anonymous	0	Apr 29 00:09 2005 by Anonymous
	2004 JG6 (Preview) The LONEOS sky survey telescope has recovered the minor planet 2004 JG6. This object has a period of about 0.5 years, and may be locked into 2:1 resonance with our Earth. It orbits entirely within Earth's orbit with the smallest known semimajor axis of any known asteroid.	Blobrana	0	Apr 28 23:38 2005 by Blobrana
	New England fireball (Preview) A brilliant green fireball streaked over New England, US, on Sunday, April 24th, at about 7:45 pm EDT. It was seen as far north as southern Maine and as far south as Pennsylvania and occurred during the Lyrid meteor shower but it was probably a small fridge sized asteroid, breaking up in Earth's atmosp...	Blobrana	0	Apr 28 20:29 2005 by Blobrana
	Parks Highway object (Preview) The small bluish white object, maybe the size of a basketball, with sparks for a tail and fiery "chunks breaking off", was seen burning up in the earths atmosphere at about 2 a.m. 23rd April, moving in a southwest to the northeast direction. It was witnessed by John Kempen who was travelling the Park...	Blobrana	0	Apr 28 20:27 2005 by Blobrana
	Manitoba meteor (Preview) A massive meteor was spotted in the daytime sky over western Manitoba on Saturday 24th April 2005. The meteor passed over Riding Mountain before exploding high over the St. Ambroise area, north of Portage la Prairie. "About half the people only heard it because of the sonic boom – the explosion...	Blobrana	0	Apr 28 00:23 2005 by Blobrana
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