A very bright fireball exploded over China’s Zhejiang Province around 10:00 UTC on December 15, 2022. Parts of the object survived the entry and were later recovered. Locals reported broken windows and street lamps.
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 XX will fly past Earth at 0.5 LD / 0.00139 AU (208 456 km / 129 529 miles) at 10:43 UTC on December 14, 2022. This is the 116th known asteroid to fly past Earth since the start of the year.
A large fireball was recorded east of Columbus at 00:33 UTC on December 2, 2022. The event lasted more than 10 seconds.
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 WN9 flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.12 LD / 0.00032 AU (48 384 km / 30 065 miles) at 22:32 UTC on November 27, 2022.
A very bright fireball was seen entering our atmosphere over southern Brazil and exploding over the state of Rio Grande do Sul early Monday morning, November 28, 2022. The meteor had a duration of 1.8 seconds and a magnitude of -12.
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 WM7 flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.2 LD / 0.00053 AU (78 549 km / 48 808 miles) at 02:24 UTC on November 28, 2022.
Cryovolcanic comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann suddenly brightened by more than 4 magnitudes on November 22, 2022, signaling a new significant eruption/outburst was underway. After the eruption, cryomagmatic debris started expanding in a shell shaped like Pac-Man.
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 WJ1 impacted Earth’s atmosphere over Niagara Falls at 08:27 UTC on November 19, 2022, becoming the 6th asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth.
The Space Launch System (SLS) mega rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard lifted off at 06:47 UTC (01:47 EST) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S. on November 16, 2022.
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 UU63 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.197 LD / 0.00051 AU (75 683 km / 47 027 miles) at 21:01 UTC on October 27, 2022.
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