Asteroid 2022 JO1 to fly past Earth at 0.18 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 JO1 will fly past Earth at a distance of 0.18 LD / 0.00047 AU (69 567 km / 43 227 miles) at 12:47 UTC on May 10, 2022.
Partial solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
April 30 brings us a partial solar eclipse, visible from southern South America, parts of Antarctica, and the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. This eclipse will be followed two weeks later by a total lunar eclipse on May 16.
Asteroid 2022 HB1 to fly past Earth at 0.5 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 HB1 will fly past Earth at a distance of 0.52 LD / 0.00134 AU (200 460 km / 124 560 miles) at 21:52 UTC (± 00:37) on April 26, 2022.
Bright fireball over southern Ontario expected to have dropped meteorites, Canada
A bright fireball was observed by a network of all-sky cameras across southern Ontario, Canada at 05:37 UTC on April 18, 2022. Analysis of the video data suggests that fragments of the meteor are likely to have made it to the ground near the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, just north of the town of Argyle.
Global temperatures at Neptune unexpectedly cooled over the past 20 years
Researchers using ground-based telescopes to track Neptune’s atmospheric temperatures over a 17-year period found a surprising drop in the planet’s global temperatures followed by dramatic warming at its south pole.
Asteroid 2022 GQ5 flew past Earth at just 0.05 LD – the second closest of the year
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 GQ5 flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.05 LD / 0.00013 AU (19 447 km / 12 084 miles) at 16:20 UTC on April 8, 2022. This is the 50th known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and the second closest of the year after 2022 FD1.
Asteroid 2022 GN1 to fly by Earth at 0.3 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 GN1 will fly past Earth at a distance of 0.33 LD / 0.00084 AU (125 662 km / 78 080 miles) at 03:02 UTC on April 6, 2022. This is the 45th known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year, including 2022 GQ1 expected to fly past us on April 7 at a distance of 0.58 LD.
Asteroid 2022 GC flew past Earth at 0.1 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 GC flew past Earth at a distance of 0.14 LD / 0.00035 (52 360 km / 32 500 miles) at 01:48 UTC on April 1, 2022. This is the 42nd known asteroid and the 4th closest to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year….
Asteroid 2022 EB5 impacts Earth – the 5th predicted Earth impact on record
A small Apollo-class asteroid designated 2022 EB5 impacted Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated southwest of Jan Mayen island in the Arctic Ocean at around 21:22 UTC on March 11, 2022. The object was discovered at GINOP-KHK observatory by Hungarian astronomer…
Asteroid 2022 ES3 to fly past Earth at 0.8 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 ES3 will fly past Earth at a distance of 0.87 LD / 0.00223 AU (333 600 km / 207 290 miles) at 19:18 UTC on March 13, 2022. This is the 35th known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the…
