• Asteroid 2019 OD to flyby Earth at 0.93 LD on July 24

    A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 OD will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.93 LD / 0.00239 AU (357 538 km / 222 164 miles) on July 24, 2019. This is the 31st known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and the largest….

  • Asteroid 2019 NF7 flew past Earth at 0.98 lunar distances

    A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 NF7 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.98 LD / 0.00253 AU (378 482 km / 235 178 miles) on July 9, 2019. This is the 30th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year. This object…

  • Exceptional multiple meteor event recorded over Brazil

    An exceptional multiple meteor event took place over Brazil at 07:10 UTC on June 26, 2019, and was recorded by a BRAMON video station in Maranhão, Brazil. The preliminarily calculated radiant of this cluster does not seem to be associated with any known…

  • Bright meteor event over Ciudad Real, Spain

    A bright meteor streaked through the night sky over Ciudad Real, Spain at 22:59 UTC July 6, 2019. The meteor which was produced by a rock from an asteroid hit the atmosphere at about 54 000 km/h (33 554 mph). It started from the province of Ciudad Real in Spain at a…

  • Asteroid 2019 NK1 flew past Earth at 0.69 LD

    A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 NK1 flew past Earth at 0.69 LD / 0.00177 AU (264 788 km / 164 531 miles) on July 2, 2019. This is the first known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since June 8. A similarly sized asteroid was discovered on…