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65.5 million years ago an asteroid crashed into Mexico and wiped out the dinosaurs.

Including those further north who hadn't the foresight to build a wall.

Too soon?

A gleeful Julia rides on the back of a bipedal dinosaur. Text: 65.5 million years ago an asteroid crashed into Mexico and wiped out the dinosaurs. Including those further north who hadn't the foresight to build a wall. Too soon?

APOD from 2011-09-19

The South Pole of #Asteroid Vesta

Dawn satellite images reveal a circular structure at Vesta's south pole, possibly from an ancient collision or internal processes. Details may clarify as Dawn captures higher resolution images.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110919.html

#stem #science #space #astronomy #asteroid #cool #moon

I will take Giant Meteor off the Moon and into the corner pocket

https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/james-webb-telescope-ups-the-odds-that-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-will-hit-the-moon-in-2032?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

#WebbTelescope Raises #Moon Impact Odds for “City-Killer” #Asteroid 2024 YR4

https://scitechdaily.com/webb-telescope-raises-moon-impact-odds-for-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4/

The stellar occultation by (893) Leopoldina is coming up.
On 2025 June 18 at ~00:39 UT the main-belt asteroid will occult TYC 5080-01162-1 (10.9 mag) with a max. duration of 6 s.

24 stations across Europe are ready to observe the event.

Details on Occult Watcher Cloud:
https://cloud.occultwatcher.net/event/1629-893-249068-647912-T01162-1

#astronomy #occultation #citizenscience #asteroid #space

24 stations have announced so far their plans to observe the occultation by asteroid (893) Leopoldina. The colours of the marks on the graphic indicate cloud cover. Blue = clear sky, white = clouds.

Origins of #Water on #Earth May Not Have Started with an #Asteroid Impact
They examined a rare type of #meteorite — known as an enstatite chondrite — that was built similarly to early Earth 4.5 billion years ago and the team discovered hydrogen present in the chemical. The logic is that if this material resembling early Earth's composition can contain hydrogen, so too could the young planet....
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/origins-of-water-on-earth-may-not-have-started-with-an-asteroid-impact

"Bright fireball explodes over Nuevo León, Mexico" by TheWatchers (#FPNF Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - A bolide lit up the sky around 2am June 15 in northeastern Mexico. A sonic boom was reported, which indicates it was a somewhat larger asteroid than the small ones that hit Earth's atmosphere nearly every day. These are rare in any given location but weekly to monthly somewhere in the world. https://watchers.news/2025/06/15/bright-fireball-explodes-nuevo-leon-mexico-june-15-2025/ #astronomy #asteroid #LowFlyingRocks

Orbits of very distant #asteroid satellites: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/06/aa51124-24/aa51124-24.html -> "The very wide binary asteroid (VWBA) population is a small subset of the population of known binary and multiple asteroids made of systems with very widely orbiting satellites and long orbital periods, on the order of tens to hundreds of days. The origin of these systems is debatable, and most members of this population are poorly characterized."

Heute (13.06.2025) vor...
...10 Jahren Philae meldet sich zurück,
...15 Jahren Hayabusa liefert Bodenprobe von #Asteroid Itokawa ab, Erste Bodenprobe von Asteroid zurückgebracht
...45 Jahren Start von #Supernova in #Galaxie M84,
Mehr https://astronomiemuseum.de/heute-vor
#Astronomiemuseum

Can humanity stop killer asteroids?

@ieeespectrum reports on planetary defense tech that would find and divert hard-to-spot near-Earth objects.

https://flip.it/WMXFl1

#Space #Asteroid #Astronomy #Science #NASA

Probability of #Asteroid #2024YR4 hitting the #Moon increases
Scientists improve knowledge by 20% thanks to #JamesWebb #Space #Telescope data
#NASA said data from the #JWST "improved our knowledge of where the asteroid will be on Dec. 22, 2032, by nearly 20 percent." The upshot is that there is now a 4.3% possibility that the asteroid will hit the Moon in 7.5 years' time, although it wouldn't alter the natural satellite's orbit.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/10/asteroid_2024_yr4_update/

Las probabilidades de impacto del 2024 YR4 en la Luna se incrementaron un poco, de 3.8% a 4.3%. Poca cosa, pero la cosa se sigue calculando https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/planetary-defense/2025/06/05/nasas-webb-observations-update-asteroid-2024-yr4s-lunar-impact-odds/ #2024yr4 #asteroide #astronomía #impacto #impact #asteroid #astronomy

#Nasa updates probability of #asteroid striking #Moon in 2032, https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/nasa-asteroid-2024-yr4-moon-earth-b2766992.html

Asteroid 2024 #YR4, initially considered a potential #threat to Earth, now has a higher probability of impacting the Moon on December 22, 2032.

IOTA/ES invites you to the 44th European Symposium on Occultation Projects (ESOP) in Poznań, Poland, on 2025 August 23-24.

Please register on the webpage of ESOP XLIV until July 31. If you want to join online via Zoom register as well to receive an access to the conference. Online participation is free of charge, donations are welcome.

Details are here:
https://esop44.iota-es.de/

See you in Poznań - live or on screen!

#astronomy #occultation #space #citizenscience #asteroid #Moon

Screenshot of the webpage of the 44th European Symposium on Occultation Projects in Poznań, Poland.

🪷 War god #Mars is mobilizing #Chiron, the wounded healer #centaur, to marshal all the healing powers at his disposal. Mars forms a trine aspect with the minor planet (former #asteroid) to help you heal your deepest wounds. Full details in your #Antinous #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/06/astro-forecast-june-5th-2025.html 🪷

Y'all, give a little wave to #Asteroid 2008 DG5 tonight as it swings by Earth a safe 9.1 lunar distances away. This lonely rock is ~the size of London's Tower Bridge, orbiting the Sun every 514 days. 0% chance of impact, impossible to see without a decent telescope, but let's wave nevertheless! 🧪🔭

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5a2jfvqbytdqv4i2c57ig6v7/post/3lquiwpct5s2q

A dark map with the Sun in the middle with faint circles around it showing the path of asteroid 2008 DG5 relative to Earth. It's mainly circling the Sun at a similar distance to the Earth - its furthest distance takes it half way to Mars. From https://www.spacereference.org/asteroid/424482-2008-dg5

The #multipolygon usage for #meteor #crater mapping in #OpenStreetMap seemed not to be clear, added some examples 🖼️ to the discussion : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:geological%3Dmeteor_crater#Why_and_when_to_use_a_multipolygon

As already mentioned above, it would make sense if some #asteroid ☄️, #geology or #meteoritics specialists would give their input. The results could also be embedded in #Wikipedia

In case some astronomer has more #telescope time than what they know what to do with, I have a target-of-opportunity #asteroid observable right now: 2013 XV8 (apparent magnitude ~22.1 and rising). Today I've been going through an updated Karman+ mission target list and this guy has appeared there. I love it - Ch type, ~9 hr period (U code is 1 though) and I would love to verify it with more #lightcurve observations.

Hit me up if you have telescope time and want to help / have any questions 🙂

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