Recovery of comet P/2003 H4 (LINEAR) = P/2009 F7 (LINEAR) - 0 views
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Ernesto Guido on 18 Apr 09IAU Circular No. 9038, issued on 2009 Apr 15, announces the recovery P/2003 H4 (LINEAR) = P/2009 F7 (LINEAR)
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2009 HC82: A Burnt-Out, Eccentric and Backward Near-Earth Asteroid - 0 views
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The Solar System often throws up surprises for astronomers, but the recent discovery of a 2- to 3-km wide asteroid called 2009 HC82 has sent observers in a spin. A retrograde spin to be precise.
New Comet Discovery: C/2009 R1 (McNAUGHT) - 0 views
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IAU Circular nr.9071, issued on 2009, Sep. 10, announces the discovery of a new comet by R. H. McNaught, named C/2009 R1 (McNAUGHT). This comet may reach magnitude 5 at the end of June 2010, but the elongation will be very small (only 18 degree on June 27, 2010) and so the observing conditions.
New Comet C/2009 F6 (YI-SWAN) - 0 views
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Image and information about the newly discovered comet C/2009 F6 (YI-SWAN).
Comets & Neo: New Comet Discovery: P/2009 QG31 - 0 views
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IAU circular No. 9078, issued on 2009, Sept. 29, announces that an asteroidal object, discovered with a 0.45-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD by the "La Sagra Sky Survey" (Spain), has been reported to show cometary features by several observers, involved in its astrometric follow-up.
New Comet Discovery: P/2009 S2 (McNAUGHT) - 1 views
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IAUC nr. 9075, issued on 2009 Sept. 24th, announces the discovery of another comet by Robert McNaught, named P/2009 S2.
GEMINIDS 2009 - 0 views
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This weekend, Earth passed through a stream of debris from 3200 Phaethon. In 1983 Whipple identified Phaethon like the parent of Geminid meteor stream. But it has never displayed unambiguous cometary activity. The Geminids provide the most impressive meteor display of any of the annual showers.
Recovery of comet P/2001 MD7 (LINEAR) = P/2009 F3 (LINEAR) - 0 views
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Information about the recovery of periodic comet P/2001 MD7 (LINEAR) = P/2009 F3 (LINEAR)
2009 Comet Awards Announced - 0 views
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The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT) -- operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the International Astronomical Union (IAU) -- has announced the recipients of the 2009 Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of comets by amateurs during the calendar year ending June 11.
Remanzacco Observatory - Comets & Neo: New Comet P/2009 L2 (YANG-GAO) - 0 views
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IAUC Circular No. 9052, issued on 2009, June 16, announces the discovery by Rui Yang and Xing Gao of a new comet on several survey images taken by Gao in the course of the Xingming Comet Survey at Mt. Nanshan using a Canon 350D camera (+ 10.7-cm f/2.8 camera lens).
Small Asteroid 2009 VA Whizzes By The Earth - 0 views
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A newly discovered asteroid designated 2009 VA, which is only about 7 meters in size, passed about 2 Earth radii (14,000 km) from the Earth's surface Nov. 6 at around 16:30 EST. This is the third-closest known (non-impacting) Earth approach on record for a cataloged asteroid.
South African Fireball - November 21 - 0 views
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After the Utah Fireball on Nov. 18, another bright fireball has been seen over South Africa aroud 11pm local time of Nov. 21, 2009. The meteor was spotted by dozens people as it passed over Johannesburg and Pretoria in Kauteng province on Saturday.
Fireball event of September 25, 2009 - 0 views
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At 9:03 pm on Friday night September 25, 2009 (01:03 UT Sept 26) seven all-sky cameras of Western's Southern Ontario Meteor Network (SOMN) recorded a brilliant fireball in the evening sky over the west end of Lake Ontario.
Utah Fireball - 18 November 2009 - 0 views
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On Nov. 18, just after midnight local time (MST) a great fireball was seen over parts of the western United States
Leonids 2009 - 0 views
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According to preliminary counts from the International Meteor Organization (IMO) the Leonids meteors reached a ZHR(max) ~ 120/130 around 22UT of Nov. 17, as predicted by forecasters.
Bright Sungrazing Comet - 0 views
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Australian amateur astronomer Alan Watson discovered on December 30, 2009 images a bright sungrazing comet in the images taken by STEREO-A spacecraft.
Asteroid Impactor Reported over Indonesia - 1 views
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On October 8, 2009 about 03:00 Greenwich time, an atmospheric fireball blast was observed and recorded over an island region of Indonesia. The blast is thought to be due to the atmospheric entry of a small asteroid about 10 meters in diameter that, due to atmospheric pressure, detonated in the atmosphere with an energy of about 50 kilotons (the equivalent of 100,000 pounds of TNT explosives).
New Circumpolar Comet Yi-SWAN - 0 views
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On March 26, 2009, Korean amateur Dae-am Yi caught the small, greenish glow of a new comet with his Canon camera.
The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3 - 0 views
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Article appeared on 26 March 2009 on the weekly Journal of Science "Nature". Here You can read only the abstract. To read the full text, a Nature online subscription is required.
New Blow for Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Theory - 0 views
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The enduringly popular theory that the Chicxulub crater holds the clue to the demise of the dinosaurs, along with some 65 percent of all species 65 million years ago, is challenged in a paper to be published in the Journal of the Geological Society on April 27, 2009.