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© JPL/NASAAsteroid 2010 WC9
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"The asteroid moved rapidly through the constellation Hercules shining about as brightly as a 15th magnitude star," says Simmons. "The 'wobbly' appearance of the trail is as a result of slight periodic errors in the telescope mount's gear train. This is not caused by the asteroid tumbling!"
Tonight, the view will improve - a lot. On May 15th, 2010 WC9 will fly through the Earth-Moon system, splitting the distance between our planet and the Moon. At closest approach (203,000 km), the asteroid will glow like an 11th magnitude star (~40 times brighter than shown above) as it races through the southern constellation Pavo (the Peacock).
2010 WC9 is known as the "lost asteroid" because astronomers lost track of it soon after it was discovered in November 2010. The asteroid receded from Earth and didn't return for nearly 8 years... until now.
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A video of the event was uploaded by Bramon, the Brazilian Meteor Observation Network.
Loud boom remains a mystery for Bellingham residents on April 23, 2018
Plenty of theories were floated on social media Monday night and Tuesday morning about the cause of a large boom that was heard from Everson to Bellingham and west to Blaine around 7 p.m. Monday. According to reports, the boom shook houses, though no reports of damage were mentioned. - Bellingham Herald
Michigan Township rattled by mysterious explosion on April 22, 2018
Some people living in and near Bedford Township in Southeast Michigan have reported hearing a loud "boom" that they say sounded, and felt, like an explosion just before 8:30 Sunday evening. And of course the mystery continues. - 13 ABC
© The Bellingham Herald (stock photo)
Plenty of theories were floated on social media Monday night and Tuesday morning about the cause of a large boom that was heard from Everson to Bellingham and west to Blaine around 7 p.m. Monday. According to reports, the boom shook houses, though no reports of damage were mentioned.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the only thing known for sure was that it was loud. The cause is still a mystery.
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People living in and near Bedford Township tell 13abc they heard the loud noise just before 8:30 Sunday evening.
Some viewers say they believe it happened on Erie Road between Crabb and Minx.
A 13abc crew drove to the area and found a Monroe County Deputy patrolling the road.
That deputy told 13abc he was called to check out the sound, but hadn't found anything suspicious.
The law enforcement officer did say, however, that he felt his cruiser shake around the same time that noise was reported.
"I was driving Route 206 North just south of the Somerville Circle just before 9 p.m., and I saw something streak across the sky, with a pretty bright ball with a long tail. Then it just went dark," Lorna Morehead of Bridgewater told New Jersey 101.5.
Reports to the meteor reporting website amsmeteors.org came from New Jersey and neighboring Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York. In New Jersey, reports came from Keyport, Greenwich, Scotch Plains, Montclair, Lebanon, Manasquan, Rockaway, Franklin Lakes, and Springfield Township in Union County.
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