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Tenoumer crater, Mauritania

European Space Agency
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:36 UTC

Deep within the Sahara Desert lies one of the best-preserved craters on Earth. On Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the almost-perfectly circular Tenoumer Crater in Mauritania.

Tenoumer Crater, visible in the centre of the image, is 1.9 km wide. The rims of the crater rise some 110 m high above the base, but the bottom of the crater is covered with approximately 200 to 300 m thick layer of sediments.

It was long debated whether the crater was formed by a volcano or meteorite. Scattered rocks around the crater, similar to basalt, created the impression of an ancient volcano. Yet a closer exanimation of the structure revealed the crater's hardened 'lava' was actually rock that had melted by a meteorite impact.

The crater sits in a vast plain of rocks that are so ancient they were deposited hundreds of millions of years before the first dinosaurs walked Earth. Even though it resides in ancient rock, Tenoumer is much younger, ranging in age between 10 000 and 30 000 years old.

Meteor fireball over south of Spain (June 30)

Meteoroides.net
Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:27 UTC

This bolide was spotted over Spain on June 30, at 23:58 local time (equivalent to 21:58 universal time). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 102,000 km/h. The fireball overflew southern Spain. It began at an altitude of about 103 km over the locality of Cacin (province of Granada), moved northwest, and ended at a height of around 65 km over the locality of Baena (province of Córdoba).

This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Huelva, La Hita, CAHA, OSN, La Sagra, Sevilla, and El Aljarafe. The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).

Two new comets C/2022 J1 & C/2022 L1

Ernesto Guido
Remanzacco Blogspot
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:26 UTC

CBET 5121 & MPEC 2022-J88 , issued on 2022, May 11, announce the discovery of a comet (magnitude ~18) by A. Maury and G. Attard on images obtained with a 0.28-m f/2.2 Schmidt reflector at San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, on May 5. The new comet has been designated C/2022 J1 (Maury-Attard).

Stacking of 15 luminance-filtered exposures, 60 seconds each, obtained remotely (in poor conditions, high clouds) on 2022, May 6.4 from X02 (Telescope Live, Chile) through a 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD, shows that this object is a comet with a diffuse coma of size about 12" and magnitude of 18.3-18.9 in an aperture radius of 5".5 (Observers E. Bryssinck, M. Rocchetto, E. Guido, M. Fulle, G. Milani, G. Savini, A. Valvasori).

Our confirmation image (click on the images for a bigger version)

CBET 5121 assigns the following parabolic orbital elements to comet C/2022 J1 (Maury-Attard): T 2022 Feb. 21.59; e= 1.0; Peri. = 307.65; q =1.63; Incl.= 106.45 (It is possible that the comet has a periodic orbit on the order of 120 years or so).

Meteor fireball over New York and other states on June 29

American Meteor Society
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:43 UTC

We received 30 reports about a fireball seen over CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, Ontario, PA, Québec and VT on Wednesday, June 29th 2022 around 01:46 UT.

For this event, we received 2 videos and 2 photos.

Meteor fireball streaks across Santa Catarina sky at more than 50,000 km/h in Brazil on June 28

meteorosmontecastelosc
YouTube
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 19:17 UTC

Meteor streaks the sky of SC at 19:16 pm last night.

According to the data indicated by the initial analysis between the BRAMON stations located in Monte Castelo/SC and Florianópolis/SC, the phenomenon lasted about 4 seconds.

It took place over the Santa Catarina municipalities of Curitibanos and Videira. It started to glow at an altitude of approximately 90 km and disappeared at 40 km altitude. The entry angle in relation to the ground was about 52º and the observed speed was 54,000 km/h (15 km/s).

( Translated by Google)

Big comet approaching Earth and getting brighter

SpaceWeather.com
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:11 UTC

For the past 3 million years, Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) has been falling toward the sun, a long, slow journey from the outer solar system. Finally, it's here. Michael Jaeger photographed it on June 25th from Martinsberg, Austria:

"This is a 22-minute exposure with my 16-inch telescope," says Jaeger. "The comet was about 9th magnitude."

Meteor fireball over England on June 26

American Meteor Society
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:22 UTC

We received 109 reports about a fireball seen over England on Sunday, June 26th 2022 around 23:34 UT.

For this event, we received one video and 2 photos.

Explosive meteor fireball off the coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil on June 23

meteorosmontecastelosc
YouTube
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:04 UTC

Explosive meteor recorded by the monitoring station JJS/SC BRAMON in Monte Castelo - SC.

The phenomenon lasted about 2 seconds and occurred around 1:47 am on Thursday.

The initial estimate indicates that the phenomenon occurred over the Bombinhas region, on the coast of Santa Catarina.

(Translated by Google)

Meteor fireball over Spain, Andalusia (June 22)

Meteoroides.net
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:21 UTC

This bright bolide was spotted over Spain on June 22, at 1:13 local time (equivalent to 23:13 universal time on June 21). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 84,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the south of Spain. It began at an altitude of about 96 km over the locality of Morón de la Frontera (province of Sevilla), moved south, and ended at a height of around 48 km over the locality of Algodonales (province of Cádiz).

This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Huelva, La Hita, CAHA, OSN, La Sagra, and Sevilla. The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).

Meteor fireball over Germany, Netherlands and Belgium on June 20

American Meteor Society
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:07 UTC

We received 27 reports about a fireball seen over Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Drenthe, Flämische Region, Gelderland, Groningen, Hessen, Limburg, Niedersachsen, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Overijssel, Région Wallonne, Rheinland-Pfalz and Zeeland on Monday, June 20th 2022 around 21:30 UT.

For this event, we received one video and 10 photos.

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Tenoumer crater, Mauritania

Meteor fireball over south of Spain (June 30)

Two new comets C/2022 J1 & C/2022 L1

Meteor fireball over New York and other states on June 29

Meteor fireball streaks across Santa Catarina sky at more than 50,000 km/h in Brazil on June 28

Big comet approaching Earth and getting brighter

Meteor fireball over England on June 26

Explosive meteor fireball off the coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil on June 23

Meteor fireball over Spain, Andalusia (June 22)

Meteor fireball over Germany, Netherlands and Belgium on June 20

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