1 / 11

Space News Update January 6, 2012 -

Space News Update January 6, 2012 -. In the News Story 1: Wanted: Meteorites from Mercury Story 2: Bits of Russia space probe set to fall Jan. 15 Story 3: New Research Casts Doubt on the Late Heavy Bombardment Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar

olga-gilliam
Download Presentation

Space News Update January 6, 2012 -

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Space News Update • January 6, 2012 - In the News Story 1: Wanted: Meteorites from Mercury Story 2: Bits of Russia space probe set to fall Jan. 15 Story 3:New Research Casts Doubt on the Late Heavy Bombardment Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting OpportunitiesSpace Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. Wanted: Meteorites from Mercury

  3. Bits of Russia space probe set to fall Jan. 15

  4. New Research Casts Doubt on the Late Heavy Bombardment

  5. The Night Sky Friday, January 6 · The Moon tonight shines between the horns of Taurus. The horn tip stars are Beta Tauri, to the Moon's left in early evening for North America, and Zeta Tauri (slightly fainter) to the Moon's lower left. · Jupiter's Great Red Spot crosses Jupiter's central meridian around 8:47 p.m. EST. (For all of Jupiter's satellite events and Great Red Spot transits this month, good worldwide, see "Action at Jupiter" in the January Sky & Telescope, page 52.) Saturday, Jan. 7· The almost-full Moon this evening shines in a starry part of the sky. High to its upper left is bright Capella. High to its upper right is Aldebaran. Right or lower right of the Moon, look for Betelgeuse in Orion's shoulder. And farther lower left of the Moon are Pollux and Castor, the heads of the Gemini twins.

  6. The Night Sky Sunday, January 8· Full Moon tonight (exact at 2:30 a.m. Monday morning EST). The Moon is in Gemini, with Castor and Pollux to its left in the evening and Orion farther to its right. Since we're still near the winter solstice, the full Moon passes almost overhead in the middle of the night (as seen from mid-northern latitudes). · This evening the faint asteroid 75 Eurydike will occult (cover up) an 8.3-magnitude star in Auriga for up to 5 seconds as seen along a track from North Carolina through Texas. Maps and details. Monday, January 9· Sirius, the Dog Star, sparkles low in the east-southeast after dusk, far below Orion. Procyon, the Little Dog Star, shines in the east two or three fist-widths at arm's length to Sirius's left. If you live around latitude 30° north (Tijuana, New Orleans, Jacksonville), the two canine stars are at the same height above your horizon soon after they rise. If you're north of that latitude, Procyon will be higher. If you're south of there, Sirius will be the higher one.

  7. For Denver: No ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: No ISS Sighting Opportunities ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

  8. NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) January 6, Friday10:35 a.m. - ISS Expedition 30 In-Flight Interview with KGW-TV, Portland, OR and the Huffington Post - JSC (Public, HD and Media Channels)January 7, Saturday10 a.m. - FIRST Kick-Off Event - Ames/HQ (Public, HD and Education Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website

  9. Johann Gottfried Galle Space Calendar Jan 06 - Comet C/2011 G1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU) Jan 06 - Comet P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (3.909 AU) Jan 06 - Asteroid 3055 Annapavlova Occults HIP 8796 (3.4 Magnitude Star) Jan 06 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Occults TYC 2961-00236-1 (11.5 Magnitude Star) Jan 06 - Asteroid 2008 SA Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU) Jan 06 - Asteroid 3115 Baily Closest Approach To Earth (1.297 AU) Jan 06 - Asteroid 73079 Davidbaltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.710 AU) Jan 06 - Asteroid 1373 Cincinnati Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU) Jan 06 - Asteroid 35334 Yarkovsky Closest Approach To Earth (1.938 AU) Jan 07 - Comet 131P/Mueller 2 Perihelion (2.418 AU) Jan 07 - Comet P/2011 C2 (Gibbs) Perihelion (5.389 AU) Jan 07 - Asteroid 1517 Beograd Occults HIP 114855 (4.2 Magnitude Star) Jan 07 - Asteroid 7079 Baghdad Closest Approach To Earth (1.798 AU) Jan 07-08 - 5th Meeting of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG), Austin, Texas Jan 08 - Comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) Closest Approach To Earth (0.500 AU) Jan 08 - Asteroid 1481 Tubingia Occults HIP 68937 (6.6 Magnitude Star) Jan 08 - Asteroid 1322 Coppernicus Closest Approach To Earth (2.043 AU) Jan 08 - 20th Anniversary (1992), Sakigake, Earth Flyby Jan 08 - Stephen Hawking's 70th Birthday (1942) Jan 08 - Johannes Fabricius' 425th Birthday (1587) Jan 08-12 - 219th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Austin, Texas Jan 08-13 - Gordon Research Conference: Origin of Life, Galveston, Texas Jan 09 - [Dec 31] Zi Yuan 3A/ VesselSat 2 CZ-4B Launch (China) Jan 09 - Asteroid 2011 AC3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU) Jan 09 - Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU) Jan 09 - Asteroid 742 Edisona Closest Approach To Earth (2.206 AU)

  10. Food for Thought 2012 Apocalypse FAQ: Why the World Won't End

  11. Space Image of the Week Space Station photo of the Moon International Space Station flies by the Moon Photo credit: NASA

More Related