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Asteroid Belt for Java phones
2008-12-26 22:12:00 Asteroid Belt is a game written in J2ME for mobile phones. The source code is released under the Apache 2.0 license.Free Download: AsteroidBelt-1.0.0.jar and AsteroidBelt-1.0.0.jad
Closest Planetary System Hosts Two Asteroid Belts
2008-10-27 20:29:00 From ScienceDaily: Latest Science News: New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicate that the nearest planetary system to our own has two asteroid belts. Our own solar system has just one. The star at the center of the nearby system, called Epsilon Eridani, is a
Small Asteroid On Collision Course With Earth
2008-10-07 16:28:00 From Slashdot: There's talk on The Minor Planet Mailing List about a small asteroid approaching Earth with a 99.8% probability of colliding. The entrance to the Earth's atmosphere will take place October 7 at 0246 UTC (2:35 after this story goes live) over northern Sudan, releasing
Two Companions Found Near Dog-bone Asteroid
2008-10-02 15:56:00 From SPACE.com: A team of astronomers led by F. Marchis, PI, at the SETI Institute and at UC-Berkeley, and P. Descamps from Paris Observatory announced recently the discovery of two moons around an intriguing asteroid. The main-belt asteroid 216 Kleopatra has two companions. Whe
New Release: Asteroid No 4 - These Flowers of Ours
2008-09-15 01:01:00 &-#160; &#-160; -60; -0; -; Asteroid No 4 These Flowers of Ours Website | Myspace [ASTEROID NO 4 - HOLD ON]
Required solutions to prevent Asteroid-Earth collision
2008-08-14 18:11:00 Many of us may be aware of an imminent danger from an Asteroid headed towards Earth.While there is furious effort on to save the earth (by shooting projectiles at it, setting off nuclear explosions on it or even strapping on Rockets and heading it away etc.) by the developed world, the rest of us ar
Giant Asteroid Flattened Half of Mars, Studies Suggest
2008-06-26 09:09:00 From Scientific American: The Phoenix Lander may have dominated Mars news in recent weeks, but a new study performed here on Earth has turned up a whopper of a finding: The Red Planet seems to have been the victim of a massive hit and run more than four billion years ago.That is th
Killer-Asteroid Apophis Has Now Much Higher Probability of Striking the Pla
2008-04-17 09:00:00 Only a 13-year-old school boy found an error in NASA’s calculation and came up with much larger probability for the killer-asteroid Apophis to strike the Earth. According to NASA Apophis has 1/45.000 probability to strike the Earth. 13 years old Nico Marquardt noticed an error in NASA’s calculation and corrected it to staggering 1/450, says ...
Killer Asteroid May Hit Earth by 2039
2008-04-16 13:16:00 While browsing Yahoo I came across this news in which a 13-year old kid corrected a NASA projection of an asteroid named Apophis possibly hitting Earth by 2039. NASA formerly said that this asteroid which will nearly pass Earth in 2029 has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting the Earth, however the kid after calculations concluded that it can hit Earth by a 1 in 450 chance. That was a huge discrepancy from a mere minuscule percentage to a near terrifying 0.22% chance. Not much but a possibility.Nico Marquardt used telescopic findings from the Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam (AIP) to calculate that there was a 1 in 450 chance that the Apophis asteroid will collide with Earth, the Potsdamer Neuerster Nachrichten reported.The schoolboy took into consideration the risk of Apophis running into one or more of the 40,000 satellites orbiting Earth during its path close to the planet on April 13 2029.Those satellites travel at 3.07 kilometres a second (1.9 miles), at up to 35,880 kilometr...
[Scary] NASA: Apophis asteroid has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting Earth. 1
2008-04-16 04:30:00 (PhysOrg)
German boy, 13, corrects Nasa's asteroid figures
2008-04-16 03:21:00 BERLIN - A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected Nasa's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported on Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated. Nico Marquardt used telescopic findings from the Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam (AIP) to calculate that there was a 1 in 450 chance that the Apophis asteroid will collide with Earth, the Potsdamer Neuerster Nachrichten reported. Nasa had previously estimated the chances at only 1 in 45,000 but told its sister organisation, the European Space Agency (ESA), that the young whizzkid had got it right. The schoolboy took into consideration the risk of Apophis running into one or more of the 40,000 satellites orbiting Earth during its path close to the planet on April 13 2029. Those satellites travel at 3.07km a second, at up to 35,880km above earth - and the Apophis asteroid will pass by earth at a distance of 32,500km. If the asteroid strikes a satellite in 2029, that will c...
Unsolved Mystery Solved On Asteroid Impact by "The Planishpere" - An Ancien
2008-04-02 03:42:00 For those of us who enjoy the studies of the past, there is nothing quite as intriguing as seeing one discipline help solve questions in another. This is just the case in a recent revelation that has helped explain a mystery dating back to the 19th century. Köfels in Austria is the home to evidence of the largest rockslide in the crystalline Alps. The landslide measures in at 500 meters thick and five kilometers in diameter. For decades, geologists have struggled to explain how it came about. Originally it was theorized in the middle of the 20th century that it was caused by a large meteor impact. However further research in to impact events showed that the landslide didn?t have the necessary characteristics to fit such an explanation; mainly, that there was no impact crater. However thanks to new research by Alan Bond, Managing Director of Reaction Engines Ltd and Mark Hempsell, Senior Lecturer in Astronautics at Bristol University, an answer has arisen. Another 19th century myster...
By: The Cosmic Heart
Researchers: Asteroid Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
2008-04-01 15:25:00 By Lewis SmithApril 1, Fox NewsA clay tablet that has baffled scientists for 150 years has been identified as a witness's account of the asteroid suspected of being behind the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.Researchers who cracked the cuneiform symbols on the Planisphere tablet believe that it recorded an asteroid thought to have been more than half a mile across.The tablet, found by Henry Layard in the remains of the library in the royal place at Nineveh in the mid-19th century, is thought to be a 700 B.C. copy of notes made by a Sumerian astronomer watching the night sky.He referred to the asteroid as a "white stone bowl approaching" and recorded it as it "vigorously swept along."Using computers to recreate the night sky thousands of years ago, scientists have pinpointed his sighting to shortly before dawn on June 29 in the year 3123 B.C.About half the symbols on the tablet have survived and half of those refer to the asteroid. The other symbols record the positions of clouds ...
Asteroid Storm
2008-03-05 08:53:00 Click to enlarge Asteroid Storm 1.2.1 Asteroid Storm is a game with 32-bit 3D graphics and nasty enemy AI. The game contains an infinite amount of computer-generated levels as well as several levels with written introductions that tell you the story of your voyage into the storm. Pick up power-ups to increase shields ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Asteroid Storm", url: "http://www.plentyofsoft.com/ga-mes/asteroid-storm/" });
Update on Asteroid 2007 TU24 - Russia Warns of Catastrophic from Earth Bou
2008-02-09 22:07:00 The Russian Scientist Dr. Khabibullo Abdusamatov, Director of the space research lab at the Pulkovo Observatory in St. Petersburg, and who has previously warned about a coming Ice Age, issued a report to the Kremlin warning of the potential affects to our Earth from an asteroid that come dangerously close to our World on January 29,08.According to this report, Asteroid 2007 TU24, which has been measured at being 600 meters (2,000 feet) large, was due to pass within 540,000 kilometers (334,000 miles) of Earth on January 29th, and which is being described by NASA Scientist Don Yeomans as being "... the closest approach by a known asteroid of this size or larger until 2027?.Though some reports emerging from the West were suggesting that NASA was ?greatly concerned? about Asteroid 2007 TU24 striking our Earth, Dr. Abdusamatov?s report states that the greatest danger from this space object is the catastrophic effect it is having on our electromagnetic field and destabilizing our already ...
By: The Cosmic Heart
Killer Asteroids - One Day an Asteroid Will Slam Into Our Planet
2008-01-31 17:24:00 A huge rock with a diameter of hundreds of meters is coming towards the Earth 15 times faster than a riffle bullet. Astronomers have calculated the exact impact time. We can only wait for the destruction. Then the asteroid reaches the upper levels of the atmosphere. In few seconds that huge rock touches down. Destruction ...
Mars Asteroid Impact - Is an Asteroid Going to Hit Mars?
2008-01-30 14:20:00 A couple of months ago, various online news magazines and newspapers reported that an asteroid is going to hit Mars. Probability was between 1/45 to 1/75 according to some newspapers. The date when the asteroid should hit Mars is tomorrow, January 30th. Now, is the asteroid going to hit Mars or not? Because this is a ...
Asteroid to give Earth a close shave next week
2008-01-29 11:35:00 A huge asteroid will zoom past Earth next week at such a close distance that amateur astronomers should be able to spot it, specialists said on Wednesday.Measuring between 150 and 600 metres (yards) across, asteroid 2007 TU24 would inflict devastating regional damage were it to hit Earth, but there is no 5 Zoom(s)
Largest Asteroid to Pass Earth January 29,08
2008-01-28 17:19:00 On January 29, 08 the largest asteroid to pass close to Earth for more than 20 years. NASA detects asteroids approaching close to Earth through its Near Earth Object Observation Program Asteroid 2007 TU24, which measures between 160 and 650 yards wide, should be visible high in the sky from Britain to amateurs with small telescopes. It will come within 334,000 miles of Earth - just 1.4 times the distance to the Moon - at 8.33am GMT January 29,08. The last time such a large asteroid came so close to Earth was in September 1985, and the next comparable approach will be in 2027. scientist believe it will be really exciting from a scientific point of view to be able to study an asteroid up close. Images captured by NASA?s Goldstone radio telescope in California earlier this month show 2007 TU24 has an unusual shape and may have been formed from two separate asteroids stuck together.
By: The Cosmic Heart
TU24 - un asteroid va trece maine la distanta relativ mica de Pamant.
2008-01-28 13:01:00 Un asteroid de marimea a trei terenuri de fotbal se va afla maine foarte aproape de Pamant. Asteroidul, numit TU24 este cel mai mare corp care se apropie atat de mult de planeta noastra. El se va afla maine, la 10.33, ora României, la o distanta de 537.500 Km de Pamant. Asteroidul a fost descoperit ...
By: Blog diverse
Near Earth Asteroid Misses Earth - Tonight
2008-01-28 05:25:00 Too bad. Would have made a hell of a splash.
First Glimpse Of Asteroid TU24
2008-01-27 18:56:00 Asteroid TU24 As Monday rapidly approaches NASA has all their satellites trained on asteroid TU24 which is speeding towards earth on an direct impact course. The asteroid should hit the Southern hemisphere at 0500 GMT on Monday the 28th. NASA through it’s tracking satellites was able to capture this startling photograph of TU24 just as it swung ...
Big asteroid approaching Earth
2008-01-25 15:58:00 A big asteroid is approaching earth and it?s supposed to come within 1.4 moon-distances of the Earth on 31 January. This asteroid measures 250m in diameter. Sure this is big enough to cause problem but its nothing to worry scientist say. Scientist at NASA says that this is the biggest asteroid to come this close ...
By: thenetguruz
Asteroid To Hit Earth 01/28/2008
2008-01-25 14:50:00 It has been confirmed that an asteroid is on a collision course to impact Earth in the Southern hemisphere on Monday, January 28th at approximately 0500 GMT. This rogue (A large, destructive, and anomalous or unpredictable heavenly body operating outside normal or desirable controls) asteroid is the size of the Sears Building in Chicago and ...
Asteroid resembling materials discovered in comet dust
2008-01-25 12:57:00 New research by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has revealed that the dust from the comet Wild 2 resembles asteroid materials rather than an ancient, unaltered comet. “Wild 2 doesn’t look like what we thought all comets should look like,” said LLNL’s Hope Ishii, lead author of the research. This finding was made after latest analysis of the samples that Stardust mission returned to Earth in 2006, which also found out that in addition to containing material that formed very close to the young sun, the dust from Wild 2 is missing ingredients that would be expected in comet dust. Though comets are expected to contain large amounts of the most primitive material in the solar system - a treasure trove of stardust from other stars and other ancient materials, in the case of Wild 2, that has not been found. “The material found in primitive objects just wasn’t there in the samples,” said John B...
By: B4U India
Dinosaur-killing asteroid made bigger splash than previously believed
2008-01-25 12:48:00 Three-dimensional seismic images of a crater believed to be formed when an asteroid stuck the Earth 65 million years ago, causing the extinction of dinosaurs, suggest that the object landed in deeper water, leading to a bigger splash than previously assumed. The 3D images are of the Chicxulub crater, a mostly submerged and buried impact crater on the Mexico coast, which was formed when an asteroid struck on the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Most scientists agree the impact played a major role in the “KT Extinction Event” that caused the extinction of most life on Earth, including the dinosaurs. According to Sean Gulick, a research scientist at the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas and principal investigator for the project, the new images reveal the asteroid landed in deeper water than previously assumed and therefore released about 6.5 times more water vapor into the atmosphere. The impact site also contained sulfur-rich...
By: B4U India
January 29th: Asteroid 2007 TU24
2008-01-25 00:36:00 According to NASA, the Asteroid 2007 TU24 will closely approach the Earth to within 1.4 lunar distances (334,000 miles or 537521 kilometers) on 2008 Jan. 29 08:33 UT. Asteroid 2007 TU24 has between 150 and 600 meters in diameter will be observable in dark and clear skies with amateur telescopes of 3 inch apertures or ...
Large asteroid to fly past Earth
2008-01-24 20:19:00 An asteroid that's likely as big as several football fields will fly past Earth next week. Astronomers said the space rock will be visible the night of Jan. 29 to amateur astronomers with modest-sized telescopes.
Asteroid mission - who's smokin' something.
2008-01-22 23:41:00 I don't see the benefits in this plan: Space leaders work to replace lunar base with manned asteroid missions Well let me re-phrase that, I see the benefits, but I don't think they're compelling enough to make a political argument. Which is the battle the space program needs to always fight. And in general they suck at it. They're engineers, not politicians. What they need to realize is the the whole man-in-space thing is a tough sell to congress. And the only things that spark the political will when it comes to the whole man-in-space thing is big mountaintops to summit. Asteroids are small and pointless. Small foothills in the landscape of space. The MOON! MARS! Those are marketing messages a politician can sell. So my space program engineer side says, "duh, the moon doesn't help us get to Mars much." But my congressional lobbyist side says, "Gimme something I can sell to joe sixpack, 'cause the asteroid belt ain't it." If...
By: techRivet
Update: Asteroid will miss Mars. Dangit!
2008-01-14 19:49:00 2007 WD5 Mars Collision Effectively Ruled Out - Impact Odds now 1 in 10,000 Looks like it will miss by at least 4000 kilometers and most likely by somewhere more in the neighborhood of 26,000 kilometers. Oh well.
By: techRivet
No big bang: Asteroid will miss Mars
2008-01-11 14:17:00 From Yahoo! News: Science News: The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock. Tracking measurements of asteroid 2007 WD5 taken from four observatories have greatly redu
Asteroid impact on Mars - January 30th
2008-01-08 01:50:00 What do we hope to learn? Well for starters scientists have never had the opportunity to view an asteroid impact as it is happening. They were able to watch the Shoemaker-Levy comet strike Jupiter, but that is a different type of observation entirely. Here we are talking about a planet strike. There it was an impact into the atmosphere. For the potential Mars impact we have two ground based rovers and an orbiting satellite. For the Jupiter impact...none of that. This is historic. According to the latest data the likelihood of an actual strike keeps going up. From 1-in-75 down to now a 1-in-25 chance, or approximately a 4% chance. LA-Times Story
By: techRivet
Asteroid?s Martian impact: What might happen
2008-01-04 00:57:00 The possibility of an asteroid walloping the planet Mars this month is whetting the appetites of Earth-bound scientists, even as they further refine the space rock's trajectory.
Asteroid to hit Mars: Chance increases
2007-12-29 09:36:00 The chance of a football field-sized asteroid plowing into Mars next month has been increased to 4 percent, NASA scientists said on Friday after analyzing some data."I think it'll be cool," said Don Yeomans, who heads the Near-Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Usually when an asteroid is headed toward Earth, I'm not rooting for an impact."The space rock, known as the nondescript 2007 WD5, was discovered in late November by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona. Based on the latest information available, scientists said last week there was a 1-in-75 chance the asteroid could hit Mars on Jan. 30.The odds were increased to 1-in-25 this week after a Ph.D. student pored through the archives and plotted the asteroid's motions before its official discovery. The new information allowed scientists to improve their calculations of the asteroid's orbit and flight path.Still, the asteroid poses no threat to Earth and is closing in on the Red Planet at 27,9...
Scientists: 4 percent chance asteroid hits Mars
2007-12-29 01:22:00 The chance of a football field-sized asteroid plowing into Mars next month has been increased to 4 percent, scientists said Friday after analyzing archival data.
Asteroid To Hit Mars Next Month?
2007-12-22 18:49:00 The Associated Press is reporting a fairly large asteroid may strike Mars sometime in January 2008... Evidently the odds are 1:75, which means we really are not sure. The slightest deviations by space debris or gravitational fields could make it change one way or the other... Here is the full report in this news video. http://clipsyndicate.com/publis-h/video/476992?wpid=2637
By: Blog Zone
Tunguska-sized Asteroid Misses Earth; Sets Sights on Mars
2007-12-22 15:07:00 On November 20, 2007, NASA-funded observers discovered an asteroid, subsequently named 2007 WD5, after it had made its closest approach to Earth at 4.7 million miles. In terms of NEOs (Near Earth Objects), this is a very close call.While we may be out of the woods, Mars certianly is not. At 5:55am EST on January 30, 2008, it is scheduled to pass within a mere 30,000 miles of Mars. This means there is at least a statistical probability of 1 in 75 that it would collide.This would be an event the size of Tunguska, or larger. It would slam into the surface at more nearly 28,000 mph, create a crater more than a half mile wide, and release more than three megatons of energy.On another note, notice that the asteroid was discovered after it made its closest approach to Earth. We need to do better than this NASA; you're gonna let another Tunguska or dinokiller through.
By: Deep Sky Blog
Asteroid to Crash Into Mars. Earth Saved
2007-12-22 07:27:00 Mars is in danger of being struck by an asteroid at the end of next month, astronomers have calculated. The impact, however, would be tiny in comparison to that of the asteroid that struck Chicxulub in Mexico 65 million years ago, which caused a worldwide cataclysm that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs. The ...
Small Asteroid Caused Mysterious 1908 Blast, Study Says
2007-12-22 05:54:00 A huge explosion that devastated a swath of Siberia a century ago was caused by an asteroid that was much smaller than had previously been believed, according to new research. The blast produced an enormous fireball over the Tunguska region of northwestern Russia in June 1908 (see map). The so-called Tunguska event leveled trees up to ...
By: 1913 Intel
Mars asteroid crash
2007-12-21 19:56:00 Mars Asteroid - The NASA Near-Earth Object Program is reporting that a large asteroid has a 1 in 75 chance of hitting Mars on January 30th, while another asteroid is headed toward Earth in 2029. A 1-in-75 shot like the predicted Mars asteroid impact is ?wildly unusual,? said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near-Earth Object ...
Mars Asteroid 2007 WD5 Will Blow Up Planet?
2007-12-21 16:56:00 Mars Asteroid will blow up planet? Many scientists and other people are taking bets today on whether a giant asteroid named 2007 WD5 will collide with Mars. The Mars Asteroid is the size of an Olympic swimming pool and is traveling at a blistering speed of 28,000 mph. If it does collide with the planet it ...
By: TheNewsLeak
Asteroid could hit Mars in January
2007-12-21 15:06:00 A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on January 30, scientists said Thursday. “These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we track … threatening asteroids,” said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near Earth Object Program at NASA’s ...
Asteroid May Hit Mars in Next Month
2007-12-21 14:48:00 From Yahoo! News: Science News: AP - Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday. "These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long
Scientists say asteroid could hit Mars
2007-12-21 04:01:00 A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1-in-5 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday.
Still a Chance Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2036
2007-11-29 02:55:00 When it comes to 22-million-ton asteroids, the small stuff, it turns out, can make a huge difference in a potentially disastrous path toward Earth.
Suspected Asteroid Turns out to be Spacecraft!
2007-11-11 19:07:00 A supposed asteroid, which it was feared was going to have a near-miss with Earth next week, has been identified as a spacecraft. Professor Alan Fitzsimmons of Queen’s University Astrophysics Research Centre told the BBC there is “no longer any need for concern”. “The ‘asteroid’ has been identified as the European spacecraft Rosetta,” he ...
By: Science Student
Electrodynamic Braking as a method of Asteroid Deflection.
2007-10-21 23:17:00 Beginning premises. The process is designed to impart -ΔV by Lenz dynamic braking. The system will dissipate induced power in any manner a...
Worrisome asteroid analyzed: It?s stony
2007-10-16 02:37:00 The mineral composition of a near-Earth asteroid with a slight chance of striking our planet in 2036 has been determined for the first time.
Asteroid on Friday the 13th, 2029
2007-10-10 05:45:00 Friday the 13th is supposed to be an unlucky day, the sort of day you trip on your shoe laces or lose your wallet or get bad news. But maybe it's not so bad. Consider this: On April 13th--Friday the 13th--2029, millions of people are going to go outside, look up and marvel at their good luck. A point of light will be gliding across the sky, faster than many satellites, brighter than most stars. Read More... http://www.bwebcentral.com/blog-/2/256
How Nanotech would approach the Asteroid Problem.
2007-10-09 10:36:00 To get back to nanotechnology, I wanted to address the preferred path to a nanotech solution to the asteroid problem. Let’s assume we have limited nanofactory capability at least. Around 2030, we expect a nanofactory to be capable of converting raw material (carbon, iron, oxygen, etc) into almost any object or tool. That means we ...
By: Nano Future 2030
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