[Nodxa] [Fwd: Asteroid Explodes Over Indonesia]

[Tedd Mirgliotta]

Thanks to Lee, KH6BZF, for the following info.....


From: swlist at spaceweather.com
To: swlist at spaceweather.com
Sent:  10/28/2009 11:10:44 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time
Subj: Asteroid Explodes  Over Indonesia


Space Weather News for Oct. 28,  2009
http://spaceweather.com

INDONESIAN ASTEROID:  Earlier this  month, with no warning, a ~10-meter
wide asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere above  Indonesia and exploded. The
break-up was so powerful, it triggered nuclear  test ban sensors thousands of
kilometers away. A just-released analysis of  infrasound data shows that the
asteroid detonated with an energy equivalent  of  about 50 kton of TNT,
similar
to a small atomic bomb.  This  significant impact has received relatively
little attention in Western  press.  Details are available today on
http://spaceweather.com.

SUNSPOT UPDATE:  Since it emerged last weekend, new-cycle sunspot  1029 has
become the biggest and most active sunspot of 2009.  It is  crackling with
B- and C-class solar flares and putting on a good show for  amateur
astronomers. This one sunspot does not put an end to solar minimum,  but
it is a
remarkable break from the calm.  Check  htttp://spaceweather.com for
images and
updates.

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-- 
Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org --or-- kb8nw at arrl.net
Editor of the "Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin" (OPDX - "DXer's Tool of Excellence")
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