[Nodxa] Fwd: Fwd: A Meteoroid the Size of a Mini-van Explodes over California

[Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)]

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Subject: 	Fwd: A Meteoroid the Size of a Mini-van Explodes over California
Date: 	Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:12:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: 	LEEWICAL at aol.com



FYI

 
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     From: swlist at spaceweather.com
     To: swlist at spaceweather.com
     Sent: 4/23/2012 1:04:50 P.M. Hawaiian Standard Time
     Subj: A Meteoroid the Size of a Mini-van Explodes over California
     Space Weather News for April 23, 2012
     http://spaceweather.com

     SIERRA FIREBALL DECODED: An explosion over California that rattled
     homes across at least two states on Sunday, April 22nd, has been
     analyzed by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office: It was a natural
     meteoroid the size of a mini-van. Analysts say the space rock
     exploded in the atmosphere with an energy equal to nearly 4 kilotons
     of TNT and might have sprayed the Sierra Nevada mountains with
     meteorites. Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information.

     AURORA WATCH: At the time this alert is being written on April 23rd,
     a minor geomagnetic storm is underway. The storm is likely due to
     Earth's passage through the wake of a CME that swept past our planet
     earlier in the day. Sign up for aurora alerts at
     http://spaceweathertext.com (text) or http://spaceweatherphone.com
     (voice).
     -30-

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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org --or-- kb8nw at arrl.net
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