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Space News Update- February 15, 2013 -
In the News
Story 1: Lessons from Today’s Russia Meteor Impact
Story 2: Next Private Spacecraft Launch to Space Station Set for March 1
Story 3: Asteroid 2012 DA14? Or Antares launch story
Departments
The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities
NASA-TV HighlightsSpace CalendarFood for Thought
Space Image of the Week
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Lessons from Today’s Russia Meteor Impact
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Next Private Spacecraft Launch to Space Station Set for March 1
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Asteroid 2012 DA14? Or Antares launch story
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The Night Sky
Friday, February 15· After dark, look to the right of the crescent Moon by roughly a fist-width at arm's length for the two or three leading stars of Aries (outside the frame above). They're lined up almost vertically.· Algol should be at minimum light for a couple hours centered on 8:12 p.m. EST.
Saturday, February 16· Bright Jupiter shines upper left of the Moon. Aldebaran is to Jupiter's left, and the Pleiades are a little farther to Jupiter's right.· Mercury is at greatest elongation, 18° east of the Sun in evening twilight. A telescope shows (in reasonably good seeing) that this tiny little sphere, just 7 arcseconds wide, is now half-lit.
Sunday, February 17· The first-quarter Moon shines to the right of Jupiter just after dark, as shown above. Watch it move closer to Jupiter through the evening, by about one Moon-diameter per hour, as they tilt down toward the west. They set around 1 or 2 a.m.
Monday, February 18· The Moon now shines to the left or upper left of Jupiter and Aldebaran, drawing farther away from them through the evening.
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ISS Sighting Opportunities
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
For Denver:
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATIONMAX ELEV
APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)
ISS Fri Feb 15/06:14 PM 4 15 10 above NW 10 above NNE
ISS Sat Feb 16/07:02 PM 2 10 10 above NNW 10 above NNE
ISS Sun Feb 17/06:11 PM 2 11 10 above NNW 10 above NNE
ISS Sun Feb 17/07:48 PM < 1 10 10 above NNW 10 above NNW
ISS Mon Feb 18/06:57 PM 2 11 10 above NNW 11 above NNE
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NASA-TV Highlights
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.
No Special Programming
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Space Calendar
Feb 15 - [Feb 14] Asteroid 2012 DA14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.0002 AU)Feb 15 - Asteroid 2005 RZ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)Feb 15 - Asteroid 4345 Rachmaninoff Closest Approach To Earth (1.824 AU)Feb 16 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)Feb 16 - Asteroid 2008 DG17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)Feb 16 - Asteroid 4536 Drewpinsky Closest Approach To Earth (1.073 AU)Feb 16 - Comet 125P/Spacewatch Perihelion (1.525 AU)Feb 16 - 65th Anniversary (1948), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of Uranus Moon MirandaFeb 17 - [Feb 10] Cassini, Titan FlybyFeb 17 - Comet 175P/Hergenrother Closest Approach To Earth (1.123 AU)Feb 17 - [Feb 13] Asteroid 2013 CE82 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)Feb 17 - Asteroid 10195 Nebraska Closest Approach To Earth (2.345 AU)Feb 17 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (2.534 AU)Feb 18 - Moon Occults JupiterFeb 18 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 VestaFeb 18 - Asteroid 9387 Tweeddledee Closest Approach To Earth (1.030 AU)Feb 18 - Asteroid 3043 San Diego Closest Approach To Earth (1.063 AU)Feb 18 - Asteroid 5062 Glennmiller Closest Approach To Earth (1.411 AU)Feb 18 - Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
JPL Space Calendar
Gerard Peter Kuiper (December 7, 1905 - December 24, 1973) was a Dutch-American astronomer after whom the Kuiper beltwas named. He discovered two natural satellites of planets in the solar system, namely Uranus's satellite Miranda and Neptune's satellite Nereid.
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Food for ThoughtEye-Popping Interactive Panorama from the
Curiosity Rover
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Space Image of the Week
Image Credit: Damian Peach
Shadows Across Jupiter