Space Weather Daily Update for 20 May, 2018
Timing Major Solar Flares, Mars Rad, Climate
The last 24 hours on the Earth Facing Disc were quiet. The last of the bright spots, which didn't have sunspots, is moving off of the disc. The coronal hole is passing by center disc and if it reaches low enough, should affect Earth tomorrow night. The solar winds are calm and the Planetary K-index is in the low greens. There is a large plasma filament dance going on over on the incoming side of the disc, but it will probably die down as it turns the corner completely.
Earthquakes and volcanoes of note
- 5.5 magnitude earthquake near ‘Ohonua, ʻEua, Tonga
- 4.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Bandon, Oregon, United States
- 5.0 magnitude earthquake S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands - near Antarctica
- 4.5 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Pamandzi, Pamandzi, Mayotte / Madagascar
Space Objects
Near-Earth Objects 2018 KK, 2018 KS and 2018 KR were all first observed on the 16th and 17th.
Today’s Launches
- Long March 4C • Chang’e 4 Relay - A Chinese Long March 4C rocket will launch a relay satellite toward the Earth-moon L2 Lagrange point to enable communications between Earth and the Chang’e 4 lunar lander and rover on the far side of the moon.
~ source: https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
Other News
- Energetic Particle Radiation Environment Observed by RAD on the Surface of Mars during the September 2017 Event. Would have been bad if there was anyone living on Mars.
- A deterministic model for forecasting long-term solar activity.
That dead brown dwarf in our Solar System might be the end to us. - Global Climate Report - April 2018. It was a hot one, did you notice? Cause I was in the area were it was abnormally cool.
~ Ben Davidson (Suspicious0bservers ) at SuspiciousObservers.org
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Space Weather
Source: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index
Asteroid Watch
Average distance between Earth and the moon is about 239,000 miles (385,000 kilometers).Source: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch/
| Object | Flyby Date | AU distance | Approximate Sixe |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2018 JG1) | 2018-May-20 | 0.01360 | 33 m - 75 m |
| (2018 KK) | 2018-May-21 | 0.03097 | 24 m - 54 m |
| (2018 KS) | 2018-May-22 | 0.00527 | 7.0 m - 16 m |
| (2018 JK) | 2018-May-22 | 0.04183 | 61 m - 140 m |
| (2018 JG2) | 2018-May-25 | 0.04733 | 46 m - 100 m |
Close Approach Database
Source: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
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