Thursday, February 22, 2007
Mystery Solved
The mysterious glowing cloud in space, looks like it is the result of the explosion of a derelict rocket booster. The Bad Astronomer has a animation from Rob McNaught. As the BA says, there are some amazing images over at SpaceWeather. UPDATE: and there is a good image at APOD as well.
UPDATE to UPDATE: New Scientist reports that this may be the worst debris event ever, even outstripping the Chinese anti-satellite test. The debris is on an eliptical orbit, and may endanger satellites.
UPDATE to UPDATE: New Scientist reports that this may be the worst debris event ever, even outstripping the Chinese anti-satellite test. The debris is on an eliptical orbit, and may endanger satellites.
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 11:54 pm 
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