Skywatch Media News for September 24 2019 as our planet enters into the fall
equinox there still remains some big news revolving around an incident from
the sky this past summer and it has created
quite a media frenzy in late July a record-setting asteroid came within just
40,000 miles of the earth this was the largest space rock to come this close to
the planet in more than a century the public would not have known about this
close encounter if not for the release of internal NASA emails on this incident
emails which were obtained through a Freedom of Information request according
to the information that was gathered from the internal agency documents NASA
was caught completely by surprise on this one as they had to admit that they
failed to detect a huge incoming asteroid their admittance places grave
concerns on their surveillance network and their ability to observe incoming
space objects the monster asteroid dubbed 2019 OK was spotted just 24
hours prior to its narrow miss with earth according to the email alert from
NASA's planetary defense office on July 24th which was submitted to other space
agency experts in about 30 minutes time an asteroid of 57 to 130 meters in size
will pass earth at a distance of less than 48,000 miles the huge asteroid
approached the earth 55,000 miles per hour with very little
warning first detected on the same day by a small observatory located in Brazil
because the asteroid approached from the dark side of the earth it should have
been easily seen and yet this space rock avoided detection if the asteroid had
disrupted the Earth's atmosphere upon its approach it would have created a
blast wave that would have flattened an area roughly 50 miles across an impact
of this proportion if it had occurred would be similar to the
Tunguska event that took place in Russia in the year 1908 the recent incident
begs the question that many of you are asking now how many times has a
potentially dangerous asteroid passed the earth without it being discovered
prior to its passage according to the Space Agency more dedicated surveillance
satellites with infrared telescopes are necessary in order to detect incoming
space rocks years or even decades in advance in order that they be deflected
out of the Earth's path a recent public affairs survey shows that near-earth
objects are capturing our attention it seems we are far more interested in
placing the focus on potential impacts rather than devoting time to the
exploration of Mars or returning to the moon
NASA admits that asteroid 2019 OK is the largest rock to pass this close
to the earth in the past 100 years but they insist that nothing this big will
pass this close again until the approach of Apophis in the Year 2029 only time
we'll tell if their predictions are correct the number of reported incoming
meteors and fireballs continues to increase on September 20th a very large
fireball lit up the evening sky over Tasmania and Victoria creating a
thunderous sound night turned to day as the blue and white streak of light
suddenly turned red and orange upon entry into the atmosphere
astronomers from the Queen Victoria planetarium described the fireball entry
as a significant event something that is rarely observed the object disintegrated
in the atmosphere about 12 miles above the Earth's surface the loud booming
sound moments after the flash of light occurred as a result of the meteor
exploding
the universe is in a perpetual transformation this would include our
own solar system indications point to the likelihood that the earth the Sun
and all planets are approaching a position in the galaxy known as the
galactic core this shift is in essence changing the magnetic field of the Sun
and the planets of the solar system credible evidence shows that Earth is
not the only planet that is undergoing transformational changes observational
data indicates that Pluto is growing dark spots that Aurora's are appearing
on Saturn Polar transformation is occurring on Uranus and Neptune is
undergoing a form of light intensity the planetary body Pluto resides in the cold
darkness of the solar system near the Oort cloud this is the coldest region of
our solar system and yet observations of Pluto indicate that it is heating up
where its atmospheric pressure has increased by 300% the most of any planet
in the solar system furthermore the atmosphere of Pluto is
changing as it travels further from the Sun which then suggests that this body
may have entered into the high-energy region of the galaxy with the remainder
of our solar system following close behind so changes are definitely taking
place across the solar system the best evidence to date that this
phenomenon is taking place resides with the sun's magnetic field which is
increased by 230 percent just in the past 100 years the sun's energy
intensification has created immense solar winds which heightens the
electrical charge across space as the sun's magnetic field strengthens it
attracts galactic dust elements located in the solar
system the amount of Stardust in our solar system has tripled in just the
past 15 years this in turn is heating up the solar system
we are now witnessing great changes taking place in real time and this
theory like others provide additional clues which may further explain what's
happening across our solar system and the Galactic plane The Sun has dimmed in
2019 sunspot activity is presently at an all-time low for the year it has now
been blank for 72% of the time between January and September this solar minimum
is now considered a century class event meaning that you would have to go back
to the beginning of the 20th century to find luls in solar activity that are
this long or this deep along with the diminished sunspots and the weakened
magnetic field cosmic rays are entering the solar system producing increased
solar winds which lash the earth with cosmic materials creating geomagnetic
storms it's possible that the present minimum could last indefinitely a period
of many decades a phenomenon which last occurred back in the mid 17th century if
such an event repeated itself today it would be devastating for life on Earth
as we look to our changing sky be not dismayed for the sky is something that
we have very little control of and the space beyond us is a place we do not
fully understand thanks for watching