Space News Update- October 10, 2011 -

In the News

Story 1: Planet Uranus Got Sideways Tilt From Multiple Impacts

Story 2:Subtly Shaded Map of Moon Reveals Titanium Treasure Troves

Story 3: Venus Express Discovers Venusian Ozone Layer

 Departments

The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities

Space CalendarNASA-TV Highlights

Food for ThoughtSpace Image of the Week

Planet Uranus Got Sideways Tilt From Multiple Impacts

Subtly Shaded Map of Moon Reveals Titanium Treasure Troves

Venus Express Discovers Venusian Ozone Layer

The Night SkyMonday, Oct. 10 · Even as the stars begin to come out in twilight, Cassiopeia is already higher in the northeast now than the sinking Big Dipper is in the northwest. Cassiopeia's broad W pattern is currently standing on end.  Tuesday, Oct. 11 · Full Moon (exact at 10:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time). The Moon is in dim Pisces, below the Great Square of Pegasus.  · Wednesday, Oct. 12 · Tonight and tomorrow night bright Jupiter, which is nearing its opposition, shines close to the Moon, which is just past its own opposition (full Moon). Here are evening and dawn views.  Thursday, Oct. 13 · Jupiter's Great Red Spot transits around 2:39 a.m. Friday morning EDT (11:39 p.m. Thursday evening PDT).  Friday, Oct. 14 · Binoculars show the Pleiades left of the waning Moon this evening. · Now that it's mid-October, Deneb has replaced Vega as the zenith star after nightfall (for skywatchers at mid-northern latitudes) — and, accordingly, Capricornus has replaced Sagittarius as the most notable constellation low in the south.

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 Oct 14/08:08 PM 1 2011 above SSW

20 above SSW

NASA-TV Highlights

October 12, Wednesday10:20 a.m. - ISS Expedition 29 In-Flight Event with KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX and KVEO-TV, Brownsville, TX - JSC (Public, HD and Media Channels)1 p.m. - Science News Briefing on the Launch of NASA’s Earth Observing Satellite - NPP - HQ (Public, HD and Media Channels)

October 13, Thursday9:30 a.m. - ISS Update – JSC (Public, HD and Media Channels)10:30 a.m. - STS-135 Crew Presentation at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - HQ (Public, HD and Education Channels)12:50 p.m. - ISS Expedition 29 In-Flight “Communications with Asia” Event for JAXA - JSC (All Channels)2 p.m. - STS-135 Crew Presentation at NASA Headquarters - HQ (Public, HD and Education Channels)3:30 p.m. - STS-135 Tweet Up at NASA headquarters - HQ (Public, HD and Education Channels)

Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.

Space Calendar

· Oct 10 - Asteroid 2011 TB4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU) · Oct 10 - Asteroid 2005 SL Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU) · Oct 10 - Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.231 AU) · Oct 10 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.953 AU) · Oct 10 - 165th Anniversary (1846), William Lassell's Discovery of Neptune Moon Triton · Oct 11 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 3374-02023-1 (12.0 Magnitude Star) · Oct 11 - Asteroid 2554 Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU) · Oct 12 - Megha-Tropiques/ AIS-Sat 1/ SRMSat/ Jugno PSLV-C18 Launch · Oct 12 - Asteroid 547 Praxedis Occults HIP 44738 (6.2 Magnitude Star) · Oct 12 - Asteroid 567 Eleutheria Occults HIP 97210 (6.8 Magnitude Star) · Oct 12 - Asteroid 2011 SE97 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU) · Oct 12 - Asteroid 2010 GM65 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU) · Oct 12 - Asteroid 2011 SE16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU) · Oct 12 - Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approach To Earth (1.505 AU) · Oct 13 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 3375-01388-1 (11.1 Magnitude Star) · Oct 13 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (0.692 AU) · Oct 13 - Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (1.108 AU) · Oct 13 - Asteroid 1981 Midas Closest Approach To Earth (1.601 AU) · Oct 13 - Asteroid 100000 Astronautica Closest Approach To Earth (0.755 AU) · Oct 14 - Asteroid 2011 TJ5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU) · Oct 14 - Asteroid 2011 SQ12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU) · Oct 14 - Asteroid 904 Rockefellia Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU)

JPL Space Calendar

Food for ThoughtJapan Quake May Have Struck Atmosphere

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Space Image of the Week

Enceladus and Tethys hang below Saturn's rings in this new image from the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SS