Space Weather News for Nov. 12, 2015
http://spaceweather.com
 
MYSTERY SPACE JUNK: On Friday the 13th, a bright flash of light will appear in
the noontime sky off the coast of Sri Lanka. The explosion will mark the
disintegration of a piece of space junk, apparently hollow, returning to Earth
from a translunar orbit.  At the moment, no one knows what the incoming object
is, although much speculation has focused on spent rocket shells and lunar
modules from the Apollo program.  Visit Spaceweather.com for more information.
 
GLANCING-BLOW CME: A coronal mass ejection (CME) that left the sun on Nov. 9th
is expected to deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field later today,
Nov. 12th, sparking polar geomagnetic storms. Aurora alerts are available from
http://spaceweathertext.com (text) and http://spaceweatherphone.com (voice).
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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