Irenf3 (irenf3)

A diamond ring around the Earth! Today's (03/14/24) lunar eclipse: view from the Moon, which from there looks like an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth! The thin ring of glow around the black disk of the Earth is the refraction of sunlight in the atmosphere of our planet. From above, a faint blue glow is ozone in the upper atmosphere in the northern hemisphere of the Earth.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on 12/27/2024 in Chile at the ATLAS Observatory. Its diameter is about 70 meters (it's like the Tunguska meteorite or the asteroid that created the Arizona crater). The probability of a collision with the Ground is 6% Observations of this asteroid have been going on for 33 days, so the accuracy of determining the location of the asteroid in December 2032 is still low. But on New Year's Eve 2028/2029, the asteroid will fly up to Earth again.

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The brightest comet of 2025 is gaining luster! The near–solar comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is scheduled to pass on January 13 at the minimum distance from the Sun (13 million km is 5 times closer than Mercury!). If C/2024 G3 survives perihelion, it may become so bright that it will be visible in the twilight sky in Russia from January 10 to January 18, 2025.

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Check your Degen Stake by @mvr

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