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Astronomers spot distant world in Solar System’s far reaches 18 October 2016
Astronomers have spotted a distant world that orbits far beyond Pluto, in the extreme reaches of the Solar System.
The object, known informally as L91, may be in the process of gradually shifting its way inward from the Oort cloud — a reservoir of comets and other icy bodies — into the nearby, equally icy Kuiper belt. No object has ever been seen doing this.
The discovery of L91 reveals more about the extreme worlds whose orbits lie beyond the gravitational influence of Neptune, the most distant giant planet in the Solar System. Researchers have yet to fully explain how these bodies end up in their current orbits. “Every time we find another one of these objects, it adds another piece to the puzzle,” says Meg Schwamb, a planetary scientist at the Gemini Observatory in Hilo, Hawaii.
Astronomers with the Outer Solar System Origins Survey discovered L91 in September 2013 using the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii. The group has been conducting a detailed survey of a small portion of the sky, aiming to catalogue and describe the Kuiper-belt objects within it.
Going long
L91’s elliptical orbit never brings its closer to Earth than about 50 times the Earth–Sun distance (or 50 astronomical units, au). At its farthest, the object is 1,430 au away. That means its orbit is more stretched out, and centred farther from the Sun, than previously discovered worlds such as Sedna and 2012 VP113.
The location and trajectory of L91 make it “fascinating”, said Michele Bannister, an astronomer at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. She reported the finding on 17 October at a joint meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences and the European Planetary Science Congress.
L91 may have been tossed into its remote orbit by gravitational interactions with Neptune in the distant past. “This one is right on the hairy edge of everything,” says Nathan Kaib, an astronomer at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Bannister and her colleagues think the object may have been banished as far as 2,000 au from the Sun before it began easing its way back towards the star’s gravitational pull. L91’s orbit “is changing in quite a remarkable way”, she said.
But Konstantin Batygin, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, isn’t so sure. He thinks Bannister’s suggestion that L91 was first tossed towards the Oort cloud and is now moving inward is too complicated. He argues that an unseen giant planet — such as Planet Nine, which he and a colleague proposed in January — might instead be shepherding L91’s orbit more simply and directly.
Bannister counters that L91 travels an orbit that is almost within the plane of the Solar System, rather than being tilted at high angles, as might be expected if it were being battered around by a Planet Nine.
Nature doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20831
Source: _http://www.nature.com/news/astronomers-spot-distant-world-in-solar-system-s-far-reaches-1.20831
Nemesis approaching?
Astronomers have spotted a distant world that orbits far beyond Pluto, in the extreme reaches of the Solar System.
The object, known informally as L91, may be in the process of gradually shifting its way inward from the Oort cloud — a reservoir of comets and other icy bodies — into the nearby, equally icy Kuiper belt. No object has ever been seen doing this.
The discovery of L91 reveals more about the extreme worlds whose orbits lie beyond the gravitational influence of Neptune, the most distant giant planet in the Solar System. Researchers have yet to fully explain how these bodies end up in their current orbits. “Every time we find another one of these objects, it adds another piece to the puzzle,” says Meg Schwamb, a planetary scientist at the Gemini Observatory in Hilo, Hawaii.
Astronomers with the Outer Solar System Origins Survey discovered L91 in September 2013 using the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii. The group has been conducting a detailed survey of a small portion of the sky, aiming to catalogue and describe the Kuiper-belt objects within it.
Going long
L91’s elliptical orbit never brings its closer to Earth than about 50 times the Earth–Sun distance (or 50 astronomical units, au). At its farthest, the object is 1,430 au away. That means its orbit is more stretched out, and centred farther from the Sun, than previously discovered worlds such as Sedna and 2012 VP113.
The location and trajectory of L91 make it “fascinating”, said Michele Bannister, an astronomer at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. She reported the finding on 17 October at a joint meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences and the European Planetary Science Congress.
L91 may have been tossed into its remote orbit by gravitational interactions with Neptune in the distant past. “This one is right on the hairy edge of everything,” says Nathan Kaib, an astronomer at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Bannister and her colleagues think the object may have been banished as far as 2,000 au from the Sun before it began easing its way back towards the star’s gravitational pull. L91’s orbit “is changing in quite a remarkable way”, she said.
But Konstantin Batygin, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, isn’t so sure. He thinks Bannister’s suggestion that L91 was first tossed towards the Oort cloud and is now moving inward is too complicated. He argues that an unseen giant planet — such as Planet Nine, which he and a colleague proposed in January — might instead be shepherding L91’s orbit more simply and directly.
Bannister counters that L91 travels an orbit that is almost within the plane of the Solar System, rather than being tilted at high angles, as might be expected if it were being battered around by a Planet Nine.
Nature doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20831
Source: _http://www.nature.com/news/astronomers-spot-distant-world-in-solar-system-s-far-reaches-1.20831
Nemesis approaching?
Kepler has caught hundreds of asteroids, 24 Oct 2016, by László Molnár
A selection of Trojan light curves. The shape of the light curve depends on the shape of the asteroid and its altitude with respect to the Sun. Asteroid (22056) appears to be a binary object with a period of almost fifteen days (lower right). Credit: Gy. M. Szabó et al. 2016
Previously, the Kepler space telescope looked straight out from the solar system in a direction almost perpendicular to the ecliptic and the plane of the planets. This way, it could observe the same spot all year long, as the sun, and most of the solar system, were out of its field of view. But since the start of K2 mission, it has been observing parallel to that plane in order to better balance against the radiation pressure of the sun. This new strategy has two important consequences: One is that Kepler has to change its field of view every three months to avoid the sun; the other is that our own solar system, unexpectedly, has become a target for the exoplanet-hunting telescope.
For most astronomers working with Kepler, planets and asteroids zipping through the images are little more than a nuisance when studying the light variations of stars. Researchers from the Konkoly and Gothard Observatories in Hungary, however, saw a research opportunity in these moving specks of light. Following up on their work with trans-Neptunian objects, they examined the light variations of some main-belt and Trojan asteroids in a pair of research papers. They used a custom-built pipeline based on the software package Fitsh, developed by team member András Pál, to accurately measure moving targets in the images.
Main-belt asteroids were not targeted by Kepler, so the astronomers selected two extended mosaics that covered the open cluster M35 and the path of the planet Neptune, and simply tracked all known asteroids crossing them. Most of the objects were continuously observable for one to four days, which may not sound like much, but is significantly longer than single-night runs achievable with ground-based telescopes. Indeed, the researchers hoped that with Kepler, they could determine the rotation periods of the asteroids more accurately, without the uncertainties caused by daytime gaps in the data—and they did, but only for a fraction of the sample.
Asteroids zip through the images of Kepler. The large, overexposed object is Neptune, the smaller one following it is Nereid, one of its moons. Images of stars have been subtracted for better visibility. The video covers 69 days. Credit: NASA Ames/András Pál
"We measured the paths of all known asteroids, but most of them turned out to be simply too faint for Kepler. The dense stellar background toward M35 further reduced the number of successful detections," said Róbert Szabó (Konkoly Observatory, MTA CSFK), lead author of the paper. "Still, we have to keep in mind that Kepler was never meant to do such studies; therefore, observing four dozen asteroids with new rotation rates is already more than anybody anticipated," he added.
The other study focused on 56 pre-selected Trojan asteroids in the middle of the L4, or "Greek" group, which orbits ahead of Jupiter. Since they are farther out from Kepler, they could be observed for longer periods, from 10 to 20 days, without interruption. And this turned out to be crucial: Many objects exhibited slow light variations between two and 15 days. Long periodicity suggests that what we see is not just one rotating asteroid, but actually two orbiting each other—the study confirmed that about 20 to 25 percent of Trojans are binary asteroids or asteroid-moon pairs. As Gyula M. Szabó (ELTE Gothard Astrophysical Observatory), lead author of the other paper, said, "Estimating the rate of binaries highlights the great advantage of Kepler, because the interesting periods, longer than 24 to 48 hours, are really hard to measure from the Earth."
What Kepler did not see are rapidly spinning Trojans. Even for the fastest ones, one rotation takes more than five hours, suggesting that the asteroids we see are likely icy, porous objects, similar to comets and trans-Neptunian objects, and different from the rockier main belt objects. "A large piece of rock can rotate much faster than a rubble pile or an icy body of the same size without breaking apart. Our findings favour the scenario that Trojans arrived from the ice-dominated outer solar system instead of migrating outwards from the main asteroid belt," Szabó said.
Kepler aimed at the heart of the L4 swarm. Green dots are the known Trojans, black dots are the observed ones. Credit: Gy. M. Szabó et al. 2016
As Kepler continues its new mission, more objects from the solar system are crossing into its view, including planets, moons, asteroids and comets. The telescope that transformed the science of stars and exoplanets will undoubtedly leave its mark in planetary science, as well.
More information:
Szabó, R., et al: Uninterrupted optical light curves of main-belt asteroids from the K2 Mission, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2016), dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629059, arxiv.org/abs/1609.02759
Szabó, Gy. M., et al.: The heart of the swarm: K2 photometry and rotational characteristics of 56 Jovian Trojan asteroids, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2016), doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629401, arxiv.org/abs/1609.02760
Journal reference: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Source: _http://phys.org/news/2016-10-kepler-caught-hundreds-asteroids.html
A selection of Trojan light curves. The shape of the light curve depends on the shape of the asteroid and its altitude with respect to the Sun. Asteroid (22056) appears to be a binary object with a period of almost fifteen days (lower right). Credit: Gy. M. Szabó et al. 2016
Previously, the Kepler space telescope looked straight out from the solar system in a direction almost perpendicular to the ecliptic and the plane of the planets. This way, it could observe the same spot all year long, as the sun, and most of the solar system, were out of its field of view. But since the start of K2 mission, it has been observing parallel to that plane in order to better balance against the radiation pressure of the sun. This new strategy has two important consequences: One is that Kepler has to change its field of view every three months to avoid the sun; the other is that our own solar system, unexpectedly, has become a target for the exoplanet-hunting telescope.
For most astronomers working with Kepler, planets and asteroids zipping through the images are little more than a nuisance when studying the light variations of stars. Researchers from the Konkoly and Gothard Observatories in Hungary, however, saw a research opportunity in these moving specks of light. Following up on their work with trans-Neptunian objects, they examined the light variations of some main-belt and Trojan asteroids in a pair of research papers. They used a custom-built pipeline based on the software package Fitsh, developed by team member András Pál, to accurately measure moving targets in the images.
Main-belt asteroids were not targeted by Kepler, so the astronomers selected two extended mosaics that covered the open cluster M35 and the path of the planet Neptune, and simply tracked all known asteroids crossing them. Most of the objects were continuously observable for one to four days, which may not sound like much, but is significantly longer than single-night runs achievable with ground-based telescopes. Indeed, the researchers hoped that with Kepler, they could determine the rotation periods of the asteroids more accurately, without the uncertainties caused by daytime gaps in the data—and they did, but only for a fraction of the sample.
Asteroids zip through the images of Kepler. The large, overexposed object is Neptune, the smaller one following it is Nereid, one of its moons. Images of stars have been subtracted for better visibility. The video covers 69 days. Credit: NASA Ames/András Pál
"We measured the paths of all known asteroids, but most of them turned out to be simply too faint for Kepler. The dense stellar background toward M35 further reduced the number of successful detections," said Róbert Szabó (Konkoly Observatory, MTA CSFK), lead author of the paper. "Still, we have to keep in mind that Kepler was never meant to do such studies; therefore, observing four dozen asteroids with new rotation rates is already more than anybody anticipated," he added.
The other study focused on 56 pre-selected Trojan asteroids in the middle of the L4, or "Greek" group, which orbits ahead of Jupiter. Since they are farther out from Kepler, they could be observed for longer periods, from 10 to 20 days, without interruption. And this turned out to be crucial: Many objects exhibited slow light variations between two and 15 days. Long periodicity suggests that what we see is not just one rotating asteroid, but actually two orbiting each other—the study confirmed that about 20 to 25 percent of Trojans are binary asteroids or asteroid-moon pairs. As Gyula M. Szabó (ELTE Gothard Astrophysical Observatory), lead author of the other paper, said, "Estimating the rate of binaries highlights the great advantage of Kepler, because the interesting periods, longer than 24 to 48 hours, are really hard to measure from the Earth."
What Kepler did not see are rapidly spinning Trojans. Even for the fastest ones, one rotation takes more than five hours, suggesting that the asteroids we see are likely icy, porous objects, similar to comets and trans-Neptunian objects, and different from the rockier main belt objects. "A large piece of rock can rotate much faster than a rubble pile or an icy body of the same size without breaking apart. Our findings favour the scenario that Trojans arrived from the ice-dominated outer solar system instead of migrating outwards from the main asteroid belt," Szabó said.
Kepler aimed at the heart of the L4 swarm. Green dots are the known Trojans, black dots are the observed ones. Credit: Gy. M. Szabó et al. 2016
As Kepler continues its new mission, more objects from the solar system are crossing into its view, including planets, moons, asteroids and comets. The telescope that transformed the science of stars and exoplanets will undoubtedly leave its mark in planetary science, as well.
More information:
Szabó, R., et al: Uninterrupted optical light curves of main-belt asteroids from the K2 Mission, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2016), dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629059, arxiv.org/abs/1609.02759
Szabó, Gy. M., et al.: The heart of the swarm: K2 photometry and rotational characteristics of 56 Jovian Trojan asteroids, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2016), doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629401, arxiv.org/abs/1609.02760
Journal reference: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Source: _http://phys.org/news/2016-10-kepler-caught-hundreds-asteroids.html
Catalog of Known Near-Earth Asteroids Tops 15,000, 27.10.2016
The number of discovered near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) now tops 15,000, with an average of 30 new discoveries added each week. This milestone marks a 50 percent increase in the number of known NEAs since 2013, when discoveries reached 10,000 in August of that year.
Surveys funded by NASA's Near Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program (NEOs include both asteroids and comets) account for more than 95 percent of discoveries so far.
The 15,000th near-Earth asteroid is designated 2016 TB57. It was discovered on Oct. 13 by observers at the Mount Lemmon Survey, an element of the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Arizona. 2016 TB57 is a rather small asteroid -- about 50 to 115 feet (16 to 36 meters) in size -- that will come closest to Earth on Oct. 31 at just beyond five times the distance of the moon. It will safely pass Earth.
A near-Earth asteroid is defined as one whose orbit periodically brings it within approximately 1.3 times Earth's average distance to the sun -- that is within 121 million miles (195 million kilometers) -- of the sun (Earth's average distance to the sun is about 93 million miles, or 150 million kilometers). This distance also then brings the asteroid within roughly 30 million miles (50 million kilometers) of Earth's orbit. Observers have already discovered more than 90 percent of the estimated population of the large NEOs -- those larger than 0.6 miles (one kilometer).
"The rising rate of discovery is due to dedicated NEO surveys and upgraded telescopes coming online in recent years," {yeah, there must have been a real technical revolution in telescopes technology in the last 3 years} said NASA's NEO Observations Program Manager Kelly Fast. "But while we're making great progress, we still have a long way to go." It is estimated by astronomers that only about 27 percent of the NEAs that are 460 feet (140 meters) and larger have been found to date. Congress directed NASA to find over 90 percent of objects this size and larger by the end of 2020.
Currently, two NASA-funded NEO surveys -- the Catalina Sky Survey and the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) in Hawaii -- account for about 90 percent of new NEO discoveries. Both projects upgraded their telescopes in 2015, improving their discovery rates.
A recent upgrade to one of the Catalina Sky Survey's telescopes resulted in a tripling of its average monthly NEO discovery rate. When the Pan-STARRS system increased the observing time it devoted to NEO searching to 90 percent, it increased its rate of discovery by a factor of three. Pan-STARRS also will add a second telescope to the hunt this fall. As more capable telescopes are deployed, the overall NEO survey effort will be able to find more objects as small as and smaller than 140 meters (460 feet).
The NEO Observations Program is a primary element of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, which is responsible for finding, tracking and characterizing potentially hazardous NEOs, issuing warnings about possible impacts, and coordinating U.S. government planning for response to an actual impact threat.
"While no known NEO currently poses a risk of impact with Earth over the next 100 years," says NASA Planetary Defense Officer Lindley Johnson, "we've found mostly the larger asteroids, and we have a lot more of the smaller but still potentially hazardous ones to find."
Source: _http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6664
The number of discovered near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) now tops 15,000, with an average of 30 new discoveries added each week. This milestone marks a 50 percent increase in the number of known NEAs since 2013, when discoveries reached 10,000 in August of that year.
Surveys funded by NASA's Near Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program (NEOs include both asteroids and comets) account for more than 95 percent of discoveries so far.
The 15,000th near-Earth asteroid is designated 2016 TB57. It was discovered on Oct. 13 by observers at the Mount Lemmon Survey, an element of the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Arizona. 2016 TB57 is a rather small asteroid -- about 50 to 115 feet (16 to 36 meters) in size -- that will come closest to Earth on Oct. 31 at just beyond five times the distance of the moon. It will safely pass Earth.
A near-Earth asteroid is defined as one whose orbit periodically brings it within approximately 1.3 times Earth's average distance to the sun -- that is within 121 million miles (195 million kilometers) -- of the sun (Earth's average distance to the sun is about 93 million miles, or 150 million kilometers). This distance also then brings the asteroid within roughly 30 million miles (50 million kilometers) of Earth's orbit. Observers have already discovered more than 90 percent of the estimated population of the large NEOs -- those larger than 0.6 miles (one kilometer).
"The rising rate of discovery is due to dedicated NEO surveys and upgraded telescopes coming online in recent years," {yeah, there must have been a real technical revolution in telescopes technology in the last 3 years} said NASA's NEO Observations Program Manager Kelly Fast. "But while we're making great progress, we still have a long way to go." It is estimated by astronomers that only about 27 percent of the NEAs that are 460 feet (140 meters) and larger have been found to date. Congress directed NASA to find over 90 percent of objects this size and larger by the end of 2020.
Currently, two NASA-funded NEO surveys -- the Catalina Sky Survey and the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) in Hawaii -- account for about 90 percent of new NEO discoveries. Both projects upgraded their telescopes in 2015, improving their discovery rates.
A recent upgrade to one of the Catalina Sky Survey's telescopes resulted in a tripling of its average monthly NEO discovery rate. When the Pan-STARRS system increased the observing time it devoted to NEO searching to 90 percent, it increased its rate of discovery by a factor of three. Pan-STARRS also will add a second telescope to the hunt this fall. As more capable telescopes are deployed, the overall NEO survey effort will be able to find more objects as small as and smaller than 140 meters (460 feet).
The NEO Observations Program is a primary element of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, which is responsible for finding, tracking and characterizing potentially hazardous NEOs, issuing warnings about possible impacts, and coordinating U.S. government planning for response to an actual impact threat.
"While no known NEO currently poses a risk of impact with Earth over the next 100 years," says NASA Planetary Defense Officer Lindley Johnson, "we've found mostly the larger asteroids, and we have a lot more of the smaller but still potentially hazardous ones to find."
Source: _http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6664
Altair said:
That 27% number is based on an assumption of what we don't know and should be discounted heavily in the downward direction. NASA consistently overstates their capability to detect/track these objects.
Before retirement, I took a hard analytical look at the array of sensors required to bring the probability of detection/track to greater than 90%. No practical array of ground telescopes can even get close. The only way to do this is to launch a space-based array of telescopes (MEO orbit and lower) for stereo scanning around the earth/sun/moon. The cost would be just a drop in the bucket compared to the massive amount spent on idiocies.
After the "slow down" in 2015, the comet activity seems to pick up again:
Pashalis said:Couldn't wait to share with you guys the latest numbers from AMS. It is not only Rocking and Rolling on the ground, but also in the skies. Still 16 days to go for this year though. Looks like this year (2016) will be the alltime record, in all departments:
A closer look, without the number of reports about sightings:
AlltThe numbers in table form:
10-15 feet of snow to bury California; wintry weather also targets South Video
USA TODAY Published 4:28 p.m. ET Jan. 4, 2017 | Updated 8 hours ago
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/01/04/california-sierra-snow-south/96164874/
https://twitter.com/squawalpine/status/816684573706911744/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/816741372455690240/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[Interstate 80- California IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
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80- CLOSED FROM COLFAX (PLACER CO) TO THE NEVADA STATE LINE - DUE TO TRACTION CONCERNS
Message: NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-CA
Sent: 00:00 PST on 01-05-2017
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THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE HIGH
SNOW LEVELS...OR ABOVE 8000 FEET...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL RUNOFF
FROM SNOW MELT. RAIN TOTALS EXPECTED WITH THE MORE SIGNIFICANT
WEEKEND WEATHER SYSTEM WILL RANGE FROM 0.5 TO 2.5 INCHES IN THE
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS 2 TO 7 INCHES...AND
IN THE SIERRA NEVADA 5 TO 15 INCHES.
USA TODAY Published 4:28 p.m. ET Jan. 4, 2017 | Updated 8 hours ago
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THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE HIGH
SNOW LEVELS...OR ABOVE 8000 FEET...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL RUNOFF
FROM SNOW MELT. RAIN TOTALS EXPECTED WITH THE MORE SIGNIFICANT
WEEKEND WEATHER SYSTEM WILL RANGE FROM 0.5 TO 2.5 INCHES IN THE
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS 2 TO 7 INCHES...AND
IN THE SIERRA NEVADA 5 TO 15 INCHES.
Pashalis said:
Snow & Weather Reports At Lake Tahoe
http://squawalpine.com/skiing-riding/weather-conditions-webcams/squaw-valley-snowfall-tracker
Snowfall Updated: Wed, Jan 4 @ 11:44am
As of 6am 6,200 | 24hr 6,200 | Cumulative 8,000 ft = 2438.4 mt | 24hr 8,000 Cumulative
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 15" 93" 23" 154" Total Accumulations
Sorry about that. The USA site was misleading, (as always). Still significant levels so early in the year. Thanks for the necessary correction :)
It is in inches at 154 inches = 391.16cm = 5.0688976 Ft. = 1.54499998848 Meters
http://squawalpine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/multiple_medias/media_snowy-chairlift.jpg?itok=DGSaK7TO
Heavenly Snow and Weather Report (South Lake Tahoe Ca.)
1-5-17 http://www.skiheavenly.com/the-mountain/snow-report/snow-report.aspx
18 " = 45.72 cm.
New Snow
Last 24 hrs: 18 "
Overnight*: 12 "
Last 48 hrs: 36 "
Last 7 days: 40 "
Map
https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Heavenly+Mountain+Resort/@38.9568128,-119.9426539,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xce810176609a01e8!8m2!3d38.9568128!4d-119.9426539
Heavenly 1-2-2017
Pashalis said:
2016 is finished now and here is the current count. Note: I've must have made a mistake above; the "All Reports about Sighting" I probably have taken from "all countries" instead from the "US alone ". The counts below should be correct now (still a record year in all departments...):
A closer look, without the number of reports about sightings:
All numbers in table form:
A contact in the States emailed an observation of the third, and severe storm system that continues to rack California.
It almost sounds like a mild form of bleed through in this recent event. As perhaps the continued up rooting of trees and the earths surface are experiencing and anti gravity effect. Or a shift in wihin the FRV.
Jan 18, 2017 The mail:
Published on Jan 18, 2017
Just reminds me of the following -Wizard of OZ 1939 and of course "Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection":
The Wizard of Oz 1939
Plot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#Plot
http://tapestryinstitute.org/ways-of-knowing/mythic/tornadoes/
2014
http://Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection: Quote:
It almost sounds like a mild form of bleed through in this recent event. As perhaps the continued up rooting of trees and the earths surface are experiencing and anti gravity effect. Or a shift in wihin the FRV.
Jan 18, 2017 The mail:
Published on Jan 18, 2017
Just reminds me of the following -Wizard of OZ 1939 and of course "Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection":
The Wizard of Oz 1939
Plot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)#Plot
http://tapestryinstitute.org/ways-of-knowing/mythic/tornadoes/
2014
http://Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection: Quote:
Electrical Volcanoes | Space News
Published on Feb 14, 2017
Published on Feb 14, 2017
Remembering Velikovsky's Comet
Published on Mar 7, 2017
ThunderboltsProject
Edit: Added
Visual Comets in the Future (Northern Hemisphere) 3-5-17
_http://www.aerith.net/comet/future-n.html
