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astro-ph.EP2026
Observational planning for the 2026 August 5 Falcon 9 Upper Stage lunar impact
Benjamin Fernando, Jennifer Heldmann, Bill Grey +20
The paper outlines plans to observe the August 5, 2026 impact of a spent Falcon 9 upper stage on the Moon near Einstein Crater, describing how the flash and ejecta plume could be r…
#lunar impact#observation planning#impact flash#ejecta dynamics
astro-ph.EP2024
Geophysical Observations of the 24 September 2023 OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule Re-Entry
Elizabeth A. Silber, Daniel C. Bowman, Chris G. Carr +79
Sample Return Capsules (SRCs) entering Earth's atmosphere at hypervelocity from interplanetary space are a valuable resource for studying meteor phenomena. The 24 September 2023 ar…
astro-ph.EP2024
Seismic and acoustic signals from the 2014 'Interstellar Meteor'
Benjamin Fernando, Pierrick Mialle, G öram Ekstr öm +4
We conduct a thorough analysis of seismic and acoustic data from the so-called `Interstellar Meteor' which entered the Earth's atmosphere off the coast of Papua New Guinea on 2014-…