Now on Google Play, Again

Programmer/ November 26, 2017/ Minor Planet Center, NASA, NASA JPL, Space Weather

We have decided to Publish FByAsteroids back to the Google Play Store after compiling our own Android Object. We no longer use a 3rd party and only requires the App to have an Internet Network Connection to load the asteroid data. Currently in development we are working on a new layout and interface for FByAsteroids.  

How to make an asteroid using sunlight

Programmer/ November 19, 2017/ Minor Planet Center, NASA, NASA JPL, Space Weather

Solar radiation packs a punch capable of creating and destroying asteroid families. By Alison Klesman  |  Published: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Trojan asteroids don’t orbit in the main belt. Instead, they are asteroids that share an orbit with a major planet, such as Jupiter, Earth, or Mars. Now, astronomers have determined that sunlight is responsible for creating and destroying Trojans around Mars,

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Arctic Meteor lights up night sky

Programmer/ November 17, 2017/ Minor Planet Center, NASA, NASA JPL, Space Weather

On the evening of Nov. 16th, aurora tour guide Tony Bateman of northern Finland was indoors, warming up between auroras, when his surroundings began to vibrate. “There was a huge bang and the cottage shook violently,” he reports. “At first I thought it was an earthquake. Or maybe a tree fell on the cottage roof! I walked outside and inspected

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