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--- transportation:comets [2026/03/17 21:18] – [Ryugu] timb
+++ transportation:comets [2026/06/04 00:33] (current) – [Massachusetts] timb
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 https://gizmodo.com/newly-discovered-comet-could-appear-during-the-day-if-its-not-destroyed-first-2000732680
+== Watch a Comet Get Torn Apart by the Sun and Become a Headless Ghost ==
+Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1) didn't survive its close encounter with the Sun, ruining its chances of brightening up the night skies.
+Passant Rabie - April 10, 2026, 1:35 pm ET
+Bad news for skywatchers: A sungrazing comet that was set to put on a bright display succumbed to a fateful encounter with our host star.
+Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1) was obliterated during its perihelion, or closest approach to the Sun, on Saturday, April 4. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the comet’s death dive as it came within 99,000 miles (160,000 kilometers) of the Sun’s atmosphere.
+https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-comet-get-torn-apart-by-the-sun-and-become-a-headless-ghost-2000745014
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+==== Arizona ====
 == Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50,000 years later ==
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 https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/arizonas-meteor-crater-is-still-revealing-new-secrets-50-000-years-later
+==== Massachusetts ====
+== Meteor explodes over Massachusetts: New details on size, where it landed ==
+Traveling at about 42,000 mph when it entered the atmosphere, the meteor streaked through the sky for 26 miles, headed from northwest to southeast.
+Staff and wire reports - June 1, 2026 / Updated June 1, 2026 at 5:06 pm
+Reports of an explosion from people across New England on Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
+NASA shared new details on the size and path of the meteor on Monday, upgrading the size of the object and revealing how far it flew before exploding.
+The meteor was about five feet wide, according to the space agency, with a mass of 5.6 metric tons. (That's about the weight of a large elephant.) Traveling at about 42,000 mph when it entered the atmosphere at 2:06 p.m., the meteor streaked through the sky for 26 miles, headed from northwest to southeast.
+The flaming object, confirmed to be made of natural material, as opposed to a satellite or space debris, broke up 31 miles above sea level with force equivalent to 230 tons of TNT, and the meteorite fell into Cape Cod Bay.
+https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/meteor-explodes-over-massachusetts-what-we-know-and-where-it-landed/3957663/