Space Weather Daily Update for 14 April, 2018
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0.000 HBDSpace Weather Daily Update for 14 April, 2018
## Quake Watch, Weak Ocean, Storm Hunter The last 24 hours of the Earth Facing disc shows that the sun spot group is no match to the Earth Facing quiet and is breaking apart. The solar wind is dropping and the Planetary K-index is in the low to mid green levels. Because the coronal hole is expanded, but not as deep, it is still causing earthquake watches and warnings. There were a few medium sized earthquakes on the mid-Atlantic ridge today. ### Earthquakes and volcanoes of note * [5.4 magnitude earthquake](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000e0d0#executive) on the mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Azores * [5.3 magnitude earthquake](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000e0b2#executive) on the mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Azores * [5.5 magnitude earthquake](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000e04n#executive) - Scotia Sea near Antarctica ### Space Objects A few more Near Earth Objects(NEO) added to the database to round out the month. ##### Today’s Launches * Atlas 5 • AFSPC 11 - A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-079, will launch the AFSPC 11 mission for the U.S. Air Force. The mission will launch the Air Force’s Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS) payload and the EAGLE satellite hosting multiple military experiments. ~ source: https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ ### Other News * [Atlantic Ocean Circulation at Weakest Point in 1,600 years](http://www.whoi.edu/news-release/atlantic-ocean-circulation-at-weakest-point-in-more-than-1500-years). Hmmm, I wonder what the weather was like then. * [NASA's World Tour of the Atmosphere Reveals Surprises Along the Way](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasas-world-tour-of-the-atmosphere-reveals-surprises-along-the-way). "As we descended the first time, we were stunned to find ourselves in a thick haze of smoke and dust that originated in Africa, thousands of kilometers to the east. The haze had an unappealing yellow-brown hue and was so thick we couldn't see the ocean. " Good thing the USA is cutting down on our all our pollution to keep up with the rest of the world. * [The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor, also known as the Space Storm Hunter, was installed today outside the European space laboratory Columbus.](http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Storm_hunter_in_position) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_HEdGw36j0 ~ Ben Davidson (Suspicious0bservers ) at [SuspiciousObservers.org](http://www.suspicious0bservers.org/) I am ***not affiliated*** with Ben Davidson or his work. I am a subscriber to SuspiciousObservers YouTube channel. * [Space Weather News](http://spaceweathernews.com/) * [Quake Watch](http://quakewatch.net/) * [Earth Changes](http://earthchanges.org/) - mobile app * [STARWATER](http://www.suspicious0bservers.org/starwater/) ### Space Weather <center>  </center> <center>  </center> Source: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index ### Asteroid Watch <center>  </center> `Average distance between Earth and the moon is about 239,000 miles (385,000 kilometers).` Source: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch/ | Object | Flyby Date | AU distance | Approximate Sixe | |---|---|---|---| |[(2014 UR)](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2014%20UR)| 2018-Apr-14 | 0.02375 | 13 m - 28 m| |[(2018 GH2)](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2018%20GH2)| 2018-Apr-14 | 0.03658 |17 m - 37 m| |[(2018 GC2)](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2018%20GC2)| 2018-Apr-17 | 0.02304 | 12 m - 26 m| |[(2016 JP)](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2016%20JP)| 2018-Apr-20 | 0.03073 | 160 m - 360 m| |[(2018 GR1)](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2018%20GR1)| 2018-Apr-21 | 0.04678 | 38 m - 86 m| Close Approach Database Source: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ <center> ___   <a href="http://steemitboard.com/board.html?user=deanlogic"><img src="https://steemitimages.com/DQmdCSFsBM5QCYLDqWhcGucDujJDFXM4vTDFUWjb8kDfD5C/goldfish.png"></a> <h3>Let the positive energy sing! <br /> More Power to the Minnows!!</h3>  Trading on [Bittrex](https://www.bittrex.com/) and [Binance](https://www.binance.com/?ref=13806167) Claim Your Stake with a [Stake Box](http://www.stakebox.org?aff=3) ***HODLin’*** Stellar Lumen([XLM](https://www.stellar.org/)) -- Cardano ([ADA](https://www.cardanohub.org/en/home/)) -- Digibyte([DGB](https://digibyte.io/)) `Get your old school text-based gaming on.` <a href="https://steemnova.intinte.org/index.php?ref=219"><img src="https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://i.imgur.com/cTbchhq.png" /></a> </center>