Show threadMichael Busch1d ago

#ST26E86 is now indexed as #2026JN4: https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K26/K26JE3.html.

The Minor Planet Center is also interested in any reports of observations of the impact.

Show threadMichael Busch2d ago

There is ongoing discussion of the #ST26E86 impact at https://groups.io/g/mpml/topic/119328368 .

Does anyone have a sky camera running in Darwin?

Michael Busch2d ago

There was a flash in the sky three hours ago, somewhere between Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

If anyone saw #ST26E86 on the way in: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/scout/#/object/ST26E86

QT International Meteor Organization @imometeors.bsky.social‬
2026 May 15

... a freshly discovered small (~1,1 m diameter) asteroid (ST26E86) is in a trajectory that will direct it into the Earth atmosphere, North of Papua New-Guinea (May 15) around 13h 42min UT.
Stay tuned for more updates!
https://bsky.app/profile/imometeors.bsky.social/post/3mlvdmysznk2c

Scout: NEOCP Hazard Assessment

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site. Data related to Earth impact risk, close-approaches, and much more.