18 May 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18MAY2014

Comet 209P Linear possible Camelopardalids meteor shower online event
The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 ⋅ Gianluca Masi
Next 23/24 May comet 209P/Linear, discovered in Feb. 2004, may possibly put an amazing show in the sky with an exceptional meteor shower.

Meteor Crater Star Party is Sunday night
Prescott Daily Courier
Meteor Crater, the meteorite impact site located 35 miles east of Flagstaff and 20 miles west of Winslow on I-40, exit 233 will be hosting a "Star Party" ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17MAY2014 - Early
blogspot.com
While meteor showers vary in intensity, astronomers expect the Camelopardalidmeteor shower to produce hundreds of meteors per hour and can be .

Prehistoric Meteor Causing Water Woes
KGAN TV
MANSON, Iowa (AP) -- The small central Iowa city of Manson is having a big problem drilling a new well, and the reason could date back millions of ...

Passing Meteor Startles West Virginia Residents
WCHS-TV8
The National Weather Service said a meteor was responsible for a loud boom reported across the southern part of the state Thursday night.

Last Night's Fireball Meteor In Our Area Was VERY Rare! An Explanation & If We Could See More ...
typepad.com
There was a fireball meteor last night that flashed across our sky and it traveled a very long distance in the atmosphere of the earth. This was not a ...

Reports of fireball sightings explained
WKRC TV Cincinnati
Fireball sightings were reported in parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia. A fireball is a very bright meteor, burning as it hits Earth's ...

Brilliant Fireball Streaks Over Southeastern US (Video, Photos) | Space.com
space.com
"This fireball was not part of any meteor shower and belongs to a class of meteors called Earthgrazers," Cooke wrote in the statement. "These meteors ...

Camelopardalid Meteor Shower: Earth to Intercept 'Dust Trails' Comet 209P/LINEAR For First Time
International Business Times UK
A previously unobserved celestial event called the Camelopardalid meteor shower is set to take place for the first time on the night of 23 May. Although ...

Meteor group investigates W.Va. fireball reports » Latest news » Cumberland Times-News
times-news.com
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The American Meteor Society is investigating reports of a fireball in the sky over parts of southern West Virginia. ...

Meteor shoots across Tennessee sky -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
sott.net
Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, said the very bright meteor entered the atmosphere over Columbia, S.C. at 9.38 p.m.

We had a very rare meteor in Tennessee last night, - Godlike Productions
godlikeproductions.com
Did anyone else see this meteor? pretty cool to see. Pikeville is my neighbor, live in Crossville Cumberland county, this was huge and fast, got a good ...

Watch Earthgrazer meteor streak through night sky - USA Today
usatoday.com
This basketball-sized meteor that streaked through the skies of the southern United States Friday night is called an Earthgrazer, according to NASA.

Pennsylvania Starwatch: Meteor storm or a dud? We'll see - News - Republican Herald
republicanherald.com
Early next Saturday morning, May 24, our skies could be ablaze with one heck of a meteor shower between 2 and 3 a.m. It may be even close to ...

Camelopardalids Meteor Shower Peaks On May 23, 2014 (VIDEO) | Environment - Before It's News
beforeitsnews.com
A new, and possibly spectacular, meteor shower will be gracing the skies on the night of May 23, 2014 (early morning of May 24, 2014). Predictions ..

Can NASA Save Us from an Asteroid Ready to Slam into Earth?
Cleveland Leader
We've seen the destruction that even a small meteorite entering the Earth's atmosphere can cause when it impacts our planet, a la the Chelyabinsk ..

Meteor shower predicted to be spectacular
Leader-Telegram
It will be the first time we pass through this stream, and the prediction is that we will have a meteorshower so spectacular it will qualify as a meteor ..

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 17-23, 2014 | American Meteor Society
amsmeteors.org
The moon will interfere with meteor observations as the glare will obscure fainter meteors. This weekend the waning gibbous will seriously ...

Telescope Reviews: Is this meteor storm happening next Friday?
cloudynights.com
Pages: 1. panhard Moderator It's All Good * Reged: 01/20/08. Loc: Markham Ontario Canada. Is this meteorstorm happening next Friday? #6529906 ...

Fireball seen streaking through nighttime sky
WXIA-TV
11Alive heard from several people who thought they saw something. What was it? A UFO? A drone? Well, according to NASA, a basketball-sized ...

ANCIENT PROBLEM: City’s Water Woes Out Of This World
WHO-TV 13 Des Moines - 21 hours
About 74 million years ago, when dinosaurs still walked the Earth, and long before humans, a meteorite more than a...

Exploding Meteor Startles Appalachian Area Residents All Across the Region : Appalachian Area ...
appalachianareanews.com
A meteor brighter than the planet Venus moved across the sky creating a panic across the Appalachian Area Thursday night, a meteorologist with the ...

American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
amsmeteors.org
AMS received 46 reports about a fireball seen over AL, GA, NC and SC on May 16th 2014 around 01:43 (UTC)

2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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