19 November 2016

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19NOV2016

Fireball crashes into Morawa paddock
The West Australian
Thanks to information from the public through the Fireballs in the Sky app, and images captured by four Desert Fireball Network cameras Curtin's team ...

Meteorite from October fireball found in Morawa, Western Australia
Signs of the Times
Thanks to information from the public through the Fireballs in the Sky app, and images captured by four Desert Fireball Network cameras Curtin's team ...

Researchers dig deep for closer look at dino-killing meteor blast
Nikkei Asian Review
TOKYO -- New mineral samples from Mexico's Chicxulub crater are helping scientists better understand the massive meteor strike thought to have ...

Asteroids Up Close
CosmoSparks
Remote sensing + returned samples from asteroid missions + meteorites =
better understanding of asteroids...

meteor storm
International Meteor Organization
On that night, estimated ZHR for the Leonid meteor outburst range up to 80 000 meteors. Which means an astronomer in good observing conditions ...

'Dashcam' movie to premiere at Russian film festival
Russia Beyond the Headlines
Kalashnikov said he was inspired by the popularity of videos made with dashcam recorders during the 2013 meteor strike in Chelyabinsk (1100 miles ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2016
Philippines
The Leonid meteor shower peaks on Thursday night, Nov. 17 and early the next morning. Stargazers can still see it in the night sky until Nov. 21.

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20150022348: Meteor Shower Forecast Improvements ...
Internet Archive
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20150022348: Meteor Shower Forecast Improvements from a Survey of All-Sky Network Observations.

The 2016 Leonid Meteor Shower
Cloudy Nights
The 2016 Leonid Meteor Shower - posted in General Observing and Astronomy: I got up early this morning and spent 45 minutes in my backyard ...

2016 Leonid Meteor Shower
Bob's Spaces
During the early winter months of A.D. 902, Chinese astronomers recorded what were probably the first written accounts of a meteor shower.

Meteor Activity Outlook for November 19-25, 2016
American Meteor Society
The moonlight will interfere with meteor observing during the prime morning hours but not nearly as much as when it was closer to its full phase.

Meteor Shower Close Call
Stargazers Lounge
I have a schedule of the meteor showers saved on my desktop so I know when ... The North Taurids meteor shower occurred last week and I went to a ...

Leonid Meteor Shower Observing
Astronomy Forums
I spent a couple hours this morning checking out the Leonid Meteor Shower. In spite of the waning Supermoon, observed 6 Leonid's and 3 sporadic ...

50th anniversary of the famous 1966 Leonid storm
American Meteor Society
In mid-November, spectacular meteors will streak through the night sky as the Leonid meteor shower hits Earth once again. This annual meteor ...

IAU meteor shower database
International Meteor Organization
The October 2016 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be mailed shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF ...

Conference Topics
International Meteor Organization
Possible meteor radio workshop? Currently we check how many people would be interested to attend a radio workshop of either an entire day before ...

4543d
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, L. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, Time is approximate. I never saw the start of the event. I looked up as it was falling downward.

4543b
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Georgetown, KY. Latitude, 38° 10' 56.63'' N (38.182396°). Longitude, 84° 33' 20.39'' W (-84.555663°). Elevation, 270.744m ...

4538a
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Fredonia, NY. Latitude, 42° 26' 32.96'' N (42.442489°). Longitude, 79° 20' 24.23'' W (-79.340064°). Elevation, 211.113m. Time and ...

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