31 March 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31MAR2021

Observation of the A Carinid Meteor Shower 2020 Unexpected Outburst - NASA/ADS
NASA/ADS
We present observations of the sudden outburst of the A Carinid meteor shower recorded with the Southern Argentina Agile MEteor Radar Orbital ...

The Magic of Meteorites - OpenLearn - Open University
The Open University
In March 2021, several rare meteorite fragments were found in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. We celebrate this amazing discovery with a mini ...

Forward transmission from meteor ionization - ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect
A large number of long duration reflections are evident which, due to their regularity, are difficult to associate with transient meteor ionizations.

IMO Meteor Org. on Twitter: " Bright fireball observed and captured on video over Cyprus on ...
twitter.com
@IMOmeteors. The International Meteor Organization unites amateur astronomers with an interest in contributing to meteor science. Worldwide.

Bulletin update with 49 new approvals.
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=%2A&sfor=names&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&strewn=&snew=7&pnt=Normal%20table&dr=&page=0

Team identifies water-bearing minerals on asteroid Bennu
Jumbo News
Because these meteorites and their parent bodies formed close to the beginning of the solar system, they may provide clues to the distribution, ...

A 320-pound rock found in rural Kansas in 2006 came from outer space. It just sold for $156250.
Pratt Tribune
Brenham Meteorites are pallasites found in Kiowa County, Kansas , with a type of stony. A 320-pound pallasite meteorite that originated in outer space ...

Rare daytime fireball meteor creates massive sonic boom over UK
Space.com
The meteor was a bolide — the largest and brightest type of fireball meteor — and would have needed to be "very large" to be visible during the day, ...

Astro Bob: New study shows satellites are making the night sky brighter
Grand Forks Herald
At upper right, the camera also captured a bright meteor at the same time. (Egon Filter / CC BY-SA 4.0). The number of orbiting satellites is growing ...

2021 The EIGHTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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