Meteor/Meteorite News 31DEC2010

Remembering 2010's fireballs
Baltimore Sun (blog)
On May 10, just before 5 am, a spectacular meteor startled early commuters as it crossed the sky from west to east. Many Marylanders also spotted the ...

A Commonplace Book: Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Meteor ...
By Will McLean
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Meteor MA, MD, VA, NY, DC and PA 28DEC2010 Reports... December 28th, ca. 6.45 PM EST. Malvern PA, outside Philadelphia. A big fireball passed overhead, roughly east to west, crossing near zenith. ...

Witnesses startled by shooting star over Frederick
Frederick News Post (subscription)
If it was a meteor, it likely left a trail of debris, said expert John Wasson at the University of California at Los Angeles. ...

Suspected Meteor Startles Western Md Stargazers Baltimore Maryland ...
FREDERICK, Md. -- Some western Maryland residents said an apparent meteor put on a sky show they won't soon forget. Thursday, December 30, 2010.

Starry starry night
Odessa American
The show doesn't stop once the meteorite hits the ground. As scientists delve into compositions ofmeteorites, minerals that make up the space rocks offer a ...

Blinded to Science
Litchfield County Times
“I saw there was going to be a celebration of the bicentennial of the meteor. I am a total history buff—I have just recently earned a master's degree in ... (Weston Meteorite)

China verifies its first meteor crater in Liaoning
The location of Xiuyan meteor crater. (By Guangzhou Daily) The meteor crater at Xiuyan Man Autonomous County in Anshan City of Liaoning Province. ...

The sky in January Meteors herald dawn solar eclipse on Tuesday
Scotsman
By Alan Pickup The New Year opens in spectacular fashion with the peak of the Quadrantids meteorshower next Monday night and a partial eclipse of the Sun ...

elp allsky: Meteor News...Houston Texas Fireball DEC28, 2010...
By elp allsky
A report has come in to ELPALLSKY of a fireball over Houston Texas Dec. 28th, 2010...the same night as the Large East Coast Fireball reported on below. Am trying to get a time for this Texas event and will post info as it is acquired. ...

Big meteor seen over East Coast | Portal to the Universe
A large meteor fireball was seen along the US East Coast on Tuesday evening: ... Large US East Coast Meteor Fireball Bolide DEC28, 2010!!! - elp allsky ...

Meteor Hunter: End of Astrovid
By Meteor Hunter
As a farewell to Astrovid in 2010, here a few interesting pics of my Fireball cam in different Melbourne weather conditions. From cold rainy winter days to scorching summer days like today where the temperature is 38 degrees Celsius! ...

Stargazing Live
BBC News
People across the UK should be able to observe the alignment of Uranus and Jupiter, a partial solar eclipse and the Quadrantid meteor shower. ...

Eclipse and meteor shower to light up New Year Whitby Today First up is the Quadrantid meteor shower, one of the years more prolific, which is active between 1 and 7 January and peaks in the early morning hours of ... Jack Horkheimer's Christmas Gift San Saba News & Star 3/4 Mon. night/Tue. morning: The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks to the north with no Moon interference all night; most meteor showers are best in the ... Meteor/Meteorite News Readers write: Guest375 (guest): i saw a fireball south of yosemite park on sunday dec.26 around 4:30pm, amazing... Guest216 (guest): I live in Cambridge NY and at about 4 am saw a huge shooting star with a blue light (in the western sky i think) Guest401 (guest):december 4th i saw a nice bright meteor fall while traveling north on I91 from brattelboro vt. It was traveling almost straight down but from east to west and i believe it landed somewhere in Vermont. unfortuatley i did not take the time to look at a clock or stop to see exactly where i was on the highway but it was north of exit 3 as i headed to exit 7. It was sometime around 9:30pm I know we had just left a resturant that was closing. Guest724 (guest):Between 6pm and 7pm Dec 30 from Des Moines IA I witnessed a meteor? traveling from south to north in the eastern sky. Color was bluish green and trailed a white tail for quite a ways across the sky. Guest184 (guest): At approximately 12:30am I saw what appeared to be a shooting star fall...then burn out as it fell. I was traveling west on 202. I saw this approximately 1/2 miles after passing char restaurant, the star was seen on the right and appear to fall behind the trees. Anonymous wrote:  On Dec 30, about 6:00pm while traveling northeast out of Fulton, MO. on hwy 54. Me & my girlfriend saw 2 shooting stars. both traveling from west to east. the first lasted 1 sec as a white streak. The 2nd Sparking in and out for 3-5 seconds, bright white to faight red glow.  Guest838 (guest):Norwalk, CT Dec 28 meteor sighting approx. 6:40 PM east to west very low in sky. Guest841 (guest): Saw what appears to have been a meteor fall from sky straight down. Ended with bright flash before fizzling out. Very clear and seemed close by. Was looking north from Hanover Ma toward Boston around 7:15pm New years eve dec 31