Meteor/Meteorite News 10FEB2011

Arizona Meteor Fireball -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
A fireball was captured on 7 Feb. at about 2256 Mountain Standard Time. The fireball occurred in the constellation Canis Major.
www.sott.net/articles/show/223427-Arizona-Meteor-Fireball

Google Earth Discoveries
TechWeek
The meteor crater deep within the Egyptian desert was found in September with scientists believing it could help prepare for future impacts. ...


ASU museums, galleries, to offer special tours
Arizona State University
10 am – Center for Meteorite Studies Bateman Physical Sciences Center C wing, Room 139, Michelle Minitti. 11 am – “Origins,” Institute for Humanities ...

Croat reports seeing a fireball
Croatian Times
A man in Croatia felt as if he was in the middle of a science fiction movie when he saw what he has described as a fire ball falling from the sky and ...


A fireball fell from the sky and lit the woods near Bjelovar ...
Scared driver of emergency car: a fireball fell from the sky and lit the woods near Bjelovar! 'Driving the patient at night I noticed a fiery flame in the sky. Falling in the parabola of the country ' Bjelovar- comet fell from the sky ...


Meteor Activity Outlook for February 5-11, 2011 | International ...
The radiant (the area of the sky where meteors appear to shoot from) positions and rates listed below are exact for Saturday night/Sunday morning February ...


Society for Popular Astronomy - Contact the Meteor Section
Use this form to contact the Meteor Section. Before sending it, please type out the coloured letters in the image in the box below, as this will help to ...


Something to make South Africans feel proud of their country!
allvoices
South Africa has the oldest meteor scar in the world, at the Vredefort Dome near Parys. The scar is 2 billion years old. * The world's best land-based ...


Answerscom What is the difference between meteor and a meteorite
Astronomy question: What is the difference between meteor and a meteor riot? Meteor is the streak of light you see in the sky as the rock, stone, or grain ...
wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_meteors_desinagrate


Science Channel Greenlights a Third Season of "Meteorite Men"
The Futon Critic
(Silver Spring, Md.) - Science Channel announced today the production greenlight for the third season of its original hit series, METEORITE MEN, ...

Readers Report Meteors  FEB2011:

Geneva/Switzerland green meteor 3-4 seconds duration at 0.40 am. 9 february 2011 
Anonymous wrote:
Another...Meteor giant green fireball. During the night 8 to 9 february 2011 at 0.40 am. Geneva/Switzerland Saw a big meteor green colored, north direction, while 3-4 second

Meteors(?) sighting over New Orleans today 8FEB2011

I am a college professor from Texas, in NOLA for a conference. I saw what appeared to be a cluster of meteorites very clearly this afternoon. They streaked across the sky roughly from east to west and the cluster dissipated leaving one object that flamed out very brightly. I first thought the cluster was a flock of birds, but they disappeared before my eyes.
I came back to the hotel room and went online searching for "meteorites over New Orleans" and found your site. Not sure what else this could have been.
Thanks, Mark Sandel (contact on file)

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada Meteor with Bright Green


Tail 9:30 pm EST 8FEB2011
Anonymous wrote,
I saw a meteor Feb 8, 2011 around 930 eastern time...bright green tail over skys of cambridge, ontario, canada. 



League City, TX  Meteor  8:30pm CST on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011
Feb 7 2011, 3:48 PMGuest441 (guest):Viewing from League City, TX (South of Houston), I saw a possible meteorite that was heading south/ southwest, in the direction of Santa Fe or Alvin, TX at a steep ~45 deg angle around 8:30pm central on Sunday,Feb. 6, 2011. It reminded me of "shooting stars" I'd seen before, but either much bigger or, more likely, just a lot closer- I could actually see smaller particles breaking off or trailing the lead "glow".