03 November 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02NOV2012

2 more meteorites found from Calif. meteor
Sacramento Bee
NOVATO, Calif. -- Meteor hunters say they have found two more remnants of the streaking fireball that lit up California skies last month. The latest find - reported on Thursday - was also in the San Francisco Bay area city of Novato and brings the ...

Comet's Debris Is Stargazers' Treasure
Wall Street Journal
A meteor streaks across the skies early Sunday in Clinton Township, Mich. The annual six-week Orionid meteor shower peaked Sunday. Thousands of meteors streaked through the sky early Sunday as Earth passed through the thickest point of its intersection ...

Meteor Explosion Creates Sonic Boom in ...
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A resident of Bonney Lake, Washington was outside Thursday evening 10-18- 2012 when at ...
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Meteor lights up Wednesday morning sky
Porterville Recorder
“It was a trail, bright with colors,” Jeff Gletne of Terra Bella said as he described what he saw early Wednesday morning in the southern sky. Gletne, and several others, were up and about early enough to see what is believed to have been a meteor ...

Meteor Shower Tonight: Live Stream of October 2012 Orionid Meteor Shower ...
Christian Post
The Orionid Meteor Shower's October 2012 display will put on a spectacular sight for sky-gazers on Saturday night, as the meteor shower continues to delight watchers over the weekend. The meteor shower can be watched online through live stream for free ...

Two more meteorites found in Novato from October meteor shower
San Jose Mercury News Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:18 PM PDT
Two more pieces of the fireball that exploded over the Bay Area in mid-October have been found, bringing the total of meteorite fragments found to four -- all in Novato.

Two more meteorites found in Novato
Marin Independent Journal Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:26 PM PDT
Two more pieces of the fireball that exploded over the Bay Area in mid-October have been found, bringing the total of meteorite fragments found to four â all in Novato.

NASA Team Hunts for Meteorite in Northern Alabama
WTVY Dothan Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:59 PM PDT
A team from NASA is searching for a meteorite that was seen streaking across the northern Alabama sky.

NASA team hunts for meteorite in Cullman
Cullman Times Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:43 PM PDT
A team from NASA is searching for a meteorite that was seen streaking across the northern Alabama sky.

Poles unearth rare 300-kilo meteorite, largest in Eastern Europe
The Hindu Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:11 PM PDT
Polish Geologists have unearthed the largest meteorite ever found in Eastern Europe and are hoping the rare find will provide fresh clues about the composition of the Earthâs inner core, they said.

Poles unearth rare 300kg meteorite, largest in Eastern Europe
The Star Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:00 PM PDT
WARSAW: Polish geologists have unearthed the largest meteorite ever found in Eastern Europe and are hoping the rare find will provide fresh clues about the composition of the Earth's inner core, they said Wednesday.

The star that fell on Alabama Tuesday is mobilizing an astro-army of searchers
The Huntsville Times Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:33 PM PDT
Fragments would confirm what would be only the seventh meteoritelanding in Alabama history.

Sacramento meteor hunter gets 2nd find in 6 months
News10.net
Brien Cook found a small meteorite on Oct. 22 beside a road in Novato; it was part of a car-sized meteor that broke apart as it crashed through Earth's atmosphere above Marin County on Oct.17. Cook found a part of another meteor that hit the Earth last ...

October 30th 2012 Fireball Over Southern Mid-West USA | American ...
Brightness estimates of this fireball vary considerably, but the average lies near magnitude -13, which is equivalent to the light produced by the full moon.
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Meteor lights up Halloween night sky
MyNorthwest.com
Reports of a meteor falling to Earth kept authorities across Western Washington hopping Wednesday night as scores of people reported seeing the space debris streaking to the ground. KING 5 reports Snohomish County Sheriff's deputies investigated ...

Meteorite may give up Earth's secrets
The Australian
``We know the Earth's core is composed of iron, but we can't study it. Here we have a guest from outer space which is similar in structure and we can easily examine it,'' said Professor Andrzej Muszynski of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland. ``This ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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