16 August 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16AUG2013

Russian Meteor Explosion's Dust Cloud Lingered In Atmosphere for ...
Space.com
When a meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February, pieces of the bus-sized space rock hit the ground while its detonation shattered ...

Meteor/Fireball filmed over Canberra | The RiotACT
ErkzO
At 9:37pm on Tuesday night (13th Aug 2013), a large meteor fell south of Canberra. Here is the story on NineMSN. If anyone was a witness to this event,The RiotACT

Dust Plume From Exploding Russian Meteor Circled the Globe
Discover Magazine (blog)
A screenshot from a NASA video showing how the plume of dust from the Chelyabinsk meteorcircled the entire globe after exploding in the atmosphere.

Around the world in four days: NASA tracks Chelyabinsk meteor plume
Science Daily (press release)
Aug. 14, 2013 — Atmospheric physicist Nick Gorkavyi missed witnessing an event of the century last winter when a meteor exploded over his hometown of ...

Incredible Footage Shows a Perseid Meteor Exploding
Universe Today
It appears he captured a meteor explosion and the resulting expansion of a shock wave or debris ring. “It was taken early in the morning on August 12, 2013 ...

Russia meteorite smoke plume circled the world in just four days
Thu, 15 Aug, 2013 07:49 AM PDT
NASA scientists have revealed a new study of the Chelyabinsk meteorite, which shows that the smoke created when the meteorite burned up in our atmosphere traveled around the northern hemisphere in just four days. In the aftermath of the meteorite …Continue reading

Time-lapse of the Perseid meteor shower - YouTube
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iReporter Jim Denny shot this video of the Perseid meteor shower over Kekaha, Hawaii, on ...
youtube.com

Russian Meteor In Chelyabinsk Emitted Dust Which Travelled A ...
Huffington Post UK
The residents of the town of Chelyabinsk were treated to the incredible site of it blazing across the morning sky - although the sonic boom it created injured 1000 ... 
KJZZ
... array of 40 telescopes include Mexico and the Spanish Canary Islands, but the big news in Arizona is that spots around Seligman and Meteor Crater are also ...

Around the world in just FOUR DAYS: How dust belt from the ...
Daily Mail
NASA satellites made the unprecedented measurements of the meteorwhich is thought to have released 30 times more energy than the atomic bomb that ...

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