10 December 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10DEC2013


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Geminid Meteor Shower 2013
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Geminid Meteor Shower to Show Through the Moonlight Friday ...
The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the best shooting-star displays each year, returns to our skies late this week. Skygazers and nature enthusiasts ...
www.skyandtelescope.com/skytel/.../234792751.html

Get Ready for the 2013 Geminid Meteor Shower
Universe Today
Keep in mind, meteor showers often peak hours before or after predictions… we certainly don't know everything that a given meteor stream might have in store!

December's meteor showers | ASSA
At least two meteor showers are active this month – the Geminids and the Puppid-Velids. Grab a deck chair, some coffee, and you may catch a fireball or three ...
assa.saao.ac.za/sections/shallow.../decembers-meteor-showers/

Look up at the stars: the 2013 Geminid meteor... - sci-universe - Tumblr
Look up at the stars: the 2013 Geminid meteor shower will peak on the nights of December 12-14. The show starts at mid-to-late evening and ends at dawn.
sci-universe.tumblr.com/.../look-up-at-the-stars-the-2013-gemi...

Geminid Meteor Shower - Sarasota Magazine
You're invited to join environmental specialist Jeff Weber for an early morning viewing of the Geminid Meteor Shower at Sarasota's Red Bug Slough Preserve.
sarasotamagazine.com/.../geminid-meteor-shower-red-bug-slo...

Life Could Have Hitched a Ride to the Moons of Jupiter and Saturn
Charles Q. Choi- Astrobiology Magazine- December 9, 2013
Summary: A new study suggests the possibility of transfer of life from
the inner solar system to the moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn, although very rare, cannot be ruled out. ...

Moon May Outshine Geminid Meteor Shower ... - Afghanistan Sun
This week marks the peak of what is usually considered the most satisfying of all ...
www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/.../89d96798a39564b...

Mars Lake Could Have Supported Life Billions of Years Ago
National Geographic - 6 hours
The Mars rover Curiosity team describes a once-watery landscape.

Mapping the demise of the dinosaursScience Daily - 4 hours
About 65 million years ago, an asteroid or comet crashed into a shallow sea near what is now the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, resulting in ...

Scientists hunting particle that could explain the universeSalon.com - 23 hours
Neutrinos are the most abundant matter particles. They are just beginning to give up their secrets

Outburst of Andromedid meteors may continue tonightEarthSky
Expert observers are reporting an unexpected outburst of a little-known (but historical) meteor shower. The Andromedid meteor outburst began yesterday ...

Observe a gem of a meteor shower | Astronomy.com
The Geminid meteor shower should put on a dazzling show the night of December 13/14.
www.astronomy.com/.../observe-a-gem-of-a-meteor-shower

Meteor Crashes Into Texas? AGAIN? - Texas UFO Sightings
Check out the latest UFO sightings in Texas - from Austin to Dallas, from Twitter UFO sightings to MUFON Reports - it's all covered right here.
www.texasufosightings.com/1/.../meteor-crashes-into-texas.ht...

PAGASA: Winter Triangle, Geminids to light up December skies 
GMA News
The famous Winter Triangle, the equilateral triangle formation of stars, and the annual Geminids meteor shower will cap 2013 for stargazers in the Philippines, ...

Meteor Outburst in progress? - Stargazers Lounge
... early — tonight, in fact — based on some interesting news. The Andromedid meteor storm on November 27, 1872, as portrayed Enciclopedia Moderna Illu...
stargazerslounge.com/.../201750-meteor-outburst-in-progress/

Geminids to peak on weekend
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, Dec. 10 (CNA) Stargazers will have a chance this weekend to catch the Geminid meteorshower, which is expected to produce scores of meteors per ...

Japan Fireball Meteor 06DEC2013- 2013年12月6日2時21分9秒の火球
For ALL of the Latest Worldwide Meteor/Fireball Reports. "click here" ... 2013年12月6日2時21分9秒の火球. Japan Fireball Meteor 02;21;29 JST 06DEC2013 ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../japan-fireball-meteor-0...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects UK Meteor ...
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham arrived from google.co.uk on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for fireball seen in sky last night in uk.
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../mbiq-detects-uk-meteo...

Mars Comet: 'Siding Spring' To Cause Massive Meteor Shower In ...
Huffington Post UK
A dramatic meteor show is set to hit Mars next year, astronomers have reported - and it could cause big problems for our intrepid robotic explorers in orbit around ...

Eyes on the skies after 'meteor' spotted above Dundee
Evening Telegraph
He said: “There is a meteor shower due about now — the showers are named after the constellations where they originate from. “The one visible at the moment ...

2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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