The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30/31AUG2015

Early morning fireball attracts attention
St George News
ST. GEORGE — Reports came in to the Utah Highway Patrol Cedar City Dispatch Center Friday describing a fireball streaking across the sky south of ...

Preliminary Results of Our Observations from Our Recent Meteor Surveillance Stations
Turkish Meteorite Network
Preliminary Results of Our Observations from Our Recent Meteor Surveillance Stations. 1 Yunus_Emre_SE M20150813_045055_YE_SE ...

University of Arizona Cameras Give Sight to NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission
August 24, 2015
From over two million kilometers away, a powerful camera on NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will "see" the tiny asteroid Bennu for the first time, helping to guide the spacecraft to its destination. Once there, its versatile focus mechanism will transform the camera from a telescope to a microscope, enabling it to examine tiny rocks while only hundreds of meters from the asteroid's surface. ...

St. George News on Twitter: "Early morning fireball attracts attention #StGeorge #SoUtah #meteor ...
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... St. George News @STGnews 11h11 hours ago. Early morning fireball attracts attention #StGeorge #SoUtah #meteor ...

COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE RIVER VALLEY & OZARK AREA
Arkansas Online
Oct. 19's event will also feature Orionid Meteor Shower; and Meteors, Meteorites, Meteoroids and Asterisms. Nov 16's program will include Leonid ...

Meteor Wrong Questions
Cloudy Nights
Meteor Wrong Questions - posted in Space Rocks: I was looking at buying some bulk campo del cielo meteorites for astronomy give aways for kids ...

Astronomy for September: Total lunar eclipse Sept. 27; tips on spotting meteors
Akron Beacon Journal
A: When viewing a meteor shower, it doesn't matter which direction you are facing. The meteors appear anywhere and everywhere across the dome of ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28/29AUG2015

Huge Asteroid Expected to Destroy Earth In September Causes Widespread Panic
First to Know
They also are wary of the fact that a meteor recently struck Iran and it's gone widely unreported here and in Europe. Meanwhile, the government of Iran ...

NHM Vienna Invites Journalists for Media Talk on Installation of Meteor Camera
AZoOptics.com (press release)
Record of a fireball with the camera from the Pic du Midi (France) using the same type of camera than the one that will be installed on the roof of the ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 29-September 4, 2015
American Meteor Society
This is the worse time to try and view meteor activity as the bright moonlight will obscure all but the brightest meteors. Toward the end of this period the ...

Could alien life spread like a virus to the stars?
...panspermia, and the possibility of future astronomical techniques to not only detect the signatures of
alien life in exoplanetary atmospheres, but also track its relentless spread throughout the galaxy. ...

[1508.05907] Chasing the Chelyabinsk asteroid N-body style
arxiv.org
http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05907

[1508.05575] Asteroid thermophysical modeling
arxiv.orghttp://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05575

Meteor Flys Across Night Sky in US Northeast
Myhighplains.com
NASA says this fireball flying at 45,000 miles an hour is a meteor about 500 pounds from the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars flaring brighter ...

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Japan Fireball Meteor 0620 JST 27AUG2015 - 2015年8月27日22:06:20JSTの火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 0620 JST 27AUG2015
2015年8月27日22:06:20JSTの火球

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Japan Fireball Meteor 0620 JST 27AUG2015
2015年8月27日22:06:20JSTの火球
c2015 司馬康生 / SonotaCo

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27AUG2015

NASA slams fake prophecies, says no asteroid will hit Earth in the next 100 years
International Business Times AU
Efrain Rodriguez, a self-proclaimed “messenger of God,” contacted NASA in November 2010 about a meteor that will destroy the island of Puerto Rico....

Iran meteor strike
Stargazers Lounge
hello im not sure if its fake but ive hear that Iran have had a meteor strike and that apparently there has been a media blackout. there is news articles ...

Did a bright meteor crash to earth close to Ashbourne last night?
Ashbourne News Telegraph
"If indeed it was a fireball, and out of the description it disappeared behind the rooftop, it was in North direction and it is a football size, that makes all ...

Perseid Meteor Shower 2015
Huffington Post
So meteor rates go up starting at midnight. At dawn you're approximately in the middle of the face of the earth as it flies through space, so meteor rates ...

Invitation to a media talk and photo opportunity: Installation of a meteor camera on the roof of the ...
AlphaGalileo
Invitation to a media talk and photo opportunity: Installation of a meteor camera on the roof of the NHM Vienna. 26 August 2015 Naturhistorisches ...

Perseid Meteor Colors
Cloudy Nights
Perseid Meteor Colors - posted in DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing: Here's a shot of a Perseid meteor's colors as it burns up ...

12 Reports
Fireball event
IMO received 12 reports about a fireball seen over MA, NJ, NY, NH and CT on Tuesday, August 25th 2015 around 03:32 UT....

Inspiring Film Follows High School Students Chasing The PerseidMeteor Shower
Resource Magazine (blog)
But this year, during the Perseids Meteor Shower, Canales decided to test out the low light film capabilities of the Sony A7s, all while teaching 23 High ...

Definition of meteor spectrum in English
Oxford Dictionaries
Definition of meteor spectrum in American English in Oxford dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences. English to English reference ...

Meteor scatter :: radio
Forums Centers
One thing I have never been able to confirm, is a meteor scatter hit on an fm station. I'm sure it has happened to me, because I can remember a couple ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26AUG2015

UFOs in Yuma? Incident at YPG has gone unexplained for 60-plus years
Yuma Sun
However, Schauer said it was most likely the Lyrid Meteor Shower, a cosmic show that happens annually approximately between April 16 and April 25 ...

Meteors and Milky Way over Mount Ranier
Astronomy Picture of the Day - NASA
Featured here is the Perseids meteor shower as captured over Mt. Rainier, Washington, USA. The image was created from a two-hour time lapse ...

Meteor Watch: In Search for Lost Meteorites
The Public Slate
When you look into the night sky you might wonder what creates those beautiful falling stars. In fact, falling meteorites are constantly bombarding the ...

Perseid Meteor Vaporizing and Persistent Train
Cloudy Nights
Perseid Meteor Vaporizing and Persistent Train - posted in DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing: Heres a close-up of a Perseid Meteor ...

Meteor Charts
RoswellMeteor
Meteor Counts on DTV2 54.310 MHz using Spectrum Lab and Colorgramme. Meteor Counts on WWV 25 MHz using Spectrum Lab and Colorgramme.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25AUG2015

Protect lands to preserve dark skies
Las Vegas Sun
The Perseid meteor shower blazed across our dark desert skies, and I was fortunate enough to share the experience with a group of youths who had ...

The Brightest Meteor Shower Is This Week
MSN.com
The Brightest Meteor Shower Is This Week. Duration: 00:31 10/08/2015. SHARE · TWEET · EMAIL. You could see up to 100 shooting stars an hour.

Meteor over Boise
Dailymotion
About; Export; Add to. Meteor over Boise. Capture date : 01/01/1970; Publication date : 08/24/2015; Duration : 00:24; Category : News ...

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Oxford Journals
The Geminid meteor shower is typically the second largest meteor shower in the meteor data bases. It is the most numerous shower associated with ...

How Will Tokyo's Artificial Meteor Shower Work?
Inverse
This is the part of the article where you get nervous, then intrigued, then nervous again. The people claiming that they can pull off this feat ...

Meteor Shower Hikes
Campus Recreation - University of New Hampshire
Hike 3 miles round trip to the summit of South Mountain where we'll enjoy uninterrupted views and hopefully glimpse meteor showers illuminating the ...

Pictures of the Week
Reuters Pictures
A meteor streaks across the sky over Leeberg hill during the Perseid meteor shower near Grossmugl in the early morning of August 13, 2015.

Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight
Jewocity.com (press release) (blog)
ESO The Perseid meteor shower over the European Southern Observatory. ... The annual meteor shower will peak on those two days, and this year's ...

Why NASA Isn't Buying Into the Doom and Gloom MeteorProphecies
Charisma News
NASA says that despite doomsdayer's predictions, an asteroid will not hit the Earth in September. (NASA/Flickr). Join us on our new podcast each ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24AUG2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22AUG2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
A bright meteor was seen from Puerto Rico on the night of August 20, according to Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (SAC). The largest astronomy .

Majestic meteor shower in west Turkey
Bgnnews
Majestic meteor shower in west Turkey. National. 23 Ağustos 2015 Pazar, 14:10. Paylaş. Tweetle · Paylaş · Gönder. Yazdır. Gönder. Majestic meteor ...

Stars, but not of David: annual meteor show comes to Israel's Negev
The American Israelite
Indeed, thanks to the sheer volume of the debris, the annual Perseids meteor shower (thought to originate in the constellation Perseus) can be seen ...

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OT- Taiwan Education Outreach - Bunan Taiwan Native Peoples Video

OT- Taiwan Education Outreach - Bunan Tribe Taiwan Native Peoples Video
  This is  tribute post to the Bunan Tribe; I was spared death as a Bunan tribesman guide kept me from dying during a climb in Taiwans Yu Shan National Park, Jia Ming Hu.  I was investigating a reported impact crater there on Dec. 23-24 some 20 years ago from funding from the Chi-Mei Foundation. - May you find this video a blessing. 
馬校長 thank you!-LunarMeteoriteHunter, Dirk Ross, Tokyo
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OT-台灣教育外展 - 布南部落台灣原住民視頻
  這是致敬郵寄到布南部落;我是倖免一死為布南部落引導使我從台灣玉山國家公園，佳明胡爬升過程中死亡。我在大約20年前的12月23日至二十四號調查報告的撞擊坑出現。 - 你會發現這個視頻祝福。
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23AUG2015

Huge Meteor/Fireballs Light Up U.S. Skies

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NASA's All-Sky Cameras Captured Huge Meteor/Fireballs Burning Up in the Atmosphere
Before It's News
Puerto Rico Bolide Meteor 20AUG2015 w/ Video http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.gr/. Clips credit: NASA's All Sky Fireball Network

NASA puts fears of Doomsday meteor to rest
State Column
NASA puts fears of Doomsday meteor to rest. The State Column, Sam Catherman | August 22, 2015. NASA puts fears of Doomsday meteor to rest ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22AUG2015

Puerto Rico Bolide Meteor 20AUG2015 w/ Video
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
A bright meteor was seen from Puerto Rico on the night of August 20, according to Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (SAC). The largest astronomy ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 22-28, 2015
American Meteor Society
The half-illuminated moon will set around midnight allowing unimpeded viewing of the morning sky when meteor activity is stronger. The moon will ...

Doomsayer spreads message in Wyoming towns
KTVQ Billings News
13, 2015, with a meteor strike and a financial crisis, reports COUNTY 10. ... warnings of a similar demise, including a meteor strike near Puerto Rico. ...

Apocalypse conspiracy theorist vandalizes Lander and Riverton with messages of doom
County 10
13, 2015, with a meteor strike and a financial crisis. The author also wrote of Obama tyranny, the need to follow God's laws, and the need to start ...

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Puerto Rico Bolide Meteor 20AUG2015 w/ Video

Breaking News - Puerto Rico Bolide Meteor 2128 Local 20AUG2015 w/ Video

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Puerto Rico Bolide Meteor 2128 Local 20AUG2015
c2015 Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (SAC)

Bólido (brillante meteoro) en Puerto Rico 8/20/2015 SAC

Posted to YouTube by kevinizooropa 93 views

  A bright meteor was seen from Puerto Rico on the night of August 20, according to Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (SAC). The largest astronomy organization on the Caribbean Island says the meteor was seen at about 9:30 p.m. local time. "We got reports from the north and west side of the Island, but it is possible the meteor was also seen from other areas of Puerto Rico, SAC said.
  "It was a beautiful one and we were able to capture some images on our meteor cameras", said SAC. Although there was a recent meteor shower (the Perseids) it seems this meteor was not related to the shower and was a sporadic meteor instead.
  SAC explained this type of meteor is usually associated with small space rocks which generally disintegrate on Earth's atmosphere. Only a few have enough size or mass so that parts of it can survive the atmospheric friction, and reach the surface.
-Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (SAC)

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NEO Asteroids Close Approaches August 2015

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches August 2015
This Month will be very promising for having new meteorites.

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August 2015 NEO Asteroids Close Approaches
c2015 Dirk Ross- Tokyo, Japan

August ALERT- Increased Meteor Activity! 
Expect some spectacular bolides,  fireballs, and meteors this month and especially large ones 3-5 days before and following the passing of  11 small mountain-sized NEO asteroids, diameters ranging from 500m- 2.3km,  that will safely pass this month.

Please report your meteor sightings to this website for posting- Remember IF you are looking for a report and no one reports then everyone lacks information; thank you.
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

There are currently 1 3 4 6 7 known NEO Asteroids discovered that will pass within approximately 10LD or less (LD stands for "Lunar Distance"), in the month of August 2015.

I expect that 10 or more 10LD NEOs will be discovered before month end.
Be ready for some bolide, fireball, and meteor activity!
Cameras Ready!
If you get video or photo of a meteor please email to - LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com
- LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

2015 PK, 2015 PL9,2015 PK9,2015 PT227, 
2015 QK, 2015 QH3, 2015 QT3, 

reported 22AUG2015

(2015 QT3)

2015-Aug-28

0.0107

4.2

45 m - 100 m

23.9

26.29

reported 20AUG2015

(2015 QK)

2015-Aug-19

0.0120

4.7

15 m - 34 m

26.2

8.35

(2015 QH3)

2015-Aug-21

0.0113

4.4

11 m - 25 m

26.9

7.10

reported 14AUG2015

(2015 PT227)

2015-Aug-29

0.0248

9.7

45 m - 100 m

23.8

9.37

reported and added 11AUG2015 - late discovery

(2015 PL9)

2015-Aug-08

0.0032

1.2

10.0 m - 22 m

27.1

11.23

(2015 PK9)

2015-Aug-07

0.0148

5.8

49 m - 110 m

23.7

8.69

reported and added 08AUG2015 - late discovery

(2015 PK)

2015-Aug-06

0.0005

0.2

6.2 m - 14 m

28.2

16.33

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date CA Distance* (AU) CA Distance* (LD) Estimated Diameter** H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) (2015 LG2)  2015-Aug-02 0.0753 29.3 200 m - 450 m 20.6 11.86 (2015 KK122)  2015-Aug-02 0.1660 64.6 80 m - 180 m 22.6 5.43 (2015 NV13)  2015-Aug-03 0.1023 39.8 46 m - 100 m 23.8 8.50 (2015 NZ13)  2015-Aug-03 0.0883 34.4 200 m - 460 m 20.6 24.52 (2012 KA4)  2015-Aug-04 0.1479 57.6 150 m - 340 m 21.2 29.03 (2015 CV13)  2015-Aug-05 0.1150 44.8 230 m - 520 m 20.3 11.94 (2015 LE21)  2015-Aug-05 0.0812 31.6 31 m - 68 m 24.7 3.49 242643 (2005 NZ6)  2015-Aug-06 0.1967 76.5 880 m - 2.0 km 17.4 34.64 (2015 MX53)  2015-Aug-06 0.0435 16.9 56 m - 120 m 23.4 7.30 (2003 PN5)  2015-Aug-07 0.1374 53.5 61 m - 140 m 23.2 9.72 (2015 MM116)  2015-Aug-08 0.1766 68.7 85 m - 190 m 22.5 4.78 434154 (2002 SL)  2015-Aug-08 0.1806 70.3 330 m - 750 m 19.5 9.86 438105 (2005 GO22)  2015-Aug-09 0.1311 51.0 510 m - 1.1 km 18.6 31.74 (2009 DB1)  2015-Aug-10 0.0466 18.1 70 m - 160 m 22.9 12.44 (2014 BT8)  2015-Aug-11 0.1482 57.7 27 m - 59 m 25.0 6.73 (2011 QG21)  2015-Aug-11 0.0521 20.3 110 m - 250 m 21.9 16.50 (2008 WK96)  2015-Aug-11 0.1457 56.7 64 m - 140 m 23.1 12.21 (2012 NP)  2015-Aug-12 0.1013 39.4 150 m - 330 m 21.3 6.81 (2004 AS1)  2015-Aug-12 0.0781 30.4 210 m - 470 m 20.5 11.34 (2007 RO17)  2015-Aug-12 0.1096 42.6 18 m - 41 m 25.8 8.68 (2014 WE6)  2015-Aug-13 0.1731 67.4 2.2 m - 4.9 m 30.4 5.17 (2015 EK7)  2015-Aug-13 0.1276 49.7 110 m - 240 m 22.0 11.44 (2014 SD224)  2015-Aug-13 0.1589 61.8 97 m - 220 m 22.2 6.34 232691 (2004 AR1)  2015-Aug-13 0.0748 29.1 290 m - 650 m 19.8 14.07 (2011 AK5)  2015-Aug-13 0.0709 27.6 140 m - 310 m 21.4 5.73 277475 (2005 WK4)  2015-Aug-16 0.1688 65.7 250 m - 570 m 20.1 13.30 348400 (2005 JF21)  2015-Aug-16 0.0517 20.1 1.0 km - 2.3 km 17.1 9.20 369057 (2008 DK5)  2015-Aug-16 0.1848 71.9 140 m - 310 m 21.4 23.72 (2015 KB19)  2015-Aug-17 0.1214 47.2 120 m - 270 m 21.7 8.70 (2012 TM139)  2015-Aug-18 0.1851 72.0 330 m - 750 m 19.5 3.96 (2015 CU13)  2015-Aug-18 0.1475 57.4 51 m - 110 m 23.6 23.56 350713 (2001 XP88)  2015-Aug-19 0.1441 56.1 200 m - 450 m 20.6 2.96 (2015 OF26)  2015-Aug-19 0.0987 38.4 130 m - 290 m 21.5 16.61 (2007 WZ4)  2015-Aug-21 0.1411 54.9 37 m - 82 m 24.3 8.91 206378 (2003 RB)  2015-Aug-22 0.0531 20.7 480 m - 1.1 km 18.7 8.47 385252 (2001 EB18)  2015-Aug-23 0.1681 65.4 370 m - 820 m 19.3 25.36 (2010 RJ43)  2015-Aug-23 0.1309 51.0 61 m - 140 m 23.2 11.59 (2015 OV)  2015-Aug-24 0.0752 29.3 50 m - 110 m 23.6 6.91 (2005 QQ87)  2015-Aug-25 0.0845 32.9 77 m - 170 m 22.7 18.99 (2013 RZ5)  2015-Aug-26 0.1574 61.3 5.6 m - 12 m 28.4 21.73 250458 (2004 BO41)  2015-Aug-31 0.1473 57.3 730 m - 1.6 km 17.8 21.39

Source Table- NASA/JPL
-- for the most current version check- http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
Self search parameters - http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/neo_ca

Source Wikipedia-
---  FYI

Stony asteroids that impact sedimentary rock and create a crater^[6]

Impactor diameter	Kinetic energy at atmospheric entry	Impact energy	Crater diameter	Average frequency
100 m (330 ft)	47 Mt	38 Mt	1.2 km (0.75 mi)	5200 years
130 m (430 ft)	103 Mt	64.8 Mt	2 km (1.2 mi)	11000 years
150 m (490 ft)	159 Mt	71.5 Mt	2.4 km (1.5 mi)	16000 years
200 m (660 ft)	376 Mt	261 Mt	3 km (1.9 mi)	36000 years
250 m (820 ft)	734 Mt	598 Mt	3.8 km (2.4 mi)	59000 years
300 m (980 ft)	1270 Mt	1110 Mt	4.6 km (2.9 mi)	73000 years
400 m (1,300 ft)	3010 Mt	2800 Mt	6 km (3.7 mi)	100000 years
700 m (2,300 ft)	16100 Mt	15700 Mt	10 km (6.2 mi)	190000 years
1,000 m (3,300 ft)	47000 Mt	46300 Mt	13.6 km (8.5 mi)	440000 years

"6 Robert Marcus, H. Jay Melosh, and Gareth Collins (2010). "Earth Impact Effects Program". Imperial College London / Purdue University. Retrieved 2013-02-04.(solution using 2600kg/m^3, 17km/s, 45 degrees)

Stony asteroid impacts that generate an airburst^[6]

Impactor diameter	Kinetic energy at atmospheric entry	Airburst energy	Airburst altitude	Average frequency
4 m (13 ft)	3 kt	0.75 kt	42.5 km (139,000 ft)	1.3 years
7 m (23 ft)	16 kt	5 kt	36.3 km (119,000 ft)	4.6 years
10 m (33 ft)	47 kt	19 kt	31.9 km (105,000 ft)	10.4 years
15 m (49 ft)	159 kt	82 kt	26.4 km (87,000 ft)	27 years
20 m (66 ft)	376 kt	230 kt	22.4 km (73,000 ft)	60 years
30 m (98 ft)	1.3 Mt	930 kt	16.5 km (54,000 ft)	185 years
50 m (160 ft)	5.9 Mt	5.2 Mt	8.7 km (29,000 ft)	764 years
70 m (230 ft)	16 Mt	15.2 Mt	3.6 km (12,000 ft)	1900 years
85 m (279 ft)	29 Mt	28 Mt	0.58 km (1,900 ft)	3300 years

"6 Robert Marcus, H. Jay Melosh, and Gareth Collins (2010). "Earth Impact Effects Program". Imperial College London / Purdue University. Retrieved 2013-02-04.(solution using 2600kg/m^3, 17km/s, 45 degrees)

reposted / updated reported 20AUG2015
reposted and added 12AUG2015 - late discoveries
reeposted and updated 08AUG2015
re-post 01AUG2015
original post 22JUL2015 

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21AUG2015

NASA: There is No Asteroid Threatening Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- August 19, 2015
"There is no scientific basis -- not one shred of evidence -- that an
asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,"
said Paul Chodas ...

Breaking News - Puerto Rico Bolide Meteor 2128 Local 20AUG2015 w/ Video
A bright meteor was seen from Puerto Rico on the night of August 20, according to Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe (SAC)....

Norway Bolide Meteor 12AUG2015 w/ Video
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
The activity of meteor swarm Perseids is at its greatest in those days and several in Eastern Norway were up in the night to see meteors, got a great ...

NASA: No, an asteroid is not about to destroy the world
CBS News
Meteor Gonna Asteroid that "could end human life" is heading for Earth. Well, NASA says you can relax, the end of the world isn't coming next month ...

Meteor Blast
Vimeo
On 8/12/2015, while I was taking photos of the Perseid meteor shower over Mauna Kea, one bright meteor left a puffy trail of "smoke" after the fireball…

Out of this world! Family discover 'meteorites' behind their back garden
Hull Daily Mail
Joanne Mallinson, 34, said she was watching the meteor shower last week with her sons, Josh, 16, and Jake, 11, when they heard something fall. ... Highly UNLIKELY; story lacks adequate information such as quality photographs! - LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20AUG2015

Send Your Name to Mars!
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
Be one of the first to send your name to Mars on the InSight Mars lander scheduled for launch March 2016! Deadline for joining is 08SEP2015....

2015 Perseid Meteor Shower as seen from Heart Lake
Mount Shasta Herald
Brad Goldpaint said he created this composite image “of all the meteors captured on August 13, 2015, during the Perseid MeteorShower from Heart ...

Man-made meteor showers for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Tomorrow Daily 228)
CNET
Ashley and Khail explain how a man-made meteor shower could make a big splash at the 2020 Summer Games, discuss a new full-body VR ...

Meteor watchers warned for being in park after dark
ThisWeekNews
Individuals were warned about being in a Gahanna park after dark when they were trying to view last week's meteor shower. A suspicious vehicle was ...

Stargazing leads to time behind bars for Regina man
Regina Leader-Post
A Regina man received a short jail term after breaching the curfew portion of his conditional sentence to watch the Perseid meteorshower.

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Norway Bolide Meteor 12AUG2015 w/ Video

Norway Bolide Meteor 12AUG2015 w/ Video
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Norway Bolide Meteor 12AUG2015
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Large bolide under Perseid night

Published 13 August 2015 11:26 by Steinar Midtskogen

The activity of meteor swarm Perseids is at its greatest in those days and several in Eastern Norway were up in the night to see meteors, got a great experience. A large bolide appeared 1:50:39 and lit up the night. It shone like the brightest full moon, was yellow-green in color, some also described it as blue and white, and was visible for 8-9 seconds. ... Use Google Translate Norweigian - English- 

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Stor bolide under perseidenatta
Publisert 13. august 2015 11:26 av Steinar Midtskogen
Aktiviteten til meteorsvermen perseidene er på sitt største i disse dager og flere på Østlandet som var oppe i natt for å se meteorene, fikk en flott opplevelse. En stor bolide kom til syne 01:50:39 og lyste opp natta. Den lyste som den klareste fullmåne, var gulgrønn i fargen, noen har også beskrevet den som blå og hvit, og var synlig i 8-9 sekund. ...  more - http://norskmeteornettverk.no/wordpress/?p=2112

Aurora, NLC and Bolide

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http://norskmeteornettverk.no/meteor/20150812/235039/harestua/cam3/harestua-20150812235039-gnomonic.mp4

Additional images/videos:
http://norskmeteornettverk.no/bilder/2015/tinn-20150812-gnomonic-grid.jpg

http://norskmeteornettverk.no/bilder/2015/tonsberg-20150812.jpg

http://www.astro.uu.se/~meteor/meteor_20150813-0151.avi

http://norskmeteornettverk.no/meteor/20150812/235039/voksenlia/cam3/voksenlia-20150812235039-gnomonic.mp4

http://norskmeteornettverk.no/bilder/2015/bergen-20150812.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KS28TiyqQI
Thank you Steinar Midtskogen for the additional links!

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Send Your Name to Mars! - Mars NASA InSight Mission

Mars NASA InSight - Send Your Name to Mars!

  Be one of the first to send your name to Mars on the InSight Mars lander scheduled for launch March 2016! . Deadline for joining is 08SEP2015.
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Send Your Name to Mars on NASA InSight Lander Mission-
http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/insight/

Mars enthusiasts around the world can participate in NASA's journey to Mars by adding their names to a silicon microchip headed to the Red Planet aboard NASA's InSight Mars lander, scheduled to launch next year.

"Our next step in the journey to Mars is another fantastic mission to the surface," said Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "By participating in this opportunity to send your name aboard InSight to the Red Planet, you're showing that you're part of that journey and the future of space exploration."

Submissions will be accepted until Sept. 8. To send your name to Mars aboard InSight, go to:

http://go.usa.gov/3Aj3G

The fly-your-name opportunity comes with "frequent-flier" points to reflect an individual's personal participation in NASA's journey to Mars, which will span multiple missions and multiple decades. The InSight mission offers the second such opportunity for space exploration fans to collect points by flying their names aboard a NASA mission, with more opportunities to follow.

Last December, the names of 1.38 million people flew on a chip aboard the first flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts to deep space destinations including Mars and an asteroid. After InSight, the next opportunity to earn frequent flier points will be NASA's Exploration Mission-1, the first planned test flight bringing together the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule in preparation for human missions to Mars and beyond.

InSight will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in March 2016 and land on Mars Sept. 28, 2016. The mission is the first dedicated to the investigation of the deep interior of the planet. It will place the first seismometer directly on the surface of Mars to measure Martian quakes and use seismic waves to learn about the planet's interior. It also will deploy a self-hammering heat probe that will burrow deeper into the ground than any previous device on the Red Planet. These and other InSight investigations will improve our understanding about the formation and evolution of all rocky planets, including Earth.

For additional information about the InSight mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/insight/main/index.html

You can follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at:

https://www.facebook.com/NASAInSight

and

https://twitter.com/nasainsight

Press Release by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, jplnewsroom@jpl.nasa.gov, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 4800 Oak Grove Dr | Pasadena, CA 91109 - 18AUG2015

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