03 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03JUN2018

A small asteroid disintegrated into a fireball over South Africa
Science Examiner
A small and least likely to harm asteroid recently disintegrated over the regions of Africa and extending to Papua New Guinea, just hours after it was ...

6-Feet-Wide Asteroid Disintegrates In Atmosphere Over Botswana Hours After Discovery
- International Business Times

Small asteroid, first spotted hours earlier, disintegrates over Africa
USA TODAY
It was much smaller than the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013, which was an estimated 60 feet wide. That meteor ...

"Strong infrasound detection of a bolide at station I47 in South Africa today at 1730 UT.
Origin time between 1645-17 UT over Botswana. Yield 0.3-0.5 kT, corresponding to 2m diameter asteroid."
From Peter Brown‏ - @pgbrown - of the U. Western Ontario.
https://twitter.com/pgbrown/status/1003099923233976320

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 1 - Youtube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yxeDMWN21Zs

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 2 - Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Idnabnqyvc

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 3
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1224

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 4
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1222

Tiny Asteroid Discovered Saturday Disintegrates Hours Later Over Southern Africa
Space Ref (press release)
Reports of a bright fireball above Botswana, Africa, early Saturday evening match up with the predicted trajectory for the asteroid. The asteroid entered ...

Meteorites rock North West
Times LIVE
Swanepoel/Van Zyl Meteoriet By my pale op plaas kamera naby Ottosdal. Die meteoriet het naby deelpan geval volgens ooggetuies. #Meteor ...

A Meteor Lit Up The Sky in China on Friday Evening, Passing With a Thundering Noise
Advocator
According to experts, the bright meteor is called a bolide. It was so bright because it entered the earth's atmosphere, causing intense friction and ...

WATCH - #BreakingNews: '#MeteoriteZLAF9B2' falls in North West
ofm.co.za
On the video it appears to be more like a meteor that has fallen. ... The Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said it was a meteor.

NATIONAL NEWS: [WATCH] Meteorite strikes near Ottosdal in the North West
Rekord North
According to the farmer, Barend Swanepoel, the meteor struck at around 18:40 on Saturday evening, 2 June. People as far as Mahikeng and ...

[WATCH] Meteorite strikes near Ottosdal in the North West
Bosveld Review
POLOKWANE – According to the farmer, Barend Swanepoel, the meteor struck at around 18:40 on Saturday evening, 2 June.

Video Captures The Exact Moment A Bright Meteorite Lit Up The Night Sky In China
Tech Times
The Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed that this was a bolide, which is a very bright meteor. The fire on the meteor ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 1923-2018, Report 142357 (1923c-2018). Uploaded by.

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