28 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28DEC2020

Fireball over China creates loud explosions
SlashGear
While it's unknown exactly what the meteorite was comprised of, Chinese media suggests the fireball could've been a bolide, which is a bright meteor ...

Blazing meteor believed to be mysterious light seen in northwestern China
BC Begley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ghBA3Mo9E A suspected low-flying meteor lit up the sky in northwestern China's Yushu City on December 23.

Follow the wandering star! Moment meteor shower streaks across the night sky over Essex on ...
Daily Mail
WHAT IS A METEOROID? A meteoroid is a small chunk of asteroid or comet. When it enters Earth's atmosphere it becomes a meteor, fireball or shooting ...

Moment meteor shower streaks across the night sky over Essex on Christmas Day
DUK News
The annual display, known as the Ursid meteor shower, was at its peak on Dec 21 and 22 but the shower but continued into Christmas Day. Shooting ...

Mysterious giant asteroid is lurking in solar system and it hurled a big meteor at earth, study finds
IBTimes India
Now, a new study conducted by one of those collected meteorites has suggested ... However, the Amphibole content in the meteorite discovered in the ...

VIDEO: Meteors flare over Texas as part of the annual Leonid meteor shower
News Break
DEL RIO, Texas (KXAN) –– A flaring meteor near Del Rio was caught on dashcam Thursday while the Leonid meteor shower continues this week.

US Scientists Find Meteoric Evidence of a Potentially New Asteroid
International Business Times, Singapore Edition
The composition of a piece of the meteorite Almahata Sitta indicates that its parent body was an asteroid roughly the size of Ceres, said scientists.

Ursids 2020 with Worldwide Radio Meteor Observations
Meteor News
By Hiroshi Ogawa and Hirofumi Sugimoto. Abstract: Worldwide Radio Meteor Observations recorded an Ursid outburst in 2020. The Ursid activity ...

On This Day in Space! Dec. 27, 1984: Famed Allan Hills Mars meteorite found in Antarctica
MSN UK
Weighing in at just over 4 lbs., this space rock is considered to be one of the oldest Martian meteorites ever found on Earth. Scientists estimate that it ...

There's an asteroid the size of a small planet lurking in our solar system
Digital Trends
A meteorite is the name for a piece of debris that falls to Earth, and this particular one comes from an asteroid, which is a small object which orbits the ...

Unique meteorite hints at parent asteroid lurking in our solar system
SlashGear
Researchers have been conducting a study on a mysterious meteorite that exploded over Sudan in 2008. The meteor was estimated by NASA to ...

A unique meteor hints at an original asteroid lurking in our solar system
theinformant.co.nz
Meteorite It is known as a salt (AhS) and is made from a substance known as carbon chondrite. The image above is part of the meteor in the wrong ..

Unikátne meteority označujú materské asteroidy v našej slnečnej sústave
cikycaky.sk
Vedci uskutočnili štúdiu o záhadnom meteorite, ktorý explodoval v Sudáne v roku 2008. Odhadovalo sa, že meteor vážil okolo deväť ton NASA a mal ...

Mystery behind diamond-studded meteorite that hit Sudan in 2008 revealed
The Indian Express
The mineral also only once appeared on a meteorite known as Allende which fell in Chihuahua, Mexico half a century ago. “Some of these meteorites ...

New Study Shows The Moon Might Have More Lunar Craters Than Earlier Prediction
Sound On Sound Fest
Scientists have informed us that lunar craters are formed when meteorites and asteroids bump into the lunar surface. These lunar craters disclose ...

Meteor Radar Observations of The Wind Regime in The Upper Mesosphere
IEEE Xplore
Abstract: The results of monitoring for the wind regime at heights of mesosphere - lower thermosphere by meteor radar of Kazan Federal University ...

West Virginia Meteor skimming atmosphere sighting?
Glock Talk
Yep, moving way too slowly to be something like a meteor or comet. Space junk burning upon reentry can look similar, but to me, it looks like a funky ...

2020 The SEVENTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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