Meteor/Meteorite News 8/9JUL2011

ANGEO - Abstract - Meteor head echo polarization at 930 MHz ...
Meteor head echo polarization at 930 MHz studied with the EISCAT UHF HPLA radar ... The polarization characteristics of 930-MHz meteor head echoes have been ...
www.ann-geophys.net/29/1197/2011/


Meteor Activity Outlook for July 2-8, 2011 | American Meteor Society
Meteor season finally gets going in July for the northern hemisphere. ... local weather conditions, alertness and experience in watching meteor activity. ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-july-2-8-...


Loud 'boom' rattles Gainesville area
Access North Georgia
A second caller, a few minutes later, said he was sitting by his pool on Mountain View Road, which is off McEver, and saw a "streak across the sky," followed by the loud noise, leading to some speculation that it was a sonic boom caused by a meteor ...

The Encounter with 2011 MD

Kelly Beatty has an interesting article about the recent encounter with 2011 MD.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/125041789.html


Astronomy: Nuclear network detects fireball : Nature : Nature ...
Astronomy: Nuclear network detects fireball. Journal name: Nature; Volume: 475,; Page: 9; Date published: (07 July 2011); DOI: doi:10.1038/475009b ...
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7354/.../475009b.html

Asteroid 2011 MD Today 27JUN2011 to Pass NOT Kiss!

Asteroid 2011 MD Final Countdown to Pass NOT Kiss!? 27JUN2011

Uploaded on YouTube by IwantToBelieve76 on 24 Jun 2011 6650 views

Video of 2011 MD 26JUN2011

Uploaded to YouTube by astroligu on 26 Jun 2011 211views
Video by Italian observers Rolando Ligustri and D. Da Rio starting at 10:16 p.m. local time.
70 exposures of 5 sec spaced by 20 sec

Times and schedules for approach:
http://newyork.ibtimes.com/articles/169768/20110627/asteroid-2011-md-pass-earth-monday-june-27-where-when-how-telescope.htm

Observable from (with telescope):
South Africa ~17:30 + UTC
Antarctica ~17:30 UTC / =9:30 a.m. EDT/ =8:30 a.m. CDT/=7:30 MDT/ =6:30 PDT
Approach will be visible across (with telescope):
Australia ~17:00 UTC (approximately 30 minutes prior to closest pass point)
New Zealand ~17:00 UTC (approximately 30 minutes prior to closest pass point)
southern and eastern Asia/ western Pacific.
* times are approximate and subject to variation; NASA site still shows closest approach time at 17:01 UTC
Best of luck in seeing it! -Tokyo

Stansbury Observatory in Tooele, Utah 
- Patrick Wiggins, Astronomer
Just hours from closest approach and it's quite bright and really moving
fast.  Unfortunately it will be daytime here when it's at it's closest
approach so I wont get to see it then.  Grumble.
At any rate, what follows is a compilation of all my 2011 MD animations.
Details for all animations:  Paramount ME, C-14 operating at f/5.5, ST10-XME
binned 3x3, -10°, clear filter.  FOV ~18x26 arc minutes.  North up, east to
left.  2011 MD moves from upper left to lower right in all but the last two.

2011 JUN 24
40-60 second exposures, each taken 2 minutes apart, between 0716 and 0916
UT.  Tracking sidereal rate. 
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-01.GIF 

2011 JUN 25
45-60 second exposures, each taken 60 seconds apart, between 0644 and 0824
UT.  Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-02.GIF 

2011 JUN 26
29-60 second exposures, each taken 60 seconds apart, between 0814 and 0912
UT.  Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-03.GIF 

2011 JUN 27
30-5 second exposures, each taken 15 seconds apart, between 0637 and 0648
UT.  Distance from Earth about 123,000 km.  Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-04.GIF

Same as above (2011MD-04.GIF) but plays faster.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-05.GIF

30-5 second exposures, each taken 15 seconds apart, between 0712 and 0723
UT.  Distance from Earth about 117,000 km.  Tracking approximate rate of
2011 MD.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-06.GIF

Same as above (2011MD-06.GIF) but plays faster.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-07.GIF


For more information check out my initial post here:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/06/breaking-news-alert-neos-to-rock-rattle.html

IF you happen to see a meteor we want your report please! Thank you!
Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos?
please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com
Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you!
2011 Year of Meteors!