Meteor/Meteorite News 26DEC2010

Quadrantid Meteors: Fire over Ice Sky & Telescope And lying still for an hour or more to count meteors means you generate your minimum body heat. Welcome to viewing conditions for the Quadrantid meteor ... Sparkling silence at last Nashua Telegraph Early on during the first month of 2011, we kick off the new year with a regularly pleasing meteor shower. The Quadrantids typically produce around 40 ... Halley's Comet steps in for the Star of Bethlehem | Astro Bob By astrobob I suppose you could argue that it also resembles a meteor, but it's unlikely that's what Giotto had in mind. A meteor, however bright, flashes by in a second or two and is gone. Assuming the artist wanted to stick to the Biblical ... Astro Bob - http://astrobob.areavoices.com/

elp allsky: Merry Christmas Meteors...DEC25, 2010... By elp allsky Meteor News...Geminids Image Updated 12/19/10 at 01:48 MST (08:48 UTC)... The desert skies of El Paso, Texas in the Southwestern U.S. offered some of the best views of this year's Geminid Meteor Shower. Upwards of . ... elp allsky - http://elpasoallsky.blogspot.com/ Cosmic Collisions: Meteorite Treasure : Video ... 3 min Fragments of extraterrestrial rock are valuable, much sought after clues to the history and composition of the Solar System. dsc.discovery.com ニュース 科学＆宇宙 超高温の隕石からアミノ酸を発見 ナショナルジオ ... ニュース - 科学＆宇宙 - 超高温の隕石からアミノ酸を発見 - ナショナルジオグラフィック 公式日本語サイト. www.nationalgeographic.co.jp/news/news_article.php?file_id... Indian rocket fails moments after liftoff Spaceflight Now BY STEPHEN CLARK India's largest rocket lost control and erupted in a fireball Saturday, dealing another blow to the country's space program after ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 14DEC2010

Reader Photo: Geminid Meteor Streaks Across the Everglades
Wired News
By Lisa Grossman An early arrival from the annual Gemenid meteor shower burns bright in this stunning photo from Wired.com reader Chris Acuña. ...


Get Ready for the Year's Best Meteor Shower
CBS News
What promises to be the best meteor shower of the year is hitting its peak just in time for the holidays, but skywatchers should act fast: This sky show ...

Brightest meteor shower to appear

Viet Nam News - 8 hours ago

HA NOI — The brightest meteor shower of the year, named Geminids, is expected to be seen tonight and early morning on Wednesday throughout Viet Nam, ...

Meteor shower building to Tuesday peak UPI.com 13 (UPI) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the biggest and brightest of the year, has arrived and will be at its best on Tuesday, US astronomers ...

Tonight's meteor show could be a heavenly sight Fort Worth Star Telegram By Terry Evans Experts said the Geminid meteor shower will be one of the best because of cloudless skies, an early setting moon and the number of meteors. ... Keep an eye on the sky for Geminid meteor light show tonight Toronto Star The Geminid meteor shower will make its annual appearance later tonight and early Tuesday, just in time for Christmas. Astronomers consider it the best ... Group to gather at Mare Island for lunar eclipse Contra Costa Times The weeklong Germinid meteor shower will peak just before dawn Tuesday. The "Moon Over Mare Island" party will start at 7 pm Dec. ... Meteor Shower Tonight: Geminid 2010 To Peak December 13, 14 (PHOTOS) Huffington Post Stargazers are in for a treat tonight as the annual Geminid meteor shower is set to peak in the early hours of December 14, 2010. According to The AP, ... A "Gem" of a Meteor Shower is Coming | Hayden Planetarium The Leonid Meteor Shower has long passed us by, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any goodmeteor displays to look forward to. ... Newbury astronomer says Monday is best meteor night BBC News By Emma Midgley A Hungerford astronomer is urging people in Berkshire to go into their back gardens tonight to spot hundreds of meteors. ... Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight; Best of 2010? National Geographic For sky-watchers willing to brave frosty winter temperatures, more than a hundredmeteors an hour may fall overnight on December 13 and 14, the peak of the ... PLANETARY SOCIETY, INDIA: Geminid Meteor Shower 2010 By PLANETARY SOCIETY, INDIA Organisation for Promotion of Space Sciences. Geminid Meteor Shower 2010. For more details/sky maps and other instructions come back here after 5.00 p.m.. Here is the Animation of Geminid as it would appear in the sky : Older Post Home ... Meteor showers expected tonight The Hindu Stargazers can look forward to one of the most spectacular annual event among celestial phenomenon as the Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak on ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 13DEC2010

U.S. Military in Talks to Share Fireball Data from Secret Satellites 
By Leonard David
SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist posted: 10 December 2010 07:37 am ET
For decades, the U.S. Department of Defense has operated classified spacecraft loaded with high-tech gear to carry out a range of reconnaissance duties. But the satellites have also spotted the high-altitude explosions of natural fireballs that routinely dive into the Earth's atmosphere, and talks are


Maryland Weather: Geminid meteor shower peaks this week - Weather ...
By Frank Roylance
Geminid meteor shower peaks this week. Meteor shower 2010 FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS: Watch for “shooting stars” this week as we near the peak of the annual Geminid meteor shower, late Tuesday evening and early Wednesday. ...


Meteor showers tomorrow
Times of India
The Geminid meteor shower - peaking on December 13 night before making its way into the wee hours of December 14 - is the most intense of such celestial ...


Star Stuff: Moon eclipse will provide a rare treat
Muscatine Journal
Don't forget the always great meteor shower called the "Geminids." These guys really put on a great show the nights of Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 13-14. ...

SkyandTelescope.com - Homepage Observing - It's Geminid Time!
The radiant (apparent source point) of the Geminid meteor shower is near Castor ... But the Geminidmeteor shower of mid-December ties or even surpasses the ...

Geminid meteor shower set for clear skies
The Guardian
Some experts believe the annual Geminid meteor shower is becoming more spectacular – though if it is, nobody is sure why – and with cloudless skies possible ..


Giant Jupiter -- sentry of the solar system
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
"Jupiter is a vacuum cleaner placed in our solar system by God to protect us Earth-dwellers from comet, asteroid and meteor strikes. ...

Tough to see the meteore through the burnout smoke Glens Falls Post-Star The same can be said of one of my favorite natural phenomenon - meteors. During some of the predictable meteor events my son and I set up lounge chairs and ...

Nation and World: Meteor shower to hit its peak Tuesday Fort Worth Star Telegram Astronomers consider it the best meteor shower of the year, with more than 100 meteors streaking through the night sky every hour. The peak will occur early ... How to observe the 2010 Geminid meteor shower During the early morning hours of December 14 the peak rate for the 2010 Geminid meteor shower is predicted to be as high as 120 meteors per hour. ... Geminid meteor shower to illuminate sky in next few days Khabrein It is the year's best time to watch meteor showers The year's brightest meteor showers are to become visible in the sky next week. ... http://www.aolnews.com Full Lunar Eclipse to Dazzle December Sky AOL News 9) -- Holiday stargazers are in for a December treat: a huge meteor shower and the year's only full lunar eclipse. The annual Geminid meteor shower ... It's Geminid Time! Sky & Telescope But the Geminid meteor shower of mid-December ties or even surpasses the Perseids as the year's richest and most reliable meteor display. ...

Geminid meteor shower to dazzle stargazers; best night for viewing to be ... New York Daily News By Michael Sheridan Astronomers call the Geminid meteor shower the best of the year, and more than 100 of the space rocks are expected to light up the night ... Reader of Meteor/Meteorite News reports: Claremore OK 1:45AM CST Dec 12 2010 just south of old rt66 on the south side of the city of Claremore, Oklahoma Saw a meteorite glowing green and moving incredibly fast as it burned up with possible large orange spark of material descending after the main flare of the burn out was facing north while taking out the trash and it seemed to come from behind me so it was falling at a  south to north orientation and it burned up what looked like "airliner circling an airport" height and an orange spark continued from it  a bit further down and went out of sight beyond the houses and trees to the north of me.I never saw one this close, usually waaay far off and barely visible and it almost scared me until I realized what I was seeing was just a much closer version of meteorites burning up.  (contact info on file)

Meteor/Meteorite News 2DEC2010

Mystery Boom Rattles Georgia 2 min - 168 views - Uploaded by NOLINKNEWS DOUGLASVILLE, Ga., Nov. 28 -- Residents of three counties in rural west Georgia heard a boom that rattled windows, but officials ... (26NOV2010 Georgia event) youtube.com  How about this theory: Villa Rica bang was a meteor? Atlanta Journal Constitution Some people have contacted the AJC saying they saw a large meteor around the same time as the noise, and others say a meteor can make a sonic boom if it ... (26NOV2010 Georgia event) Ball lightning 'may explain UFOs' BBC News "Could it be that the meteor descending through the atmosphere, having passed through the ionosphere, actually created a transient conductive connection ...

UFO sightings 'could be explained by meteors' Telegraph.co.uk UFO sightings could be explained by meteor showers and ball lightening, according to an Australian astropyhsicist. Dr Stephen Hughes has made a ... The Geminids Meteor Shower is Coming Twin County News The Geminid meteor shower is an annual meteor shower that is extremely regular in its timing and can potentially be visible for days in the December sky, ... Stargazing December 2010, Geminid meteor shower, lunar eclipse Examiner.com The December 2010 night sky will have two major highlights for stargazers: The Geminid meteorshower and a total lunar eclipse. The December Geminid meteor ... Green fireballs and ball lightning Hughes, Stephen W. (2010) Green fireballs and ball lightning. Royal Society of London. Proceedings A. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. (In Press) This paper presents evidence of an apparent connection between ball lightning and a green fireball. On the evening of the 16th May 2006 at least three fireballs were seen by many people in the skies of Queensland, Australia. One of the fireballs was seen passing over the Great Divide about 120 km west of Brisbane, and soon after, a luminous green ball about 30 cm in diameter was seen rolling down the slope of the Great Divide. A detailed description given by a witness indicates that the phenomenon was probably a highly luminous form of ball lightning. An hypothesis presented in this paper is that the passage of the Queensland fireball meteor created an electrically conductive path between the ionosphere and ground, providing energy for the ball lightning phenomenon. A strong similarity is noted between the Queensland fireball and the Pasamonte fireball seen in New Mexico in 1933. Both meteors exhibit a twist in the tail that could be explained by hydrodynamic forces. The possibility that multiple sightings of fireballs across South East Queensland were produced owing to fragments from comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 is discussed. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/38939/ DOI: 10.1098/rspa2010.0409     Official URL: http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/ Transport of the First Rocks of the Solar System by X-Winds by Renyu Hu "It has been suggested that chondrules and calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) were formed at the inner edge of the protoplanetary disk and then entrained in magnetocentrifugal X-winds".... http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/725/2/1421 Supernova Confetti in Meteorites - Pre-solar grains carrying anomalous chromium-54 show evidence for formation in a supernova. http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Nov10/supernova-nanoparticles.html