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11 February 2017

Father of Meteor Allsky Networks, Richard Spalding, R.I.P.

Father of Meteor Allsky Networks, Richard Spalding, R.I.P.

List,
Most of this below was written by Tom Dorman after I delivered the news to him. I have edited it slightly.

Just a sad note we heard this morning of the passing last night of Dick Spalding (Sandia National Laboratories) who was instrumental in starting the setting up and running of meteor fireball all sky camera Systems in the U.S. but also in other countries around the world.

Fireball all sky camera system can now be bought off the shelf these days but back in the 1990's Dick was giving (many were paid for out of his own monies) the systems to willing amateurs such as the late Jim Gamble and myself who run the El Paso Fireball meteor camera in support of the North America fireball network.

These early cameras system help give a better understanding of meteors, fireball events and meteor showers and their origins. Some of the early fireball cameras that Dick gave out to many amateurs were through DOD grants.

Can say we were lucky to have known the man and was able to break bread with Dick. Dick gave graciously of his time and always was willing to answer questions from even lowly amateurs such as ourselves.

Our condolences and thoughts go out to his wife,family and those who worked with Dick for many years at Sandia National Laboratories.

God's speed Dick you will be missed. Dick you were a quiet treasure of our nation. Dick thank you for your service.

Thank you my friend. I am have greatful to have spent several hours and more than 5 years of knowing you and working with you. Love, Dirk

Regards, .Tom Dorman; and Dirk Ross, Lunar Meteorite Hunter...Tokyo

2017 The FOURTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

06 May 2016

Pingtung City Tang Long Elementary School Establish Asteroid Search Team

Pingtung City Tang Long Elementary School establish asteroid search team, students can learn to set up and use a telescope and learn astronomical knowledge, in addition to the school hoping to stimulate children's curiosity for the vastness of the universe, let the children to enhance vision, while elementary students want to train service enthusiasm, so often follow finder team around the president to task for others to introduce astronomy in the landscape, but also can enhance self-confidence
- sorry Google translated from Chinese

Anyone wanting to make donations of money or time please contact me @ drtanuki@gmail.com .  Thank you!
任何人想要做的金錢和時間捐款請與我聯繫@ drtanuki@gmail.com。 謝謝!

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從現在起,天空中有1顆小行星叫「屏東」。 記者翁禎霞/攝影
From now on, the sky has an asteroid named "Pingtung."
Reporter Weng Zhen Xia / Photography
Videos

探索星空奧秘 唐榮尋星小隊員收穫滿載
唐榮國小 1 view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgNt-gip4ho&feature=youtu.be
Pingtung City Tang Long Elementary School establish asteroid search team, students can learn to set up and use a telescope and learn astronomical knowledge, in addition to the school hoping to stimulate children's curiosity for the vastness of the universe, let the children to enhance vision, while elementary students want to train service enthusiasm, so often follow finder team around the president to task for others to introduce astronomy in the landscape, but also can enhance self-confidence - sorry Google translated from Chinese
屏東市唐榮國小成立尋星小隊,隊員可以學會架設及使用望遠鏡、且學習許多天文相關知識,學校除了希望能激發孩子對浩瀚宇宙的好奇心,讓孩子增進視野,同時希望培養小小隊員們的服務熱忱,因此尋星小隊常跟著校長到各地出任務,在為他人介紹天文景觀的同時,也能提升自信心
https://www.facebook.com/%E5%B1%8F%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E-PT-News-887579934632769/

Newspaper Reports-
"Pingtung" asteroid high up the sky
udn.com
Pingtung County Government and the Central University yesterday officially announced that from now on, there is one called "Pingtung" (Pingtung) asteroid hung in the sky!Central University Lulin Observatory discovered the asteroid Fengyun No. 175 583 in 2006, through the identification of at least four times, and transmitted to the International Astronomical Union review, in March this year by naming as "Pingtung."...
http://udn.com/news/story/7314/1658497-%E3%80%8C%E5%B1%8F%E6%9D%B1%E3%80%8D%E5%B0%8F%E8%A1%8C%E6%98%9F-%E9%AB%98%E9%AB%98%E6%8E%9B%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA

「屏東」小行星 高高掛天空
udn.com
屏東縣政府與中央大學昨天正式宣布,現在起,有1顆叫「Pingtung」(屏東)的小行星就掛在天空!
中央大學鹿林天文台是於2006年發現這顆第175583號小行星,經過至少4次的鑑定,並送請國際天文學聯合會審查,今年3月通過命名為「Pingtung」。...
http://udn.com/news/story/7314/1658497-%E3%80%8C%E5%B1%8F%E6%9D%B1%E3%80%8D%E5%B0%8F%E8%A1%8C%E6%98%9F-%E9%AB%98%E9%AB%98%E6%8E%9B%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA
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Lulin Observatory discovered the asteroid: named "Pingtung"
thenewslens.com
....Currently the Tang Long Elementary School Asteroid Search Team 16 children, the IASC Star picture taken to the asteroid recognition software to do data validation, to determine whether the moving object in the universe asteroid, has received three times the information, 15 pen and found two possible asteroid profile data, also has IASC return, expect to hit a landmark record for Pingtung astronomy education.....http://www.thenewslens.com/post/317783/

鹿林天文台發現小行星:命名為「屏東」
thenewslens.com
...目前唐榮國小尋星小隊16名小朋友,將IASC所拍攝的星空圖片,以小行星辨識軟體做數據確認,以判斷宇宙中移動的物體是否為小行星,現已收到3次資料、15筆數據,並發現2顆可能為小行星的資料數據,也已向IASC回報,期待能為屏東天文教育創下劃時代的紀錄。...
http://www.thenewslens.com/post/317783/
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Global search asteroid Pingtung Tang Long Elementary School Asteroid search Team Selected
Mandarin Daily News
Global search asteroid Pingtung Tang Eng finder squad selected
Mandarin Daily News
http://www.mdnkids.com/mobile/?Serial=97773

全球搜尋小行星 屏東唐榮尋星小隊入選
Mandarin Daily News
http://www.mdnkids.com/mobile/?Serial=97773
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Taiwan Education Outreach - AWB, IASC, BRAMON, IMON, TAIMON and Sandia Labs
I am VERY PROUD to be a part of this project and for the FIRST Elementary School worldwide to be involved in this program with FANTASTIC success! Third through Fifth Graders doing advanced science and discovery for us all!

台灣教育外展 - AWB,IASC,BRAMON,IMON,TAIMON, 台灣外交部, 和桑迪亞實驗室

我很自豪地成為這個項目,並為第一小學的全球參與此計劃與巨大成功的一部分!第三至第五年級學生做對我們所有先進的科學發現!

My thanks to PingTung County Government, PingTung City Government, Taiwan Ministry of Education, Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs,TaiPower, Principal Shi Shi, The STUDENTS, Parents and Staff at Tang Long Elementary School , Patrick Miller and numerous others that have made this success possible.

我要感謝屏東縣政府,屏東市政府,教育,台電,校長施,學生,家長和工作人員的台灣省在唐榮小學,帕特里克·米勒和無數人,都使得這一成功可能

-Dirk Ross....Tokyo, LunarMeteoriteHunter
2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

PingTung, Taiwan Tang Lung Elementary School Students Discover 8 Potentially NEW Asteroids! Videos

PingTung, Taiwan Tang Rong Elementary School Students Discover 8 Potentially NEW Asteroids!
Tang-Long Elementary School, PingTung City, PingTung County, Taiwan
English Press Release Pending!

Taiwan Education Outreach - AWB, IASC, BRAMON, IMON, TAIMON and Sandia Labs
I am VERY PROUD to be a part of this project and for the FIRST Elementary School worldwide to be involved in this program with FANTASTIC success! Third through Fifth Graders doing advanced science and discovery for us all!
台灣教育外展 - AWB,IASC,BRAMON,IMON,TAIMON, 台灣外交部, 和桑迪亞實驗室
我很自豪地成為這個項目,並為第一小學的全球參與此計劃與巨大成功的一部分!第三至第五年級學生做對我們所有先進的科學發現!

My thanks to PingTung County Government, PingTung City Government, Taiwan Ministry of Education, Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs,TaiPower, Principal Shi Shi, The STUDENTS, Parents and Staff at Tang Lung Elementary School, Patrick Miller and numerous others that have made this success possible.
我要感謝屏東縣政府,屏東市政府,教育,台電,校長施,學生,家長和工作人員的台灣省在唐榮小學,帕特里克·米勒和無數人,都使得這一成功可能

Anyone wanting to make donations of money or time please contact me @ drtanuki@gmail.com .  Thank you!
任何人想要做的金錢和時間捐款請與我聯繫@ drtanuki@gmail.com。 謝謝!
-Dirk Ross....Tokyo, LunarMeteoriteHunter

唐榮國小施世治校長解說隕石
Tang Lung Elementary School - Principal Shi Shi  meteorite governance commentary
視界新聞台阿緱 50 views

施世治校長說明小行星命名與唐榮國小團隊
Principal Shi Shi explained asteroid named principal governance and Tang Lung Elementary School Team 視界新聞台阿緱 27 views


視界新聞台阿緱
視界新聞台阿緱 30 views

2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

16 September 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16SEP2014

NASA Was Given $36 Million Extra To Find 90% Of Dangerous Asteroids - And They Failed
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US Military's Meteor Explosion Data Can Help Scientists Protect Earth
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Picture shows Sandia National Laboratories researcher Mark Boslough reviewing a supercomputer simulation of an asteroidfireball exploding in ...

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Martian meteorite yields more evidence of the possibility of life on Mars
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2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

05 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 5MAY2010

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Arizona / New Mexico Fireball News 5MAY2010

AZ/NM Fireball 4MAY2010 05:13:16am MDT / 11:13UTM














El Paso AllSky Meteor Detection Camera

(c) 2010 J. Gamble


AZ/NM Fireball 4MAY2010 5:14am MDT / 11:13UTM















Patagonia, AZ AllSky Camera


AZ/NM Fireball 4MAY2010 5:14am MDT / 11:13UTM

posted on YouTube by SandiaLabs (46 views) 2010年05月04日
This footage shot May 4, 2010, at 5:14 a.m. MDT from a video camera at Sandia National Laboratories shows (in lower right of frame) what is believed to be an approximately basketball-sized meteor over the south/southwest New Mexico or possibly northern Mexico.

30 April 2009

Fireball Streaks Across Northwestern California 29APR09


Photo credit Yuba City Sentinel (c)2009
Fireball Over Northern California 29April09
Report by YC Sentinel
20090429_2342:56 PST (20090430_0643 UT)

Northwestern California. Should have been visible for good distances.
5.3 Seconds duration, at an apparent slow velocity.
Wide & Bright ablation.
Start Azimuth: 304 Degrees True North with Elevation of 36 Degrees.
End Azimuth: 322 Degrees True North at an Elevation of apprx. 5 Degrees.
This could be a meteorite dropping fireball. More observations or camera captures are necessary for trajectory to be estimated if it was on a steep angle downward.

Update:
What appeared to be a terminal explosion did not occur. Sentinel camera timed out on this slow fireball. Examination of Handyavi records shows this fireball continued a slow diminishing burn without a terminal detonation. Those avi. records will be added later to website: http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/YEAR2.html.

About three other small meteors were also recorded in the western portions of the Yuba City, CA sky at different times on 29APR09.

Photos & data about this event are on the website.
Click "latest" events. http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/YEAR2.html