Giant Asteroid Occultation of Bright Star Regulus 20MAR2014

Giant Asteroid
Asteroid 163 Erigone Occultation of Bright Star Regulus March 20 Giant Asteroid to Black Out Bright Star Regulus March 20

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In the early morning hours of March 20, 2014, Erigone is expected to occult the first-magnitude star Regulus[4] as first predicted by A. Vitagliano in 2004. Regulus is about 78 light-years away from Earth and the brightest star in Leo and roughly the 21st brightest star in sky. This may be the best and brightest asteroid occultation ever predicted to occur over a populated area.
Although Erigone will come nowhere near Earth, as it passes in front of the star its shadow of approximately 110 kilometres (68 mi) wide[ will sweep across Nassau and Suffolk counties, all five boroughs of New York City and the Hudson River Valley, with the center of the predicted shadow path following a line roughly connecting New York City, White Plains, Newburgh, Oneonta, Rome and Pulaski before crossing into Canada near Belleville and North Bay, Ontario. Observers in the shadow path may see the star wink out for as long as 14 seconds. The Planetary Society has provided maps to help observers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/163_Erigone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulus

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You Can Help Map the Moon by Counting Craters

You Can Help Map the Moon by Counting Craters

CU-Boulder-led study on lunar crater counting shows crowdsourcing effective, accurate tool.
CU Boulder, university of  Boulder, Colorado.
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2014/03/13/cu-boulder-led-study-lunar-crater-counting-shows-crowdsourcing-effective

Counting Craters: YOU Can Help Map the Moon by Nicole Gugliucci, Discovery.com News,
http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/counting-craters-you-can-help-map-the-moon-140314.htm

CosmoQuest’s “MoonMappers” Shows Everyday People Can Map the Moon, Cosmoquest X Blog,
http://cosmoquest.org/x/press-releases/press-release-cosmoquests-moonmappers-shows-everyday-people-can-map-the-moon/

Robbins, S. J., M. R. Kirchoff, C. R. Chapman, C. I. Fassett, R. R. Herrick, K. Singer, M.
Zanetti, C. Lehan, D. Huang, P. L. Gay, 2014,  The variability of crater identification among
expert and community crater analysts. Icarus Available online 4 March 2014
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103514001080

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Connecticut Meteorites Map

Connecticut Meteorites Map

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Meteorites Found in Conneticut, USA
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5 records found for meteorites with places that contain "Connecticut"
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Newtown	Pseudo		1925	Conn, USA	Pseudo  meteorite	216 g
Stratford **	Official	Y	1974	Conn., USA	L6	50 g	53
Weston **	Official	Y	1807	Conn.,USA	H4	150 kg
Wethersfield (1971) **	Official	Y	1971	Conn., USA	L6	350 g	62
Wethersfield (1982) **	Official	Y	1982	Conn., USA	L6	2.76 kg	62

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MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot Detects Kansas / Oklahoma / Missouri / Nebraska / Arkansas Meteor 13MAR2012

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot Detects Kansas / Oklahoma / Missouri / Nebraska / Arkansas Fireball Meteor 
~06:42 am CDT 13MAR2012

Kansas / Oklahoma / Missouri / Nebraska / Arkansas Fireball Meteor 

~06:42 am CDT 13MAR2012

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YouTube Uploaded by pinkstondd on 13 Mar 2012 10 views
Haysville, Kansas Meteor Flash visible at 06:42:09-:10
This is a clip off of a home CCTV system in Haysville KS of the Meteor that was spotted throughout several states. This camera is pointing pretty much straight North.

Video MAY be used with PRIOR permission; please email me drtanuki@gmail.com. Thank you Derek P. for the video and email!



YouTube - Uploaded by desertengineer1 on 13 Mar 2012 6views
Very poor capture of what must have been a bright event over Kansas. Time on the OKC Sandia Sentinel Allsky Camera was 11:42:06 start (06:42:06 Central). There's a cutoff in the camera optics that masked the final trajectory.

More than 75 Sighting Reports!  Thank you ALL!
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13MAR2012 Staci Jenks, Oklahoma, USA 645 3 seconds NW to SE White then Orange bigger than Venus YES Flashing and then burned out

13MAR2012 Moe OKC, OK 0641 CST 4-5 seconds I was facing south and it was headed towards me south. It was extremely bright and when it got real close, it exploded into several big sparks and then faded out. It looked like a mag light was falling from the sky and then blew up into big orange sparks.   yes none available.

13MAR2012 bob holt kansas city, mo. usa 6:40:00 4 sec w-e white with gold sparkles on the tail bright white -very large gold sparkles on it's tail it was pretty cool, looked like it came down in the city

13MAR2012 Brian Johnson Independence, MO 0641hrs Central time 4-5 seconds NE to SSW Blue Green Yellow Bright Blue Green Yellow none seen very fast and very bright

13MAR2012 Sheri Helms Oklahoma City, OK USA 6:40a.m. CT 20 sec NE Green blue Moon yes meteor/fireball

13MAR2012 Katy Topeka, KS, USA Central Time zone...6:45AM Less than 10 seconds Traveling West Gold, green Like a flare Yes It was falling in the South part of the sky...it seemed to literally fall to the ground.

13mar2012 richard junction city, ks, usa 0642 central standard time 1 to 2 seconds facing west, started straight up in sky, continued mostly straight down, a little south westward travel green and white color, very bright, lit up most of the sky as bright as a military flare at 100 meters there was a tail of white and green sparks but no huge pieces meteor seemed really close based on size and near vertical path. would have contacted ground south of I70, west of 77

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Press / Media Covering this event and citing this site:

KWCH CH 12 Eyewitness News 
Strange lights in the sky

http://www.kwch.com/news/kwch-jab-strange-lights-in-the-sky-20120313,0,7348095.story 

KAKE News
Meteor Spotted in Sky Over Kansas
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Meteor_Spotted_In_Sky_Over_Kansas_142462325.html 


KSAL News Radio 1150
Possible Meteor Lights Up Predawn Sky
http://www.ksallink.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=21286&format=html 


Salina Post
http://salinapost.com/2012/03/13/meteorite-lights-up-skies-in-kansas-and-other-states-tuesday-morning/

104.5 Radio Wichita - The Fox
http://www.1045thefox.com/blogs/mark/142491955.html

2012 THE Year of Meteors!