28 January 2017

LM*H - Taiwan Meteor/Meteorite Outreach Education Program 11-19DEC2016

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    December 19 at 9:29pmPingtunghsien
    大方鞋行
    (屏東市民族路加油站對面)
    唐榮國小關係企業溫馨推薦
    雨鞋膠鞋拖鞋安全鞋
    統統來這裡就對了
    保證大方又耐用喔!
    連國際隕石專家都推薦!
    唐榮國小.
    December 18 at 5:50pmPingtung
    聖誕火車快閃圓滿完成
    唐榮親子共學團再進化
    今日200人挑戰
    半日屏東潮州竹田火車快閃
    每個人走了將近6公里的路
    行進間演奏多次
    也在潮州竹田和屏東定點快閃
    更在火車行駛時進行車廂演奏
    不論是管樂演奏的家人
    或是直笛口風琴鐵琴三角鐵
    甚至是人聲組的孩子們
    大家都卯足全力展現音樂美好
    然後有器材組進行旗幟音響的支援
    交管組也是前前後後跑動維護安全
    攝影組蹲低爬高尋找攝影角度記錄
    潮州鎮長
    潮州長老教會牧師
    竹田鄉長
    竹田長老教會牧師
    臺鐵屏東站長
    統統都特別出來歡迎我們
    來自美國,薩爾瓦多,宏都拉斯的外國好友
    跟我們一起傳送幸福與快樂
    看到全體唐榮人
    互相守護
    彼此合作
    為的就是創造社會更大的美好
    為的就是展現唐榮全新的能量
    大家的努力
    在今天歡樂過後
    除了在酸痛的腿肌肉留下感覺
    更會讓孩子和自己的生命昇華
    唯有願意付出善的人
    才會有無窮盡的美好
    謝謝秘書陳雅芸無暝無日的操煩規劃
    謝謝助理群的全力向挺
    謝謝各位默默付出的家人
    謝謝嘴和腳都已經不能動的演奏組
    感恩潮州鎮,竹田鄉,台灣鐵路管理局
    所有給我們協助的人
    唐榮國小親子共學團
    實在太~~~~~強大了
    Mandy Cheng added 5 new photos — checked in to 佛光山岡山講堂.
    好難得請到國外隕石研究的教授來幫童軍上課。也讓孩子第一次看到隕石。
    楊香香 added 15 new photos — with Hui Xin and 9 others.
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    國際殞石大師Mr.Dirk Ross蒞校
    指導內獅國小全校師生meteor and meteorite
    全程英文conversations
    堪稱第一把交椅的施世治校長翻譯
    我著實的上了一堂寶貴的天文領域課程
    謝謝趙炳詠校長的牽成
    內小的孩子好幸福
    大地浩瀚無際
    探索著銀河系與人類生命的起源
    原來和meteorite有著密切的關係
    讚嘆宇宙大地的穹蒼與奧妙
    今天內小的師生好幸福
    難怪當初校長馬上訂走他們的行程
    果然是有內容、有學問
    我好滿足

    僑智國小.
    內埔鄉僑智國小隕石演講
    客家樂舞迎賓
    孩子有不錯的回應
    也有幾個孩子能夠有很好的答案
    期待更多科普書籍打開學習視野
    汀雪見晴 added 16 new photos — with Dirk Ross at 以栗國小.
    東港鎮以栗國小隕石演講
    謝謝熱情舞蹈迎賓
    希望有為師生們帶來不同視野

    汀雪見晴 added 2 new photos — with Dirk Ross at 台鐵潮州站.
    隕石巡迴演講
    東部旅程即將開展
    也是此系列校園巡迴演講最終站
    東台灣我們來了
    隕石聖誕老公公
    加油加油加油
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    汀雪見晴 added 21 new photos — feeling great with Dirk Ross at 育仁中學.
    台東市育仁中學隕石演講
    認真聽講熱烈互動
    公開發問有好問題
    課後更是踴躍發問
    看得出來有許多優質的學生
    事前做了資料收集
    上課時也努力筆記
    台東未來學校
    I'm possible.
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    汀雪見晴 added 21 new photos — feeling great with Dirk Ross at 育仁中學.
    台東市育仁中學隕石演講
    認真聽講熱烈互動
    公開發問有好問題
    課後更是踴躍發問
    看得出來有許多優質的學生
    事前做了資料收集
    上課時也努力筆記
    台東未來學校
    I'm possible.
    台鐵潮州站.
    隕石巡迴演講
    東部旅程即將開展
    也是此系列校園巡迴演講最終站
    東台灣我們來了
    隕石聖誕老公公
    加油加油加油
    汀雪見晴 added 14 new photos — feeling great with 盧政吉and Dirk Ross at 僑智國小.
    內埔鄉僑智國小隕石演講
    客家樂舞迎賓
    孩子有不錯的回應
    也有幾個孩子能夠有很好的答案
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    Dirk Ross On the floor looking for meteorites in the classroom. It doesn't get any better than this.
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    東港鎮以栗國小隕石演講
    謝謝熱情舞蹈迎賓
    希望有為師生們帶來不同視野
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    Dirk Ross Wonderful students and teachers at this school. Thank you.
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    汀雪見晴 added 4 new photos — feeling great with 吳勝智 and Dirk Ross at 港西國小.
    校園隕石巡迴演講
    造福屏東的孩子
    從這裡開始
    請為我們加油
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    汀雪見晴 added 23 new photos — feeling happy with 陳桂蘭 at 羌園國小.
    佳冬鄉羌園國小隕石演講
    可愛的孩子
    熱烈的迴響
    用心的筆記
    講師很喜歡孩子們的表現
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    哈哈哈哈抱歉了孩子們😂應Mr. Ross的要求😂
    Thanks for your teaching. 😋It is our pleasure to meet you.
    車城鄉車城國小隕石演講
    本次巡迴演講在這裡遇到最多學生
    也遇到幾個表現不錯的孩子
    願意思考也有不錯的回應
    其中Miss Empty印象最深刻
    孩子們
    多閱讀書籍
    尤其科學書籍
    很能夠引發想像與學習能力喔!
    汀雪見晴 added 17 new photos — with Zhao Pinglee and Dirk Ross at 屏東縣內獅國小.
    獅子鄉內獅國小隕石巡迴演講
    孩子常規很好
    老師善於引導
    所有人都專注
    一個很棒的原住民學校
    汀雪見晴 added 8 new photos — feeling nice with 鄭宗文 at 獅子國中.
    獅子鄉獅子國中隕石巡迴演講
    常規很棒的學校
    問了兩個好問題
    還有一個好答案
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    獅子鄉內獅國小隕石巡迴演講
    孩子常規很好
    老師善於引導
    所有人都專注
    一個很棒的原住民學校
    郭富森
    感謝施校長和Ross讓孩子有一堂很特別的課程!原來我們真的都是來自星星的督敏俊!
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    汀雪見晴 added 4 new photos — feeling great with 吳勝智 and Dirk Ross at 港西國小.
    校園隕石巡迴演講
    造福屏東的孩子
    從這裡開始
    請為我們加油
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    汀雪見晴 added 23 new photos — feeling happy with 陳桂蘭 at 羌園國小.
    佳冬鄉羌園國小隕石演講
    可愛的孩子
    熱烈的迴響
    用心的筆記
    講師很喜歡孩子們的表現
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    佛光山新聞 人間通訊社
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    汀雪見晴 added 30 new photos — with 吳勝智 and 2 others.
    2016年末校園隕石大蒐秘
    巡迴講座第一天順利完成
    港西國小,泰武國小,育英國小
    今天一早七點半不到
    就到港西國小準備
    這裡的孩子用韻律舞蹈來迎接我們
    十點二十趕到泰武鄉泰武國小
    這裡的孩子以熱情舞蹈和優美排灣歌謠來歡迎我們
    下午一點半出現在內埔鄉育英國小
    孩子們以客家歌舞展現族群風貌
    一天剛好走完屏東的閩,原,客三個族群
    講師依照孩子的反應調整上課內容
    每個學校的校長也都熱情歡迎我們
    隕石的知識可以在網路上獲得
    但是與專家現場互動
    親自觀察隕石,觸摸隕石
    那是更難得的機會
    明天
    我們將前往在海邊的幾個學校
    從仁和國小
    到羌園國小
    再到崎峰國小
    希望為臨海的孩子們打開更大的宇宙視野
    汀雪見晴 added 10 new photos — feeling great with 林傳傑 and Dirk Ross at 屏東縣仁和國小.
    林邊鄉仁和國小隕石演講
    有幾位很棒的小朋友認真做筆記
    還有一位嘗試把演講內容結構化
    很棒的孩子

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    Churchill, Manitoba, Canada Fireball Meteor 0132 12DEC2016 w/video Churchill, Manitoba, Canada Meteor 1212 013212 Posted to YouTube by ...
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    汀雪見晴 added 12 new photos — feeling important withDirk Ross at 崎峰國小.
    林邊鄉崎峰國小隕石巡迴演講
    這裡有個孩子問了一個好問題
    其他也有一些不錯的互動
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    Yami Chi 好熟悉的地名與國小。
    Mei Chun Kao 我的母校ㄟ😍
    Dirk Ross Thank you Principal and schools.
    陳桂蘭 Thank you.
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    林邊鄉仁和國小隕石演講
    有幾位很棒的小朋友認真做筆記
    還有一位嘗試把演講內容結構化
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    林傳傑 感謝世治校長帶來這麼精彩的活動,仁和學生大開眼界!

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    2016年末校園隕石大蒐秘
    巡迴講座第一天順利完成
    港西國小,泰武國小,育英國小
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    Cheryl Pan 校長好用心哦
    汀雪見晴 育英國小客家歌謠隊表演
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    楊曉青 仁和!!
    下週2我們也要去那演英文故事耶!
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    汀雪見晴 added 4 new photos — feeling great with 吳勝智and Dirk Ross at 港西國小.
    校園隕石巡迴演講
    造福屏東的孩子
    從這裡開始
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2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

27 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27JAN2017

Fireball Meteor Streaks Over NC
WHAS11.com
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- A fireball meteor light up the sky early Wednesday morning was caught on a security camera in Huntersville. The meteor is ...

NASA Finds 'Doomsday' Asteroid Astronomer Says Will Hit Earth Next Month
Elite Daily
Dr. Joseph Nuth of NASA's Goddard Space Flight announced an “extinction-level” event, like the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, may soon ...

New way to deflect asteroids in the offing
Daily News & Analysis
Scientists are developing a way to deflect asteroids that are on the path to collide with the Earth, by studying the Chelyabinsk meteor which exploded ...

Fireball Meteor Streaks Over NC
WHAS11.com
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- A fireball meteor light up the sky early Wednesday morning was caught on a security camera in Huntersville. The meteor is ...

Meteor fireball spotted over Leeds, UK
Sott
Is this a meteor in the skies over Leeds? Kelly Moss snapped the burning light hovering over Brigshaw High School in Allerton Bywater at around ...

Meteor Scatter
Blubrry
A bi-weekly podcast of everything technical as it relates to Amateur Radio. Sponsored by DX Engineering.

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 28 – February 3, 2017
International Meteor Organization
February offers the meteor observer in the northern hemisphere a couple of weak showers plus falling sporadic rates. This may not seem too exiting ...

Look at this radiant green meteor lighting up India's night sky
Lost At E Minor
It's never easy to photograph a meteor, unless of course, you're Prasenjeet Yadav from India, who did it while he was asleep! Yadav was in the town of ...

Bright Fireball over North Carolina and South Carolina
American Meteor Society
The preliminary estimated trajectory plotted from the witness reports shows the meteor was traveling from the Northeast to the Southwest and ended its ...

Meteor
LiveLeak.com - Redefining the Media
DashCam Footage: Meteor lights up the Night sky in Russia. featured. Dash-cam footage from Arkhangelsk captured a meteor crossing the sky on ...

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

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27DEC2017

Experts: 'Random meteor' seen in New England sky
WMUR Manchester
Experts: 'Random meteor' seen in New England sky. WMUR. Updated: 6:50 PM EST Dec 27, 2017. Christine DeLong Wheeler. Social Media Producer. Experts: 'Random meteor' seen in New England sky. Share. Shares. Copy Link.

Meteor captured on dashcam video lights up Northeast sky; seen in Pennsylvania
The Morning Call
... Turnpike in New Hampshire. Some reported hearing booms. The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum suspects the meteor crashed into the woods of northwestern Maine, based on preliminary findings. It's offering a $20,000 reward if someone recovers a piece of the meteorite weighing at least 2.2 pounds.

Pieces of fireball over New England may have impacted Earth
The Union Leader
Fremont resident Dorine Caswell said she and her 14-year-old daughter, Carly, were driving on Route 107 in Fremont when she saw the fireball appear to drop from the sky behind some trees. She believes some of it may have landed nearby. She said she and her daughter caught the fireball out of the ...

Fireball lights up social media, evening sky in New England
Boston.com
A fireball that lit up the evening sky is lighting up social media. The bright streak Tuesday evening was seen in parts of New England, including southern Maine and New Hampshire. The Mount Agamenticus Conservation Program webcam on Mount Agamenticus in York County captured the event at ...

Watch A Fireball Burn Up Across The New England Sky
International Business Times
A fireball burned across the New England skies the day after Christmas, lighting up the evening. The super-bright meteor flashed close to 6 p.m. EST on Dec. 26, exciting and surprising people around the northeasternmost United States. “Looks like a meteor!” Maine's Toby Jutras wrote when he posted a ...

People report seeing possible meteor Tuesday night
YouTube
People across New England reported seeing a bright 'fireball' like object flying through the sky just before 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. Subscribe to WMUR on You...

Fireball, likely a meteor, lights up skies over Maine
WGME
FOX 23's Sam Read was live in Standish, where a man says he saw it while driving. The man we spoke with says he was driving home from work with a coworker along Route 114 in Standish when he saw what he describes a very large ball of what appeared to be fire come shooting out of the sky.

'Fireball' seen in the sky across New England, Canada
WCSH6.com
Did you see a ball of fire fly across the sky Tuesday night? No need to check your glasses; it turns out it was seen across Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Canada. At 5:52 p.m., the Mt. Agamenticus webcam in York County captured the meteor, with many people on social media from ...

A Possible Meteor Was Spotted In Gray, Maine
YouTube
A meteor may have been spotted by the National Weather Service Camera in Gray, Maine.

Tuesday night's fireball was likely a meteor, experts say
WMUR.com
A camera in Maine also captured the meteor moving along. Researchers are looking to learn more about the object but said they are not totally surprised, even if it was random. "It's a great example that there's always something happening in the night sky. You can always find something. There's, every ...

Watch this meteor flash through the sky
KCRG
Watch this meteor flash through the sky. CNN. A possible meteor was captured on camera soaring over New England. Published at 9:28 am ET, Wed Dec 27 2017. Just Watched. replay. By CNN |. Posted: Wed 5:18 PM, Dec 27, 2017. GRAY, Maine (CNN) -- A possible meteor was captured on camera ...

Dazzling meteor streaks across New England sky, turning night to day (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
RT.com
A small meteor lit up the night sky above New England with dazzling green light Tuesday evening.

Fireball seen on Mount A webcam appears to be meteor
Foster's Daily Democrat
The American Meteor Society and the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University track meteors. Cocchiaro said reports from the public help these groups track where meteors may have landed. "A lot of times when people week fireballs, they think they were a mile or two away but they're ...

A bright meteor illuminated the northern sky over the Kola Peninsula
Earth Chronicles
A bright meteor illuminated the northern sky over the Kola Peninsula. by space · December 27, 2017. The original idea of ​​the photographer was to make a series of images of the northern lights, from which it would be possible to create a time-lapse video. But suddenly something flared up – and the .

Meteor explodes over bay area
FM Group
Feb 16, 2013 It wasn't nearly as dramatic as the fireball that exploded over Russia yesterday, but last night the San Francisco Bay Area saw its own light show last night when a meteor streaked across the night sky. Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment. World News Station.

NASA warning: 'Unseen' asteroid set to skim Earth TOMORROW
Express.co.uk
Although, relatively small, if it did impact Earth, it could cause injuries. In February 2013, an unknown 19-metre meteor came from nowhere to explode in the sky above Chelyabinsk, Russia, with the force of 500,000 tonnes of TNT. And the energy released shattered glass on hundreds of buildings and ...

60-Million-Year-Old Meteor Strike Uncovered on Remote Isle of Skye
Space and Earth Sciences News
60-Million-Year-Old Meteor Strike Uncovered on Remote Isle of Skye. Scientists have discovered out-of-this-world minerals at the site of a 60 million-year-old meteorite impact on Scotland's remote Isle of Skye.

The Best Meteor Showers in 2018
Sky & Telescope
Meteors can occur at any time on any night and appear in any part of the sky. On a dark, moonless night you might see a half dozen of these sporadic (random) meteors per hour. However, whenever Earth encounters a stream of gritty debris left in space by a passing comet, the result is a meteor shower.

Events in 2017 5436-2017 KML
Fireball event
We received 5 reports about a fireball seen over Grand Est and Zuid-Holland on Monday, December 25th 2017 around 16:11 UT. The trajectory displayed on the map and the KML file has been automatically computed based on all the witness reports and may not be the most optimized.

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

26 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26JAN2017

Massive meteor came close to Earth...undetected
WTSP.com
TAMPA, FLA. - Just a few days ago, a meteor the size of a bus came close to the planet Earth. It was actually between the Earth and the moon!

Clear
AGU - Wiley
Research Letter Altitudinal dependence of meteor radio afterglows ... Research Article Rates, flux densities, and spectral indices of meteor radio ...

Meteor breakup causes a boom
Astronomy Forums
Mount Holly meteor: Explanation offered for fireball caught on cam, 'sonic booms' in Mt. Holly | WSOC-TV I never knew meteors could cause.

Explanation offered for fireball caught on cam, 'sonic booms' in Mt. Holly
WSOC Charlotte
Channel 9 showed Craig video captured by a home security camera in Huntersville that captured a bright fireball in the night sky early Wednesday ...

WATCH: Fireball meteor streaks across sky over Huntersville
WCNC.com
A fireball meteor was caught on a security camera early Wednesday morning as it streaked across the sky in Huntersville. (Video: Rob Swanson).

Security camera captures meteor fireball lighting up the sky in Huntersville, North Carolina
Sott
Not sure what my security cam captured last night, but maybe there is a cute alien living in my neighbors backyard now! Huntersville, NC.

An Early Morning Fireball Over Yuma, Arizona
seattlepi.com (blog)
Today's subject: An Early Morning Fireball Over Yuma, Arizona… This blog was first published in January, 2014… Yesterday morning was a totally ...

'Meteor' spotted over Leeds school
Yorkshire Evening Post
A meteor, often called a shooting star, is the visible passage of a glowing meteoroid, micrometeoroid, comet or asteroid through Earth's atmosphere, ...

'I'm into rocks ... rocks from space!' says Chatham collector
CBC.ca
"We look for strange-looking objects that respond to our metal detectors ... and go from there," said the Chatham retiree, also known as Meteor Mick.

Fireball lights up sky over eastern US
The Watchers
A bright meteor streaked through the sky over the eastern United States around 09:08 UTC (04:08 local time) on January 25, 2017. The event lasted a ...

Did meteor cause the boom?
Gaston Gazette
Mysterious loud "booms" in Mount Holly have the townspeople talking, with little explanation of the culprit until Wednesday. The latest loud noise ...

sonic booms
WSOC-TV
The latest “sonic boom” heard all across Mount Holly almost certainly came from a meteor breaking up in the atmosphere, according to Jim Craig, the ...

Ancient meteor shower did not cause 'explosion of life' in ocean
Earth.com
For years, scientists thought the event was set in motion when the Earth was pelted by an ancient meteor shower. New information has caused them ...

Austin resident says she spotted UFO's
FOX 7 Austin
The American Meteor Society also received sighting reports Monday night. They say a fireball was seen by at least five people over Louisiana and ...

A Brilliant Green Meteor Lights Up India's 'Sky Islands'
Reddit
Dec 2016 transparency report. A place to share photographs and pictures. Feel free to post your own, but please read the rules first (see below), and ...

Fireball lights up sky over eastern US
The Watchers
By 17:27 UTC, the American Meteor Society received 12 reports about the fireball. It was seen from Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, North ...

Large Meteor Fireball Lights Up Skies Over North Carolina Jan. 25
Conspiracy Outpost
They just keep coming… Large Meteor Fireball Lights Up Skies Over North Carolina Jan. 25 (49 seconds)

Meteor or UFO? Over Austin
Texas UFO Sightings
Although Fox 7 News linked the sighting to meteor reports in the area, and even included a photo of a streak of light over Downtown Austin ...

Event 270-2017
Fireball event
AMS received 12 reports about a fireball seen over SC, NC, VA, TN and KY on Wednesday, January 25th 2017 around 09:08 UT.

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25 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25JAN2017

Asteroid 2017 BX to speed past Earth just days after discovery
International Business Times UK
The potential risk asteroids pose to Earth was highlighted in February 2013 when the Chelyabinsk meteor crashed down in Russia. The meteor, about ...

There Are Green Meteors And Green Comets, But Never A Green Star
Forbes
There are green comets, the momentary green brilliance of a meteor, the faint green glow of northern aurora, and even a green glow to some distant ...

Ancient diversification of ocean life unconnected to meteor bombardment of Earth, study says
The Japan Times
PARIS – An explosion of ocean life 471 million years ago was not sparked by a meteor bombardment of Earth, said a study that challenges a leading ...

Rare meteorites common in the Ordovician period
Most meteorites that fall today are H and L type ordinary chondrites, yet the main belt asteroids best positioned to deliver meteorites are LL chondrites 1,2 . This suggests that the current meteorite flux is dominated by fragments from recent asteroid breakup events 3,4 and therefore is not representative over longer (100-Myr) timescales. ...

Bright green meteor fireball lights up skies over Exeter, UK
Sott
A bright green 'fireball' lit up the skies over Exeter as a meteor blasted through the atmosphere and gave a spectacular natural light show. The 'bolide' ...

Bright green fireball observed over Exeter, England
The Watchers
A bright green fireball lit up the skies over Exeter, England at 21:37 UTC on January 22, 2017. The event lasted about 7 seconds and was recorded by ...
Exeter Observatory UK Meteor Capture 22/01/2017
Earth Changing Extremities - WordPress.com
Quadrantid Meteor shower 2017In "Meteorite". Ethereal images capture meteor speeding over molten lavaIn "Meteorite". BrightMeteor Observed Over ...

Most meteorites on Earth came from the same 466-million-year-old event
Pulse Headlines
Perseid meteor shower. Image credit: Caters News Agency. “We spend lots of time studying the debris from the big asteroid destruction event 466 ...

Abstract
Astronomy & Astrophysics
1 Astronomical Society Istra Pula, Park Monte Zaro 2, 52100 Pula, Croatia e-mail: damir@astro.hr 2 IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, 77 Avenue Denfert ...

Brilliant green meteor fireball photographed over Southern India
Sott
The photograph was shot on October 9, 2015, and Yadav was at the Nilgiri's near Ooty when he shot the green meteor. The town he is overlooking is ...

Emerald green meteor photographed over India's 'Sky Islands'
Inquirer.net
If getting the right timing to photograph a meteor is already a challenge, all the more is photographing a brilliant green meteor streaking across the sky.

Meteor Fireball Blazes Across Siberian City of Omsk
bended reality.com
Motorists were given an extraordinary experience as the meteor blazed across the sky. Motorists in the city of Omsk in Siberia were treated to the rare.

Tunguska Event Over A Century Ago Believed To Have Left A Hidden Crater Based On Impact
iTech Post
Thus, upon impact, scientists were never able to find any geological remains that would define the incident as a meteor hitting Russia. However, over ...

Event 269-2017
Fireball event
AMS received 11 reports about a fireball seen over KS, OK, TX, MO and AR on Tuesday, January 24th 2017 around 03:52 UT.

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24 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24JAN2017

Meteor fireball blazes across Siberian city of Omsk
Sott
Motorists in the city of Omsk in Siberia were treated to the rare phenomenon as the falling space rock crashed to earth. The meteor, which appeared in ...

Spectacular meteor blazes across the Siberian night sky 2017
YouTube
Spectacular meteor blazes across the Siberian night sky Dashcam footage captures a spectacular meteor streaking across the sky in the city of Omsk,

Bright green 'fireball' lights up skies over Exeter
Exeter Express and Echo
A bright green 'fireball' lit up the skies over Exeter as a meteor blasted through the atmosphere and gave a spectacular natural light show. The 'bolide' ...

A Brilliant Green Meteor Lights Up India's 'Sky Islands'
WIRED
It is really hard to photograph a meteor. Even though some 25 million of them hurtle toward Earth each day, most of them are too small to track.

Colliding Asteroids To Blame For Earth's Meteors
Forbes
Unlike meteor showers, which arise from Earth passing through a comet or asteroid's debris trail, meteorites are large enough to make it to Earth's ...

Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Andreić, Ž., Gural, P., Šegon, D., et al. 2014, WGN, J. Int. Meteor. Org., 42, 90; Borovička, J., Spurnỳ, P., & Koten, P. 2007, A&A, 473, 661; Brown, P., ...

We are living in the debris field of an ancient asteroid collision
CNET
It shows that the prehistoric smashup still dictates our meteor "weather" on Earth today. "Looking at the kinds of meteorites that have fallen to Earth in ...

Dashcam captures the incredible moment a flaringmeteorite the size of a WALNUT shoots across ...
Daily Mail
Dashcam captures the incredible moment a flaring meteorite the size of a WALNUT shoots across the sky. The spectacular meteor seems large as it ... walnut my arse!

Meteor fireball seen in the skies above Huddersfield, UK?
Forbidden News
... illuminated by the setting sun. Source Article from https://www.sott.net/article/340494-Meteor-fireball-seen-in-the-skies-above-Huddersfield-UK ...

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23 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23JAN2017

'Fireball' spotted over Donegal, Ireland
MSN.com
Footage has emerged of a "fireball" streaking across the sky in Donegal, Ireland on Saturday. "I was lucky enough of to capture this as it was starting to ...

Meteor Crater
Earth Blog
Meteor Crater is a meteorite impact crater approximately 37 miles (60 km) east of Flagstaff and 18 miles (29 km) west of Winslow in the northern ...

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22 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22JAN2017

Fireball over Denmark 20 January 2017
Meteor News
A bright slow moving fireball was captured above Denmark at 06h12m50s UT. It started at 78 km and ended at 50 km elevation with an entrance angle ...

Meteor? New Orleans residents report flash of pinkish light, loud booms, home rattling
Sott
Residents have been reporting something strange happening in Uptown. On multiple occasions, a loud 'boom' has been heard, some even reporting ...

US4985707 US PATENT
Google
Communications link using the ionized trail of a meteor entering the atmosphere at an altitude of approximately 100 kilometers as reflectors to relay ...

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21 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20/21JAN2017


Lava Flow Look-a-Likes
Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD]
New CosmoSparks Report:
-- Impact melt flows on the Moon are formed by the high pressures of shock
and melting of rock during an impact event. Once solidified they look like lava flows yet have
unique surface roughness characteristics. ...

january comae berenicids
International Meteor Organization
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 21 – 27, 2017. January 20, 2017 by Robert Lunsford - ...Meteor Showers Calendar. Next major shower peak ...

Remote Russian lake deepens old mystery and ruins 'The X-Files'
CNET
Is it possible a meteor large enough to create an air burst so powerful it could have flattened a major city would have fully disintegrated in the ...

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19 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19JAN2017

Bright daylight meteor over Norway in January 2016.
Mysterious Space
Daylight fireball over Scandinavia on January 15. Josip Kardanovic managed to snap a photo of the fireball from Stryn, Norway (Jan 15, 13:47 CET).

Meteor showers set to light up the night sky in 2017
Mackay Daily Mercury
The best time to observe meteor showers is in the early hours of the morning. Depending on the month, 2-4am is usually the best time to see the ...

Curiosity Mars Rover: New Meteorite Find Confirmed
leonarddavid.com
curiosity-mars-rover-new-meteorite-find-confirmed

Terraforming by means of a Meteor/Asteriod impact.
Reddit
Would it be possible to terraform Mars and Venus by means of an asteroid impact? Assuming the impact was controlled, and we could say what its...

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 21-27, 2017
American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near 4 no matter your location. For morning observers the estimated total ...

Events in 2017 214-2017 KML
Fireball event
Report a Fireball · Events · Reports · Log In · Sign up ... AMS received one report about afireball seen over FL on Wednesday, January 18th 2017 ...

Meteor fireball breaks up over Victoria, Australia
Mysterious Space
Wollongong-based amateur astronomer David Finlay said the “massive” fireball was seen about 11.05pm on January 13. “From Melbourne and ...

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18 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18JAN2017

Meteor fireball breaks up over Victoria, Australia
Signs of the Times
"From Melbourne and Shepparton, this meteor appeared low to the ground to the north-west, but I suspect it may have been very close to the Mildura ...

Meteor fireball breaks up over Victoria, Australia
Signs of the Times
Wollongong-based amateur astronomer David Finlay said the "massive" fireball was seen about 11.05pm on January 13. "From Melbourne and ...

It's flaming mysterious
Sunraysia Daily
“From Melbourne and Shepparton, this meteor appeared low to the ground to the north-west, but I suspect it may have been very close to the Mildura ...

DAYTIME METEOR FIREBALL OVER NORWAY!!!!
YouTube
https://www.sott.net/article/339933-Daytime-meteor-fireball-explodes-over-Norway.

Daylight fireball over Norway on Jan 15th!
International Meteor Organization
Thin fog was present at the time the fireball appeared, as seen from the Gran video station of the Norwegian Meteor Network. The red circle shows the ...

Daytime meteor fireball explodes over Norway
Signs of the Times
An impressive bright flash appeared above central Norway on January 15, 2017, and was observed from both western and eastern Norway.

Norway Daytime Meteor Fireball Breaks Up and Booms
bended reality.com
According to the Norwegian Meteor Network, the event occurred around 13:48 UTC and was accompanied by a sonic boom a few minutes later, ...

What to do if a meteor hits the Earth
The indy100
And while these close-call occurrences happen often – over 60 times in January alone - what can you do if an asteroid or large meteorite collided with ...

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17 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17JAN2017

Daylight fireball over Norway on Jan 15th!
International Meteor Organization
Thin fog was present at the time the fireball appeared, as seen from the Gran video station of the Norwegian Meteor Network. The red circle shows the ...

“Facing Extinction Level Event”: White House Drafts Emergency…
NewZSentinel
Of all the things the Obama Administration could be focused on during its last week in office, a Catastrophic Meteor Impact tops the list? Looking to ...

Teeth of dinosaur embryos may hold clue to species' demise, paleontologists say
UCalgary News
It's been a mystery for ages: Why did all the dinosaurs die off after the meteor strike 65 million years ago? Why were bird and mammal species able to ...

International Meteor Conference
International Meteor Organization
International Meteor Conference ... 2017 International Meteor Organization ...

What happened before the Big Bang?
McGill Tribune
Brandenberger explained that standard Big Bang cosmology also includes the very hot, homogeneous fireball typically associated with the Big Bang.

Meteorite Times January 2017 Issue
The January 2017 issue of Meteorite Times is now up. We have some really great articles this issue and we owe a huge thank you to Martin, Jim, Bob, John, Norm, and Greg. Your support is very much appreciated!

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16 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16JAN2017

Prehistoric Meteorite ‘Shrines’ in Arizona May Be Linked, Says Archaeo-Astronomer
ANTHROPOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY ARIZONA SOUTHWESTERN ARCHAEOLOGY
Two twelfth-century settlements a hundred kilometers apart in Arizona were apparently built by discrete cultures, but they have at least one trait in common: In each complex is a hidden, hollow compartment that once held large chunks of alien iron — fragments of a 50,000-year-old meteorite....

Bright meteor over Norway January 15, 2016
Mysterious Space
Bright meteor over Norway January 15, 2016. By Rassim | 16.01. ... Long exposure frames show meteor. The path and the ... Meteor orbit.  ...

jan 13th meteor
SoWal.com
meteor · Did anyone see the huge blue and orange meteorite going south to north last night? Thread by: lili, Yesterday at 8:32 PM , 5 replies, in forum: ...

170a
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Gulfport, MS. Latitude, 30° 26' 36.25'' N (30.443402°). Longitude, 89° 5' 35.38'' W (-89.093161°). Elevation, 5.173m. Time and ...

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15 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15JAN2017

Govt Releases Meteor Preparedness Manual
The Real REVO
In an odd bit of pre-transition press, the federal government has released it's preparedness manual for meteor strikes. If you'd like to read it, you can, ...

Perseid Meteor Shower 2017
Frosty Drew Nature Center & Observatory
Join Frosty Drew's astronomers at the Observatory on August 11 and August 12, 2017 weather permitting to watch the Perseid meteor shower.

di
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Toronto, Ontario (CA). Latitude, 43° 45' 13.31'' N (43.753696°). Longitude, 79° 24' 30.07'' W (-79.408353°). Elevation, 169.129m ...

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14 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JAN2017

Bright Fireball Meteor Seen Over Seven States
99.1 WFMK
The American Meteor Society received 145 reports of a fireball seen over seven states and Ontario, Canada around 6:15 a.m. Sunday.

Why Has The White House Suddenly Released A Strategy For Dealing With A Catastrophic Meteor ...
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Plenty left to see in January night skies
Craven Herald
This month we have the last of the major meteor showers of the winter. Many people refer to meteors as 'shooting stars'. This one is the Quadrantids ...

Slooh Webcast on the
Space.com
The online Slooh Community Observatory will host a live webcast Thursday (Jan. 12) about the full moon of January, which is known as the "Wolf ...

New Research Reveals Giant Meteor Isn't Only Reason Dinosaurs Went Extinct
Elite Daily
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a velociraptor. Up until now, I've blamed an asteroid for ruining that dream of mine. Well, it looks like there might have ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 14-20, 2017
American Meteor Society
This weekend the waning gibbous moon will rise during the late evening hours and will make it difficult to view any meteor activity during the more ...

Meteor Showers for 2017
Griffith Observatory
This table is intended as an aid to meteor watchers in southern California. Meteors are best observed from dark wilderness locations, far from city ...

White House Suddenly Released A Strategy For The Threat Of A Meteor Impact
The Tree of Liberty
Why Has The White House Suddenly Released A Strategy For Dealing With The Threat Of A Catastrophic Meteor Impact? By Michael Snyder, on ...

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13 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JAN2017

WATCH: Ball of fire spotted in sky over Huddersfield
Huddersfield Examiner
This strange sight was spotted over the skies of Huddersfield by Examiner reader Abbey Shaw. And the 22-year-old is convinced it's some kind of ...

It can't be a plane! A mysterious fireball has been spotted in the skies above Yorkshire
Daily Mail
However, despite Shaw's adamance that the sight cannot be a plane, other viewers have pointed out that the supposed fireball is much more likely to ...

The Chelyabinsk Meteor was a part of a potential planet
Satellite PR News (press release)
(1888PressRelease) January 12, 2017 – The studies of the scientists from the Consortium «Extra terra» based at Ural Federal University helped to ...

Upward-moving low-light meteor. I: Observation results
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Oxford Journals

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American Meteor Society receives 145 reports of meteor fireball over US Midwest and Canada
Signs of the Times
The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 145 reports about a fireball seen over OH, IL, WI, MI, IN, IA, PA and Ontario on Sunday, January 8th ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 14 – 20, 2017
International Meteor Organization
This weekend the waning gibbous moon will rise during the late evening hours and will make it difficult to view any meteor activity during the more ...

Reports Report 132d (Event 132-2017)
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant (NL). Latitude, 51° 25' 40.34'' N (51.427873°). Longitude, 5° 27' 24.13'' E (5.456702°). Elevation ...

Reports Report 132b (Event 132-2017)
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Druten, Gelderland (NL). Latitude, 51° 53' 37.21'' N (51.89367°). Longitude, 5° 36' 25.43'' E (5.607065°). Elevation, 10.406488m ...

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12 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12JAN2017

Fireball seen over Lansing and around Midwest
Lansing State Journal
The American Meteor Society received 145 reports of a fireball seen over seven states and Ontario, Canada around 6:15 a.m. Sunday. Observers from ...

An Unexpected Asteroid Just Zoomed Very Close Past Earth
National Geographic Australia
When a meteor struck near Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013, the shockwave from the impact rocked the city. Surprise asteroid fly-bys aren't as rare as you ...

Upward-moving low-light meteor. I: Observation results
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Oxford Journals
Abstract. The results of TV-detecting an earth-atmosphere-grazing low-light meteor are presented. The meteor was registered near Kyiv, Ukraine, ...

Satellite images show Flagstaff's dark-sky success, National Park Service says
AZCentral.com
A meteor can be seen behind a saguaro cactus near the First Water Trail. ... The 2010 Perseid meteor shower came to the Valley with a show lasting ...

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11 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11JAN2017

Asteroid 2017 AG13 zoomed terrifyingly close to Earth and we didn't see it coming
The Sun
He said the asteroid was roughly the same size as a meteor which exploded in the sky above Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013. This blast shattered ...

Huge meteors spotted hurtling towards Earth by Russian observers
Express.co.uk
The fireballs from above are thought to be part of the annual Quadrantids meteor shower which is usually visible in the Northern Hemisphere between ...

Blazing meteorite caught on camera hurtling through eerie night sky towards Earth
Mirror
Fireball filmed by Russian motorist appearing from night sky in a flash of light.

UFO Sighting: Corroborating Witnesses Could Confirm New Year Fireball Event In Texas
The Inquisitr
A UFO sighting in San Antonio, Texas, could provide key information that could confirm a fireball UFO event in Texas, shortly after midnight on New ...

انفجار نيزك في سماء روسيا
AVA360 News
انتشرت على شبكة الانترنت مقطع فيديو يظهر لحظة انفجار نيزك فوق مقاطعة أرخانغلسك شمالي روسيا. التفاصيل: الاشتراك في فيديوهات قناة "RT" من خلال...

Introducing the Global Effort to Map the Night Sky
Smithsonian
At 8:16 pm on September 30th, a bright fireball raced through the sky above the United Arab Emirates. In the desert below, cameras winked to life, ...

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10 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10JAN2017

Sneaky asteroid spotted whizzing between Earth and moon
CNET

Newfound Asteroid Gives Earth a Close Shave
Space.com

An asteroid just flew by Earth about 50% closer than the moon, and we barely saw it coming
Business Insider

Blazing Meteorite Spotted in the Sky Above Arkhangelsk (VIDEO)
Sputnik International
According to regional media, the meteor above Arkhangelsk burned up in the atmosphere at an altitude of about 50 kilometers above the earth's ...

Incredible footage shows large meteor shooting across sky in Russia
Daily Mail
Two massive meteors falling in the first major meteor shower of 2017, called the Quadrantids, have been caught on camera by lucky car drivers in ...

Two large meteors caught on camera in northwestern Russia (VIDEO)
RT
Two massive meteors falling in the first major meteor shower of 2017 – the Quadrantids – have been caught on camera by lucky car drivers in ...

Astronomical events in 2017 you don't want to miss
KABC
From solar eclipses to meteor showers and the planets making shapes in the night sky, there's plenty to look forward to in 2017 for stargazers.

Introducing the Global Effort to Map the Night Sky
Smithsonian
Each point is direction from which a meteor was measured to approach, with red showing faster meteors and blue slower ones. (Cameras for Allsky ...

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09 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09JAN2017

Killer Asteroid Defense Plan Released By The White House: Report Says Threat Is 'Real'
The Inquisitr
... when a potentially hazardous object (read: asteroid, meteor, comet) intersects the orbit of the Earth in what could be a world-altering incident.

Tang Lung Elementary Allsky Captures First Meteor 24DEC2016
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Tang Lung Elementary School is Taiwan:s FIRST school to launch a meteor allsky camera system program that will eventually involve students grades ...

Meteor over Brazil January 7, 2017
Mysterious Space
Bright meteor registered north of Rio de Janeiro-RJ, on January 7, 2017 by the Exoss network monitoring cameras in the cities of São Jose de Ubá ...

Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 08JAN2017 w/ Video
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Double Click on PLAY BUTTON to view video. Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 07:38:05 EST 08JAN2017 c 2017 Rejean Hebert 2017 The FOURTH ...

Kirk Neely: Stargazing and Epiphany
Spartanburg Herald Journal
I knew it would be the perfect time to witness the impressive display of a meteor shower. The moon was in the first phase. On Sunday night, I walked to ...

State-of-the-art backyard observatory honors namesake's vision
The Daily Progress
Then another meteor shot by, resembling a firework as it lit up the ground. Over several hours, they witnessed hundreds of bright fireballs during what ...

Eye doctor spies sky from state-of-the-art observatory in backyard
Richmond.com
17, 1998, the two staked out a spot to photograph the annual Leonid meteor shower, Wasiuta recalled. Around 2:30 that morning, he remembers ...

Top 10 celestial events of 2017 to eclipse them all
Steamboat Pilot & Today
#The annual Perseid meteor shower is among the best of the year. We experience this shower of “falling stars” every August, because Earth plows ...

Sanford programs announced
Chronicle Times
This August meteor shower, called the Perseid Meteor Shower, will be viewed from the high school baseball field. A movie will also be shown and ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
Reupload of AMS_Event_37 captured on 01_06_2017 at 10:32pm This event was captured on 2 Swann 2k cameras at different angles.

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