Meteor/Meteorite News 25NOV2010

Mojave Rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus, seen in Nevada and found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and central Mexico.. Use caution while hunting for meteorites!  (c) Count Guido Diero 2010

Readers write:
Guest117 (guest):Just saw a very colorful fireball in the sky @ 5:45 am in Northern California.
Guest975 (guest):fireball over the sky of Romania seen in Sibiu at 20:57.tonight! any info about it?

December meteor shower, lunar eclipse, Jupiter views
Arizona Republic
One of the strongest and most reliable annual meteor showers takes place in mid-December. Astronomers expect the peak of the Geminid meteor shower to occur ...


Northern Rockies Skies for December
University of Wyoming News
The Geminid meteor showers, peaking on Dec. 13-14, could provide midnight watchers with one of the most spectacular showers this season, with up to 100 ...


Meteorite fragments go on display at UW-Madison's geology museum
Wisconsin State Journal
Among the pieces of the Mifflin Meteorite on display at the UW-Madison Geology Museum is this oriented nose-cone. It gained its shape from its entry into ...

FIREBALLS web site online

Bill Cooke- NASA
After resolving some technical issues and mucho battles with the bureaucracy, I have finally managed to establish a public web presence which displays observations made by the NASA all sky cameras. It should update automatically by 9 AM Central time each day. Simply click on the date, and it will display the information for the events - if any - recorded by the system for that UT day. November 15 is an anomaly, displaying results for multiple days (a result of the manual debugging process). ...The url is http://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov 

A rough description of the available information is at http://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/helpme.html

NASA Spacecraft Burns for Another Comet Flyby
PASADENA, Calif. -- Eighty-six days out from its appointment with a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters to help refine its flight path. The Stardust-NExT mission will fly past comet Tempel 1 next Valentine's Day (Feb. 14, 2011). It will perform NASA's second 
comet flyby within four months. "One comet down, one to go," said Tim Larson, project manager for both the Stardust-NExT mission and the EPOXI mission -- which successfully flew past comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4. ...


Nov 23, 2010 - Possible Andromedid fireball ?
Thomas Ashcraft- Nov 23, 2010
I captured a fireball last evening and am wondering if it might be an Andromedid? I made a movie and inserted a sky map with constellations. Perhaps this meteor may be too fast to be an AND ?
2 MB .mp4 video with sound:
http://www.heliotown.com/FBs20101123_042547ut_and_Ashcraft.mp4

Life found in the deepest layers of Earth's Crust

The “life is persistent” argument is often used to bolster the idea that life exists elsewhere in the universe. While that remains to be seen, the notion certainly keeps proving true here on the home planet. Scientists have found life thriving in near superheated ocean vents, in inhospitable parts of Antarctica, and in the depths of subterranean oil reservoirs. Now, a drilling expedition to the deepest layer of the Earth’s crust has found life there as well, and the evidence suggests there could be more life even deeper. ...
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-11/seafloor-drilling-expedition-finds-life-deepest-layer-earths-crust

Meteor falling video on YouTube 43 sec meteor falling in Salem VA on nov. 19 2010 about 10:30 pm never seen one with my own eyes like this one looks like it cane ... (unsure if a meteor or not)

Meteor/Meteorite News 24NOV2010

Readers write: Guest357 (guest):17NOV2010 Charlotte NC approx 5:25am very low SSE saw bright object long duration (5sec)slight w-e motion would have suspected aircraft but too close to horizon and disappeared without dimming. Guest890 (guest):Just seen a fireball in the sky 5.45pm over Sligo, Ireland Guest783 (guest):anyone have any info on the chacora meteorite drtanuki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicora,_Pennsylvania#Chicora_Meteor Guest115 (guest):Just seen a colourful fireball over east London, has anyone else seen it? UW Releases New Details Follow Spring Meteor Shower WISC-TV Madison Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:54 PM PST The meteorite that lit up the skies over southwest Wisconsin last spring has been officially dubbed the "Mifflin Meteorite" because it landed near Mifflin Township, and several of its pieces are now part of the permanent collection of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum....

Mifflin Meteorite finds permanent home in Geology Museum University of Wisconsin - Madison Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:55 AM PST The meteorite that lit up the skies over southwest Wisconsin this spring has been officially dubbed the "Mifflin Meteorite," and several of its pieces are now part of the permanent collection of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.... Wonderland in space: the Leonids meteor shower Varsity This characteristic is associated with the moon's constant release of sodium gas, most easily observed when it is experiencing marvellous meteor bombardment ... 10 Free IPhone Apps for Spectacular Stargazing PC World By Michael Cooney, NetworkWorld There's a lot to watch in the nighttime sky -- everything from the International Space Station and meteor showers to planets ...     The Sun Steals Comets from Other Stars NASA Science News Nov. 23, 2010:  The next time you thrill at the sight of a comet blazing across the night sky, consider this: it's a stolen pleasure. You're enjoying the spectacle at the expense of a distant star. Sophisticated computer simulations run by researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) have exposed the crime. ...

Louisiana Impact Crater Meteor/Meteorite News

Heart of Louisiana: La's meteor strike video by David McNamara Dr. Paul Heinrich from LSU has found the remains of a large crater that experts believe was caused by a long-ago meteor impact... SEE  Video fox8live.com Other Meteor/Meteorite News: Great balls of fire? South Shore Now "We checked through JRCC and there's no aircraft anywhere in the area, there's no radar contacts of any kind and it was at the height of the meteor shower," ... University Heights students experience Mission Meteorite at UWO London Free Press Grade 6 student Grace Bowman 11 tries her hand at chocolate chip cookie asteroid mining during an outreach program called Mission Meteorite in the ... (It`s Canada!)

Meteor/Meteorite News 22NOV2010

Collectors and investors can pay up to 4,500 Euros per gram of extract ...

El Periódico de Catalunya - 3时间前
The most expensive is the moon from flying debris when you drop a meteorite on the surface, as well as fragments of Mars. ... (original story in Spanish)

Research on a possible meteor in the vicinity of the Bermejo

NORTH Journal - 2010年11月10日
"Mesón de Fierro" supposed to be the meteorite main rain referred Vallester which were discovered about 30 craters with their ... (original story in Spanish)

与陨石零距离接触的山西猎人（图） 山西新闻网 - Nov 11, 2010 9月22日，本报刊发了特稿《“北京火流星”陨落浑源之后》，许多读者给编辑部来电，希望结识山西境内的陨石猎人们。与此同时，也有山西籍的陨石猎人致电本报，希望将自己 ... (Original story in Chinese... Up close with the meteorite hunter, Shanxi)

September 22, this newspaper published a feature articles, "" Beijing fireball "after the fall of Hunyuan," many readers to the editorial calls, hoping to get to know the meteorite hunters in Shanxi Province. At the same time, there are meteorite hunters Shanxi membership call the newspaper, hoping to own "Starchaser" experience made public: to give and not directly proportional to trace the meteorites to be cautious. ...

地球の尊さ感じて 琵琶湖博物館で１４日に天体イベント 中日新聞 - Nov 12, 2010 県内最大といわれる隕石（いんせき）（同天究館所蔵、直径約２０センチ、重 ... 北米アリゾナ州北部の砂漠地帯で、数万年前に落下した隕石の跡「アリゾナ隕石 ... (original story in Japanese...meteorite exhibit in Shiga, Japan, Nov 2010)

Meteor/Meteorite News 21NOV2010

Ice Meteorite Found with Extraterrestrial Life-Forms
24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
Duane P. Snyder will announce the discovery of the first and only known ICE METEORITE containing EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE-FORMS on November 30, 2010 at 10:00am ... (Crackpot science!)


Valley students find meteorites in Selinsgrove
Danville News
By Evamarie Socha Want to see a meteorite? Don't look up. Look down -- specifically where your rain spout ends, because that's where particles of meteorites ...

Fyens Stiftstidende

Så meget vil en meteorit skade Fyn

Fyens Stiftstidende - ‎2010年11月17日‎

Helmuth Pedersen fra Nyborg fandt for nogle år siden denne meteorit på stranden ved Nyborg. Den har dog en størrelse, som ikke har forårsaget større skade. ... 
Helmuth Nyborg Pedersen took a few years ago this meteorite on the beach at Nyborg. However, it has a size which did not cause major damage... (Denmark- not a meteorite)

Marietta: Meteor lights up the sky
Global Adventures, LLC - 18 hours ago
Two airplanes flew towards the object that looked like a meteorite descending from west to east on a low trajectory. Meteoroids are debris-particles in the ... (not a meteor)

Meteor questions from Readers:  If you saw these events please leave comments; thank you.

Dutchess County, New York 6:50pm 16NOV2010

Karen writes,

DId anyone see a red fireball falling directly down on Nov 16,2010 at 6:50 I live in dutchess county ny?

New York 15NOV2010

Karen writes,

I tryed  to sign in to see if I could get any info if anyone saw a meteor Nov 15,2010  in ny   Because I think i did.

(contact info)

Carle Place, NY 5:50pm 19NOV2010

papasar: Bill K. 5:50PM 11/19 Carle Place NY. Bright white object with a white tail about 4 jumbo jets long going horizontally from east to west lower than planes making their approach to Kennedy airport. No noise.About 4x speed of landing plane. Pretty spectacular.

Flomaton, Alabama 4:59pm 9NOV2010

My children and I saw this in Flomaton, Alabama looking west. It was moving southwest and it was at 4:59 p.m. central time. Wasn't sure what it was and came across your website.

This pictures was taken at approx 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9,2010. It looked like a huge ball of fire with a tail. It almost looked like a comet but enlarged. It was awesome looking.  It was seen in many places because others posted on www.wkrg.com under the pictures. . Those pictures were taken almost 50 miles from me. Thank you for your response. (contact info and photo of object)

Meteor/Meteorite News 20NOV2010

Govt to give funds for Lonar, HC told

Times of India - ‎2010年11月18日‎
NAGPUR: Lonar lake, created by meteorite impact about 50 million years ago, is finally getting the attention it deserves. Three petitioners who approached ... (Lonar Impact Crater, India)

EDITORIAL: Itokawa asteroid dust

Asahi Shimbun - ‎22 時間前‎

Analysis has confirmed that the minerals contained in the particles are different from the elements found on Earth in terms of their composition and are ...

NewsHour

Ancient Volcano Holds Clues to Earth's Deeper Mysteries

NewsHour - ‎5 時間前‎

Some say it was an asteroid or meteorite. The more likely theory, Johnson says, is that it was caused by fractures in the earth, created by tectonic ...

Meteorite Crater on Mount Ararat
Armenian Weekly
18, titled “Unrecorded Meteorite Crater Found on Mount Ararat?” The article reveals that two physicists, Vahe Gurzadyan from the Yerevan Physics Institute ...  (unlikely story - poor science)


Leonid showers light up the Midland skies
Birmingham Mail
BIRMINGHAM stargazers are out in force to watch the famous Leonid meteor shower which is lighting up the night skies – when it isn't full of clouds. ...


Brian Marsden, Eminent Astronomer and Comet/Asteroid Tracker, Dies
Cambridge, MA - Dr. Brian Geoffrey Marsden passed away today at the age of 73 following a prolonged illness. He was a Supervisory Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Director Emeritus of the Minor Planet Center. ...


NS fireball likely a meteor 
Kelowna.com
A fireball spotted in the sky above Nova Scotia's South Shore that triggered fears of a plane crash was probably just a meteor, officials say. ... (Halifax Nova Scotia Fireball 18NOV2010)


Reports of 'huge ball of fire' in sky turn out to be meteor shower
TheChronicleHerald.ca
By EVA HOARE and PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Staff Reporters They feared it was a plane crash, but it turned out to be a meteor shower lighting up the night ...(Halifax Nova Scotia Fireball 18NOV2010 )


Moderate Leonid Meteor Shower Doesn't Disappoint Skywatchers ...
The Leonid meteor shower of 2010 may not have dazzled, but it still caught the eyes of die-hard skywatchers who awoke before dawn today to catch the ...
news.yahoo.com/.../moderateleonidmeteorshowerdoesntdisapp...