21 November 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 ...




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
papasarBill 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)

20 November 2010

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 ...


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...

19 November 2010

Leonid Meteor Shower Peak Tonight 18NOV2010- Meteor/Meteorite News 19NOV2010

Huge ball of fire' actually meteor shower, NS officials say
TheChronicleHerald.ca
They feared it was a plane crash but it turned out to be a meteor shower lighting up the night sky. Early Thursday evening, emergency crews rushed to Nova ... (Halifax, Nova Scotia Fireball 18NOV2010)

Moderate Leonid meteor shower doesn't disappoint
msnbc.com
By Tariq Malik 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 it if you can: Leonid meteor shower continues tonight
CNN (blog)
Skygazers have the option of staying up real late tonight or waking up very early Thursday morning for optimal viewing of this year's Leonid meteor shower. ...



msnbc.com
Leonid meteor shower's November 2010 moments
Sofia Echo
The Leonid meteor shower display, which was expected to have peaked on the night of November 17 into November 18 2010, will continue for some time. ...





Sofia Echo

Where to Catch The Leonid Meteor Shower
Phoenix New Times (blog)
It's the peak week of the Leonid Meteor shower, an annual event that occurs in November, when excess material from material the Tempel-Tuttle comet passes ...

Phoenix New Times (blog)
Leonid Meteor Shower 2010! Meteor Shower Tonight, November 17!
Chika Princess
Leonid Meteor Shower 2010 will be appearing in our skies tonight, November 17.

 According to different astronomical centers, meteor shower tonight will peak ...

The Leonid Meteor Shower Tonight 
Gather.com
The Leonid meteor shower will give us a beautiful view in the sky tonight (Nov 17). 

So make sure you aren't anywhere near a lot of light pollution. ...


The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Courtesy of the New Jersey Astronomical Association A 1996 photo 
of a meteor during the annual Leonid shower. While there have been
MIT Technology Review (blog)
But Gurzadyan and Aarseth raise another: that it is the result 
of a meteorite impact. They rule out a glacial origin on the grounds
 that 2100 metres is well ...

Madison County Meteorite Expert Stars in TV Show
KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville 
Some people search for buried treasure, others dig for
 diamonds, but for Madison County man Steve Arnold,
 his white whale is meteorites.





Meteorite Men- Strange Rock
2 min
This weird rock has the Meteorite Men stumped!

 Is it from space or not?
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Meteorite Men- Poodle Around
2 min
The guys discover that some of their key

 equipment fell off the truck.
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18 November 2010

Serbia Macedonia Large Bolide Two More Videos 12NOV2010 18Nov2010

Enhanced Serbian Fireball Image Reveals Possible Fragments
This contrast enhanced image of the recent Serbia/Macedonia bolide shows what appear to be fragments rather than camera lens artifacts trailing behind the parent body at terminal burst. Future higher resolution images/videos may reveal more.   
source: El Paso AllSky
Commen by Milan said...

Greetings from Serbian Astronomical Station Vidojevica where the all-sky camera image has been taken. We are pretty sure that there are no "fragments" in the image, just a back reflection from the lens on to the acrylic dome of the all sky camera, and back in to the image.
http://elpasoallsky.blogspot.com/2010/11/enhanced-serbian-fireball-image-shows.html

Bljesak bolida- Serbia / Macedonia 12NOV2010
posted on YouTube by astronomskimagazin | 2010年11月17日 90views
Nedavni bljesak bolida koji je zasijao nad južnom Srbijom zabeležen je i u Skoplju. Ovo je snimak sigurnosne kamere na ulazu u jednu skopsku radnju. Poslao Radan Mitrović



Meteor blesok 3.avi- Serbia / Macedonia 12NOV2010


posted on YouTube by astronomija2009 | 2010年11月17日 37Views

Blesokot na metoerot bolid koj preleta nad Juzna Srbija i severnite delovi na Makedonija. Snimkata e od edna bezbednosna kamera od Skopsko pretprijatie.
Dokolku imate i vie nekoja vakva snimka napravena na 12 Noemvri okolu 19:30 ve molime da ne iskontaktirate na kontakt@astronomija.com.mk