20 June 2011

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20JUN2011

How to fall to Earth
BBC News
Late on Tuesday (GMT), a huge fireball will streak across the skies over the Pacific Ocean. Not many will get to see it; it will be over an uninhabited part of the world, and ships and planes have been warned to steer clear of the area.

Internet replacing storehouse of print
SignOnSanDiego.com
By John L. Hawkins About 65 million years ago, a massive meteor struck the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs who could not adapt to the rapidly changed world. In our times, computers and the Internet are pushing to extinction today's dinosaurs – old ...

Green Meteor Stargazers Lounge
Just stuck my head out of the window to see if it's a clear night (it is) and was about to turn around when a bright light caught my eye. Its.
stargazerslounge.com/observing.../146159-green-meteor.html


Asteroid Vesta: The Key to Understanding Our Solar System?
Student Operated Press
One of the more interesting facts about Vesta is that more than four billion years ago mouton lava flowed on the surface of Vesta and that surface has not changed since then except for the occasional meteor that may slam into the surface of Vesta and ...
隕石から迫る小惑星上での有機物合成
地球に落下してすぐに回収された1つの隕石の分析結果からアミノ酸を始めとした有機物の存在量と水の存在量に関係があることがわかった隕石の母天体である小惑星で ...
www.astroarts.co.jp/news/2011/06/14tagishlake/index-j.shtml


Heart-shaped meteorite found in yard [CNN: 6-14 ... (HOAX!)
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19 June 2011

Asteroid 4 Vesta to Become Visible with Telescope Starting 21JUN2011

Asteroid Vesta 4 to Become Visible with Telescope Starting 21JUN2011 6.5 Mag
Credit: Astronomy.com
More information:

Astronomical Events Calendarhttp://astronomicaleventscalendar.blogspot.com/

Steve's Asteroid Occultation
http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2011_06/0621_4_23822.htm (with chart transit map)

Wikipedia entry on 4 Vesta:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Vesta
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NASA SPACECRAFT CAPTURES VIDEO OF ASTEROID APPROACH

WASHINGTON -- Scientists working with NASA's Dawn spacecraft have 
created a new video showing the giant asteroid Vesta as the 
spacecraft approaches this unexplored world in the main asteroid 
belt. 

The video loops 20 images obtained for navigation purposes on June 1. 
The images show a dark feature near Vesta's equator moving from left 
to right across the field of view as Vesta rotates. Images also show 
Vesta's jagged, irregular shape, hinting at the enormous crater known 
to exist at Vesta's south pole. 

To see the video, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/dawn 

The images were obtained by a framing camera during a 30-minute period 
and show about 30 degrees of a rotation. The pixel size in these 
images is approaching the resolution of the best Hubble Space 
Telescope images of Vesta. 

"Like strangers in a strange land, we're looking for familiar 
landmarks," said Jian-Yang Li, a Dawn participating scientist from 
the University of Maryland, College Park. "The shadowy spot is one of 
those - it appears to match a feature, known as 'Feature B,' from 
images of Vesta taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope." 

Before orbiting Vesta on July 16, Dawn will gently slow down to about 
75 mph (120 kph). NASA is expecting to release more images on a 
weekly basis, with more frequent images available once the spacecraft 
begins collecting science at Vesta. 

"Vesta is coming more and more into focus," said Andreas Nathues, 
framing camera lead investigator, based at the Max Planck Institute 
for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany. "Dawn's 
framing camera is working exactly as anticipated." 

The mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 
Pasadena, Calif., for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in 
Washington. Dawn is a project of the directorate's Discovery Program, 
managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. 
UCLA is responsible for overall Dawn mission science. Orbital 
Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., designed and built the Dawn 
spacecraft. The framing cameras were developed and built under the 
leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in 
Katlenburg-Lindau, Germay. 

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Planetary Research in 
Berlin made significant contributions in coordination with the 
Institute of Computer and Communication Network Engineering in 
Braunschweig. The framing camera project is funded by the Max Planck 
Society, DLR and NASA. 

The video from Dawn also will air Monday afternoon on NASA 
Television's Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules 
and links to streaming video, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 
    

Michigan Meteor 18JUN2011

Caro, Michigan Meteor ~10:30 pm 18JUN2011
Saw a meteor tonight around 1030pm going west of Caro, Michigan -Cassandra Hersey

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MBIQ Detects Poland Meteor 18JUN2011

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) has detected a possible meteor event seen in Poland on 18JUN2011.

If anyone has seen this event please email a confirmation and details of your sighting.  There is a list of questions below on this page to answer.  Thank you!
Poland Meteor 18JUN2011
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Please get the infomation out about this event; post on FaceBook. Twitter, YouTube and Forums.  Please reference this site: www.LunarMeteoriteHunters.blogspot.com
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Lodz, Lodzkie, Poland
I saw orange/yellow meteor in center of Poland at 10:15 pm (in Poland). It's decreased with time. -Anon

Krakow, Poland about 10.20pm
18.06.2011 Krakow/Poland about 10.20pm I saw enormous, comparing to star or comet, sphere which was heading from south to east and last more than 10sec. It was moving quite low, because I noticed decided change in trajectory.The colour - bright red, without any tail. -Olga 
Thank you Olga!
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Lodz, Lodzkie arrived from google.pl on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite New 20MAY2011" by searching for 18 may 2011 meteor.
06:59:44 -- 27 minutes ago

Warsaw, Mazowieckie arrived from google.pl on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18JUN2011" by searching for meteoryt 18.06.2011.
06:43:07 -- 43 minutes ago

Cracow, Malopolskie arrived from google.pl on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18JUN2011" by searching for meteor 18 czerwca 2011.
05:18:05 -- 2 hours 7 mins ago
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18 June 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18JUN2011

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News -MBIQ ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
FYI - saw huge meteor @ 9.10pm 17 June 2011 from Strathpine/Brisbane/Australia in Northern Sky heading east to west 45 degree angle, white streak behind quite wide and short, black head with red/yellow glow or edging in front, ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News | Meteorite Times Magazine

Columbia, SC Meteor ~5:20am 6/15/2011 Saw one single fairly large meteorite fly across the western sky this morning at around 5:20am. ...
www.meteorite-times.com/meteor-meteorite-news/



Moon eclipse, Mercury news and the ISS marathon continues 
By astrobob
If you answered 'yes' to both questions, check out NASA's Lunar Science Institute's Meteor Crater field camp, a week of fun in the sun at Meteor Crater, the best preserved and first positively identified impact crater on Earth. ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects Oman, Jordan ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
MBIQ Detects Oman, Jordan, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, UAE Meteor 15JUN2011. MBIQ Detects Jordan, Dubai. Abu Dhabi, UAE Meteor 15JUN2011 If you saw this event, we need Your reports, please answer the questions below and email me. Thank you! ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Holland - The Netherlands ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
I'm from Holland and i just saw a meteor around 3 am at night it had a green-ish flashy light with orange sparks coming off it, i came from a friend and i rode on my bike to my house when i saw it in the sky, i never saw this phenomena ...
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Meteor Crater Field Camp | UW Earth & Space Sciences
By uwess
The Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater is a week-long geology field class and research project based at Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona, more popularly known as MeteorCrater. The goal will be to introduce students ...
UW Earth & Space Sciences



Meteor Activity Outlook for June 11-17, 2011 | American Meteor Society
Once it sets during the late morning hours, a small opportunity will exist for viewing meteor activity between moon set and dawn. The estimated total hourly ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-june-11-...



Meteorite lecturer to speak in Eastern Oregon
Hermiston Herald
Dick Pugh, an internationally renowned scientist with the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory at Portland State University, will be in Eastern Oregon next week for several presentations. He will be presenting a PowerPoint program showing meteorites and ...



Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: NY Meteor 15JUN2011
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
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Fireball 'chases' Arizona couple through desert at ground level ...
An Arizona couple report a "star-like fireball" that was three-feet across followed their car at about the height of their windows for two minutes during a ...
www.examiner.com/.../fireball-chases-arizona-couple-through..




10 deadly comets, asteroids and meteorites in the movies
Den Of Geek
In almost every instance, the sighting of an asteroid, meteorite or comet in a movie means certain doom for its cast. Whether the astral object in question is a gigantic killer meteor bound for Earth, or a comet whose tail hides a race of dormant space ...


Recommended: Mars peppered with meteorites
msnbc.com
By John Roach Imagine traveling all the way to Mars and crawling out of the lander to take that historic first step only to get smacked on the head by a meteorite. It could happen. Really.Meteorites rain down on the Red Planet much more frequently ...




Confessions of a Nuclear Power Safety Expert
Miller-McCune.com
“I was looking at low-possibility events, like a meteor striking the housing of a reactor or a car thrown at it by a tornado. These definitely had a small chance of happening, but the end result would have been horrific.” Plus, he says now, ...


Holland Fragmenting Meteor Fireball 21 - Latest Worldwide Meteor ...
Three Dutch stations captured a bright and (according to eyewitness reports) fragmenting fireball, duration 3-4 seconds, yesterday evening (9 June 21:49 ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../holland-fragmenting-m..



Little rock could hold big secrets 0
Calgary Sun
That fireball, witnessed by dozens in northern BC and Yukon, led outdoorsman Jim Brook to search near his Atlin, BC home with plastic bags, hoping to spot bits of the meteor that may have landed nearby. The sharp-eyed, university-trained amateur ...



The meteorite found in their front yard
9NEWS.com
Now they can add meteorite exploration to their list of front yard activities. On Memorial Day, Martinez and his son were playing kickball when the ball rolled near some bushes. Martinez went over to retrieve it because he had seen a bull snake in that ... (Hoax!)




NASA-Meteor likely causes mysterious Boom Virginia ...
2 min
what was this boom sound? NASA SAYS IT WAS A METEOR
youtube.com




Heart-shaped meteorite found in yard
1 min
Carlos Martinez and his young son find a heart-shaped meteorite in their Colorado yard. KUSA reports. (Hoax!)
cnn.com


Colorado man finds heart-shaped meteor
1 min
A heart-shaped meteor falls into a Colorado man's yard (Hoax)
abclocal.go.com




The Importance of Studying Meteorite Components
1 min
Learn about the importance of studying extraterrestrial molecules andmeteorite components.
slashfood.com

Las Vegas, Nevada USA Meteor 16JUN2011

Las Vegas, Nevada USA Meteor 21:03 PDT 16JUN2011 
Meteor observed 40 degrees above the eastern horizon traveling North to South in a line covering 40 degrees. Observer’s position 12 miles northwest of the city center. Duration 2.4 seconds. No fragmentation. No sound. No trail. Predominant color white. Approx. four times the diameter and brightness of planets in view.
Count Deiro  Thank you Count Deiro!

We need the Date and Time of these events Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor, Start and Stop location in sky, Direction of movement, Duration of Event (seconds), Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Thank you! Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. 
 2011 Year of Meteors!

East Sacramento, CA Bright Green Meteor ~4:40am 17JUN2011

East Sacramento, CA ~4:40am 17JUN2011
Bright fireball streaking slowly down, near vertical a few degrees east of the moon (looking from the north it was falling in the SW towards the Pacific Ocean). Color was white to light green. ~2-3 sec. duration Brightness =~Moon
John Marrs

San Francisco, CA area
There was a VERY BRIGHT light I saw going down to the ground a bit aways from me. And apparently people all over the bay are and even central valley have seen it.
To me it was a very bright white with blue tinge. -Shelia Davis
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2011 Year of Meteors!

MBIQ Triggers Finland, Sweden, Meteor? Event Detection 17JUN2011



Breaking News- MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Triggers Finland, Sweden, Meteor? Event Detection 17JUN2011

This has not yet been confirmed by a witness but MBIQ system trigger indicates an event has occurred and see from Sweden, Finland and Norway.  Anyone that has witnessed a meteor 16/17JUN2011 please email with detail (please answer questions outlined in RED below;thank you).
Tampere, Western Finland
Laukaa, Western Finland
V�ster�s, Vastmanlands Lan, Sweden
Bjuv, Skane Lan, Sweden
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Data Set Builder (unrelated to event trigger)
Espoo, Southern Finland
Hyvinkää, Southern Finland
Oulu , Finland
Lapinlahti, Eastern Finland
Laukaa, Western Finland
Mikkeli, Eastern Finland
Ylivieska, Oulu, Finland
Vanda, Southern Finland 
Helsinki, Southern Finland 


We need the Date and Time of these events 
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Start and Stop location in sky, 
Direction of movement, 
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Photos? Videos? LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Thank you! Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. 
 2011 Year of Meteors!