13 July 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 13JUL2011

Triceratops Was Last Dinosaur Standing
Discovery News
The 65 million-year-old find suggests a meteor may have wiped out the dinosaurs in a sudden catastrophic event. By Jennifer Viegas The world's last known surviving non-avian dinosaur was a Triceratops from Montana's Hell Creek Formation. ...



Tough turtles survive cretaceous meteorite impact
PhysOrg Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:07 PM PDT
(PhysOrg.com) -- New fossil localities from North Dakota and Montana have produced the remains of a turtle that survived the 65 million-year-oldmeteorite impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. The resulting study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, suggests that Boremys, a turtle that belongs to a group known as the baenids (bay-een-ids) survived the ...

February meteor outburst: new shower #427

We detected a new shower in our CAMS video data of 
February 4, caused by Earth crossing the dust trail
of a long-period comet. It was added to the IAU Working List
as shower #427, the February eta Draconids. 
According to Esko Lyytinen's calculations, the shower 
may return in 2016 or 2023. More information is posted here: 
http://cams.seti.org
-Peter Jenniskens

Cosmic Collisions: Meteorite…Extraterrestrial rocks hold valuable clues to the history of the solar system.bing.com


2011 The Year of Meteors!
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12 July 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 12JUL2011

meteorobs : Message: (meteorobs) Meteor Activity Outlook for July ...
meteorobs: Amateur meteor astronomy. ... in watching meteor activity. Evening rates are reduced slightly this week due to moonlight. ...
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/meteorobs/message/40077


Tough Turtle Survived What Dinosaurs Couldn't
Discovery News
By Jennifer Viegas A tough river turtle, Boremys, not only survived the meteorite impact that likely wiped out the dinosaurs, but it also seemed completely unfazed by the catastrophic event, according to a new Society of Vertebrate Paleontology paper. ...


How tough turtles survived a deadly meteor Technology & science ...
What does it take to survive a catastrophic meteor impact? The tough turtles of the Cretaceous know a bit about that; they seem to have survived the mass ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../technology_and_science-science/



The Greatest Mysteries of the Asteroid Belt
Space.com
[What's the Difference Between an Asteroid and a Comet? http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/asteroid-comet-or-meteor-1139/] From there, Dawn will go on to orbit the belt's biggest object, Ceres, in 2015. Ceres accounts for nearly a third of the ...




Richland Man Finds Meteorite…
Richland Man Finds Meteorite-like Object In Driveway
video.app.msn.com
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10 July 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 10JUL2011

Meteorite magic in Mokoia
Taranaki Daily News
It had a tail like a meteor and gradually faded off into a long silver-like line, which remained in the sky for several minutes after the ball disappeared, and then faded away like puffs of smoke. Soon after the ball disappeared I heard an explosion ...


Meteor Activity Outlook for July 9-15, 2011 | International Meteor ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for July 9-15, 2011. During this period the moon reaches its full phase on Friday July 15th. At this time the moon will lie opposite ...
www.imo.net/node/1379
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Setubal, Portugal Meteor Fireball 10JUL2011

Setubal, Portugal Meteor Fireball 10JUL2011
Assunto: 10JULY2011 Fireball, Setubal, Portugal
Hi there!
My apologies for reporting this to you so late!
Date of my sighting: 10th July 2011
Time: 22h 17m Local Time (Lisbon Time).
Place: Setubal, Portugal
Coordinates of the place where I was standing, in front of my apartment:
38º 31' 28" N; 8º 52' 02" W (Google Earth);
Elevation: 36 meters;
My initial atention was atracted by it's sudden glare:
Aprox. begin point: ~25º over the eastern horizon;
Aprox. end point: ~17º over the eastern horizon;
Visual path: ~6º long;
It moved on a vertical direction towards the eastern horizon, on an aprox. Azimuth: ~95ºE;
Visual magnitude at it's brightest, near it's end point; -5.0 mag. vis.
It moved fast, with a duration of about 2.5 to 3.0 seconds;
Visual colours seen: Head bright white with 4 sparks, green and orange-reddish trail.
No sound. -José A. Campos  Thank you José!

PS: Independent co-discoverer of comet Haneda-Campos D/1978 R1
from Durban, South Africa, on 01 September 1978.



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09 July 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 8/9JUL2011

ANGEO - Abstract - Meteor head echo polarization at 930 MHz ...
Meteor head echo polarization at 930 MHz studied with the EISCAT UHF HPLA radar ... The polarization characteristics of 930-MHz meteor head echoes have been ...
www.ann-geophys.net/29/1197/2011/


Meteor Activity Outlook for July 2-8, 2011 | American Meteor Society
Meteor season finally gets going in July for the northern hemisphere. ... local weather conditions, alertness and experience in watching meteor activity. ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-july-2-8-...


Loud 'boom' rattles Gainesville area
Access North Georgia
A second caller, a few minutes later, said he was sitting by his pool on Mountain View Road, which is off McEver, and saw a "streak across the sky," followed by the loud noise, leading to some speculation that it was a sonic boom caused by a meteor ...



The Encounter with 2011 MD

Kelly Beatty has an interesting article about the recent encounter with 2011 MD.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/125041789.html


Astronomy: Nuclear network detects fireball : Nature : Nature ...
Astronomy: Nuclear network detects fireball. Journal name: Nature; Volume: 475,; Page: 9; Date published: (07 July 2011); DOI: doi:10.1038/475009b ...
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7354/.../475009b.html
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NEOs! Asteroids Upcoming for July/ Aug 2011 update

Projected NEO debris activity associated with potential Earth meteor encounters .  I expect that we will see possible increased bolide /fireball /meteor activity from 20JULY ~ 26JUL2011 just prior to or just after closer encounters with NEOs  (2007 RQ17) and  (2007 DD).  At time of this post there will still be more NEOs discovered so updates are expected.  Cameras ready!  - LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo ;O!
For the very latest info please check: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/


UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers
Object
Name		Close
Approach
Date		Miss
Distance
(AU)		Miss
Distance
(LD)		Estimated
Diameter*		H
(mag)		Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2010 MJ1) 2011-Jul-080.118646.152 m - 120 m23.69.82
(2008 VH) 2011-Jul-100.165864.5260 m - 570 m20.14.95
(2011 EZ78) 2011-Jul-100.095837.3970 m - 2.2 km17.211.54
264993 (2003 DX10) 2011-Jul-120.173867.6240 m - 530 m20.29.04
265187 (2003 YS117) 2011-Jul-140.190073.9630 m - 1.4 km18.117.75
(2008 LV16) 2011-Jul-140.068126.5250 m - 550 m20.215.47
(2010 HA) 2011-Jul-150.103240.142 m - 95 m24.03.94
(2008 TR10) 2011-Jul-150.143956.0220 m - 480 m20.45.43
152828 (1999 VT25) 2011-Jul-170.147157.2180 m - 400 m20.919.90
(2008 OO) 2011-Jul-180.182270.9300 m - 670 m19.725.57
(2008 NP3) 2011-Jul-180.112843.957 m - 130 m23.36.75
(2011 FS9) 2011-Jul-200.144756.352 m - 120 m23.64.35
(2011 NY) 2011-Jul-210.137653.5240 m - 530 m20.210.38
(2007 RQ17) 2011-Jul-220.034013.280 m - 180 m22.65.70
(2011 MW1) 2011-Jul-230.067226.289 m - 200 m22.410.01
(2007 DD) 2011-Jul-230.02399.319 m - 42 m25.83.54
(2009 PC) 2011-Jul-260.154260.061 m - 140 m23.27.42
(2003 BK47) 2011-Jul-260.199477.6660 m - 1.5 km18.024.59
(2011 NZ) 2011-Jul-290.188973.5210 m - 460 m20.64.82
(2008 SO) 2011-Jul-300.159061.9200 m - 450 m20.67.16
(2011 LS17) 2011-Jul-310.114144.479 m - 180 m22.610.89
3103 Eger 2011-Aug-040.152859.51.5 km15.416.36
(2008 SR7) 2011-Aug-050.142155.3280 m - 620 m19.98.31
(2008 NX) 2011-Aug-070.159362.025 m - 57 m25.17.13
(2011 GD60) 2011-Aug-110.113444.1120 m - 270 m21.75.27
(2006 SE6) 2011-Aug-140.198177.169 m - 150 m22.914.11
45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 2011-Aug-150.060123.41.6 km0.024.62
(1988 TA) 2011-Aug-160.193975.4400 m20.910.45
136770 (1996 PC1) 2011-Aug-170.176268.6230 m - 510 m20.317.97
(2011 BL45) 2011-Aug-190.099138.69.8 m - 22 m27.23.87
(2008 RG1) 2011-Aug-200.143055.7190 m - 430 m20.711.44
(2009 AV) 2011-Aug-220.127849.7670 m - 1.5 km18.022.68
(2011 KP17) 2011-Aug-230.125048.6390 m - 870 m19.210.72
(2011 JP29) 2011-Aug-250.185072.0460 m - 1.0 km18.810.97
(2007 UT3) 2011-Aug-260.090035.019 m - 43 m25.711.94
(2010 JW34) 2011-Aug-280.077830.36.2 m - 14 m28.13.12
(2002 JR100) 2011-Aug-280.050919.838 m - 84 m24.27.87

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ Source: NASA/JPL/CalTech

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Bell Island, Newfoundland, Canada "Mystery" Event Entry 2APR1978 2011 Booms are Meteors?

Bell Island "Mystery" Event Entry 2APR1978

Uploaded on YouTube by  on 20 Jan 2009 3,700 views

Wikipedia excerpt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Island

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The Bell Island boom
On April 2, 1978, there was a loud explosion on Bell Island which caused damage to some houses and the electrical house wiring in the surrounding area. Two cup-shaped holes about two feet deep and three feet wide marked the major impact. A number of TV sets in Lance Cove, the surrounding community, also exploded at the time of the blast. It was initially thought to be caused by ball lightning.[2] Meteorologists confirmed that atmospheric conditions at the time were not conducive to lightning. The boom was heard 55 kilometers away in Cape Broyle. The impact occurred in the Bickfordville area, on the southwestern side of the island. ...
The incident was investigated by John Warren and Robert Freyman from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (then called the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) of New Mexico, United States. It has been speculated that, due to the two men's place of work, they were investigating a secret weapons test and were military attachés. However, reacting to data received from the Vela satellites, they were in fact investigating a superbolt - an unusually large bolt of lightning, lasting an unusually long time: about a thousandth of a second.[3]... (more) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Island
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