The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13AUG2011

Perseid Meteor Shower Dazzles Skywatchers Despite Full Moon
Space.com
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor Skywatchers around the world caught stunning views of the Perseid meteor shower overnight Friday (Aug. 12) despite a bright nearly full moon that threatened to outshine annual "shooting star" display's peak. ...


New Meteor Shower Discovered; May Uncover New Comet
A meteor seen in June 2010 in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. A meteor streaks over California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in July 2010 ...
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A Weekend Treat — Full Moon, Meteor Showers and the Space Station
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
In addition to that, the Perseid meteor showers will bring lots of oohs and aahs if you can stay up that late or if you're a really early morning riser. And then for a cherry on top of the ice cream sundae, if you're really lucky, you'll see the Space ...


Florida Fireball August 11, 2011 | American Meteor Society
The American Meteor Society has received nearly 30 reports of a bright fireball occurring over Florida between 1030-1100pm EDT on August 11. ...
www.amsmeteors.org/2011/08/florida-fireball-august-11-2011/


Reported 'Plane Down' May Have Been Meteor
WTOK
Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station. by Laura Schons Location: Meridian MS on Aug 12, 2011 at 04:06 PM I was heading back from Starkville Ms last night on 45 south about 10 minutes north of ...

Meteors over The Alps PlanetSKI.eu It is why many observatories have been bulit in the Alps. There could be about onemeteor a minute as the earth passes through the debris left by the comet, Swift-Tuttle. It happens every August and is usually a spectacular display, more so though when ...

In Case You Missed It -- NASA Finds DNA in Space
New America Media
Fifteen years ago when scientists postulated that a Martian meteorite named Allan Hills might contain evidence of microscopic fossils of bacteria, the news was received with a mixture of astonishment and skepticism. This week, NASA researchers ...


Listen to Perseid meteor shower – Boing Boing
Photographer Travis Morisse took this great shot of a meteor streaking across the sky near Hutchinson, Kansas. Which reminds me, the Moon may obscure your ...
boingboing.net/2011/08/.../listen-to-perseid-meteor-shower.ht...

A trick to catch Perseid meteor shower 2011 in spite of a full moon Christian Science Monitor The Perseid meteor shower 2011 peaks overnight. The nearly-full moon will mask all but the brightest meteors, but even if you can't see the shooting stars, you can hear them on your FM radio. A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky over Stonehenge...

South Seas Fireball Startles Polynesian Island Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet "There was a large, a huge clap of thunder but it was its normal starry night outside,” Chenery told the broadcaster. The fireball is believed to have originated from the Perseid meteor shower, which was due to peak on Aug. 13.

BBC News Perseid meteor showers set to peak
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the highlights in the skygazers' calendar, is set to peak in the early hours of Saturday morning.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14503284


華盛頓郵報:隕石含有未曾見之DNA之成分| 發現火星人| fossil | NOWnews ...
華盛頓郵報:隕石含有未曾見之DNA之成分. 這些成分如果小行星能生產, 為何地球不能? Washington Post: DNA building blocks found in meteorites ...
blog.nownews.com/article.php?bid=12363&tid=1503106


Jacko-link meteorite for sale
Sky News
Part of a meteorite with links to Michael Jackson is to be auctioned off next week. The late pop star bought one half of the meteorite in 2003 and the second piece is now up for sale. According to auctioneers, it spent four-and-a-half billion years in ...

Perseid - Understanding the meteor shower, which ... 3 min What's Up for August? Meteors! The Perseid meteor shower will take place in the early hours of August 13. credit: NASA W1TV ... youtube.com

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Italy Perseid Fireball 02.22.06 ± 1 U.T. 13AUG2011

Italy Perseid Fireball 2011.08.13_02.22.06 ± 1 U.T.

Ferruccio Zanotti
IMTN ( Italian Meteor and TLE Network )


http://meteore.forumattivo.com/t1993-fireball-perseide-20110813_022206-1-ut#8578



video xvid: http://www.ciph-soso.net/FE2008/M20110813_022206_Ferrara_TL.avi

Date and Time of event? 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? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 


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NASA To Host Worldwide "UP ALL NIGHT" Chat For The Perseid Meteor Shower 2011 This Friday Night 12/13AUG2011

NASA Chat: Stay 'Up All Night' to Watch The Perseids!

The 2011 Perseid meteor shower will peak on the night of Aug. 12 and into the morning of Aug. 13. Make plans to stay "up all night" with NASA astronomer Bill Cooke and his team as they answer your questions via live Web chat. In Addition, live all sky camera links will be available for chatters to watch as Perseids streak across the screen.

Joining the chat is easy. Simply return to this chat page a few minutes before 11 p.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 12. The chat module will appear at the bottom of this page. Simply type your name to join the chat, then we'll start taking your questions at 11 p.m. EDT.

http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/perseids_2011.html


Uploaded by MysteryHunter2 on 12 Aug 2011 69 views
A bit dated (2009), but none-the-less very informative!  Please note that the date and time given in the video was from 2009.


Date and Time of event? 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? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you!
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Holiday, Florida FIREBALL REPORT 10:40 P.M. 08/11/2011

Holiday, Florida FIREBALL REPORT 10:40 P.M. 08/11/2011
I witnessed around 10:40 PM (traveling from north to south) a bright object, possibly a meteor, falling from my home in Holiday, Florida . The object was bright white and from my vantage point the size of a star in the sky. It appeared like a fizzling out firework at first but, was much to high in the atmosphere. It moved much slower than a normal shooting star does taking about 3 seconds to move an inch in the sky. It left a large trail behind it. I watched as it went behind a cloud then back into my vision. The object began to fade a bit and then continued to fall out of my field of sight due to many trees in my neighborhood. -Kathleen
Kathleen, Thank you for your kind report!

Date and Time of event? 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? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you!
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Japan Daytime Point-Source Astroidial Meteor Outbreak Event "Jim Gamble" 11AUG2011

Japan Daytime Point-Source Astroidial Meteor Outbreak Event "Jim Gamble" Witnessed from Tokyo 11AUG2011
  At approximately between 6:35-6:45 pm 11AUG2011, I witnessed a point-source burst with a large center cluster with 5-7 side bursts while standing on my balcony facing approximately due West just prior to sunset. At first I thought I was seeing fireworks!!!....  Stunned with awe, I ran into my apartment to grab a camera but the batteries were missing and it took time to locate a second camera.  By the time I got back outside (approximately 3 minutes) the event was no longer visible.
  If any Japanese Allsky or Japanese Radio Astronomers captured this event please contact me.  Thank you!
Dirk Ross, LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo, Japan.
 Please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com

Date and Time of event? 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? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you!
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12AUG2011

Can't see the Perseid meteor shower? Listen to it
Los Angeles Times
The 2011 Perseid meteor shower peaks Saturday night. The bummer? It coincides with a full moon, so your chances of getting to see the annual celestial show are rather low. (Darn that beautiful ambient moonlight!) But if you want to know what you're ...


we saw a green fireball, page 1
In the distance (approx 200 yards) we saw a green fireball shoot across the sky. From our vantage point, the object appeared to be about 5-10 meters in ...
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread739220/pg1


Moonlight and meteors
Record-Searchlight
Record Searchlight file photo A meteor streaks across the sky at Whiskeytown during a previous Perseid meteor shower. The shower will be taking place Saturday night. Greg Barnette/Record Searchlight file photo Members of Sister on the Fly get together ...


Recommended: Make the most of the meteors
msnbc.com
Brian Emfinger photographed this Perseid fireball in 2009. (More photos at RealClearWx.com.) By Alan Boyle August's Perseid meteor shower ranks among the year's most popular sky shows, and provides a great opportunity to drink in a big gulp of ...


Perseid Meteor Shower 2011: Why You Can't See The Celestial Event
Huffington Post
It seems the moon's going to be putting a damper on Thursday's typically stunning meteor shower. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to catch it. This year's summer meteor shower happens to coincide with a full moon, so it seems these little ...


U46 planetarium reaches new heights with new digital projector
Chicago Sun-Times
John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media ELGIN — The best viewing of the Perseid meteor shower will be Friday night, with the moon at your back, according to Peggy Hernandez, School District U46's planetarium teacher. She modeled what the sky will look ...


2Do: Museums, parks, family events and more for Aug. 12-18, 2011
Plain Dealer (blog)
Full Moon Hike and Meteor Shower. Campfire following the hike. The hike will end at the observation mound to watch the Perseid meteor shower. 9:30 pm Saturday. Summit County Metro Parks. FA Seiberling Nature Realm/Visitors Center, 1828 Smith Road, ...


Spaceships, Meteors, and Moonlight - NASA Science
According to the International Meteor Organization, worldwide observers now are counting more than a dozen Perseids per hour with more to come on August ...
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science.../09aug_perseids2011/


PAGASA: Perseids meteor shower to peak Aug 13 - Nation - GMA News ...
If weather permits, stargazers will get a treat this month with the Perseids meteor shower in the early morning hours of Aug. 13.
www.gmanews.tv/.../pagasa-perseids-meteor-shower-to-peak-a...

Perseid Meteor Shower to Peak This Weekend National Geographic Kicking off what's become an annual ritual for many stargazers, the Perseid meteorshower is set to peak tomorrow night with its dazzling flurry of shooting stars. (See Perseid pictures.) Peaking late Friday through early Saturday, this year's cosmic ...

Montsec seeks to attract tourists with the meteor shower in ...
By B.B
by 350.org Montsec seeks to attract tourists with the meteor shower in October Lleida. (EFE) .- The Montsec Astronomical Park (PAM) has launched a new.
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Perseids peak Friday Aug. 12 | Southgate Amateur Radio News
The Perseid meteor shower peaks on Friday night August 12 and should produce good meteorscatter contacts on the Amateur Radio 50, 70 and 144 MHz bands.
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The Bucklin Corner - Linn County Leader Meteorite
Linn County Leader
By Ed Ktichen Meteorites are rare and hard to find. But if found, can be worth a lot of money. About three weeks ago a black stone caught my eye amongst the plethora of white stones in the Linn County Leader parking lot. A celestial, 'diamond in the ...


Aussie meteorite holds secret to life
Sky News Australia
A meteorite that crashed into outback Australia nearly forty years ago holds evidences that life on Earth began in space. News.com.au reports NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic ...

Climate Change Update (11 August 2011) Meteor ... 11 min Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. International observers ... youtube.com

Perseid Meteor Shower to peak August 11-13 4 min link: Perseid meteor shower to peak August 12-13 theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com youtube.com

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Meteor/Meteorite News 11AUG2011

CNNcojp生命の源は宇宙に 隕石からＤＮＡの成分発見 ＮＡＳＡ
ＣＮＮ 米航空宇宙局ＮＡＳＡは生命の設計図といわれるＤＮＡの基となる物質が隕石から見つかったと発表した宇宙からの隕石や彗星が地球上の生命の形成を促す役割を ...
www.cnn.co.jp/fringe/30003666.html


DNA in Space? Biological Building Blocks Found in Meteorites
TIME
11, 2011 Scientists have been finding evidence of life inside meteorites for well over 100 years — that, or the building blocks of life. The claims of life have been debunked every time, most recently just this past March. It always turns out to be a ...

Perseid Meteor Shower to Compete With Full Moon on Friday Fox News This week marks the annual return of the Perseid meteor shower, the most reliablemeteor shower of the year, though the full moon may interfere with this year's display. The Perseid meteor shower peaks this week in the overnight hours of Friday and ...

Weekend Meteor Shower: How Space Junk Becomes Natural Fireworks
Patch.com
Early Saturday morning marks the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Few things give even a casual star gazer as much heart-jumping excitement as spotting a meteor. Meteors, sometimes called shootingor falling stars, are actually not stars at all ...

Riddle of the late night rumblings that caused a sonic boom in Norfolk Norwich Evening News Meteorites are fragments of rock and metal which have fallen from space. Asteroids are different shaped rocks which orbit the sun. When two asteroids collide a meteoriteis formed and breaks away from the original rock. Once separated, the meteorite is ...

P'Well's 1813 meteorite goes for auction Limerick Post A call was put out at the time by Astronomy Ireland for people to search lands for the object, believed to have been a meteor - which depending on size, can make you a millionaire. Mr Elliott encouraged others with a taste for science or maybe those ...

Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater | NASA Lunar ...
The NASA Lunar Science Institute headquartered at NASA Ames Research Center.
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Planets, asteroids light August skies
Montreal Gazette
And August is proving to be a banner stargazing time filled with stellar views of asteroids, meteorshowers and planets galore. First up is the most famous astronomical event of the year - a favourite of summer vacationers - the Perseid meteor shower. ...


Did life on Earth begin with alien material?
ABC Online (blog)
A meteorite that fell to Earth forty odd years ago has led to a major discovery about humans and the origin of our DNA. Stuart Gary from ABC's Star Stuff explains.. You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. ...


Spaceships, Meteors, and Moonlight
Space Daily
A nugget of space debris disintegrates in a sparkling fireball. A huge spaceship glides silently overhead. By itself, any one of these events might be enough to get you out of bed. This weekend, all three are going to happen at the same time. ...


When the moon goes splat
Irish Times
SMALL PRINT: IF YOU ARE A space fan, the last week or so has offered plenty to keep your brain cells tingling, including meteor showers and possible liquid on Mars. But did you hear the one about the moon going splat? Earth may have once had two moons ...

The DNA from outer space The Week via Yahoo! News Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:13 AM PDT Did life on Earth begin with a meteorite carrying the building blocks of DNA? NASA scientists think it's possible Aussie meteorite shows we may be aliens News.com.au Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:45 PM PDT By Claire Connelly WRITERS and filmmakers have wondered about aliens "out there" for years. But truth may be close to home...

Meteorites contain chemicals linked to life
Science News
By Alexandra Witze HINTS OF LIFEChemists have found that this meteorite, found in Antarctica and dubbed Lonewolf Nunataks 94102, contains nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA. The nucleobases probably originated in space, the scientists say. ...


Geauga Park District holding annual Perseid meteor shower camp-out ...
The annual Perseid meteor shower is coming and the Geauga and Lake County ... “ We've donemeteor shower events several times before, but last year we did ...
www.news-herald.com/.../doc4e3807d694ece004159351.txt


'Meteorites helped create life on Earth'
Times of India
PTI | Aug 10, 2011, 05.55AM IST WASHINGTON: Scientists have found components of DNA, the building blocks of life on Earth, in meteorites, a discovery they say confirms the theory that at least some of the materials needed to make early life forms came ...


Look to the Sky
Cecil Whig
AP A Perseid meteor streaks towards clouds on the horizon in this 30-second time exposure photograph taken in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. in 2002. The annual Perseid meteor shower will light up the skies over Cecil County this week, but stargazers will ...


Photography competition reveals amazing space pics
CBBC Newsround
It's part of the Perseid meteor shower, which happens once a year, and was snapped above Glastonbury Tor. This is the Orion Nebula, which is formed when a star explodes. The pink clouds...