The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15SEP2011

Fireball sighted over southwest US Technology & science Space msnbccom
People in Southern California and Nevada report seeing a large fireball shooting across the sky Wednesday evening.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/technology_and_science-space/


Reported meteor was probably small piece of asteroid, expert says
Los Angeles Times
Thousands of people from Phoenix to Los Angeles reported seeing what they believed was a bright-green meteor. But the object was probably a "near-earth asteroid" no bigger than a basketball, said Don Yeomans, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory Fellow who ...

Expert: Green 'Meteor' Sighting Was Probably a Piece of Asteroid KTLA LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A mysterious ball of light spotted in the sky Wednesday night led to thousands of reports of meteor sightings from Los Angeles to Phoenix. But, an expert says, it was probably part of an asteroid. The California Highway Patrol...

Reports of 'glowing object' flying across Arizona sky NewsNet5.com A spokesman with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said their aviation unit did confirm seeing the meteor over Deer Valley Airport, but there hasn't been any reports of an impact site. Sharon Roesch wrote, "It was huge and incredible- we were ...

Mysterious Light Seen In Southwestern Sky
KTBS
Was it a meteor, a falling satellite or, perhaps, something more mysterious? A streak of light that some are describing as a fireball, was seen shooting across the night sky and law enforcement and media from Phoenix to Los Angeles to Las Vegas were ...


Coachella Valley residents report UFO - maybe meteor or asteroid - flying in ...
The Desert Sun
When a piece of that asteroid — known as a meteoroid — enters the Earth and vaporizes, the light phenomenon that results is called a meteor. That object becomes known as a meteorite if it survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and hits ...


People See Large Fiery Object in Sky
NBC Connecticut
A spokesman from the National Weather Service says it "sounds" like it was a meteor. Experts say it's not unusual for a meteor to appear to change colors. Many meteors are out there during the day. But, if they are seen at night, they appear much more ...


Strange Lights Seen In Sky, Residents Report
Patch.com
Curt Kaplan of the National Weather Service told the news station the object “was probably ameteor." Ed Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, agreed. It was likely “a piece of interplanetary debris that passed through the Earth's ...


Green fireball in sky dazzles southwest US Technology & science ...
A brilliant bright light seen streaking over the Southwestern sky Wednesday night was most likely a fragment of an asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere, ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../green-fireball-sky-dazzles-southwest-...


Phoenixarea meteor activity reported
Phoenix-area meteor activity reported, Stargazers in a broad swath of the Southwest reported seeing a colorful, mysterious display in the night sky ...
www.azcentral.com/.../20110914Phoenix-meteorite-activity-re...


'Green' fireball in sky dazzles southwest US
msnbc.com
Experts said a fireball — or very bright meteor — was likely to blame. "I saw something that looked like a falling star but it must have been a fireball in the atmosphere," one witness told NBCLA. "It was huge. It had a green glow in front of it and ...


Mysterious light over Southwest likely a fireball
Newsday (subscription)
Click here Mysterious light over Southwest likely a fireball Published: September 15, 2011 3:18 AM By The Associated Press DENISE PETSKI (Associated Press) (AP) -- A brilliant bright light seen streaking in the night sky over the Southwest was most ...


California Meteor: Reports Of Possible Meteor In Southwest United ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
LOS ANGELES — A NASA scientist says a brilliant bright light seen streaking over the Southwestern sky was most likely a fireball – a fragment of an asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere. Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth ...


Possible meteor sightings dazzle Arizona and California
Reuters
But the organization said that bright moonlight would obscure viewing for all but the brightest of heavenly fireballs this week. The sightings on Wednesday caused a stir on Twitter, with one observer reporting, "I saw a lot of red in it from my vantage ...


'Fireball' Seen Streaking Across SoCal Sky
KGTV San Diego
SAN DIEGO -- Numerous reports and viewer calls have stated that a “red fireball” was seen in the east sky around 7:40 pm 10News reported. “I was just outside smoking when I saw it zoom by,” said 10News viewer Mike Naegel. “It only seemed to last for ...


People See Large Fiery Object in Sky
NBC Los Angeles
It like green fireworks going across the sky." The FAA and the National Weather Service say they have both received many calls. A spokesman from the National Weather Service says it "sounds" like it could be a meteor. If you have any photographs of the ...

Reports of 'glowing object' flying across Arizona sky ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) ABC15 started getting reports of the possible meteor around 7:45 pm Wednesday. Many of our viewers are also sounding off about it on the ABC15 Facebook page. Sharon Roesch wrote, "It was huge and incredible- we were driving and too much in shock. ...

Fastmoving object perhaps a meteor seen hurtling across sky latimescom
A fast-moving object, perhaps a meteor, was reported hurtling across the sky Wednesday night, officials said. In eastern Riverside County, the California ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../meteor-reported-across-sky.html


Mystery light rips across Valley's western sky
KPHO Phoenix
... "I was just on the sofa and it really caught my eye." Resident Geneva Ward said, "I thought it was lightning but it went horizontal." "My hubby was outside," said Stephanie Scovell in a Facebook post. "He said it was like a meteor burning up."


Phil's Astronomy Blog: Fireball!!!
Fireball!!! While I was driving home from the gas station tonight, I observed a very large firebill/bolide streak ... Labels: Austin Texas, bolide, fireball, meteor ...
theguvnah.blogspot.com/2011/09/fireball.html

meteor fireball 9/14/11 6 sec a crappy video i took with my flip-phone of tonight's fireball meteor 9/14/11 (Faked video- different meteor event NOT 14SEP2011 Meteor event!) youtube.com

Meteorite in SW United States Wednesday 14 ... 6 sec A large meteorite or space junk entered the atmosphere over the SW United States on Wednesday evening September 14 2011 ... (Video of a different event - faked video!) youtube.com

Antalya, Turkey Meteor Fireball Seen from Aircraft 15SEP2011

Antalya, Turkey Meteor Fireball  20:30 GMT 15SEP2011
Meteor spotted last night over southern Turkey, just east of Antalya.
Large white flash, brighter than any lightning, and then a bright fireball, breaking up onto five or six smaller fireballs of differing speeds. Large trail of orange and white sparks. Biggest meteor I have ever seen, in 35 years.
Meteor was travelling almost due east. Seen at 20:30 GMT on 15th Sept, from aircraft at 25,000'. Looked close, but presume 20 miles away or more. So difficult to tell.
Thanks, -Cpt Roger J Ellis  Thank you Cpt. Ellis!
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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! 2011 Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12-14SEP2011

elp allsky: Another North Texas Meteor Fireball 10SEP2011 ~8:30-8 ...
Another North Texas Meteor Fireball 10SEP2011 ~8:30-8:45 P.M. CDT. Email From: Theresa ... It was by far the brightest meteor I have ever seen. It continued to ...
elpasoallsky.blogspot.com/.../another-north-texas-meteor-fireb...


Meteor shower october 2011
Nasa predicts meteor shower to october 2011. ... 5, BREAKING: NASA Prepares for Potentially Damaging 2011 Meteor Shower, 06/20/10. 6, EarthSky's meteor ...
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1635589/pg1


Apex, NC Meteor 8SEP2011 | Portal to the Universe
Apex, NC Meteor 8:00PM 8SEP2011 Something fell from the sky to the south of Apex, NC around 8PM. It looked like a shooting star, but more orange, then as it ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/143516/

Meteor shower gave upper Earth its rare metals Planet Earth Precious metals are surprisingly abundant in the upper parts of the Earth because a huge meteor shower rained them down out of space, scientists have shown. The authors of a paper published in Nature analysed different isotopes of tungsten in four ...

Heat is the paintbrush in iron meteorite art PhysicsCentral.com (blog) Would you believe me if I told you it's the inside of a meteorite? Photo by Kevin Walsh.] Walking through the geology hall in the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, a few weeks ago, I was struck by what looked like a Jackson Pollock ...

Green Meteor, Great Surprise | Astronomy Sketch of the Day
By Jeremy Perez
Meteor . White Paper; Write comment. Bolide. Object Type: meteor. Location: Itajobi, SP, Brazil 21º10′ S 49º03′ W +453m. Date: 08/07/2011. Time: 12h10 (U.T.) Instrument: none (naked eye) Media: 2B 0.5mm graphite pencil on white paper ...
Astronomy Sketch of the Day


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Indicates Italy (Italia ...
Naples, Campania arrived from google.it on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Florida Bright Green Meteor 5SEP2011" by searching for05/09/2011 ...
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Meteor Activity Outlook for September 10-16, 2011 « The Transient ...
Meteor season finally gets going in July for the northern hemisphere. The first half of the month will be much like June. After the 15th though, both sporadic and ...
https://transientsky.wordpress.com/.../meteor-activity-outlook-...


Odessa Meteor Crater, Odessa, Texas
The second largest meteor crater in the U.S. 550 feet wide and 100 feet deep -- but most of that 100 feet has been filled in with Texas dust. Walk the quarter-mile ...
www.roadsideamerica.com/story/26091

Arizona, California, Nevada, Meteor Bolide? Event 14SEP2011

Arizona, California, Nevada, Meteor Bolide? Event 14SEP2011

AZ, NV, CA Meteor Bolide? 14SEP2011
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Phoenix, AZ (USA) Time Here:[ 7:45pm ] Date Here[09/14/2011 ]
I was walking with my sister in law this evening and we both saw the weirdest thing in the sky. We thought it was a plane/jet that had caught fire or something, then we thought it was a shooting star, and before I could pull out my camera/phone it disappeared into the sky……very interesting. - Denise Adame Thank you Denise!

Las Vegas, Nevada

Large bolide observed South East of Las Vegas. Originated 20' above Southern horizon traveling South to East slight down angle. Bright as moon. Duration about three seconds, but observer did not see first part of fireball. Estimate durantion at five to six seconds. Fragmentation. Appeared to terminate in Arizona at least as far South and East of Las Vegas as Bull Head City, probably further. -Count Deiro  Thank you Count!

Tempe, Arizona

I just went for a quick lap around my apartments at McClintock and University here in Tempe. I started at approx 7:45pm GMT and while I was running south I saw a vibrant green fireball streak, break up and then it went dark. Unfortunately I wasn't close enough to hear a sonic boom but I did hear a very soft pop like a bottle rocket far away. It appeared to be 25 degrees West of South and was about 20-30 degrees from the horizon. It's was moving fairly slow so I assume it was far south. Can someone check Doppler? It must have had a better sighting further South like in Casa Grande or Tucson.-Erik  Thank you Erik!

Gilbert Arizona (Phoenix)
Direction: East to West
Time: 1945 Arizona Time (PST)
Description:
Very high intensity Greenish ball of fire from my location in Gilbert, AZ looking south. It was traveling very low East to West horizontal to the earth at a steady rate, actually slower than I expected. This is when we realized it wasn't someone shooting fireworks. We could see the smoke of trail behind it and it made a slight "hush" sound as it burned. It looked really close to our location but my guess is because of how large it really was. My view lasted for about 10 seconds, before it burned it self out. Very impressive, 2nd brightest meteorite I have ever seen.
Reports show that Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and North Phoenix could see it with color variation. NASA said that it could be part of an asteroid that had broken off.
Sorry no pictures from me, but there are reports of pictures and even video of it.
Thank you! -Britt Thank you Britt!

Phoenix, AZ ] Time Here:[1945 ] Date Here[9-14-11 ]
Saw a white/blue fireball (meteor?) traveling west to east at about 10-15˚ in the sky from this location at 1945. I can provide more details if needed.
Latitude: 33°29'39.12"N
Longitude: 112°16'47.08"W
Brian Griego  Thank you Brian!


Needles, CA Date and Time: 7:47 September 14 2011
I live in Needles, CA. It was raining tonight, so I went to open up all my windows in my house. As I opened up my blinds, I noticed a HUGE ball that was searing across the sky. It was moving horizontally. The meteor did not disapate. This meteor kept going without burning out (What I saw) and dissapeared behind the mountain behind my house. This meteor lasted about 6-8 seconds before it went behind the mountain. The brightness of this meteor was definitely brighter than anything I have seen. The color of this meteor was a strange blue, with an outline of green. The trail was the same color, not white. After a few seconds, there were pieces of debris that were detaching themselves from this meteor. They were in bright color of red. This particles falling from the meteor went in the direction of the end of the meteor. It did not fall directly to the ground. This could be because of the speed the meteor was traveling. The debris of this meteor were massive. They looked as if they were lava rocks. There were no sounds with this meteor. Of course it was raining, so there was probably not much I could hear, due to thunder and lightning. In all honesty, I was expecting an explosion, because this meteor did not die out before it had eventually hit the ground. Because of it's size, my mother and I went driving to see if we could find anything behind the mountains a few miles from my house. Of course we came back empty handed. This is something I have never seen before. Typically meteors burn out very quickly due to the atmosphere. But, this one didn't. Hope this helps! It would be great to actually figure out where this came from. :) -Michelle  Thank you Michelle!

Temecla, California

Saw a huge whiteish, blueish, then greenish, object blazing across, then downward out of sight in the Temecla, California sky at round 7:45pm this evening, Sept., 14, 2011 -Mari  

Thank you Mari!

Central San Diego, CA. about 7:40 pm. 9-14-11

Duration: 15 seconds. I was facing east, and saw the beginning of a white tail meteoroid from what seemed about the altitude of a jet plane. It then quickly got much larger. Much larger than any visible planets, but smaller than the moon. It burned bright green and then burt out quickly.
-Brandon J  Thank you Brandon!

Orange County, CA] Time Here:[7:45 pm ] Date Here[9/14/11 ]

Spotted a ball of light surrounded by green with a long white tail falling in an arc to Earth in the Eastern sky. It was clear and vivid. -Jan Thank you Jan!

Pahrump, NV
My husband and I were driving home from dinner when looking southeast, we saw a fireball with a blue green tail in the sky. There were three separate explosions. It kept doing after the first two but the third one extinguished the ball. When it exploded for the third time, we could see the explosion enter the sky around where the fireball was. We have never seen anything like it before. Do you have any information? We are located 60 miles west of Las Vegas. -Kim Young  

Thank you Kim!

Peoria, Az

Hi my husband and I live in Peoria Az. Our view out the back faces west around 8:30 tonight he yelled OMG! he said he just saw a huge fireball with quite a tail stream across the sky out our west facing windows. -Sheila Thank you Sheila!

La Mesa, CA

At about 8 p.m. tonight while driving in La Mesa, CA I saw what I think must be a meteor - VERY CLOSE! It looked like a ball of fire with a green "tail" and it appeared to zoom (faaassssst) down to the east of me a block or so away dropping behind a hospital near my house. I even drove around the hospital to see where it landed, but couldn't locate it. Very cool and freaky! Have you heard of anything in my area - La Mesa or El Cajon, CA? Thanks, -Kathy  Thank you Kathy!

Ramona, CA

Tonight, 9/14/11, approximately 750pm, I was driving home on Old Julian Highway in Ramona Ca and saw a slow moving, massive fireball that traveled across the sky, changing colors from white to red to green to white again before dropping out of site. I've never seen anything that impressive before. -Dee Thank you Dee!

Payson AZ
15 miles E/NE of Payson AZ on Westbound highway 260, 1/2 mile south of Fire Control Road 64 ] Time Here:[20:41 AZ time ] Date Here[ 14/09/2011]
While driving west/southwest on State Highway 260 just south of Fire Control Road 64 in Gila County, Arizona, I witnessed a very bright green fireball trailing a lot of debris. It was travelling roughly southeast to southwest, and I had good visual on it for about 6 seconds. This particular object was VERY low, almost horizon level. I lost sight of it due to terrain and tall Ponderosa pine forest. VERY impressive show, definitely the lowest and the biggest I have ever seen in 20+ years of skywatching. A wahoo moment for me. :) Regards and thanks, -Lanie Leonard  

Thank you Lanie!

Desert Center, CA 2150 14Sep11
Very bright saw it at about 45 degrees above the horizon, super long lasting (10 seconds?) fireball streaked across the southern sky from W to S. Appeared to sputter out when it got low, only a couple fingers above the horizon.
Rachel Woodard Thank you Rachel!

Southern California
 saw a green shooting star with purple pink tail entering earths atmosphere tonight at about 7:50pm in So. Cal. What was it? I would like more info please e-mail me very curious! -Kelly  Thank you Kelly!

near Boulder City, Nevada/Hoover Dam

Aprox. 1950 hours pacific time I saw what appeared to be an enormous fireball/meteor flying eastward illuminating the sky while driving southbound on Arizona us hwy 93. -Benjamin  

Thank you Benjamin!

Hemet,CA Date: 9 14 2011, Time: 7:45pm Pacific
While commuting home by bicycle from college in a south facing direction, I then noticed a bright green glowing object or meteor it had a bright green tip as mentioned with a wide white fan like tail almost bird like. It flew south east bound direction for about four to five seconds, it was amazing to see at this perspective, I have seen small ones in the past, but nothing like this one. Hope this helps with research and viewers around the world thanks for your site. Peace. -Joe Posadas. Thank you Joe!

Aguanga, CA. 

spotted a meteor from Highway 79 south and Highway 371 junction in Aguanga, CA. 9/14/2011 @ 7:45pm PST. Toward the South Eastern sky, east of Palomar Mountain Observatory. 

-Pat and Robin  Thank you Pat and Robin!

San Diego, CA

It was about 5 mins ago 7:50 9/14 when i saw a large ass shooting star. I told my girlfriend "look a shooting star!" and usually the star would die out before the other peoples reaction of looking at it but this one didnt . I caught it at half way from the middle of the sky and it lasted it seemed like 4 seconds untill it died out into the horrizon it was heading north east. I live in lemon grove which is in a part of san diego CA . I feel like the world is going to end with all these blackouts and meteorites. -Karla Thank you Karla!

Garden Grove, CA ] Time Here:[ 7:50] Date Here[ 9/14/11]
At 7:45/7:50 PST From Garden Grove in California. We observed a slow moving, falling object, seemingly burning up on its way down. Rather than a large meteor it seemed like many small ones clumped together. It was east of where we first saw it, falling north east. Rather large sighting, haven't seen anything that big before. -Wayne Thank you Wayne!

Las Vegas, NV 19:43 

My very first actual meteorite/comet. It was an incredible green-blue fireball with a little flame trail & a nice vapor trail too. I watched it cross the entire sky from west to east almost matching the horizon exactly, if it weren't dark outside already. I'll never forget that. I could've recorded it but I, like many people, couldn't take my eyes off of it. Please let me know if there are other reports of this sighting. Thank you, -Suzie  Thank you Suzie!

Pahrump, NV
We just got a call from Taryn,
Kat's daughter. She was driving on Pahrump Valley Blvd heading South in
the town of Pahrump. The light was not very high in the sky about 35 -
40 degrees. It was bright green and looked like a firework. She was able
to look at it for at least 5 seconds as it was heading East and South to
Las Vegas. No sonic boom was heard. Man -John  Thank you John!


Prescott, Arizona. Green Meteor 7:45 PM.
This is the meteor fireball I witnessed on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 when I was driving on Prescott Lakes Parkway to the south between Willow Lake Road and State Route 89 in Prescott, Arizona. It was 7:45 PM. The green glow was flying across my field of vision almost horizontally from west to east. It lasted for about 10 seconds before it disappeared behind a mountain. It was so huge that I thought it was a falling aircraft at first! I have never seen such a huge meteorite flying for such long duration. -Masayoshi Kaneda, Ph.D. in Mathematics  

Thank you Kaneda Sensei!

Ocean Beach, California at 7:43 pm

Mike P. Thank you Mike!

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! 2011 Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10-11SEP2011

Meteor Shower Rained Gold On Ancient Earth
Some 3.9 billion years ago a massive meteor shower of glittering gold and platinum fell on earth, says a new study published in the Nature Journal by ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../meteor-shower-gold_n_955448.h...


Meteor/Meteorite News ... - Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
NASA meteor expert will address annual meeting at Pisgah Astronomical ... The American MeteorSociety has received several reports of a rare daylight fireball ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../meteormeteorite-news-...


Milky Way Meteor - Mike's Astro Photos
Here's a lucky shot of a bright meteor, low on the horizon. Based on the elevation angle of 8º and assuming a 80km starting point for illuminated flight, this ...
www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/milky-way-meteor/


Tellus fireball camera detects Martian meteor - The Daily Tribune ...
Tellus' fireball camera detects Martian meteor - On Monday morning Tellus Science Museum documented its first meteor hailing from the vicinity of Mars.
www.daily-tribune.com/.../article-Tellus--fireball-camera-detec...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Sweden Meteor 9SEP2011
I think I saw a meteor early this morning about 30 km south of Stockholm, Sweden. I was in my car at around 12.35 am CET (the night between sep 8 and 9 ). ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/rview/143608/


Cape Fear Weather Watch - See a fireball last night? You're not alone
StarNewsOnline.com
By Andrew Dunn Did you see a fireball in the eastern sky Thursday evening? You're not the only one. Most likely, it was a meteor or comet fragment that made it into the atmosphere, said Tim Armstrong of the National Weather Service's office in ...


Meteor streaks skies above Lake Co.
Lake County News Chronicle
That object seen in the skies over the North Shore last month was a meteor bright enough to be seen during the day, according to the website of the American Meteor Society. The term for that is a daylight fireball. That object seen in the skies over ...

Very Bright meteor - BOLIDE EVENT OVER HOUSE.wmv 33 sec This is an old security camera recording that caught a very bright meteor -bolide flash early in the morning over North Seattle ...  (Not Recent - Date and Time  NOT given unfortunately) youtube.com

Roatan, Honduras Green Meteor 10SEP2011

Roatan, Honduras Green Meteor 7:20pm 10SEP2011
At 7:20pm last night I saw a big fireball streak down to earth from the sky. The fire ball was white orange in color with a long tail behind it. I was facing due east at the time from my location of mid island, the island of Roatan, Honduras. It reminded me of an ember falling from a large firework but much much bigger and brighter. I posted the sighting on two of the local discussion groups and got a reply from a gentleman who lives more easterly down the island who saw this as well. My best guess is that it landed in water, I did not hear or see the impact as it went behind a large hill that I face, definitely not a shooting star as this came down to earth, what ever it was. It was neat to see though. -Linda Brown

PS: I forgot to mention its tail was quite green in color, bright again like the fire ball but a lot of green in it....why is there green showing on meteorites when the appear?
-Linda
Thank you Linda 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! 2011 Year of Meteors!

Sweden Meteor 9SEP2011

Stockholm, Sweden Meteor 12.35 am CET 9SEP2011
I think I saw a meteor early this morning about 30 km south of Stockholm, Sweden. I was in my car at around 12.35 am CET (the night between sep 8 and 9). At first I thought it was a shooting star but it was way bigger and brighter and it was "shining" for way too long to be a shooting star. I saw it from the middle of the sky and it fell all the way to the horizon NW of where I was driving.
/Maria Thank you Maria!
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! 2011 Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 9SEP2011

Washington-Oregon Fireball August 26, 2011 | American Meteor ...
The American Meteor Society has received numerous reports of a very bright fireball over the states of Washington and Oregon, occurring near 11:10pm PDT ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../washington-oregon-fireball-august-2...


elp allsky: Oregon, Washington Meteor Fireball 27AUG2011
Oregon, Washington Meteor Fireball 27AUG2011. FromThe ELPALLSKY Chatbox: Aug 27 2011, 1:47 AM. Guest727 (guest): Fireball witbessed about 9:55 PM ...
elpasoallsky.blogspot.com/.../oregon-washington-meteor-fireb...


Meteor/Meteorite News 30AUG2011 | Portal to the Universe
Your one stop news portal for all things astronomy. Portal To The Universe provides a global portal for online astronomy content, serving as an index and ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/140874/


Meteor Activity Outlook for September 10-16, 2011 « The Transient ...
By Carl Hergenrother
Meteor season finally gets going in July for the northern hemisphere. The first half of the month will be much like June. After the 15th though, both sporadic and shower rates increase significantly. For observers in the southern hemisphere, ...
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids...


Canadian study blames ocean acidity for mass extinction
Vancouver Sun
Researchers have long believed that massive volcanic eruptions in present-day Siberia — or possibly a huge meteorite strike — triggered the so-called Permian-Triassic extinction. But the precise mechanism of death for so many species remains a ...

Meteorites delivered Earth's gold BBC News By Leila Battison Science reporter Scientists have shown that the Earth's surface became enriched with precious metals by impacting meteorites. The Earth's crust and mantle has considerably more gold than expected from favoured models of planetary ...

Supernova Near Big Dipper: How to WatchABC News (blog) This is not something, like a meteor shower or a lunar eclipse, that anyone can see with the naked eye on a clear night. But scientists say this is a once-in-a-generation event. Twenty-one-million years ago, a star exploded, turned spectacular, ...