14 November 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14NOV2011

Meteor Showers « Musings from the Chiefio
We've seen where meteor showers may have played a major role in history in the past ( that 2200 BC collapse of civilizations) and may be synchronized with ... (Excellent Report!)
chiefio.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/meteor-showers/



Decorah area formed by meteor? | Chips
“New meteor impact craters are not really everyday discoveries in the field of geology. The fact that it's sitting literally right beneath Decorah is pretty neat too.” ...
lutherchips.com/2011/11/.../decorah-area-formed-meteor.html



Jeffrey Sullivan - Google+ - Leonid Meteor Shower Next Weekend ...
Leonid Meteor Shower Next Weekend For anyone interested in night landscapes or astrophotography, you'll want to get out someplace dark and clear later…
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Leonid meteor shower due Thursday night | RecordCourier.com
There's a chance that Western Nevadans will get a look at the annual light show presented by the Leonids meteor shower on Thursday.The moon will be (read ...
www.recordcourier.com/article/20111112/NEWS/111119958



Leonid meteor shower peaks November 17, 2011
Examiner.com
The 2011 Leonid meteor shower will peak at midnight EST on the night of November 17-18. Meteors are best observed after midnight, so the morning of the 18th will be the best time to observe the Leonid meteor shower. The mornings of November 17 or 19, ...



Meteor shower in Arizona skies this weekend
With rain early Saturday morning, early Sunday morning will be better for viewing with clear, crisp skies and moonset around 3 AM.
www.myfoxal.com/.../meteor-shower-in-arizona-skies-this-we...




Meteor Persistent Train, Atacama Desert, Chile
This footage was taken during a TWAN / ESO photo expedition at the Atacama Desert, Chile. International Astrophotographer Babak ...
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13 November 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13NOV2011

Tucson, AZ economies get big NASA support
Arizona Daily Star
Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Cyrena Goodrich is looking deep into samples from a Martian meteorite to learn about the chemical evolution of Mars over its history. Using the Michael J. Drake Electron Microprobe Laboratory at the ...



Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Bolide Reported by ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
A big bolide was reported by the Swedish press. Time 1800 PM on 11.11.11. Location: Southern Sweden Direction: South West? Does anyone have skycam recordings or more observations/information? The link ( in Swedish) ...
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Leonid meteor showers coming next week
Baltimore Sun (blog)
They won't look like much this year, but on this day in 1833 the Leonid meteor showers gave startled scientists something to investigate. With skies much darker than they are today, thousands of fireballs made people sit up in bed and take notice. ...



Fossils: What's old is what's new at the Anniston museum
Anniston Star Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:30 AM PST
There are skulls from a primitive dog and a saber-tooth cat. There are rocks and bones and a meteorite .that visitors can touch....

Bolide Reported by Swedish Press 11NOV2011

A big bolide was reported by the Swedish press.
Time 1800 PM  on 11.11.11
Location: Southern Sweden
Direction: South West?


Does anyone have skycam recordings or more observations/information?


The link ( in Swedish)
http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/stor-rymdsten-lyste-upp-himlen-over-sverige
http://www.ufo.se/blogg/15855
(both links are in swedish so please use google translate)
Thank you in advance for all the information we can get.
Jan van Hoffen



Sweden 6 p.m local time 11NOV2011
Possible meteor lighting up the sky in Sweden 6 p.m local time on 2011-11-11.
It lasted for maybe 2-3 seconds and lit up the sky very much, more than the moon anyway.
The color was bright blue and it made a rumbling noise for a second or so...
You guys know anything about that? /Sanna Eriksson, Sweden  Thank you Sanna!


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Portsmouth, New Hampshire Green streak in sky 12NOV2011

Portsmouth, New Hampshire Green streak in sky 7 PM EST 12NOV2011
While driving in Portsmouth, New Hampshire saw one very long defined green streak in the sky right next to the moon. Way too thick to be a patch of clouds plus the sky is completely clear. Has been there for longer than twenty minutes. -Gayla K Thank you Gayla!

Gayla this is most likely not related to a meteor; maybe an aircraft contrail?

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12 November 2011

Belgium Meteor 12NOV2011

Belgium Meteor 8:33 pm Local 12NOV2011
I'm from Belgium (Europe) and i'm pretty sure that i saw a meteorite in the sky, i was just leaving my house. I'm not sure because it was the first time in my life that i saw a thing like that.
It was the 12 November 2011 at 8:33 PM, it was huge, the head was burning and was follow by a blue queue. (Sorry for my english, french is my language).
I found your website and i discover that others people had the same. So i would like to know if you have other story for the same region of the world at the same time ? please.-Damien  
Thank you Damien!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12NOV2011

Weatherwatch: Meteorology blame it on Aristotle
The Guardian
The word meteor was in 1590 specifically used to mean a fireball or shooting star. Photograph: Alamy Why is the study of the weather confusingly known as meteorology? We can blame Aristotle, who wrote a book on the weather describing the interplay of 
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Farmer Finds Rare Meteorite
Discovery News
Scientists are analyzing an extremely rare meteorite found by a farmer in a tiny Missouri town called Conception Junction (population 202), reports Washington University in St. Louis, which helped identify the rock. An unnamed farmer had found the ...

B.C./Calgary, Alberta, Canada Green Meteor 11NOV2011

Calgary, Alberta, Canada Green Meteor 10:25 PM MST 11NOV2011
Just saw your website when I was trying to figure out what I saw tonight.
At 10:25PM MST tonight (11/11/11) I was standing on my apartment balcony when I saw a green streak in the sky. It only lasted about 2 seconds and was West of Calgary, AB, Canada heading in a South to North direction over the Rocky Mountains.
Hope this info helps.-Chris Grimes   Thank you Chris!

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Meteor 11.11.11
In Nanaimo, from my east facing window looking over Strait of Georgia I saw the biggest fireball-comet -like-meteor blazing down, at a 45 degree angle coming from high in the sky into (it seemed) the ocean between us and Vancouver. I thought it was very close, but now reading your website it seems like the same fireball that was spotted in Calgary - it was in the eastern sky moving from south to north. This is by far the biggest shooting star I have ever seen, and it made 11.11.11 even more memorable! EAL -Nadia S.  Thank you Nadia!

Calgary, Alberta, Canada Blue/Green Meteor ~10:30 PM 11NOV2011
I found this website when I was attempting to ascertain what I saw the evening of 2011 November 11 at approximately 10:30pm…apparently, it was a meteorite! As with the other posts, I, too, witnessed a blue/green light west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada which was travelling in a south to north direction and lasted only a couple of seconds. I had never seen anything like it before and the closest analogy I could find would be that of a shooting star; however, it was much brighter, closer and a different colour. What a sight to behold!-Jamie  Thank you Jamie!

Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. Meteor ~10:25 MST 11NOV2011
NOV.11, 2011 - at approximately 10:25 p.m. my husband and I were driving along 1a almost at the Morley road turn off when we were witness to a most brilliant display staged by the night sky. There was a full moon slightly obscured by clouds at times.To our suprise and pure delight a jagged white ball against the night sky suddenly appeared and within a fraction of a second a long green tail appeared trailing behind the jagged white ball. This writer also recalls a slight line of yellow on the perimeter of the green tail. Seperate from the end of the tail there was a small irregular dot of yellow. This extraordinary visual appeared to be travelling from north to south and dissappeared seemingly into the very nearby landscape. We wondered outloud if we had seen a comet at the end of its journey or perhaps a meteor. It seemed very close to our car and I said to my husband we almost left this planet in a fiery chariot. Do any astronomers know what we have seen? Bonnie R  Thank you Bonnie!  You saw a fireball meteor.

HWY 1 past Old Banff Coach Road at 10:20 PM 
Hi, I also saw the bright green flash west of Calgary on November 11, 2011. I was driving west on Highway 1 and had just passed Old Banff Coach Road at 10:20 PM when I saw a very bright green flash coming down from the sky in a slightly north to south direction. It was coming down southwest of where I was. I also thought it might be a shooting star, but it was probably 10x brighter and distinctly green. Also, there was a bit of cloud cover that night, so it was bright enough for me to see it through the clouds. An amazing sight! -- Ricardo Cosentino  Thank you Ricardo!


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Sellersville, PA Meteor Fireball 11NOV2011

Sellersville, PA Meteor Fireball ~11:15 pm EST 11NOV2011
I was at an outdoor event with about 6 other people when we saw what looked like a fireball in the sky. It was not green and blue but more like orange and yellow. we watched it for at least 10 seconds when it just seemed to evaporate. one person i was with did catch some of it on video. i have seen plenty of "shooting stars"- this was so different--it had no tail, and it lasted a long time...and it was huge/close feeling. -Emily Thank you Emily!



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Nashville, Tennessee, Meteor 11NOV11

Nashville, Tennessee, USA Meteor 7:45 PM CST 11NOV11
I live in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and last night, 11/11/11, around 7:45 CST, I was sitting on my balcony which faces directly to the east. At an angle somewhere between 30 and 45 degrees up, a bright star quickly appeared and moved down and to the left, disappearing before reaching the horizon. It was the brightest one I had ever seen, and immediately I said a prayer. It was a great experience, especially considering the date.
Tonight, I've been going to different websites to learn more about whether it was a star or meteorite.
Donny McCaleb

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11 November 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11NOV2011

Arizona State University Meteorites Video
3 min
The ASU club, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, was on the Tempe Campus to share their passion for space ...
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Two fireballs seen over Poland on successive nights, including very ...
On Sunday a record-breaking fireball appeared over Poland. Its visible trail was as long as 254 km, reports the Polish Fireball Network (PFN - PKiM in Polish).
www.sott.net/.../237486-Two-fireballs-seen-over-Poland-on-s...



Find Shattercones along the St Lawrence?
http://all-geo.org/erratics/2011/11/the-charlevoix-impact-crater/




Cosmic rock found in farmerâs field worth up to $850,000
EarthSky Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:03 PM PST
The Conception Junction meteorite was probably once part of the asteroid belt. It is a rare and very beautiful example of a pallasite meteorite.



Rare Pallasite Meteorite Found in Missouri
Universe Today Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:45 PM PST
Meteorite hunter Karl Aston finds meteorites not by digging in the ground, but by placing ads in local newspapers. He asked people who found unusual rocks to contact him. Most responses were bum leads, but in 2009 Aston heard from a farmer in the northwestern Missouri of Conception Junction, who found something interesting: An unusually [...]


Rare Meteorite Found by Missouri Farmer Worth a Heavenly Price
SPACE.com Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:21 PM PST
meteorite from the asteroid belt found its way to Conception Junction, Mo., population 202.


Cosmic Voyager Has A Layover In St. Louis
redOrbit Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:16 AM PST
[ Watch the Video ] WUSTL geochemist helps analyze rare and beautifulmeteorite found by a Missouri farmer Last January two amateurmeteorite hunters dropped by Randy Korotevâs office at Washington University in St. Louis to show him their latest purchase, a 17-kilogram pallasite meteorite found in 2006 near Conception Junction (population 202) in northwest Missouri. Korotev, research professor ...


Meteorite Buy or Sell: Expert Break Down of Alien Rock
SPACE.com Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:36 AM PST
Earth and Planetary Science Professor Randy L. Korotev of Washington University in St. Louis examines meteorites from different celestial bodies and talks about what makes one more valuable than the other.

10 November 2011

Dryden, Ontario Canada Meteor 9NOV2011

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Dryden, Ontario Bolide Meteor Event 9NOV2011
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Dryden, Ontario, Canada Meteor 3:36 am CST 9NOV2011
I was awake last night due to foot cramp and saw out my south facing window a very bright large fireball, bright yellow with an orange tail traveling from west to east. I don't know how long it took, but I had enough time to see it, get out of bed and stand by the window watching it until it was hidden by trees. It was low enough that it seemed to be eye level while I was looking out of our second story window. When it had disappeared I looked at our clock which said 3:36am, we are on Central standard time and live just south of Dryden, Ontario. This occurred Nov 9, 2011. -Nancy  Thank you Nancy!

Dryden, Ontario, Canada Fireball 03:34 am 9NOV2011
I live in Dryden, Ontario and was awake early the morning of Wednesday, November 9, 2011. At 3:34 a.m., I was looking out our living room window when a bright fireball crossed the sky. It was in the southern sky and was travelling from west to east and was rather low. The object was comparatively slow moving as I was able to get to a different window in a different room and catch it again before it disappeared behind a building down the street. The fireball was pale yellow in colour but the tail appeared to have a blue/green hue. As the fireball moved the tail broke up. It has to be one of the most amazing sights I’ve seen. – Jo-Anne  Thank you Jo-Anne!

Winnipeg, MB Canada Meteor  ~3:34-3:36 am central time 9NOV2011
Hi there, i'm hoping you can help me figure out what it was I saw in the sky the other night. I work night shift in winnipeg, MB and was travelling back to work from on wednesday morning at 3:30 am (Nov. 9/2011). I was going due east at approximately 3:34-3:36 am central time when I saw in the eastern sky moving in a northern direction a small white 'star-like' object that appeared to be getting bigger. It was travelling faster than a plane would in the sky and kept getting bigger as it moved from right to left. The object appeared to grow in size to that of a full moon, perhaps somewhat larger, and seemed to stay a perfect circle. After about 6 or 7 seconds, the object then changed color. First it seemed to start glowing yellow, then a bright, orangish, red. The last few seconds it was visible it got notibly faster and brighter and had suddenly had a very bright almost neon green tail to it. It drifted behind some houses and before my car got past the rooftops to keep looking it was gone. The whole even lasted about 8-12 seconds max. I went online to try and figure out what I saw and noticed these posts on your site. It appears I saw the same object as the people in Dryden, Ontario Meteor 9 NOV2011. David's post from winnipeg damn near exactly describes what I saw as well (and is the same time and location, Regent Avenue is 5 mins from where I was). Hopefully my account will help figure out what it was. -Jay K.
Thank you Jay!

WINNIPEG, MB., CANADA Meteor 0330HRS 9NOV2011
I DO NOT KNOW WHO ELSE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS EVENT THAT I SAW THIS MORNING...............HOPE YOU CAN HELP. I LIVE IN WINNIPEG MB. CANADA.  AND I WAS IN MY TRUCK EARLY THIS MORNING..........ABOUT 0330HRS HAVING A COFFEE JUST BEFORE GOING TO WORK. I WAS IN THE EAST END ON REGENT AVE. IN SUPERSTORE PARKING LOT FACING EAST TOWARDS ONTARIO................THE NEARLY FULL MOON AND JUPITER WERE BEHIND ME. I ALL OF A SUDDEN SEE A LARGE AND BRIGHT WHITE "METEOR TYPE OF OBJECT"............IT WAS AS IF IT WAS ON FIRE. COMING IN LOW FROM THE SOUTH TOWARDS THE NORTH.  BIG AND BRIGHT AND SLOWER MOVING" THAN THE USUAL SHOOTING STAR EVENT THAT I HAVE SEEN MANY OF.  IT WAS LOW IN THE HORIZON AS WELL AND AS IT CONTINUED ON TOWARDS THE NORTH AND GOT CLOSER TO THE GROUND IT ALSO" LOST A PIECE THAT TRAILED BEHIND IT" AND THEN SUDDENLY TURNED A "YELLOWISH COLOR" BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND THE STORES IN THE DISTANT SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT. THE WHOLE EVENT LASTED POSSIBLY 6 OR 7 SECONDS AND AS SUCH I DID NOT GET ANY PHOTO'S. BUT JUST THE SAME.  I AM WONDERING WEATHER ANYONE ELSE HAS SEEN THIS FROM SOME OTHER ANGLE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANKS, DAVID  Thanks David!

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 The Year of Meteors!

Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Canada Meteor 8NOV2011

Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Canada Meteor 8NOV2011
Location Here:[Wilcox, Sk, Canada ] Time Here:[9:00pm local ] Date Here[Nov 8, 2011 ]
-Dave P.  Thank you Dave!

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 The Year of Meteors!

Perth, Australia Meteor 9NOV2011

Perth, Australia Meteor 21:15 9NOV2011
I spotted meteor at 21:15 this evening - low in the sky NE of Perth, Western Australia. I would describe it as very white bright with a tail - is this classified as a meteor or a fireball? It was beautiful and I have jumped online to see if there has been any other reports and found this site. -Dee Thank you Dee! You most likely saw a type of meteor called a fireball.


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Sebastian, Florida Meteor 9NOV2011

Sebastian (coast), Florida Meteor 6:16 am Eastern 9NOV2011
November 9th, 2011 6:16 am. Sebastian (coast), FL. Moving from NW to SE. Lasted 2.5 seconds. Extremely bright and blazing white, brighter than moon and Venus. Size smaller than the moon but larger than Venus. -Marisa Thank you Marisa!


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10NOV2011

Meteorites and Meteor-wrongs Video w/ Dr. Randy L. Korotev (Dr. Lunar)
YouTube
WUSTL professor and lunar meteorite expert, Randy L. Korotev, discusses the differences betweenmeteorites and the stones people find that turn out to be meteor-wrongs....




Cosmic voyager has a layover in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis News
By Diana Lutz Randy Korotev, PhD, research professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a new Missouri meteorite the owners allowed him “to fondle briefly,” on their way through town last January. Korotev's lab analyzed the olivine crystals in the ... 


Fireballs, Sunspots, and a Space Station in the Night Sky | NBC ...
News4's Tom Kierein says that fireball was part of the Taurid meteor shower, which takes place when the Earth passes through a debris field left by a passing ...
www.nbcwashington.com/.../Sunspots-Space-Stations-and-Sate...


Bright colours light up Thunder Bay sky
CBC.ca
At about 4:30, it's believed a meteorite moved across the sky just north of Thunder Bay. According to Randy McAllister, the owner/operator of the Thunder Bay Observatory, he's received a lot of reports from his members. “They were reporting a large ...


Meteorites and Meteor-wrongs
7 min
WUSTL professor and lunar meteorite expert, Randy L. Korotev, discusses the differences between meteorites and the stones ...

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Divide, Colorado Meteor 9NOV2011

Divide, Colorado Meteor ~9:00 PM 9NOV2011
Location: Divide, Colorado, near Mueller state park
Time: approx. 9:00pm
Description: White ball of brilliant light with no tail, no smoke visible
Duration of sighting: 3 seconds
Direction: south west
-Gail D. Thank you Gail!


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 The Year of Meteors!

Spinghill, Arkansas Meteor 8NOV2011

Spinghill, Arkansas Meteor ~12:00 8NOV2011
I live in Springhill, just outside of Conway in central Arkansas. Last night, November 8th 2011, we had let our dog in the garage because it was a bit stormy and rainy earlier in the evening. So I let him out for a bit before going to bed. I was sitting on our front porch (which faces south) giving him time to do his thing before letting him back into the garage. Honestly cannot tell you the time but know it had to be somewhere towards midnight. As I sat there suddenly something caught my eye. Toward the west-south-west of our property, close to the horizon appeared what seemed to be a rather large bright burning object with what appeared to be a tail falling from the sky. Just as suddenly it disappeared. It only lasted a few seconds and to me seemed very close to the Earth. I was nearly certain it hit the ground somewhere not too far from where we live and even wondered ( in horror ) if it might be plane on fire crashing to the ground. I rather expected to see the glow of fire in the distance and perhaps even feel the explosion as it hit the ground. But nothing. I went to bed and watched the local news a while before falling to sleep. I had a restless night and so watched TV on and off all night and never heard any mention of the fireball falling from the sky. I told my husband and son about it this morning as we drove to our other property to work on the house we are building. I just this evening thought to look on line for any information as to what it may have been. But after watching CNN this morning and this evening and hearing not a word about this incident, I felt I had to. I found your site eventually by typing in the search bar something like.. what was that falling from the sky last night? I was encouraged to read the 2 reports from others on your site verifying that I wasn't the only one who saw this. I had already tried searching for meteorites and other such events. So this is my report on what I saw falling from the sky last night. Hope it helps!
Also I would like to add that many years ago in southern Calif. while driving on the freeway near the city of San Bernardino, I saw in the sky up above a bright object that as I remember it looked to be a bluish-green ball of light with a tail traveling across the sky above. This too only lasted a very short time. Moments... seconds? I had no way of knowing which direction it was heading at the time. I want to say for some reason that it was heading east toward the desert, but I cannot be at all sure. I believe this happened sometime in the 70s. Never heard a word about what it may have been and of course had no internet back then or so many sources of information to try to track it down. Just wondering if you may have any idea what it might have seen.
Much thanks, Sharon Keith, Springhill, Arkansas  Thank you Sharon!




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 The Year of Meteors!

Almere, Netherlands Fireball Meteor 9NOV2011

Almere, Netherlands Fireball Meteor 19:35, 9th november 2011
Huge orange/red fireball above Almere, the Netherlands, at 19:30-19:35 on the 9th of November 2011 slowly passing by but flickering heavily. It seemed close to earth, and went in North/East direction. I am AS-TO-NISHED that this has not been reported on any Dutch or international news so far. Greetings, Mohammad  Thank you Mohammad!


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09 November 2011

Lewisville, Texas Fireball Meteor 9NOV2011

Lewisville, TX  Fireball Meteor 12:08 AM 9NOV2011
My name is Christopher. I think my mom and I saw a HUGE fireball last night.
At about 12:08am Nov 9 2011. We're in Lewisville, Tx. It looked like was shooting straight down SE of Dallas. It was close to the horizon so from where it started it may have only lasted about 4-6 seconds until we couldn't see it anymore. It was very bright and looked really close, we thought it was crashing. It was amazing! I didn't know we we're due for a meteor shower, so I looked it up and found this website and email. Hope this info helps. Christopher Rodriguez  Thank you Christopher!

Dallas, Texas area
I saw it for a brief 1-2 seconds, clearly going strait down, my friend told me it landed in White Settlement City, Texas about 45 min away from Dallas the biggest explosion I`v ever seen, more info on this please! -Eric Campbell  Thank you Eric!

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Breaking News- Russian Mars Phobos-Grunt Mission Halted By Glitch in Low Earth Orbit

Breaking News-Russian Mars Mission Phobos-Grunt Halted By Glitch in Low Earth Orbit
Russian Mars mission halted by glitch in low Earth orbit
BY STEPHEN CLARK 
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
November 8, 2011
Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission, an audacious effort to retrieve (rock) samples from a Martian moon, is stranded in low Earth orbit following a successful liftoff Tuesday from Kazakhstan, according to Russian reports. ...
Russia trying to salvage Phobos-Grunt mission
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
November 9, 2011
One day after a Russian Mars probe was left stranded in low Earth orbit,
engineers planned to begin trying to save the mission Wednesday in hopes
the problem was a relatively simple software glitch. ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 9NOV2011

Get ready for the 2011 Leonid meteor shower - Astronomy Magazine
The 2011 Leonid meteor shower will peak the night of November 17/18, but its light show will ...Enjoying a meteor shower requires only comfort and patience. ...
www.astronomy.com/.../Get%20ready%20for%20the%20201...



UGA Observatory Plans Open House for Meteor Shower
(AP) — The University of Georgia department of physics and astronomy's observatory will hold its monthly open house to coincide with the Leonid meteor ...
www.myfoxatlanta.com/.../UGA-Observatory-Plans-Open-Ho...



Best deadly asteroids, comets and meteorites in movies of all time
GlobalNews.ca
As an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier makes a close (but harmless) swing by Earth on Tuesday, Global News takes a look at some of the best asteroid, comet and meteorite movies. In one of the most well known “space impact” movies to date, ...



Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Rockville Centre, NY ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
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 ...
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Scientists Rethink Fallout of Meteor Strike
MyFox Washington DC
(EndPlay Staff Reports) - A meteor striking Earth would be bad, but maybe not as bad as everyone thinks. That's the finding of a new model that scientists created to predict the potential impact of such collisions. The Daily Mail reported that what ...

2005 YU55 Pending Near Pass - Now Passed

Earth near Pass is scheduled for 6:28 pm EST (23:28 GMT) 8NOV2011-Passed


First Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55
This six-frame movie of asteroid 2005 YU55 was generated from data obtained by NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on Nov. 7, 2011. -NASA http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=77341&media_id=119737731


NASA 2055 YU55 Live Simulator:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/player/?document=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/content/documents/yu55/yu55.xml


Australian News Broadcast about Y2005 U55 Passing (video)

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This was aired on channel 7 at 7PM November 6th. The website address for more info is http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/.
This Wednesday a 400-metre asteroid that goes by the name of 2005 YU55 will pass between the Earth and the moon in what experts describe a "near miss". ... (more)

MBIQ Detects UAE Meteor Fireball 8NOV2011

MBIQ Detects UAE Meteor Fireball 8NOV2011
MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Bot) bot has just detected a meteor event in the UAE for 8NOV2011.
Please IF anyone has seen this we need your confirmation.  Thank you!

Dubai Meteor ~17:45 8NOV2011
I was browsing the internet to check for unusual sighting over Dubai sky and landed in your website. Well, my 2 daughters (aged 12 & 9 yrs) were playing in the open terrace along with their other friends of similar age group and they came running down scared to tell me they saw some big ball of fire and smoke hurtling towards ground. They saw this spectacle on Nov 08th 2011 evening local UAE time 17:45 hrs approx. They saw the object for roughly to a count of 9 and then the object disappeared behind clouds and not seen again. Is that a meteor? i searched the net adn found no other reports from UAE. Do you have any further info on this? Sorry we have no pics taken at that time. Cheers/srihari  Thank you Srihari and also to you daughters!

November 8th Approx 6.38pm. Arabian Ranches Dubai U.A.E.
Direction, Travelling North East.
Duration ,Approx 4 minutes.(? A bit too long for a meteor; unlikely a meteor)
While sitting in my garden i witnessed what i now presume to be a fireball. It was very orange in colour (i thought it was a plane on fire). It followed what appeared to be a straight path ,it moved slowly and made no sound. It also looked quite large and seemed to be quite low in the sky.
About 8 pm the same night i saw what appeared to be a smaller one but it was much higher in the sky. Hope this has been helpful . Anne  Thank you Anne!

United Arab Emirates arrived from google.co.uk on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for slow moving fireball over dubai 2011 november 8th.
14:31:09 -- 13 seconds ago

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