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Alert - NEOs Asteroid Close Encounters March 2012
Increased green meteor fireball activity projected to continue into March 2012 ((2012 DS32), (2012 DN31), (2012 DR32), (2008 EJ85) ) with close NEO encounters during the first week of March. Have your cameras ready and get out and watch. If you sight one please make a report. Thank you.
LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

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)
(2003 QB30)	2012-Feb-28	0.1899	73.9	14 m - 32 m	26.4	17.69
(2002 QC7)	2012-Feb-28	0.0714	27.8	280 m - 630 m	19.9	15.17
(2008 CE119)	2012-Feb-28	0.0487	18.9	21 m - 46 m	25.5	5.66
(2012 BN11)	2012-Feb-29	0.1092	42.5	190 m - 430 m	20.7	13.00
(2012 DW32)	2012-Feb-29	0.0356	13.8	24 m - 53 m	25.3	6.94
(2012 DS32)	2012-Mar-01	0.0048	1.9	15 m - 33 m	26.3	9.32
(2012 DN31)	2012-Mar-01	0.0206	8.0	48 m - 110 m	23.7	7.65
(2009 FY4)	2012-Mar-02	0.1680	65.4	170 m - 380 m	21.0	17.83
(2012 DR32)	2012-Mar-02	0.0223	8.7	31 m - 70 m	24.7	16.24
(2000 DO1)	2012-Mar-03	0.1393	54.2	230 m - 510 m	20.3	26.88
(2012 DQ8)	2012-Mar-04	0.1140	44.3	170 m - 380 m	21.0	14.97
(2012 DZ13)	2012-Mar-04	0.0330	12.9	39 m - 87 m	24.2	12.45
(2012 DJ31)	2012-Mar-05	0.0343	13.4	40 m - 89 m	24.1	15.60
(2012 DK14)	2012-Mar-06	0.0871	33.9	45 m - 100 m	23.9	13.63
(2008 EJ85)	2012-Mar-06	0.0235	9.1	27 m - 60 m	25.0	6.52
(2012 CD29)	2012-Mar-07	0.1431	55.7	280 m - 630 m	19.9	20.79
(2011 EC12)	2012-Mar-09	0.0948	36.9	18 m - 41 m	25.8	12.91
(2012 DP32)	2012-Mar-10	0.0362	14.1	36 m - 80 m	24.4	8.84
(2012 DF31)	2012-Mar-10	0.0548	21.3	34 m - 76 m	24.5	13.76
(2012 DN14)	2012-Mar-10	0.0725	28.2	34 m - 76 m	24.5	4.03
(2011 UU106)	2012-Mar-11	0.1737	67.6	500 m - 1.1 km	18.6	8.81
(2012 BK11)	2012-Mar-12	0.1750	68.1	72 m - 160 m	22.8	3.03
(2010 SV3)	2012-Mar-12	0.0577	22.5	200 m - 450 m	20.6	15.34
(2010 XA11)	2012-Mar-12	0.1676	65.2	16 m - 36 m	26.1	7.87
(2010 CO1)	2012-Mar-12	0.1132	44.1	130 m - 290 m	21.5	13.73
192642 (1999 RD32)	2012-Mar-14	0.1488	57.9	1.5 km - 3.3 km	16.3	18.80
(2008 EY5)	2012-Mar-14	0.0882	34.3	260 m - 570 m	20.1	11.99
(2012 BB14)	2012-Mar-15	0.0483	18.8	27 m - 60 m	25.0	2.10
(2011 YU62)	2012-Mar-16	0.1885	73.4	830 m - 1.8 km	17.5	17.85
(2010 FN)	2012-Mar-19	0.1438	56.0	13 m - 28 m	26.6	11.18
(2012 BT23)	2012-Mar-20	0.1239	48.2	420 m - 940 m	19.0	13.11
(2012 DO8)	2012-Mar-20	0.1750	68.1	100 m - 230 m	22.1	7.25
(2012 DH4)	2012-Mar-21	0.0607	23.6	190 m - 430 m	20.7	15.58
(2011 SY120)	2012-Mar-21	0.0517	20.1	65 m - 150 m	23.1	17.55
(2001 QJ142)	2012-Mar-22	0.1909	74.3	55 m - 120 m	23.4	8.46
(2010 FR9)	2012-Mar-22	0.0479	18.6	16 m - 35 m	26.1	8.66
(2012 BS23)	2012-Mar-23	0.1580	61.5	140 m - 310 m	21.4	11.05
(2012 DW30)	2012-Mar-24	0.1180	45.9	75 m - 170 m	22.7	5.03
(2012 DO)	2012-Mar-25	0.1061	41.3	240 m - 530 m	20.2	7.60
152754 (1999 GS6)	2012-Mar-26	0.1118	43.5	340 m - 760 m	19.5	11.71
(2011 GB55)	2012-Mar-27	0.1114	43.4	130 m - 280 m	21.6	16.14
(2002 EW8)	2012-Mar-28	0.1996	77.7	53 m - 120 m	23.5	13.67
(2012 CA55)	2012-Mar-30	0.0567	22.0	120 m - 260 m	21.8	9.26
(2008 GD)	2012-Mar-30	0.1687	65.6	300 m - 670 m	19.7	32.35
(2009 TP)	2012-Mar-31	0.1157	45.0	52 m - 120 m	23.5	3.72

Source; and for most recent updates: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

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Rock star from space in spotlight
Winnipeg Free Press
Starting Wednesday, the Manitoba Museum will unveil the largest meteorite ever found in Manitoba as part of its updated Space Rocks exhibition. The whopping Elm Creek Meteorite is about the size of a football and weighs more than eight kilograms -- a ...

Manitoba Museum to unveil rock star, largest meteorite ever found in province
Winnipeg Free Press
The so-called Elm Creek Meteorite, the largest meteorite ever found in the province, is joining the museum's Space Rocks exhibit on Wednesday. The rock is the size of a football and weighs at least eight kilograms. Tom Wood found the odd-looking rock ...

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Arrest Made in Theft at University of New Mexico Meteorite Museum
ClaimsJournal.com
A man suspected of stealing a meteorite from a museum at the University of New Mexico has been booked on one count of receiving stolen property. The Albuquerque Journal reports that 42-year-old Derek Douglas was arrested in the mid-December theft of a ...

Feb. 21 Bright Meteor Over Western Canada - Compilation of Videos ...
http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=298 sources: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Video+ Three+views+meteor+over+western+Canada/6199717/story.html ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT2nfc7_Gh0

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Today in history: Fire destroys Woonsocket mill
The Providence Journal
A high-flying meteor, and not space debris or a satellite launch, was apparently the blazing object seen over much of New England. Hendrik Gerritsen, a professor of physics at Brown University, said several students saw the fireball and their ... (meteorites DO NOT CAUSE Fires!)

Slow meteors that shine brighter than Venus bombarding Earth
Newstrack India
Although the February's fireballs - a term that describes meteors that appear brighter in the sky than Venus- are a well-known phenomenon but the astronomers are eager to know as to where they come from. The strange deep diving, slow-moving fireballs ...

Cops: Out-of-this-world thief busted
KRQE.com
The man suspected of stealing a meteor worth $40000 has been captured.

Today.Az - Meteor shower in China
A meteor shower took place in Chinese western province Qinghai. The weight of the largest meteorite found on site was 12.5 kilograms. No injuries or damage ...
today.az/news/interesting/103031.html

White Meteor Texas 2-25-12
Last night a little after midnight we saw a birght white meteor over North West Arlington, Tx.
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1793434/pg1

Small Fire on Gibraltar Road
Santa Barbara Independent Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:30 AM PST
Reporting party claims to have seen meteorite hit hill and start blaze.
... (meteorites DO NOT CAUSE Fires!)

Strange Fireballs Light Up February Skies ...
"These fireballs are particularly slow and penetrating," meteor expert Peter Brown , a physics ...
space.com

Feb. 21 Bright Meteor Over Western Canada ...
2 min
sources: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Video+Three+views+meteor+over+ western+Canada ...
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Meteor streaks across Saskatchewan sky | CTV News
A meteor that lit up the night sky of western Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta Tuesday night ...
ctv.ca

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Texas Meteor ~23:30 25FEB2012

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25FEB2011 joe quitman, tx USA 23:30:00 3 sec at most NE to SW bright blue, almost like a welders ark bright a lighting bolt 2 big parts with thousands of tiny parts not photo, caught totally off guard, heard noe sound but it was very close. had to be within 1/2 mile of my location

25FEB2011 Ray curtis euless texas usa 23:55 central standard time 4-6 sec almost directly down lookin ESE greenish color also split in to two pieces just as it went out of view brighter than any star but not the sun or moon split in two none

25FEB2011 Louise Drennan League City, Tx USA 23:29:00 5 seconds N Straight down Blue Np sound Too far away moon but blue in color no it was pretty large ..pretty to watch . have seen others at night from my home

25FEB2011 Seville Gonsoulin Arlington, Texas 11pm cst 7 seconds Left to right..slow fireball like Bright yellow Same as sun Stream of light behind big ball of flame None

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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GA NC Meteor ~00:15 AM EST　26FEB2012

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12:18:52 am EST (05:18:52 UTC) 26FEB2012
(c) 2012 Lawndale, NC Sandia Sentinel Allsky, Stuart McDaniel

Lawndale, NC Fireball Video Capture 12:18:52 am EST (05:18:52 UTC) 26FEB2012
(c) 2012 Lawndale, NC Sandia Sentinel Allsky, Stuart McDaniel

26FEB2012 John Anderson Hiram, GA, USA 0015 EST 3 sec Straight down in the NE White light falling rapidly moon, backlit the clouds. none Just happen to look to my left driving home and saw a white light falling straight down.

26FEB2012 Jean Twing Sanford, NC USA 00:17 AM EST 2-3 sec From Left in near straight drop towards earth White Bright Like HUGE STAR bright as moon No Parts falling off Appeared to turn off or disappear as it fell lower. There were no trees etc obstructing view.

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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Arrest in theft of meteorite sold in Missouri
STLtoday.com
The Meteorite Museum at the Univerisity of New Mexico displays a returned meteorite that was stolen in December 2011. Tim Heitz, a St. Louis-area meteorite collector, bought it, unaware that it had been stolen. He returned the meteorite in January 2012 ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Texas Meteor 25FEB2012
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Texas Meteor 25FEB2012. Texas Meteor ~23:30 25FEB2012 We need your sighting reports to confirm this event; please submit a sighting report. Thank you! Report your meteor sighting.Meteor/Fireball Report Form ...
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Incoming fireballs: Man claims meteorite find -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott ...
This photo shows rocks purported to be from a meteor that flashed across the Saskatchewan sky this week. A man claims to have found the first known meteorites from a fireball that lit up the sky over Saskatchewan and Alberta Tuesday night.
Signs of the Times

Fire on Gibraltar Road
Santa Barbara Independent
He or she told authorities they saw a meteor hit the hillside and start the fire, and they are worried about potential radiation. Scanner chatter indicates fire agencies are still responding to the incident. Hand crews may be called out. ...(Meteorites DO NOT CAUSE FIRES!)

Meteor capture 2-13-2012 | The Universe, Yours to Discover
I was reading about some meteor activity on the 13th on Spaceweather.com and decided to revue some of my captufres on that night and saw this at 2:36am.
mvas.org/node/3129

It's Full of Stars - Brazil´s most preserved meteor crater to be...
Brazil´s most preserved meteor crater to be considered National Natural Heritage The crater, located in Tocantins, central Brazil, is 8 miles wide (13 km).
itsfullofstars.tumblr.com/.../brazil-s-most-preserved-meteor-cra...

New CosmoSparks report: ANSMET 2011-2012 Field Season in the Miller Range, Antarctica
-- 302 meteorites collected for scientific study.
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/CosmoSparks/Feb12/ANSMET-2011-2012.html

Weekly SkyWatcher's Forecast – February 27-March 4, 2012
Universe Today
Then keep an eye on the skies as the Delta Leonid meteor shower heats up towards its later week peak. Get out those binoculars and telescopes and I'll see you in the backyard… Monday, February 27 – With tonight's Moon in a much higher position to ...

Out-of-this-world theft suspect busted
KASA
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The man suspected of stealing a meteor worth $40000 from a museum has been captured. Police believe Derek Douglas took the 50-pound space rock from a University of New Mexico museum and sold it to a dealer in Missouri for $1700.

Meteorite lures space rock collectors
The Longview News-Journal Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:09 AM PST
Meteorite or not? Is the specimen black or brown and smooth, with no holes or bubbles on the surface? Is the specimen solid and compact? Is the specimen heavy compared to a "normal" rock of the same size?

Police arrest man in theft of meteorite from University of New Mexico museum
The Republic
AP ALBUQUERQUE, NM — A man suspected of stealing a meteorite from a museum at the University of New Mexico has been booked on one count of receiving stolen property. The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/x1OH6t) that 42-year-old Derek Douglas ...

Are the 'February Fireballs' real?
Examiner.com
Is there a completely unrecognized meteor shower going on right now? Well, for decades, astronomers have referred to the legendary 'February Fireballs' as, during this month more so than any other, there is an abundance of meteors classified as ...

Galaxy Video: Meteors, Aurora Borealis And Milky Way Shimmer In Time-Lapse ...
Huffington Post
Unless there's a meteor shower, we don't usually notice things moving up in space. Sped up and enhanced, however, the night sky becomes a bustling world—the clouds, the Milky Way and everything in between can be seen shifting and changing in ways the ...

Saskatchewan Meteor Video
SASKATOON - A scientist says the fireball that streaked above Alberta and Saskatchewan on Tuesday is the biggest and brightest recorded on the Prairie.
www.huffingtonpost.ca/tag/saskatchewan-meteor-video

Possible Meteorite Specimen Recovered in Cuba ...
48 sec
Depicted here is what I believe to be a meteorite specimen. It was found in Cuba. It is strongly ...
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NASA Admits Strange Fireballs This Month... Compilation Video ...
http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=290 Fireball footage starts @ 01:12 "A strange breed of fireball is ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH-qxcixRU8

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MBIQ Detects Italia Bolide 25FEB2012

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Meteorats COMING SOON! 24FEB!!!

Man claims meteorite find
StarPhoenix
Now geologists and astronomers who study meteorites are trying to get in touch with the man in an attempt to verify whether the rocks are connected to Tuesday's meteor sighting, which rattled houses as it zoomed over North Battleford. ...

Bolide Wainwright, Alberta Canada. February 21, 2012

YouTube -Uploaded by wronco on 22 Feb 2012 495 views

Feb. 21 Bright Meteor Over Western Canada

- Compilation of Videos

YouTube - Uploaded by Sheilaaliens on 24 Feb 2012 24 views

Rat Attack on NOVA

be prepared for the NEXT Meteorite Hunt in Canada With RATS!

Rats Rule, Dogs Left to Drool for Meteorites!
Belgian-trained African Giant Pouched Rats now being used to search for landmines will soon be trained by meteorite hunters to hunt for meteorites, predicts LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo, Japan. Rats have an acute sense for smell and are extremely accurate in detection; rat "packs" will soon be used to search meteorite strewn fields in Brazil, Slovakia, Canada, the United States and elsewhere, the US and elsewhere (Rats! Alberta prohibited by Law source:RMCA (Rat and Mouse Club of America).
The Belgians have been working on this technique for years and will be the first to demonstrate in the field. It is rumoured that NASA (USA), JAXA (Japan) and ESA (Europe) are planning rapid response teams of rats for recovery of newly fallen meteorites.
" Dogs will soon be out of use due to their large size and food consumption; rats are "in"". Hopper The Meteorite Dog and Brix The Dog will soon only be on late night TV re-runs?

Previously posted 10NOV2010/11NOV2010

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2010/11/rats-may-soon-be-trained-to-search-for.html

Meteor as seen over Wainwright Alberta Canada. February 21, 2012

posted on YouTube by journeymanpictures | 02 July 2010 3,790 views

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Fireballs light up February skies
Mother Nature Network
comThu, Feb 23 2012 at 5:20 PM EST SKY ON FIRE: A fireball over north Georgia recorded on Feb. 13th by a NASA all-sky camera in Walker County, Georgia. (Photo: NASA) A strange breed of fireball is streaking through the skies this month, ...

For 'meteor' read space station
This is Leicestershire
Regarding Valerie Noakes' letter "Was it a meteor" (Mailbox, February 22), I watched for this object in the sky and have seen it several times and it is almost certainly the ISS (International Space Station) travelling at 4.6 miles per second at a ...

Man claims meteorite find
StarPhoenix
A man claims to have found the first known meteorites from a fireball that lit up the sky over Saskatchewan and Alberta Tuesday night. A posting on Kijiji shows two roundish and blackened rocks a man says he found on the side of a highway north of ...

Apple patent idea teases 'polished meteorite' keyboard
CNET
The applicaiton notes that the key caps could also be made out of wood or stone, and--yes--"polished meteorite." More important than the materials though, is why Apple would use such a design. In one section of the patent, the inventors say it's about ...

Meteorite Causes Water Woes For Iowa Town
KCCI Des Moines
MANSON, Iowa -- The northwest Iowa town of Manson has hit a snag in digging a new water well in a crater left behind by huge meteorite that slammed into Earth 74 million years ago. Mayor Dave George told The Fort Dodge Messenger newspaper that there's ...

Man arrested meteorite heist
KASA
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - University of New Mexico police say there's been an arrest in the theft of ameteorite. Derek Douglas was arrested on suspicion of stealing a meteorite from the MeteoriteMuseum. A meteorite dealer in Missouri contacted police in New ...

Meteorite USA Fall Slow-Motion (HD) - YouTube
25 sec
A meteorite is entry into the atmosphere of the USA and created a bright phenomenon which ...
youtube.com

Peekskill Meteorite Fall Slow-Motion ! (HD) - YouTube
2 min
The Peekskill meteorite broke up over the United States on October 9, 1992, an event ...
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Updated: Fireball in sky over Calgary likely struck Rockhaven, Saskatchewan: Video
Windsor Star
By Meghan Potkins, Calgary Herald February 22, 2012 A bright fireball was observed low in the NE from Calgary on Feb. 21 at 8:40 pm MST. This short video clip was recorded using a Sandia Laboratory All Sky Camera from south Calgary.

Only at calgaryherald.com
Calgary Herald
Rare meteor videos VIDEO: A meteor flew over Calgary and Western Canada on Tuesday night, and Herald readers have been sending in their videos of the event. Check out the great views online. ...

Meteorite shipment stopped in Argentine Customs. Probably Campos
A shipment of 328 meteorites with a weight almost 2.4tons was stopped
at Argentine Customs. It was declared as "ornamental material", but is is quite obvious that
they are Campo del Cielo specimens. Here is one of the multiple newspapers that covered that notice:
http://www.lavoz.com.ar/noticias/politica/afip-impidio-exportacion-ilegal-328-piezas-meteoritos

Feb. 24: Today in Arizona history
Arizona Daily Star
1897: Reports are received from Tucson, Benson, Tombstone and Pantano, describing a brilliantmeteor that passes overhead at a low altitude. 1901: The first Arizona state song, "Hail to Arizona, The Sun Kissed Land," is sung in public for the first ...

Man arrested in meteorite heist at UNM
Denver Post
AP ALBUQUERQUE, NM—University of New Mexico police say there's been an arrest in the theft of a meteorite. KOB-TV ( http://bit.ly/zcWyMb) reports Derek Douglas was arrested on suspicion of stealing a meteorite from the Meteorite Museum.

NASA Urges Vigilence For Weird Fireballs
Discovery News
The strange deep-diving, slow-moving fireballs started falling on Feb. 1. They range in size from basketballs to buses and some are thought to have dropped meteorites. Astronomers know the objects originate in the asteroid belt, but little else is ...

Man arrested for stealing meteorite from UNM museum
KOB.com
UNM police arrested Derek Douglas who is accused of stealing a meteorite from theMeteorite Museum. The museum's director Carl Agee said he was caught off guard in January when giving a tour of the meteorites when he noticed one of the display cases...

ET Amino Acid From Meteorite Cut Epileptic Seizures In Rats By Half, Study
Asian Scientist Magazine
By Juliana Chan | Featured Research Researchers at the Albany Medical Center have discovered that an extraterrestrial amino acid from the Murchison meteorite may prevent or reduce the duration of seizures in epilepsy. AsianScientist (Feb.

Video: Three views of the meteor over western Canada
A meteor flew over Calgary and western Canada Tuesday night, and Herald readers have been sending in.
www.calgaryherald.com/Video+Three+views.../story.html

Flash in sky likely a meteor
Edmonton Journal
A four-second flash that lit up the sky in Edmonton and the surrounding area Tuesday night was likely a meteor. Images of the meteor were captured by sky cameras in Alberta and Saskatchewan, said Alan Hildebrand, an associate professor of geophysics ...

Alberta has meteor moment
CTV.ca
A meteor streaked across the prairie sky and was captured in this image just before it disappeared. A cosmic fireball streaked across the Alberta sky revealing itself to onlookers as a dazzling flash of light that disappeared as quickly as it arrived.

Slow-moving fireballs light up February skies
msnbc.com
This fireball soaring over north Georgia was recorded on Feb. 13 by a NASA all-sky camera in Walker County, Georgia. A strange breed of fireball is streaking through the skies this month, and NASA is urging folks on the ground to take notice.

Meteorite enthusiasts are combing the area
The Longview News-Journal Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST
Meteorites fell to earth in a line from Lake Tawakoni to just west of Pittsburg when the Fireball of Feb. 1 traveled across East Texas.

February fireballs shake things up | Astro Bob
Security video captured the Canadian fireball over Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Meteorites seem to be dropping everywhere. Just today comes the first ...
astrobob.areavoices.com/.../february-fireballs-shake-things-up/

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E.T. Amino Acid From Meteorite Cut Epileptic Seizures In Rats By Half, Study-METEORATS*

Asian Scientist
By Juliana Chan
February 24, 20
Researchers at the Albany Medical Center have discovered that an extraterrestrial amino acid from the Murchison meteorite may prevent or reduce the duration of seizures in epilepsy. ...

http://www.asianscientist.com/in-the-lab/extraterrestrial-amino-acid-isovaline-reduce-epileptic-seizures-in-rats-2012/

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Asteroid Impact Simulation Animation Video- Earth

YouTube Uploaded by rhuwig on 23 Feb 2012 1 view

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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Japan Earthquake ~4.3M　approx 13:10 24FEB2012
No damage expected; estimate at 4.3 Mag 70km depth. Tokyo area ~2Mag.
updates to follow:

JMA Report:

13:10 JST 24 Feb 2012 36.0N 140.1E 70 km 4.3
Ibaraki-ken Nambu
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/3/20120224131446391-241310.html

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/

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Possible meteor seen in Saskatchewan, Alberta skies
Canada.com
By Postmedia News, Postmedia News February 22, 2012 Social media was buzzing Wednesday with reports of a meteor streaking across the sky in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Residents from Saskatoon to Calgary and Edmonton - and several more points in between ...

Never imagined a meteor
Calgary Herald
We thought it was firworks gone wrong, when we saw a large ball of fire in the sky over Tusslewood to the east of us. Never considered that it was a 'space rock' plummeting to earth. © Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald.

Sask. meteor 'biggest and brightest' in five years
CTV Saskatoon
It's believed that 10-tonne meteor scattered more than 10000 rock pieces, most of them in farm fields around Buzzard Coulee near Lloydminster. A meteor that lit up the night sky in Saskatchewan on Tuesday night is seen in....

Video: Fireball seen over Calgary skies
MetroNews Canada
This screen capture of a video taken by Don Hladiuk shows a fireball streaking above South Calgary in the top right corner of the camera view. Dozens of reports have been filed from the Calgary area reporting a fireball streaking through the sky ...

Meteor lights up Prairie skies
Canada.com
Social media was buzzing Wednesday with reports of a meteor streaking across the sky in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Residents from Saskatoon to Calgary and Edmonton - and several more points in between - reported seeing the skies light up.

Strange Fireballs Light Up February Skies
Space.com
"These fireballs are particularly slow and penetrating," meteor expert Peter Brown, a physics professor at the University of Western Ontario, said in a statement. "They hit the top of the atmosphere moving slower than 15 kilometers per second [33500 ...

First video of large fireball spotted over Saskatchewan, Calgary (etc.) Canada ...
YouTube
http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=250 And see all the reported sightings at http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com Video thanks to http://www.youtube.com/user/astrogeol original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DH5YsS2h_4 Caption: "A bright fireball ...

VIDEO: Apparent meteor lights up the sky
News Talk 980 CJME
Back in 2008, she saw a meteor after picking up her son from the airport. Alan Hildebrand with the University of Calgary and the Candian Fireball Reporting Centre said the meteor probably landed near Rockhaven Saskatchewan but no one has narrowed down ...

Apple files patent for 'polished meteorite' keyboard
Register
And, yes, you did read that correctly: polished meteorite. As the filing notes, slices of other planets have found their way onto watch dials, so why not have wee chunks of Mars on your laptop? The core design element described in the filing is ...

29 February 2012

Alert -NEOs Asteroid Close Encounters March 2012

28 February 2012