The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

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Life in rock: What meteorites can tell us about the solar system
Wired.co.uk
By Hal Hodson What clues about life in our solar system are encased in the millions of tonnes of meteorite that pummel our atmosphere every day? Wired.co.uk met astrobiologist Zita Martins at the Royal Society's Objects in Space exhibition to find out.

This is why astronomers build telescopes in the mountains of Chile
io9
When it comes to enjoying the full-blown magnificence of a star-studded sky, or the peak of a spectacular meteor shower, the Moon (to borrow a phrase from astronomer Mike Brown) is your nemesis. But if this map of light pollution in the United States ...

R. Jeffrey Smith
The Cutting Edge
The asteroid that created Arizona's Barringer Meteor Crater was about 150 feet across, and hit at about 28600 mph. The crater is 2.4 miles in circumference and more than 550 feet deep. More will be known next year, after new calculations, ...

Meteor in Kansas March 13th 2012 6:42AM - YouTube
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This is a clip off of a home CCTV system in Haysville KS of the Meteor that was spotted ...
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Family finds meteorite in living room
Examiner.com
At the start of March, there was a rash of meteor sightings in Northern Europe, with some even being caught on video. The surprising fact: there was no meteor shower taking place at the time, either, meaning that the Earth had hit a random stream of ...

New Mesmerizing Video Shows the Whole Evolution of the Moon
Gizmodo
It went through a period of heavy meteor bombardment. That's when its main basin was formed. This violent era lasted from 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago, but it wasn't the last one. The Moon resisted stoically and deformed for a few more years, ...

County holding Dark Sky Park forum March 23
Harbor Light
Plans will be also shared for how you can participate in the “Lights Out Across the Bay” challenge scheduled for Saturday evening, April 21, the night of the Lyrid Meteor Shower and during Global Astronomy Month. Those interested in participating can ...

Watch how the Moon was formed
ITworld.com
This second video might even be cooler - it shows animation of how the moon evolved, from its beginnings about 4.5 billion years ago, to crater creation through meteor bombardment. A lot of the information for the videos and animation comes from the ...

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Venus and Jupiter in Conjunction 15MAR2012

'Conjunction of Glory as seen from Southern Germany' by Robert Blasius. #VenusJupiter
Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/

Venus and Jupiter will be in conjunction on March 15th, 2012, passing within 3° of each other. The two planets have been getting closer and closer in the sky for the last month, and now it’s time to see them side-by-side. Venus is the higher, brighter object, and Jupiter is the lower dimmer one.

Of course, Venus and Jupiter aren’t actually close to one another in the sky. They’re really separated by millions of kilometres. But from our perspective here on Earth, we see the two objects closely lined up. That’s a conjunction. And in case you’re wondering, the conjunction will be visible from everywhere on Earth As a special bonus, the planet Mars is also high and bright in the sky, visible as that bright red “star” further to the East, Mars recently reached its closest point to Earth, known as opposition. Mars won’t be this close and bright for two more years. The sky show will continue, and on March 25th, 2012, the New Moon will join the pair again to create a triple conjunction. Another great photo opportunity. Although 3° sounds close, they can actually get much closer. In October 26, 2015, for example, the two planets will only be 1° apart.

We are organizing observation session, all members are invited, come down to our Zubair Camp, the event is free, we will start 6PM to 9PM. For location please see maps on our website. http://www.dubaiastronomy.com/

Wish you Astronomical times.
Best Regards,
Hasan Ahmad Al Hariri
Dubai Astronomy Group

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Get ready for the Venus transit and eclipses and support global astronomy programs with AWB safe solar viewing glasses.

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Japan Earthquake 6.1 Magnitude 21:05 14MAR2012
No damage reported at this time. Some trains disrupted their service.
No tsunami warnings at this time; take caution as their may be afterquakes.

21:05 JST 14 Mar 2012 35.8N 141.1E 10 km 6.1 Chiba-ken Toho-oki

JMA Official Report Site (Bookmark their site and refer to it in the event of an earthquake emergency.):

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

Detailed Map:
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120314211624491-142105.html

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Kansans witness early morning meteor Puppet Masters Sottnet
A flash of light in the early morning sky over the Great Plains on Tuesday lit up social media and cyberspace as witnesses tried to figure out what they had ...
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Norwegian Family Finds Meteorite Crashed Through Their Roof
Space.com
A Norwegian family arrived at their cabin in Oslo recently to discover that a meteorite had apparently fallen through their roof, according to media reports. The Thomassen family discovered a hole in the cabin's roof and a stone nearby that turned out ...

Meteorite rock crashes through family's roof
New Zealand Herald
Anne Margrethe Thomassen looks at what is thought to be a meteorite that split in two after hitting the roof of her cottage in central Oslo on March 12, 2012. The meteorite was discovered on March 1 A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Pune, India Meteor ...
Pune, India Meteor ~22:40 7MAR2012 07MAR2012 Jayaraj Pune, Maharashtra, India 22:40:00 3 to 5 sec It was traveled North to South. I was facing West.
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../pune-india-meteor-7m...

Melbourne UFO lights up night sky
Ninemsn
Astronomers believe a the object was probably a meteor. TODAY readers wrote in with first-hand accounts of the fireball. "It was very low in the sky, going from west to east, it had a large burning ball at the front with a thin trail behind it," Yvonne ...

Dashing for cover from an asteroid
Toronto Sun
By Mike Strobel ,Toronto Sun But I'm told small meteorites, ones you could fit in your backpack, hit Earth about twice a day. Whoa, wait, what was that? No, sorry, it was the Leafs' playoff plans going splat. Most times, the meteorite lands in water or ...

Bright Fireball Over Georgia
The NASA Meteoroid Environment Office can confirm a bright fireball observed by several eyewitnesses in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee on Mar. 7, 2012,
blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/.../posts/post_1331321225668.html

Norwegian Family Finds Meteorite Crashed Through Their Roof
SPACE.com Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:19 PM PDT
The rock was a rare type of breccia meteorite.

Readers Feel...
KAMR Amarillo Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:41 PM PDT
What would you do if a meteorite slammed through your roof? Well that happened to this woman! And we'll take you to a cell phone talking marathon - that set a new world record! Morgan Schutters has those stories.

Thoughts on the recent Oslo meteorite discovery
iTWire Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:25 AM PDT
Basically, the tale is garbage! It's a nice rock, but it certainly doesn't appear to be a meteorite .

Meteorite Punches Hole Through Oslo Shed
Discovery News Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:25 AM PDT
The chunk of space rock probably came from a meteor observed over the Norwegian capital on March 1.

Lucky strike: Chunk of meteorite hits Oslo hut
The Natal Witness Group Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:55 PM PDT
OSLO â A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo, Norwegian media reported Monday.

Encounters of another kind: meteorite chunk falls on Oslo
Sin Chew Jit Poh Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:34 PM PDT
A boastful Ferrari driver who put film on the Internet of his supercar doin ... Keepers looking for a runaway Japanese penguin widened their search Friday, ...

Only in Print Harvard experts give opinion on Exeter rocks
New Hampshire Union Leader Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:13 PM PDT
Experts at Harvard University on rocks found by an Exeter man last month after a meteorite lit up the sky.

Meteorite chunk falls on Oslo
BigPond News Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:22 PM PDT
A chunk of meteorite crashed through the roof and a family's home in the middle of Oslo on March 1.

Kansans witness early morning meteor
Kansas.com
Bob Henry, program director at the Wichita State University Lake Afton Observatory, said the light appears to have been a meteor about the size of a baseball. “Something that size is going to be very, very bright and very, very noticeable,” Henry said.

Man Spends Over $350000 Preparing for End of World
Geekosystem
“What is certain is that in my lifetime, there is a strong likelihood that there will be a catastrophe of some kind — the sun destroying power grids, a flu pandemic that kills millions, an asteroid ormeteor or comet striking earth or a magnetic pole ...

Mysterious fireball lights up Melbourne sky as many rule out UFO sighting
The Daily Telegraph
More pics A GIANT fireball that has lit up the skies is freaking out thousands of people who have been frightened by the accompanying sounds of a sonic boom. “I've seen shooting stars, everything like that, this was very different.

Oklahoma City, Tulsa residents report seeing a bright meteor Tuesday morning
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City, Tulsa residents reported seeing a meteor Tuesday morning. Meteors can be seen almost daily, in given locations with a clear sky, but those meteors that are really bright can be rare, says Wayne Harris-Wyrick, director of the Kirkpatrick ...

Strange lights in the sky
KWCH
Storm Team 12 Meteorologist Ross Janssen made some calls, he says it was most likely some space junk or a meteor burning up as it entered the atmosphere. You can read more of the reports, and learn more about strange lights in the sky at the website ...

Possible Meteor Lights Up Predawn Sky
KSAL
An apparent meteor, or meteors, briefly lit up the sky over parts of the Midwest early Tuesday morning. Between about 6:40 and 6:45 in the morning, multiple people reporting see what appeared to be a meteor in the sky. The website Meteorite Hunter has ...

Oslo family stunned after meteorite lucky escape
The Age Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:32 PM PDT
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo.

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Florida / Georgia Fireball Meteor(s) 13MAR2012

Please check your security camera videos for a capture; anyone with a photo or art work of the event please email me; drtanuki@gmail.com

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13MAR2012 Shay Central FL 8:15 EST 5 seconds NE-SW white/yellow/green Brighter than Spica or Saturn at the moment No Awesome!

13MAR2012 Joe Leone Port St Lucie, FL, USA 20:05:00 3 to 5 seconds Directly overhead to the western sky Bright white Very bright, maybe as bright as moon Just saw a long streak as it travelled across the sky Walking the dog and just happened to be looking up and saw it stream across the sky

13MAR2012 Traci Riverview, fl Approx 8:20pm eastern 3 seconds Traveled east to west Orange and yellowish Bright as Moon Didnt see parts falling off Awesome!

13MAR2012 Charlotte Pressler Sebring, FL USA 06:15 PM EST (07:15 EDST) Possibly 5-8 sec. unsure WSW traveling WSW, left to right. I was facing South. White fireball with comet-like head and thin white tail. As bright as Venus, No fragmentation. Fireball was about the same or a little larger than the planet Venus. Venus and Jupiter were nearly due west at that time. The fireball was about half as high in the sky as they were.

13MAR2012 David Rodda St Petersburg, FL, USA 2025 3 Sec E-S Blue Core 4 Times a bright as Venus Definate dark blue Core with big aura and Tail Very Beautiful Shades od Blue and bright core no sound

13MAR2012 Matt Hudson, Florida, USA 8:40west 3 sec East to West I Think giant fireball went through sky real fast and dropped and was gone moon no bright fireball

13MAR2012 Colleen St Cloud Florida 20:00:00 20 seconds east heading south white with flaming red tail moon with alittle sun no traveled across sky rapidly

13MAR2012 CW Sanibel, FL 2030 approximately 3 seconds right to left red, yellow very bright no very fast, in the northeast sky, we were walking on the beach in Sanibel, it was north east of Sanibel Island

13MAR2012 lisa currie englewood, FL USA EST 8ish pm 10 secs facing east going south to north green orange and blue very bright just burned out wish I had it but it happened so fast. first one i've ever seen.

13MAR2012 Gretchen Hollingsworth Winder, GA USA 20:30 Hours Eastern Time 10 seconds approximately-I yelled for my husband to come look, and by the time he made it in the room it was out of sight. NE-W I was inside, so I didn't hear any sound. I just saw what appeared to be a giant fireball moving across the sky, as if it was something on fire. It was insanely bright, white edged with pale yellow/orange. It was as bright as the sun. I didn't notice any fragments. I could draw it, but it would just look like a ball of fire.

For ALL of the meteor sighting reports see:
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2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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Finland Meteor Fireball Midnight 11/12MAR2012

Finland Meteor Fireball Midnight 11/12MAR2012
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At 11-12.3 midnight I saw brighter than Venus fireball descending from the Sky. My estimation for brightness is somewhere -8mag.
It had blue/orange color, and tail was orange. Lenght of the tail was maybe 5degrees.
Fireball reached horizon and from my observation place it looked that it didnt fainted before it vanished behind the trees and clouds.
All the time it was bright without fainting. At the same time my camera was taking Time-Lapse photos of auroras and luckily one frame had part of fireballs descent.

- Br. Marko Mikkilä

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot Detects Kansas / Oklahoma / Missouri / Nebraska / Arkansas Fireball Meteor
~06:42 am CDT 13MAR2012

Kansas / Oklahoma / Missouri / Nebraska / Arkansas Fireball Meteor

~06:42 am CDT 13MAR2012

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YouTube Uploaded by pinkstondd on 13 Mar 2012 10 views
Haysville, Kansas Meteor Flash visible at 06:42:09-:10
This is a clip off of a home CCTV system in Haysville KS of the Meteor that was spotted throughout several states. This camera is pointing pretty much straight North.

Video MAY be used with PRIOR permission; please email me drtanuki@gmail.com. Thank you Derek P. for the video and email!

YouTube - Uploaded by desertengineer1 on 13 Mar 2012 6views
Very poor capture of what must have been a bright event over Kansas. Time on the OKC Sandia Sentinel Allsky Camera was 11:42:06 start (06:42:06 Central). There's a cutoff in the camera optics that masked the final trajectory.

More than 75 Sighting Reports! Thank you ALL!
For ALL of the meteor sighting reports see:
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13MAR2012 Staci Jenks, Oklahoma, USA 645 3 seconds NW to SE White then Orange bigger than Venus YES Flashing and then burned out

13MAR2012 Moe OKC, OK 0641 CST 4-5 seconds I was facing south and it was headed towards me south. It was extremely bright and when it got real close, it exploded into several big sparks and then faded out. It looked like a mag light was falling from the sky and then blew up into big orange sparks. yes none available.

13MAR2012 bob holt kansas city, mo. usa 6:40:00 4 sec w-e white with gold sparkles on the tail bright white -very large gold sparkles on it's tail it was pretty cool, looked like it came down in the city

13MAR2012 Brian Johnson Independence, MO 0641hrs Central time 4-5 seconds NE to SSW Blue Green Yellow Bright Blue Green Yellow none seen very fast and very bright

13MAR2012 Sheri Helms Oklahoma City, OK USA 6:40a.m. CT 20 sec NE Green blue Moon yes meteor/fireball

13MAR2012 Katy Topeka, KS, USA Central Time zone...6:45AM Less than 10 seconds Traveling West Gold, green Like a flare Yes It was falling in the South part of the sky...it seemed to literally fall to the ground.

13mar2012 richard junction city, ks, usa 0642 central standard time 1 to 2 seconds facing west, started straight up in sky, continued mostly straight down, a little south westward travel green and white color, very bright, lit up most of the sky as bright as a military flare at 100 meters there was a tail of white and green sparks but no huge pieces meteor seemed really close based on size and near vertical path. would have contacted ground south of I70, west of 77

Please check your security camera videos for a capture; anyone with a photo or art work of the event please email me; drtanuki@gmail.com

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Press / Media Covering this event and citing this site:

KWCH CH 12 Eyewitness News
Strange lights in the sky

http://www.kwch.com/news/kwch-jab-strange-lights-in-the-sky-20120313,0,7348095.story

KAKE News
Meteor Spotted in Sky Over Kansas
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Meteor_Spotted_In_Sky_Over_Kansas_142462325.html

KSAL News Radio 1150
Possible Meteor Lights Up Predawn Sky
http://www.ksallink.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=21286&format=html

Salina Post
http://salinapost.com/2012/03/13/meteorite-lights-up-skies-in-kansas-and-other-states-tuesday-morning/

104.5 Radio Wichita - The Fox
http://www.1045thefox.com/blogs/mark/142491955.html

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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Three Spectacular Fireballs Over Italia 10/12MAR2012

Fireball 20120312_010549
http://meteore.forumattivo.com/t2413-fireball-20120312_010549#9669

Fireball 20120312_020653
http://meteore.forumattivo.com/t2412-fireball-20120312_020653

Fireball 20120310_022756
http://meteore.forumattivo.com/t2401-fireball-20120310_022756

Ferruccio Zanotti

IMTN

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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Meteorite Punches Hole Through Oslo Shed
Discovery News
It is very rare for any meteorite debris to land in a populated area such as the middle of a major city like Oslo. It is hoped the meteorite will remain in a Norway museum. Uncovering fragments ofmeteorite fragments in highly populated areas like Oslo ...

Meteor chunk falls on family's hut
Independent Online
By SAPA Anne Margrethe Thomassen looks at a rock, believed to be a meteorite, in central Oslo on Monday. Oslo - A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment ...

UFO across Geelong
Geelong Advertiser
The spectacular visual display which captured widespread attention was most likely ameteor, according to Astronomical Society of Victoria's Perry Vlahos. The incident was recorded by UFO tracking website ufostalker.com, quoting a Geelong resident who...

Mystery 'fireball' crosses Melbourne skies
Yahoo!7 News
Many Victoria residents were left perplexed after spotting the 'low-flying fireball' at around 8.40pm, and turned to Twitter in the hope of identifying it. Observers described it as a big ball of fire followed by a white trail.

AccuWeather.com - Weather Video - A Meteorite ...
A cottage owner in Norway had quite the surprise when an intruder crashed down from space ...
accuweather.com

The great meteor hunt - OpenLearn - Open University
With the weekend being dominated by news of a large meteor being spotted in UK skies, we give you the low down on those bright things up high... 05 Mar ...
www.open.edu/openlearn/science.../the-great-meteor-hunt

Meteor 'fireball' spotted in night sky across UK - The Guardian ...
Police inundated with calls as 'orange glow' is sighted by peoplefrom northern Scotland to DevonPolice forces across the UK havereceived numerous calls after ...
esciencenews.com/.../meteor.fireball.spotted.night.sky.across.u...

Saudi Gazette - Meteor witnessed across Britain
LONDON — Police forces say they have received a number of calls reporting what is believed to have been a meteor. A “huge fireball” was reported travelling ...
www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.con...

Life's building blocks more common than thought
TG Daily
An analysis of meteorite samples has revealed that there's more than one way of building amino acids in space, raising the odds of life elsewhere. The NASA researchers say that the discovery lends support to the theory that life on Earth could have ...

Meteorite chunk falls on Oslo
BigPond News Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:39 PM PDT
A meteorite chunk weighing 585 grams has crashed through the roof a home in Oslo, Norway.

Encounters of another kind: meteorite chunk falls on Oslo
SpaceDaily Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:37 PM PDT
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo, media reported Monday.

Oslo family stunned after meteorite lucky escape
Sydney Morning Herald Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:57 PM PDT
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo.

Meteorite chunk falls on city
Daily Telegraph Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:35 PM PDT
METEORITE weighing 585 grams crashes through the roof of a garden hut in Oslo, splits in two.

Oslo gets hit again [Dynamics of Cats]
ScienceBlogs Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:53 AM PDT
Seems like all the action is in Norway these last few years... Meteoritecrashes through roof in Oslo from Verdens Gang Fist size meteoritesmashes through roof in Oslo suburb Nice looking chunk - be worth a pretty penny, as one of the few meteorites with confirmed provenance of hitting a structure. see also Fireball over Norway - at VG Read the comments on this post...

Space chunk falls on Oslo hut
News 24 South Africa Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:49 AM PDT
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their garden hut in the middle of Oslo.

Meteorite chunk hits roof in Oslo, Norway
Vancouver Province Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:42 AM PDT
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo.

Valuable Space Rock Crashes Into Oslo Cabin
Universe Today Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:42 AM PDT
A family in Oslo got a surprise when they visited their allotment garden cabin for the first time this season and found that a 585-gram (20 oz.)meteorite had ripped a hole through the roof. The space rock was discovered âlying five or six metres away,â the cabinâs owner, Rune Thomassen, told the local newspaper [...]

Suspected meteorite chunk crashes through Oslo familyâs shed
National Post Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:46 AM PDT
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo, Norwegian media reported Monday

Permian Basin Spring Break Attractions 3/12/12
KOSA
In Odessa, you could always visit the Meteor Crater. You can reach the Meteor Crater Museum at: (432) 381-0946. If the great outdoors isn't your thing, the McDonald Observatory located in the Davis Mountains could be a great get away for you.

Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's Components
Space Ref (press release)
An antarctic meteorite analyzed in the study A meteorite analyzed in the study at its collection site in Antarctica. Credit: Antarctic Search for Meteorites program, Case Western Reserve University Full-resolution copy In the study, scientists with the ...

Melbourne UFO lights up night sky
Ninemsn
Astronomers believe a the object was probably a meteor. The white projectile left behind a substantial trail, but Astronomical Society of Victoria spokesman Perry Vlahos said it would not have posed a threat. "Despite what people saw in reality it is ...

Encounters of another kind: meteorite chunk falls on Oslo
PhysOrg.com
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo, Norwegian media reported Monday. The rock weighing 585 grammes (one pound, ...

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Meteorite Falls on the Roof of a Family Allotment in Oslo
The Nordic PageAn extremely rare meteorite fell through the roof of a cottage house, situated in an allotment in Rodeløkka center of Oslo. Photo : NigerMeteoriteRecon | Meteorites (Picture is NOT from this Fall!) that hit the earth usually have a speed of between 360 and 1000 kilometers per hour.

Meteorite sensation in Oslo. See the pictures

http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vg.no%2F

Meteorite smashed through Oslo roof
Views and News from Norway
It turned out to be a meteorite. Only 14 meteorites have been found in Norway since 1848, the last one in Moss, south of Oslo, in 2006. So the one that hit the Thomassen family's cabin has caught some attention. “We were there yesterday (Sunday),” Rune ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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MBIQ Detects Fireball Meteor Over Australia ~20:50 12MAR2012

Please check your security camera videos for a capture; anyone with a photo or art work of the event please email me; drtanuki@gmail.com

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12MAR2012 michael seaford,Victoria,Australia 2046 2sec w-e bright and multiple breakup moon yes no

12MAR2012 Ron Ipenburg Melbourne Australia 20:40 local time 15 seconds west yellow/red about equal to Venus yes . breaking up into 4 fragments brightness of Venus but much larger, traveling almost due east. fragmentation took place in the last 5 seconds

12MAR2012 Carlton Fry Belgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 20:42:00 10 sec Left to right (S- N) Bright yellow light - jet engine sound Same as the sun Witnessed fragment break away Seemed quite low in the sky (almost directly above)

12MAR2012 Loren w packenham, victoria, australia 20:50:00 5 sec w-e Australia bright white, going to yellow then broke upyellow between mood and sun yes had a tail, looked like something broke off

12MAR2012 Charles Q Blair Melbourne 20:50:00 5 odd seconds South to South East White & Orange, fragment breaking up Bright, thought was a plane crashing first off Yes Was awesome

12MAR2012 Carla Melbourne 20:40:00 2 seconds left to right - South green, white Very bright Yes Off the Tail it appeared to be something crashing down to earth.

For ALL of the meteor sighting reports see:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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Meteor Mystery: Hunt For Space Rock Remains ...
Meteor Mystery: Hunt For Space Rock Remains. A hunt is under way for the remains of a ...
web.orange.co.uk

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: California Meteor Fireball ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
California Meteor Fireball ~7:15 pm PST 10MAR2012 10MAR2012 Brenda Thomason Templeton 19:15:00 approximately 10 seconds before it disappeared beyond Paso Robles hills. Facing North, appeared almost directly overhead, dropped ...
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Weekly SkyWatcher's Forecast – March 12-18, 2012
Universe Today
There's even a Southern Hemisphere meteor shower to enjoy! Pretty exciting, huh? Join the party by getting out your binoculars or telescopes and meet me for more in the backyard… Monday, March 12 – No. That's not the “headlights” of a UFO on the ...

Expecting the worst, "preppers" aim for self-sufficiency
Sun-Sentinel
By Robert Nolin, Sun Sentinel There's a smorgasbord of end-of-the-world scenarios out there: supervolcanoes, meteor strikes, electromagnetic radiation, natural disasters, plague and economic meltdown. And there's a growing cadre of South Florida ...

Meteor Strike Hazard: All US Nuclear Plants Facing Upgrades ...
Progress Energy's chief nuclear officer announced this week that every U.S. nuclear plant will add an extra layer of emergency equipment this year to deal with ...
www.sott.net/.../242764-Meteor-Strike-Hazard-All-US-Nuclea...

Venus and Jupiter to pass in 'close encounter' over UK skies for next 2 nights
Daily Mail
By Eddie Wrenn A week ago thousands of people were amazed when a meteorsuddenly screamed southwards across the skies, heading all the way from Inverness in Scotland to the English Channel. And last Monday, Mars made its closest pass of Earth in more ...

UK Meteor (Fireball) Joanne Pain claims she found ...
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Meteor Activity Outlook for March 10-16, 2012 « The Transient Sky ...
By Carl Hergenrother
As seen from the northern hemisphere, March is the slowest month for meteor activity. No major annual showers are active and only two very weak minor showers produce activity this month. The sporadic rates are also near their annual ...

Low-flying 'fireball' lights up Melbourne sky
Herald Sun
A LOW-flying fireball has lit up Melbourne's sky sparking speculation as to what the object was. Twitter went into overdrive shortly after the object was seen across Victoria about 8.40pm. Herald Sun reader Yvonne Greig said she saw the firey object go ...

Meteorite Falls on the Roof of a Family Allotment in Oslo
The Nordic Page
An extremely rare meteorite fell through the roof of a cottage house, situated in an allotment in Rodeløkka center of Oslo. Photo : NigerMeteoriteRecon | Meteorites that hit the earth usually have a speed of between 360 and 1000 kilometers per hour.

Brecon Beacons National Park bids for dark sky status
BBC News
Officials claimed that on a clear night above the Beacons people could see the Milky Way, as well as numerous constellations, bright nebulas and even meteor showers. A lighting survey started on Sunday and a leaflet is being distributed informing ...

15 March 2012