The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08DEC2012

Geminid meteor shower promises to be a big one
GlobalPost
A Geminid meteor streaks diagonally across the sky against a field of star trails over one of the peaks of the Seven Sisters rock formation in this exposure early December 14, 2007 in the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images ...

Add to Timeline - What's This
CBS Local
Cook says that it appears that the meteor entered the earth's atmosphere somewhere between Dallas and Houston. He says they have used radar to track fragments that fell to the earth north of Houston. The pieces would be very small and weigh a few ...

Most Spectacular Meteor Shower Of The Year Quickly Approaching
RedOrbit
The Geminids meteor shower is expected to be an amazing display of natural fireworks and is expected to start on December 13 and 14, ending the year with a bang. The Taipei Astronomical Museum says that the meteor shower will outshine all other meteor ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: One to Watch
Patch.com
The Geminids are a relatively young meteor shower that originated as pieces of debris from the celestial object 3200 Phaethon. Phaethon is the rocky skeleton of a comet that lost most of its outer covering of ice after too many close encounters with ...

NASA: Fireball over Houston was meteor
Houston Chronicle
According to Cooke, eyewitnesses in Texas and adjacent states saw a very bright fireball streak across the sky at 6:43 a.m. It was so bright, a NASA meteor camera in Mayhill, N.M., spotted it some 500 miles to the west. "(That) is very unusual and ...

A "Gem" of a Meteor Shower Is Coming up Next Week
Space.com
If you were disappointed with the meager showing put on by this year's Leonid Meteor Shower, don't fret. What potentially will be the best meteor display of the year is just around the corner, scheduled to reach its peak on Thursday night, Dec. 13: the ...

Possible meteor spotted over Texas
FOX 4 News
From Houston to Oklahoma, and right here in North Texas, people across the region are reporting a streaming flash of light in the sky from Thursday night through early morning. The object appears to be a meteor but there has been no official confirmation.

Mysterious bright flash in sky reported across Texas
KHOU
While early reports indicated it was likely a meteor, the National Weather Service in Houston reported Friday afternoon that it may have been debris from the Russian Satellite Cosmos 2251 as it reentered the atmosphere. In 2009, the Cosmos 2251 ...

Volcanoes, Not Meteorite, Killed Dinosaurs, Scientist Argues
livescience.com Fri, 07 Dec, 2012 09:01 AM PST
SAN FRANCISCO — Volcanic activity in modern-day India, not an asteroid, may have killed the dinosaurs, according to a new study.

Get ready! A superb Geminid meteor shower due next week
NBCNews.com
What potentially will be the best meteor display of the year is just around the corner, scheduled to reach its peak next Thursday night: the Geminid Meteors. The Geminids get their name from the constellation of Gemini, the Twins. On the night of this ...

Meteor or space junk? Fireball flashes through pre-dawn sky across Texas
Dallas Morning News (blog)
A NASA expert has weighed in on our now identified flying object: It was a meteor. Bill Cooke, who heads up the Meteoroid Environment Office, told KRLD (1080 AM) that the flash, caught on the agency's cameras in New Mexico, was likely the size of a ...

Yellow-Green Fireball Spotted in North Texas Sky
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Yellow-Green Fireball Spotted in North Texas Sky. Geminid meteor shower peaks Dec. 13-15. By Frank Heinz. | Friday, Dec 7, 2012 | Updated 12:29 PM CST.  Yellow-Green Fireball Spotted in N. Texas Sky. NBC10 Viewer ...

Meteorite Weathering - Wiki Article - YouTube
3 min
Meteorite weathering is the terrestrial alteration of a meteorite. Mostmeteorites date from the .
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A "Gem" of a Meteor Shower Is Coming up Next Week: Scientific ...

The Geminid Meteor Shower offers stargazers a host of slow, bright fireballs and lasts for two to three days.
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-gem-of-a...

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 8-14, 2012 | American Meteor ...
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near four for observers located at mid-northern latitudes and three for observers in ...
amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-december-8-14...

Geminid Meteor Shower | Telus World of Science - Edmonton
On December 13th and 14th the Geminid meteor shower will peak in the night sky. This annual shower will be one of the most intense showers of the year and ...
www.telusworldofscienceedmonton.com/.../geminid-meteor-sh...

ScienceCasts: Rock Comet Meteor Shower - YouTube
4 min
The Geminid meteor shower peaks on Dec. 13th and 14th when Earth runs through a stream ...
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A "GEM" OF A METEOR SHOWER COMING ON THURSDAY NIGHT ...
What's the best annual meteor display? Many experienced skywatchers would say it's the Geminids of December rather than the better-known Perseids of ...
www.haydenplanetarium.org/.../a-gem-of-a-meteor-shower-co...

Geminid Meteor Shower | meteorwatch.org
The Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 is the most reliable and prolific of the annual meteor showers.
www.meteorwatch.org/2012/.../geminid-meteor-shower-2012/

Geminid meteor shower to peak this weekend
A fantastic photo of a shooting star from the Geminids over Joshua Tree National Park. (c) (Photo: Henry Lee/Flickr) After a busy November in which bot.
www.zmescience.com/.../geminid-meteor-shower-peaks-this-w...

Starwatch: Meteor shower will fill the sky
Post-Bulletin
It's called the Geminid meteor shower because all of the meteors will appear to be streaming from the general direction of the constellation Gemini the Twins, which is in the western half of the sky in the early morning. But by no means should you ...

Did you see the bright meteor over Houston this morning?
Houston Chronicle (blog)
“Have you heard anything about a big meteor over Houston this morning? My husband was at the bus stop with neighbor and kids around 6:45 – they all saw a bright streak, then a bright “explosion” then a series of colors then it disappeared. My husband ...

Meteors with the experts: Visitors invited to watch meteor shower at Hartford ...
STLtoday.com
(Hartford, Ill – December 6, 2012) – Grab and blanket and cozy up with your favorite person under the stars. The Geminids meteor showing is in a couple of weeks and do you know where to watch it? The Lewis and Clark Confluence Tower, located at 435 ...

Meteor shower a yearend treat for stargazers
GMA News
"The annual Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak in the night of December 13-14. Under a dark and cloudless sky just after midnight of its peak activity, meteors or 'falling stars' can be seen at an average rate of forty meteors per hour. The ...

Siouxland students get portable way to 'see' the stars
Sioux City Journal
SIOUX CITY | Sioux City-area students won't have to become an astronaut to see a Martian sunrise or to watch the meteor-scared lunar surface flash by from an altitude of 640 miles. A $50,000 portable planetarium purchased by the Northwest Area ...

Meteor shower a yearend treat for stargazers - Yahoo! News ...
Read 'Meteor shower a yearend treat for stargazers' on Yahoo! News Philippines. Weather conditions permitting, stargazers can get their last treat for 2012 with ...
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Expert: Bright light is probably a meteor
KHOU
HOUSTON – Carolyn Sumners, director of the Planetarium at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, joined Ron Trevino and Katherine Whaley on Friday in the KHOU 11 News studio to discuss the bright light in the sky many reported seeing early Friday ...

NASA: Friday's fireball was a 'probable' meteorite
Houston Chronicle (blog)
This was not the re-entry of Kosmos 2251, which was destroyed in a collision with an Iridium satellite in February 2009; it is a meteor, most likely a fragment from the asteroid belt and not associated with the Geminid meteor shower. Preliminary ...

Geminid meteor shower to light up the sky on Dec. 13-14 nights
TruthDive
Washington, December 7 (ANI): Keep a lookout high overhead this Thursday night, December 13th, to watch the shooting stars of the Geminid meteor shower, say experts. Under a clear, dark sky, you may see a shooting star every minute from 10 p.m. local ...

Mysterious green flash streak across sky
Houston Chronicle
McKinney said it is believed to have been a meteor and possibly part of the Geminids meteorshower which usually is visible this time of year in the area. The shower peaks about December 13 and this meteor may have be the opening act of that celestial ...

Fireball in the sky: Did you see it?
KHOU
Send photos to assignments@khou.com. At least one witness in Dallas reported hearing a boom with the fireball, which reportedly had a long trail behind it. Some people said the object flashed from red to green before it disappeared. Those who witnessed ...

Meteor passes over Houston
CW39 NewsFix
HOUSTON, TX – Officials say it was a meteor, folks from Houston to Dallas saw the bright light streaking crossing the sky early in the morning, and you are now probably thinking: damn Mayans! Hold on, don't be so pessimistic! We still have a few more ...

Stars of our corner of the cosmos
Arizona Republic
See the Geminid meteor shower on a moonless night when Kitt Peak National Observatory, one of Arizona's premier research facilties, presents Meteor Mania. Visitors will learn about meteorites, comets and asteroids. "The meteors appear to radiate from ...

Fireball Over Texas December 7, 2012 | American Meteor Society
The American Meteor Society has received over 100 reports of a bright meteor that occurred near 06:45 CST on Friday December 7, 2012. Brightness estimates ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../fireball-over-texas-december-7-2012/

Texas Meteorite - NASA Confirmed Meteor Over ...
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Texas Meteorite - NASA Confirmed Meteor Over Texas on December 7, 2012 In an advisory ...
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Yellow-Green Fireball Spotted in North Texas Sky | NBC 5 Dallas ...
A yellow-green ball of fire seen streaking through the morning Texas sky is not a harbinger of the end of days ... it was just a meteor.
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Meteor shower lights up California sky | Video ...
pubId=963482463001 Meteor shower lights up California sky The Orionoidmeteor shower lit ...
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Texas Fireball Meteor 07DEC2012 with Sonics!

Texas Fireball Meteor ~06:43 am CST 07DEC2012 with Sonics!
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--she tried to pass in off as another event in NE States 22MAR2013
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Initial Reports:

07DEC2012 Martha Liebrum Houston 6:45 a.m. 4 seconds? Northeast to West Multi streaming colors, huge bright Same as moon Not that I saw Light attracted my attention...

07DEC2012 Jamie League City, TX, USA 6:41:00 3 seconds W-E, traveling North bright green, larger than a shooting star brighter than Venus, no It looked like a very bright firework, long streak in the sky.

07DEC2012 Corie Irving, TX 643 5-7 sec E/SE Bright Sun yes. In the very early dawn sky I saw a bright contrail with a dark gap in the sky followed by a bright ball of light, all of which quickly disappeared.
07DEC2012 Jim Dallas Texas 6:45 CST 5 sec SE Bright streak looked like rocket trail still breaking up less than 100 yards from ground. Traveling at extreme rate of speed Venus Yes I will be very surprised if a business or home wasn't hit. Fell in very populated area

07DEC2012 Martin Mueller Richardson, TX, USA 645 4 seconds max Left to Right, Facing South White, in car no sound Sun Yes Very fast and Bright, discintegrating

07DEC2012 Robert Irving, Texas 06:40 AM CST 2 seconds? Left to Right. Facing South. Neon Greenish Blue rather bright. Moon-brightness no fragments Greenish-blue neon trail. Approximate angle of descent 60 degrees from left to right while facing south. Trail was rather thick. Seemed close to my location, but that was probably an optical illusion.

07DEC2012 Mike Dallas, TX 6:40am CT 5 Seconds South Bright Flash Very bright flash - like a large flash on a camera Don't think so I was heading SW on Hwy 121 and looked to my south near the Coppell/Grapevine/DFW Airport area.  There was a flash that filled the sky and then a streak of red/orange fire that was very thick and then dissappeared close to horizon.  It almost looked like the fire and flash was over DFW airport, but I think it was further south.

07DEC2012 Sara Seabrook, TX 640 Less than one second N-E to N-W. I was facing N-W The sun was coming up and made it appear orange/pinkish. Did not hear a sound as I was driving in my truck with the radio on. Lit up the sky for a split second No I've seen meteors fall to the ground before, as an eye witness and on videos. This one had no trail while entering the atmosphere. It was already close to earth when it appeared and it happened in just a split second and lit up the whole sky in front of me. If I would have blinked, I would have missed it. I've never seen one travel that fast.

07DEC2012 Daniel Stone houston 645 5 seconds East to West, 20% of sky Yellow and Green, explosion and flash of white light brighter than the sun at explosion, brighter than the moon throughout could not see was beautiful!

07DEC2012 ryan bence houston,TX 0645am 3 sec west bound fireball sun N/A greensish tail then created a blue/green flash in the sky
07DEC2012 texmex galveston,tx 6:35:00 10sec northwest green and blue sun yes it just lit the whole sky up..really bright

07DEC2012 Cheryl Sulphur, LA 70663 6:45:00 10-15 sec. W-SW; I was facing west tail was greenish and had a bright white ball at the end moon none that I could see I was traveling in my car, pulling out of my drive way when I saw it streak across. I thought it was a fireworks at first and realized it was going the opposite direction!

07DEC2012 Nicole Wlodarczyk Little Elm, TX, US 0642 CST 2 sec East to SouthEast large long white tail, with a VERY  large blue-green color burst to end of event just a bit less than a full moon unknown This was the largest I have seen, fragments may remain

07DEC2012 Ellen Hearn Haskell, Texas, USA 6:45:00 2-3 seconds N-S facing East Brilliant Neon Green Moon bright enough to show as it passed behind clouds Giant neon green ball with same color tail, driving east with Venus in front of me the ball moved from the north to the south
07DEC2012 Emily Houston, Texas, USA 0645 Central time <5 to 10 sec unknown Blue/Green flash of light, then a fireball in the sky maybe as bright as moon, more comparable to an power line transformer explosion unknown none

07DEC2012 Andy Nall Pearland Texas, USA 6:37 a.m. 1.5-2 seconds start due notht, traveling southwest huge green flash of light that cast shadows on the ground more than the moom, but not as much as the sun the tail The green light was so bright that it casts shadows of myself and the trees around me.
07DEC2012 Matthew Schwartz Richmond, TX, USA 06:40 Central Time 1 second United States Bright Green Same as lightning No Power outage in my office, probably related.

07DEC2012 Kim SUGAR LAND, TX 06:44 CST 5 sec meteor was traveling E-W; I was driving toward NE I didn't see the actual explosion as I was driving and it occurred off my left shoulder.  My car light up like someone took a flash photo inside and when I looked out the car window I saw renmants of the explosion and the meteor contrail.  The explosion site was orange/yellow and the contrail was yellow/blue. extremely bright.  It was dark outside and light up the interior of my car like flash photo would. didn't notice any fragments Since it was dark outside, I don't know how close to the ground it was.  But because of the light given off from the explosion, I would venture to guess it was closer than normal.

07DEC2012 Jeanne Zimmer Wylie, Texas 6:40 (approx.) 2 sec. right to left White/turned green very bright did not see any neighbors walking saw it too.


07DEC2012 Jason Psutka Mansfield, TX 640 5 sec Southern Sky: Top right to bottom left Orange, yellow with blue moon no Solid streak with substancial afterglow lasting 3 sec.

07DEC2012 Dean Dawson The Colony,TX 6:45ish  Central 2 seconds Traveling South, saw what looked a couple hundred feet up traveling downward from east to west bright white flash , then a trail lightning bright n/a n/a

07DEC2012 Wendy Carey CARROLLTON, TX, UNITED STATES 06:45 CST About 7 seconds E-W It looked almost like a firecracker that never exploded, just fell. It was a blue with some yellow traces. It was pretty bright, not quite as bright as the sun but brighter than the moon I could see a small trail of smoke and possibly a few pieces falling off. It seemed to be very low in the sky.

07DEC2012 Eric Janney Grapevine, TX 0655 CST 1 sec Traveling on US 121 south bound toward DFW airport.  Event appeared SSE of my location. Bright green burst fading to white with a flash of white at the end sun no The even was bright enough to light up the night sky in a bright green for it's duration with a flash of white at the end

07DEC2012 Tamera Johnson County, TX, USA 645 6sec North to South in Eastern sky Red fire ball, with a bluish green long tail bright as the venus yes, fragments following behind it was awesome!

07DEC2012 Sharron Murphree Azle, TX USA 6:50 am CST 10 sec SW high in sky traveling to the SW horizon bright blue flash and then an orange trail very bright, brighter than Venus no like a brilliant firework exploding

07DEC2012 Tommy Hamilton Houston, Texas USA Central Time 6:45am 10 sec N-W Right to Left blue and orange moon no http://i50.tinypic.com/fa3h8g.jpg

07DEC2012 Natasha Bounds Spring/ Houston , Texas , USA 6:45 (am) central 5-10sec E-W(or NW) Bright blue and green flash across the sky. Very bright! Reminded me of when a transformer blows! I didn't see any but it doen't mean there weren't any Some poele have discribes seeing a fireball but I would not have discribed it as such.

07DEC2012 Joe G Carrolton, TX USA 0700 Central Time Zone USA I would say maybe 5 seconds. From North to South.  I was facing South. I saw some white and possibly some blue.  I was not sure if the blue was from daybreak or from the actual meteorite.  I did not hear anything as my car window was closed and music playing. I would say same as the moon. None that I could see. This thing was very wide and it appeared to be very close.  It also appeared to have slowed down when it entered our atmosphere then proceeded with the free fall.  2 other friends confirmed that they saw it, too.

07DEC2012 D Perkins Rowlett, Texas 6:45 am Central time zone 1 second SE-S Falling toward earth White-orange Very bright to dark Seemed to disintegrate as it fell Also observed by other passenger in car.  Very bright flame like appearance

07DEC2012 Cynthia Albert Rhome Texas 6:43:00 6seconds nw of where my son and I were standing.Looked like it came down in Justin Tx from my house                                                                                                         sw direction                             Beautiful white glow with gren and blue huge!! Weird (wooshing?) sound Brighter then then sun looked like it Reported to Fox 4 new's Alot of other people seen it also one reported from Colorado.Looked Super Close!

07DEC2012 Leah Clearlake, Texas 645 3 seconds facing North it traveled from right to left yellow, orange, blue Very bright looked like there was I've never seen anything like it! The tail on it was very long and bright. Traveled very fast! Coolest thing i have ever witnessed!

07DEC2012 Cynthia Albert Rhome Texas 6:43:00 6seconds nw of where my son and I were standing.Looked like it came down in Justin Tx from my house                                                                                                         sw direction                             Beautiful white glow with gren and blue huge!! Weird (wooshing?) sound Brighter then then sun looked like it Reported to Fox 4 new's Alot of other people seen it also one reported from Colorado.Looked Super Close!

07DEC2013 Julie Doucet ORANGE, TEXAS USA 6:40 am cst Very short, maybe a full second. I was facing East. It went from right to left in a downward direction No audible sounds. Ball was orange with a bright blue tail Very bright. The sun was up but it wad very foggy out and the meteor lit up the sky around it No We did not get a picture but it wad byfar one of the coolest things I have ever seen. And it was a major plus that I got to see it with my 5 year old son.

07DEC2012 Kristy Fort Worth, Texas, USA 06:40:00 CST 10 sec West Green Sun, it was very bright No It was very green and bright. The center was large and dark. The exterior of the object was white then turning green and left a green tail. It was like it was on fire.

07DEC2012 Sue Moore McKinney TX 6:45 Central 2-3 seconds NE-SW Bright white fireball with tail Extremely bright No fragmentation Seemed to appear out of nowhere, large bright fireball with tail, then totally disappeared

07DEC2012 Bobby Iowas Colony, TX USA 6:34:00 2 Facing West by Northwest Double green flash resembled lightning unknown I saw a bright green double flash.  I thought it was lightning at first.

07DEC2012 Bill Killgore Frisco, TX United States 06:42 am CST 2 or 3 seconds N to S  Facing South Very large bright white ball trailed by bright stream of light Venus light or parts were falling off It looked to be extremely large

07DEC2012 J Lindstrom Lewisville, TX 630 2 United States
Yellow/Green Moon Yes It was from north heading south, from about 80 degrees to 55 degrees of my left side of the horizon while driving to work.



For All sighting reports see:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp

Fireball over Lewisville, TX - 12/7/12

At 6:40am on 12/7/12, I saw a large fireball over lewisville, TX. The fireball was clearly going straight down and went in front of my field of view for about 4 seconds. I was driving south of I-35 near Lewisville water tower and the fireball landed very close by. The fireball was incredibily bright blue and made a very loud sound as it passed back. Just before hittting the ground, the light disappeared and there was large pop. Several of my co-workers saw the same thing from road 2499 which was several miles south of my location.
Stephen McKeever
University of North Texas  Thank you Stephen!

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07NOV2012

NASA Chat: Geminid Meteor Shower
NASA
A 2011 Geminid meteor, captured by a camera at New Mexico State University, operated False-color image of a 2011 Geminid meteor, captured by a camera at New Mexico State University, operated by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, ...

Viewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2012 | American Meteor ...
The Geminid meteor shower is now active and will reach maximum activity on Thursday night/Friday morning December 13/14. Activity is currently low with only ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../viewing-the-geminid-meteor-shower-...

Meteors to bombard Earth this month
Mother Nature Network (blog)
Not only are the Geminids among the year's most reliable and bountiful meteorshowers, but they should be especially visible this year thanks to the waning moon, which will go dark just as they reach their peak Dec. 13 and 14. The yearly Geminid ...

Do not Miss Geminids Show
French Tribune
The Taipei Astronomical Museum has announced that the Geminids are expected to show a wonderful meteor shower, which will be at its peak on Dec. 13-14. It shall be noted that this meteor shower is going to outshine every other meteor showers taking...

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 17 2012 | American Meteor Society
No matter where you live the first half of December provides some of the best meteor activity of the year This activity will be tempered by a bright moon ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-decembe...

December offers hundreds of meteors
Astronomy Magazine
The Geminids are so named because if you trace all the meteor trails backward, they would converge within the boundaries of the constellation Gemini the Twins. This point, called the radiant, lies approximately 3° northwest of the 1st-magnitude star ...

Nakhla Meteorite - Wiki Article - YouTube
5 min
Nakhla is a famous martian meteorite fallen in Egypt in 1911. It was the firstmeteorite reported
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Ten tips for watching the Geminid meteor shower
EarthSky (blog)
The 2012 Geminid meteor shower will peak on the nights of December 13/14 and 14/15, with the nod being given to the former. Meteor numbers intensify as evening deepens into late night. The greatest numbers fall an hour or two after midnight (December ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Malta Meteor(s ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News. Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls & Related News. Make a meteor report. *.blogspot...
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Brace for Another Meteor Shower
Patch.com
NASA reports that the Geminids are a relatively young meteor shower, with the first sitings occurring in the 1830s with rates of about 20 per hour. Over the decades the rates have increased, regularly spawning between 80 and 120 per hour at its peak on ...

2012 Geminids Meteor Shower will be Visible Dec. 13-15
Patch.com
The last shooting star cluster before the New Year is the Geminid Meteor Shower, expected to peak in the pre-dawn hours after midnight between Dec. 13 and Dec. 15. Meteors will be visible in all parts of the sky and streak through the sky at more than ...

Geminids forecast to be year's greatest meteor shower
Focus Taiwan News Channel
5 (CNA) The Geminids are expected to outshine other meteor showers this year as the absence of the moon will make the cosmic show even more visible, the Taipei Astronomical Museum said Wednesday. One of the three most prolific annual meteor ...

Year's best meteor display can be seen at Hastings observatory
Grand Island Independent
A good place to view the meteor shower is Hastings College's Sachtleben Observatory, where Dan Glomski, coordinator for the observatory, will lead a program for astronomy novices and experts alike. The free and public event will be at 7:30 p.m. Dec.

The Watchers - Geminid meteor shower and visible asteroids in ...
If you're planning to skywatch this December, this video will take you through some of the ...
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Geminid meteor shower ready to pop: December 13-15, 2012
iTWire
Astronomers are predicting over 50 meteor per hour should be seen at the peak of the Geminidmeteor shower; that's just under 1 meteor per minute. So, with a clear sky and good weather conditions you should have a good time watching the Geminids ...

2012 Geminids Meteor Shower will be Visible Dec. 13-15
Patch.com
Meteors will be visible in all parts of the sky and streak through the sky at more than 50 meteors per hour, or almost a meteor a minute, according to EarthSky.com. The new moon is expected to fall on Dec. 13, making for optimal dark skies -- as long ...

Livermore program to celebrate meteor shower
Contra Costa Times
14 starting at 9 p.m., Livermore Area Recreation and Park District rangers will guide a night walk to view the spectacular Gemenids meteor shower in Sycamore Grove Park. The group will sit and watch the meteors for about an hour from a dark part of the ...

Geminids Meteor Shower 2012 All Set To Dazzle Skies In December
International Business Times
While Perseids Meteor Shower 2012 hogged the limelight in August, the Geminids appear to be relatively a younger meteor shower that occurred first in the 1830s at rates of about 20 per hour. Over the decades the rates appear to have increased to 80 and ...

Best Meteor Shower of the Year Coming in December
GoLocal Worcester
Mild comfortable nights of observing are now behind us. As we approach the Winter Solstice on December 21 at 6:12am (the earliest date and time for this astronomical event since 1896), our days grow shorter while the nights grow longer. Amateur ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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The Amazing Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 Peak: When and Where to Watch
Patch.com
The Geminid meteor shower is named after the constellation Gemini, which is located in roughly the same point of the night sky where the Geminid meteor shower appears to originate. Geminids are pieces of debris from 3200 Phaethon, basically a rocky ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: IL MO Meteor 04DEC2012
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04DEC2012 Brian Puyear Kansas City MO, USA 2137 8 seconds E-W, Left to Right, East orange Brighter than a stat. as bright as a plane or helicopter at the very end Thise ar e the facts, but I have to say. that was a big, long fucking meteor.
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Coming to a Peak Near You: Meteor Mania - Arizona Public Media
While one may be able to catch a decent show watching a meteor shower in town , Kitt Peak National Observatory, high up on the mountain, away from all the ...
https://www.azpm.org/.../19858-coming-to-a-peak-near-you-...

December Geminid meteor shower promises observers lots of ...
The annual Geminid meteor shower, which peaks the night of December 13/14, is typically one
www.cosmostv.org/.../december-geminid-meteor-shower-pro...

HED Meteorite - Wiki Article - YouTube
4 min
HED meteorites are a subgroup of achondrite meteorites. HED stands for " howardite ...
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Geminid Meteor Shower and Meteorwatch
Universe Today
The Geminid meteor shower is expected to yield in excess of 50 meteors (shooting stars) per hour at peak for those with clear skies, the meteors it produces are usually bright with long persistent trains. If observing opportunities aren't favorable or ...

Planets and meteor shower visible during December - WDBJ7
December is full of night sky happenings. Everything from the Geminid Meteors, to Jupiter and Saturn on display. While the nights are cold, December often ...
www.wdbj7.com/.../wdbj7-planets-and-meteor-shower-visible-...


Night Sky Wonders: Meteor Watch and Vanishing Dark Skies ...
El Paso Event: Night Sky Wonders: Meteor Watch and Vanishing Dark Skies - Find event details, directions, start time, and other related events.
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Geminid Meteor Shower Party | West Island Gazette
Astronomy experts are predicting that with a moonless night coinciding with the peak of the Geminidmeteor shower this year, it should be prime conditions for ...
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Geminid meteor showers light up December skies
Examiner.com
The Geminid meteor showers occur when Earth travels past the constellation of Gemini each December, producing a shower of brightly-colored meteors visible from Earth. According to a Marion Patch report dated Dec 2, the meteor shower will peak on Dec.

Meteor streaking across the sky - Imgur
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Malta Meteor(s) 04DEC2012

Malta Meteor(s) 04DEC2012

Initial Reports:

04DEC2012 Kim St Julian's, Malta approx. 22.00 GMT+1 6-7 seconds W-E Pale yellow almost white ball in the sky with a long orange/yellow tail.  It was much more vivid and brighter than any "shooting star" I have ever seen Slightly dimmer than the moon but still very bright and vivid No It was very big and seemed to be quite low in the atmosphere and quite slow moving.  If the sky had not been blocked by high buildings we would have seen it for much longer

04DEC2012 Fleur doublet St. Paul's bay, malta 21:00:00 15 N-S Bright white with a tinge of green as it passed Sun No Impressive, fast and looked so close


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IL MO AR IN Meteor 04DEC2012

IL MO AR IN Meteor ~21:35 CST 04DEC2012

If you witnessed this meteor please file a meteor sighting report on this site; thank you!

Initial Sighting Reports:

04DEC2012 Brian Puyear Kansas City MO, USA 2137 8 seconds E-W, Left to Right, East orange Brighter than a stat. as bright as a plane or helicopter at the very end Thise ar e the facts, but I have to say. that was a big, long fucking meteor.

04DEC2012 Craig Hillis Harviell, Missouri USA 2135 15-20 seconds 2136 Green ball of light with sparks trailing behind it. Large smoke trail afterwards moon yes Second time i have witnessed this in a month and a half.

04DEC2012 loudtrumpet Belleville Illinois USA 2139 CMT 4 seconds N-S Multi-colored - No sound until no longer visable, then faint impact sound Moon No Like a shooting star, but much closer and more colorful.

04DEC2012 Jim Hillsboro, Illinois, USA 2135 US Central appx. 4-6 sec facing S travelled E-W white at start, began to fade, then became orange and brighter brighter than moon, less than sun none observed the color change was amazing!

04DEC2012 Shelby Shariatzadeh Chicago, IL 21:30:00 1-2 seconds North Yellow/White A little brighter than Venus no This was the second one I saw tonight in Chicago which is a bright city and you don't see many stars.

OVER 30 Reports!
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Buenos Aires, Argentina Bolide Meteor 04DEC2012

Buenos Aires, Argentina Bolide Meteor 04DEC2012
bólido verde sobre Buenos Aires20:50 hora local (-3TU) bólido magnitud -3/-4 SE-E color verde desintegrándose.
Hermoso! Estaba regando plantas en el calor tremendo que estamos padeciendo y lo ví caer muy cerca de Júpiter.
Espero que alguien más lo haya visto.

-Teresa H.  Gracias Teresa!

English Translation by Google Translate-
Buenos Aires
20:50 local time (-3TU) fireball magnitude -3/-4 SE-E green disintegrating.
Beautiful! Was watering plants in the tremendous heat we are experiencing and saw it fall very close to Jupiter. I hope someone else has seen.

If anyone else in Argentia witnessed this meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site;  thank you!  Spanish is fine.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01-03DEC2012

The Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 Peak: When and Where to Watch
Patch.com
The Geminid meteor shower 2012, the final major meteor shower of every year and likely to be the best, peaks overnight Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, and you may be able to see a great show on either side of those dates. If you liked the Perseids meteor shower ...

Visualizing Meteor Impact « Duke Physics News
They are exploring the questions of: How does granular material respond to a high-speed impact by a foreign object, such as a meteor striking a planetary ...
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Did The Sun Torch Geminid Meteor Shower's Parent Body? | Video ...
The peak of the shower (possibly hundreds of meteors per hour) occurs on December 13th and
www.space.com/18714-did-the-sun-torch-geminid-meteor-sho...

Geminid meteor shower and visible asteroids in December 2012 ...
If you're planning to skywatch this December, this video will take you through some of the notable objects in the sky this month, including a meteor shower, large ...
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IMO Membership for 2013 | International Meteor Organization
The International Meteor Organization (IMO) was established in 1988. Over the past 25 years, the IMO managed to collect an impressive amount of ...
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Best Meteor Shower of the Year Coming in December
GoLocalProv
This year's Geminid meteor shower will peak on the night of December 13-14, and are the best meteor shower of the year for northern hemisphere viewers. Photo: Wally Pacholka/AstroPics.com via NASA. Mild comfortable nights of observing are now behind ...

Will We See A New Meteor Shower?
Some computer models indicate that the Earth may pass near decades old debris left behind by Comet Wirtanen in mid December, creating a new meteor ...
blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/.../posts/post_1354292295986.html

Meteor shower over Wyoming pics
I find it funny how fake it looks I know it IS real it just LOOKS fake because that's not how we imagine meteor showers to be ...
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Meteor Activity Outlook for December 1-7, 2012 « The Transient Sky ...
By Carl Hergenrother
The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford's excellent weekly summary of meteoractivity. The original version can be found at the American Meteor Society's site. No matter where you live, the first half of December provides some ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Weekend Sci-Fi Matinee ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
"Without Warning" is a TV movie featuring veteran news anchor Sander Vanocur and reporter Bree Walker as themselves covering a breaking news story of three meteor fragments crashing into the Earth's northern hemisphere in October ...
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Marshall Center's Meteoroid Environment Office Welcomes Noted Meteor Expert ...
NASA
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., welcomes noted meteor expert Dr. Marc Fries to Marshall Nov. 8. Fries is a research scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson ...

Planets and meteor shower visible during December - wdbj7.com
December is full of night sky happenings. Everything from the Geminid Meteors, to Jupiter and Saturn on display.
www.wdbj7.com/.../wdbj7-planets-and-meteor-shower-visible-...

ScienceCasts: Rock Comet Meteor Shower - YouTube
Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. The Geminid meteor shower peaks on Dec . 13th and ...
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The Watchers - Geminid meteor shower and visible ...
If you're planning to skywatch this December, this video will take you through some of the ...
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Astronomical Wonders: #4 Meteor Showers
Yahoo! News (blog)
The night sky was alight with several meteor showers, including the Leonid in mid-November. As bits of space-debris from comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle vaporized in the Earth's atmosphere, we had the pleasure of observing the resulting fireworks. They made ...

Multi-colored full moon-sized fireball with enormous trail blazes over ...
Initial Meteor Sighting Reports 28 November 2012 - Phil, Georgetown, MA 23:00 EST 6 seconds duration - East to West. Bright and white, same as the moon.
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