The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13DEC2012

Open Evening for Geminids Meteor shower
BBC News
Open Evening for Geminids Meteor shower. The Observatory Science Centre, Hailsham. Run by: The Observatory Science Centre. Open Evening (viewing subject to weather). clock 18:30–23:00. Suitable for any age. Countryfile logo. Amenities available at ...


Swedes baffled by orange orb from the sky
Wed, 12 Dec, 2012 10:37 AM PST
FORSHAGA, Sweden, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Authorities in Sweden said a bright blue light in the sky and an orange-colored orb crashing to the ground may have been a meteorite.

Shooting Stars Galore on December 13-14
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
The Geminids are different than most meteor showers because they originate from asteroid debris rather than being remnants of a comet. Thus the chunks hitting the Earth's atmosphere are denser and more durable than comet pieces. This leads to brighter ...


Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight; Comet Wirtanen may add sparks
Los Angeles Times
Earthlings will have a good chance of witnessing shooting stars between sunset Thursday and sunrise Friday, courtesy of the Geminid meteor shower. Dozens of bright objects will streak across the sky each hour between dusk and dawn as the annual ...

Tonight's meteor showers should be a “Gem” in central New York
CNYcentral.com
Meteor showers in December can be difficult to watch because many times in Syracuse and central New York, skies are filled with cloud cover. However, the weather is going to cooperate giving us an opportunity to capture a “gem” of a show. Just make ...

Clouds could intrude on meteor shower
OCRegister
By PAT BRENNAN / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. The yearly Geminid meteor shower peaks Thursday night, though it might be tough to see in Orange County. Skies are expected to be partly to mostly cloudy, with 40 to 60 percent cloud cover through the ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks on night of December 13-14
EarthSky (blog)
What's the best way to watch a meteor shower? You need to get away from city lights and find a wide open view of the sky. City, state and national parks are good, and you might be able to camp and make a night of it. Enjoy the comfort of a reclining ...

Geminid meteor shower to grace night sky on Thursday
Zee News
"Astro lovers are expected to see shooting stars whizzing past in the skies as the Geminid meteor showers will be seen on the night of December 13 and 14, Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) ..

Geminid meteor shower set to enchant stargazers over coming days
Siliconrepublic.com
Geminid meteor shower set to enchant stargazers over coming days. Get ready to feast your eyes on a shooting star spectacle, as the annual Geminid meteor shower is on track to peak on 13 and 14 December. Geminids are bits of debris that come from 3200 ...

Meteor shower to put on show, if clouds part
Albany Democrat Herald
According to the International Meteor Organization, this year's Geminid meteor shower is expected to be bright and spectacular, says Jim Todd of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. The shower is expected to peak on the mornings of Thursday and ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Dec. 13/14
Space Ref (press release)
The Geminid meteor shower will be at its best after dark on Thursday, December 13 and before dawn on Friday, December 14, according to the editors of StarDate magazine. The Geminids are one of the most reliable meteor showers. This year, skywatchers ...

Meteor Shower To Peak Thursday
Indiana Public Media
The Geminid meteor shower begins Wednesday night and will still be visible to viewers through Friday. According to the Indiana University Professor of Astronomy Caty Pilachowski, the moon will be in its new phase, so its light will not interrupt the ...

Second Meteor Shower Might Join Geminids This Week
Patch.com
Sky watchers on Dec. 13 -14 may get a double show. NASA scientists say a second meteorshower may appear near the constellation Pisces, according to NASA Science News. The shower could be active at the same time as the anticipated Geminid, which ...

Geminids: Final Meteor Shower of 2012 Peaks Thursday
The Epoch Times
The last, and some say the best, meteor display of the year will light up the sky when the Geminids arrive in full force on Dec. 13-14. Over 50 meteors per hour are expected during the peak, which is set to happen Thursday night and early

Space News: A new meteor shower in December?
Lake County News
Not only is the Geminid meteor shower active as Earth passes through a stream of debris from “rock comet” 3200 Phaethon, but also, say forecasters, a new meteor shower could make an appearance. “The source of the new shower is Comet Wirtanen,” said ...

The Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 Peak: When and ...
The most reliable meteor shower of the year, the Geminids, is on its way – with no moon to obscure the show.
cedarfalls.patch.com/.../the-spectacular-geminid-meteor-showe...

Wishing upon the Shooting Stars: The Geminid Meteor Shower ...
Wishing upon the Shooting Stars: The Geminid Meteor Shower. A blog post at " Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business" on 2012-12-11.
blogs.loc.gov/.../wishing-upon-the-shooting-stars-the-geminid...

Catch the Geminids and Chat with NASA Meteor Experts
The annual Geminids meteor shower, scheduled to reach its peak on December 13 and 14, is slated to be the most intense shower of the entire year. This is also ...
www.arrl.org/.../catch-the-geminids-and-chat-with-nasa-meteo...

Surprise Meteor Shower this Week?
National Geographic
While space experts are predicting a grand performance from the annual Geminidmeteor shower this week– thanks in large measure to the moon being a no show – there may be an extra skywatching surprise. Russian astronomer Mikail Maslov has come up ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks over the Next Few Days
Slate Magazine (blog)
This week is a great chance to watch a great meteor shower: the Geminids, so named because they appear to shoot away from the constellation of Gemini. This is a really reliable shower, generally putting out as many as 100 meteors per hour! It peaks on ...

Who Will See It? Geminid Meteor Shower Viewing Conditions
AccuWeather.com
The East will feast on the Geminid meteor shower Thursday night, AccuWeather meteorologist Bret Anderson said, thanks to a big dome of high pressure sitting across the region. "The viewing conditions in the East Thursday night look quite good from the ...

First-time and long-time meteor showers in forecast
CNN (blog)
Look to the heavens this week and you may see something no earthling has seen before – meteors from the comet Wirtanen. The comet was discovered in 1948 and orbits the sun every 5.4 years, but 2012 will mark the first time the Earth's orbit will cross ...

Meteors to grace night sky, and conditions ideal to watch
Sun-Sentinel
The grand finale of this year's major meteor showers, the Geminids, will score the skies over South Florida this week, and conditions seem promising for favorable star-gazing. The Geminid meteorshower, along with the Perseids, which appear in August ...

The Sky Is Falling For Real! Geminid Meteor Shower Due This Week
KMPH Fox 26
The Sky Is Falling For Real! Geminid Meteor Shower Due This Week - KMPH FOX 26 | Central San Joaquin Valley News Source. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out. SITE SEARCH. Home · KMPH FOX 26 · ThisTV 26.2 · Great ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Viewing Guide
Wrexham.com
The Geminid Metor shower is the big finale to the astronomical calendar and hits it's peak this Wednesday and Thursday night (12-13th December 2012) with the potential to see over 50 shooting stars per hour, when there are clear skys. This is set to be ...

New meteor shower might coincide with 2012 Geminids!
EarthSky (blog)
We've had lots of reports of meteors this week, and most are probably part of the Geminid meteorshower, scheduled to peak late night December 13 to dawn December 14 for North American (evening December 14 to dawn December 15 for Asia). But NASA ...

Intense Geminid meteor shower peaks this week
CBC.ca
The annual meteor shower is considered one of the most intense and mysterious showers of our time. (AP Photo/AstroPics.com, Wally Pacholka) Sky-watchers are gearing up for a celestial light show that not even the world's most expensive holiday display ...

Geminid meteor showers expected to be dramatic
WKYC-TV
The Geminids are considered the most prominent meteor shower of the year mainly because the meteors can be viewed streaking across the sky all night long, unlike most showers that peak just before dawn. Also this year, the moon will not be a factor in ...

Geminid Meteor Shower To Peak This Week
The Inquisitr
Cooke also said that the Geminids is one of his favorite meteor showers because they have a strange origin. Most meteor showers come from comets but the Geminids come from a strange rock formation called 3200 Phaethon. Cook says that 3200 Phaethon ...

Geminid meteor shower offers brightest display of the year
Examiner.com
Today, CBS reported that this week marks the peak of the ongoing Geminid meteor shower. Early Friday morning is the shower's peak, offering the possibility of up to 150 meteors per second. However, as many 60 meteors per hour will be visible beginning ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Finland Bolide Meteor 10DEC2012

Finland Bolide Meteor 10DEC2012
"we had a big event here in Dec 10 at 1421 UT.
http://www.avaruus.fi/uutiset.html
a bit down in this,

 or permanent link.
http://www.avaruus.fi/uutiset/tahtiharrastus-ja-taivaanilmiot/kirkas-tulipallo-lensi-suomen-ylla-iltapaivalla.html

There is more than a hundred reports, even though most of the country was clouded. So were all our cameras looking there, or one of them (that might have partly clear) had made a "crash" just that night before the event.
In the camera image by Johan Lindén in Turku, a flash can bee seen below the clouds."
Regards,
Esko Lyytinen

Thank you Esko!

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Turkey Bolide Meteor 11DEC2012

Turkey Bolide Meteor 11DEC2012

Perşembe'ye Göktaşı Düştü
Tuesday Meteorite Falls
Army meteor crashed into the sea off the town Tuesday.
trthaber.com- special... district that makes you feel a slight jolt to a meteor falling memoir, recorded by security cameras.
  Meteorite fell into the sea during the night. Weather brightened up a slight concussion has occurred. Some citizens panicked. Nature event and its aftermath, was recorded by cameras from moment to moment. ... SEE VIDEO-

http://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/persembeye-goktasi-dustu-66818.html

Reader from Turkey wrote:
"According to Turkish news, yesterday night a meteor fallen in Turkey. Fallen to Black Sea; offshore waters of Ordu City.You can see video from here; trt is govermental tv channel, and video is by security cam as they say."
http://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/persembeye-goktasi-dustu-66818.html
Regards,
Erdem Simsek
Thank you Erdem!

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

MBIQ Detects Sweden Major Bolide Event 11/12DEC2012

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot has just triggered on a major event in Sweden.  There have been more than 500 entries to this site from Sweden in the past 10 minutes. At this time nothing has been confirmed.  Standby!

Sweden we need your sighting reports or information as to why the flood of traffic from your country.  Please FILE REPORT or make a comment (bottom of this post). Thank you.
Dirk Ross...Tokyo  LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

Bolide Confirmation from Sweden!

The reason of the sudden traffic increase from Sweden is because of reports of a major ball of light passing through in the north parts of Sweden.
As you may suspect it's a bolide event taking place, and our newspapers are all reporting that lots of people have seen this, calls to local police stations and so on - the usual stuff.
The major traffic increase is because we have a major forum in Sweden called Flashback.org where everyone often speaks of everything, including events that are taking place "right now" ie live reports of recent news and even live reports of happenings before the news bring it up.
Someone posted a link to your blog on this internet forum, http://www.flashback.org
Here's the post made on the forums: https://www.flashback.org/sp40854954
And here is the rest of the page (page 3) on the same forum: https://www.flashback.org/t2031084p3
Hope this helps! :)
Have a nice day now! :)
Greetings from Sweden!//Vladimir O.Stroe
Thank you Vladimir!

update!
Newspaper Stories in Swedish:
"Klotet var gigantiskt"
http://www.vf.se/nyheter/allman/klotet-var-gigantiskt

Another Story:
Mystiskt ”ljusklot” förbryllar Värmland

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article15917198.ab?fb_action_ids=10151236047518673&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151236047518673%22%3A253246578138081%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151236047518673%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

MBIQ 1st Data Set Capture:
           Watching for visitors
Arrival or Departure Country Browser OS Website Long description Current time: 09:12:06 GMT+0900 (東京 (標準時))
     
Norway arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:53 -- 0 seconds ago
     
Solna, Stockholms Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:52 -- 0 seconds ago
     
Ronneby, Blekinge Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:50 -- 0 seconds ago
     
Mellbystrand, Hallands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:48 -- 0 seconds ago
     
Bolln�s, Gavleborgs Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:44 -- 4 seconds ago
     
J�nk�ping, Jonkopings Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:42 -- 6 seconds ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:41 -- 7 seconds ago
     
Bj�sta, Vasternorrlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:40 -- 7 seconds ago
     
Oppeg�rd, Akershus arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:31 -- 17 seconds ago
     
�rsundsbro, Uppsala Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:31 -- 17 seconds ago
     
Södra Sandby, Skane Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:23 -- 25 seconds ago
     
Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:23 -- 25 seconds ago
     
Västra Frölunda, Vastra Gotaland left via thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:11:09 -- 39 seconds ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:07 -- 40 seconds ago
     
Västra Frölunda, Vastra Gotaland arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:11:05 -- 42 seconds ago
     
Handen, Stockholms Lan left via thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com from "Senast Worldwide Meteor / Meteorite Nyheter"
09:10:54 -- 54 seconds ago
     
Uddevalla, Vastra Gotaland arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:50 -- 58 seconds ago
     
Torsby, Varmlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:39 -- 1 minute ago
     
 
Katrineholm, Sodermanlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:23 -- 1 minute ago
     
Enskede, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:16 -- 1 minute ago
     
Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:12 -- 1 minute ago
     
Johanneshov, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:11 -- 1 minute ago
     
Kista, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:08 -- 1 minute ago
     
Vällingby, Stockholms Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:08 -- 1 minute ago
     
Johanneshov, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:05 -- 1 minute ago
     
Skellefteå, Vasterbottens Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:04 -- 1 minute ago
     
Sweden arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:10:03 -- 1 minute ago
     
Höör, Skane Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:55 -- 1 minute ago
     
Tyresö, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:52 -- 1 minute ago
     
Bureå, Vasterbottens Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:49 -- 1 minute ago
     
Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:45 -- 2 minutes ago
           
Djursholm, Stockholms Lan left via google.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:09:38 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Karlstad, Varmlands Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:37 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Höör, Skane Lan left via docs.google.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:09:36 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland left via google.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:09:32 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:26 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Grums, Varmlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:21 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:19 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Vancouver, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:17 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Uppsala, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:09 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:07 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:09:07 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Solna, Stockholms Lan left via thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:09:06 -- 2 minutes ago
     
G�teborg, Vastra Gotaland arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:04:47 -- 9 seconds ago
     
Link�ping, Ostergotlands Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:04:44 -- 11 seconds ago
   
Partille, Vastra Gotaland left via thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:04:35 -- 21 seconds ago
     
Vilonia, Arkansas left via google.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:04:22 -- 34 seconds ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan left via ufostalker.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:04:21 -- 34 seconds ago
     
Ljungby, Kronobergs Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:04:20 -- 36 seconds ago
     
Lule�, Norrbottens Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:04:18 -- 37 seconds ago
     
Malm�, Skane Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:04:18 -- 38 seconds ago
     
Karlstad, Varmlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:04:04 -- 52 seconds ago
     
Sandviken, Gavleborgs Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:59 -- 57 seconds ago
     
Karlstad, Varmlands Lan arrived from google.se on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:44 -- 1 minute ago
     
Kristinehamn, Varmlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:44 -- 1 minute ago
     
V�ster�s, Vastmanlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:34 -- 1 minute ago
     
Falkenberg, Hallands Lan left via google.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:03:34 -- 1 minute ago
     
Partille, Vastra Gotaland arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:30 -- 1 minute ago
     
�stersund, Jamtlands Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:28 -- 1 minute ago
     
Kristianstad, Skane Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:25 -- 1 minute ago
     
Hammar�, Varmlands Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:24 -- 1 minute ago
     
Nusn�s, Dalarnas Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:23 -- 1 minute ago
     
Alings�s, Vastra Gotaland left via thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:03:21 -- 1 minute ago
     
Vilonia, Arkansas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for recent meteor impacts on earth.
09:03:18 -- 1 minute ago
     
Malm�, Skane Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:18 -- 1 minute ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:15 -- 1 minute ago
     
Eskilstuna, Sodermanlands Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:12 -- 1 minute ago
     
Fjugesta, Orebro Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:03 -- 1 minute ago
     
Landskrona, Skane Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:03:02 -- 1 minute ago
     
Karlstad, Varmlands Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:02:58 -- 1 minute ago
     
Falkenberg, Hallands Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:02:47 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Kalmar, Kalmar Lan arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for lights in the sky news.
09:02:43 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Uddevalla, Vastra Gotaland arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:02:39 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Link�ping, Ostergotlands Lan arrived from google.se on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:02:15 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Alings�s, Vastra Gotaland arrived from google.se on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:01:46 -- 3 minutes ago
   
Karlstad, Varmlands Lan arrived from google.se on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12OCT2012".
09:01:26 -- 3 minutes ago
     
Borl�nge, Dalarnas Lan left via thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:01:25 -- 3 minutes ago
     
Borl�nge, Dalarnas Lan arrived from google.se on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:01:12 -- 3 minutes ago

2nd Data Set Capture:
      Watching for visitors
Arrival or Departure Country Browser OS Website Long description Current time: 09:25:26 GMT+0900 (東京 (標準時))
     
Karlskrona, Blekinge Lan arrived from lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.se on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects Sweden Major Bolide Event - unconfirmed 11/12DEC2012".
09:24:58 -- 5 seconds ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan left via google.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:24:47 -- 17 seconds ago
     
Lindesberg, Orebro Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:24:42 -- 22 seconds ago
     
Sundsvall, Vasternorrlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:24:21 -- 42 seconds ago
     
Malm�, Skane Lan left via lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:24:19 -- 45 seconds ago
     
Oskarstr�m, Hallands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:24:18 -- 45 seconds ago
     
Ludvika, Dalarnas Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:24:12 -- 52 seconds ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:23:48 -- 1 minute ago
     
Guaruj�, Sao Paulo left via 1.bp.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Texas / Oklahoma Meteor Fireball 1FEB2012"
09:23:46 -- 1 minute ago
     
Sk�vde, Vastra Gotaland arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:23:34 -- 1 minute ago
     
Sundsvall, Vasternorrlands Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:23:21 -- 1 minute ago
     
Trollh�ttan, Vastra Gotaland arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:23:19 -- 1 minute ago
     
Hammar�, Varmlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects Sweden Major Bolide Event - unconfirmed 11/12DEC2012".
09:22:49 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Norrk�ping, Ostergotlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:22:47 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Betim, Minas Gerais arrived from ufosonline.blogspot.com.br on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:22:46 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Krylbo, Dalarnas Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:22:38 -- 2 minutes ago
     
G�teborg, Vastra Gotaland left via thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:22:34 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Norrk�ping, Ostergotlands Lan left via thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:22:29 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan left via lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:22:27 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Malm�, Skane Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:22:24 -- 2 minutes ago

G�teborg, Vastra Gotaland arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:22:21 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Norrk�ping, Ostergotlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:22:18 -- 2 minutes ago
     
�rebro, Orebro Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:22:09 -- 2 minutes ago
     
Link�ping, Ostergotlands Lan left via spmn.uji.es from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:22:01 -- 3 minutes ago
     
H�ssleholm, Skane Lan left via reentrynews.aero.org from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:21:56 -- 3 minutes ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:21:51 -- 3 minutes ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan left via thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:21:31 -- 3 minutes ago
     
J�nk�ping, Jonkopings Lan arrived from google.se on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects Sweden Major Bolide Event - unconfirmed 11/12DEC2012".
09:20:47 -- 4 minutes ago
     
K�vlinge, Skane Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:20:39 -- 4 minutes ago
     
V�ster�s, Vastmanlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:20:37 -- 4 minutes ago
     
Nerja, Andalucia arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:20:36 -- 4 minutes ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:20:33 -- 4 minutes ago
     
Norrk�ping, Ostergotlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:20:31 -- 4 minutes ago
     
H�lleforsn�s, Sodermanlands Lan arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:20:19 -- 4 minutes ago
     
V�llingby, Stockholms Lan left via google.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:20:17 -- 4 minutes ago
     
�stersund, Jamtlands Lan left via google.com from "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News"
09:20:08 -- 4 minutes ago
     
Mora, Dalarnas Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:19:51 -- 5 minutes ago
     
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:19:45 -- 5 minutes ago
     
H�ssleholm, Skane Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:19:39 -- 5 minutes ago
     
Sunne, Varmlands Lan arrived from facebook.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
09:19:37 -- 5 minutes ago

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

NEOs Newly Found DEC2012

UPDATE - More NEOs <10 LD (lunar distance) DEC2012 - 11/12DEC2012
Ready for more meteor/fireball activity as more NEOs will make a "close" approach to Earth along with accompanying debris. I expect a large bolide/fireball from tonight 11/12DEC; be prepared to WATCH and the rest of this month. This will NOT be doomsday; forget "2012" and the Mayan Calendar BS.

Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is now visible in the night sky by telescope as it passes safely by. The Geminid meteor shower is to peak 13/14DEC. Observers with cameras standby to report; thank you! -LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

(2012 XJ112)

2012-Dec-10

0.0061

2.4

11 m - 24 m

27.0

11.03

Object Name	Close Approach Date	CA Distance* (AU)	CA Distance* (LD)	Estimated Diameter**	H (mag)	Relative Velocity (km/s)
(2012 XE54)	2012-Dec-11	0.0015	0.6	20 m - 44 m	25.7	13.27
(2012 XL55)	2012-Dec-11	0.0109	4.2	10 m - 23 m	27.1	18.76
2009 BS5)	2012-Dec-11	0.0217	8.4	8.8 m - 20 m	27.4	5.69

(2012 XB112)

2012-Dec-14

0.0021

0.8

3.0 m - 6.7 m

29.7

4.43

(2012 XH112)

2012-Dec-15

0.0044

1.7

10 m - 23 m

27.0

14.37

(2012 XM16)

2012-Dec-16

0.0080

3.1

19 m - 42 m

25.7

12.98

(2012 XM55)

2012-Dec-23

0.0078

3.1

7.2 m - 16 m

27.8

2.88

(2012 XP55)

2012-Dec-27

0.0234

9.1

41 m - 92 m

24.1

14.06

Source: NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12DEC2012

Meteor shower -- or two-- Thursday night
USA TODAY (blog)
... the Geminid meteor shower, one of the two biggest of the year, sprinkles the night sky with falling stars. Geminid 2012. A early meteor from the Geminid meteor shower, taken by astronomers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala ...

Sky-watchers Get Set for Cosmic Fireworks Show
National Geographic
Sky-watchers are in for an early holiday treat as mid-December marks the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, the most prolific and mysterious annual cosmic fireworks show. The meteor shower has been growing in intensity in recent decades and should be ...

Two Asteroids, Meteor Showers Pass Close to ...
Toutatis and XE54 give Earth a close flyby, while stargazers prepare for biggest meteor shower
newsy.com

Dinosaur-Killing Meteorite Also Wiped Out Lizards
Tue, 11 Dec, 2012 12:58 PM PST
The massive extinction that killed off the dinosaurs may have also decimated lizards and snakes, according to new research. In the past, researchers believed that the K-T extinction , which occurred around 65 million years ago, wiped out dinosaurs, but mostly spared lizards and snakes. But the new findings, published on Dec. 10 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that ...

Grains gang up to bear brunt of missile and meteorite impacts
Tue, 11 Dec, 2012 12:43 PM PST
High-speed video of projectiles slamming into a bed of disks has given scientists a new microscopic picture of the way a meteorite or missile transfers the energy of its impact to sand and dirt grains.

Dino-Killing Meteorite Wiped Out Lizards, Too
Tue, 11 Dec, 2012 08:46 AM PST
Reptiles that lived during the Dinosaur age were hard-hit -- just like the dinosaurs.

We were lucky
Tue, 11 Dec, 2012 07:18 AM PST
IN 1908, a meteorite exploding a couple of miles above the earth's surface devastated hundreds of square miles of Siberia. Contemporary photographs show a wasteland of flattened coniferous forest, hillsides layered with stripped tree trunks, as though a giant hand had thrown down a box of equally giant matches. Wednesday, the media bombarding us with Typhoon Pablo superlatives - super, biggest ...

Taking the Big Hit
Tue, 11 Dec, 2012 06:47 AM PST
Missile and meteorite impacts are more complex at the granular level than thought

Missile and meteorite impacts are more complex at the granular level than scientists previously thought
Tue, 11 Dec, 2012 06:22 AM PST
(Phys.org)—High-speed video of projectiles slamming into a bed of disks has given scientists a new microscopic picture of the way a meteorite or missile transfers the energy of its impact to sand and dirt grains.

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: California Fireball Meteor ...
Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent ... TexasFireball Meteor ~06:40 am CST 07DEC2012 with Sonics!
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../california-fireball-mete...

This Week Only! Free Meteor Shower and a Special Bonus Offer ...
Science, pop culture & comedy collide on StarTalk w/ astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-hosts, celebrities & scientists .
www.startalkradio.net/this-week-only-free-meteor-shower-and...

Don't miss the best meteor shower of the year
CNET
Don't fret, as a mega meteor shower this Thursday evening could appease those craving an extraterrestrial event. Set your alarm for 11 p.m. ET on Thursday, as that's when the Geminidmeteor shower peaks. It could deliver dozens (or even hundreds) of ...

Meteor Shower at Confluence Tower
Alton Daily News
The Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower in Hartford is hosting a special presentation Friday night that will appeal to amateur astronomers and the curious stargazer alike. The Geminids meteor shower will be taking place that night, and amateur astoronomer...

Look for new 'Piscid' meteor shower
NBCNews.com (blog)
The Geminid meteor shower looks as if it'll put on a great show late Thursday night and early Friday morning, but this year's production might turn out to be a double feature: Experts say a new bunch of shooting stars, tentatively known as the Piscids ...

How to watch the Geminid meteor shower, 4179 Toutatis asteroid in the Hudson ...
Newsday (subscription)
How to watch the Geminid meteor shower, 4179 Toutatis asteroid in the Hudson Valley. 5:19 PM By Amanda Koval. The NASA rover Curiosity made its first test. It's not a bird. It's not a plane. It's just a giant asteroid hurtling toward the Earth. Luckily ...

High Speed Video Reveals How Meteor and Missile Impacts Transfer Energy ...
Scientific American (blog)
When a high speed object collides with force, we tend to focus on the spectacular (yet potentially devastating) view from a macro scale, but Duke scientists have been researching what that incredible energy transfer looks like at the level of sand and ...

McDaniel College hosting viewing event for Geminid meteor shower
Carroll County Times
McDaniel College hosting viewing event for Geminid meteor shower By Brandon Oland Times Staff Writer Carroll County Times | 0 comments. The McDaniel College Astronomy Club is hosting a Geminid meteor shower viewing event at 11:30 p.m. Thursday

Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: When and Where to Watch This Week
Patch.com
NASA reports that the Geminids is a relatively young meteor shower, with the first sightings occurring in the 1830s with rates of about 20 per hour. Over time the rate of visible meteors has increased and now viewers can expect to see 80 and 120 ...

Meteor viewing activity planned in Salix, Iowa
Sioux City Journal
SALIX, Iowa | An event is planned Saturday to watch an expected meteor shower. The Woodbury County Conservation Board is holding the activity at 7:30 p.m. at Snyder Bend Park, 2924 Snyder Bend Road in Salix. The Geminids meteor shower can produce ...

Look to the night sky this week for a great Geminid meteor shower
al.com (blog)
Geminid 2011 This false-color image of a 2011 Geminid meteor was captured by a camera at New Mexico State University operated by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, Ala. (NASA/MSFC/MEO image). HUNTSVILLE, Alabama ...

Geminids Meteor Shower 2012
7DAYS
Join Dubai Astronomy Group and a supernova of star gazers at our Zubair Camp to watch the annual Geminids Meteor Shower. Predicted to reach over 100 meteors an hour this is a must see event this winter. Marvel at the view of Jupiter and it's Galilean ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12.12.12 12DEC2012

UAE stargazers look to the skies for glimpse of Geminids meteor shower
The National
DUBAI// Stargazers are hoping for clear skies on Thursday night to catch a glimpse of a spectacular meteor shower. The Geminids shower will be the last of the year and enthusiasts are hoping for a dazzling cosmic display with streaks of light flashing ...

Meteor streaks across Houston skyline - Video on ...
Video on NBCNews.com: The mysterious light that flashed across the sky lit up the horizon and ...
video.msnbc.msn.com

Tips for Photographing the Geminid Meteor Shower
Patch.com
Want to try to capture a photo of a meteor shower? Well, first you need to ascertain when themeteor show will be at its peek. The Geminid meteor shower 2012, the final major meteor shower of every year and likely to be the best, peaks overnight Dec ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11DEC2012

NASA to Host Dec. 13 Telecon on Twin Probes' Mission-Ending Moon Impact
The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-391&cid=release_2012-391

Rock Comet Meteor Shower - NASA Science
Dec. 9, 2012: Every year in mid-December, astronomers look up in the sky and witness a mystery. It announces itself with a flurry of shooting stars. For several ...
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at.../09dec_rockcomet/

Rock Comet Meteor Shower
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 11, 2012 - Every year in mid-December, astronomers look up in the sky and witness a mystery. It announces itself with a flurry of ...
www.spacedaily.com/.../Rock_Comet_Meteor_Shower_999.ht...

Dino-Killing Meteorite Wiped Out Lizards, Too
livescience.com Mon, 10 Dec, 2012 12:32 PM PST
The massive extinction that killed off the dinosaurs may have also decimated lizards and snakes, according to new research.

Delhi - [ Min 9.7 °C
Mon, 10 Dec, 2012 01:49 AM PST
Volcanic activity from the Deccan Traps in India, not a meteorite impact, may have killed the dinosaurs, according to a new study. The research argued that tens of thousands of years of lava flow from the Deccan Traps, a volcanic region near Mumbai in present-day India, may have spewed

Year's Best Meteor Shower Peaks This Week
Space.com
Stargazers are about to get their annual celestial treat: A bright meteor shower, the Geminids, will grace skies worldwide this week, with a peak in activity on Thursday (Dec. 13). No telescope or binoculars are required to see the show — just use ...

Perfect Geminid meteor shower to stun Earth on December 13
Pravda
The conditions for observing the most visible meteor shower this year will be almost perfect. The moon will be in the phase of the new moon. The best places to observe the meteor shower will be central Russia, Europe, North Africa and China, where the ...

Lynch: Early risers should enjoy Geminid meteor showers
Times Record News
This shower is called the Geminid meteor shower because the meteors in the celestial dome 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. Don't ...

Meteor Flies Over Brazos Valley
WTAW
From Houston to north of Dallas came reports of seeing a bright flash in the sky Friday morning between 6:30 and 7. Most likely it was a meteor according to Don Carona at the Texas A&M University physics and astronomy observatory. Carona says based on...

Bright Fireball Over Texas Caught on Video
LiveScience.com
A terrific fireball lit up the sky early Friday (Dec. 7) morning when a meteor entered the Earth's atmosphere over Texas. The meteor was captured in amateur video and by a NASA observatory as far away as New Mexico. NASA confirmed that the meteor was ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Next Week ...
The last month of 2012 offers us some great views in the sky.
accuweather.com

Bright lights seen over Texas skies: UFO, meteor shower, or aliens? (Video)
Examiner.com
A local meteorologist for KHOU said it wasn't a UFO, but it was mostly like from the Geminidsmeteor shower that started over the weekend; the peak dates of the Geminids meteor shower are December 13, 14 and 15, 2012. The Geminids meteor shower has ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Streaks Across Fairfield Co. Sky
The Daily Voice
According to NASA, this meteor shower is the “most intense meteor shower of the year,” lasting for days, and can be seen from almost anywhere in the world. The week of Dec. 10-16 is the best time to see this meteor shower, with the peak time overnight Dec.

NASA CONFIRMS GREEN FIREBALL/SONIC BOOM OVER TEXAS FRIDAY ...
YouTube
NASA CONFIRMS GREEN FIREBALL/SONIC BOOM OVER TEXAS FRIDAY WAS A METEOR (DEC 9, 2012). ADRENALINEJUNKY -Jason Hendricks·551 videos.

Geminid meteor shower peaking this week :: WRAL.com
3 min
Amy Sayle, from the Morehead Planetarium, discusses the Geminid Meteorshower and the ...
wral.com

Geminid meteor shower: Huge light show expected Thursday night
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
The next big meteor shower is expected to light up the skies Thursday night, and specialists say it will be the best show of the year. The Geminid Meteors will be most visible around 8 p.m. EST Thursday, according to an article by NBC News . These ...

Watch Geminid Meteor Shower In Seminole Heights
Patch.com
The Geminid meteor shower 2012 is the final major meteor shower of every year. This one will be a masterpiece. It will peak overnight Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 against the backdrop of a moonless night. Seminole Heights residents should be in store for quite ..

Stargazers Take Note: The Geminid Meteor Shower is Now Appearing Nightly
Guardian Express
The Gemind Meteor Shower is currently on display in the night sky for the next week, peaking on December 13 and 14th. It can be seen from almost anywhere on the planet. The Earth has been graced with several different meteor showers this year, but NASA ...

The Geminid meteor shower will be spectacular — somewhere else
Arizona Daily Star (blog)
The Geminid meteor shower will be spectacular — somewhere else. Print Email. 2012-12-10T11:38:00Z 2012-12-10T12:04:49Z The Geminid meteor shower will be spectacular — somewhere elseBy Tom Beal, Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star. 4 hours ...

Stargazing: Geminid meteor shower
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Best viewing will be from 10 p.m. through 6 a.m. Observing can take place earlier in the night because Gemini will be well above the horizon by 8:30 p.m. But, as with all meteor showers, the best viewing will occur after midnight. To enjoy the Geminid ...

Geminid meteor shower to peak Thursday & Friday nights, visible in Xiamen
What's on Xiamen
The Geminid meteor shower 2012, the final and usually the best major meteor shower of the year, will peak during the nights of Thursday and Friday, with the show expected to be more spectacular on the former, but also great on the second night ...

Meteor streaks across Houston skyline
NBCNews.com
us online. houston area swore they saw something just before 7:00 a.m . last friday. a lot thought it was them, and they didn't say anything, but we know it was a meteorstreaking overhead. it caused a bright flash across a morning haze, some fog. some ...

Take Me Outside: Geminid meteor showers will light up the darkness of December
Concord Monitor
13, the Geminid meteor shower will perform a spectacular light show (if the sky is clear). The annual performance will be particularly special this year because it occurs during a new moon. In that phase, the moon is lined up between the earth and the ...

Space News: Geminid meteor shower peaks this week
Lake County News
Every year in mid-December, astronomers look up in the sky and witness a mystery. It announces itself with a flurry of shooting stars. For several nights in a row, dozens to hundreds of meteors per hour cut across the glistening constellations of ...

隕石太鼓の達人- YouTube
隕石太鼓の達人. tatu19800214.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQEGvfoO2o

Fireball Over Texas Prompts Worries of Mayan Apocalypse ...
A pre-dawn fireball streaked across the Houston, Texas sky this morning and was seen as far
www.pakalertpress.com/.../fireball-over-texas-prompts-worries...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

California Fireball Meteor 07DEC2012

California Fireball Meteor 21:15 pm 07DEC2012

07DEC2012 Richard Garcia Riverside,CA. U.S.A. 2115 hrs PST 3 seconds Angled downward Northwest to Southeast Bright white light to yellowish glow -13 mag. yes Observed from my back yard facing southeast when I observed the bolide angled downward in a southeast direction. fragments appeared to be falling away from the main mass. I was able to capture the event on my AllSky cam

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10DEC2012

NASA camera captures 'fireball' in the sky of Texas
YouTube
Images captured by a NASA camera show a glow observed in the Texas sky on the morning of Friday. Watch (if necessary, disable popup blocker). Residents of the region described the phenomenon as "a fireball with a tail blue-green '. The blaze could be ...

Geminids Meteor Shower to Peak Thursday, Friday Nights ...
Where and when to look for the last major meteor shower of 2012, which will peak this Thursday and Friday, Dec. 13 and 14.
centreville.patch.com/.../geminids-meteor-shower-to-peak-thur...

December's Meteor Shower | Space
The Geminids. Right now, Earth is passing through a swarm of particles shed by the asteroid 3200 Phaethon as it moves through its orbit in the solar system.
beforeitsnews.com/.../decembers-meteor-shower-2451546.htm...

Geminids meteor shower expected this week | Edmonton | News ...
If ever you needed a reason to bundle up and get outside on a cold day, that reason may just be right over your head as an annual meteor shower is expected to ...
www.edmontonsun.com/.../geminids-meteor-shower-expected...

Radiant point for December's Geminid meteor shower
EarthSky (blog)
Where do you look to see December's famous Geminid meteor shower? In an open sky, because these meteors fly in many different directions and in front of numerous age-old constellations. However, if you trace the paths of the Geminid meteors backward, ...

Meteor showers on their way: When and where to watch in Dubai
Emirates 24/7
Just like any other year, the final major meteor shower – the best, according to Nasa – will occur on December 13 and 14, 2012, as the night skies put up a great show on both the days for all of us to watch. “The Geminid meteor shower is usually one of ...

Meteor creates fireball over Texas
Examiner.com
According to Click2News in Houston, residents in Texas saw a bright fireballstreaking across the sky from east to west on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. The object in question is thought to have been a meteor. NASA captured the object with one of its meteor ...

NASA: Texas fireball likely a fragment from an asteroid belt and not ...
This morning at 6:43 AM Central Standard Time, eyewitnesses across Texas and adjacent ...
www.sott.net/.../254518-NASA-Texas-fireball-likely-a-fragme...

Volcanic eruptions in India, not meteorite, killed dinosaurs 
Sun, 09 Dec, 2012 02:29 AM PST
Volcanic activity from the Deccan Traps in India, not a meteorite impact, may have killed the dinosaurs, according to a new study.

Links 12/9/12
Sun, 09 Dec, 2012 12:44 AM PST
Volcanoes, Not Meteorite, Killed Dinosaurs, New Study Suggests Huffington Post. Carol B: “Oh, phooey, I have a book from 15 or 20 years ago that made this argument. The Siberian Traps may have been instrumental in the Permian-Triassic die off. Why are we so attracted to extraterrestrial stuff?”

Study: Volcanoes, not meteorite killed dinosaurs
Sat, 08 Dec, 2012 07:50 PM PST
New data suggests dinosaurs died from volcanoes, not from an asteroid as previously believed.

Geminid Meteor Shower Live Stream: New Moon to Provide Darker Skies on ...
Latinos Post
The Geminid meteor shower is scheduled to appear during the night sky between Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. According to NASA, Geminids are pieces of debris from the 3200 Phaethon, originally considered to be an asteroid, it is now categorized as an extinct ..

Texas Meteorite Over Texas Caught on Nasa ...
34 sec
Texas Meteorite Over Texas Caught on Nasa Camera 'Fire-Ball' Over Texas Caught on Nasa ...
youtube.com

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09DEC2012

Meteor Over Texas
All sky cameras in New Mexico captured video of a meteor as it crossed the state of Texas.
wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/.../posts/post_1354914721155.html

December's Geminid meteor shower may originate from 'rock comet ...
From the blog Geekquinox: Be sure to be watching the night skies next week, particularly between Wednesday and Saturday, because you may be treated ...
ca.news.yahoo.com/.../december-geminid-meteor-shower-may...

Best Meteor Shower Of The Year Quickly ... - Huffington Post
"In order to watch the meteors, you need to find a dark spot with an open view of the sky and no glaring lights nearby." Good luck with that if you live in ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../best-meteor-shower-of-the_n_22...

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 8-14, 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 ...
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids...

Geminids Meteor Shower May Have Company
Patch.com
Rates up to an astonishing 120 meteors per hour ― or about two every minute ― mean that even if other recent meteor showers have left you unimpressed, the Geminids are worth a look. A possible 'mystery' meteor shower. What makes this week even more ...

Fireball lights up Texas sky
KREM.com (registration)
A local traffic worker caught the flash on camera just after 7:00 a.m. He was traveling near Denton, Texas at the time. The fireball was so green and bright it could be seen for miles around. The National Weather Service said the bright, burning object ...

The Final Meteor Shower of the Year - Geminid Shower
French Tribune
According to NASA, the Geminid Shower is one of the young meteor show firstly sighted in 1830s which showcased 20 meteors per hour. This year, the show is expected to occur in around December 13 and December 14. The peak shower will be seen at the ...

GREEN METEOR FIREBALL SCORCHES ACROSS TEXAS...
5 min
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Strange-sight--182532251.html ...
youtube.com

December brings with it some heavenly gifts
Washington Post
Try to remember these gifts in December: Jupiter appears like a heavenly diamond, shooting stars sail overhead and the year ends by squeezing out more sunshine. Jupiter struts a celestial swagger throughout December. The large, gaseous planet rises in ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Texas Fireball Meteor ...
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 ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../texas-fireball-meteor-0...

Bright light flashes across the Texas sky: Did you see it? | khou.com ...
People across Texas -- from Dallas to Houston -- reported seeing a huge " shooting star"-like object in the sky around 6:45 a.m. Friday.
www.khou.com/.../Fireball-houston-dallas-texas-sky-friday-18...

A flash in the sky at dawn in Texas
KLTV
We spoke with meteor hunter McCartney Taylor of the Texas Meteorite Lab in Austin to find out what it was. After some searching we found it had been recorded on a skycam, which is a camera pointed straight up into the sky, and located in New Mexico.

2012 Geminid meteor showers begin; peak viewing on December 14 and 15 ...
Examiner.com
Saturday, the Geminid meteor shower of 2012 began and it is expected to peak on the early mornings of December 14 and 15; this is the final meteor shower of 2012 and it is also expected to be the best one. Meteor showers tend to intensify into the late ...

Crossroads residents see fireball in the sky Friday
Victoria Advocate
Lara Eakins, astronomy outreach coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin, said the brightfireball was likely a part of the Geminid meteor shower, which happens every December as the Earth collides with rocks left behind from an asteroid during ...

Meteor shower, planetary displays on tap for local skies
The Columbian
If clouds don't interfere, people will have some great December views of four planets, the moon and ameteor shower. Jupiter, our solar system's largest planet, is visible in the eastern sky about an hour after sunset. During the night, it will move ...

Buzzard Coulee Meteorite - Wiki Article - YouTube
4 min
Buzzard Coulee is the collective name of the meteorites fallen on November 20, 2008 over ...
youtube.com

Geminid meteor shower to light up the sky on Dec 13, 14
Zee News
Tags: Geminid meteors, Asteroid, 3200 Phaethon. Geminid meteor shower to light up the sky on Dec 13, 14 Washington: Keep a lookout high overhead on Thursday night, December 13th, to watch the shooting stars of the Geminid meteor shower, say experts.

Nasa camera captures 'fire-ball' over Texas
BBC News
Video footage of a "fire-ball" flashing in the sky over Texas has been captured by a Nasa camera. The camera picked up the flash from Nasa's Meteoroid Environment Office in New Mexico. It was reported to have been seen from as far away as Houston and ...

Suspected meteor lights up sky | News - Home
Dec. 7, 2012: People across Texas -- from Dallas to Houston -- saw a mysterious flash in the sky ...
click2houston.com

2012 THE Year of Meteors!