The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12JUN2013

Russian fireball largest ever detected - thoughts on a watery planet
The asteroid fireball that fell over Chelyabinsk and the Ural mountains of Russia in mid February this year has been confirmed as the most energetic such event ...
www.geopoem.com/.../russian-fireball-largest-ever-detected.ht...

Gamma Delphinids meteor shower: Back tonight, after 83 years?
Alaska Dispatch
“A scarcely known meteor shower, the gamma Delphinids, is expected to return to the skies over Earth in early June 2013,” NASA said. “The shower was first observed as an outburst by American observers in Maryland on June 11 1930. Only a few meteors ...

Mystery meteor shower disappoints skywatchers, but wait till next year
NBCNews.com (blog)
Skywatchers were hoping for a fireworks show from the Gamma Delphinid meteor shower early Tuesday, but what they got were merely a few snaps, crackles and pops. That's not totally surprising, because some experts said in advance they weren't sure ...

Rare Meteor Shower 'Gamma Delphinids' May Settle 80-Year-Old Controversy
Headlines & Global News
A rare meteor shower called "Gamma Delphinids" is expected to take place tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 4:28 a.m. EDT (1:28 a.m. PDT), astronomers say. The last time a Gamma Delphinids was reportedly seen was in June 11, 1930. The event was ...

The Gamma Delphinids Are Coming: 'Elusive' Meteor Shower Tonight
GPB
"No one knows the strength of this display or whether it will occur at all. It would most likely be of short duration (less than one hour and perhaps as short as 15 minutes)," writes Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society. "This is not ...

The gamma Delphinids are coming: 'elusive' meteor shower tonight
89.3 KPCC
Tonight might bring the best chance to view the gamma Delphinid meteor shower in the United States since 1930, according to NASA. Here, astronomers watch the night sky for the Perseid meteor shower, in a file photo.

Martian clay contains chemical implicated in origin of life
Tue, 11 Jun, 2013 07:01 AM PDT
Washington, June 11 : Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa NASA Astrobiology Institute (UHNAI) have discovered high concentrations of boron in a Martian meteorite.Continue reading

Astrobiologists find Martian clay contains chemical implicated in the origin of life
Tue, 11 Jun, 2013 05:08 AM PDT
(Phys.org) —Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa NASA Astrobiology Institute (UHNAI) have discovered high concentrations of boron in a Martian meteorite. When present in its oxidized form (borate), boron may have played a key role in the formation of RNA, one of the building blocks for li...Continue reading

Martian clay contains chemical implicated in the origin of life, astrobiologists find
Mon, 10 Jun, 2013 07:17 PM PDT
Researchers have discovered high concentrations of boron in a Martian meteorite. When present in its oxidized form (borate), boron may have played a key role in the formation of RNA, one of the building blocks for life.Continue reading

RDFRS: Rare Meteor Shower May Grace Skies This Week
If astronomers' predictions hold true, the Gamma Delphinids may undergo a rare outburst that could even equal the famed August Perseids—with rates of ...
www.richarddawkins.net/.../rare-meteor-shower-may-grace-ski...

No Black Hole Or Magnetic Monopole: Tunguska Really Was a ...
davide-nature writes "The mysterious blast that flattened 2000 square km of a remote Siberian forest in 1908 has been blamed on the most bizarre causes, such ...
science.slashdot.org/.../no-black-hole-or-magnetic-monopole-t...

The Gamma Delphinids Are Coming: 'Elusive' Meteor Shower Tonight
They travel at about 127500 miles per hour, and NASA calls them.
www.gpb.org/.../the-gamma-delphinids-are-coming-elusive-m...

The Gamma Delphinids Are Coming: 'Elusive' Meteor ... - WAMC
The gamma Delphinids are coming to Earth tonight, NASA says, as it predicts that the early hours of Tuesday, June 11, will bring the best visibility of the.
www.wamc.org/.../gamma-delphinids-are-coming-elusive-met...

The Gamma Delphinids Are Coming: 'Elusive' Meteor ... - 91.3 KVLU
Because no viewing of the gamma Delphinids has been strongly confirmed since a group of Maryland sky watchers reported seeing them in 1930, the meteor ...
www.kvlu.org/the-gamma-delphinids-are-coming-elusive-met...

2011 Draconid Meteor Shower Deposited a Ton of Meteoritic ...
2011 Draconid Meteor Shower Deposited a Ton of Meteoritic Material on Earth - SpaceRef.
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Gamma Delphinids meteor shower: Back tonight, after 83 years?
Christian Science Monitor
The meteor shower they saw that June night became known as the gamma Delphinids, after the Delphinids (“Dolphin”) constellation from which the meteors came. It has not been seen since. But scientists now say that the elusive gamma Delphinds may again ...

Meteor Burst May Take Place on June 11
Austrian Tribune
It has been said that meteor shower is expected to take place at 4.28 am as per EDT. It is important to note that people, who live in Eastern Time Zone, will be required to watch sky at 3.30 am and has to concentrate till 4.28 am, as it is the ...

Mysterious Gamma Delphinid meteor shower expected to return
Science Recorder
Meteor watchers may be in for a treat on Tuesday morning, when the Gamma Delphinid meteorshower crosses paths with Earth after an 83-year absence. Forecasters Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and Esko Lyytinen in Helsinki, Finland, predict the ...

Rare Meteor Shower 'Gamma Delphinids' Returns to the Skies over Earth
Science World Report
According to predictions by astronomers Peter Jenniskens and Esko Lyytinen, who specialize in comets and meteor tracking, the outburst is likely to occur at 4:28 a.m. ET on Tuesday and will put an incredible show for about half an hour. The first gamma ...

Meteor Activity may Happen Tomorrow Morning
French Tribune
Clear skies of tomorrow morning can offer beautiful view of shooting stars. However, for less than an hour, stargazers can either observe a brief flurry of meteor activity or nothing at all. It is a part of mystery related to meteor activity more than ...

Gamma Delphinids rare meteor shower to reappear after 83 years
Pravda
An unusually bright and rare meteor shower known as Gamma Delphinids is expected to appear on the sky on Wednesday night in the Western Hemisphere of the Earth. Meteors will appear flying at the speed of 57 kilometers per second. This phenomenon is ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10-11JUN2013

Explosive Russian Fireball Among Most Powerful Ever Recorded, New Study ...
Nature World News
The fireball created in February by a meteor over Russia's Ural Mountains had the explosive power of 460 kilotons of TNT and was the largest explosion ever recorded by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization's infrared sensors, according...

Nature: Ukrainian researchers say rock samples suggest meteor caused ...
Kyiv Post
Nature: Ukrainian researchers say rock samples suggest meteor caused Tunguska blast. Print version. June 11, 2013, 7:47 a.m. | Ukraine abroad — by Nature. Fragments of rock retrieved from a remote corner of Siberia could help to settle the enduring ...

Mysterious Meteor Shower Might Peak Early Tomorrow
Space.com
If your skies are clear early tomorrow (June 11) morning, it might be worth your while to step outside and look for shooting stars. For a short time, maybe an hour (quite possibly less than that), stargazers might be treated to a brief flurry of meteor ...

Meteor Shower On Tuesday June 11 2013 — Rare Gamma Delphinids Meteor ...
PlanetSave.com
Early on the morning of Tuesday June 11, 2013, a very rare meteor shower — the Gamma Delphinids — may occur. The long dormant meteor shower hasn't been particularly active in quite some time, but this year the prediction is that it may put on an ...

Exceptional Meteor Shower May Strike Tuesday, Has Not Been Seen in 80 Years
Nature World News
If it appears, predictions are pegging the meteor shower to commence at 4:28 a.m. ET Tuesday and last for about half an hour, according to Peter Jenniskens and Esko Lyytinen, who specialize in comets and meteor tracking. However, they are cautioning ...

Surprise Meteor Shower Possible, Gamma Delphinids' First Appearance Since ...
Indian Country Today Media Network
Insomniacs rejoice, for the sleepless who gaze skyward at about 3:30 a.m. local time on June 11 (in sleepers' parlance, the middle of the night on Monday June 10) just might be rewarded with a glimpse of a mysterious, extremely rare meteor shower.

Evan Hazard: Space rocks: Large and larger
Bemidji Pioneer
These show the comparative size, respectively, of two unrelated space rocks that made headlines last February: the larger asteroid 2012 DA14 and the smaller meteor that exploded in the air 37 miles above Chelyabinsk in Russia the morning of Feb. 15.

Rare Meteor Shower May Grace Skies This Week
National Geographic
A meteor from the Perseid meteor shower is seen zipping through the sky in Hungary in August 2012. Photograph by Tamas Ladanyi, TWAN. Andrew Fazekas. National Geographic News. Published June 10, 2013. Skywatchers are crossing their fingers that, ...

A Wildcard Meteor Shower for Tuesday Morning?
Canada.com
An obscure meteor shower may put on a fine display in the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 11th. You probably haven't heard of the cryptically named Gamma Delphinids. This is because only one solitary outburst of activity has been documented from ...

Mysterious meteor shower may light up Chilean sky tonight
Santiago Times
Sometime between midnight and the early hours of tomorrow morning, the elusive Gamma Delphinidsmeteor shower is expected to light up the skies above Chile. The spectacle, if it occurs, will mark the return of a meteor outburst not seen for more than ...

Confirmed: Russian meteor explosion in February was the largest ever recorded
al.com (blog)
A circular hole in the ice of Chebarkul Lake where a meteor struck the lake near Chelyabinsk, about 1500 kilometers (930 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over RussiaÃs Ural Mountains ...

Possible Meteor Shower on June 11
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Sky watchers in North America might see an outburst of meteors during the early hours of June 11th when Earth passes through a stream of cometary debris last seen in 1930. Forecasters predict the return of the gamma Delphinid meteor shower this Tuesday ...

Watch for the comeback of Gamma Delphinid meteors after 83 years
NBCNews.com (blog)
The Gamma Delphinid meteor shower hasn't made a splash since 1930 — but astronomers say this just might be another big year for the outburst, due to Earth's changing orbital path. If the outburst comes, it's expected to last for about a half-hour ...

The Gamma Delphinids Are Coming: 'Elusive' Meteor Shower ... - NPR
They travel at about 127500 miles per hour, and NASA calls them "elusive" and " scarcely known." Tonight could bring the best views of the gamma Delphinid ...
www.npr.org/.../the-gamma-delphinids-are-coming-elusive-m...

Rare Delphinid meteor shower may erupt tomorrow morning | Astro ...
The rarely heard of Gamma Delphinids meteor shower will appear to radiate from the constellation Delphinus (del-FINE-us) the Dolphin high in the southern sky ...
astrobob.areavoices.com/.../rare-delphinid-meteor-shower-ma...

Meteor alert! Possible meteor outburst Tuesday morning | Space ...
Click here to learn about mysterious Gamma Delphinid meteors, which might produce a goodmeteor display Tuesday morning, according to clocks in North ...
earthsky.org/.../meteor-alert-possible-meteor-outburst-tuesday-...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06JUN2013
If you witnessed a meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; thank you. ...NASA Chat: Elusive Meteor Shower Offers Opportunity for Citizen .
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"Giant Meteor" seen over Ohio, Illinois pics? - Godlike Productions
From the twitter feed: DEVELOPING: There are multiple reports of a "giant meteor " seen over Ohio, Illinois and Indiana.
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2248873/pg1

Clouds will block mysterious meteor shower — if it happens at all
Clouds will block Ottawa's view of the Gamma Delphinid meteor shower before dawn Tuesday, an event.
www.ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa/Clouds.../story.html

Rock samples suggest meteor caused Tunguska blast
Nature.com
10 June 2013. A meteor explosion in the atmosphere still seems the most likely cause for the 1908 disaster that flattened a forest in Siberia — and a new analysis of rock fragments appears to support that conclusion. Universal History Archive/Getty ...

Observing Alert: Rare Meteor Shower May 'Outburst' on June 11
Universe Today
The rare and rarely heard of meteor shower called the Gamma Delphinids will appear to radiate from the constellation Delphinus (del-FINE-us) the Dolphin high in the southern sky shortly before dawn tomorrow morning June 11. This map shows the sky ...

Rarely Seen Gamma Delphinids Meteor Shower Tonight
Brevard Times
NASA scientists hope that tonight's sky watchers will help them capture pictures and videos of the rare gamma Delphinids meteor shower from around the world. The NASA Meteoroid Environment Office has created a Flickr group where the images and video ...

Mysterious Meteors Could Dazzle in Rare Shower
Discovery News
If two astronomers predictions are right, Earth will plow through a dusty trail of comet debris early Tuesday, setting off a meteor shower that hasn't been seen since 1930. North America is well positioned for the celestial fireworks, which are ...

Russian meteor blast was the largest ever recorded
Nature.com (blog)
The blast on 15 February over the Urals Mountains of a fireball that had entered the Earth's atmosphere over the Kazakh-Russian border was the largest explosion ever recorded by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CNTBTO), ...

Rare meteor streaks across Tri-state | Cincinnati - WLWT Home
WLWT News 5 received multiple reports of a meteor streakign across the eastern sky around 11 p.m. Thursday night.
www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/.../rare.../-/index.html

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09JUN2013

The Draconid Meteor Shower in 2011 Left Behind a Ton of Meteoric ...
The Draconid Meteor Shower in 2011 Left Behind a Ton of Meteoric Material.
news.softpedia.com/.../The-Draconid-Meteor-Shower-in-2011...

Notilucent – or night-shining – cloud season starts early in 2013
EarthSky
Night-shining clouds appear early in northern summer, when water molecules are wafted up from the lower atmosphere to mix with “meteor smoke.” Every summer, something strange and wonderful happens high above the North Pole. Ice crystals begin to ...

NBC premieres first Siberia trailer: What happens when a reality TV show goes ...
Unreality TV
The show takes place more than 100 years after a meteor hit the remote Siberian territory of Tunguska in 1908. The show takes the form of a reality TV competition – much like Survivor – in which 16 competitors are sent to Tunguska, not knowing about...

6/3新聞龍捲風part3 UFO？導彈？隕石？全台目睹一抹神秘綠光 ...
上個星期五晚上從南到北很多人在台灣的夜空都看到一個很漂亮的畫面，一道光劃 綠色的光破天際的畫面，有猜測人可能是傳說中的幽浮；也 ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08JUN2013 * Asteroid Passing Earth

0.29 LD New Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2013 LR6 passing Earth ...
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2256534/pg1‎
17 hours ago - 31 posts - 7 authors They found her yesterday, she will 'pass' us tomorrow. Cheers, T.

Small Asteroid Between Earth and Moon Tonight
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
June 07, 2013
Small asteroid 2013 LR6 will safely fly past this evening at 9:42 p.m.
PDT (which is June 8 at 12:42 a.m. EDT/June 8 at 04:42 UTC) at a
distance of about 65,000 miles (105,000 kilometers) above Earth's
surface. The space rock, which is about 30 feet (10 meters) in diameter,
will be above the Southern Ocean, south of Tasmania, at the time of
closest approach. Asteroid 2013 LR6 was discovered by the NASA-sponsored
Catalina Sky Survey on June 6. ...

2011 meteor shower left a ton of debris on earth

Times of India
Scientists have found that meteoritic material - debris from these shooting stars, especially during the 2011 Draconid meteor shower deposited a ton of meteoritic material on Earth. With more than 400 meteors per hour, it was one of the most intense ...

Author Alan Whichello looks at impact of meteors in new novel
PR Web (press release)
Nearly 200 years later, in May 2012, another meteor was spotted traveling from northern Scotland to southern England, descending to an altitude of about 80 miles above Birmingham and Oxfordshire, and is believed to have finally gone down in the English ...

Cañon City part of Colorado Springs meteorite exhibit
Fri, 07 Jun, 2013 03:25 AM PDT
Pieces of some rare Cañon City history will be on display during the Pikes Peak Gem and Mineral Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry in Colorado Springs. Continue reading

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NEOs Asteroids Close Approaches JUNE2013

NEOs Asteroids Close Approaches JUNE2013
  At the time of this posting there is only one NEO approach with a Lunar Distance of less than 10LD, 2009 FE on 04JUN2013.  I expect that there will be many more discovered this month with LDs less than 10LD.  Get out and watch,  have cameras ready for capture.  - LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo
update 08JUN2013

(2013 LR6)

2013-Jun-08

0.0007

0.3

7.2 m - 16 m

27.8

9.88

update 07JUN2013

(2013 LD2)

2013-Jun-10

0.0155

6.0

29 m - 65 m

24.8

6.43

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date CA Distance* (AU) CA Distance* (LD) Estimated Diameter** H (mag) Relative Velocity

(2013 JT17)	2013-Jun-01	0.0984	38.3	39 m - 86 m	24.2	10.92
(2013 JU22)	2013-Jun-01	0.0519	20.2	26 m - 57 m	25.1	8.49
(2011 BM45)	2013-Jun-01	0.0749	29.2	130 m - 280 m	21.6	27.67
(2004 KH17)	2013-Jun-03	0.0979	38.1	110 m - 250 m	21.9	12.91
(2009 FE)	2013-Jun-04	0.0247	9.6	140 m - 320 m	21.3	8.81
(2013 JE29)	2013-Jun-04	0.0511	19.9	55 m - 120 m	23.4	11.77
(2013 JB36)	2013-Jun-04	0.0761	29.6	230 m - 520 m	20.3	18.97
152756 (1999 JV3)	2013-Jun-04	0.1425	55.5	440 m - 990 m	18.9	13.64
152941 (2000 FM10)	2013-Jun-05	0.1293	50.3	790 m - 1.8 km	17.6	21.41
(2002 KL3)	2013-Jun-06	0.1706	66.4	690 m - 1.5 km	17.9	30.16
(2011 SD173)	2013-Jun-06	0.1925	74.9	320 m - 720 m	19.6	10.72
(2013 HO11)	2013-Jun-08	0.0633	24.6	65 m - 150 m	23.1	5.10
(2013 JX2)	2013-Jun-09	0.1937	75.4	200 m - 440 m	20.7	9.95
354182 (2002 DU3)	2013-Jun-09	0.1970	76.7	200 m - 450 m	20.6	6.21
53550 (2000 BF19)	2013-Jun-11	0.1655	64.4	430 m - 970 m	18.9	9.16
17188 (1999 WC2)	2013-Jun-12	0.1007	39.2	1.2 km - 2.6 km	16.8	20.38
(2011 OJ45)	2013-Jun-14	0.1992	77.5	18 m - 39 m	25.9	5.12
(2012 UL171)	2013-Jun-14	0.1878	73.1	10 m - 23 m	27.0	3.91
(2013 JR28)	2013-Jun-18	0.0348	13.6	140 m - 300 m	21.5	16.99
(2011 KR12)	2013-Jun-18	0.1670	65.0	140 m - 310 m	21.4	8.46
340666 (2006 RO36)	2013-Jun-18	0.1823	70.9	740 m - 1.7 km	17.8	12.76
(2010 LL68)	2013-Jun-21	0.1826	71.1	77 m - 170 m	22.7	8.09
164202 (2004 EW)	2013-Jun-23	0.1840	71.6	190 m - 420 m	20.8	5.09
354952 (2006 FJ9)	2013-Jun-24	0.1992	77.5	370 m - 830 m	19.3	4.63
(2011 DL19)	2013-Jun-25	0.1828	71.1	430 m - 960 m	19.0	19.82
(2002 LT24)	2013-Jun-25	0.0592	23.0	110 m - 250 m	21.9	8.96
(2010 NY65)	2013-Jun-26	0.0635	24.7	120 m - 270 m	21.7	13.98
163249 (2002 GT)	2013-Jun-26	0.1202	46.8	580 m - 1.3 km	18.3	8.76
(2013 BP15)	2013-Jun-27	0.1879	73.1	37 m - 84 m	24.3	9.33
(2010 GA24)	2013-Jun-27	0.1355	52.7	170 m - 370 m	21.0	9.03
293726 (2007 RQ17)	2013-Jun-28	0.0357	13.9	83 m - 190 m	22.5	5.92
(2012 MD7)	2013-Jun-30	0.1649	64.2	41 m - 92 m	24.1	7.99
(2008 WM64)	2013-Jun-30	0.1904	74.1	200 m - 460 m	20.6	17.44

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

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07JUN2013

Life on Earth Originated from Meteors Carrying Phosphorous: Scientists
IBTimes India
According to astrobiologists, these meteor strikes can be dated to the Hadean and Archean eons - the first of the four principal eons in the earliest history of Earth. "Meteorite phosphorus may have been a fuel that provided the energy and phosphorus...

Bernie Badger: June noted for near-Earth asteroids
Florida Today
NASA: What's Up for June: Asteroids, planets and rare meteor showers, oh my! June skies alight with stellar happenings. NASA video. Filed Under. Columnists · Bernie Badger. This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 ...

Gamma Delphinid meteor shower - YouTube
5 min
The return of gamma Delphinids might take place on June 11, 2013.... WEBSITE: thewatchers ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24MAY2013
Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls & Related News. Make a meteor report. *.blogspot.
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Meteor Day | Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center
Sunday, June 30, 2013 1 to 4 p.m.. It's a bird…it's a plane…it's….a rock?!?! Join us as we investigate our favorite rocks from the sky. Discover where meteors ...
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2011 Draconid meteor shower deposited a ton of meteoritic material ...
A study led by researchers from the Spanish National Research Council shows that about a ton of material coming from comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner was ...
phys.org/.../2013-06-draconid-meteor-shower-deposited-ton.h...

Cañon City part of Colorado Springs meteorite exhibit
Thu, 06 Jun, 2013 06:24 AM PDT
Pieces of some rare Cañon City history will be on display during the Pikes Peak Gem and Mineral Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry in Colorado Springs.Continue reading

June Arietids – The Invisible Meteor Shower You Just Might See
Universe Today
I've never seen an Arietid meteor and chances are you haven't either. Peaking on June 7-8, the Arietid (AIR-ee-uh-tid) meteor shower is one of the strongest of the year with a maximum rate of 50-80 per hour. But there's a rub. The shower radiant, the ...

2011 Draconid meteor shower deposited a ton of meteoritic material on Earth
EurekAlert (press release)
Every 6.6 years, the comet Giacobini-Zinner circulates through the inner solar system and passes through the perihelion, the closest point to the Sun of its orbit. Then, the comet sublimates the ices and ejects a large number of particles that are ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06JUN2013

Челябинский метеорит исследуют в Японии / Chelyabinsk meteorite in Japan / ...
2 min
Подписывайтесь на HD канал RTR-Japan: http://www.youtube.com/user/ alexpitch Японские учёные в ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: NJ NY DE VA PA Meteor ...
Latest 25 Worldwide Meteor Reports Dynamic MAP. (Zoom in or ... If you witnessed a meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; thank you.
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NASA Chat: Elusive Meteor Shower Offers Opportunity for Citizen ...
On the evening of June 10-11, help NASA confirm the existence of a possible new meteor shower, the gamma Delphinids.
www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/gamma_chat.html

Did A Meteor Bring The Bling To Ancient Egyptian? | Video ...
New research on a bead from a burial ground in Egypt finds that it dates back to ~ 3350 BC (prior ...
www.livescience.com/37081-ancient-egyptians-might-have-w...

Meteorite Impacts Brought Life-Producing Phosphorus To Early Earth
Wed, 05 Jun, 2013 01:11 PM PDT
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has determined that meteorites that impacted Earth some 3.5 billion years ago could have helped kick start life on this planet. Scientists at the University of Washington an...
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Ancient Egyptians made jewelry from meteorites ...
5 min
The evidence comes from strings of iron beads which were excavated in 1911 at the Gerzeh ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04JUN2013

Perseid meteor shower set to put on a great show - Astronomy ...
August's top attraction is 2013's best meteor shower, the Perseids, which peaks under Moon-free skies before dawn August 12.
www.astronomy.com/News.../News/.../Perseids%202013.aspx

Meteor Impacts of North America | Visual.ly
This is simply a revisualization of Dr. David Rajmon's Global Impact Crater GIS project. If you wish to lean more about Dr. Rajmon's work please visit.
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Meteor Crater « Geology Field Course
The Meteor Crater at Winslow is located near the highest point in AZ. which is San Francisco Peak. The crater was created in the Pleistocene period about 2.5 ...
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meteorobs : Message: (meteorobs) Nice meteor in NJ - Groups - Yahoo!
I was viewing from Riker Hill in Livingston, NJ. The meteor came straight down towards the north west horizon. It was like a tear drop slowly falling down the sky.
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Highlights From Naveen Jain's Meteorite Collection
Tue, 04 Jun, 2013 07:07 AM PDT
A look at one of the most valuable private meteoritecollections in the world.
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Solving a 3.5 billion-year-old mystery: Team determines life-producing phosphorus was carried to Earth by meteorite
Tue, 04 Jun, 2013 06:08 AM PDT
(Phys.org) —Scientists may not know for certain whether life exists in outer space, but new research from a team of scientists led by a University of South Florida astrobiologist now shows that one key element that produced life on Earth was carried here on meteorites.
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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Friday Night's Meteor | Video ...
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Friday Night's Meteor. WUSA9 Photojournalist got video of a meteor ...
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Did A Meteor Bring The Bling To Ancient Egyptian? | Video | Space ...
New research on a bead from a burial ground in Egypt finds that it dates back to ~ 3350 BC (prior to the Egyptian iron age) and is rich in nickel, indicating a ...
www.space.com/21402-ancient-egyptians-might-have-worn-m...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03JUN2013

Some Egyptian relics may have come from outer space
Mon, 03 Jun, 2013 03:50 AM PDT
Did the iron in some Egyptian relics that are thousands of years old come from a meteorite from space?Continue reading

Did A Meteor Bring The Bling To Ancient Egyptian? | Video | Malaysia Sun
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Today's astronomical picture of the day
Fayetteville Observer (blog)
A Geminid meteor flashes across the sky in this December 13, 2012 picture. Below the meteor lies the constellation Orion. Just above the treetops the bright star Sirius is rising. JH. Posted: 6/3/2013 6:36:46 AM by Johnny Horne | with comment(s) ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JUN2013

Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks at the end of July ...
During July and August, the Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower will produce up to 15 meteors per hour.
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Suspected meteor seen tonight over parts of the US | Comet ISON ...
The American Meteor Society is investigating reports of a potential meteor seen over Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginia. It was spotted tonight May ...
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Moon and Earth clobbered at the same time
Almanac Weekly
This past March 17, an unusual number of deep-penetrating meteor fireballs tore through our atmosphere. Brilliant and eye-catching, their paths revealed that they'd been traveling together through space, along identical paths. That same night ...

Meteorites Treated By Different Cultures in Unique Ways
Guardian Express
Modern Hawaiian Japanese must open the collars of their kimono if a meteor is coming in their direction to welcome the good luck. 5. In the Philippines, a knot must be tied in a handkerchief before the light is extinguished. 6. People who believed that ...

Meteor spotted over Florence, South Carolina - Signs of the Times
Florence - If you saw what is described as a "fireball" around 11:05 p.m. last night , you were not alone. The Recorder received a report about a meteor flying over ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JUN2013

Ancient Egyptians Might Have Worn Meteorite ...
A new study suggests the ancient Egyptians might have sported space matter as jewelry.
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Egyptian Art FromMeteorites
Sat, 01 Jun, 2013 04:06 AM PDT
An ancient Egyptian iron bead found inside a 5,000-year-old tomb was crafted from ameteorite, new research shows.Continue reading

Egyptian Jewelry Has Space Origin? Iron In Ancient Relic Came FromMeteorite, Researchers Say
Sat, 01 Jun, 2013 02:17 AM PDT
The 5,000-year-old iron bead might not look like much, but it hides a spectacular past: researchers have found that an ancient Egyptian trinket is made from a meteorite. ...Continue reading

Large Fireball Meteor with Sonics Over Ohio | American Meteor ...
Over 200 witnesses reported a large fireball over Ohio last night around 11:05 PM local central time (3:05 UT). The fireball was seen from primarily Ohio and ...
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Ursa: Light phenomenon was an exceptionally large meteor -- Fire ...
An unusual light and sound phenomenon that was sighted in Finnish skies in early May has been confirmed as a fireball, in other words a very bright meteor.
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Rare meteor streaks across Tri-state | Cincinnati - WLWT Home
WLWT News 5 received multiple reports of a meteor streaking across the eastern sky around 11 p.m. Thursday night.
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