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Video: "Don't Miss Next Week's Perseid Meteor Shower" 5 Min ...
Star Gazers Five Minute #13-31 Aug 5-11, 2013 Best Meteor Shower of the year next week ...
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Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peaks On Night Of July 27 2013, Morning Of July ...
PlanetSave.com
The Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower will peaking sometime around July 27 or July 28 2013 this year — the exact peak will be on the night of July 27/early morning of July 28, but the peak for the Delta Aquarids is a very gradual one, so anytime a few days ...

Meteor Shower Festival to encourage knowledge of stars
New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
A guided star walk will be provided for all visitors. It will include the opportunity to look through many different telescopes and identifying constellations. Clear skies permitting, shooting stars can be seen as well as the main event – the Perseid ...

Remembering the Great Meteor Procession of 1860
Universe Today
A meteor procession occurs when an incoming meteor breaks up upon reentry into our atmosphere at an oblique angle. The result can be a spectacular display, leaving a brilliant glowing train in its wake. Unlike early morning meteors that are more ...

Catch a "Shooting Star"
Sky & Telescope
When a meteor streams across the sky, we call it a shooting star. You can see meteors any time of year, but rates pick up significantly from late July through August. The powerful Perseid meteorshower peaks around August 12th, and several lesser ...

Massive fireball with long tail blazes over New Zealand -- Fire in the ...
The sight of a giant shooting star left a North Taranaki man shaking after his early morning run. Lance Howarth, a mobile mechanic, was out running around the ...
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If you witnessed a meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; ... ONT MI VT Fireball Meteor approx 21'45 EDT 12JUL2013 'Click on image to ...
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Remembering the Great Meteor Procession of 1860 | Space
“Year of meteors! Brooding year!” -Walt Whitman. July 20th is a red letter date in space history. Apollo 11, the first crewed landing on the Moon, took place on this ...
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Remembering the Great Meteor Procession of 1860 - Free Republic
A meteor procession occurs when an incoming meteor breaks up upon reentry into our atmosphere at an oblique angle. The result can be a spectacular display, ...
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City briefs
Port Huron Times Herald
Visitors will have the opportunity to take a guided star walk to identify common constellations and brighter stars, or peer through a variety of telescopes focused on the night sky. Clear skies permitting, the Perseid Meteor Shower is expected to be seen.

Alien-like fireball flies over Lafayette, Indiana
Canadian National Newspaper
What I saw, Was a large bright orange almost Fireball in the sky yet this was no firework. This son of a bitch Flew west took a complete stop hovered over where i believe the old menards used to be. Took off going south and was goin so high into the ...

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Sci-Fi B Movie Matinee - Battle of the Worlds (1961)
Battle of the Worlds (1961)
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Meteor Activity Outlook for July 13-19, 2013 | American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near three no matter your location. For morning observers the estimated total hourly ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-july-13-1...

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers ...
Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) are made of tiny ice crystals, which nucleate around meteor smoke 82 km above Earth's surface. Researchers say 2013 is a good ...
www.spaceweather.com/?CFID=4100044&CFTOKEN...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects Virginia ...
MBIQ Detects Virginia Meteor approx. 04'50 EDT 07JUL2013 If you witnessed a meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; thank you.
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Neighbors at first think explosion involving vehicle is meteorite
Thu, 18 Jul, 2013 02:39 PM PDT
EAST TROY (WITI) — Several people in an East Troy neighborhood were up and out of bed in a hurry...Continue reading

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Earth's Gold May Come From Collisions of Dead Stars
All of the gold on Earth might have come from cosmic crashes between superdense dead stars, new research suggests....

NOVA ~ Meteor Strike ~ Russia - YouTube
53 min
Russian Meteor Strike. PBS. NOVA crews joined impact scientists in Russia as they hunted for ...
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Bright meteor spotted over southern Ontario, 12 July 2013 -- Fire in ...
Toronto - Several people witnessed a bright meteor over parts of Ontario Friday night. The meteorwas spotted in Toronto, Newmarket, Oshawa and as far away ...
www.sott.net/.../263881-Bright-meteor-spotted-over-southern-...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JUL2013
A fireball is a brighter than normal meteor that can range in brightness and color. Thousands of fireballs are seen and reported every year across the world.
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Bright meteor spotted over southern Ontario
Bright meteor streaks across southern Ontario night skies.
ontariostargazing.ca/bright-meteor-spotted-over-southern-onta...

MBIQ Meteor Bot Internet Query: MBIQ Detects UK Meteor 08JUL2013
MBIQ Meteor Bot Internet Query bot uses Artificial Intelligence and Human ... If you witnessed ameteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; ...
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The Night Sky Over Sauk Prairie: A triangle crowns summer nights
Sauk Prairie Eagle
One of the best meteor showers of the year is the Perseid meteor shower, which peaks over the weekend of Aug. 10 and 11. From 50 to 100 meteors an hour is possible. Like most meteorshowers, the Perseids produce their best show before dawn, but any ...

What carries us through
Christian Science Monitor
Weekly Digital Edition. (I see one – there! Did you see it?) Too hot to touch, I feel for your hand, hold a single finger, love you, bigger than the sky, for taking me outside to see. Editor's note: The Perseidmeteor shower will peak the night of Aug. 12.

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California Meteor approx. 21'40 PDT 16JUL2013

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CA Meteor 16JUL2013
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-

16JUL2013 Marc Ian & Janet Lakewood, CA - US 2145 PST 3 sec Falling From Sky bright green fireball, no audible sound Very bright, as though it were a very large green traffic signal None Very unusual.. Went to check out an unusual red light in the sky that we had not noticed before.. That light seemed to be at the same location as the falling green fireball. Turns out the red light was a cell phone tower that is located at the water treatment center for the city of Lakewood.

16JUL2013 Denise H Santa Clara, CA, USA 21:40 PDT 5 sec. Facing E; started at around Deneb and went straight down toward ENE horizon Pure white, very bright despite city lights. No sound. Looked like it might reach the ground but did finally burn out just short of horizon. Brighter than any star or planet. Hard to say if it was as bright as the moon since it was much smaller, but it was pretty intense. No I'm guessing if any of it reached the ground it must've landed in the Sierra Nevada mountains or in Nevada.

16JUL2013 Jen BRENTWOOD, California 2130 maybe 6 seconds Facing East white and orangish Very Bright white like a fireball just a trail behind Looked very wide and close. It gave the illusion that it was going to land maybe a couple hundred miles away. It was the biggest brightest one I have ever seen

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Scientists delve into makeup of meteor that exploded over Russia
UPI.com
Experts at a British company that made one of the instruments used by the Russian scientists to examine the fragments said the makeup of the fragments could tell a lot more about the origin and journey of the meteor that exploded in the Earth's ...

Free meteor party planned for Aug. 10 at Spring Valley
Chicago Tribune
Families can see the sky come to life at the free Perseid Meteor Party from 9 to 11 p.m., Aug. 10 at Spring Valley Nature Center, 1111 E. Schaumburg Road. Telescopes will be set up just south of the Nature Center to help participants view distant ...

Perseids Meteor Shower 2013 — Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 12 2013
PlanetSave.com
The Perseid meteor shower — arguably the best meteor shower of the year — will be peaking this year on August 12 2013. While that's still awhile off, the Perseids will start to become visible any day now — they just won't reach their peak activity ...

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Scientists delve into makeup of meteor that exploded over Russia
Mon, 15 Jul, 2013 12:13 PM PDT
YEKATERINBURG, Russia, July 15 (UPI) -- Scientists say microscopic images of fragments of themeteorite that hit central Russia in February showed its chemical makeup was what they expected.
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MRO participating in global Perseid meteor shower event
OneDarkSky, a professional group dedicated to educating people about light pollution, is organizing an International Starry Night event set to coincide with the ...
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VIDEO: Meteor spotted over North Carolina
Sat, 13 Jul, 2013 07:05 AM PDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Some folks in North Carolina were lucky enough to have partially clear skies last night to see a large fireball or meteorite. More than 200 people from Indiana to Ohio southward toward North Carolina reported seeing the large fireball. Most of the sightings came in just before midnig...Continue reading

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12JUL2013 David Kneisler Troy, MI Usa 9:40 EDT approx Long, > 10 seconds E-W Bright fireball no sound Very bright, dominated the sky No One very poor ...
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Bright green fireball reported over southern Ontario, further south ...
From the blog Geekquinox: A bright green flash of light passed through the sky over southern Ontario late Friday night. Continue reading →
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Among U of I's treasures: Whale bones, Yoko Ono's hair, a rare book and a meteorite
Sat, 13 Jul, 2013 05:34 PM PDT
Inside the vault on the third floor of the University of Iowa's Main Library - a room that if not for its steel door would look a lot like any other in the building - Greg Prickman slides a century-old book from a crowded shelf.Continue reading

Meteor spotted over North Carolina -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
Charlotte -- Some folks in North Carolina were lucky enough to have partially clear skies last night to see a large fireball or meteorite. More than 200 people from Indiana to Ohio southward toward North Carolina reported seeing the large ...
Signs of the Times

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Meteorite spotted over North Carolina
WCNC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Some folks in North Carolina were lucky enough to have partially clear skies last night to see a large fireball or meteorite. More than 200 people from Indiana to Ohio southward toward North Carolina reported seeing the large fireball.

Fireball seen over several states in the southeast
WVVA TV
A fireball is a brighter than normal meteor that can range in brightness and color. Thousands of fireballs are seen and reported every year across the world...

A bird? A plane? No, a meteor over Exeter, UK - Signs of the TimesPeople were stunned to see bright, flashing lights in the sky above Exeter. Several residents reported seeing what appeared to be a meteor on Monday evening.
www.sott.net/.../263880-A-bird-A-plane-No-a-meteor-over-E...

Sightings of meteor falling across Cornwall sky | West Briton
Many people in Cornwall looking up last night were treated to a "bright light streak across the sky". Seen from as far north as Bude and as far west as Hayle, ...
www.westbriton.co.uk/Sightings-meteor-falling.../story.html

Tech's Observatory Hosts Meteor Shower Party - New Mexico Tech
Tech's Observatory Hosts Meteor Shower Party. SOCORRO, N.M. July 8, 2013 – The Magdalena Ridge Observatory is hosting a special sky-observing event ...
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Stargazing in Waltham: Perseid Meteor Shower Coming Aug. 11-12 ...
Viewers should be able to observe around 80 "shooting stars" per hour during this year's Perseid meteor shower.
waltham.patch.com/.../stargazing-in-weston-perseid-meteor-sh...

Bright meteor spotted over southern Ontario
globalnews.ca
Several people reported the meteor on the American Meteor Society's website. There was no sound associated with the meteor. It is unknown if the meteor is associated with the Delta Aquarid meteor shower that peaks on July 30. Typically the Delta ...

Asteroid Expert Receives Carl Sagan Medal for Public Communication (Don Yeomans)
Asteroid Expert Receives Carl Sagan Medal for Public Communication
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
July 12, 2013
For his work making the solar system's nomads of the night sky --
near-Earth objects, asteroids and comets -- tangible and compelling for
millions of people, Donald K. Yeomans, the manager of NASA's Near-Earth
Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, has
received the 2013 Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical
Society (AAS). ...

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GA NC TN KY VA MD OH Meteor approx. 00:15:00 EDT 13JUL2013
Update-- Perhaps meteorites!!!
Four Allsky Camera captures!

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GA NC TN KY VA MD OH Meteor 13JUL2013
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Lawndale, NC Sandia Sentinel Allsky Capture, Stuart McDaniel

Tullahoma ASGARD Allsky Capture
Source- Dr. Bill Cooke, NASA

Chickamaugu ASGARD Allsky Capture
Source- Dr. Bill Cooke, NASA

NGA ASGARD Allsky Capture
Source- Dr. Bill Cooke, NASA

Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
13JUL2013 Rich Gainesville, Ga, USA 0016 EST 2 - 3 secs E-W. I was facing NE Bright green with short tail. No sound. Sun Tail forming Just caught a glimpse of it before it went below tree line. One of the largest, or at least closest, I have seen in a while.

13JUL2013 Susan Berry Jonesborough, TN, USA 0:15:00 maybe 7 seconds Facing SE...started in S went E White with long tail/no sound (saw through window) Moon not that i saw low in the sky...i was looking out, not up

13JUL2013 Michelle Chandler Charlotte, NC, United States 00:10-00:20 EST 2-3 seconds Direction unknown, but was heading down, fast Color was bright. White/red ends blue Bright as one would imagine a ball of fire No fragmentation. One "ball" shape I was unable to capture video, happened very suddenly

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ONT MI VT Fireball Meteor approx 21'45 EDT 12JUL2013

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ONT MI VT Fireball Meteor 12JUL2013
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
12JUL2013 Terry Pye Toronto, Ontario, Canada 21:45:00 3 sec Facing East. Shooting South. Green shooting star, red tail, silent and very low. Sun No. Amazing.

12JUL2013 David Kneisler Troy, MI Usa 9:40 EDT approx Long, > 10 seconds E-W Bright fireball no sound Very bright, dominated the sky No One very poor picture from i-pad available

12JUL2013 Tim Sudbury, ON, Canada 21hr45min 10 sec W-E bright white, no sound Venus no bright streak finishing with a white ball of light

12JUL2013 Dave & Suzanne Wattling Newmarket, ON 21:35:00 15 sec S-N white fireball v bright no seemed to be on a downward trajectory

12JUL2013 Frank Statti Milton, Ontario, Canada 21:02:00 3 S-N greenish, redish sun no low to the horizon moving fast

12JUL2013 Linda Merry INKERMAN ON CANADA 2148 EDT 14 facing west left to right whitish/green hue on ball red tail brighter than moon which was first quarter elevation just about lower edge of moon no, ball fuzzy tail like rockets red ragged S to N

12JUL2013 Alua Tuleshova North York, Toronto ON 21:50-22:10 EST 5-6 sec NE bright ball of light no sound,with a short tail bright like sun just a short tail it was all too fast i just managed to scream when i saw it thinking there would be aftershock as if it landed. But there was absolutely no sound.

12JUL2013 Steve & Shirley Hearn Southampton Ontario Canada Approximately 21:45 Eastern several seconds (3-5) Facing East direction of travel approximately South to North Redish near the front with a fairly large Blue Green tail tending to yellowish at the edges Approximately as btight as the Moon No Yust east of our house traveling South to North at a fairly low angle

12JUL2013 Lissa Parry Sound, ON,Canada 21:50pm 4-5 seconds SE-NE glowing ball w/short tail, no sound sun no it delveloped the tail about half way through the sighting

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Meteor's debris seen close up - BBC
Scientists release microscopic images of fragments of the meteorite that struck Russia near the city of Chelyabinsk in February.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23284371

A bird? A plane? No, a meteor
Express & Echo
Several residents reported seeing what appeared to be a meteor on Monday evening. They described a "white ball" moving quickly above the city. Trevor Sharp, from Exwick, said he saw the meteor just after dusk. He said: "We were putting our chickens ...

Meteor shower from today
Hindustan Times
A celestial feast is coming up for stargazers this month — a meteor shower, which would begin on July 12 and peak around July 27 and 28 when one would see 20 or more meteors every hour. The Delta Aquarid meteor shower would be seen from all parts of ...

Alpha Capricornid Meteor | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Earth-threatening minor planet 2002 EX12 (comet 169P/NEAT) has been identiﬁed as the parent body of the alpha Capricornid shower. Many meteor shower ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects Italy Meteor ...
If you witnessed a meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; ... Genova, Liguria arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The ...
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MBIQ Detects Italy Meteor 05JUL2013
MBIQ Detects Italy Meteor 05JUL2013 If you witnessed a meteor event please file a meteorsighting report on this site; thank you.
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Top 10 mysterious meteor crashes - Xinhua | English.news.cn
Top 10 mysterious meteor crashes---Barringer Meteorite Crater in the northern Arizona desert of the United States. Many scientists believe that the Earth suffered ...
news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013.../c_132528161.htm

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Meteorites Found in the Republic of the Philippines - Map

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Meteorites Found in The Republic of The Philippines
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From The Earth to The Moon - 1958 ---Weekend Sci-Fi B Movie Matinee
From The Earth to The Moon
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Meteorites of South Dakota - Map

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Meteorites Found in South Dakota, USA
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Meteorites and Impact Crater Found in Wyoming - Map

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Meteorites Found in Wyoming, USA
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Meteorites and Impact Craters Found in Alberta, Canada - Map

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Meteorites Found in Alberta, Canada
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[IMO-News] Last Reminder 32nd IMC, Poznan, Poland, 22-25 August 2013
At this moment 105 participants from 22 countries are confirmed to participate at the 32nd IMC, 22-25 August 2013. About 40 will also participate at the Meteoroids conference.
Not yet registered? You are very welcome to participate: you find all information on www.imo.net/imc2013. The final deadline for the IMC registration is 31 JULY 2013 at 23h59m UT.
We would be grateful if you could share this IMC registration reminder via your local mailing service or social media.
Some other IMC news:
The 2012 IMC Proceedings are ready and can be consulted in preview as PDF: http://www.imo.net/imc2012/proceedings. 2012 IMC participants will receive their paper copy during the IMC in Poznan, Poland. 2012 participants who cannot participate in Poznan will get their copy via surface mail.
The 2012 photo gallery has been added to the IMC history pages: http://www.imo.net/imo/imc/2012.
IMO publications are listed with ADS Abstracts (a bibliographic project of Harvard, NASA, Smithsonian). In the past months all missing Proceedings that were ever published were scanned, documented and put online with Pdf's for all papers. All the IMC Proceeding papers can be consulted via this link: : http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs_doc/conferences1.html#P.

We all look forward to see you again in Poznan, Poland next month.
The IMO team

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Meteor Activity Outlook for July 6-12, 2013 | American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near three as seen from the northern hemisphere and four as seen from south of the ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-july-6-12...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10JUL2013
Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society, said that sightings were consistent with that of a meteor - a larger than average ...
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400 Million Year Old Impact Crater Sits Below Iowa Town
RedOrbit
A meteor from 470-million-years-ago lies buried several hundred feet beneath the town of Decorah, Iowa, according to an airborne geophysical survey reported in EARTH Magazine. Geologists first hypothesized the crater's existence while examining ...

Rock found by MN farmer is confirmed meteorite ...
1 min
A Sibley County farmer has confirmed that a rock he found two years ago is a rare meteorite.
sctimes.com

NASA: Our solar system has a tail!
wtvr.com
GREENBELT, Md. (NASA GODDARD) – It has long been assumed that our solar system, like a comet, has a tail. Just as any object moving through another medium – for example, a meteortraveling through Earth's atmosphere – causes the particles to form a ...

Upcoming Educator Workshop Compares Mars and Earth
Imagine Mars! Workshop
Date: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Target audience: Formal and informal educators for grades 3-8
Location: NASA/JPL Educator Resource Center, Pomona, Calif.
Overview: This standards-based workshop will focus on the similarities and differences in Mars' and Earth's geology. Compare and contrast Earth and Mars images to discover how landscapes evolved. Learn how to make the traditional baking soda and vinegar volcano activity into a geologic and mathematical gold mine! Learn how and why we explore Mars. Engage your students in present and future missions to Mars. This workshop will be restricted to 25 participants so register early
Please call 909-397-4420 to reserve your spot. For more information and directions, visit:http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115

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Meteorites and impact crater found in Alaska - Map

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Meteorites Found in Alaska
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Meteorites and Impact Crater Found in Namibia - Map

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Meteorites Found in Namibia
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Iowa impact crater confirmed
Alexandria, VA -- Scientists have recently confirmed the existence of an impact crater buried below the town of Decorah, Iowa. Scientists first discovered what they thought resembled a crater in 2008, but now it has been corroborated by an airborne geophysical survey and hydrology surveys. Scientists estimate the diameter of the crater at 5.5 kilometers wide ...

NASA and Japanese Space Agency Discuss Space Cooperation
WASHINGTON -- ..."NASA has enjoyed a long-standing, mutually beneficial relationship with Japan in space exploration activities and we look forward to further
discussions about our asteroid initiative," said Bolden. "We currently have
more than 35 active agreements with JAXA in human spaceflight, Earth science,
space science, and aeronautics, making Japan one of the agency's leading
partners in civil space cooperation." ...

Would We See a Meteorite Hitting the Moon? When it comes to space explosions, size matters.
Wed, 10 Jul, 2013 03:16 PM PDT
I’m curious about the effect of a sizable (say, one-kilometer) meteorite striking the moon. Assuming it hit the side facing us, would we be able to see the impact or the aftermath (plumes of dust) with the naked eye?
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U.S. Paleontological Resources Preservation Act Rules - Comment Period Ends July 22, 2013

The comment period for the rules that will implement
the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act will
end on July 22, 2013. For more information go see:

Paleontological Resources Preservation: A Proposed
Rule by the Forest Service on 05/23/2013 (Proposed
rules for carrying out the Paleontological Resources
Preservation Act.) This article has a comment period
that ends in 12 days on July 22, 2013
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/05/23/2013-12173/paleontological-resources-preservation

Paleontological Resources Preservation Act:
http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/prpa_text.cfm
and https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/05/23/2013-12173/paleontological-resources-preservation#h-67

Paleonet: Open letter to the USDA Forest Service
regarding proposed rules for Paleontological Resources
Preservation Act by Philip M Novack-Gottshall
http://mailman.nhm.ac.uk/pipermail/paleonet/2013-July/002951.html

Yours,

Paul H.

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Discovery of a New Unique Water-rich Meteorite ...
65 min
A talk by Carl B. Agee of the University of New Mexico Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 is a new type ...
youtube.com

Sightings of meteor falling across Cornwall sky
This is Cornwall
Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society, said that sightings were consistent with that of a meteor - a larger than average piece of space debris burning up in the earth's atmosphere at around 20 - 30 km per second.

Q2 Weather Update: Something flew across the sky in Billings
KTVQ Billings News
The Next Principal meteor shower isn't due until July 30th when the Delta Aquarid meteorshower is expected. However, SpaceWeather.com reports a Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun occurred earlier this week and part of that solar flare did hit the ...

Orange Light Seen in Sky on Friday
Patch.com
Did you see a bright light go across the sky Friday night? If you did, you aren't alone. User JG posted that he saw an "orange ball of light, like a fireball" heading to the Gulf around 10 p.m. on Friday. Other readers have commented that they saw the ...

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MBIQ Detects WY SD ID Meteor 09JUL2013

MBIQ Detections WY SD ID Meteor 09JUL2013
v.2 C 2013 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth

If you witnessed a meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; thank you.
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/2011/12/december-2011-meteorfireball-sighting.html

Please also get the word out about this website on Facebook. Twitter, YouTube or your favorite forum. http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/

Initial Reports-

09JULY2013 Josh Starck Craters of the Moon Nat. Park, ID, USA 22:10 MT 5 sec SW-NE Green tail that turned red to orange then disapeared behind the mountains to the east moon not that I could see I was descending an observation point in the middle of The Craters of the Moon park at an elavation of 8500 ft. I turned around and looked up. No stars were visible only the green tail of a fireball.

09JULY2013 Nelson Spearfish SD 2200 3-4 seconds NW Bright Green very bright none that we could see none

09JUL2013 Amanda Lewis Tremonton, UT 21:50MST watched for two seconds before it fell behind a hill I was facing North, fireball was traveling east to west, downward white center, red around and tail sun brightness no fragmentation seen no

09JUL2013 Renell Merna, WY, USA 21:45:00 5 seconds Falling east to west, I was facing N/NE Green,white, hint of yellow in the main ball, mostly white in the tail Very bright Didn't appear to be, there was a bright tail This was large and appeared close. Nothing close to the appearance of a falling star

MBIQ Sample Data Set-
Spearfish, South Dakota arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09JUL2013" by searching for meteor july 9, 2013.
13:49:44 -- 12 minutes ago

Sheridan, Wyoming arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09JUL2013" by searching for meteorite july 9, 2013.
13:29:51 -- 31 minutes ago

All Meteor Sighting Reports can be seen at-
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

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MBIQ Detects UK Meteor 08JUL2013

MBIQ Detections Meteor 08JUL2013
v.1 C 2013 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth

If you witnessed a meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; thank you.
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/2011/12/december-2011-meteorfireball-sighting.html

Please also get the word out about this website on Facebook. Twitter, YouTube or your favorite forum. http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/

Initial Sighting Report-
08JUL2013 Hugo Cant Delabole, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom 22:20 +/- 3 seconds approximately. West; observer was facing south with the astroid travelling West Bright white with a green hue. The meteor looked substantial in size having little to compare it with. The meteor streaked above me for about 3 seconds before breaking up into three parts, one being large and the second small and the original bulk loosing illumination but still seemed to travel. When the meteor broke up the two pieces remained bright for about a 0.5 of a second. There was nothing audible. About sun bright although being quite far away it wasn't dazzling. yes, three pieces. Sadly no pictures or photos.

08JUL2013 ALZ CHILCOMPTON UK 21.59 5 SEC E-W BRILLIANT WHITE SUN NO ,

MBIQ Sample Data Set-

Wolverhampton arrived from google.co.uk on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching forhuge shooting star last night.
00:16:58 -- 1 minute ago

Ilkeston, Derbyshire arrived from google.co.uk on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for shooting stars yesterday.
00:16:21 -- 2 minutes ago

Bournemouth arrived from uk.search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor last night].
00:12:21 -- 6 minutes ago

Rhyl, Denbighshire arrived from google.co.uk on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor over england last night.
00:12:12 -- 6 minutes ago

Coventry arrived from google.co.uk on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for comet spotted in the sky in london 8th july 2013.
23:23:07 -- 56 minutes ago

All Meteor Sighting Reports can be seen at-
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/
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Silent 'heat' lightning illuminates night sky
Stuff.co.nz
While some speculated the flashes came from alien life forms coming to earth, he believed it was more likely a meteor shower. MetService forecaster Dan Corbett said 124 strikes were recorded between about 6pm and midnight after a trough of cold air ...

Potential solution tometeorite mystery: Chondrules may have formed from high-pressure collisions in early solar system
Mon, 08 Jul, 2013 10:08 AM PDT
(Phys.org) —A normally staid University of Chicago scientist has stunned many of his colleagues with his radical solution to a 135-year-old mystery in cosmochemistry. "I'm a fairly sober guy. People didn't know what to think all of a sudden," said Lawrence Grossman, professor in geophysical sciences. ...
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Cosmochemist discovers potential solution tometeorite mystery
Mon, 08 Jul, 2013 09:26 AM PDT
( University of Chicago ) A normally staid University of Chicago scientist has stunned many of his colleagues with his radical solution to a 135-year-old mystery in cosmochemistry. "I'm a fairly sober guy. People didn't know what to think all of a sudden," said Lawrence Grossman, professor in geophysical science...
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Artist Katie Paterson Reforges Meteorite | Video
Mon, 08 Jul, 2013 01:50 PM PDT
A large Campo del Cielometeorite (a type of ironmeteorite from northern Argentina) has been melted down and reforged in the same shape as a piece of artwork. The meteorite is currently in London, but will be launched into space in the future.. .Continue reading

First Mission of Space Launch System with Orion Atop it to Preview Asteroid Visit
NASA
July 8, 2013
Managers in NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate
have initiated a formal request to change the mission plan for the agency's
first flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), Exploration Mission (EM)
1 in 2017. The flight will carry an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a deep
retrograde orbit near the moon, a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system
where an asteroid could be relocated as early as 2021. ...

July issue of Meteorite Times
The following URL gives access to the Web Browser View, Flash Magazine
View, and Mobile PDF.
http://www.meteorite-times.com/monthly-issues/

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: BC, Canada Meteor ...
Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls & Related News. Make a meteor report. *.blogspot.
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../bc-canada-meteor-06ju...

Watch Meteor Online | theage.tv
Two massive rocks, tumbling debris older than the solar system itself, collide in space. The course has been altered. The target is Earth. Time is running out in ...
www.theage.com.au/tv/Sci-Fi/show/Meteor-4362900.html

Galaxy Wonders » Meteor Showers – Abstract photos
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are ...
www.galaxywonder.com/meteor-showers-abstract-photos/

Comet ISON Brings Holiday Fireworks
This July 4th the solar system is showing off some fireworks of its own.
Superficially resembling a skyrocket, Comet ISON is hurtling toward the
Sun at a whopping 48,000 miles per hour. ...

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Meteorites Found in Tasmania Map

"click on image to enlarge"
Meteorites Found in Tasmania
v.1 C 2013 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth / USGS

Map information has moved to Worldwide Meteorite Maps-
http://worldwidemeteoritemaps.blogspot.com/

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