06 September 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06SEP2013

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: San Luis Potosi, Mexico ...
San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013 - Update 05SEP2013 There is still a reward of one meteorite per ORIGINAL video, not a YouTube ..

WATCH | Meteor over Tennessee caught on tape | wkyc.com
OCOEE, Tennessee - Don't blink, or you'll miss it! A chunk of an asteroid was seen streaking across the sky over southern Tennessee Wednesday night.
NASA releases images of meteor streaking across sky ... - WLBZ2.com
(NASA) -- NASA is showing off it's latest imagines of life above. The latest pictures are of a meteor blazing across the southern U.S. in the early morning hours of ...
Ubergizmo
At CES 2013, 4K TVs seemed to have taken center stage as several consumer electronics companies showed off their latest and greatest during the show.

Meteorite Crash In Russia - YouTube
36 min
Date: 02-2013 Biography: Richard C. Hoagland is a former space science museum curator; a ... "Twilight Zone" non-science from Coast to Coast Radio - Aliens shooting at earth!  LOL!

Watch a fireball brighter than the moon streak across the sky
msnNOW
If you live in the South, and just happened to be standing outside in the very early morning hours of Aug. 28, you might have seen a fireball brighter than the full ...

LG Epic Meteor Prank - YouTube
2 min
LG Epic Meteor Prank. Coc Foxy·9 videos.
youtube.com

Fireball Outshines Moon In New NASA Footage Captured Over ...
The Huffington Post News Team
A luminous fireball that blazed across the southeastern sky on Aug. 28 is being called one of the brightest meteors observed in the past five years. In footage of ...

Fire in the sky: Bright meteor streaks across Georgia, Tennessee ...
The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)
Cleveland, Tenn., meteor View full size This screen shot from a NASA video shows the meteor that passed over the Southeast early Wednesday morning.

Re: [meteorite-list] Dirk Ross / San Luis Potosi (non)-meteor?
Rob, All, Absolutely agree re: Dirk, and that's an interesting analysis of those videos (both in the link and in your comments). Does the apparent speed appear to ...
WCSH-TV
The latest pictures are of a meteor blazing across the southern U.S. in the early morning hours of August 28th. The bright fireball was recorded by NASA ...

Fireball outshines moon
Toronto Sun
Meteor A meteor lit up the sky in the southern U.S. on August 28. (YouTube screen grab). Tweet ...The meteor — a stray piece of asteroid — was seen Aug.

Mystery Fireball Lights Up Italian Sky, Search for Clues Continues ...
Latinos Post
There are few things more daunting in this world than an ominous light that dazzles the night sky. Or out of this world for that matter. Image. You're taking a ...

Fireball outshines moon: 2-foot-wide meteor captured on NASA video
Examiner.com
Fireball outshines moon: NASA cameras caught footage of a meteor as bright as Venus and the Earth's moon streaking across the pre-dawn skies of ...

Meteorite or not? Mystery of unusual rock unveiled
Thu, 05 Sep, 2013 06:22 AM PDT
There's an answer to the mystery of whether an unusual rock found by a 13-year-old Winnipeg girl is ameteorite.Continue reading

Largest Piece So Far of Chelyabinsk MeteoriteFound
Thu, 05 Sep, 2013 06:38 AM PDT
The meteorite broke into some seven large fragments, and one of them is believed to have fallen into Chebarkul Lake, forming a hole in the ice about eight meters in diameter.Continue reading

Fireball outshines moon: 2-foot-wide meteor captured on NASA video
Examiner.com
Fireball outshines moon: NASA cameras caught footage of a meteor as bright as Venus and the Earth's moon streaking across the pre-dawn skies of ... 
The Verge
As the interview progresses, an imaginary meteor begins to make its way across LG's TV, headed for direct impact with the city. Right on cue, the interviewees ...

Watch: Meteor Flies Over Tennessee
TIME
NASA clocked this meteor speeding at around 56,000 miles an hour when it broke apart over southern Tennessee early Wednesday morning. Not to worry, the ...

I saw a bright green meteor last night.. - Godlike Productions
Just over my house I happened to see something amazing ! A huge bright green streak across the sky before my eyes and it lasted for about 4 seconds the ...
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2345193/pg1

Did a Meteor Give the World its Last 'Mini-Ice Age'? - AccuWeather ...
A meteor, large enough to destabilize the North American ice sheet and send the world into a thousand-year climate tailspin, may have struck Quebec just ...
Edmonton Sun
A fireball lit up the sky in the southern U.S., and NASA captured it on video. ... “Recorded by all six NASA cameras in the Southeast, this fireball was one of the ... 
Examiner.com
Fireball outshines moon: A fireball that literally outshone the moon recently has Americans across the nation talking, though only people in the southern U.S. ... 
NBCNews.com
NASA cameras capture fireball blazing across sky. NBC News. Facebook Share on Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; GooglePlus; Email. 2 hours ago. Video: NASA ...
WTOP
The fireball occurred when a rock the size of a basketball tried to occupy the same part of space that the earth does, Chester says. Fireballs often have a green ...

Meteor soars over US
Washington Post
September 5, 2013 3:08 PM EDT — NASA video shows part of an asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere above the Georgia/Tennessee border. (CBS News) ...

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05 September 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05SEP2013

Meteor streaks across sky over Tennessee
WOAI
But a meteor streaking across the sky over Southern Tennessee was caught on ... NASA says the meteor was moving at about 56,000 miles an hour when it ...

Meteor exploded above the Adriatic Sea 
In Serbia News
Over the Adriatic Sea on Tuesday evening flew a meteor and illuminated the sky for a moment. The event was recorded by a camera in the Italian city of Ferrara.

Fireball outshines moon, caught on NASA video
Christian Science Monitor
The meteor blazed up in the predawn hours of Aug. ... "From Chickamauga, Georgia, the meteorwas 20 times brighter than the full moon; shadows were cast on ...

Massive mystery fireball adds flare to night sky over Italy
msnNOW
After a search for meteorite fragments yielded niente, the jury's still out as to what exactly lit up the night sky in Italy's northeast. The fireball reportedly entertained ...

Changes in Comet Rotation May be Predicted With Greater Accuracy
Sept. 4, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. -- Planetary Science Institute researchers
have discovered a way to predict the changes in the rotational states of
comets that could help scientists learn more about the approaching Comet
C/2012 S1 (ISON), which will pass by the Sun on Thanksgiving Day and has ...
http://www.psi.edu/news/press-releases

Show Low Library astronomy event slated for Sept. 10
White Mountain Independent
Also come and meet local amateur astronomers that can answer your questions about the night sky, and learn more about upcoming meteor showers and ...

VIDEO: Fireball outshines moon
wtvr.com
(WTVR) – A NASA camera captured video of a fireball outshining the moon, according to a report on Space.com. The video was shot Aug. 28 in Alabama.

Scariest job interview ever! LG terrifies applicants in Chile by faking ...
Applicants for a job interview with LG Electronics in Chile had the scare of their lives when the company played a cruel prank that has been turned into an ...

LG gets lols with this viral apocalyptic-meteor-crash ad
msnNOW
We're guessing that even in your most stressful job interview, you didn't see a giant meteor crash occur in the window behind your interviewer and — in the ...

Метеорит во владивостоке 2013 - YouTube
Метеорит во владивостоке вид с моря район Вятлино 01.09.2013, ловили кальмара.

UN METEORITO CAE SOBRE LA CIUDAD, MIREN LA REACCION ...
PARA MAS VIDEOS SIGUENOS EN FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/LAGATITATV SUSCRIBETE http://www.youtube.com/user/EXTREMESCARY Si te ...

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04 September 2013

Japan Long Duration 6.9 plus Mag Earthquake 09"19 JST 04SEP2013

Japan Long Duration 6.9 plus Mag Earthquake 09"19 JST 04SEP2013

Tokyo Mag 4.
Shook here in Tokyo for over 40 seconds.
Transportation delays, trains, aircraft delays.
No damage reported or tsunami warnings.

Official JMA Website
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/

Official JMA Detailed Map-
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20130904093239395-040919.html

Occurred at (JST) 09:19 JST 04 Sep 2013
Latitude 29.8N
Longitude 139.0E
Depth 400 km
Magnitude 6.9
Region Name Torishima Kinkai

USGS Data-
6.5Izu Islands, Japan region 2013-09-04 09:18:24 UTC+09:00 404.8 km 
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04SEP2013

LG Ultra Reality: Meteor PRANK in Job Interview (HD) - YouTube
LG asusta en una campaña publicitaria a personas que creen ver un meteorito estrellarse por la ventana. Al mismo tiempo que ven el astro el edificio tiembla ...

See A Meteor Strike The Moon? NASA Mission Wants To Sniff It Out ...
Malaysia Sun
See A Meteor Strike The Moon? NASA Mission Wants To Sniff It Out | Video | Malaysia Sun. Malaysia Sun. Issue 11/0247. Malaysia Sun ...

See A Meteor Strike The Moon? NASA Mission Wants To Sniff It Out ...
Skywatchers with telescopes of 8"-14" in diameter - NASA is looking to assemble a network of observers to report impacts. Changes in the Moon's atmosphere ...
Space.com
A dazzlingly bright fireball lit up the skies over the American South last week, and NASA caught the dramatic action on video. The meteor blazed up in the ...

Remanzacco Observatory - Comets & Neo: Fireball over northern ...
Team
A bright fireball has been seen over northern Italy aroud 02:12 local time (00:12 UT) of September 03, 2013. Recently we installed an All-Sky camera on Mount ...

Controversial study links glacial period to meteor impact
The Space Reporter
Earth is hardly a stranger to dramatic climate change. Between 12,900 and 11,600 years ago, Earth experienced a relatively sudden and steep period of cooling.

Scientists investigate possibility of ancient meteor striking near ...
Catholic Online
A new scientific theory posits that a meteor or comet impact near Quebec tossed hot melted rock along North America's Atlantic Coast about 12,900 years ago.

Watch: Fireball lights up sky, brighter than the moon
Los Angeles Times
The space rock was about 2 feet in diameter and weighed more than 100 pounds. When it hit the Earth's atmosphere last week, it shone, briefly, 20 times ...

Meteor hit may have led to dawn of civilization
Times of India
WASHINGTON: A cataclysmic meteor impact in Canada about 12,900 years ago may have been the trigger for the dawn of civilization on Earth, researchers, ...

Meteor impact in Canada may have led to the rise of agriculture and ...
Courier Mail
A CATACLYSMIC meteor impact in Canada may have been the catalyst that ... is said to provide ``conclusive'' evidence that the trigger was a meteor impact. 
Regina Leader-Post
A meteor streaks past the faint band of the Milky Way galaxy above the Wyoming countryside early Tuesday morning, Aug. 13, 2013, north of Cheyenne, Wyo. 
Sudan Vision
A meteor or comet impact near Quebec heaved a rain of hot melted rock along North America's Atlantic Coast about 12,900 years ago, a new study claims. 
GlobalPost
A new theory posits that a meteor collision in Quebec 12,900 years ago ... A new study claims that a meteor or asteroid crashed into Quebec 12,900 years ago, ...

Meteor Impact in Quebec 12900 Years Ago Resulted in Prehistoric ...
Science World Report
Meteor Impact in Quebec 12,900 Years Ago Resulted in Prehistoric Climate Shift.

Meteor's impact in Canada took climate change in a new direction
Mother Nature Network
This cooling period, called the Younger Dryas, was originally attributed to a sudden shutdown in Northern Atlantic Ocean currents....

Climate-Changing Meteor Crashed in a Prehistoric Canada 12900 ...
Headlines & Global News
Climate-Changing Meteor Crashed in a Prehistoric Canada 12,900 Years Ago? ... focused on the comet or meteor strike that may have caused the changes.

Research: Younger Dryas period began with Canadian meteor
Examiner.com
New archaeological evidence suggests a paleolithic culture predated the arrival of the Clovis settlers in America 13,500 years ago. (on.aol.com).

'Younger Dryas' Meteor Impact Theory Traced to Quebec, Canada ...
University Herald
Nearly 13,000 years ago, a giant meteoric crash caused a rain of hot melted rock in an area near Quebec, Canada that had previously been a solid ice sheet, ...

Did a meteor trigger the beginnings of CIVILISATION? Scientists find ...
Daily Mail
A cataclysmic meteor impact in Canada that is linked to the death of many animals, including the woolly mammoth, may have also been the catalyst that ...

Meteorite Found? - Information Radio - MB - CBC ...
We introduce you to a 13-year-old girl who may have found some space rock right here in Winnipeg.
cbc.ca

Did an Earth-Chilling Meteor Crash Near Canada ...
A meteor or comet impact near Quebec heaved a rain of hot melted rock along North America's Atlantic Coast about 12,900 years ago, a new study claims.
www.realclearscience.com/.../did_an_earth-chilling_meteor_cr...

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Italia Bolide Fireball Meteor 03SEP2013 with Sonics!

Italia Bolide Fireball Meteor 00:12.46 UT 03SEP2013 with Sonics!

bolide 3 settembre 02:12 ora locale 2013
Ferruccio Zanotti 10,852 views Posted on YouTube
Captured at 00:12.46 UT from Ferrara (Italy), slow and very large. Camera pointed at NE.
Video by Ferruccio Zanotti of IMTN (Italian Meteor and TLE Network):


The object was captured from Cuneo (approximately at 320 km from the camera)
M20130903 001248 Confreria Wa
Posted to Youtube by Paolo Demaria 94 views

Many people reported sound like explosion.
According to Enrico Stomeo (UAI) the meteor "has probably entered over the Adriatic sea" (from here: http://meteore.uai.it/)

reported by Daniele Brundu, Italy

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02 September 2013

San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013 - Update 02SEP2013

Event Proven FAKE! 10SEP2013
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/09/san-luis-potosi-mexico-daytime-bolide_5.html

 Update with video 5 of this event-
latest update- 05SEP2013
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/09/san-luis-potosi-mexico-daytime-bolide_5.html

 San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013 - Update 02SEP2013
Help requested to locate original videos and persons.

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San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013 
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San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013
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Unidentified church in Matehuala, SLP, Mexico with bolide flying overhead - GIF
Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013 
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Unidentified church in Matehuala, SLP, Mexico with bolide flying overhead.
Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013 
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Enhanced frame of church clock showing approx. 17"25 Local at time of event.
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San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013 
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N-S Approximate Line of Flight - Red Straight Line.
Train line shown as red lin.  Yellow lines highways. 
San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013 
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 We need the four ORIGINAL videos NOT the YouTube copies and also the exact locations when filmed.  Thank you!
Reward for the above is still offered ONE meteorite per original video and location.  drtanuki@gmail.com

Original post on this event-
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/08/san-luis-potosi-mexico-daytime-bolide.html

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02SEP2013

Asteroid Steins in 3D
European Space Agency-September 2, 2013
Five years ago this week, ESA's Rosetta mission flew by asteroid Steins
en route to comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it will finally arrive
next year after a decade in space.

U.S. Air Force Just Shut Down the Space Fence & Major Fireball ...
InvestmentWatch
What a smart thing to do right ...Send BILLIONS Out for war , But cant even keep a NEEDED Program around ! Just like Obama dropped our Air Border defense ...

Meteor Impact 'Triggered Dawn Of Civilisation'
Huffington Post UK
Hollywood loves to point out the likelihood that a meteor will end up destroying civilisation. But it turns out that a meteor might have caused it to exist in the first ...

Meteor impact in Canada may have led to the rise of agriculture and ...
Perth Now
Evidence indicates an asteroid or comet struck Quebec around 12,900 years ago. Scientists believe the impact caused a transition to a colder, drier climate ...

Ancient climate-cooling meteor might have hit Quebec, geochemist ...
The Globe and Mail
Somewhere under the forests, soil and bedrock of southern Quebec lie the ancient, undiscovered traces of an enormous meteor strike so catastrophic that it ...

Earthlings are really Martians, says new theory
Mon, 02 Sep, 2013 04:37 PM PDT
Life on Earth was kick-started thanks to a key mineral deposited by a meteorite from Mars, according to a novel theory aired on Thursday.Continue reading

Fireball in Russia's Far East puzzles sky-watchers ...
Witnesses in Russia's Far East were astounded to see a spectacular burning object break up ...
rt.com

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01SEP2013

Shooting-stars boost Alderney's dark sky status bid
BBC News
... of one Perseid a minute, at least two other active fainter showers and two passes of the space station during the height of August's Perseid meteorshower.

Fireball in Russia's Far East puzzles sky-watchers (VIDEO) - RT News
RT
Witnesses in Russia's Far East were astounded to see a spectacular burning object break up in the sky near Vladivostok. Though bloggers hailed it as a “meteor ...RT - Daily news

Vladivostok Fireball Was Rocket, Not Meteor – Scientist
RIA Novosti
VLADIVOSTOK, September 1 (RIA Novosti) – A fireball that lit up the sky over Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East, on Sunday, was actually created by a Russian ...


Look: Video Shows Meteor, Maybe the Brightest Fireball in Years
Patch.com
The fireball camera at Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville captured this video of a "very bright"fireball, or meteor, passing over Georgia. Credit: NASA.

Aurigid meteor shower peaks before dawn September 1 | Alternative
Earthsky.org, 8/31/13, Deborah Byrd. Meteors are also called shooting stars. But meteors in annual showers, like the Aurigids, are bits of debris left behind in the ...beforeitsnews.com/.../aurigid-meteor-shower-peaks-before-da...

Winnipeg teen finds possible meteorite in school ...
An astronomy expert is set to examine an unusual-looking rock — a possiblemeteorite — that a ...
cbc.ca

Aurigid meteor shower peaks before dawn September 1
EarthSky
According to the American Meteor Society (AMS), the Aurigid meteor shower will be worth watching in 2013, particularly on the morning of September 1.

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Fireball in Russia’s Far East puzzles sky-watchers (VIDEO) 01SEP2013

Fireball in Russia’s Far East puzzles sky-watchers (VIDEO)
RT.com
Published time: September 01, 2013 14:23
Edited time: September 02, 2013 08:48




video credit- RT.comWitnesses said the early morning sky over Russky Island, across Vladivostok Bay, was lit up by a fireball, which later turned into a flaming line that remained in the sky for an hour and a half. .more -.http://rt.com/news/russia-far-east-meteor-278/

Pogledajte eksploziju meteorita iznad sjevernog Jadrana
vecernji.hr
RIA Novosti
VLADIVOSTOK, September 1 (RIA Novosti) – A fireball that lit up the sky over Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East, on Sunday, was actually created by a Russian ...

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31 August 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30-31AUG2013

Skywatcher: Fireball streaks across the sky
The Providence Journal
On Wednesday night a meteoroid weighing 100 pounds and traveling 53,000 mph hit the atmosphere over the southeastern United States and exploded, ...

Spectacular Mexico meteor recalls Great Daylight Fireball of 1972 ...
Video of the Aug. 21, 2013 Mexican daylight fireball. No sounds were heard by eyewitnesses. On the afternoon of Aug. 21 a fireball strikingly reminiscent of the ...
Times of India
PARIS: The meteor that injured over 1,500 people when it exploded and showered debris over Russia in February may have had a close shave with the Sun ...

Major Fireball Brighter Than The Moon Over Southeastern,USA ...
ch veeloo
A major fireball event occurred over the southeastern USA on August 28th. The explosion was brighter than the Moon and it might have scattered meteorites on ...

Alderney Bid For Dark Sky Status
Island FM
Alderney's bid to become the second Channel Island to achieve dark sky status has been spurred on by the recent meteor display. More than 60 observers ...

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29 August 2013

GA TN Fireball Meteor 28AUG2013 w/ videos NASA ASGARD

GA TN Fireball Meteor 2:27 AM CDT 28AUG2013 w/ videos
METEORITES ON THE GROUND! in TN Hunt Begins...
MeteorRATs Scramble!
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Aprroximate Ground Track With Radar
credit- Dr. Rob Matson
NASA ASGARD Tullahoma Allsky Camera - Tullahoma, TN Fireball Meteor 2:27 AM CDT (2013 August 28 07:2721 UTC)
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NASA ASGARD Tellus Allsky Camera - Cartersville, GA Fireball Meteor 2:27 AM CDT (2013 August 28 07:2721 UTC)
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NASA ASGARD Chickamauga Allsky Camera- Chickamauga, GA Fireball Meteor 2:27 AM CDT (2013 August 28 07:2721 UTC)
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Chickamauga, GA Fireball Meteor 2:27 AM CDT (2013 August 28 07:2721 UTC)

Last night at approximately 2:27 AM CDT (2013 August 28 07:2721 UTC), all 6 NASA allsky cameras in the SouthEast picked up a very bright fireball (peak magnitude ~ -11, 2 magnitudes brighter than the Last Quarter Moon) that MAY have produced meteorites. The cameras were completely saturated, necessitating a manual solution. This may very well be the brightest event our network has observed in 5 years of operation.
Using two stations, we have derived the following crude parameters:

Start location: 84.943 W, 34.969 N at an altitude of 97.4 km
Last location: 84.578 W, 35.206 N at an altitude of 37.9 km (this is NOT the lowest point; other stations show it continuing)
Speed: 23.7 km/s
Peak brightness: -10.9
Mass: ~45 kg (roughly 0.3 to 0.4 meters in diameter)
Radiant: RA - 336 +/- 2 deg, Dec +9.8 +/- 4 deg

Kind regards,
Bill Cooke
Meteoroid Environments Office
EV44, Marshall Space Flight Center
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29AUG2013

Boffins lay bare Lara Croft meteorite-strike element ununpentium
Wed, 28 Aug, 2013 03:24 AM PDT
Time's Uup: Now you'll HAVE to replace that mouldy periodic table shower curtain Boffins have found fresh evidence for the existence of the new, super-heavy element ununpentium, known to gamers as the element found in meteorites in games like Call of Duty and Tomb Raider .…Continue reading

Life DID begin on Mars - then we all travelled to Earth on a meteorite: Element 'crucial to the origin of life would ...
Wed, 28 Aug, 2013 04:21 PM PDT
Professor Steven Benner from Florida claims that Molybdenum mineral's existence on Mars could support the theory that 'we are actually all Martians.'Continue reading

Earth Life Likely Came from Mars, Study Suggests
Wed, 28 Aug, 2013 03:14 PM PDT
We may all be Martians. Evidence is building that Earth life originated on Mars and was brought to our planet aboard ameteorite, says biochemist Steven Benner of The Westheimer Institute for Science and Technology in Florida.Continue reading

Russian Meteor Experienced Melting Before Slamming Into Earth: Study
Wed, 28 Aug, 2013 11:28 AM PDT
A collision or “near miss” caused melting in the Chelyabinsk meteor before it slammed into Earth’s atmosphere this February, causing damage and injuries to hundreds in the remote Russian region. A new study, presented at the Goldschmidt Conference in Florence, Italy, says some meteoritefragments’ comp...Continue reading

Chelyabinsk meteorite had previous collision before exploding in Russia
Tue, 27 Aug, 2013 09:36 AM PDT
Washington, August 27: Chelyabinsk meteorite had either earlier collided with another body in the solar system or came too close to the Sun before it fell to Earth, according to a new research.Continue reading

Chelyabinsk Meteorite Had Previous Collision or Near-Miss
Tue, 27 Aug, 2013 09:33 AM PDT
The meteor that starred in a thousand and one tweets as it shot across the Siberian sky last February apparently had a rough history. The Chelyabinsk meteor, estimated to have been 55-65 feet in diameter before breaking up, may have had previous fiery encounters — either colliding into another body in the sol...Continue reading

Chelyabinsk meteorite's rocky past: Research points to previous collision or near miss in space
Mon, 26 Aug, 2013 07:08 PM PDT
Where did the Chelyabinsk meteorite come from? As a meteoroid, it either collided with another body in the solar system or came too close to the Sun before it fell to Earth, according to new research.Continue reading

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Breaking News- Daytime Earth-grazing Meteors Near Sunset Possible 28-31AUG2013

[IMO-News] Daytime Craterids showing surprise activity *right now*
- Earth-grazing meteors near sunset possible 28-31AUG2013 or longer
Credit- Geert Barentsen 2013
http://www.geert.io/daytime-craterids-2013.html
Geert Barentsen writes,

 "Hi all,

I am currently attending the Meteoroids conference in Poland. At the
meeting, Prof. Peter Brown has just alerted us to the fact that the Daytime
Craterids (DCR) have unexpectedly shown up in the Canadian Meteor Orbit
Radar (CMOR). You can see the radar detection for yourself at:

http://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/cmor-radiants/

The same shower has previously shown outbursts in 2003 and 2008. A recent
paper by Wiegert et al. discussing those events is available here:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18432.x/pdf

If the previous outbursts are anything to go by, the shower might last for
several days and increase in activity. Whether this might produce meteors
at visible wavelengths is essentially unknown, but amateur astronomers at
Southern latitudes are strongly encouraged to keep an eye out for
earth-grazing meteors near sunset.

I have put together this animation which shows locations on Earth where
such earth-grazers *might* be visible over the next 24 hours:

http://www.geert.io/daytime-craterids-2013.html

i.e. http://www.geert.io/static/images/2013-craterids-visibility.gif

Let us know what you see!

Best wishes,
Geert Barentsen"
Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
The Year of the Snake 2013!
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28 August 2013

San Luis Potosi, Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor 21AUG2013

Event Proven FAKE! 10SEP2013
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/09/san-luis-potosi-mexico-daytime-bolide_5.html

update- 05SEP2013
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/09/san-luis-potosi-mexico-daytime-bolide_5.html

update-02SEP2013
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/09/san-luis-potosi-mexico-daytime-bolide.html

FOUR VIDEOS! Sonics Reported!!!
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FAKE Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor apprx. 17'00 local 21AUG2013
v.4  c2013 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
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Charcas y Venado, San Luis Potosi facing  North
v..1 c2013 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
video 1
Impresionante meteorito volando entre Charcas y Venado, San Luis P...

Impresionante meteorito volando entre Charcas y Venado, San Luis P...
YouTube Published on Aug 21, 2013 by Estrella Verde 32,950 views
We were taxing the train on the road and then reviewing what we tax saw a light in the sky. Not hear anything but it seems a UFO or even as a military weapon. This was today at 5pm between Charcas and Mat.
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Ibamos gravando el tren en la carretera y luego revisando lo que gravamos vimos una luz en el cielo. No se escucho nada pero parece un OVNI o hasta como un arma militar. Esto fue hoy a las 5 de la tarde entre Charcas y Mat.

video 2
Objeto luminoso en el desierto de Wirikuta, El Venado, SLP...(al pare
Objeto luminoso en el desierto de Wirikuta, El Venado, SLP...(al pare
YouTube Published on Aug 22, 2013 by Lobsang Martínez 17,770 views
We recorded this on Wednesday on a walk through the desert near the hill of La Ventana. I see that there is another video on YouTube about the same phenomenon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeZ0xS ...). I'm no expert but I think it's a meteor and must have fallen about. Asking the locals walking around I noticed they did not want to talk about it and they said they had not seen anything but it's hard not to have seen anything. Something weird out there in the desert.
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Grabamos esto el miércoles en una caminata por el desierto cerca del cerro de La Ventana. Veo que existe otro videos en YouTube sobre el mismo fenómeno (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeZ0xS...). No soy experto pero creo que es un meteoro y debió de haber caído cerca. Preguntándoles a la poca gente local por ahí noté que no querían hablar del tema y me dijeron que no habían visto nada pero está difícil que no hubieran visto nada. Algo raro hay por ahí en el desert.
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video 3
Meteoro de San Luis Potosi, agosto 2013
Meteoro de San Luis Potosi, agosto 2013
YouTube Published on Aug 23, 2013 by Space Cowboy 5,487 views
Video recorded on security camera parking Gift Square, San Luis Potosi, on Wednesday August 21
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Video grabado en cámara de seguridad en estacionamiento Plaza del Regalo, San Luis Potosí, el miércoles 21 de agosto

video 4
Meteorito o basura especial pasando por Matehuala, San Luis Potosi
Meteorito o basura especial pasando por Matehuala, San Luis Potosi
YouTube Published on Aug 26, 2013 by jorge canular 3,348 views
Enriqueta Mine She has sent us this video of a meteor that was sighted on Wednesday. We did not see it but some people say that they saw it. Is it true or is it a lie?
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La joven Enriqueta Mina nos ha hecho llegar este video de un meteoro que fuera avistado el pasado miércoles. Nosotros no lo vimos pero hay gente que dice que si lo vio. ¿Será verdad o será mentira?

Mexican Media Reports-
“Cometa” cruza sobre Venado
larazonsanluis.com - 22AUG2013
VENADO, S.L.P.- Testigos de ESTE Municipio reportan haber observado una “luz brillante” atravesando el cielo la tarde del pasado 21 de agosto.
Otros vecinos de la cabecera municipal manifestaron haber visto una luz similar a un cometa que pudo observarse por varios minutos y posteriormente se escuchó un fuerte estallido. ...
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VENADO, S.L.P.- THIS Municipality Witnesses report having seen a "bright light" across the sky the afternoon of August 21.
Other municipal neighbors said they had seen a light similar to a comet that was observed for several minutes and then heard a loud bang. ...
http://larazonsanluis.com/index.php/altiplano/localidades/venado-2/item/2520-%22cometa%22-cruza-sobre-venado

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Captan espectacular meteoro en aparente caída en san luis potosí
pijamasurf.com- 24/08/2013 8:21 pm
Un meteorito podría haberse estrellado en el desierto de San Luis Potosí, México, según informa el diario de la capital de ese estado La Razón. El meteoro fue observado por pobladores del Municipio de Venado el pasado miércoles 21 de agosto, quienes dicen también haber escuchado una explosión. ...
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A meteor may have crashed in the desert of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, according to the newspaper in the capital of that state La Razón . The meteor was observed by Municipio de Venado residents on Wednesday August 21, who they say also hearing an explosion. ...
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Recopilación de videos del meteorito que cayó en San Luis Potosí
agendasanluis.com 26AUG2013
Te dejamos esta recopilación de videos del meteorito que cayó en San Luis Potosí el pasado miércoles 21 de agosto; lo cierto es que como habíamos comentado en alguna ocación todos los días caen meteoritos en el mundo y no es nada raro, ahora nos toco en San Luis Potosí captarlo. ...
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We leave this collection of videos meteorite that fell in San Luis Potosi on Wednesday August 21, the fact is that as we discussed in a daily occasion meteorites fall in the world and it is not unusual, now we play in San Luis Potosi grasp. ...
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SLP fallen meteor exploded (VIDEO)
Lucia Torres / Pulse
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:00 SLP
Probably disintegrated on the way, says astronomer.
The meteor was sighted on August 21 between the towns of Charcas and Venado  possibly was disintegrating in the atmosphere and was not a final burst, astronomer Roberto Bartali said Marchetti.,,,

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27/28AUG2013

DigitalJournal.com
Spain's Air Traffic Control sent tweets after a meteor was seen streaking across the sky in the north of ... Meteor would be the piece that had reached the ground.

Chelyabinsk Meteorite Had Previous Collision or Near-Miss
Discover Magazine (blog)
The meteor that starred in a thousand and one tweets as it shot across the Siberian ... The Chelyabinsk meteor, estimated to have been 55-65 feet in diameter ...

Meteor had a Close-miss with Sun before Hitting Russia, claim ...
Austrian Tribune
In February, Russia was hit by a meteor which when exploded, showered debris all over Russia and injured over 1,500 people. The latest statements coming ...
Chelyabinsk meteorite had previous collision or near miss (Update)
The Chelyabinsk meteorite either collided with another body in the solar system or came too close to the Sun before it fell to Earth, according to research ...Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

Meteor had other near-misses before exploding over Russia in ...
NBCNews.com (blog)
The meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February likely had a near miss before it hit Earth, possibly with another solar system object or a ...

Meteor goes five ways
The Australian
FIVE US institutions will share parts of a rare meteorite that exploded in a fireball over California last year. The meteor dates to the early formation of the solar ...

How to survive a meteor strike
Leedsstudent
Thousands of bits of space come to Earth everyday, the size of dust, grains and pebbles, but burn up in our atmosphere before they ever get a chance to reach ...

5 US institutions to share meteorite pieces
Las Vegas Sun
Five U.S. academic institutions will share parts of a rare meteorite that exploded in a fireball over California last year. The Field Museum said Wednesday that ...

Mystery 'meteor' flashes over Canary Islands
The Local.es
Social media was set ablaze after witnesses reported a light as bright "as if it was daytime" at 10.35pm local time on Sunday over the north of the Canary Islands.

UFO or Meteor Filmed Over Desert in Mexico - Educating Humanity
Richard
This strange bright shooting object was recorded over the desert in Mexico. Multiple witnesses saw it but refuse to talk about it.Educating Humanity

Chelyabinsk meteorite had previous collision or near miss (Update)
Mon, 26 Aug, 2013 03:26 PM PDT
The Chelyabinsk meteoriteeither collided with another body in the solar system or came too close to the Sun before it fell to Earth, according to research announced today at the Goldschmidt conference in Florence.Continue reading

Chelyabinsk meteorite had previous collision or near miss
Mon, 26 Aug, 2013 03:23 PM PDT
( European Association of Geochemistry ) The Chelyabinsk meteorite which exploded over Russia in February either collided with another body in the solar system or had a near miss with the Sun before it fell to Earth.Continue reading

A Molten Planet andMeteorite Jewelry
Mon, 26 Aug, 2013 12:28 PM PDT
Recent developments in health and science news. This week: A bog mummy's remains are dated to 2000 B.C., and a United Nations warning on global warming.Continue reading

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26 August 2013

TX NM Bolide Fireball Meteor 25AUG2013

TX NM Bolide Fireball Meteor 25AUG2013
TX NM Bolide Fireball Meteor 09 54:50 UT 25AUG2013
Hawley, Texas Sandia Sentinel Allsky /Kevin Palivec

TX NM Bolide Fireball Meteor 09 54:50 UT 25AUG2013
Hawley, Texas Low-light Allsky /Kevin Palivec

If you witnessed a meteor event PLEASE file a meteor sighting report to help us confirm and improve our detection; thank you!
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

Initial Meteor Sighting Report-
25AUG2013 Denise Totah Lubbock Texas 5:00 a.m. 5 maybe 10 seconds west to east right to left I was facing west i thought it was a flash of lightning. I turned to look up and saw this big flash of light and it looked like it had 2 contrails at the end. I thought that maybe a plane had exploded, but there was no sound a little brighter than the moon it looked like 2 trails coming from it after it started disappearing I didn't get a picture, I just know that the flash was bright enough to make me look up to the sky as I thought it was lightning.

Thomas Ashcraft - Heliotown - New Mexico writes,
"Did anyone catch a large fireball on Aug 25 2013 at 0954:50 UT in the
west Texas- eastern New Mexico vicinity? (0354:50 am MDT / 0454:50 am CDT)
I caught a flash behind clouds which might have come from over the
horizon in which case this fireball would have been deeper into north
central Texas.
It should show on space fence radar for Texas observers. It made a 30
second radio reflection at 217 MHz and a two minute reflection on tv
forward scatter frequencies."

All Meteor Sighting Reports Can Be Seen HERE-
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

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25 August 2013

Japan Earthquake MAG 4.2 2125 JST 25AUG2013

Japan Earthquake 4.2 MAG 2125 JST 25AUG2013

Occurred at (JST) 23:25 JST 25 Aug 2013
Lat/Lon  35.4N 140.1E
Depth 80km
Magnitude 4.2 
Region Name Chiba-ken Hokuseibu

Japan JMA Official Site with map-
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/3/20130825233003395-252325.html

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