12 November 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12NOV2013

New Scientist - 4 hours
The first traces of life found in glass from an impact crater supports the idea that microbes travelling on space rocks could have seeded the ...

Nov. 10, 2013 meteor | AL.com
A NASA camera at the Marshall Space Flight Center captured this image of the Nov. 10, 2013 meteor. (NASA/MSFC/Bill Cooke)
photos.al.com/huntsville-times/.../nov_10_2013_meteor_2.ht...

Tracking cameras aim to unlock meteorite mysteries
ABC Local
"If you imagine you've got a little triangle of cameras in different positions and they can see all the sky, they'll see that fireball from different orientations. "You can ...

Scientists call for engineering research into asteroid deflection
Knovel
When it exploded, it released an energy burst that was equivalent to 500,000 tons of TNT, and is believed to have been the largest meteor to hit the planet since ...
Daily Mail - 10 hours
The satellite went on a descending orbit that extended across Siberia, the western Pacific Ocean, the eastern Indian Ocean and Antarctica. It ...

Sunday night's fireball over Alabama was a 'Jupiter family comet ...
al.com (blog)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - NASA says the fireball that streaked across Alabama Sunday night was a piece of a comet about as wide as a can of soda. The comet ...
meteor show | Bob's Spaces
Given all the 'fanfare' to annual meteor showers like the Perseids in August often the annual minor meteor showers are overlooked. Currently we are more or ...
bobs-spaces.net/tag/meteor-show/

Shock veins in Russian meteorite helped it break up
EarthSky - 6 hours
Damage from the February 15, 2013 meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia would have been more severe if the rock hadn’t fragmented high up ...

6 reports - American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
AMS received 6 reports about a fireball seen over AZ and CA on November 11th 2013 around 02:32 (UTC)
www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/2841

North Taurid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight - RSSPump
Last week, the South Taurid meteor shower peaked. Tonight it's time for North Taurid. Brightmeteor ongoing south, south taurid meteor shower, [...]
meteor-shower.rsspump.com/?key=201311112115c9...

5 reports - American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
AMS received 5 reports about a fireball seen over MI, OH and PA on November 11th 2013 around 04:29 (UTC)
www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/2851

Utah weighing threats of storing depleted uranium — from meteor ...
Deseret News
There are events like war, meteor strikes, volcanic activity, the return of large lakes like Lake Bonneville every 16,000 years and even, to some degree, the threat ...

Chelyabinsk meteorite: the science of the skies - Telegraph
The Chelyabinsk meteor fell to Earth earier this year and shined brighter than the sun. Russian scientists have now put together the data.
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../rbth/.../chelyabinsk-meteor-science.ht...

The November issue of Meteorite Times
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11 November 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11NOV2013


Meteor spotted in Huntsville
WAFF
Cooke added that we're in the middle of a Taurid meteor shower right now, but that this meteorwas not a Taurid. Instead it was a totally different orbit, which ...

Astronomer and author speaks on possible asteroid impactsIndiana Daily Student
A chunk of rock called the Chelyabinsk meteor destroyed parts of Moscow this ... Although nobody was killed, Plait said the meteor was big enough to make ...

Meteor spotted in Huntsville - WTOC-TV: Savannah, Beaufort, SC ...
After multiple sources spotted a bright orange light, officials confirm that Huntsville was the site of a meteor Sunday night.
www.wtoc.com/story/23930596/meteor-spotted-in-huntsville

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10NOV2013
Meteor lights up Bay Area sky for a third night in a row | abc30.com ... The Russian meteor that rocked the world on 15 February 2013 appeared 30 times brighter ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../the-latest-worldwide-m...

X-ray of Chelyabinsk meteorite - The Washington Post
2 min
November 6, 2013 1:00 PM EST — To study the meteorite fragment and its internal ...
washingtonpost.com

Postcards from Chelyabinsk, Meteorite Impact ...
1 min
Video of Chelyabinsk meteorite impact on Lake Chebarkul 2013 February 15, 03: 20:32-03:26 ...
youtube.com

FIREBALL lights up the sky above Southern ...
The flash of 'white hot' light is likely to have been from a highly visiblemeteor shower.
mirror.co.uk

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10 November 2013

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Published on 10 Nov 2013
Meteor or Prossible GOCE entry or a skip bounce entry
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JAPAN MAG 5.5 EARTHQUAKE 0738 10NOV2013

JAPAN MAG 5.5 EARTHQUAKE 0738 10NOV2013

A strong long duration quake struck at approximately 0738 JST with an estimated magnitude of 5.5.  Airport, Bus, Train Transport and ground transport will be delayed.  No Tsunami warning has been issued.

Earthquake Information (Information on seismic intensity at each site)
Issued at 07:42 JST 10 Nov 2013

Occurred at (JST) 07:38 JST 10 Nov 2013
Latitude 36.0N
(degree)
Longitude 140.1E
(degree)
Depth  70 km
Magnitude 5.5
Region Name  Ibaraki-ken Nambu

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

Official JMA Detailed Map-
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/2/20131110074223395-100738.html

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Meteor lights up Bay Area sky for a third night in a row | abc30.com
A bright meteor lit up the Bay Area sky Friday for the third night in a row.
abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id...

Infrasound informs fresh look at Russian meteor fall | Kaunana
The Russian meteor that rocked the world on 15 February 2013 appeared 30 times brighter than the sun, and we may be in for more airbursts of this size than ...
manoa.hawaii.edu/.../infrasound-informs-fresh-look-at-russian...

Fireball Southern California. Meteor Southern ...
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Skygazers Delighting in Little Known Taurid Meteor Shower ...
There have been several reports of shooting stars recently. This is likely the result of the ongoing Taurid Meteor Shower. This is a lesser known meteor shower ...
fox41blogs.typepad.com/.../skygazers-delighting-in-little-kno...

More asteroids likely to strike Earth, scientists say
U-T San Diego - 22 hours
New studies suggest the risk of asteroid collisions is bigger than thought. Don't panic.

Experts say fall of European satellite poses little risk
Spaceflight Now - 17 hours
A European research satellite is expected to succumb to atmospheric drag and make an uncontrolled re-entry Sunday or Monday, disintegrating ...

Russian fireball shows meteor risk may be bigger ...
Russian fireball shows meteor risk may be bigger,WASHINGTON — Scientists studying the ...
azcentral.com

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09 November 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09NOV2013

The Chelyabinsk Meteor - 2013/11/09 - Pt. 1 - Quirks and Quarks ...
Earth may be more likely to be struck by meteors like the one that landed in Russia in February.
www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Quirks+and.../ID/2416762258/

Meteor lights up Bay Area sky for third night in a row
abc7news.com
A bright meteor lit up the Bay Area sky for a third night in a row. (photo courtesy Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) (KGO Photo). Tags: space, NASA, youtube ...

Russian meteor shows 20,000,000 space rocks threaten Earth ...
Why does God care if someone's clothes are on or off Rocky.
rt.com/news/chelyabinsk-meteor-latest-data-381/.../page-1/

Early warning system suggested for asteroid strikeExaminer.com
Peter Jenniskens, a meteor astronomer at NASA Ames in Mountain View, Calif. said the Russian meteorite was the best astronomical event ever recorded.

Your chances of spotting a meteor just shot way up - The News-Herald
In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, file photo, provided by Chelyabinsk.ru, a meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk.
www.news-herald.com/.../your-chances-of-spotting-a-meteor-j...

Meteor threat rising? Maybe - CNN.com
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson weighs in on the threat of meteors.
us.cnn.com/.../meteors-degrasse-tyson-newday.cnn.html?...

San Diegans Witness Meteor Shower's Bright Flash Across Sky
KPBS
People from Santa Barbara to San Diego reported seeing fireballs streaking across the sky Wednesday night. Experts say it was likely a meteor shower.

Meteors Like Chelyabinsk's Are More Frequent Than Previously Thought
The Moscow Times - 8 hours
Studies of the meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk in February, leaving over 1,200 people injured by searing heat and flying shards of ...

Flash of light over San Diego follows warning from scientists
FOX 5 San Diego - 21 hours
SAN DIEGO — The fireball seen streaking over the San Diego County sky Wednesday night appeared the same day scientists warned meteors may ...

Revising The Math: Chances Of Asteroid Hitting Earth Greater Than Once Thought
CBS Baltimore - 1 hour
It appears Earth has dodged more bullets than expected. Last February's meteor blast over Siberia sent NASA scientists back to their ...

Meteor seen in Maine two minutes ago - Godlike Productions
Bangor, will describe when he comes back in. All I heard was WOW, that was a big one!!
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2405156/pg1

Meteor streaks across California sky - Video on NBCNews.com
Video on NBCNews.com: Visible from San Diego to Los Angeles, the giant fireball signaled the beginning of a period of high meteor activity. NBC's Brian ...
www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53493647

Meteor lights up skies over the West Coast overnight | abc7news.com
People across the West Coast reported seeing a fireball that forecasters said was most likely ameteor streaking across the sky.
abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?id=9316789

Imperial Valley residents wowed by meteor's bright light - Local ...
Some joked that it was the “Cattle Call Fairy,” but the American Meteor Society said the bright light seen in the sky Wednesday evening was a fireball, more ...
www.ivpressonline.com/.../article_86faada8-484b-11e3-8674-...

Researchers obtain crucial data from meteoroid impact
Astronomy Magazine
By calibrating the video images from the position of the stars in the night sky, Jenniskens and Popova calculated the impact speed of the meteor to be 42,500 ...

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Imperial Valley residents wowed by meteor's bright light
Imperial Valley Press
Some joked that it was the “Cattle Call Fairy,” but the American Meteor Society said the bright light seen in the sky Wednesday evening was a fireball, more ...

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08 November 2013

CA Meteor 07NOV2013

CA Meteor 2225 PST 07NOV2013

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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
07NOV2013 janet richmond ca 22:40:00 5sec north white a little red moon no no

07NOV2013 Kari SAN JOSE, CA, USA 10:25PM PST 4-5 sec NE I was facing North Bright white streak perpendicular and the streak flashed red then stopped at a bright green glow (green did not streak) Same as the sun steady streak I was facing North on Hwy 87 and it fell 1 o'clock from the hwy. very exciting! city skylight of San Jose was West and south of the fall.

07NOV2013 allie sacramento, california, us Pacific, 10:00 pm 2 seconds southwest heading over trees left to right. I was facing west. reddish moon I don't know I was caught off guard and it was too fast

07NOV2013 Sina Iman Menlo Park, CA, USA ~2200 ~3 Facing West Quite green, no sound About as bright as a full moon No Very surreal because we were looking right at the right place in the sky. Looked pretty huge and looked like it was falling into the Earth

07NOV2013 Tom and barbie lodi california 924 pm 10 seconds SW left to right but kind of wiggly Green bright light like a huge fireball old probably was in firs me and ny boyfriend

07NOV2013 Wendy Wyckoff Santa Cruz, California 9:24 PM PST 2 sec NW White ball Moon No None

battlefieldbarbie wrote,
Just saw a huge green fireball here in lodi California me and my boyfriend both saw it outside was unbelievable

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08NOV2013


NASA's Hubble Sees Asteroid Spouting Six Comet-Like Tails
Astronomers viewing our solar system's asteroid belt with NASA's Hubble Space
Telescope have seen for the first time an asteroid with six comet-like tails
of dust radiating from it like spokes on a wheel. ...

NASA and International Researchers Obtain Crucial Data from Meteoroid Impact
A team of NASA and international scientists for the first time have gathered
a detailed understanding of the effects on Earth from a small asteroid
impact. ...

Rare New Microbe Found in Two Distant Clean Rooms
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- November 06, 2013
A rare, recently discovered microbe that survives on very little to eat
has been found in two places on Earth: spacecraft clean rooms in Florida
and South America. ...

Surprising Recent Discoveries of Three Large Near-Earth Objects
Don Yeomans and Paul Chodas- NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office
November 5, 2013
Two surprisingly large Near-Earth Asteroids have been discovered in just
the last week or so, as well as a third moderately large asteroid which
surprisingly ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects CA AZ NV ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2013/11/mbiq-detects...
Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls & Related News. Make a meteor ...

MBIQ Detects CA AZ NV UT Meteor 06NOV2013 - Blogger
"click on image to enlarge" CA AZ NV UT Meteor 18:15 Pacific 06NOV2013 v.2 c2013 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth ...
mbiq.blogspot.com/.../mbiq-detects-ca-meteor-06nov2013.ht...

American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
AMS received 122 reports about a fireball seen over AZ, CA, NV and UT on November 7th 2013 around 03:51 (UTC)
www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/2765

Possible Taurid Fireball Dazzles Southern California
Space.com
Eyewitnesses quoted by regional NBC stations said they saw a "trail of debris" consistent with ameteor, while others mistook the fireball for a huge firework.

Fireball — maybe a South Taurid meteor — spotted across western US
What appeared to be a large fireball streaking over Southern California Wednesday night was seen as far away as Utah and Nevada.
www.latimes.com/.../la-me-ln-fireball-south-taurid-meteors-20...

Meteorite falls in Los Angeles 11-6- 2013 - YouTube
13 sec
Amazing UFO attacked the meteorite to defend ourselves, Russia, Feb 15, 2013 ... Meteorite ...
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Bright Meteor in SoCal Was Likely as Small as a Pebble, Scientists ...
stephaniecasektla
Thousands of people across Southern California saw a bright fireball streak through the sky Wednesday night, yet scientists say the actual meteor was probably ...
KTLA 5

Fireball meteor seen streaking across California sky | Mail Online
Residents from Santa Barbara to San Diego reported seeing the dazzling sight from around 8pm, the National Weather Service said.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Fireball-meteor-seen-streaking-Califor...

NASA astronomer studies Siberian meteor explosion
San Francisco Chronicle
When a monster meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February with a violence more powerful than the atom bombs of World War II, a Bay ...

Russian Fireball Highlights Meteor Risk
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Scientists studying the meteor that exploded over a Russian city on February 15 say the threat of asteroids smashing into Earth is bigger than previously thought.

Russian Dashboard Cameras Help To Trace Exploding Meteor
KTEP
The largest fragment of the Chelyabinsk meteor punched a hole in the frozen surface of Lake Chebarkul. The 1,200-pound stone was recovered from the lake ... 
French Tribune
It is believed by the researchers that this bright meteor had come from the ongoing South ... The witnesses reported the sighting of this meteorat about 8 pm.

California fireball has witnesses alight with excitement
Christian Science Monitor
A meteor that toured the Southwest's big skies on Monday has witnesses alight with excitement about the fireball's bold show of light and color. Astronomers said ...

Fiery streaks light up California sky - and Twitter
USA TODAY
The Taurids, part of an annual meteor shower linked to disintegration of a comet ... a meteorshower, though very few certifiable pictures or video popped up.

Chelyabinsk meteor explosion a 'wake-up call', scientists warn
Three studies have revealed details of the meteor that exploded above Russian city, Chelyabinsk, in February this year.
phys.org/.../2013-11-chelyabinsk-meteor-explosion-wake-up-...

Meteor Shower Over California Seen in Las Vegas - 8 News NOW
A potential meteor shower over southern California was seen in Las Vegas late Wednesday evening.
www.8newsnow.com/.../possible-meteor-shower-over-californ...

California Meteor Leads To Wild Speculation - The Inquisitr
A California meteor led to wild speculation on Wednesday evening. Residents in southern California flooded 911 call centers with reports about a mysterious.
www.inquisitr.com/.../california-meteor-leads-to-wild-speculati...

Possible Taurid Fireball Dazzles Southern California : Discovery News
A bright meteor has caused a stir in California, likely originating from the Taurid meteor shower that has caused other sightings across the U.S. Continue reading ...
news.discovery.com/.../possible-taurid-fireball-dazzles-souther...

FIREBALL lights up the sky above Southern California as meteor ...
The flash of 'white hot' light is likely to have been from a highly visible meteor shower.
www.mirror.co.uk/.../fireball-lights-up-sky-above-2685385

California Fireball May Have Been Meteor | Watch the video - Yahoo ...
Watch the video California Fireball May Have Been Meteor on Yahoo News . Residents lit up Twitter and other social media sites following unexpected event.
news.yahoo.com/.../california-fireball-may-meteor-17430186...

Meteor Over Western States Caught on Dashcam Video | Watch the ...
Watch the video Meteor Over Western States Caught on Dashcam Video on Yahoo News . A bright light was visible over several Western states taking ...
news.yahoo.com/.../meteor-over-western-states-caught-10035...

Fireball lights up sky; spotted across western US
MyFox Phoenix
Those who saw it described it just like that -- a flashing fireball with a long tail that lit up the sky. They knew it was more than just your nightly shooting star.

Large fireball reported lightening Southern California Skies On ...
Pentagon Post
In the night at around 8 pm on 6 Nov, Southern Californians from Santa Barbara to San Diego have spotted a fireball which was according to the forecasters, ...

Meteor streaks across California sky
NBCNews.com
Visible from San Diego to Los Angeles, the giant fireball signaled the beginning of a period of high meteor activity. NBC's Brian Williams reports. Share This:.

Meteor over Southern California follows warning from scientists
fox5sandiego.com
Perseid-Meteor “Probably billions of years old. It's left over from the formation of the solar system,” said John Young, a planetarium producer at the Reuben H.

Meteor shower lights up night sky across the West
KRTV Great Falls News
Authorities tell CBS2 and KCAL9 that the object appeared to be a meteor. Many calls came into law enforcement agencies from Riverside, La Quinta and ... 
KPBS
Young said it was likely a meteor shower that occurs every three years around ... Pieces of themeteor shower will continue to fall through the night sky until Nov.

Meteor Shower Lights Up Night Sky Across The West « CBS Los ...
Observers, aided by a full moon, will see 10 to 20 large fireballs every hour. The website PlanetSave.com says the 10-to-20 figure is actually fewer than we ...
losangeles.cbslocal.com/.../large-meteor-shower-lights-up-nigh...

Neil deGrasse Tyson On Meteor Threat – New Day - CNN.com Blogs
Two new reports say that a meteor in Russia disintegrated in the sky with over 30 times the force measured in the nuclear bomb blast that destroyed Hiroshima.
newday.blogs.cnn.com/.../neil-degrasse-tyson-on-meteor-threa...

Southern California sky, and Twitter, light up with reported fireball ...
The National Weather Service said the sightings that flowed in about 8 p.m. Wednesday were most likely associated with the South Taurids (TOHR-ids) meteor ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../15d14ed2-477b-11e3-95a9-3f1...

As meteor risks rise, how can Earth avoid destruction? - PBS Video
New research reveals that space fragments are hitting our planet 10 times more often than previously thought. Will we suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs?
video.pbs.org/video/2365116856/

Russian meteor shows 20000000 space rocks threaten Earth ...
RT
The meteor that shocked Russia in February when it exploded in the skies above Chelyabinsk shows us that the danger from space rocks smashing into Earth is ...

As the risk of meteor strikes rises, how can Earth avoid destruction?
PBS NewsHour
The one that caught everyone's attention struck last February, when a meteor hit near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. It was only 60 feet wide, but injured more ... 
Herald.ie
A METEOR that exploded over Russia in February was 20 metres in diameter and caused a blast equivalent to 600,000 tons of TNT, according to scientists who ...

Russian Fireball Shows Meteor Risk
Sci-Tech Today
Russian Fireball Shows Meteor Risk May Be Bigger ... four, five or even seven times more likely to hit the planet than scientists believed before the fireball.


Fireball Streaks Across The Night Sky
KWTX
LOS ANGELES (November 7, 2013) Southern California residents from Santa Barbara to San Diego reported seeing a fireball that forecasters said was most ...

Fireball that streaked over California was visible in Arizona too
Arizona Daily Star
Dozens of people reported seeing a fireball flash across Northwest skies at about 6 a.m. Wednesday, moving east to west. Read more ...

Fireball Lights Up Southern California Sky and Prompts Public ...
University Herald
Newsrooms' phones rang off the hook in Southern California and 911 operators had their hands full as well with several people calling in about a sudden flash ...

Fiery streaks light up California sky - and Twitter
USA TODAY
The bright flashes that lit up the California sky — and Twitter — late Wednesday were probably long-lasting meteor streams known as the South Taurids, experts ...

To Understand A Russian Fireball, Physicists Turn To YouTube
NPR
Nine months ago a 12,000-ton meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, a Russian city with 1.1 million residents. Hundreds of personal videos captured the fireball's ...

Mystery Light May Be Meteor
CBS Local
(LAS VEGAS, KXNT)–Many people in Nevada and in Southern California reported seeing a mysterious light in the sky Wednesday night. The American Meteor ...

NASA: New Chelyabinsk-like meteor strike 7-times as likely as thought
RT (blog)
NASA: New Chelyabinsk-like meteor strike 7-times as likely as thought. Published time: November 07, 2013 19:40. Get short URL. Children look at Chelyabinsk ...

Scientists report details of Russian meteor
People's Daily Online
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Researchers from Russia, U.S., China and several other countries on Wednesday released details of the asteroid that exploded ...

First study of Russian meteor
SpaceDaily - 22 hours
A slice through a fragment of the meteorite shows numerous veins from a long-ago impact shock that weakened the original object. (Qing-zhu ...

Newly Released Security Cam Video Shows Chelyabinsk Meteorite Impact in Lake Chebarkul
Universe Today - 6 hours
Security camera video showing the impact of the largest piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite striking Lake Chebarkul during the Feb. 15, 2013 ...

Videos Track Meteor That Exploded Over Russia
NPR - 14 hours
The meteorite that burned up over Russia at the beginning of this year produced the largest explosion in more the a century. With the help of ...

Greater risk of meteors forecast
Ashland City Times - 12 hours
A meteorite contrail trails across the sky over Chelyabinsk, Russia. A surprise meteor hit Earth on Feb. 15 at 42,000 mph and exploded. / ...

Meteor dwarfs atom bomb
The New Zealand Herald - 7 hours
The meteor that exploded over the Siberian city of Chelyabinsk in February released more than 30 times the explosive energy of the Hiroshima ...

Meteorite Hunting is the New Money-Making Trend for Astronomy ...www.examiner.com/article/meteorite-hunting-is-the-new...
Last year, 2012, a gold rush for meteorites began in California after a massive meteor exploded above the town of Lotus. The meteor's ...

Interview of Peter Jenniskens about Chelybinsk meteor (SETI ...article.wn.com/view/2013/11/07/Interview_of_Peter_Jennis...
Badyukov D.D. Material of Chelyabinsk meteorite. March 21, 2013. On March 21, 2013 at 14:00 Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI MSU) held ...

Meteors like Cheylabinsk fireball pose greater threat than previously ...
Meteors similar to the one that exploded over Cheylabinsk in Russia earlier this year pose a far greater threat to the Earth than previously thought.
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Meteors-like-Cheylabinsk-fireball-pos...

Russian fireball yields scientific treasure trove: Researchers obtain ...
A team of NASA and international scientists for the first time have gathered a detailed understanding of the effects on Earth from a small asteroid impact.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131106164150.htm

Fireball streaks across Southern California sky
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
LOS ANGELES >> Southern Californians from Santa Barbara to San Diego have reported seeing a fireball that forecasters said was most likely a meteor ...

Czech scientists reveal origin of Chelyabinsk meteor
Radio Prague
Scientists from the Czech Astronomical Institute believe they have found the origin of the Chelyabinsk meteor that hit Russia in February. In a paper published in ...

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MBIQ Detects NC Meteor 07NOV2013

MBIQ Detects NC Meteor approx. 2035 pm EST 07NOV2013
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NC Meteor approx. 2035 pm EST 07NOV2013
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Initial Meteor Sighting Report-
07NOV2013 Jonathan Ray Fairview, NC USA 2035 pm EST 3 sec East to West orange and green with tail same as venus/ mag -3.9 no Very stunning and eye catching! The tail seemed like a firecracker sizzle

07NOV2013 CALI WILMINGTON,NC,USA 20:55 PM 20 Directly in front of me ORANGE, YELLOW AND DARK NO NO I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS AN AIEPLANE CRASHING

MBIQ Data Set-
Greenville, North Carolina arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for shooting star with bright green tail.
11:55:48 -- 2 minutes ago

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YouTube Video - NEOS Close Approaches in November 2013 Many Large Fireball Events Expected

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NEOS Close Approaches in November 2013 Many Large Fireball Events Expected - Be Ready
NEOS Close Approaches in November 2013 Many Large Fireballs Expected Be Ready
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California sky lit up with reported meteor
Telegraph.co.uk
The US National Weather Service says the sightings reported starting at about 8pm local time on Wednesday night (0400GMT) are most likely associated with ...

KERO-TV 23
Southern Californians from Santa Barbara to San Diego have reported seeing a fireball that forecasters said was most likely a meteor streaking across the sky...

Southern California sky light up with reported fireball, likely meteor ...
From Yahoo News: LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Southern Californians from Santa Barbara to San Diego have reported seeing a fireball that forecasters said was ...
news.yahoo.com/southern-california-sky-light-reported-firebal...

Meteors streak across SoCal night sky
WTSP 10 News
Meteor seen as fireball in night sky can be seen in upper-left of image taken from video captured by security cameras of home in Sylmar, in Southern California, ...

Huge Meteor Reported Over LA. Meteorito en Los Angeles,San ...
Meteor Reported Over LA, San Diego, Southern California on November 6. 2013 A meteor or a fireball or some kind of bright light flew over Los Angeles, San Di.

Big Breaking News: Pic, Huge Meteor Over Southern California ...
A huge fireball was seen over southern California around 9.15pm local time, Wednesday November 6. The big fireball, believed to be a meteor, was seen over ...
www.bigbreakingnews.com/.../huge-meteor-over-southern-cal...

Possible Meteor Sightings Reported Across SoCal - Houston ...
Numerous sightings of bright lights in the skies across Southern California may be the result of the South Taurids meteor showers. These meteors are generally ...
www.chron.com/.../Possible-Meteor-Sightings-Reported-Acros...

Fireball Sightings: Southern California Residents Spot Likely Meteor ...
The Huffington Post News Editors
LOS ANGELES -- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern Californians from Santa Barbara to San Diego have reported seeing a fireball that forecasters said was most ...

San Diegans Report Bright Mystery Flash in Skies
NBC 7 San Diego
According to a meteor showers calendar compiled by the AmericanMeteor Society, ... According to Space.com, the annual minor Tauridmeteor shower peaked ...

Hubble astronomers observe bizarre six-tailed asteroid
When is a comet not a comet? - 7 November 2013
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed a
unique and baffling object in the asteroid belt that looks like a rotating
lawn sprinkler or badminton shuttlecock. While this object is on an asteroid-like orbit, it looks like a comet, and is sending out tails of dust into space. ...

Near-Earth Object 2013 US10 Turns Out to Be a Long-Period Comet
Don Yeomans and Paul Chodas - NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office
Updated November 6, 2013
While initial reports from the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge MA categorized
object 2013 US10 as a very large near-Earth asteroid, new observations
now indicate that it is, in fact, a long period comet, and it is now designated
C/2013 US10 (Catalina). ...

What might happen to Comet ISON from here on out?
by Matthew
This post was written with significant input from Dr. Carey Lisse
NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign - November 5, 2013
November is here and Comet ISON is just a bit over three weeks from it
closest approach to the Sun (astronomers call this "perihelion"). As we've
said from the beginning, it is impossible to predict exactly ...

Russian Dashboard Cameras Help To Trace Exploding Meteor ...
The meteor that burned up over Russia at the beginning of this year produced the largest explosion in more the a century. With the help of cell phone.
publicradioeast.org/.../videos-track-meteor-exploded-over-russ...

Scientists reveal the full power of the Chelyabinsk meteor explosion ...
At its most intense, meteor fireball glowed 30 times brighter than the sun causing skin and retinal burns, say researchers.
www.theguardian.com/science/.../chelyabinsk-meteor-russia

Meteor that exploded over Russia called 'wake-up call' for Earth
UPI.com
DAVIS, Calif., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February should be seen as "a wake-up call," a U.S. scientist taking part in a ...

Huge meteor that exploded over Russia was a "wake-up call" to ...
Mirror.co.uk
The meteor was the largest object to hit the Earth since the Tunguska event of 1908, when an exploding comet or asteroid destroyed 2,000 square kilometers of ...

Leonid meteor shower peaks mid-November
Astronomy Magazine
Enjoying a meteor shower requires only comfort and patience. Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich gives tips on spending a night under "shooting stars" in this video.

Russian meteor was 30 times stronger than Hiroshima bomb: ReportHindu Business Line
The explosion caused by a meteor over the Russian region of Chelyabinsk in February released 30 times more energy than the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb, ...

Russian meteor explosion as powerful as 600k tonnes of TNT
Economic Times
The meteor's brightness peaked at an altitude of 29.7 km as the object exploded. For nearby observers it briefly appeared brighter than the Sun and caused ...

Devastating Chelyabinsk Meteor Strike Seven Times as Likely ...
Science World Report
In this case, the scientists calculated that the impact speed of themeteor was 42,500 mph. As it penetrated the atmosphere, it fragmented into pieces, peaking at ...

Russian Meteor Chelyabinsk A 'Wake-Up Call,' Scientists Say
International Business Times
The Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over Russia this past February was much heavier than initially thought – and similarly small asteroids might be headed ...

Russian Fireball Fallout: Huge Asteroid Numbers Raise Stakes of ...
Space.com
A new analysis of the Russian meteor explosion that injured more than 1,000 people in the city of Chelyabinsk this past February estimates that similar impacts ...

Next Chelyabinsk-like meteor will be seven times more damaging ...
TopNews United States
NASA's latest revelation shows that the recent study on the Chelyabinsk meteorite which exploded over Russia in this year in February is not very pleasant.

As bright as 30 Suns: scientists share details on Chelyabinsk meteor
The Voice of Russia
The meteor fireball that whizzed across Siberian sky on February 15, 2013 burnt as bright as thirty suns and exploded with the energy of 12 Hiroshima bombs, ...

2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!