25 February 2014

B.C. Canada Fireball Meteor 24FEB2014

B.C. Canada Fireball Meteor Approx. Approx 22:10 PST 24FEB2014
B.C. Canada Fireball Meteor 24FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
24FEB2014 Shawna kamloops, bc, Canada 22:15:00 5-10seconds E-W green, neon green brighter than the moon no I and fiancé, perfectly round sphere looked like I was covered I am green cloak white tail, very large fell directly to group of disappoi big

24FEB2014 Lance Bremner PEACHLAND, BC CANADA Approx 22:10 / 10:10PM PST 4 Seconds EAST to WEST WHITE Bright MOON / Did not light up my surroundings Glow / No Streak Appeared a little smaller than if a dime on my windshield

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Manitoba Canada Fireball Meteor 24FEB2014

Manitoba Canada Fireball Meteor 24FEB2014
Manitoba Canada Fireball Meteor 24FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
24FEB2014 Monica Poplar Point Manitoba Canada apx 19:00 CST apx 10 sec in my awareness flying left to right at NNW from my position 3 miles sw of Poplar Point Manitoba yellow ball red tail sparkly moon, also similar size no friends also viewed from Gilbert Plains. waiting for input

24FEB2014 cindy johnstone Benito, Manitoba, Canada 1855,CST, PM 7seconds West-East I was travelling north it had green red and yellow and was streaking across the sky at a downward angle at first thought a crashing plane and then it disappeared sun then faded to nothing no first thought something crashing because of the colors.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25FEB2014

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: NY VT QUE ONT Fireball Meteor23FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports- 23FEB2014 kt pankow castile, new york, usa 21:13 ESTpm 2 sec dropped straight down. facing northeast white, blue ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Biggest observed meteorite impact hits Moon
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Fireball Reports "click here" ... Posted by Lunar Meteorite * Hunter at 2:19 am Labels: Moon meteor impact 11 September ...

Fireball seen across region Sunday night
WPTZ The Champlain Valley
Several witnesses across Vermont, northern New York and southern Quebec took to the American Meteor Society's website to report the incident.

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest WorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News 24FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports- 22FEB2014 erick a copiague ny united states 10:13:00 it was in the sky and in my sight for about 20 seconds then i .

Did you see a bright meteor over the U.S. East on February 24? | Human World | EarthSky
earthsky.org
Astronomers call a very bright meteor a "fireball." It is a piece of space debris that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up due to friction with the air.

Biggest meteor ever recorded hits Moon (VIDEO) — RT News - RT.com
RT - Daily news ⋅ RT
An Earth-based observatory has published video footage of a 400 kg meteor ramming into the moon at a speed of 61,000 kilometers per hour.

Moon Blast: Boulder-Sized Meteor Creates 131 Foot-Wide Crater Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a ...
infowars.com
A space rock impacted the surface of the moon on September 11, 2013 with explosive force of 15 tons of tnt. It was estimated to be between 1.9 and 4 ...

Chelyabinsk 'Was A Pretty Nasty Event' And Is Spurring Asteroid Action
Universe Today
Looking at the power of the Chelyabinsk meteor (which struck a year ago and is visible starting around 1:15 in the video above) is still terrifying all ...

Meteorite hits moon in largest lunar impact ever recorded - video | Science | theguardian.com
theguardian.com
The 400kg (63st) meteorite, travelling at 61,000 km/h (40,000 mph), punches a fresh crater on the moon's surface around 40 metres wide in what is ...

Video shows asteroid smashing into moon | News.com.au
news.com.au
Video has only just been released of a half-tonne meteorite slamming into the moon. Courtesy Madiedo, Ortiz, Morales, Cabrera-Cano, (Instituto de ...

Martian "Blueberries" Really Pieces of Meteorites?
National Geographic
In the journal Planetary and Space Science, however, planetary scientists at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu suggest that a meteorite model better ...

Another meteorite hit Oslo home
Views and News from Norway
Just as Norwegians were gearing up for their smashing performance in the Winter Olympics, anothermeteorite was found to have smashed into a ...

400-kg meteor hits the moon - CNews - Canoe
canoe.ca
A meteor the size of a small car crashed into the moon in September in what scientists are calling the biggest lunar impact ever recorded. And the ...

Record-Breaking Meteorite Crash on Moon Sparks Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - 7 hours
The high-speed impact of a wayward space rock on the surface of the moon last year triggered the brightest lunar explosion ever seen, ...

Meteorite smashes into moon, sparking largest lunar flash ever recorded
CTV Winnipeg - 1 hour
The moment when a large meteorite smashed into the moon was captured on camera in what scientists are calling that largest lunar impact every ...

Meteorite crash creates brightest flash on moon ever recorded
CBC.ca - 53 minutes
Telescopes in southern Spain have recorded the flash of a meteorite that hit the Earth's moon with a force equivalent to 15 tonnes of TNT.

Brightest lunar explosion ever
Fox News - 6 hours
The impact of a large meteorite on the lunar surface on Sept. 11, 2013, resulted in a bright flash, observed by scientists at the MIDAS ...

400-kg meteor hits the moon
Toronto Sun
QMI_F2_large_24_02_2014T162035 A satellite image of the flash created when a record-breaking 400-kg meteor crashed into the moon on Sept.

Confirmed: Earth's oldest rock in Australia
Stuart Gary
Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) -24 February 2014
Ancient zircon crystals discovered in Western Australia have been positively
dated to 4.374 billion years, confirming their place as the oldest rock
ever found on Earth, according to a new study. ...

Ay'a şimdiye kadarki en büyük meteor çarptı - Biggest observed meteorite impact' hits - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:44
2014 In the biggest lunar impact ever recorded, the fridge-sized rock weighing 400kg struck the moon before turning to vapour. The rare episode was seen by J...

Large fireball spotted across the northeast on Sunday evening
Examiner.com
Around 9 p.m. on Sunday evening, sporadic reports started coming in to social media and local government agencies of a fireball with a possible ...

Brazil Weird News: BRAZIL. Fireball over São Sebastião
Brazil Weird News ⋅ Lygia Cabus
Fireball over São Sebastião, Brasil, Feb 12, 2014 -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net: ... allsky cameras of afireball meteor on February 12 2014. Postado por ...

Meteor fireball blazes across Catalonia's sky, 22 February 2014 -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
sott.net
Translated by SOTT.net. A meteor weighing between one and two kilograms (approx. 2-4 pounds) caught fire as it entered the atmosphere and was ...

Biggest Observed Meteorite Impact' Hits Moon - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 02:58
Biggest Observed Meteorite Impact' Hits Moon..24 FEBRUARY 2014 Scientists say they have observed a record-breaking impact on the Moon.

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MD NJ NY PA RI Fireball Meteor 24FEB2014

MD NJ NY PA RI Fireball Meteor  approx. 21'15 EST 24FEB2014
MD NJ NY PA RI Fireball Meteor  approx. 21'15 EST 24FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
24FEB2014 becca elkton, maryland, us 920 pm 15 sec west orange fire ball with large tail fire not sure would really like to no if it was a meteor or what it was?

24FEB2014 Angela Cherry hill, NJ, USA 21:20:00 3 W-E No Bright Long tail Very large and bright

24FEB2014 Nancy Farmingdale, Nassau County, NY 21:15:00 At least 40 seconds N-S Bright and very low in the sky Very bright No Saw one 2 nights ago, about the same time, that was moving S-N, orange/pink and very bright, but shorter duration, also low in the sky

24FEB2014 Daniel Boon Brewster,ny. USA 21:15:00 30 Over head/ south facing south White/Blueish Venus/ got bright,then faded Could not tell Longest I've ever seen, got nervous.

24FEB2014 Bradley Bygall Camp Hill, PA 2115 10 -15 seconds Facing south east moved left to right yellow/orange with a blue tail Venus x 10 none was not moving as fast a a normal shooting star, about a third of the speed

24FEB2014 Eric Princeton, New Jersey, USA 21:15:00 3-4 sec traveling South bright yellow with a tail brighter than Venus no looking southeast

24FEB2014 Joe M. Warwick, RI 21:15:00 4 United States white Bright as moon No Pretty Bright!

24FEB2014 Sherry Grant Port Jefferson, NY 11777 US 21:13/EST 8 seconds Traveled North to South across Long Island White No sound Brighter than Venus No Moving very quickly left no trail

Message from reader-
Jason Graf wrote-
Same as all reports, helicopter followed path 5 Minutes later with search light on path

Jason Malave wrote-
Yes. Saw a fireball traveling south across the skies of new york city on the date of Feb 24 2014, between 9-9:30pm

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Biggest observed meteorite impact hits Moon

Biggest observed meteorite impact hits Moon


Credit: J. Madiedo / MIDAS / Universidad de Huelva
A space rock impacted the surface of the moon on September 11, 2013 with explosive force of 15 tons of tnt. It was estimated to be between 1.9 and 4 feet wide, 880 lbs (400kg) and traveling at ~38,000mph (61,000 km/h).

Biggest observed meteorite impact hits Moon
by Rebecca Morelle, BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26325934

Meteorite smashes into moon in largest lunar
impact ever recorded, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/24/meteorite-moon-largest-lunar-impact-recorded

Astronomers spot record-breaking lunar impact
Phys.Org, February 24, 2104
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-astronomers-record-breaking-lunar-impact.html

Yours,
Paul H.

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24 February 2014

A new review paper about African impact structures

A new review paper about African impact structures

A new review paper about African impact structures
has been published online on the Journal of African
Earth Sciences’ web site. It is:

Reimold, W. U., and C. Koeberl, 2014, Impact structures
in Africa: A Review. Journal of African Earth Sciences
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.01.008
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X1400017X

It is currently an open access paper.

It discusses 20 confirmed impact structures;
49 proposed, but not yet confirmed structure; and
28 structures judged not to be of impact origin.

Yours,
Paul H.

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NY VT NH QUE ONT Fireball Meteor 23FEB2014

NY VT NH QUE ONT Fireball Meteor approx. 20:50 EST 23FEB2014
NY VT NH QUE ONT Fireball Meteor approx. 20:50 EST 23FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
23FEB2014 kt pankow castile, new york, usa 21:13 ESTpm 2 sec dropped straight down. facing northeast white, blue with trail, no sound bright like moon no my son also saw it. we saw it through our window

23FEB2014 michael rukavina burlington, ontario, canada 21:00:00 1 second Travelling straight down; was facing NW sky White light. No sound. Just bright light travelling straight to ground likely several miles to NW. Like a firework dropping to earth. Did not see it break apart. It is quite cold otherwise (aside from no sound) would have assumed this was a firework dropping. However, dropped quickly.

23FEB2014 Danielle H Hudson, NY 2100 Approximately 5 seconds I was traveling North and it looked to have been moving from up downwards Light/bright blue with a white flashing border Very bright, it was a cloudy night so there was nothing to compare to. None noticable It appeared to have one large flash before I lost track of it

23FEB2014 Leia St. Johnsbury, VT USA 20:50:00 1-3 secs nnw Green ball with a red tail sme as the moon not sure no

23FEB2014 gayle mason plattsburgh, ny 20:46:00 10 LEFT TO RIGHT BRIGHT WHITE WITH FIRE SUN BRIGHT DON'T KNOW INCREDIBLE

23FEB2014 Brad j st. catharines, ontario, canada 20:44:00 5 seconds North East Green sun burning then burnt out No photo happened to quick. It was a green ball flying to earth, then burnt out and disappeared 

23FEB2014 Maxime Montreal, Canada (hwy 30 near exit 62) 2044 /EST 3-4 sec I was driving westward green moon fragmented, parts falling off no

23FEB2014 Daniel Royer Waterloo,Quebec,Canada 20:43 EST 2 or 3 seconds From East to West. Traveled through the lower part of the constelation Taurus. Started green to a flash of orange then gone Perhaps as bright as Venus No frag.that i could see. Was standing near the living room window...flash caught my eye.. saw the meteor approximately 2 seconds. One of the "greenest 
"meteor i've seen in quite some time.

23FEB2014 Tom Berriman Lyndonville, Vermont 20:40:00 6 seconds E-W yellow/Green moderate no bright and seemly falling towards the west

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24FEB2014


Breaking News: New Found Asteroid 2014 DH6 Very Close Encounter With Earth
Posted on YouTube by nemesis maturity 1,806 views

Rock around the clock: zircon crystal is oldest piece of Earth
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 3 hours
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem. Scientists using two different age-determining techniques ...

Australian gem is 4.4 billion years old
Otago Daily Times - 1 hour
To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem. read more

NASA takes major step in hunt for asteroids
SpaceDaily - 2 hours
NASA's mission to reel in an asteroid took an important step forward when the agency recently established a new "rapid response system" ...

Oldest piece of Earth’s crust is 4.4 billion years old
Toronto Sun - 1 hour
To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem.

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: NY NJ Fireball Meteor 22FEB2014
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23 February 2014

NEO Asteroids Close Encounters With Earth FEB2014

9  12 13 14 Known NEO Asteroids to Pass Earth FEB2014

2014 CE , 2014 BX43 , 2014 BM62 , 2014 BW32 , 2014 BP43 ,
 2006 DP14 , 2014 BT43 , 2000 EM26 , 2014 BR57 2014 DC 1995 CR 2014 CR
2014 DH6 2014 DK10

 updated 26FEB2014  added after the fact
(2014 DK10) 2014-Feb-210.00170.77.3 m - 16 m27.812.01

 updated 23FEB2014 
(2014 DH6) 2014-Feb-230.00522.018 m - 41 m25.817.14

 updated 19FEB2014 
*I have been absent for past 30 days so list may be incomplete for whole month.*
(2014 DC) 2014-Feb-160.01465.712 m - 27 m26.78.07
(1995 CR) 2014-Feb-210.01977.7130 m - 300 m21.529.36
(2014 CR) 2014-Feb-240.02138.378 m - 180 m22.712.03


RECENT CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers
Object
Name		Close
Approach
Date		CA
Distance*
(AU)		CA
Distance*
(LD)		Estimated
Diameter**		H
(mag)		Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2014 CE) 2014-Feb-010.00361.410 m - 23 m27.113.16
(2014 BU43) 2014-Feb-010.031712.313 m - 28 m26.68.85
(2012 LA11) 2014-Feb-010.116345.316 m - 36 m26.13.26
(2014 BX43) 2014-Feb-020.02329.018 m - 41 m25.816.63
(2014 BM62) 2014-Feb-020.00813.223 m - 52 m25.38.60
(2013 YM70) 2014-Feb-030.193775.4190 m - 430 m20.712.27
(2014 BW32) 2014-Feb-030.00481.914 m - 32 m26.37.14
(2013 BZ45) 2014-Feb-030.068826.8110 m - 250 m21.98.98
(2014 BS57) 2014-Feb-040.053720.922 m - 50 m25.418.37
(2014 BQ8) 2014-Feb-040.186172.4130 m - 300 m21.515.07

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers
Object
Name		Close
Approach
Date		CA
Distance*
(AU)		CA
Distance*
(LD)		Estimated
Diameter**		H
(mag)		Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2014 BJ25) 2014-Feb-050.096537.532 m - 71 m24.65.69
(2009 CG) 2014-Feb-050.131151.070 m - 160 m22.912.93
(2014 BS43) 2014-Feb-060.183271.3150 m - 330 m21.325.21
(2011 MW1) 2014-Feb-060.101739.692 m - 210 m22.311.06
348306 (2005 AY28) 2014-Feb-070.039415.3130 m - 300 m21.517.06
(2014 BP43) 2014-Feb-080.01425.513 m - 30 m26.57.45
(2004 AS1) 2014-Feb-090.128650.0210 m - 470 m20.512.85
(2006 DP14) 2014-Feb-100.01606.2460 m - 1.0 km18.827.13
(2013 BS45) 2014-Feb-110.031712.318 m - 39 m25.93.76
(2014 BT43) 2014-Feb-110.02539.820 m - 44 m25.711.30
(2007 BG) 2014-Feb-140.147657.5330 m - 750 m19.57.99
(2014 BQ43) 2014-Feb-150.054821.360 m - 140 m23.215.38
(2008 BP16) 2014-Feb-170.167265.1120 m - 270 m21.719.78
(2000 EM26) 2014-Feb-180.02278.8120 m - 270 m21.712.37
85953 (1999 FK21) 2014-Feb-180.191074.3590 m18.024.29
(2014 BR57) 2014-Feb-200.01124.443 m - 96 m24.011.01
(2014 BX2) 2014-Feb-200.164063.8120 m - 260 m21.818.89
(1999 SK10) 2014-Feb-210.183871.5320 m - 710 m19.611.48
(2014 BB3) 2014-Feb-210.116045.148 m - 110 m23.73.86
(2012 DY43) 2014-Feb-210.040315.767 m - 150 m23.019.41
(2001 EB18) 2014-Feb-220.116145.2370 m - 820 m19.326.33
(2006 DS14) 2014-Feb-230.164464.0220 m - 490 m20.414.41
(2009 EC1) 2014-Feb-260.124648.573 m - 160 m22.88.07
Source- NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

updated and reposted 20FEB2014
reposted 05/02/2014 22:57 Japan Standard Time
posted 05FEB2014
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MN WI IA ND Fireball Meteor 22FEB2014

MN WI IA ND Fireball Meteor approx. 22:30 CST 22FEB2014
MN WI IA ND Fireball Meteor approx. 22:30 CST 22FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
22FEB2014 David Maki Iron River, WI 22:30:00 at least 4 seconds Facing N, it was Left to Right Orange/Red Spectrum Between moon and Sunday. Very bright. Yes. At least 3 or 4 pieces. Observed from hot tub! I'm 47 and my friend is 53 and it's the biggest one we've ever seen.

22FEB2014 Susan c Lino lakes, mn, USA 22:30:00 5 to 10 sec West to east, facing north White Moon Yes Longest I have ever seen

22FEB2014 Roger Elk River Mn USA 22:20:00 10 seconds Started NW traveling left to right White color no sound Moon or brighter Some fragmentation Was still visible when disappeard over forested horizon which limited view

22FEB2014 Nicole Duluth, MN, USA 22:15 central time, PM 17 seconds West going East fire ball with a huge tail venus yes, lots tail was extremely long

Ruben Ruiz wrote-
Saw fireball that lasted long time moving west to east as I was driving north in Siren,WI about 10:20 pm Saturday night February 22, 2014. Looked like it was on fire and falling apart.
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NY NJ MD PA Fireball Meteor 22FEB2014

NY NJ MD PA Fireball Meteor approx. 22:10 EST 22FEB2014
NY NJ MD PA Fireball Meteor approx. 22:10 EST 22FEB2014
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 Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
22FEB2014 erick a copiague ny united states 10:13:00 it was in the sky and in my sight for about 20 seconds then i saw a piece brake off and then it vanished right no accurate direction but it was moving real fast, just like in the movies a bright white flashy color sun yes i saw one piece brake off and dissapear it was crazy i never thought id actually see a shooting star got online to see if anyone else saw it so i found this site and decided to post this amazing i was actually paused and shocked i actually saw it..

22FEB2014 Jon Riecke New York 22:10 EST (roughly) 2 S-N, facing S None Venus Yes Very bright, easily visible in Manhattan

22FEB2014 Reese Central , NJ 22:08:00 20 south to north-northeast white moon y fantastic, bright, big and broke off into 2 parts

22FEB2014 Anoopinder Singh White Plains, NY, USA 2205 (approximate) Approximately 2 seconds object was following a S - N projectile path, I was facing west and object was approximately at 60 degrees elevation in the SW sky Blue - White light comparable to a low airplane lights fragmented into 3 pieces .

22FEB2014 Andrea and Rodney Asbury, NJ 08802 10:05 PM EST 7-10 seconds South to NorthEast White to orange, then it broke up brighter than Regulus, dimmer the Sirius Yes 3 or 4 large portions broke off Very nice bolide, long tail and large portions broke off

dreamhost-code wrote-
While driving northbound of Whitehall, NY on 22, I saw one that came close to hitting last night, I would guess between Clemons, NY and Ticonderoga, NY. Came straight down, and I heard it explode.
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23FEB2014

NASA NPP Sees Aftermath of the Chelyabinsk Meteor - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 03:50
NASA NPP Sees Aftermath of the Chelyabinsk Meteor ... Most Mind-Blowing Video of 2013: Chelyabinsk Meteor - Science on the Web by Stuff to Blow ...

More people spotted fireball falling from sky
Oxford Mail
A NUMBER of people have said they also saw a fireball falling from the sky in Oxfordshire. The Oxford Mail reported on Thursday that Alexandre Legis ...

NASA Retired Astrobiologist Confirms Alien Life Exists [Video]
Guardian Liberty Voice
And on February 13, Hoover confirmed that alien life exists, as he discovered through his work on meteorites that have previously struck Earth. ????

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22 February 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22FEB2014

Meteor Expolsion Over North Arkansas Around 11:00 p.m. on 02-20-14
ATS posted by derek_m24
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21 February 2014

Brasil BRAMON Allsky Camera Network Captures First Fireball Meteor 12FEB2014

Sao Paulo Brasil, BRAMON Allsky Camera Network Captures First Fireball Meteor

  Brasil's second allsky network, BRAMON, has been established in Sao Paulo State and has had it's first sucessful capture by two of its three allsky cameras of a fireball meteor on 12FEB2014.
  The BRAMON Allsky Network is Brasil's second allsky network.  Brasil"s first all sky network, Sandia Sentinel Brasil, was established in R.J. State in 2012 at Campos dos Goytacazes by the Clube de Astronomia Louis Cruls.

 
M20140212 055029 MCZ SP BR SS
Posted to YouTube by Marco Mastria 94, 792 views


BOLA DE FOGO NO CÉU DE SÃO SEBASTIÃO / SP
Posted to YouTube by EpsSpBramon 213,116 views

Today first BRAMON bolide captured. Two stations *as shown by the two YouTube videos above*:
MCSZ_SP_BR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWdFXKj95I&feature=youtu.be
EPS_SP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grYsN1EgmTc&feature=youtu.be
Bolide trajectory and orbit analysis in progress. Possibly meteorite generated.
Best
Andre M.
Thank you Andre for your kind report! -LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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