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Can You Say Camelopardalids? Observing, Weather Prospects and More for the May 24th Meteor Shower

Universe Today - 8 hours
It could be the best of meteor showers, or it could be the… Well, we’ll delve into the alternatives here in a bit. For now, we’ll call upon ...

UAE to be dazzled by once-in-a-lifetime Camelopardalids meteor shower
Al-Bawaba
He said the debris trail from comet 209P/Linear, discovered in 2004, is the originator of this meteor shower and the Earth will cross the comet path on ...

Meteor Shower in Dubai in May - What's On
whatson.ae
What's On has details of the meteor shower Camelopardalids over the UAE, as revealed on NASA website space.com. Find out the best place to see it.

The sky is falling! Surprise meteor shower may strike Saturday morning | Astro Bob
areavoices.com
A brand new meteor shower shooting 100-400 meteors an hour may radiate from the dim constellation Camelopardalis below the North Star Saturday ...

Saitama, Japan Fireball Meteor 16MAY2014 - 2014年５月１６日３時９分２９秒のー４等？ - Blogger
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SonotaCo Meteor Forum with more information on the event- http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3273 2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty"

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest WorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News 19MAY2014
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The York County Astronomical Society will offer free public observing meteor watch sessions, 11 p.m. Friday and 4:30 a.m. Saturday at its John C.

Meteors at the rate of 400 per hour to light up sultanate's skies on Friday night
Muscat Daily
Astronomy enthusiasts in Oman are looking forward to the Camelopardalis meteorshower which will be visible on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Meteor shower this Friday night to be “astronomical experience of a lifetime” | InvestmentWatch
InvestmentWatch ⋅ InvestmentWatch
Al Ain: Stargazers in the UAE will get a nature's treat next week by witnessing a never-before-seenmeteor shower called Camelopardalids. The s.

Possible Meteor “Storm” Friday Night
Fox17
The comet 209P/Linear is expected to pass close to the Earth, and the resulting meteor shower, known as the Camelopardalids, could be fairly ...

New meteor shower could be spectacular this weekend
York Daily Record
The upcoming meteor shower, which is coming from the Camelopardalis constellation, could be a good show or a dud — it just depends on how much ...

The meteor storm and an all night star party to view it - Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog - WordPress.com
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog ⋅ Bob Moler
The reason is the predicted meteor storm Saturday morning from Comet 209P/LINEAR, discovered in 2004. Near a I can tell no one has seen a single ...

209P/LINEAR Meteor Shower, Bob Piekiel At Baltimore Woods, And CNYO's Public Viewing ...
cnyo.org
Greetings fellow astrophiles! This coming weekend will be a busy one for CNYO, amateur astronomers, andmeteor shower hopefuls alike.

New meteor shower could turn into a meteor storm « New Haven Bulletin
New Haven Bulletin ⋅ bob
Coming to a circumpolar constellation near you: An all-new, never-before-seen, awkwardly named meteor shower that just might knock your ...

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Saitama, Japan Fireball Meteor 16MAY2014 - 2014年５月１６日３時９分２９秒の火球

Saitama, Japan Fireball Meteor 16MAY2014 - 2014年５月１６日３時９分２９秒の火球
Image Credit- ts007 / SonotaCo

SonotaCo Meteor Forum with more information on the event-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3273

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Audioboo / May 19 Meteor Shower in Dubai -Dubai Astronomy Group - DAG
audioboo.fm
We gave you inside gossip about where you can watch the meteor shower in the UAE this weekend...Dubai Astronomy Group - DAG

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest WorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News 18MAY2014
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Next 23/24 May comet 209P/Linear, discovered in Feb. 2004, may possibly put an amazing show in the sky with an exceptional meteor shower.

Get ready to witness meteor shower next week | GulfNews.com
gulfnews.com
Al Ain: Stargazers in the UAE will get a nature's treat next week by witnessing a never-before-seenmeteor shower called Camelopardalids.

Free meteor shower watch at Rudy County Park
York Dispatch
The York County Astronomical Society will offer free public observing meteor watch sessions, 11 p.m. Friday and 4:30 a.m. Saturday at its John C.

Astronomy event Friday to highlight meteor storm
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Expected to be unique to that night is a meteor storm with hundreds of meteors per hour. The Sci-Tech center said the show is “due to an obscure ...

This Week in Ozarks History: May 19-25
Springfield News-Leader
May 19, 1910: The Springfield Republican reported a meteor, about 6 inches in diameter and weighing several pounds, crash-landed on the Webster ...

New meteor shower could turn into a meteor storm - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com
A never-before-seen meteor shower is set to light up the night sky May 23. ... It's called the Camelopardalidmeteor shower, and unlike annual showers ...

Carmelopardalis Meteor Shower Could be Spectactcular - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 05:35
Associate Professor Paul Wiegert of Western University's Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) discusses the Carmelopardalis meteor ...

Meteorite Times Magazine May Issue Now Up
The May issue of Meteorite Times is now up and we're excited to show you
our new mobile friendly update. ...

Will New Meteor Shower This Weekend Sizzle or Fizzle? | Space.com
space.com
How dramatic Saturday's meteor shower will be depends on just how effectively Jupiter's gravity has shepherded Comet 209P/LINEAR's shed ...

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Comet 209P Linear possible Camelopardalids meteor shower online event
The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 ⋅ Gianluca Masi
Next 23/24 May comet 209P/Linear, discovered in Feb. 2004, may possibly put an amazing show in the sky with an exceptional meteor shower.

Meteor Crater Star Party is Sunday night
Prescott Daily Courier
Meteor Crater, the meteorite impact site located 35 miles east of Flagstaff and 20 miles west of Winslow on I-40, exit 233 will be hosting a "Star Party" ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17MAY2014 - Early
blogspot.com
While meteor showers vary in intensity, astronomers expect the Camelopardalidmeteor shower to produce hundreds of meteors per hour and can be .

Prehistoric Meteor Causing Water Woes
KGAN TV
MANSON, Iowa (AP) -- The small central Iowa city of Manson is having a big problem drilling a new well, and the reason could date back millions of ...

Passing Meteor Startles West Virginia Residents
WCHS-TV8
The National Weather Service said a meteor was responsible for a loud boom reported across the southern part of the state Thursday night.

Last Night's Fireball Meteor In Our Area Was VERY Rare! An Explanation & If We Could See More ...
typepad.com
There was a fireball meteor last night that flashed across our sky and it traveled a very long distance in the atmosphere of the earth. This was not a ...

Reports of fireball sightings explained
WKRC TV Cincinnati
Fireball sightings were reported in parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia. A fireball is a very bright meteor, burning as it hits Earth's ...

Brilliant Fireball Streaks Over Southeastern US (Video, Photos) | Space.com
space.com
"This fireball was not part of any meteor shower and belongs to a class of meteors called Earthgrazers," Cooke wrote in the statement. "These meteors ...

Camelopardalid Meteor Shower: Earth to Intercept 'Dust Trails' Comet 209P/LINEAR For First Time
International Business Times UK
A previously unobserved celestial event called the Camelopardalid meteor shower is set to take place for the first time on the night of 23 May. Although ...

Meteor group investigates W.Va. fireball reports » Latest news » Cumberland Times-News
times-news.com
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The American Meteor Society is investigating reports of a fireball in the sky over parts of southern West Virginia. ...

Meteor shoots across Tennessee sky -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
sott.net
Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, said the very bright meteor entered the atmosphere over Columbia, S.C. at 9.38 p.m.

We had a very rare meteor in Tennessee last night, - Godlike Productions
godlikeproductions.com
Did anyone else see this meteor? pretty cool to see. Pikeville is my neighbor, live in Crossville Cumberland county, this was huge and fast, got a good ...

Watch Earthgrazer meteor streak through night sky - USA Today
usatoday.com
This basketball-sized meteor that streaked through the skies of the southern United States Friday night is called an Earthgrazer, according to NASA.

Pennsylvania Starwatch: Meteor storm or a dud? We'll see - News - Republican Herald
republicanherald.com
Early next Saturday morning, May 24, our skies could be ablaze with one heck of a meteor shower between 2 and 3 a.m. It may be even close to ...

Camelopardalids Meteor Shower Peaks On May 23, 2014 (VIDEO) | Environment - Before It's News
beforeitsnews.com
A new, and possibly spectacular, meteor shower will be gracing the skies on the night of May 23, 2014 (early morning of May 24, 2014). Predictions ..

Can NASA Save Us from an Asteroid Ready to Slam into Earth?
Cleveland Leader
We've seen the destruction that even a small meteorite entering the Earth's atmosphere can cause when it impacts our planet, a la the Chelyabinsk ..

Meteor shower predicted to be spectacular
Leader-Telegram
It will be the first time we pass through this stream, and the prediction is that we will have a meteorshower so spectacular it will qualify as a meteor ..

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 17-23, 2014 | American Meteor Society
amsmeteors.org
The moon will interfere with meteor observations as the glare will obscure fainter meteors. This weekend the waning gibbous will seriously ...

Telescope Reviews: Is this meteor storm happening next Friday?
cloudynights.com
Pages: 1. panhard Moderator It's All Good * Reged: 01/20/08. Loc: Markham Ontario Canada. Is this meteorstorm happening next Friday? #6529906 ...

Fireball seen streaking through nighttime sky
WXIA-TV
11Alive heard from several people who thought they saw something. What was it? A UFO? A drone? Well, according to NASA, a basketball-sized ...

ANCIENT PROBLEM: City’s Water Woes Out Of This World
WHO-TV 13 Des Moines - 21 hours
About 74 million years ago, when dinosaurs still walked the Earth, and long before humans, a meteorite more than a...

Exploding Meteor Startles Appalachian Area Residents All Across the Region : Appalachian Area ...
appalachianareanews.com
A meteor brighter than the planet Venus moved across the sky creating a panic across the Appalachian Area Thursday night, a meteorologist with the ...

American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
amsmeteors.org
AMS received 46 reports about a fireball seen over AL, GA, NC and SC on May 16th 2014 around 01:43 (UTC)

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UPDATE: Meteorite Likely Cause of Large Boom and Quake

WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia - 21 hours
Officials are investigating reports of a large boom that was heard and felt across numerous counties.

Australians report mystery flaming object falling from sky

Daily Telegraph - 8 hours
Mystery flaming object plummets from space to Earth in northeast Australia - meteorite or falling satellite blamed

Officials identify source of boom felt across region

The Register-Herald - 19 hours
The National Weather Service says a window-shaking boom felt across much of southern West Virginia brought hundreds of calls to 911 centers ...

Australians report flaming object falling from sky

Sin Chew Jit Poh - 20 hours
SYDNEY, May 16, 2014 (AFP) - Residents of northeastern Australia have reported seeing a flaming object plummeting to Earth, police said ...

Camelopardalid Meteor Shower Date and When to Watch: Rare Cosmic Event to Bring Hundred of ...
Latin Post
While meteor showers vary in intensity, astronomers expect the Camelopardalidmeteor shower to produce hundreds of meteors per hour and can be ...

Meteor streaks through the sky
WKYT
According to NASA a basketball sized meteor entered the earth's atmosphere above South Carolina travelling at around 78,000 mph and eventually ...

Long-Lasting Fireball Streaks Over Southeast US (Video, Photos)
Space.com
"This fireball was not part of any meteor shower and belongs to a class of meteors called Earthgrazers," Cooke wrote in the statement. "These meteors ...

"Earthgrazer" Meteor Over Southern USA - Astronomy and Astrophysics - Unexplained Mysteries ...
unexplained-mysteries.com
"Earthgrazer" Meteor Over Southern USA - posted in Astronomy and Astrophysics: Earthgrazer Seen In The Southern Sky At 8:38:30 PM CDT, ...

Brilliant Fireball Streaks Over Southeastern US (Video, Photos)

SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - 22 minutes
A rare, long-lasting fireball streaked through the skies of the southeastern United States Thursday night (May 15), putting on a show for ...

Fireball over Kentucky and West Virginia – May 15, 2014 | American MeteorSociety
amsmeteors.org
A large and bright fireball was seen and reported by approx. 95 witnesses across Kentucky and West Virginia (May 15th 2014, 9:38pm EDT – May ...

Q&A: How life might expand in the universe
Phys.Org
I have been studying samples of these asteroids in meteorites to evaluate their soil fertilities and the responses of microorganisms and plant tissue ...

A Giant Ball Of Fire Fell From The Sky In North Queensland
Gizmodo Australia
Astronomer Owen Bennedick told ABC that while most of the meteorite would have been burned up in its entry through Earth's atmosphere, any part ...

Ball of light flashes through sky in central Queensland
Gladstone Observer
REPORTS of a large meteorite or other object lighting up the sky in central Queensland and hitting the earth are starting to flood Facebook. There are ...

Possible meteor sighted in Tenn., eight other states
TriCities.com
Fireballs are meteors that generally are brighter than Venus, and "the brighter the fireball, the rarer the event," a posting on the American Meteor ...

Iowa city blames meteor that hit 74 million years ago for current difficulty drilling well
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The difficulty apparently is due to a meteor that struck an estimated 74 million years ago, creating what's known as the Manson impact crater.

Rare meteor shoots across Tennessee sky
WBIR-TV
Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, said the very bright meteor entered the atmosphere over Columbia, S.C. at 9.38 p.m. The ...

Loud and Glowing
WCHS
"I looked up and flames were coming across and I thought, 'Oh, it was a meteor.' It was just this round ball with flames coming out of it." Harmon said ...

Phoenix Astronomical Society - Meteor Shower & Star Party in Carefree
pasaz.org
Meteor Shower & Star Party in Carefree "Cameloperalids" Meteor Shower of Comet Linear. Everyone Welcome. Bring a chair, jacket, & your family ...

Meteor Lights up Tennessee - Earth Gazing Fireball Burns Bright For 250 Miles | Space
beforeitsnews.com
Not part of any meteor shower, entered Earth's atmosphere at 78,000 mph above Columbia, South Carolina and burned up just north of Chattanooga, ...

American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
amsmeteors.org
AMS received 53 reports about a fireball seen over IN, KY, NC, OH, SC, TN and WV on May 16th 2014 around 02:15 (UTC)

Huge fireball seen over Qeensland might have hit t... - The Watchers
The Watchers » Latest articles
A giant fireball was seen falling from the sky over central and northern Queensland on May 15th. According to eyewitnesses, a massive ball of fire had ...

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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News- GA TN SC Meteor15MAY2014
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"click on image to enlarge" GA TN SC Meteor Apprx. 21"41 Eastern 15MAY2014 v.1 c2014 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth ...

MBIQ Detects - Queensland Australia Meteor 15MAY2014 | Portal to the Universe
portaltotheuniverse.org
MBIQ Detects - Queensland, Australia Meteor Approx. 1850 AEST 15MAY2014. Report your meteorsightings please

National Weather Service believes "boom" caused by meteor
WOWK
UPDATE: National Weather Service believes "boom" caused by meteor. Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:07 PM EDT. Updated: Thursday, May 15 ...

Meteor seen in West Virginia skies
Charleston Gazette
A meteor moving across the sky created panic across the southern part of the state Thursday night, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service ...

Loud "boom" in West Virginia, meteor suspected. - Godlike Productions
godlikeproductions.com
Many reports of a loud boom last night around 10:30.

Boone County, WV 911 says NASA reports a meteor strike in Tennessee. Perhaps an explanation ...
inagist.com
BREAKING: The NWS is looking into the possibility of a meteor hitting the atmosphere, causing a sonic boom. 13News is following the latest.

Giant Fireball Seen in the Sky Over Most of North Georgia | 92.1 WLHR
92.1 WLHR ⋅ MJ Kneiser
It was a giant fireball and it wasn't going that fast. It was traveling kind of low as well. Our first thought was that someone was shooting off fireworks.”.

Meteor group investigates W.Va. fireball reports
WKYT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The American Meteor Society is investigating reports of afireball in the sky over parts of southern West Virginia.

ScienceCasts: NASA On The Lookout For A New Meteor Shower [Video] - Disclose.tv
disclose.tv
Visit for watchers in North America could witness a new meteor shower on May 24th when, for the first time, Earth passes through a cloud of dust from ...

To catch a falling star
ABC Local
"I only know of one other witnessed meteorite fall in Australia where people have actually gone out and picked up the meteorite off the ground and that ...

Meteorite Likely Cause of Large Boom and Quake
WSAZ-TV
(WSAZ) -- NASA says a meteorite is likely to blame for a loud boom and ground shake felt across several West Virginia counties. 911 centers in Boone ...

Meteorite lights up central and western Queensland
Fraser Coast Chronicle
"I was on the phone to a friend in Charters Towers when I saw the giant fireball with a trail (meteorite) come through the clouds and hit the ground, then ...

Telescope Reviews: Is this meteor storm happening next Friday? - Cloudy Nights
cloudynights.com
Have any meteor storm predictions come true? Even once in recent years? To me these predictions are like the comet of century hype we get every ...

Space rocks stolen from Portland meteorite expert
kgw.com
PORTLAND – A meteorite expert is hoping to get a box full of rare space rocks back after it was stolen from his truck. “I've been looking at meteorites ...

May meteor shower set to light up night sky
VietNamNet Bridge
VietNamNet Bridge – One of 2014's best meteor showers, with radiants reaching a zenithal hourly rate or ZHR of 1,000 per hour makes its appearance ...

Lessons from the Russian meteor burst | EARTH Magazine
earthmagazine.org
15, 2013, many of those cameras recorded the explosion of a large meteor 23 kilometers above the city. As was widely reported at the time, the air ...

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Cheshire, England, UK Meteor 15/16MAY2014

Seeking More Information!
Report your meteor sightings please
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Please help get the word about this event so that we might recover security camera video or cell phone captures; spread the word about this website via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, GLP, SOTT and your favorite forums; contact your local news outlets; thank you!
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Initial Meteor Sighting Report-
joanna wilding wrote Meteor 15MAY2014":
we saw this break up! it was by far the largest we had ever seen. actually seeing huge parts breaking away. sighting Cheshire, England - 4 second duration

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related event?
16MAY2014 Hugh Roberts Maenaddwyn, Anglesey, United Kingdom 00:30 (roughly) 2/3/2014 S-NE Yellow/ Pale Orange Brighter than Venus. No None

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here
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Breaking News- GA TN SC NC AL KY Meteor Apprx. 21"41 Eastern 15MAY2014

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GA TN SC NC AL KY Meteor Apprx. 21"41 Eastern 15MAY2014
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Report your meteor sightings please
-http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
Please help get the word about this event so that we might recover security camera video or cell phone captures; spread the word about this website via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, GLP, SOTT and your favorite forums; contact your local news outlets; thank you!
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
15MAY2014 Mark Rigge Greenville, SC, USA 21:53/EST,pm 10 seconds East to West White ball with a tale fairly low to the ground Moon + No East heading due West

15MAY2014 Dan V Riceville, Tennessee, USA 21.41 approx 15 secs covered all sky e - W bright white with trail venus yes awesome!

15MAY2014 Gary Harrison Royston, GA, USA 21:38:00 @ 15-20 ? Moving from SE to NW Bright white, long tail, no sound Brighter than Venus No I have never seen a comment of this magnitude, whose tail was still visible after it had traversed half the night sky. It seemed orbital, as if it was not actually coming into the atmosphere, e.g., it did not fall, but made a complete pass.

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects
inagist.com
MBIQ Detects - Queensland Australia Meteor - witness reports landing site SW of #townsville http://t.co/58GoQlh83W #nq #qld by QLDWhitsundays ...

Meteorite lights up central and western Queensland
Fraser Coast Chronicle
"I was on the phone to a friend in Charters Towers when I saw the giant fireball with a trail (meteorite) come through the clouds and hit the ground, then ...

Meteorite lights up central and western Queensland

Northern Star - 57 minutes
REPORTS of a large meteorite lighting up the sky in central Queensland and possibly hitting the earth are starting to flood Facebook.

Rosetta's Target Comet is Becoming Active
European Space Agency- 15 May 2014
The target of ESA's Rosetta mission has started to reveal its true personality
as a comet, its dusty veil clearly developing over the last six weeks.
The sequence of images presented here of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
were taken between 27 March and 4 May, as the gap between craft and comet
closed from around 5 million km to 2 million km. ...

Deadly Meteorites Routinely Explode on Earth
Malaysia Sun
"Since meteorites are sometimes entering the atmosphere, and they are creating loud air bursts," said acoustic officer Pierrick Mialle. "Then we will ...

Camelopardalis meteor shower (storm?) May 23/24 - Physics Forums
physicsforums.com
A new meteor shower will light up the sky next week in the northern hemisphere. Comet 209P/Linear is forcast by some to produce 200+ events per ...

te that froze Earth
The Courier Mail - 23 hours
AFTER slamming into the planet with the force of 300 million nuclear bombs, this dinosaur killing meteorite plunged the Earth into a ...

Astronomy Day activities reach from Evansville Museum to Audubon State Park
Evansville Courier & Press - 20 hours
The Evansville Museum and Evansville Astronomical Society have joined forces with Audubon State Park in Henderson, Kentucky, to present this ..

News Local

Fort Saskatchewan Record - 6 hours
Bruderheim has dubbed its volunteer icons for the year. The town, just north of the Fort, hosted a volunteer appreciation event, with a guest ...

The new meteor shower: We will collide with pieces of Comet Linear
Almanac Weekly
A new meteor shower is a rare event. After all, some of the existing annual displays of shooting stars have been around for millennia. The Chinese ...

New Meteor Shower Could Turn Into A Meteor Storm - WFMY News 2
wfmynews2.com
Coming to a circumpolar constellation near you: An all-new, never-before-seen, awkwardly named meteor shower that just might knock your ...

'Imiloa Examines Space Rock Science
Big Island Now
Gary Fujihara will present a brief history of man and meteorite, separating fact from myth, leading to the current model of meteoritics, in the 'Imiloa ...

Witt column: A meteor shower poised to surprise
Sauk Prairie Eagle
Before sunrise on Saturday, May 24, Earth will pass through a debris trail left behind by Comet 209P LINEAR, giving us the chance for an outburst of ...

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SONEAR Observatory- Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brasil Fireball Meteor 15MAY2014
Head on Meteor?!
Head on meteor? 04"47"40 Local Time 15MAY2014 - Credit- SONEAR Observatory
Posted to YouTube by Cristovao Jacques 4 views

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Lagoa Santa, M.G., Brasil Fireball Meteor 04"47"36 Local Time 15MAY2014- Video
BRAMON All Sky Network Brasil

Lagoa Santa, M.G., Brasil Fireball Meteor 04"47"36 Local Time 15MAY2014
Photo Credit- Joao Amancio

Meteoro brilhante - 2014/05/15 -Lagoa Santa, M.G., Brasil Fireball Meteor 04"47"36 Local Time 15MAY2014
Posted to YouTube by Joao Amancio 5 views

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SONEAR Observatory- Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brasil Fireball Meteor 15MAY2014
Head on Meteor?!
Head on meteor? 04"47"40 Local Time 15MAY2014 - Credit- SONEAR Observatory
Posted to YouTube by Cristovao Jacques 4 views

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MBIQ Detects - Queensland, Australia Meteor Approx. 1850 AEST 15MAY2014

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Queensland, Australia Meteor Approx. 1850 AEST 15MAY2014
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Report your meteor sightings please
-http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
Please help get the word about this event so that we might recover security camera video or cell phone captures; spread the word about this website via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, GLP, SOTT and your favorite forums; contact your local news outlets; thank you!
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Initial Meteor Reports-
15MAY2014 Andrew Brown Jensen 18:50 Brisbane Australia Time Just seconds, very quick. Australia Bright green colour then big flash Brighter than the moon as it is tonight One main piece and smaller pieces Travelling from South South East of Stocklands Townsville to South West over the Dam

15MAY2014 Wade Stephenson Blackwater Qld Australia 18:50pm est 5sec west maybe north west. seemed to fall towards the ground started as white then looked green with a bit of orange then when it went out of view below the tree line there was a massive blue flash that lit up the sky for a split second. didnt hear anything blueflash lit up like a welding flash or very large lightning strike not too sure. was heading west from blackwater observed what looked like a firework that hadnt gone off or a flare falling from the sky.it looked like it was very very close then when it went out of view below the tree line their was a massive very bright blue flash that seemed to light up the sky for a split second

15MAY2014 Matthew Manser Townsville, Qld, Australia 18.52 +10 1sec Australia Saw a green tail with red ball Same colour as the green traffic signal light no fragments soon after it moved out of sight I saw a flash of light

15MAY2014 Graeme cross Townsville, Queensland, Australia 1850 aest pm 3 seconds I was facing south west it came in at 45 degrees left to right I saw a huge blue glowing ball with a tail and a big orange glow after it passed behind hills as if it had crashed very bright like magnesium burning no it appeared it crashed to earth sw of townsville

15MAY2014 kim Vuga Townsville, Queensland, Australia 18:30:00 Just caught my eye for 4 seconds west seen huge fireball large tail like the one in Russia seemed to have impacted the earth lit up the sky a 2nd time when hit like an atomic bomb effect. white orange and huge ball on fire had lage tail of fire many people in Townsville witnessed the same I believe it came down in Kelso to the right of Ross River Dam

All Sighting Reports Here-
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

MBIQ Data Set-
Landsborough, Queensland arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: NSW / Queensland, Australia. Meteor 20NOV2011" by searching for meteorite qld.
19:09:15 -- 9 minutes ago

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Space rocks stolen from Portland meteorite expert

KGW News Channel 8 Portland - 11 minutes
PORTLAND – A meteorite expert is hoping to get a box full of rare space rocks back after it was stolen from his truck. “I’ve been looking ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Japan Fireball Meteor 10MAY2014 - 2014年5月10日 21 ...
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Deadly Meteorites Routinely Explode on Earth

Voice of America - 10 hours
Last year, a meteorite exploded 23 kilometers above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It was estimated to be 18 meters long with the mass of about 10,000 ...

The deadly meteorite that froze Earth

The Courier Mail - 19 hours
AFTER slamming into the planet with the force of 300 million nuclear bombs, this dinosaur killing meteorite plunged the Earth into a ...

When to watch out for spectacular new meteor shower
New Scientist
INCOMING! A major new meteor shower is set to streak across the skies next week as Earth passes through dust streams released by a comet two ...

American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
amsmeteors.org
AMS received 19 reports about a fireball seen over AZ on May 13th 2014 around 04:49 (UTC)

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Huge Asteroid 2013 UQ4 -

Suddenly Becomes a Dark Comet in Our inner Solar SystemHuge Asteroid 2013 UQ4 Suddenly Becomes a Dark Comet in Our inner Solar System
Posted to YouTube by nemesis maturity 175 views

"Studies of the comet/asteroid's light indicate that C/2013 UQ4 UQ4 is a very dark but rather large object some 4-9 miles (7-15 km) across. It's estimated that C/2013 UQ4 takes at least 500 years to make one spin around the sun. Perihelion occurs on June 5 with the comet reaching magnitude +8-9 by month's end. Peak brightness of 7th magnitude is expected during its close approach of Earth on July 10 at 29 million miles (46.7 million km)....
http://phys.org/news/2014-05-asteroid-uq4-suddenly-dark-comet.html
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Nathdwara meteorite identified as 450 crore year old H-6 Chondrite
UdaipurTimes
A meteorite fell at Dhayala ki Chappar, a village 5km NW of Nathdwara on 25th Dec 2012 has been identified and established as H6 Chondrite. ...

Just saw a huge meteor in Melbourne... - IceInSpace
iceinspace.com.au
Wow, was driving home tonight and saw a huge meteor streak low in the northern sky. Left a long smoke trail that reminded me of the big Russian one ...

Teles cope Reviews: Is this meteor storm happening next Friday? - Cloudy Nights
cloudynights.com
I read a couple weeks back that there may be a meteor storm next Friday, May 23. I haven't read much about it recently, but I want to make plans to go ...

Researchers find evidence of cooling period that followed Age of Dinosaurs
Fox News
The most important implication of these findings "is that they demonstrate how devastating large meteorite impacts can be," Vellekoop added.

Chemistry calculations reveal Earth's inner core
Theoretical calculations have confirmed that the Earth's core contains a
significant proportion of oxygen. This has been proposed before, but the
new research confirms it with rigour not previously possible. The
presence of oxygen can be used to constrain models of the Earth's
formation ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest WorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News 13MAY2014
blogspot.com
A new meteor shower spawned by a comet is due to light up the sky next week, with some forecasters predicting up to 200 "shooting stars" per hour .

Deadly Meteorites Routinely Explode on Earth
Voice of America
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission (CTBTO), based in Vienna, Austria, says the Earth is visited by meteorites ...

The deadly meteorite that froze Earth
NEWS.com.au
THE 10km wide meteorite that struck the earth 66 million years ago not only finished off the dinosaurs but also plunged the planet into a deep winter ...

Will the meteor shower to be created by P/209 Linear debris on May 23rd will be visible from India?
yahoo.com
Will the meteor shower to be created by P/209 Linear debris on May 23rd will be visible from India? ✓. Follow publicly. ✓. Follow privately; Unfollow.

Earth to pass through large cloud of debris, expect meteor showers May 23-24
The Oregonian
A meteor, the light streak at upper left, blasts past the Milky Way on Friday Aug. 9, 2013, during the build up to the annual Perseid meteor shower.

A new major meteor shower in late May 2014? (earthsky.org) - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com
By Deborah Byrd in. Blogs | Human World | Space on May 07, 2014. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower in early May has passed, and, by all reports, ...

Meteorite impact caused global darkness and cooling
Phys.Org
About 66 million years ago, a large meteorite impact in present-day Mexico whipped out about half of all animal and plant species on Earth. This was ...

What Killed the Dinosaurs? Post-Asteroid Collision 'Impact Winter' Caused Intense Global CoolingInternational Business Times UK - 8 hours
Utrecht University researchers suggest an 'impact winter' wiped out the dinosaurs after a six-mile wide asteroid hit Earth.

Researchers find evidence of cooling period that followed Age of Dinosaurs
Fox News
The most important implication of these findings "is that they demonstrate how devastating large meteorite impacts can be," Vellekoop added.

New Meteor Shower - Coast to Coast AM
coasttocoastam.com
A new meteor shower could put on a dazzling show next week, with up to 200 "shooting stars" per hour. The debuting Camelopardalin meteor shower ..

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Japan Fireball Meteor 11MAY2014 - 2014 5/11 232329 兵庫県中央部火球
20140511_232329 -3.1等級（比較星無しです）　兵庫県氷ノ山付近を流れてます

Japan Fireball Meteor 11MAY2014 - 2014 5/11 232329 兵庫県中央部火球
Photo Credit-- Site Adm- SonotaCo

Japan Fireball Meteor 11MAY2014 - 2014 5/11 232329 兵庫県中央部火球
Photo Credit-- 三本松ＨＳ　三好 / SonotaCo

For More information and images/ videos- See the SonotaCo Meteor Forum-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3268&sid=70adbb6069a9491974539dd0b8665119

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Japan Fireball Meteor 10MAY2014 - 2014年5月10日　21時02分48秒の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 10MAY2014 - 2014年5月10日　21時02分48秒の火球
Photo Credit - SonotaCo- Site Admin

For More information and images/ videos- See the SonotaCo Meteor Forum-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3267&sid=70adbb6069a9491974539dd0b8665119

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Japan Fireball Meteor 02MAY2014 - ２０１４年５月２日　１時３２分５８秒の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 02MAY2014 - ２０１４年５月２日　１時３２分５８秒の火球
Photo Credit - ts007

For More information and images/ videos- See the SonotaCo Meteor Forum-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3261&sid=70adbb6069a9491974539dd0b8665119

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Japan Fireball Meteor 01MAY2014 -2014年5月1日20時04分の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 01MAY2014 -2014年5月1日20時04分の火球
Photo Credit - Shimoda

For More information and images/ videos- See the SonotaCo Meteor Forum-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3259&sid=70adbb6069a9491974539dd0b8665119

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Audubon State Park and Evansville museum teaming up to offer 'Astronomy Day'

The Gleaner - 4 hours
Time for a little star-gazing. Audubon Park and Evansville Museum teaming up for Astronomy Day.

Dino Death Watch: Microbe Fossil Matter Reveals Post-Asteroid Cold Snap

LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - 4 hours
The first-ever fossil proof of dramatic global cooling after the cosmic impact that ended the Age of Dinosaurs has been discovered. The ...

New Meteor Shower from Comet Could Dazzle Stargazers Next Week | Space.com
space.com
A new meteor shower spawned by a comet is due to light up the sky next week, with some forecasters predicting up to 200 "shooting stars" per hour ...

Meteors attack! Six tales of impacts from above
The Weather Network
The meteorite blasted deep enough to reach an underground water deposit contaminated with natural arsenic, which evaporated into fumes laced ...

Breaking News: Meteorite Falls Likely To Occur - MeteorOutbursts Pending!!! [Video] - Disclose.tv
disclose.tv ⋅ 03:09
Meteor Outbursts Pending!!! -Large Meteors, Fireballs and Bolides through 20MAY2014 25MAY2014 "Heavy Duty" activity expected!Meteorite Falls ...

[IMO-News] Video Observation Results - February 2014
The February 2014 report from the IMO Video Meteor Network is available
at http://www.imonet.org/reports/201402.pdf

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Breaking News- Universal date and time: 2014/05/12 02:33:22 | Local date and time: 2014/05/11 23:33:22 | City: Lagoa Santa State: Minas Gerais Country: Brasil.
BRAMON All Sky Network Brasil - http://bramon.org/
Update with video pending! Please check back.

M.G., Brasil Fireball Meteor 11MAY2014
Universal date and time: 2014/05/12 02:33:22 | Local date and time: 2014/05/11 23:33:22 | City: Lagoa Santa State: Minas Gerais Country: Brasil.BRAMON - Captured by Joao Amancio
http://bramon.org/

Bright meteor crosses south skies
Posted to YouTube by Joao Amancio 9 views

Published on May 13, 2014
Camera: samsung scb-2000
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Scandinavian Scientists Believe Meteorites Linked to Martian Crater
E Canada Now
Oslo, Norway – A type of meteorite known as a shergottite is now believed to have originated from a specific crater on the surface of Mars.

Breaking News: Meteorite Falls Likely to Occur - Meteor Outbursts Pending!!!
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New meteor shower could be 'great' or a 'dud'

hays Post
Astronomers in the Northern Hemisphere are preparing for a spectacle on May 24 with a possible new meteor shower, the May Camelopardalids.

Royal Astronomical Society celebrates International Astronomy Day on Saturday
mysask.com
Display tables with books, telescopes and meteor chunks at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. — An information booth at the ...

Meteor in the sky north of Toronto on May 4 2014 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:22
video grabado desde la nasa :http://adf.ly/mZOZE recorded video from NASA: http://adf.ly/mZOZE Caught a meteor on my car cam landing north of ...

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