22 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21/22JAN2015

Magnetic fields of tetrataenite particles in pallasites shed light on earth's magnetic core
The researchers' magnetic measurements, supported by computer simulations, demonstrate that the magnetic fields of these asteroids were created by compositional, rather than thermal, convection - meaning that the field was long-lasting, intense ...

Expert explains strange fireball flying over Houston area
KHOU
A slow moving meteor can make one full swing around the world before crashing or disintegrating. The fireball Sterling captures is similar to the one ... This was NOT a meteor, it was an aircraft contrail.

U of C hunting for 'rare rock' after fireball flies over Rockies
Calgary Herald
Judging by the high altitude at which the meteor was first spotted and where it fragmented, it appears to be a weak type of asteroid, producing ...

Meteorite re-lands in the Verde Valley
Sedona Red Rock News - 3 hours
The Best Western Arroyo Roble Hotel, which stands at the northern end of Uptown, is a familiar feature to residents and one of the last ...

Meteorite is 'hard drive' from space
BBC News - 4 hours
Researchers have decoded ancient recordings from fragments of an asteroid dating back billions of years to the start of the Solar System.

Messages from space -- hidden magnetic messages uncovered
EurekAlert! - 5 hours
( Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie ) Geologists from the University of Cambridge uncover hidden magnetic messages from ...

Researchers find levels of nitrogen in meteorites similar to levels in Earth's atmosphere
PhysOrg - 9 hours
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers in Germany has found levels of nitrogen in carlsbergite in two meteorite samples match levels found in the ...

An instrument that can reveal age of planetary materials
IANS via Yahoo Maktoob News - 18 hours 
New York, Jan 21 (IANS) Researchers have developed an instrument that is not only capable of dating rocks but can be miniaturised for ...

Dubliner captures rare fireball meteor off the coast of Dalkey (PHOTOS)
IrishCentral
Extremely unusual photo captures bright meteor just miles away from earth screaming towards ground. It's dreamy too! Photo by: ...

2015 Aussie sky guide
ABC Science Online
A lunar eclipse, planetary encounters, comets and meteor showers top Ian Musgrave's list of what to see in the sky this year. By Ian Musgrave...

UFO Sightings in Tampa Bay Lead to Air Force Investigations
WFLA
The weather service claimed it was a meteor. Ten members of the 307th Bombardment Wing stationed at MacDill Air Force base disagreed. The Air ...

PRECIOUS: Students enthralled by 4.6 billion-year-old moon rock
Lancashire Telegraph - 12 hours
MAN may have landed on the moon in 1969 but the moon landed in Chorley for the first time this week.

Study shows how planetary building blocks evolved from porous to hard objects
EurekAlert! - 9 hours
( University of Chicago ) Thinking small has enabled an international team of scientists to gain new insight into the evolution of planetary ...

Technique reveals age of planetary materials
EurekAlert! - 6 hours
( Wiley ) The key to understanding the geologic history of the Solar System is knowing the ages of planetary rocks. Researchers have ...

Thetford Night Lights Unexplained
Valley News - 18 hours
Thetford — It’s the mystery of the weird lights in the sky. And while theories abound to describe exactly what the heck was going on up there ...

NH RI Meteor 19JAN2015
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports- 19JAN2015 April Jensen Pawtucket, RI,USA 22:30 p.m. approx 5 -8 seconds southwest blue/turquoise moon no. it was ...

September 2014 Report from the IMO Video Meteor Network
IMO Video Meteor Network Homepage
money, but at least for meteor observation we now supplied the evidence. ... profile of the alpha Aurigids, averaged over IMO Video Meteor Network.

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21 January 2015

Brasil Meteor 0215 UTC 21JAN2015

Brasil Meteor 0215 UTC 21JAN2015
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Brasil Meteor 0215 UTC 21JAN2015
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BRAMON - Brazilian Meteor Observation Network
Que beleza de bólido! O primeiro grande da estação JPZ1/PB

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20 January 2015

NH RI MA ME CT Meteor 19JAN2015

NH RI MA ME CT Meteor Approx. 2225 EST 19JAN2015
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
19JAN2015 frank Peabody,MA USA 22:34:00 approx. 5 seconds glowing bright light appeared in lower sky then turn sharp right and pivoted down to the right like it was on a lever bright greenish/blue i saw a bright glowing plasma like light develop into a very large ball in the lower atmosphere, it suddenly appeared then developed into a large greenish blue ball and then took an immediate sharp turn down to the bottom right of the sky i believe it was in the south east area of the sky. it was as bright as the moon but slightly brighter no it was extremely precise sorry no photos or artwork, but shortly after noticing this event in the sky, there was a similar color light glowing onto my house and i could not locate where the light was coming from, the light was the same color as the item i saw in the sky

19JAN2015 Jana Magnuson Portland, Maine USA 22:17 EST 2 seconds SSW green venus didn't see fragmentation very large, bright and green. awesome sight.

19JAN2015 Kasi Pawtucket ri 22:19:00 3 South Green Sun No No photo, green, bright

19JAN2015 CU Newtown Ct USA 22:15 EST approx. Approx. 5 seconds Southern sky, traveled east to west Bright white with blue center and long tail Moon No Brightest and most beautiful meteor I ever saw

19JAN2015 April Jensen Pawtucket, RI,USA 22:30 p.m. approx 5 -8 seconds southwest blue/turquoise moon no. it was round appeared to shoot downward. i have never sen anything like it. i have seen alot of shooting stars but nothing like this. it was remarkable. a little scary

19JAN2015 Anthony Rodriguez Merrimack, NH 22:25:00 EST 2 seconds max South Bound Rte 3 was driving saw at 10 o clock white at first, then aqua with white tail. was size of a taillight when viewed about 150 ft away brightness of street light from a moderate distance dissappeared as soon as it reached max size was shooting star like but bigger,brighter, and greenish

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20JAN2015

Earth can contaminate alien meteorites quickly, study shows
Fox News - 4 hours
A team of scientists has published the results of an investigative survey into the Sutter's Mill meteorite that landed in California in 2012.

Study shows how planetary building blocks evolved from porous to hard objects
PhysOrg - 12 hours
(Phys.org)—Thinking small has enabled an international team of scientists to gain new insight into the evolution of planetary building blocks ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
blogspot.com
Meteor-like object lights up sky over Russian Far East. Posted to YouTube by RT 301 views. Published on Jan 18, 2015. COURTESY: Konstantin . ...

Man reports meteor-like object over his residence
The Daily Sentinel
Suspicious circumstances, 200 block of CR 567. A man said an object resembling “a ball of fire similar to ameteor” flew over his residence. Deputies ...

Strange light leaves pair pondering whether aliens exist
20th Jan 2015 7:33 AM
...6.25pm last Thursday. And although it was still light, Nadine Hoffman and her friend Vickie Hall saw a bright white light growing in size as it travelled across the sky above Peregian Springs. ...

Breaking News
blogspot.com
Initial Meteor Sighting Reports- A good sized fireball just occurred over New Mexico, January 19 2015 0718:34 UT. Maybe -12 mag or so. Thomas ...

Shot in dark catches rare sight over Dalkey
Irish Examiner
I'm not an astronomer, but I'm sure it was a meteor,” he said. ... “It is definitely a fireball or bright meteor,” confirmed David Moore, editor of the ...

Amateur photographer captures 'once in a lifetime' fireball photo over Dalkey
BreakingNews.ie
Have performed some calculations on the picture Moore, who plans to run the image in their next magazine issue, estimates that the fireball may have ...

Bright green meteor seen over northern New Mexico
Cloudy Nights
Bright green meteor seen over northern New Mexico - posted in Solar System Observing: Observing from northern central New Mexico around ...

Fireball enters Earth's atmosphere over Mississippi; spotted in east TN
WJHL
The following are mugshots of individuals arrested on a variety of charges in January by local authorities in Northeast Tennessee. The following are ...

Two meteor fireballs in one day caught on camera over Mississippi
Signs of the Times
Dr. Bill Cook with the Meteroid Environments Office said a meteor entered Earth's atmosphere Saturday night over Mississippi. At 8:57 PM, an object...

Dawn Delivers New Image of Ceres
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- January 19, 2015
The Dawn spacecraft observed Ceres for an hour on Jan. 13, 2015, from
a distance of 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers). ...

September 2014 Report from the IMO Video Meteor Network
at http://www.imonet.org/reports/201409.pdf

Sanford Museum announces 2015 events
Chronicle Times
All of the special presentations occur on Saturdays, except for the Perseid MeteorShower on Thursday, Aug. 13. The first special presentation, .

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PORANGABA, Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteorite Fall 09JAN2015

PORANGABA, SP, Brasil Meteorite Fall 09JAN2015



Carlos Cornejo Chacón— with Andrea Bartorelli in Porangaba, SP, Brasil. 


All Rights Reserved Photos and Text c 2105 Carlos Cornejo Chacón 
UPDATE!  Meteorite/s Recovered from Fall!
Previously reported post on event- 
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2015/01/tatui-sao-paulo-brasil-daytime-meteor.html

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PORANGABA, SP, Brasil Meteorite Fall 09JAN2015

















Carlos Cornejo Chacón— with Andrea Bartorelli in Porangaba, SP, Brasil. 
All Rights Reserved Photos and Text c 2105 Carlos Cornejo Chacón 

Original Portuguese-
Aqui vão algumas imagens do meteorito condrítico de Porangaba, SP, cuja queda aconteceu na sexta-feira 9 de janeiro às 15:35 hs aproximadamente, testemunhada por Julio Carvalho da Silva e seu filho Eduardo, caseiros do sítio Alhambra, do cineasta Paulo Gama. Eles contam que escutaram um estampido prolongado e um som vibratório no céu antes de uma série de quedas retumbantes, uma delas presenciada por Julio Carvalho da Silva a escassos metros de distância. Logo após, se dirigiu ao local e achou uma pequena cratera de impacto (buraco na terra de uns 10 cm de diâmetro por 25 cm de profundidade, mas não teve coragem de pôr a mão. Seu filho Edu foi chamar Paulo Gama, que também tinha escutado o som, e este, com muito cuidado para verificar se a pedra não estava quente, foi o primeiro a tocá-la.
Visitamos o local no sábado 17 de janeiro e lá estava Maria Elizabeth Zucolotto, astrônoma especialista em meteorítica que já tinha examinado a pedra. Esta apresenta uma característica crosta de fusão preta e em dois pontos tinha sido fraturada sendo possível ver a simples vista diversos côndrulos metálicos.
Espero que gostem.
Grande Abraço,
Carlos Cornejo

Google English Translation-
  Here are some pictures of condrítico Porangaba meteorite, SP, whose fall happened on Friday, January 9 at 15:35 pm approximately witnessed by Julio Carvalho da Silva and his son Edward, home of the Alhambra site, Paulo Gama filmmaker. They say that they heard a long bang and a vibrating sound in the sky before a series of thundering falls, one of them attended by Julio Carvalho da Silva a few meters away. Soon after, he went to the site and found a small impact crater (hole in the ground of about 10 cm in diameter and 25 cm deep, but did not dare lay a hand. His son was called Edu Paulo Gama, who also had heard the sound, and this very carefully to see if the stone was not hot, was the first to touch her.
  We visited the place on Saturday, January 17th and there was Mary Elizabeth Zucolotto, meteorite expert who had examined the stone. This presents a characteristic crust of black fusion and two points had been fractured and you can see the simple view various metallic chondrules.
Carlos Cornejo

Congratulations to Carlos and all of the Sao Paulo MeteorRats in their find/s!

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19 January 2015

Breaking News- New Mexico Fireball Meteor 19JAN2015

Breaking News- New Mexico Fireball Meteor 0718:34 UT 19JAN2015
Updates Pending! Video pending.
Image Credit- Thomas Ashcraft

Fireball over New Mexico with Forward Scatter Radio Emissions
Thomas Ashcraft.
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Captured last night with one of my all sky cameras. The time on the video is accurate to within a few milliseconds. Location is Albuquerque, NM. East is at top of video. North is on right of video.
Joseph Harker   Thank you Joseph for sharing!

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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
A good sized fireball just occurred over New Mexico, January 19 2015
0718:34 UT. Maybe -12 mag or so.
Thomas Ashcraft
Radio Fireball Observatory
Lamy, New Mexico
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19JAN2015 Roy Troxel Taos, New Mexico, USA Around 12:205 am, MST 5 - 10 seconds Began near zenith be tween Leo and Gemini. Appread to drop vertically toward the southern horizon. Broke up to the left (east) of Canis Major. Green, and possibly yellow. No sound. Same as moon. Two small parts flaked off, before the meteor disappeard. No other comments

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19JAN2015

Russia Meteor Spacetrash? 18JAN2015
blogspot.com
Meteor-like object lights up sky over Russian Far East. Posted to YouTube by RT 301 views. Published on Jan 18, 2015. COURTESY: Konstantin ...

Unknown Flying Object Explodes Over City in Russian Far East
Sputnik International
An alleged meteor or comet, as some local residents suggest, brightened the sky between 6 and 7 a. m. (9-10 p.m. GMT, January 17) in the Amur ...

Japan Meteor 14JAN2014 - 2015年1月13/14日低速流星
blogspot.com
For all images, videos and details of this event see the SonotaCo Meteor Forum- http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3446&sid= ...

Fireball spotted in Roane County enters atmosphere in Mississippi
WATE-TV
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – We had several calls to the WATE 6 On Your Side newsroom about a fireball spotted. Dr. Bill Cook with the Meteroid ...

Meteor prompts numerous sightings across TN
Knoxville News Sentinel
A meteor shining as bright as a first-quarter moon prompted numerous sightings across Tennessee and neighboring states before burning up in the ...

Last Friday night..Unusual Meteor Activity?
Cloudy Nights
Friday night it finally cleared off after over three weeks under the clouds. Between 1730 and 1800 local time I have two friends who separately ...

Catch a Shooting Star! Meteror Radar Installed in Costa Rica
The Costa Rican Times
Costa Rica News – The University of Costa Rica teamed up with the University of Western Ontario to install and monitor meteor radar for both ...

A fossil winonaite-like meteorite in Ordovician limestone: A piece of the impactor that broke up...
www.sciencedirect.com
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X14003367

The True Story of Ann Hodges: History's Only Meteorite Victim
First to Know
Getting hit by a falling meteor is far more uncommon than getting struck by ... When word got around about the meteor, the entire town flocked to her ...

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18 January 2015

Russia Meteor Space Trash? 18JAN2015 Video

Russia Meteor Space Trash Re-entry? 18JAN2015
Breaking Story-  Multiple bodies - Fragmentation.  Delayed 8 minute loud boom.
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Russia Meteor Space Trash Re-entry? 18JAN2015
Image Credit- RT.com
Meteor-like object lights up sky over Russian Far East
Posted to YouTube by RT 301 views
Published on Jan 18, 2015
COURTESY: Konstantin Pivkin http://instagram.com/kostya_talakan/
  The sky in Russia's Far East was lit up by a strange object on Sunday morning, 18JAN2015.. It flew over the city of Blagoveschensk leaving behind a long trail of white light, which reportedly hung in the sky for the next two hours. But the journey was short-lived. After a few seconds the object exploded in a bright flash. Locals claim they witnessed a meteorite, but so far there has been no official information about the celestial phenomena.

Astronomer / Space Trash Expert Notes-
I believe this to have been the re-entry of the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket that launched the Dragon CRS-5 spacecraft.
I posted a more detailed report to SeeSat-L:
http://satobs.org/seesat/Jan-2015/0122.html
Ted Molczan

Update-
It appears that the re-entry of 15001D / 40373 was seen from Russia's far east Amur Region on Jan 17 21:48 UTC (Jan 18
near 06:48 local time).

The first USSTRATCOM TIP message was issued a couple of hours before re-entry. The second and probably final one was issued a couple of hours after re-entry. It reported the time of decay as 2015 Jan 17 21:46 UTC +/- 7 min., and the location as 52 deg N, 121 deg E.

USSTRATCOM identifies 15001D / 40373 as debris of  Dragon CRS-5; however, I believe it was the Falcon 9 second stage. The Dragon spacecraft jettisons two solar array covers upon reaching orbit, which typically decay within 2 or 3 days of launch. The Falcon stage typically re-enters about a week later. The respective decay dates of objects 15001B / 40371 and 15001C / 40372 were 2015 Jan 13 and Jan 12, consistent with the solar array covers, but USSTRATCOM identified B as the Falcon 9 second stage. The identities of 15001B / 40371 and 15001D / 40373 should be swapped.

I have seen reports of sightings from the following locations:
Blagoveshchensk 50.28 N, 127.54 E
Belogorsk 50.92 N, 128.47 E
Khabarovsk Krai 48.50 N, 135.07 E 45 s duration

So far, I have found the following sources of information on the sightings.
http://vk.com/astro.nomy?w=wall-727032_52634

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV12M3xZopA

RT has a report:
http://rt.com/news/223771-russia-meteorite-far-east/

Ted Molczan
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Japan Meteor 14JAN2014 - 2015年1月13/14日低速流星

Japan Meteor 0210 JST 14JAN2014 - 2015年1月13/14日02時10分 低速流星

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Japan Meteor 0210 JST 14JAN2014
2015年1月13/14日02時10分 低速流星
c 2015 Ueda / SonotaCo
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http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3446&sid=9ca430c2128a89e5b79314c89ced0037

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Osaka, Japan Meteor 11JAN2015 - 2015年1月11日 出現の爆発した-3.6等の火球

Osaka, Japan Meteor 0219 JST 11JAN2015
2015年1月11日2:19:26 JST出現の爆発した-3.6等の火球
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Osaka, Japan Meteor 0219 JST 11JAN2015 
2015年1月11日2:19:26 JST出現の爆発した-3.6等の火球
c 2015 Ueda / SonotaCo

For More Information and Video See the Ueda Site-
http://meteor.chicappa.jp/2015/TV_2015_01_ueda.html

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17 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17JAN2015

Calgary researcher seeks info on meteor
e-KNOW
Back on Dec. 20 in the very early morning, there was a meteor that fell just east of Canal Flats.

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16JAN2015. Meteorites weren't exactly the building blocks of young planets. UPI - 5 hours. Brooks Hays ...

Today at 5:58pm
Facebook
Did anyone else happen to see a meteor in the East sky about 523pm? I was driving 84 EB just before Mosier, and it lasted a good four seconds!

The January 2015 issue of Meteorite Times is now up.
A special thank you to Agnese Fazio, a final-year PhD student of the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra (Earth Science Department) of Pisa University and her article, Kamil Crater (Egypt) a natural laboratory to
study shock metamorphism and impact melting. Ms. Fazio won the Brian Mason Travel Award for the 77th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 17-23, 2015
American Meteor Society
This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise shortly before dawn and will not interfere with meteorobserving. Likewise, late in this period the ...

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16 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16JAN2015

Meteorites weren't exactly the building blocks of young planets
UPI - 5 hours
Brooks Hays BOSTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Meteorite collisions in the infant solar system were more a byproduct than building blocks of the early ...

Did a house-sized meteorite create this mysterious circle in Antarctica?
PhysOrg - 9 hours
Endless blinding white ice as far as the eye can see. This is the common scene from the window of planes delivering researchers to ...

Anyone just see a bright blue meteorite over north Brisbane?
Reddit
The FAQ · Chat On IRC · meetup.com. Where the tunnels are being dug, and it doesn't get cold, and every other thread now seems to get trolled.

Mysterious Ring-Like Scar in Antarctica May be Result of Meteorite Hitting Earth
IBTimes India ⋅ 01:11
Scientists noticed a mysterious ring-like structure on the otherwise-featureless ice, which may have been caused by a meteorite as big as a house.

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Brasil Meteor 16JAN2015

Brasil Meteor 0143 Local 16JAN2015
Multiple camera captures!

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Brasil Meteor 0143 Local 16JAN2015
c 2015 Bramon
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Nhandeara, Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 15JAN2015

Nhandeara, Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 0045 UTC 15JAN2015

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Brasil Meteor 0045 UTC 15JAN2015
c 2015 
RCP1/SP Bramon


Nhandeara, Sao Paulo, Brasil Earthgrazer Meteor Bramon 15 Janeiro de 2015
Posted to YouTube by BRAMON 3 views

Astrocan - Clube de Astronomia de Nhandeara
Registro incrível de um meteoro nesta noite na estação RCP1/SP Bramon
um brilho tão intenso que clareou o céu, minha filha Laise viu w correu pra avisar .. Lindo firelball
Ufo Analayzer:
Magnitude -5.4 - 3,2 segundos - classificação J8-ACR(Alpha Crucids)

Bólido captado pelas estações CAV 1 e RCP 1 da BRAMON
Posted to YouTube by Ricardo Cavallini 20 views

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15 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15JAN2015

Scientist uncover Greenland's fascinating 'Meteoriteage'
Catholic Online
According to archaeologists, prehistoric hunters in Greenland lived through a "Meteorite Age." Hunters at that time mined metal from fallen space rocks ...


ALERT: "Small Mountain" Asteroid 2004 BL86 Very Close Encounter Jan. 26
Posted to YouTube by nemesis maturity 1,037 views

Meteorite material born in molten spray as embryo planets collided
EurekAlert! - 5 hours
( Purdue University ) Research suggests collisions of planetary embryos could be the origin of the material that formed asteroids. ...

Scientists say a meteorite could be responsible for Antarctic crater
UPI - 23 hours
Brooks Hays PRINCESS ELIZABETH, Belgium, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Researchers in Antarctica have discovered what they think is the remnants of a ...

Prehistoric Eskimos mined giant space rocks to make tools and weapons
Daily Mail - 8 hours
Danish archaeologists claim early hunters in Greenland broke iron from fragments of a giant meteorite that fell onto the ice sheet 10,000 ...

Scientists say a meteorite could be responsible for Antarctic crater
SpaceDaily - 1 hour
Researchers in Antarctica have discovered what they believe is the remnants of a meteorite impact site. It was spotted last month by a team ...

Rare Mineral Found in Wisconsin Meteorite Crater
SpaceRef - 7 hours
Rare Mineral Found in Wisconsin Meteorite Crater

Brasil Fireball Meteor 14JAN2015
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MG, Brasil Bright as the Moon Meteor 0651 UTC 14JAN2015 ... http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html.

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14 January 2015

Brasil Fireball Meteor 14JAN2015

MG, Brasil Bright as the Moon Meteor 0651 UTC 14JAN2015

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MG, Brasil Meteor 0651 UTC 14JAN2015
c2015 Cristovao Jacques / BRAMON
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JAN2015

Asteroid to Fly By Earth Safely on January 26
Jet Propulsion Laboratory -January 13, 2015
An asteroid, designated 2004 BL86, will safely pass about three times the distance of Earth to the moon on January 26. ...

A Curious Antarctic Ring
Slate
Could a newly spotted mile-wide impression be a meteorite impact? ... his colleagues think they may have uncovered the site of ameteorite impact....

How Hot are Meteors/ Why Do Shooting Stars Burn?
Science Channel
Find out everything you need to know about meteors, meteorites and shooting stars.

Top 10 Meteorites
Science Channel
... through and we get everything from pretty shooting stars to terrifying meteor fireballs, not to mention the occasional nice-looking extraterrestrial rock. ...

What is a meteorite? Characteristics of a meteorite
Market Business News
If a meteor is found in a place where there have been other meteorites then the name is typically followed by a letter or a number. The name that the ...

Video: Antarctic crater - Mystery of the massivemeteorite impact site...
Belfast Telegraph
Researchers in remote East Antarctica think a massive area of fractured ice discovered last month could be a newfound meteoriteimpact crater An ...

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13 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JAN2015

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert review – 'kill half of what you see'
The Guardian
Now, though, we are at the point where we are the meteor. Our impact on life on Earth is not as spectacular, nor as instantaneous; but in geological ...

Brasil Meteor 12JAN2015
blogspot.com
Galera, around 23h, Brasilia time, I can not remember the exact time, dropped a meteor that lit enough. I was close to it, in a place with low light and ...

Grote cirkel gespot op Antarctica: is dit een meteorietinslag?
De Morgen
Wetenschappers zijn op de Zuidpool op een 2 kilometer brede cirkel gestoten. Mogelijk gaat het om een krater van een meteoriet, die in 2004 op ...

MSN - 1 hour
© Tobias Binder, Alfred Wegener Institute A possible meteorite impact site on the King Baudouin Ice Shelf, seen here from a plane, is more ...

Did Meteorite Carve Icy Antarctic Crater?
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - 10 hours
Researchers in remote East Antarctica think a massive area of fractured ice discovered last month could be a new found meteorite impact ...

Mystery of the mile-wide ring in Antarctica
Daily Mail - 12 hours
German scientists with the Alfred Wegener Institute spotted the 2km (1.24 mile) wide crater in the ice shelf and found it matched locations ...

Life might thrive a dozen miles beneath Earth's surface
PhysOrg - 8 hours
Life teems all over our planet's exterior and even down into the lightless oceanic depths. But just how far underground might life be able to ...

Mengungkap misteri 'cincin' 2 kilometer di Antartika
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Brasil Meteor 12JAN2015

Caico, RN, Brasil Meteor Approx. 2300 Local 12JAN2015
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Initial Meteor Sighting Report-
Galera, por volta das 23h , horario de brasilia, nao lembro a hora exata, caiu um meteoro que iluminou bastante. eu tava de costa para ele em um local com pouca luminosidade e clariou as pessoas que estavam em minha frente, ao olhar para traz consegui ver o rastro no ceu por uns 10 segundos ou mais ate desaparecer . Se alguem estudar isso ai espero ter contribuido. O ocorido foi visializado em Caico-RN
Augusto Farias

Google translation-
Galera, around 23h, Brasilia time, I can not remember the exact time, dropped a meteor that lit enough. I was close to it, in a place with low light and crowd of people who were in front of me, to look back I could see the trail in the sky for about 10 seconds or more until it disappeared. If anyone else witnessed this event please report. The meteor  event was seen in Caico, RN, Brasil.
Augusto Farias

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12 January 2015

Possible Antarctic 2km-Wide Ice Impact Crater Found From 2004 Impact Event- 2015 Report

Possible Antarctic 2km-Wide Ice Impact Crater Found From 2004 Impact Event- 2015 Report
Antarctic 2km-Wide Ice Impact Crater Found From 2004 Impact Event Possible meteorite impact site on the King Baudoin Ice Shelf as seen from AWI's Polar 6 aircraft
© Tobias Binder, Alfred Wegener Institute
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Two km wide crater in Antarctica linked to 2004 meteorite impact
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A serendipitous find during an airborne geophysical survey
January 08, 2015 - Interview - by Joseph Cheek
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Meteoritic dust from the atmospheric disintegration of a large meteoroid
Nature 436, 1132-1135 (25 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/nature03881; Received 16 March 2005; Accepted 1 June 2005
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12JAN2015

Mystery Antarctic 'Crater' Could Be House-Sized Meteor Blast | Video
Mystery Antarctic 'Crater' Could Be House-Sized Meteor Blast | Video
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Dazzling green Comet Lovejoy tears across the sky in closest encounter with Earth to date
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Mystery of the mile-wide ring in Antarctica: Enormous scar may be crater from house-sized ...
Daily Mail ⋅ 02:32
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6 reports
American Meteor Society
AMS received 6 reports about a fireball seen over IN, NC, OH, SC and TN on January 10th 2015 around 06:05 (UTC)

45 reports
amsmeteors.org
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11 January 2015

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Two km wide crater in Antarctica linked to 2004 meteorite impact
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Tokyo, Japan Meteor 10JAN2015
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Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) And Meteor
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10 January 2015

Tokyo, Japan Meteor 10JAN2015

Tokyo, Japan Meteor Approx. 1842 JST  10JAN2015
I just witnessed a meteor from my balcony in Nerima, Tokyo at 1842 JST, 1 second duration headed downward from NNE likely no meteorites produced and termination over Chiba, Japan.  I was facing NNE and it was traveling from left to right. Hopefully the SonotaCo Allsky Camera network captured it on video.  - Updates if any capture or other reports.
- LunarMeteoriteHunter...Tokyo

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Tatui, Sao Paulo, Brasil Daytime Meteor Detonation 09JAN2015

Tatui, Sao Paulo, Brasil Daytime Meteor Detonation 09.01.2015, 15: 35h Local 09JAN2015
Detonations heard! METEORATS begin Scramble!
UPDATE!  Meteorite/s found!
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2015/01/porangaba-sao-paulo-brasil-meteorite.html
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Tatui, Sao Paulo, Brasil Daytime Meteor Detonation 09.01.2015, 15: 35h Local 09JAN2015
c 2015 
Ivan Fiuza / BRAMON
Tatui-SP, 09.01.2015, 15: 35h -The same was seen also in the west at Tatura, Sao Paulo, Brasilt, but in the vertical direction, the sound of small explosions came after a minute and then a stronger explosion in low volume but audible. I took photo has a stronger smoke point, this was the biggest explosion. I watched because I was looking at the sky looking for gliders, my home west is the direction of the flying club.

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Tatui, Sao Paulo, Brasil Daytime Meteor Detonation 09JAN2015
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"click on image to enlarge" Tatui, Sao Paulo, Brasil Daytime Meteor Detonation 09.01.2015, 15: 35h Local 09JAN2015 c 2015 Ivan Fiuza / BRAMON ...

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Mysterious ice ring could be meteorite crater
YouTube ⋅ 02:20
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Security cameras capture fireball exploding over Romania
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Security cameras capture an exploding meteorite over the Romanian capital city of Bucharest.

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Massive meteorite impact site discovered in Antarctica
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