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100 shooting stars per minute: Night skies to stage Perseid shower peak Wednesday
RT
The Perseid meteor shower is an annual event, but astronomers believe this year could be something well worth waiting for. Over 100 shooting stars ...

Perseid meteor shower 2015: Where to watch shooting stars in US cities
International Business Times UK
The Perseid meteor shower is set to reach its annual peak on 12 and 13 August as shooting stars will fill the sky. Nasa says this is "considered to be ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08AUG2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
Muscat: Perseids meteor showers, which started on July 17 and continues up to August 24, continue lighting the Sultanate's skies. The meteors will .

Dubai Astronomy Group Persides Meteor Shower Night Party 13/14AUG2015
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Astronomy lovers are in for a treat this summer as the, all-time favourite, Perseid MeteorShower peaks coinciding with the new moon on August 13.

Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower in August 2015
Brevard Times
Meteors from the 2015 Perseid Meteor Shower are visible for about two weeks before and after its peak which occurs on August 13, 2015

Here's When to See the Perseid Meteor Shower
TIME
The Perseid meteor shower will be lighting up the night sky starting Wednesday. The annual display could fill the sky with as many as 100 meteors per ...

Spectacular Perseid meteor shower to light up skies above Greater Manchester
Manchester Evening News
The annual meteor shower is one of the brightest of the year and stargazers will be able to see up to 100 meteors or 'shooting stars' an hour. It occurs ...

Meteor Showers: A Billion-Year Journey For A Second Of Brilliance
Forbes
Every year at around the same time, reliable meteor showers grace our skies, with the biggest ones occurring in mid-August (the Perseids), ...

Perseid meteor shower expected to be stellar
CNN
The annual Perseid meteor shower, which is known for being among the brightest of meteor showers, is happening near the tail end of summer.

Tips for viewing the 2015 Perseid meteor shower
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
This annual meteor shower is already happening and is predicted to peak the night of August 12-13, 2015 (Wednesday evening into Thursday ...

August astronomical events: Perseid meteor shower, new moon and supermoon
Yahoo News UK
August is set to be an exciting month for stargazers, starting with the spectacular Perseid meteor shower. One of the brightest showers of the year, ...

Perseid meteor shower 2015: Everything you need to know about the spectacular shooting stars
Yahoo News UK
The annual Perseid meteor shower is set to light up the night sky next week with a dazzling display of shooting stars. One of the brightermeteor ...

Perseid meteor shower 2015: Where to watch shooting stars in US cities
Yahoo News UK
Nasa says this is "considered to be the best meteor shower of the year". It explained: "With very fast and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long ...

Meteor shower to peak on August 12
Viet Nam News
HA NOI (VNS)— Vietnamese astronomy enthusiasts will have a chance to observe the Perseid meteor shower, one of the two largestmeteor showers ...

Perseid Meteor Shower 2015 Will Peak Aug. 12-13
Patch.com
The brightest meteor shower of the year is coming up, and it should be very easy to see. The 2015 Perseid meteor shower is under way through Aug.

'Spectacular' meteor lit up early morning sky
Washington Post
A little before 4 a.m. Monday some Washington area residents who were still awake, or were just getting up, were rewarded by a glimpse of a ...

Northwest Illinois Audubon Society to host meteor shower campfire, prairie walk
Journal Standard
FORRESTON — The Northwest Illinois Audubon Society will host a viewing of the annual Perseid meteor shower at 7 p.m. Aug. 12 at Elkhorn Creek ...

Impressive Perseid meteor shower to peak next week, says CU-Boulder expert
CU Boulder News & Events
It's August and that means the hottest show in the night sky -- the Perseid meteor shower -- will make its annual appearance, peaking in the pre-dawn ...

Nature Center to hold meteor shower skywatch Tuesday, Aug. 11
Shore News Today
The Perseid meteor shower is expected to light up the nighttime sky the second week in August, and participants in the Nature Center of Cape May's ...

You're invited to a meteor shower
Nashoba Publishing
You're Invited to a Perseid Meteor Shower Viewing Celebration Thursday, Aug. 13, 8-11 p.m. at the Heald Street Orchard (one of Pepperell's nicest ...

Hard Labor Creek Park officials encourage camping at the park during meteor events
newtoncitizen
Hard Labor Creek Park Ranger Phil Delestrez, at right, along with park naturalist Audrey Camp will lead Perseid Meteor Shower events, including a ...

Impressive Perseids meteor showers will be visible August 11-14, says CU-Boulder expert
The Denver Channel
A multiple exposure picture taken in the early hours of August 11, 2013 shows a Perseids meteor shower in the sky, near the municipality of La Hiruela ...

Shenandoah National Park
National Parks Traveler (registration)
There are star shows, and there are star shows, and one of the summer's best is the annual Perseid meteor showers. Next Wednesday, you can enjoy ...

Watch a meteor shower Aug. 13 at Chincoteague refuge
Delmarva Daily Times
Do you love meteor showers? Have you ever thought how cool it would be to view this spectacle of a Perseid Meteor Shower from a barrier island ...

Kick Back, Look Up, We're In For a GREAT PerseidMeteor Shower
Universe Today
This year's Perseid shower will peak on August 12-13 (Wednesday night-Thursday morning) with a meteor a minute visible from a dark sky. Credit: ...

Video "All Sky" Camera (Meteor Cam even?)
Stargazers Lounge
Never enough time, but Interesting stuff these *meteor guys* do... Not a fish-eye lens (perhaps better for it!) but around 120 degrees? But at least I can ...

NASA Is Covering Up 'Devastating' Meteor Impact In Iran To Prevent Panic Ahead Of September 23 ...
The Inquisitr
Conspiracy theory blogs are making claims that the recent meteorimpact event in the Islamic Republic of Iran “devastated” parts of the country, but ... Bravo Sierra News

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Nagano, Japan Fireball Meteor 0426 JST 08AUG2015
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Meteor shower illuminates Oman's sky
Times Of Oman
Muscat: Perseids meteor showers, which started on July 17 and continues up to August 24, continue lighting the Sultanate's skies. The meteors will ...

Lightning can change atomic structures just like meteor impacts
RT.com
Then it turned out that they are encountered worldwide in craters left by meteor impacts. Volcanoes cannot produce such pressure, so geologists long ...

If You See One Meteor Shower This Year, Make It August's Perseids...
Weinberg's Weather Blog - Typepad
August's Perseid meteor shower peaks just after midnight on a moonless mid-August night. It should put on a great show this year. A good number of ...

Meteor shower over Edmonton skies will be easy to see
Edmonton Sun
Meteor shower over Edmonton skies will be easy to see This NASA image obtained June 27, 2015 shows what Astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 28 ...

Observing event planned for August 12 meteor shower in Spalding
KXLY Spokane
The event is free and open to the public and will begin at 8 p.m. at the visitor center with Kriss providing information about the Perseidmeteor shower ...

Perseid meteor shower could be best in years
Calgary Sun
TOPSHOTS A multiple exposure picture taken in the early hours of August 12, 2014 shows a Perseids meteor shower in the night sky from the ...

Perseid meteor shower visible from Cincinnati area, peaking Aug. 12
WCPO.com
The Perseid meteor shower is visible from Cincinnati area without a telescope, making it one of the best astronomical events of the year for amateur ...

Perseids
Space.com
The Perseids meteor shower arises out of the debris of Comet Swift-Tuttle, which last made a pass by Earth in 1992.

4 must-see spots on the way to Eilat
Ynetnews
Timna Park, some 17 miles north of Eilat and one of the country's largest nature reserves, is one of the best places to view the Perseidsmeteor shower ...

Get ready for the best meteor shower of the year
The Budapest Report
Astronomy fans are expecting quite a show this August as one of the most anticipated meteor showers happens.This year, the Perseids peak Aug.

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 8-14, 2015
American Meteor Society
This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the early morning hours but will not interfere too much with meteor viewing. While not nearly ...

Looking Up: What a great week to see meteors
Worcester Telegram
This is an excellent year for the Perseid meteor shower, one of the strongest and most popular meteor showers. Not only is the moon reaching full ...

Perseid Meteor Shower Approaching
Drudge Retort
August is prime time for meteor watching in the northern hemisphere. The Perseid meteorshower reigns king during the warm evenings of midsummer ...

This Bright Flash Might Look Like A UFO, But It Was Just A Meteor Exploding
CreepyBasement.com
This might look like it could be an exploding UFO, but it's actually an exploding meteor over New Zealand. I'm glad we're not being invaded by aliens.

Perseid Meteor Stargaze set for state park
nwitimes.com
CHESTERTON | The Indiana Dunes State Park will host its ninth annual Perseid Meteor Stargaze beginning at 8:30 p.m. Saturday to dawn the next ...

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The Event

Astronomy lovers are in for a treat this summer as the, all-time favourite, Perseid Meteor Shower peaks coinciding with the new moon on August 13. The Perseid meteor shower is perhaps the most spectacular one for the Northern Hemisphere and gradually builds to a peak from 50 to 100 meteors per hour in a dark sky.

No special equipment is required to enjoy this spectacle of nature. To make things easier, you don’t even have to be an astronomy expert. We however do recommend that you bring along some mats or chairs to be comfortably seated while gazing into the night sky. And as icing on the cake, astronomers from Dubai Astronomy Group will be available to assist you to observe celestial bodies, such as the planet Saturn and the stars of the Summer Triangle, through their telescopes.

In our day and age of expanded artificial lighting, fewer and fewer people have actually seen the wonders of an inky black night sky. So make a date with the Perseid meteor shower and witness one of nature’s most remarkable sky shows!

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Lightning can change atomic structures just like meteorimpacts – study
RT
Then it turned out that they are encountered worldwide in craters left by meteor impacts. Volcanoes cannot produce such pressure, so geologists long ...

Lightning is so powerful it changes the atomic structure of rocks
Daily Mail
Lighting bolts (like above) strike with a force equivalent to meteorimpacts, geologists have discovered. This is powerful enough to reshape the atomic ...

NASA Marshall to Host Ustream Event About Perseid Meteor Shower August 12
NASA Blogs
Enjoy a summer evening of sky watching as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on the night of August 12 through the morning of August 13.

Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party at Shenandoah National Park
NBC 29 News
Shenandoah National Park will celebrate the peak of the Perseidmeteor shower with a Park-wide “star party” on Wednesday, August 12. Join Park ...

Watch meteor shower at Aldergrove Park on Aug. 8
Aldergrove Star
Gaze at the night sky through a telescope, meet astronomers, and walk along lantern-lit trails at the annual Aldergrove Regional Park meteor shower ...

Here comes the Perseid meteor shower!
USA TODAY
Quite possibly the best meteor shower of the year — the Perseids — will be coming to a sky near you next week. "If you see one meteorshower this ...

How do I see the Perseid Meteor Shower?
WWBT NBC12 News (blog)
The Perseids are typically good meteors to watch. The trick is finding a clear night. Thankfully, this year's peak is going to be on a moon-free night!

Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower All Set to Light up Skies
IT Decisions
The Delta Aquarid meteor shower came to its annual peak on July 28-29 with an estimated 15-20 meteors streaking overhead every hour. Unlike other ...

Perseid meteor shower visible from Cincinnati area, peaking Aug. 12
WCPO
CINCINNATI – One of the best meteor showers of the year for stargazers is happening now, and it's easily visible from the Tri-State area. The Perseid ...

Catch the Perseid meteor shower at Baltimore Woods viewing party
Syracuse.com
This August, the moon will not be in the night sky as the meteorshower is occurring. This offers observers a clearer view of the meteors, or shooting ...

Perseids meteor shower peaks next week
Prescott Daily Courier
The Perseids meteor shower gets its name from the Perseus constellation, and the meteors entering the earth's atmosphere appear to radiate from the ...

Catching a 'falling star': August brings the annual Perseid meteor shower to the skies over ...
Peterborough Examiner
To learn more about meteor showers come join the Peterborough Astronomical Association (PAA) on Wednesday, Aug. 12 to view the premier meteor ...

2 meteor showers to dazzle skywatchers next week
Hamilton News
Not one, but two meteor showers will make for an exciting celestial show next week.Earth is now moving into the orbital path of Comet Swift-Tuttle, the ...

Fireballs possible are Perseid Meteor Shower begins
9NEWS.com
The Perseid Meteor Shower will peak during the early morning hours August 12th and 13th, but you may see some fireballs (also called Earthgrazers) ..

Unique imagery of meteor strike
Cloudy Nights
In four of the images a meteor strike with after that an expanding plasma cloud was clearly visible: Meteorite explosion by Andre van der Hoeven, ...

Japan Earthquakse 5.2 MAG 1826 JST 06AUG2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
Brasil / Argentina Super Bolide Meteor 30JUL2015 w / videos ... UK Meteor Apprx. 22.10 GMT 25MAR2014 "click on image to enlarge" UK Meteor ...

Skygazers looking forward to Perseids meteor shower
Maine News Online
It has been reported that the Perseids meteor shower will soon reach its peak. The meteor shower is considered as one of the best among those that ...

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New Study Sheds Light on Origin of Most Common Meteorites | Planetary Science Institute
www.psi.edu
Tucson, Ariz. -- For decades astronomers debated the source of the most common type of meteorites ...

Perseid meteor shower news: What it's all about and where are the best places to see it
MNR Daily
The Perseids is an annual meteor shower that occurs between July 17 and August 24 when the Eath passes the path of a comet Swift-Tuttle. Although ...

Perseids Meteor Shower 2015
Dark Sky Diary - WordPress.com
This month sees the return of the most reliable meteor shower of the year; the Perseids. And with a New Moon occuring at the same time as the peak ...

Pajama Party at Cascade Township Park for Perseid Meteor Shower
100.5 The River
When the annual Perseid Meteor Shower reached its peak over the past two years, the sky was flooded with obscuring moonlight. This year, the moon ...

Meteor Shower Pajama Party at Devonian Gardens 8/14
Raising Edmonton
Meteor Shower Pajama Party at Devonian Gardens 8/14 ... the busiest times in the sky during the annual Perseids Meteor Shower – August 14, 8pm.

Annual meteor shower easily visible in area
The State Journal-Register
Some residents in the Chatham and Southern View areas have reported seeing activity from what is typically the brightest meteorshower of the year.

Families: Watch the Perseid meteor shower Aug. 9-13
The Bellingham Herald
Although sharp-eyed skywatchers may be spotting a few meteors already, best viewing for the annual Perseid meteor shower is over the next few days ...

Perseids Meteor Shower
Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau
Perseids Meteor Shower. Aug 13, 2015; Times: Starting: 9:00 PM. Where: Brandywine Park. 1080 N. Park Dr. Wilmington, DE 19802. Contact: ...

Meteor shower to light up skies over Bath
Bath Chronicle
A spectacular meteor shower is expected to light up the skies over Bath ... the nights of August 11 to 14 in one of the best meteorshowers this year.

Shooting stars over Thanet
Thanet Gazette
The Perseid Meteor Shower is not really falling stars but meteors, particles left over from the comet Swift-Tuttle. The peak of the shower will be ...

Perseid Meteor
Spaceweather.com Realtime Image Gallery
Perseid Meteor Taken by Marko on August 5, 2015 @ Sezana, ... Bright Perseid meteoracross the Milky Way as see above SW Slovenia last night.

Guide To Astronomical Events In August 2015
Reddit
SpaceGuide To Astronomical Events In August 2015: Perseid Meteor Shower, Super Moon, New Moon (en.yibada.com). submitted 33 minutes ago by ...

Cyprus Meteor shower August 12
Cyprus Weekly
The stars fall though out August but for Cyprus the greatest time to witness the meteorshowers will be on the evening of Wednesday August 12.

2 meteor showers to dazzle skywatchers next week
WHIO
Earth is now moving into the orbital path of Comet Swift-Tuttle, the parent of the Perseid meteor shower. Debris from this comet litters the comet's orbit, ...

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New Study Sheds Light on Origin of Most Common Meteorites
Planetary Science Institute
Aug. 5, 2015
Tucson, Ariz. -- For decades astronomers debated the source of the most
common type of meteorites that fall on Earth called H ordinary chondrites.
A new study by researchers at the Planetary Science Institute sheds some
light on the origin of these meteorites in the main asteroid belt between
Mars and Jupiter.

"H-chondrites make up 33 percent of all the meteorites that fall on Earth,
yet their origin has been the source of debate for the last few decades.
We have now added an important piece to this puzzle that will contribute
to resolve this debate," said Juan Sanchez, an associate research scientist
at PSI who is the lead author of a paper published in The Astrophysical
Journal.

H ordinary chondrites have been traditionally linked to (6) Hebe, a large
asteroid located in the inner part of the main asteroid belt. This study,
however, shows that some of these meteorites might have originated in
a more distant region of the main belt.

The team of astronomers, which included PSI researchers Vishnu Reddy and
Lucille Le Corre, studied minerals on the surface of a near-Earth asteroid
named (214869) 2007 PA8 using the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)
on Mauna Kea, Hawaii during its close approach to Earth during November
2012. These observations showed that H ordinary chondrite meteorites came
from an asteroid similar to 2007 PA8.

2007 PA8, like all near-Earth asteroids, comes from the main asteroid
belt. However, its orbit places the origin of this object in the outer
regions of the main belt.

"The fact that a near-Earth asteroid with this orbit has a composition
similar to H-chondrites suggests that some of these meteorites might not
be related to (6) Hebe, nor originated in the inner part of the main belt,"
Sanchez said.

"Moreover, it allows us to link H-chondrites to some specific asteroid
families in the outer part of the main belt. Our study shows that the
Koronis family is the most likely source region for 2007 PA8, and possibly
the source for some of the H-chondrites that fall on Earth," he said.

The research is funded by a grant to PSI from NASA's Near Earth Object
Observations program.

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Japan Earthquake 5.2 MAG 1826 JST 06AUG2015

No damage expected.

Occurred at (JST)- 18:22 JST 06 Aug 2015

Latitude (degree)- 36.5N
Longitude (degree)- 40.6E
Depth- 60 km
Magnitude- 5.2
Region Name- Ibaraki-ken Hokubu
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04AUG2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
August is often regarded as “meteor month,” with the appearance of one of the best displays of the year. And viewing circumstances will be nearly .

Five best places to watch the Perseid meteorshowers
Los Angeles Times
Star-gazers watch shooting stars above Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Borrego Springs, Calif. during previous Perseid meteor showers.

Watch the Perseids Meteor Shower Next Week: How and Where to See It
Science World Report
Want to see a meteor shower? Then next week may be your chance. The Perseid meteor shower will be in full swing, and you may be able to start ...

Keep your eyes on the skies for the Perseid meteorshower
Ashbourne News Telegraph
The skies over Ashbourne will be littered with shooting stars for a few days this month, as the annual Perseid meteor shower gets underway.

THE NIGHT SKY: August brings fireworks with meteorshower
South Wales Argus
From late July until mid to late August this annual festival of shooting stars always promises to be a treat, and this year, with the phase of the moon past ...

Skygazers prepare for Perseids meteor shower
NYC Today
According to reports, the Perseids meteor shower is approaching its peak, and it is expected that it will be the best meteor shower in many years.

Meteors over Wheaton party by Adler Planetarium, Cantigny nears
Suburban Life Publications
Cantigny Park will aim for an out-of-this-world experience in partnership with Chicago's Adler Planetarium for their Perseid MeteorShower Star Party.

Celestial Happenings: The Perseid Meteor Shower!
WVVA.com
The Perseid meteor shower is annual and noted as one of the best of the year. The peak for 2015 is the morning of August 13th, however, meteors are ...

Guide To Astronomical Events In August 2015: PerseidMeteor Shower, Super Moon, New Moon
Yibada (English Edition)
The most exciting astronomical event of August 2015 is Perseidmeteor shower. The shooting star event that peaks in mid-August will light up the night ...

Local radio operators will monitor Perseid meteor shower
South Shore Breaker
Local radio operators will monitor Perseid meteor shower. Kathy Johnson. Amateur radio operators Roger Sturtevant (left) and Jim Fisher are hoping ...

Perseid Party
KVNF Public Radio
“Look!” I said excitedly, a brilliant streak of light cut through the star-shimmering sky. This was my first experience with the PerseidMeteor shower.

Green meteor crosses the sky of Buenos Aires
MSN.com
A video has emerged of a meteor rushing through the Argentinian sky. The footage, shot on Thursday in...

Star Guide: Perseid meteor shower peaks August 11-14
Reno Gazette Journal
August is prime time for meteor watching in the northern hemisphere. The Perseid meteor shower reigns king during the warm evenings of midsummer ...

Sky programming slated at Cherry Springs State Park
Bradford Era
Then, visitors are invited for a Perseids meteor shower watch from 9:30 to 11 p.m. Monday and Aug. 11. Participants will learn about meteor showers ...

Event 1753-2015
Fireball event
IMO received 28 reports about a fireball seen over NC, VA, PA, NJ, NY, MD, Maryland, West Virginia, KY, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New York on ...
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Tracking A Mysterious Group of Asteroid Outcasts
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 3, 2015

Fast Facts:
* A new NASA study has traced some members of the near-Earth asteroid
population back to their likely source.
* The source may be the Euphrosyne family of dark, asteroids on highly
inclined (or tilted) orbits in the outer asteroid belt.
* The study used data from NASA's NEOWISE space telescope, which has a
second life following its reactivation in 2013.

High above the plane of our solar system, near the asteroid-rich abyss
between Mars and Jupiter, scientists have found a unique family of space
rocks. These interplanetary oddballs are the Euphrosyne (pronounced you-FROH-seh-nee)
asteroids, and by any measure they have been distant, dark and mysterious
-- until now.

Distributed at the outer edge of the asteroid belt, the Euphrosynes have
an unusual orbital path that juts well above the ecliptic, the equator
of the solar system. The asteroid after which they are named, Euphrosyne
-- for an ancient Greek goddess of mirth -- is about 156 miles (260 kilometers)
across and is one of the 10 largest asteroids in the main belt. Current-day
Euphrosyne is thought to be a remnant of a massive collision about 700
million years ago that formed the family of smaller asteroids bearing
its name. Scientists think this event was one of the last great collisions
in the solar system.

A new study conducted by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in Pasadena, California, used the agency's orbiting Near-Earth Object
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope to look at these
unusual asteroids to learn more about Near Earth Objects, or NEOs, and
their potential threat to Earth.

NEOs are bodies whose orbits around the sun approach the orbit of Earth;
this population is short-lived on astronomical timescales and is fed by
other reservoirs of bodies in our solar system. As they orbit the sun,
NEOs can occasionally have close approaches to Earth. For this reason
alone -- the safety of our home planet -- the study of such objects is
important.

As a result of their study, the JPL researchers believe the Euphrosynes
may be the source of some of the dark NEOs found to be on long, highly
inclined orbits. They found that, through gravitational interactions
with Saturn, Euphrosyne asteroids can evolve into NEOs over timescales
of millions of years.

NEOs can originate in either the asteroid belt or the more distant outer
reaches of the solar system. Those from the asteroid belt are thought
to evolve toward Earth's orbit through collisions and the gravitational
influence of the planets. Originating well above the ecliptic and near
the far edge of the asteroid belt, the forces that shape their trajectories
toward Earth are far more moderate.

"The Euphrosynes have a gentle resonance with the orbit of Saturn that
slowly moves these objects, eventually turning some of them into NEOs,"
said Joseph Masiero, JPL's lead scientist on the Euphrosynes study. "This
particular gravitational resonance tends to push some of the larger fragments
of the Euphrosyne family into near-Earth space."

By studying the Euphrosyne family asteroids with NEOWISE, JPL scientists
have been able to measure their sizes and the amount of solar energy they
reflect. Since NEOWISE operates in the infrared portion of the spectrum,
it detects heat. Therefore, it can see dark objects far better than telescopes
operating at visible wavelengths, which sense reflected sunlight. Its
heat-sensing capability also allows it to measure sizes more accurately.

The 1,400 Euphrosyne asteroids studied by Masiero and his colleagues turned
out to be large and dark, with highly inclined and elliptical orbits.
These traits make them good candidates for the source of some of the dark
NEOs the NEOWISE telescope detects and discovers, particularly those that
also have highly inclined orbits.

NEOWISE was originally launched as an astrophysics mission in 2009 as
the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. It operated until 2011
and was then shut down. But the spacecraft, now dubbed NEOWISE, would
get a second life. "NEOWISE is a great tool for searching for near-Earth
asteroids, particularly high-inclination, dark objects," Masiero said.

There are over 700,000 asteroidal bodies currently known in the main belt
that range in size from large boulders to about 60 percent of the diameter
of Earth's moon, with many yet to be discovered. This makes finding the
specific point of origin of most NEOs extremely difficult.

With the Euphrosynes it's different. "Most near-Earth objects come from
a number of sources in the inner region of the main belt, and they are
quickly mixed around," Masiero said. "But with objects coming from this
family, in such a unique region, we are able to draw a likely path for
some of the unusual, dark NEOs we find back to the collision in which
they were born."

A better understanding of the origins and behaviors of these mysterious
objects will give researchers a clearer picture of asteroids in general,
and in particular the NEOs that skirt our home planet's neighborhood.
Such studies are important, and potentially critical, to the future of
humanity, which is a primary reason JPL and its partners continue to relentlessly
track these wanderers within our solar system. To date, U.S. assets have
discovered more than 98 percent of the known NEOs.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the
NEOWISE mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
The Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah, built the science instrument.
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, built the spacecraft.
Science operations and data processing take place at the Infrared Processing
and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

NASA's Near-Earth Object Program at NASA Headquarters, Washington, manages
and funds the search, study and monitoring of asteroids and comets whose
orbits periodically bring them close to Earth. JPL manages the Near-Earth
Object Office for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

For more information about NEOWISE, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/neowise

More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is available at:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch

Media Contact
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› The study used data from NASA's NEOWISE space telescope, which has a second life following its reactivation in 2013.

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Iran Meteorite Fall from 30JUL2015 Found! Video

Iran Meteorite Fall from 30JUL2015 Found! TV Report.

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Zanjan, Iran Meteorite Claimed Fell 30JUL2015 w/ photos and video report
Iran TWO Meteorite Falls in 2015!
-Google translated from Farsi
News Report- Meteorite in Zanjan, Iran Reported Found- Photo
Vista News- Iran
Sunday, Persian date 11 Mordad 1394 at 20:40

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Zanjan, Iran Claimed Meteorite Fall 30JUL2015
Red Markers mark locations of initial reports.
c 2015 Dirk Ross / Google Earth

Another NEW Photo!

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Zanjan, Iran Meteorite Fall 2015
Source- Tabnak News - Iran

Iranian TV Channel 2 News Video Report
اولین فیلم منتشر شده از شهاب سنگ فرود آمده در زنجان!

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News Report- Meteorites around a village in Zanjan, according to the officials being investigated.

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Meteorite Reported Found in Zanjan, IranSource- Vista News, Iran

According to the appeal, there is a luminous object in the sky after a few provinces have different opinions on this issue have taken place.

The people of Zanjan, Qazvin, Hamedan and Alborz province saw a luminous object in the sky, but it is still unclear what the object is and where it happened.

But after that things happened in some parts of that said, the remains of the meteorite, but officials said that the accuracy is pending.

Photo taken forward by a reporter Zanjan, Zanjan piece of stone that said a farmer who witnessed the collision has been said, the stone piece of meteorite has been found.

Vista News- Iran- Original report in Farsi-
http://vista.ir/news/23234760/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3

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Tabnak News - Iran Original report in Farsi-http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/521550/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF
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Estação HAL SP, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0715 UTC 02AUG2015

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Estação HAL SP, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0715 UTC 02AUG2015
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