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MBIQ Detects Thailand Meteor? or Space Trash Re-entry 02JAN2016
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Posted: 02 Jan 2016 09:53 AM PST
MBIQ Detects Thailand Meteor? or Space Trash Re-entry 02JAN2016 Now confirmed as Space Trash Re-entry! 2015-074C decay seen from Thailand...

Spain Bolide Meteor 31DEC2015
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Spain Bolide Meteor 0731 UTC 31DEC2015 ...

Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 31DEC2015
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Mysterious fireball seen in northern Thailand
Signs of the Times
The sky in northern Thailand this morning saw not only the second light of 2016, but also a 30-second long fireball. Aside from in Lampang, the ...

Mystery light likely space debris | Bangkok Post: news
Bangkok Post
A mysterious white light seen streaking across the Thai sky on Saturday morning was probably space debris and not a meteor, says a senior ...

Mysterious Fireball Hits Northern Sky
Khaosod English
The fireball that appeared at 6am Saturday was not a meteor but space debris, a collection of defunct man-made objects from old satellites or spent ...

Quadrantid meteor shower 2016 will be stunner: astronomers say
Northern Californian
The imminent Quadrantid meteor shower, the annual cascade of shooting stars produced by the debris stream from asteroid 2003 EH1, will be a ...

Busy month in the sky in January
Akron Beacon Journal
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in the morning of Jan. 4, with a maximum rate expected to be visible from a dark location of about 80 meteors an ...

Stargazers Guide For January 2016
WGBH NEWS
"One of the three best meteor showers of the year," according to Beatty. You're best bet for viewing this yearly celestial event is after sunset on January ...

Heavenly Highlights 2016
Roanoke Times
The best meteor shower of the year likely will be the relatively unknown Quadrantid in the early morning hours of Jan. 4. Look for this shower after ...

Quadrantid, New Year's first meteor shower, likely to peak on Jan 4
NY City News
The annual Quadrantid meteor shower that is expected to peak in the pre-dawn hours on January 4 would be the first celestial event to be seen in the ...

How to watch the first meteor shower of 2016
Orlando Sentinel
On Monday, the Quadrantid meteor shower will mark the first light show of the New Year. The Quadrantids are named for an extinct constellation, ...

Skywatcher Alert: 2016 night sky celestial events calendar
St George News
... most notable celestial events happening in 2016, including moon phases, meteor showers, eclipses, oppositions, conjunctions and other interesting ...

A celestial treat over the weekend
The Hindu
The Quadrantids Meteor Shower that began on December 28 and will continue till January 12 is set to peak after 2.30 a.m. on Monday. Comets and ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower To Make Its Yearly Appearance on Monday
Mirror Daily
Named after a defunct constellation, the Quadrantid Meteor Shower is a fan favorite for amateur astronomers and non-initiates alike, as it makes its ...

Quadrantids, First Meteor Shower of 2016, Peaks Jan. 4, Plus Yearly Guide
Patch.com
The Quadrantids will be your last chance before April to see meteor showers. If you're filling out your calendar for the year, mark these dates for meteor ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower Brief, Beautiful and Peaks Monday
Astro Bob - AreaVoices
Watch for the annual Quadrantid meteor shower Monday morning before dawn. This view shows the sky facing east around 4 a.m. local time.

The First Meteor Shower Of The New Year Won't Disappoint
Farmers' Almanac
Set your alarms early on the morning of January 4th to view the Quadrantid Meteor Shower. The first meteor shower of the new year is expect to be a ...

View from Mars Hill: Quadrantid Meteor Shower kicks off new year
Arizona Daily Sun
The new year kicks off with a bang as the Quadrantid Meteor Shower makes its annual visit during the early morning hours of January 4. This shower ...

International Meteor Organisation
Astronomy Now
The first major annual meteor shower is the Quadrantids that is active from 1 to 6 January. While it is a display that can rival the August Perseids or the ...

The Best Meteor Shower You've Never Heard of Peaks This Week
Slate Magazine (blog)
Most meteor showers are from comets, but two are from asteroids: The December Geminids (from the asteroid 3200 Phaethon) and — you guessed it ...

Shattered comet sparks weekend meteor shower
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Earth is about to pass through a narrow stream of debris from shattered comet 2003 EH1, source of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower. Forecasters ...

New ways discovered to calculate gravity pull on 'distant stars' surface
The Siasat Daily
A meteor streaks over the North Star in the northern skies during the Perseid meteor shower early on Monday morning north of Castaic Lake, ...

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Jose Ildefonso
January 4 at 12:47am

Mystery of disappearing electrons may be solved
A band of invisible meteor dust drifting to Earth may be behind the disappearance of electrons in the high atmosphere that’s had scientists baffled since the 1960s Electrons are produced high above Earth when the sun’s ultraviolet rays interact with atmospheric nitric oxide, but a big drop has been noted in the amount of electrons about 53 miles, or about 85 kilometers, above the Earth at night. Researchers call this the “D-region ledge” and suggest it’s created when meteor dust absorbs electrons because the sun’s ultraviolet rays aren’t as strong at night.
Fonte: http://mappingignorance.org/2016/01/03/mi-weekly-selection-162/
MI weekly selection #162 | Humanities & Social Sciences | Mapping Ignorance
mappingignorance.orgMystery of disappearing electrons may be solved A band of invisible meteor dust drifting to Earth ma...

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MBIQ Detects Thailand Meteor? or Space Trash Re-entry 02JAN2016

MBIQ Detects Thailand Meteor? or Space Trash Re-entry 02JAN2016
Now confirmed as Space Trash Re-entry!

2015-074C decay seen from Thailand
Reports are coming in via twitter of sightings (including video) of the decay of
2015-074C, the rb of the Elektro-L 2 launch, on local Saturday morning:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/813920/mystery-light-likely-space-debris

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CXuHi37WsAAG5Wz.mp4

JSpOC TIP message for this object: 1 Jan 2016 23:35 +/- 1 m UT,
15 N 99 E, over Thailand during the start of morning twilight.

Dr Marco Langbroek- SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
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MBIQ Data Sample-
Sakhon Nakhon, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand

big bright meteor shower in northern Thailand at about 6 am on january 2, 2016

-various datapoints from Thailand.

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Spain Bolide Meteor 31DEC2015

Spain Bolide Meteor 0731 UTC 31DEC2015

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Spain Bolide Meteor 0731 UTC 31DEC2015
© Ebro Observatory (E. Blanch/CSIC-URLl - JMTrigo/CSIC-IEEC)

The bolide was captured in northeast Spain on video through clouds in early daylight.  This object must have been a small asteroid.

Previously reported Spanish newspaper story-

Un bólido atraviesa el cielo de Catalunya
www.lavanguardia.com
Un bólido ha atravesado el cielo de Catalunya esta mañana. El meteorito se ha podido ver desde vario....

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Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 31DEC2015

Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 0143 Eastern 31DEC2015

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Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 0143 Eastern 31DEC2015
c2015 Rejean Hebert, Longlac Ont.ario

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Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 0143 Eastern 31DEC2015
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c2015 Rejean Hebert, Longlac Ontario

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JAN2016

This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 1 – 9
Sky & Telescope
The Quadrantid meteor shower, brief but sometimes rich, is well timed this year for North America. It should reach its peak for several hours late tonight ...

The night sky in 2016: Your guide to all this year'smeteor showers
Mirror.co.uk
But now we know that shooting stars are not cause by angry gods or the raging of some other all-powerful supernatural being, but by debris flying off ...

A Complete Guide of celestial activities to take place in 2016
Northern Californian
In the morning hours of January 4, the Quadrantid meteor shower will peak in the early morning hours with 40 meteors or more passing the sky per ..

Only the brave can take Quadrantid's cold shower
Alamogordo Daily News
Previous editions of this feature have often mentioned that there are three major annual meteor showers that are visible each year. Two of these are ...

Massive meteor fireball over Spain ends 2015
Signs of the Times
On the last day of 2015, a skycam in northeast Spain caught a tremendous fireball — a very bright meteor — burning up in the morning sky:

Huge Fireball Over Spain Marks the End of 2015
Slate Magazine (blog)
A meteor happens when a solid bit of ice, rock, or metal (called the meteoroid) slams into Earth's atmosphere from space, moving many dozens of ...

Meteor shower peaks before sunrise Monday morning
Tucson News Now
The Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks Sunday night into early Monday morning. The best time to catch sight of a shooting star is between midnight ...

Comet Catalina, Arturus and a bonus meteor
Digital Photography Review
Nikon D3200 with Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 at f/2.8 9x30sec iso800 on 1 January 2016 at 5AM PST from my backyard. A faint tail of the comet is visib

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JAN2016

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches January 2016
Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:46 AM PST
NEO Asteroids Close Approaches January 2016 January we will likely have a large meteorite fall/s so MeteorRats be on standby! Updates Pending!

Quadrantid Meteors Start 2016 with a Bang
Sky & Telescope
The least-observed major meteor shower should be in plain sight when it peaks early on January 4th. Will this be the January you add another major ...

Quadrantids, Comet Catalina, The Winter Circle of Stars & 2016, Mars Best Viewing Year
Posted to YouTube by nemesis maturity 175 views

The Quadrantids meteor shower rings in the new year with celestial fireworks
Washington Post
4) at about 3 a.m., Eastern Time, with about 80 to 120 meteors per hour, according to the International Meteor Organization. If you're lucky and patient, ...

Here are the 7 sky-watching events in 2016 you don't want to miss
WTVD-TV
This year, star-gazers will get to enjoy supermoons, meteorshowers and another NASA fly-by, this time with Jupiter. It all starts this weekend. ...

Backyard Universe: Mark calendar for astronomical events in January
Fayetteville Observer
The annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaks around that time. Unlike the August Perseids and December Geminid meteor shower, which slowly ramp ...

Quadrantid meteor shower to delight skygazers as first celestial display of 2016
WeatherFanatics
Stargazers are in for a treat as the first meteor shower of 2016 is set to peak across the January night sky. The Quadrantid meteor shower has a narrow ...

الدكتور الملاعبة من الجامعة الهاشمية يكتشف نيزك ضخم في شمال المملكة
الجامعة الهاشمية
اكتشف الاستاذ الدكتور احمد ملاعبة من الجامعة الهاشمية نيزك ضخم في شمال المملكة، وبين ان الدراسات التي اجراها على تساقط زخات شهب ( الربرشاوات) في شهر آب ...
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Jose Ildefonso
January 1 at 8:20am
Un bólido atraviesa el cielo de Catalunya
www.lavanguardia.comUn bólido ha atravesado el cielo de Catalunya esta mañana. El meteorito se ha podido ver desde vario...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31DEC2015

Disturbing Update: Gigantic Comets Threaten Earth, Planet-Sized 'Centaurs' Pose Greater Impact Threat Than Previously Known
Starpulse

Apparently, gigantic comets, not asteroids pose a greater hazard to Earth than previously thought. Chilling statements from a team of researchers point to the recent discovery of hundreds of planet-sized space rocks, any one of which is capable of causing mass extinction and destruction of all life…

Clouds of space dust alter electrical properties of the ionosphere
Daily Mail
'The key role for meteor ablation in this ionosphere context has likely not received due recognition because neither the meteoric dust nor the meteors ...

Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2016
Australasian Science Magazine
Many meteor showers, caused by the Earth passing through streams of debris left behind by comets and asteroids, occur as regularly as clockwork, ...

S&T's Astronomy Podcast for January 2016
SkyandTelescope.com
Download our monthly stargazing podcast to learn about a close pairing of Venus and Saturn before dawn, a strong meteor shower, and a parade of ...

Astronomical Highlights of 2016
Huffington Post
The meteor shower I'm most looking forward to in 2016 will be the Perseids. These shooting stars are best seen on the summer mornings of August 12 ...

Viewing the Quadrantid Meteor Shower
American Meteor Society
As for the Quadrantid meteor shower of 2016, this shower is predicted to peak on Monday morning January 4th over North America and the western ...

Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets
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عالم يحذر: نيزك قد يقضي على الأرض الأسبوع المقبل
ZwearZ
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Josep Maria Trigo Rodríguez
December 31 at 8:12pm
BOLA DE FUEGO SPMN311215: Esta mañana a las 8h34m hora local una bola de fuego meteórica ha sido observada desde Baleares, Catalunya, País Valenciano y Región de Murcia. Os recuerdo que cualquier dato y especialmente imágenes o vídeos serán muy bienvenidos: http://www.spmn.uji.es/ESP/reporte.html

RED DE INVESTIGACIN SOBRE BLIDOS Y METEORITOS
www.spmn.uji.esSi dispone de todos los datos necesarios, invierta un par de minutos rellenando este sencillo formul...

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Japan Fireball Meteor 28DEC2015
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Click on Image to Enlarge Japan Fireball Meteor 28DEC2015 - 2015年12月28日23時37分39秒低速火球 c 2015 Shimoda ....

MBIQ Detects Belgium Meteor 27/28DEC2015
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Please report your meteor sightings to this website for posting- Remember IF you are looking for a report and no one reports then everyone lacks ...

Missing Electrons in the Atmosphere Possibly Found
Live Science
It turns out that a layer of invisible meteor dust falling to Earth every day may be sucking up electrons coming from higher in the atmosphere, creating ...

Top 6 Must-See Sky Events for 2016
National Geographic
Many of the grand annual meteor showers this year will unfortunately be washed out by the bright glare of the moon, but the Eta Aquarids should offer ...

Meteor Showers in 2016
Astrocal
Meteor Showers in 2016. Have you ever tried for hours to see a shooting star when you have been told there is a meteor shower? We have ...

Quadrantids 2016: Catch the first meteor shower of the year
ChristianToday
The New Year is only a few days away and that means the year will start fresh with astronomical events. The sky will once again feature bright meteor ...

FOUND: Meteor Dust That's Been Stealing Earth's Atmosphere
Atlas Obscura
These particles are so tiny we don't notice, but essentially people are walking around with a sprinkling of meteor dust constantly falling on them.

Meteor Impact Sites or are they something completely differant?
The Flat Earth Society
After all they are saying if they can see a meteor coming towards earth on an impact they can fire a missile at it or land on it plant a bomb (Armageddon ...

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Japan Fireball Meteor 28DEC2015 - 2015年12月28日23時37分39秒低速火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 2337 JST 28DEC2015
2015年12月28日23時37分39秒低速火球

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Japan Fireball Meteor 28DEC2015 - 2015年12月28日23時37分39秒低速火球
c 2015 Shimoda

SonotaCo Meteor Forum for more photos and video of this event-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3610&sid=ecfd63a86402d12460c93ebc489a7cb9

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MBIQ Detects Belgium Meteor 27/28DEC2015

MBIQ Detects Belgium Meteor 27/28DEC2015
Check your security cameras!

Please report your meteor sightings to this website for posting- Remember IF you are looking for a report and no one reports then everyone lacks information; thank you.
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
If you have a video or photo of this event please email- LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com

MBIQ Data-
Kontich, Antwerpen, Belgium
Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Antwerpen, Belgium
Oudenburg, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Mortsel, Antwerpen, Belgium
Merksem, Antwerpen, Belgium
Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
For all meteor reports-
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29DEC2015

Good news! Monster asteroids aren't about to hit the Earth
USA TODAY
The Express story also claims that a previous pass of the January asteroid "was responsible for sending the first recorded event of a meteor crashing ..

This Week's Night Sky: New Year's Comet and aMeteor Shower
National Geographic
In the pre-dawn hours of Monday, January 4, the first meteor shower of the year, the Quadrantids, reaches its maximum. Peak rates this morning will ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks JAN 03-04
Cloudy Nights
The annual Quadrantid Meteor Shower is expected to peak during the night of 2016 JAN 03-04. Its radiant is in the no longer official constellation ...

NASA releases footage showing meteor rushing towards Earth at 29000mph
Zee News
According to reports, the meteor was tracked by the space agency as it flew 17 miles above the town of Locust Grove, where it slowed to a speed of ...

Scientists are discovering frozen meteorites in the Antarctic
A NASA-funded team of scientists is once again heading out to the Antarctic to look for fragments of frozen meteorites, in the hopes that these ice-encrusted rocks can teach us more about other planets and moons in our Solar System and beyond. Eight researchers make up this year's Antarctica Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) team .;;

'A Meteorite Saved My Town'
Fragments from the massive asteroid Vesta rained down on eastern Turkey, and attracted collectors from around the world. ISTANBUL — Who says it’s a bad thing when the sky falls on your head? For people in Saricicek, a Turkish village of 3,000 near the city if Bingol in impoverished southeastern Anatolia, objects dropping out of the sky have been a blessing....

Gunmaker to Craft Pistols from Chunk of 4.5 Billion Year Old Meteorite
YouTube
www.undergroundworldnews.com A high-end gunmaker is crafting a pair of pistols from a chunk of prehistoric meteorite and plans to sell them for ...

Study finds evidence for more recent clay formation on Mars
Brown University- December 14, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Recent orbital and rover missions to Mars have turned up ample evidence of clays and other hydrated minerals formed when rocks are altered by the presence of water. Most of that alteration is thought to have happened during the earliest part of Martian history...

Robot Arm Simulates Close Approach to ESA's Asteroid Mission
European Space Agency- December 8, 2015
The final approach to an asteroid has been practised for ESA's proposed Asteroid Impact Mission using a real spacecraft camera mounted on a robot arm. ...

The hunt for the Christmas meteorite
By Camila Ruz- BBC News Magazine
The biggest meteorite to hit the UK landed in a small village in Leicestershire one Christmas Eve. Fifty years on, the search for its highly valuable fragments is far from over.  The last thing Percy England expected on Christmas Eve was for a 4.5bn-year-old meteorite to put a hole through his brand new Vauxhall Viva....

Arizona Geological Survey
About 50,000 years ago the Canyon Diablo Meteorite stuck northern Arizona excavating a large crater,...
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Lauriston Trindade
December 18 at 11:42pm
Acho tudo isto maravilhoso!
"Temporal" de meteoros espalha astrônomos pela Paraíba
noticias.uol.com.br
Já imaginou ver ao vivo um

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Gabriel Rodrigues Hickel
December 18 at 11:56am
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151216105118.htm
Geologists focus on extraterrestrial mineral for clues to beginning of biological life on Earth:...
www.sciencedaily.comNew research has found that in Earth's beginning, meteorites striking the planet to provide light ma...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28DEC2015

Busteni, Romania Fireball Meteor 10DEC2015 Video

NASA footage shows huge meteor racing towards Earth at 29000mph
Mirror
The short video was released by the space agency with a short statement after it received numerous reports of the object over the state of Georgia. ...

What Meteorites Mean for Science, Culture, and Kitsch
National Geographic
A meteor could simply be a piece of dust from the tail of a comet, like when we have meteor showers. A meteor refers to the streak of light we see as ...

Would You Pay $1 Million For An Extraterrestrial Gun?
Forbes
As for the meteorite, it's 4.5 billion years old and comes from a 35 kilogram portion of the Gibeon Meteorite care of famed meteor collector Robert A.

What was that seen over Lexington County Christmas night?
The State
It may be the same thing reported at the same time at 10:18 p.m. in Aiken to the American Meteor Society's fireball report page. The report hasn't been ...

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Ian Macleod
December 27 at 8:28pm
Dr Caroline Smith with the Tissint Martian meteorite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EMR2r53f2s
Mighty Martian meteorite lands at the Museum | Natural History Museum
A rare Martian meteorite that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has arrived at the Natural Hi...

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Busteni, Romania Fireball Meteor 10DEC2015 Video

Busteni, Romania Fireball Meteor 10DEC2015 Video

Mega meteor 10 12 2015 0109
Posted to YouTube by Marius D 209 views

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27DEC2015

TWO monster asteroids - one of which nearly killed woman - heading this way right NOW
Express.co.uk
The close earth passes coincide with a warning from amateur rmeteor spotters to expect major risks from meteors until Tuesday, December 29, when ...

A Company Is Making “Extra-Terrestrial” Guns From A 4.5 Billion Year Old Meteorite
BuzzFeed News
Cabot Guns, based in Pennsylvania, said they were building a mirror-image set of “meteor guns” constructed from a 35 kg portion of the “prized” ...

WATCH: NASA video of 'mystery fireball' hurtling towards Earth at 29000 miles an hour
Express.co.uk
The statement added: "All 6 NASA all sky meteor cameras in the Southeast picked up the meteor at an altitude of 50 miles above the town of Georgia ...

Rocks Rich in Silica Present Puzzles for Mars Rover Team
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- December 17, 2015
In detective stories, as the plot thickens, an unexpected clue often delivers
more questions than answers. In this case, the scene is a mountain on
Mars. The clue: the chemical compound silica. Lots of silica. ...

USF geologists focus on mineral for clues to beginning of biological life on earth
In Earth's beginning, meteorites striking the planet to provide light
may have carried an extraterrestrial mineral ...

Needle formation lets space rubble sneak up on us
New Scientist- December 15 2015
Look out below! Large, rocky bodies may crash to Earth more frequently
than we knew - by rearranging their formation. ...

Stargazers appreciate Wyoming's darkness, quiet
Casper Star-Tribune Online
... stargazing parties were held at Devils Tower from late October through mid December, many times coinciding with meteor showers and full moons.
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Josep Maria Trigo Rodríguez
December 10 at 8:59pm
IMPRESIONANTES BÓLIDOS SOBRE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA: Aquí podéis verlos explicados: http://www.spmn.uji.es/ESP/SPMNlist.html
ÚLTIMOS BÓLIDOS REGISTRADOS POR LA RED DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE BÓLIDOS Y METEORITOS
www.spmn.uji.es
Se denomina a las estrellas fugaces más luminosas, aquellas que igualan o superan el planeta Venus (...

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Taiwan Geminid Meteor 14DEC2015

Nebraska Iowa Fireball Meteor 24DEC2015 w/ TV news video

Japan Fireball Meteor 20DEC2015 - 2015年12月20日3時35分19秒の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 19DEC2015 - 2015年12月19日20:29:44 出現の爆発火球

Japan Bolide 09DEC2015 - 2015年12月9日1:44:06JSTの串刺し火球

Japan Bolide 08DEC2015 - 2015年12月8日4:22:41JSTごろの火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 22DEC2015
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Click on Image to Enlarge Japan Fireball Meteor 22DEC2015 20151222 060954 日の出直前の火球 c 2015 SonotaCo Site Admin ...

Christmas Eve Asteroid 2003 SD220 24DEC2015
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Asteroid 2003 SD220 will safely fly past Earth on Dec. 24 at a distance of 6.8 million miles (11 million kilometers). Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

Gunmaker to forge $1 million pistols from a meteorite
CNNMoney
"Meteor is rare, more so than terrestrial precious metals and I wanted to create a set of guns that were formed from a material that had intrinsic value," ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 26 – January 1, 2016
American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near 3 as seen from mid-northern latitudes (45N) and 2 as seen from ...

Quadrantids meteor shower peaks on January 4, 2016
Free Star Charts
The first annual meteor shower of the year to take place is always the January Quadrantids and it can be a good one with up to 100 meteors per hour ...

Meteors and Meteor Showers
Meteors at CalSky
The on-line software CalSky calculates the dates and times of visibility of the yearly returning meteor showers. You also learn which showers are ...

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Taiwan Geminid Meteor 14DEC2015

Taiwan Geminid Meteor 2131 Local Time 14DEC2015

台灣雙子座流星2131當地時間14DEC2015

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Taiwan Geminid Meteor 2131 Local 14DEC2015Lulin Observatory / 鹿林天文台
Observers- 陳慶鴻 陳昭安 吳雪瑞

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Nebraska Iowa Fireball Meteor 24DEC2015 w/ TV news video

Nebraska Iowa Fireball Meteor 0130 CST 24DEC2015 w/ TV news video

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Denton, Iowa Fireball Meteor 24DEC2015
photo credit- WOWT.com

A mystery flash lit up the morning sky across the Midwest Thursday
Posted: Thu 1:15 PM, Dec 24, 2015
WOWT.com

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/A-mystery-flash-lit-up-the-early-morning-sky-across-the-Midwest-Thursday-363477621.html?device=phone&c=y

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Japan Fireball Meteor 22DEC2015 - 20151222 060954 日の出直前の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 22DEC2015
20151222 060954 日の出直前の火球

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Japan Fireball Meteor 22DEC2015
20151222 060954 日の出直前の火球
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12月22日(火) 流れ星？！ 0:20 くらいのとこ。Japan 21:09 UTC 21st Dec = 06:09 JST 22nd Dec 2015

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Japan Fireball Meteor 20DEC2015 - 2015年12月20日3時35分19秒の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 0335 JST 20DEC2015
2015年12月20日3時35分19秒の火球

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Japan Fireball Meteor 0335 JST 20DEC2015

2015年12月20日3時35分19秒の火球
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Japan Fireball Meteor 19DEC2015 - 2015年12月19日20:29:44 出現の爆発火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 2029 JST 19DEC2015
2015年12月19日20:29:44 出現の爆発火球

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Japan Fireball Meteor 2029 JST 19DEC20152015年12月19日20:29:44　出現の爆発火球c 2015 SonotaCo Site Admin.

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Japan Bolide 09DEC2015 - 2015年12月9日1:44:06JSTの串刺し火球

Japan Bolide 09DEC2015 -  2015年12月9日1:44:06 JSTの串刺し火球

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Japan Bolide 09DEC2015
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Japan Bolide 08DEC2015 - 2015年12月8日4:22:41JSTごろの火球

Osaka, Japan Bolide 0422 JST 08DEC2015
-2015年12月8日4:22:41JSTごろの火球

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Osaka, Japan Bolide 0422 JST 08DEC2015
2015年12月8日4:22:41JSTごろの火球c 2015 上田昌良 / SonotaCo

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The American Meteor Society received more than 50 reports of a bright object over California, Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday, December 22th ...

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Merry Christmas from PingTung, Taiwan - Tang Rong Elementary School Christmas Parade 2015

Merry Christmas from PingTung, Taiwan
Tang Rong Elementary School 唐榮國小 Christmas Parade 2015

共學快閃演奏

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假日哪裡去? 跟著唐榮共學管樂團來快閃就對了!

今天唐榮國小在校長帶領下舉辦了一場別開生面的踩街音樂快閃活動，這場活動是由秘書林宜津負責籌辦，整個活動是由親師生組成的管樂隊演奏加上小朋友活潑可愛的舞蹈表演，並輔以代表唐榮親子共學團精神的彩旗所組成。

這次活動從宜津PO文公告報名到今天活動開始不過也就七天的時間而已，我們就組成了百人團參加這次活動。由此可見承辦秘書宜津的籌畫與組織能力，當然也要感謝唐榮校長、老師的用心、愛心與耐心，讓孩子們在快樂安全的環境下成長學習，我們家長也才能安心與放心，所以凝聚力由此而生。

原本唐榮國小的音樂教室裡，有許多塵封許久的樂器，都曾面臨著被併校而被遺忘丟棄的命運。直到施校長來解救它們.......振臂一呼號召親子共學團的學生和家長們一起來學賦予這些樂器新生命，也讓唐榮國小從新展現它存在的價值。

經過兩個月利用社團活動時間的練習，校長決定身先士卒帶領大家來個聖誕踩街快閃音樂¬表演活動! 姑且不論吹奏的效果如何，為了讓大家一起感受音樂的美好，分享唐榮親師生共學的正能量，在和煦的冬陽映照下我們走出了校園，在屏東市街頭傳播我們的喜悅。

這次我是擔任器材組組長，非常感謝器材組每一位家人的幫忙與合作，共同圓滿完成了這一場快閃活動，感恩，有你們真好!

預祝大家聖誕快樂、闔府團圓、平安喜樂!
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MBIQ Detects Texas Meteor 23DEC2014

MBIQ Detects Texas Meteor 1840 Local 23DEC2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
23DEC2015 Les Dripping Springs, TX USA 6:40ish pm central 4-5 secs SE to W high in sky White Venus None seen Disappeared over horizon

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Christmas Eve Asteroid 2003 SD220 24DEC2015

Christmas Eve Asteroid 2003 SD220 24DEC2015

Large Asteroid will Safely Pass by Earth on Christmas Eve - Asteroid Zips between Earth & Moon
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Christmas Eve Asteroid 2003 SD220 24DEC2015
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  Asteroid 2003 SD220 will safely fly past Earth on Dec. 24 at a distance of 6.8 million miles (11 million kilometers). Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have generated the highest-resolution images to date of this asteroid using the Deep Space Network's 230-foot (70-meter) antenna at Goldstone, California. The radar images were acquired between Dec. 17 and Dec. 22, when the distance to this near-Earth object (NEO) was narrowing from 7.3 million miles (12 million kilometers) to almost the flyby distance. ... morehttp://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-387&rn=news.xml&rst=4807

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Here’s What China’s Jade Rabbit Rover Is Finding on the Moon
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Risk of comet hitting Earth is greater than previously thought, say researchers
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The source of the Southwest's mysterious spacefireball: Not a UFO. Or Santa.
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U.S. Strategic Command spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn told the Associated Press that Tuesday night's fireball was a SL-4 rocket body booster from ...

'Russian Space Debris' Lights Up California Night Sky
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... the sky Tuesday evening that an astronomer first called a "meteor" and a government official later clarified was some type of Russian space debris.

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The fireball seen over Arizona, Nevada and California was an SL-4 rocket body booster from Russia that was launched Monday, said US Strategic ...

Streak of Light in Western US Sky Sends Social Media Abuzz
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The fireball seen over Arizona, Nevada and California on Tuesday night was an SL-4 rocket body booster from Russia that launched Monday, U.S. ...

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Pippin, who did not see the object in person, said The Ursids, a minor meteor shower, could have been behind the sighting. Ruby says the object was ..

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Burning Fireball Lights up Vegas Sky
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Photos: Mysterious bright light flying across West Coast sky was Russian rocket
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Here's What That Fireball Streaking Across Sky Actually Was
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Americans took to Twitter Tuesday night to have a minor freakout over a mysterious fireball that streaked across the sky. Was it a bird? A Plan

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But the U.S. Strategic Command put all the speculation to rest, saying the fireball across the skies of the southwestern United States was a bit of ...

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VIDEO: Possible meteor spotted over SoCal
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A possible meteor was spotted over Southern California Tuesday evening, taking social media by storm.

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Comet Threat to Earth a Serious Concern

Centaurs- Comet Threat to Earth a Serious Concern


Giant comets may threaten Earth: astronomers
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Comet Threat Warning: Environmental Upheaval
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“Our work suggests we need to look beyond our immediate neighborhood too, and look out beyond the orbit of Jupiter to find centaurs,” Napier explains. “If we are right, then these distant comets could be a serious hazard, and it’s time to understand them better.” ...

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MBIQ Detects - CA NV AZ Space Trash Re-Entry 22DEC2015

MBIQ Detects - CA NV AZ Space Trash Re-Entry 22DEC2015
Many reports of object of 10-40 seconds in duration- likely space debris and not a meteor.
updates pending
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Ravi Jagtiani wrote,
December 23 at 1:26pm
https://www.facebook.com/jango.fixit/posts/1133046703396283

Ravi Jagtiani
2015 Dec 23,near 02:10 UTC (2015 December 22nd 19:10 MST ), Las Vegas ,USA.
The SL-4 ROCKET BODY, 20...
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Meteor over Las Vegas 12/22/2015
Posted to YouTube by Michael Curtis 226 views
Published on Dec 22, 2015
Traveled from NW Las Vegas to around Henderson before breaking up.
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Las Vegas meteor
Posted to YouTube by Adam Schiesser 128 views

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Initial Sighting Reports
22DEC2015 CLARK SANTA MARIA CA USA 18:35 PST PM 3-5 SECONDS N-S WHITE AND ORANGE MOON NA NA

22DEC2015 Mike Bakke Lake Elsinore,CA 18:30 10-15 seconds W-E BrightLight with trails Venus + Yes Have a pic but cannot uploas

22DEC2015 TH Silver Springs, Nevada (USA) 1818 PST (USA) 15-20 seconds Facing SW - streak from West to east orange yellow moon yes one that I could see no

22DEC2015 Abi Corona, CA 18:17 pst 15 seconds southern sky, from west to east yellow/orange moon appeared to fragment towards the end AWESOME!

22DEC2015 Shawn fredericksen San Jose ca 1815 PST 15 secs North to south Red Venus No It was cloudy but a break in the clouds saw a red ball with a tail. Did not see it end went behind clouds. Did not hear any sound

22DEC2015 Matthew Hernandez Orcutt, Ca USA 18:10pm pst Viewed for approx 20 sec SE-SSE Orange object with tail Dimmed Sun None observed None available

22DEC2015 DAVID FRANCIS LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA 19:09 /MOUNTAIN TIME 40 SEC WNW / ESE BRIGHT / SILENT VENUS YES http://davidfrancis.name/img/meteor_22DEC2015.html

22DEC2015 Douglas johnson Inyokern, ca 1800 15 to 20 Facing SE, object moving to SSE White with red streaks Very bright at first, dimmed as streak of tail extended No First saw white flash then lengthening tail

22DEC2015 Robert Casos south of Winnemucca, NV. 1800 20 W-E.Right to left. facing SE yellow and orange moon it appeared to have fragments seen through partial cloud coverage

News Report-

Mysterious Bright Light Seen From Las Vegas to Ventura Was Russian Rocket Body: U.S. Strategic Command

KTLA5
http://ktla.com/2015/12/22/people-from-las-vegas-to-ventura-witness-unexplained-bright-light-flying-across-sky/

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