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Dubai Astronomy Group - Saturn Opposition Stargazing Party 03JUN2016

Join Dubai Astronomy Group this weekend, Friday 3rd June, at Mushrif Park for the Saturn Opposition Stargazing Party. The event will start at 8PM and will go on till 11 PM as observe the planets Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and ‘the Heart of the Scorpion’ Antares. The event is free for all and we would really appreciate it if you could join us with family and loved ones.

Click here for the location map to the venue and to register for the program, please click here to get the registration form. Fill out the registration form (one form for each participant) and send it to astro@dubaiastronomy.com so that we may complete the registration process.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Wishing you Astronomical times,
DAG Team

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Brazil Bolide Meteor -The "Juggernaut of Varginha" 00:47 BRT 29MAY2016
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Posted: 31 May 2016 01:02 AM PDT
The "Juggernaut of Varginha" 00:47 BRT = 03:47 UTC, 29th May 2016, Brazil. Brasil Bolide Meteor 29MAY2016 Bolido 29 05 2016 - estações Bramon Posted to YouTube by Bramon - Brazilian Meteor Observation Network 381 views 5 meteor cameras under Brazil's meteor observation network "Bramon", spread over the country's vast expanse, simultaneously made a fireball grab. Triangulation of the ...

Aten Asteroid 2016 K0 Discovered
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News Posted: 30 May 2016 12:05 AM PDT 20 meter-wide Aten asteroid 2016 K0 discovered Discovered on ...

Taiwan Earthquake 7.2 MAG 31MAY2016
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Taiwan Earthquake 7.2 MAG 1323 Local Time UTC +8 31MAY2016 This was felt even in central Taiwan, ChangHua near Taichung. Taiwan Central ...

Sky Meteor Cameras
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Taiwan Earthquake 7.2 MAG 1323 Local Time UTC +8 31MAY2016
This was felt even in central Taiwan, ChangHua near Taichung.

Taiwan Central Weather Bureau Report-
http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7e/earthquake/Data/quake/EE0531132372077.htm

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The "Juggernaut of Varginha" 00:47 BRT = 03:47 UTC, 29th May 2016, Brazil.

Brasil Bolide Meteor 29MAY2016

Bolido 29 05 2016 - estações Bramon
Posted to YouTube by Bramon - Brazilian Meteor Observation Network 381 views

5 meteor cameras under Brazil's meteor observation network "Bramon", spread over the country's vast expanse, simultaneously made a fireball grab. Triangulation of the captures and processing of the data yielded a trajectory (ground track) and facilitated orbit determination. The object was going prograde, NW to SE.

The fireball's visible trail began at an altitude of 96 km and it exploded at an altitude of about 28 km.

03:47 UTC 29th May 2016 = 00:47 BRT, Brazil.
According to Carlos Augusto Di Pietro, a researcher on the network, the entry angle for the fireball was almost vertical, 97°, hence this didn't leave a huge trail in the sky, only a glimmer of magnitude -13,2 , bigger than the brightness of the full moon! The steep entry angle would suggest a relatively small dispersion zone for any surviving fragments (if any).
Carlos Augusto Di Pietro shared that the first orbital analyses show that the "Juggernaut of Varginha" could possibly be of cometary origin linked to a meteor shower.

Bramon is an open and collaborative organization maintained by volunteers and employees of the non-profit body, whose mission is to develop and operate a network monitoring meteors, with the aim to produce and provide scientific data to the community through the analysis of their catches.

Credit to the ever vigilant station mangers who captured the event:
Alcione Caetano in Belo Horizonte / MG, Vinicius Lenci of Santo Antônio de Posse/SP, Wellington Albertini of Varginha / MG, Welter Mesquita Vaz of Oliveira/MG and William Siqueira de Maria da Fé/MG AND to the administration of Bramon.
Kudos to the operators and admin at bramon for all material and information contained in this report.

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NEO Asteroids Close Approaches May 2016
22 NEOs with an LD of 10 or less for May 2016.

Object

Close-Approach (CA) Date

(TDB)
YYYY-mmm-DD

CA Distance
Minimum
(LD/AU)

(2016 HK)	2016-May-01	4.65/0.01195
(2014 US115)	2016-May-01	7.42/0.01907
(2016 JA6)	2016-May-02	2.52/0.00648
(2016 HP6)	2016-May-02	8.88/0.02282
(2016 HD3)	2016-May-02	2.19/0.00564
(2016 JZ5)	2016-May-02	3.04/0.00780
(2016 JX24)	2016-May-04	3.90/0.01002
(2016 JB)	2016-May-04	4.09/0.01051
(2016 JS5)	2016-May-05	0.53/0.00135
(2016 JX11)	2016-May-07	8.71/0.02239
(2016 JU28)	2016-May-07	6.19/0.01592
(2014 JG55)	2016-May-08	0.82/0.00210
(2016 JG29)	2016-May-09	4.88/0.01254
(2016 JQ5)	2016-May-09	1.57/0.00404
(2016 JE18)	2016-May-11	9.42/0.02420
(2016 JW28)	2016-May-14	5.53/0.01422
(2016 JD18)	2016-May-16	1.63/0.00418
(2016 GS2)	2016-May-18	3.40/0.00874
(2016 HF3)	2016-May-18	8.49/0.02181
(2009 DL46)	2016-May-24	6.16/0.01583
(2016 KO)	2016-May-25	2.18/0.00561
(2016 KJ)	2016-May-27	7.06/0.01815

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/

posted 31MAY2016

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20 metre wide Aten asteroid 2016 K0 discovered

Discovered on the 28th of May 2016, 3 days after it made a close approach of our planet and moon, 20 metre sized Aten asteroid 2016 KO crawled past us at a minimum distance of 2.17 LD and a relative velocity of a mere 7.3 Km/s crossing the plane of the ecliptic S to N at an inclination of 6.4 degrees.
2016-May-25 19:03 UTC Earth 0.00558 AU = 2.17 LD Vr = 7.3 Km/s
2016-May-25 19:25 UTC Moon 0.00759 AU Vr = 8.25 Km/s
i = 6.49 deg
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2016KO

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25th May 2016 19:03 UTC close Approach of Aten asteroid 2016 KO at 2.17 LD and a slow relative velocity of 7.3 Km/s
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Posted: 30 May 2016 12:05 AM PDT
20 metre wide Aten asteroid 2016 K0 discovered Discovered on the 28th of May 2016, 3 days after it made a close approach of our planet and moon, 20 metre sized Aten asteroid 2016 KO ...

Bright meteor fireball captured over Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
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Científicos aseguran que material del puñal de Tutankamón proviene de meteorito
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Científicos afirman que la daga fue elaborada de un material proveniente de un meteorito, revela el artículo publicado por la revista "Meteoritics and ...

Featured Image: Fireball After a Temporary Capture?
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Can humanity preserve itself from an unavoidable cataclysmic meteor impact?
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Meteor sighting in Canal No. 1 in Guyana
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Bright meteor with delayed sonics observed over Mexico 01:48 CDT May 21 = 06:48 UTC 2016
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The sky is falling: The truth about doomsday asteroids

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Bright prograde (SW to NE) meteor with delayed sonics observed over Mexico 01:48 CDT May 21 = 06:48 UTC 2016

Bright meteor fireball captured over Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
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Would humans survive if a meteor the size of the Chicxulub meteor struck Earth?
Quora
A bit of background information about that can be found here: > Chicxulub crater Chicxulub impactor And an imagination of what that may have been ...

Crazy Theory of the Day: EqyptAir Flt 804 Was Brought Down By a Meteor
100.7 WITL
In the northeastern U.S. alone, there were over 700 reports of fireballs caused by this meteor. According to Russia's Ministry of Defense, thousands of ... Total BS!

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Bright prograde (SW to NE) meteor with delayed sonics (20 seconds later) observed over Mexico and surrounding states 01:48 CDT May 21 = 06:48 UTC 2016

The state’s Civil Protection office said this morning it is working with firefighters in several areas of the state to determine whether it was indeed a meteorite that landed.The Puebla Astronomical Society weighed in on Twitter by observing that the loud explosion heard by people in Mexico City, Puebla and Tlaxcala didn’t necessarily mean it was a meteorite that had landed on Earth.The society said it was more likely a meteor that exploded in the atmosphere. http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/ball-of-fire-explosion-witnessed-in-3-states/#sthash.M2F5fGq0.dpuf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omjf3mQTbGU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzTycJ417Dc

Seeking more information on the object's trajectory. If you have any data to share please add a comment.
Heads up!
A Couple of sources are using the Argentinian bolide of July 2015 (linked below) to represent this event. Please do not refer to this video for your study.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP6w97G4d9s

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Ball of fire, explosion witnessed in 3 states
Mexico Daily News May 21, 2016
There is speculation that a meteorite landed last night in Puebla
A brilliant flash of light followed by an explosion early this morning have led observers to conclude that a meteorite has fallen somewhere in the state of Puebla.
Photos and videos in which a bright object is seen in the sky began appearing on social media just before 2:00am. Video cameras operated by Webcams de Mexico picked up the object itself from two locations in Mexico City as it entered the Earth's atmosphere. ...

Astronomy: Mars Meteor and Extraterrestrial Life
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The search for life elsewhere in the universe has centered on finding organic compounds because they are the stuff of all life on earth. Organic ...

NASA Radar Finds Ice Age Record in Mars' Polar Cap
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Scientists using radar data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found a record of the most recent Martian ice age recorded in the planet's north polar ice cap. ...

NASA Response to Recent Paper on NEOWISE Asteroid Size Results
Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 25, 2016
A paper posted Sunday by Nathan Myhrvold to ArXiv.org and described in an article by reporter Ken Chang in the May 23 New York Times discusses interpretations of data on asteroids from NASA's NEOWISE mission. The paper was posted before undergoing the essential scientific peer-review process to catch and remove significant errors. ...

giant meteor aus Brisbane
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Did A Meteor Bring Down EgyptAir Fight MS804?
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Did METEOR destroy EgyptAir MS804 jet? Shocking theory could impact future of air travel A TERRIFYING new theory tragic Egypt Air flight MS804 ... TOTAL BS!

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Man combs Maine's forests for remnants of fireball
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For four days, Robert Ward has been combing the trails and side roads of Maine's Rangeley Lakes region, searching for any sign of the meteor that ...

Chicxulub crater drill project successful– Did a meteor kill the dinosaurs?
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The expedition to extract cores samples from the Chicxulub Crater off the coast of Mexico has been declared a success, according to a BBC News ...

Meteor fireball filmed over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Signs of the Times
Bright meteor fireball filmed over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Bright meteor over Argentina May 24, 2016
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METEORO SOBRE O RIO DE JANEIRO - Registro da estação de Itaguaí - RJ. Source. Watch the video below. Bright meteor over Argentina May 24, ...

Diamonds in Meteor impact Specimen?
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While researching a large meteor impact rock that I have I found out that Diamonds are common from the location of the specimen. I took the best close ...

Rare cosmic balancing act makes Perseid meteor showers brighter
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In certain sweet spots, the gravitational pulls of Saturn and Jupiter might combine to cause spectacular meteor showers. The effect requires clockwork ..

Perseid Meteor Shower Campout
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Arizona researcher asks for help finding meteor in Maine
cborangeburg
A planetary science field researcher from Arizona is seeking help finding a fireball recorded last week streaking across the sky …read more.

First of its kind research sheds light on mysterious fireballs
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“The meteor burns up and produces this big trail of plasma and then somehow that's producing radio emission,” said Obenberger, who graduated with ...

Meteor lights up the sky, rumbles Andoscoggin Valley
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BERLIN – A fireball from a meteor illuminated the sky and shook up the land last week and many locals reported experiencing the phenomena.

Gunmaker unveils M1911 pistols made out of Gibeon meteorite ore
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Cabot Guns founder and president Robert Bianchin said his team conceived the idea of a "meteor pistol" sometime in 2015 and approached it very ...

This is officially the wildest EgyptAir conspiracy theory
New York Post
As far as wild theories go, this one is out of this world – a meteor may have brought down EgyptAir Flight 804, according to a report. The Mirror of the ...TOTAL BS!

Did A Meteor Possibly Bring Down EgyptAir? Conspiracy Theorists Suggest
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This is where the new theory comes into play. A meteor was reportedly spotted in Maine last week, the sighting was confirmed by the American Meteor ... TOTAL BS!

Was MS804 struck by a METEOR?
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The meteor event was captured by police in New York on a dashcam, while the American Meteor Society has so far received more than 700 reports of ...TOTAL BS!

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Meteor may have crashed near Rangeley Lakes
The Union Leader
It was like something out of a science fiction story - residents all over New England reported seeing the skies light in colors of green and blue and ...

Arizona Researcher Asks for Help Finding Meteor in Maine
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The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum suspects the meteor crashed into the woods in northwestern Maine. It's offering a $20,000 reward for a piece of the ...

Meteorite hunt in Rangeley attracts expert from Ariz.
...Robert Ward hunts for meteorites and has recovered fragments from all over the world. He offers pieces up to laboratories to study and learn...

Brilliant meteor fireball flies through Japan skies
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Look at this brilliant fireball striking the sky of Japan on May 23, 2016.The path of disintegration is so long! Insane! The bright meteor was recorded by ...

Mystery flaming object falls from the sky in Sheerness
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Zoey Cross says her 11-year-old daughter Tamuka, captured footage of what seemed to be a fireball plummeting towards Sheppey at 6pm yesterday.

EgyptAir Flight 804 'could have been brought down by meteor' in shock new theory for investigators
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Could fragments of this meteor seen breaking up over New York have hit the downed EgyptAir Flight 804? EgyptAir Flight 804 crashed over the ...Total BS!

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Video shows a huge fireball soars through the sky illuminating FIVE Mexican states
Daily Mail
This is the amazing moment a huge fireball tears across the Mexican sky lighting up five different states and shaking houses with loud explosions.

Clues to origins of life may be found in Sudbury, Ont. crater
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University of Bern PhD student Edel O'Sullivan spent parts of three summers studying the Sudbury crater to better understand effects of a meteor's ...

Mexico shaken by city-killer asteroid. Part of Mayan prophecies?
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The American Meteor Society noted “there has been a dramatic increase in fireball/meteor activity since the beginning of 2016. The rate increased. .. Mayan prophecies TOTAL BS connection.

Rogue asteroid that could 'destroy city' entered Earth's atmosphere and just missed planet
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The real threat posed by these unknown asteroids became very real in February 2013, when out of nowhere a large meteor exploded in the skies ...

Ancient tsunamis on Mars?
EarthSky
The Valles Marineris region on Mars, where astronomers examined tsunami-affected shorelines from meteor impacts. Image via NASA/JPL-Caltech.

$4.5 Million Dollar Meteorite Pistols Unveiled
Press Release Rocket
It's only appropriate that we now make pistols made from a world famous meteor,” says Bianchin tongue in cheek. Kings, Pharaohs and conquerors ...

Security Camera At A Remote Cottage Catches This SpectacularMeteor
Sunny Skyz
On May 17, 2016 a security camera at a remote cottage located approximately an hour north of Toronto captured this meteor....

Odessa Meteor Crater
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We head out to the Odessa Meteor Crater, the third largest meteor crater in the United States. Even though it's been thousands of years since that ball ...

A Man-Made Meteor Shower Might Open the 2020 Olympics — Here's How They'll Build It
Yahoo News
Japanese company ALE has designed a way to trigger an artificial meteor shower, and now it's bidding to open the next Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Japan Envisions Man-Made Meteor Shower For 2020 Olympics
CBS News
Watch "Japan Envisions Man-Made Meteor Shower For 2020 Olympics", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, ...

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Loud explosions heard as huge fireball crashes through sky and shakes houses in this amazing ...
Mirror.co.uk
This shocking clip captured the moment a huge meteor tore through the sky, shaking houses and sending out a series of explosions. It was spotted on ...

WATCH: Massive Fireball Meteor Lights Up Portland Sky [Videos]
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Clips of a huge fireball brightening Portland's night sky have recently surfaced. The event took place on Tuesday, May 17, and could also be viewed ...

Meteor
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Security Cam At A Remote Cottage Catches This Spectacular Meteor. This footage is from a cottage that is located approximately an hour north of ...

Ball of fire, explosion witnessed in 3 states
Mexico News Daily
The society said it was more likely a meteor that exploded in the atmosphere. Puebla Civil Protection director Fernando Estrella ruled out the ...

Caída de meteorito sorprende a habitantes de Puebla
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Caída de meteorito sorprende a habitantes de Puebla ... Reportes extras afirmaron que el meteorito se vio en algunos lugares de Tlaxcala y la Ciudad ..

Un meteorito estalló sobre Puebla durante la madrugada — Video
Equilibrio Informativo
Explicó que se llama "meteorito", cuando impacta en el suelo y si sólo roza la atmósfera es "bólido" o "meteoro". La madrugada de este sábado, ...

Ancient meteor strikes sent ice-rich tsunamis across the surface of Mars
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The authors estimate that, in the region they're looking at (part of the Arabia Terra), a meteor big enough to carve out a 30km wide crater would have ...

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Meteorite Lights Up the Skies Over Central Mexico
Yahoo News UK
Dramatic webcam footage captured the moment a meteorite lit up the skies over Mexico City in the early hours of Saturday, May 21. Early reports on ...

Cae meteorito en Puebla, México, hoy 21 de mayo (VIDEO)
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Fue publicado en YouTube el video que captó el momento en que cae un meteorito en Puebla , en el centro del territorio de México , un suceso ...

Extremely bright meteor fireball explodes in loud detonation over Puebla, Mexico
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This major meteor exploded in a loud boom at around 1:48 am local time. Another frightening but awesome natural fireworks. Can you just imagine ...

LiveLeak - Meteorite Lights Up the Skies Over Central Mexico
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Live Leak - Dramatic webcam footage captured the moment a meteorite lit up the skies over Mexico City in the early hours of Saturday, May 21.

Meteor passes over Mexico City followed by loud explosion
Vallarta Daily
“It is very likely that the explosion of the 'bolide, or meteor' occurred during its entry into Earth's atmosphere. No affectations is reported, so it is also .

Meteorito ilumina el cielo de Puebla y otros estados
Tribu Magazine
"Aunque al principio reportaron la caída de meteorito en #Puebla, no han ... apreciar distintas tomas del paso del meteorito por el cielo de México .

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Scientists split on where – or if – meteorite landed in Maine
Portland Press Herald
A NASA expert says it likely burned up, but others say space rocks might be found north of Rangeley Lake. ...

Fireball! Brilliant Meteor Streaks Over Northeastern US (Video)
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A huge fireball lit up the night sky over the northeastern United States Tuesday (May 17), sparking hundreds of reports by skywatchers lucky enough to ..

Police Dashcam Captures Fireball Speeding Through New York Sky
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Police Dashcam Captures Meteor Exploding
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Subscribe for more: https://goo.gl/jR7Abo ** A Plattsburgh City Police officer captured an amazing sight on his cruiser's dashcam. A large meteor ...

Huge Fireball Witnessed Over Northeast
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Meteor lights up Vermont landscape at night
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Two meteors caused New England fireball
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Fireball Sighting Over South Africa on May 20, 2016
Was it a bird? Was it a plane? Was it... a meteorite?
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May 20, 2016
Cape Town - People across the Mother City on Friday took to social media after apparently seeing a meteorite shooting through the skies. The SA Astronomical Observatory said it had been told that a "burning" object was seen from people in different parts of Cape Town...

Cayó un meteorito en Pinamar
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Así también lo señaló el meteorólogo Mauricio Saldívar, quien afirmó que la caída de meteoritos "es algo que sucede con frecuencia y no debería ...

Capturing Space Rocks in Antarctica VIDEO
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Man-made meteor shower to be created for 2020 Olympics (VIDEO)
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A Japanese startup is aiming for the stars, literally, after detailing plans to create a man-made meteor shower for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo ...

First issue of the e-Zine MeteorNews
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While the website meteornews.org has been created to offer rapid dissemination of meteor related news, the PDF journal should assure a permanent ...

Giant tsunamis might have shaped the ancient Martian landscape
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According to the US-based team, which was led by Alexis Rodriguez from the Planetary Science Institute in Arizona, large meteor impacts sent ...

1802a
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Ema F. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, There are no festivities or parties on tonight, which leaves no option for fireworks or possible ...

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Preliminary reports trickling in of an Argentinian fireball, sonics and tremor, May 18th 2016 21:25 ...
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Hugh Bolide Meteor was seen over Argentina with sonics and earth tremor reported on 18MAY2016....

108 meter-wide Apollo asteroid 2016 GS2 made a slow (Vr 8 Km/s)
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Fireball! Brilliant Meteor Streaks Over Northeastern US (Video)
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A huge fireball lit up the night sky over the northeastern United States Tuesday (May 17), wowing skywatchers who saw it. See video and images of ...

A massive fireball just shot through the sky over Portland
ScienceAlert
According to the American Meteor Society, they received nearly 700 reports about the fireball event over the northeastern US on 17 May 2016 around ...

Fireball that tore through night sky was visible from NJ
NJ.com
A huge fireball that was streaking across the night sky earlier this week had New England buzzing, after a police dashcam and other video cameras ...

An airport camera captures the moment in which a meteor enters the Earth's atmosphere and ...
Reddit
An airport camera captures the moment in which a meteor enters the Earth's atmosphere and catches on fire. | r/space at reddit.com.

People search for meteor fragments in Maine
Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM - iHeartRadio
From the Boston Globe...The hunt is on for meteorites from the Maine fireball - but don't get yo.

Piece Of Maine Meteor Could Be Worth Big Bucks!
92 Moose
The bright light burning up in the atmosphere is a meteor, and if it lands on the Earth, it's called a meteorite. The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is ...

A huge fireball spotted in New England's night sky on Wednesday
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A firework-like phenomenon was presented by a fireball that came was for almost 10 seconds in the night sky on Tuesday. The fireball was actually ...

Museum offers reward and tips to find meteorite Video
BETHEL, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- People across the country are still talking about the fireball that lit up the sky very early Tuesday morning. Scientists say the meteor entered Earth's atmosphere over Maine, and exploded near Franklin County....

new Maine museum offers $20000 reward for piece of meteor seen over Northeast
Topix
The museum suspects the meteor entered Earth's atmosphere over Maine and its terminal explosion occurred about 30 km west of Rangeley in ...

Meteor last night in Falls Church, VA
Reddit
Meteor last night in Falls Church, VA | r/gifs at reddit.com.

Police dashcam captures suspected meteor in Maine sky
MSN.com
A police dashcam video captured what is suspected of being a meteor flashing across the sky in Portland, Maine. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Is there any reason to believe this was a meteor and not a rocket/satellite part falling down?
Quora
This object was likely never in Earth orbit. Satellites are moving at a speed of 7 or 8 km/s as they re-enter the atmosphere, and they don't usually burn ...

Meteor Caught On Police Camera
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Meteor fireball explosion generates strong tremor in Pinamar, Argentina
Signs of the Times
A giant meteor explosion triggered a strong tremor after it disintegrated in the sky of Pinamar, Argentina on May 18, 2016. The loud sky event occurred ...

Jupiter Fireballs Caused by Big Impacts Hitting the Planet 6 to 7 Times a year
Nature World News
Fireballs are produced when Jupiter is hit by an asteroid or a meteor. Because of the size of the planet, it is believed that Jupiter receives the most ...

Jupiter Blasted by 6.5 Fireball Impacts per Year on Average
Space Daily
Meteors impacting Jupiter's upper atmosphere can create spectacular fireballs, such as the one observed by amateur astronomers Gerrit Kernbauer ...

Glass Beads in Australia Point to Huge Asteroid Hit
Discovery News
Photos: Russian Meteor Strike Aftermath. This makes it larger than the giant asteroid that collided with Earth some 66 million years ago and is widely ...

Mega-Tsunamis Wiped Away Shoreline of a Martian Ocean
New York Times
Dr. Rodriguez said that some 3.4 billion years ago a meteor crashed into the ocean triggering a mega-tsunami that plowed into the coast with waves ...

Huge Tsunamis Shaped Face of Mars Billions of Years Ago
Newsweek
About 3.4 billion years ago, a large meteor slammed into an ocean covering the northern lowlands of Mars, new research shows. This meteor was ...

Mega-tsunamis in Mars caused by meteor impacts, re-sculpted edges of red planet's ancient seas ...
International Business Times AU
More than three billion years ago, giant meteor impacts caused massive tsunamis in the northern planes that re-sculpted the edges of Mars' ancient ...

Mega Tsunamis Rocked Mars Oceans Billions of Years Ago
Space.com
These killer waves might have been triggered by giant meteor impacts, scientists added. Although the surface of Mars is now cold and dry, there is a ...

Ancient mega-tsunamis on Mars 'offer simple solution' to ocean hypothesis
BT.com
The giant waves, reaching as high as 120 metres (394ft), were caused by a pair of meteor impacts several million years apart, scientists believe.

New evidence suggests 400-foot tsunamis may have battered the surface of Mars
ExtremeTech
For comparison's sake, a 30km meteor impact on Earth would be a large-scale disruption, capable of creating a nuclear winter, but probably not large ...

Breakthrough Starshot started with a bang
Physics Today
Extra Dimensions: The Chelyabinsk meteor helped make the interstellar mission possible; major leaps in laser technology will be needed to make it ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 21-27, 2016
American Meteor Society
This is the worst time to try and view meteor activity as the glare from the moon will obscure all but the brightest meteors. Conditions improve slightly as ...

SPACE ROCKS MAGAZINE - MAY 2016
The May 2016 issue of SPACE ROCKS MAGAZINE is now available.
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