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NASA reports 1.2kt bolide over Mauritania
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NASA reports 1.2kt bolide over Mauritania NASA fireballs page has been updated with a bolide meteor with 1.2kt of Calculated Total Impact Energy. ...

Happy Asteroid Day (30 June)!
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Today (30 June) is Asteroid Day. "Asteroid Day is a global awareness campaign where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids, the impact hazard they may pose, and what we can do to protect our planet, families, communities, and future generations from future asteroid impacts...

Meteor Watch Day and Kansas Observatories
Wichita
Though meteor showers are not always readily available for our enjoyment like the stars are, they are satisfying to watch when they do occur. In honor ...

ASU meteorite hunters find pieces from Arizona asteroid
azcentral.com
“It's an unbelievable discovery for us to all see and hear about the fantastic meteor event over eastern Arizona and then to search — and even better, ...

Meteorites from fireball seen over Arizona found
KVOA Tucson News
A small asteroid that left a fiery trail in the sky over eastern Arizona on June 2 was captured on a dash cam. (Photo: Steven Paris)er this month.

Meteorites from fireball seen over state found
TriValley Central
Dozens of people reported seeing a fireball in the early morning hours of June 2. NASA officials say it was a small asteroid that had broken apart.

Meteorites from fireball seen over Arizona found
WSAW
Dozens of people reported seeing a fireball in the early morning hours of June 2. NASA says it was a small asteroid that had broken apart.

Meteorites from mystery fireball over Arizona found
CBS News
A meteor is a small body of matter that enters Earth's atmosphere from outer space. Due to friction, it becomes incandescent and appears as a streak ...

Meteorites from fireball seen over Arizona found
Arizona Daily Sun
TEMPE (AP) — Arizona State University says researchers have found pieces of a small asteroid that left a fiery trail in the sky over eastern Arizona ..

Meteorites From Fireball Seen Over Arizona Found
KNAU Arizona Public Radio
Meteorites From Fireball Seen Over Arizona Found. By Associated ... Dozens of people reported seeing a fireball in the early morning hours of June 2.

I f you want to see a real Meteor Crater
TripAdvisor
It's a warm Summer morning just 20+ miles West of Winslow, AZ and would you believe it - there is a Meteor Crater. It is a private attraction of national ...

Rosetta finale set for 30 September
European Space Agency
30 June 2016
Rosetta is set to complete its mission in a controlled descent to the surface of its comet on 30 September.

Six things you probably didn't know about asteroids
Auburn Citizen
Do you think a meteor is an asteroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere? If so, technically, you are wrong. A meteor is actually just the "light ...

What a Moroccan crater reveals about a rare double whammy from the skies
huffingtonpost.com
In 2012 shatter cones and meteorites were both discovered close to Agoudal, which is one of the highest villages in Morocco....

13% of People Would Rather See a Giant Meteor Hit Earth Than Trump or Hillary as President
95.7 the hog
According to a recent survey by Public Policy Polling, if the choices for president were Hillary, Trump, or a giant meteor hitting Earth . . . 43% would ...

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NEO Asteroid Close Approaches July 2016
1
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UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object Name	Close Approach Date	CA Distance* (AU)	CA Distance* (LD)	Estimated Diameter**	H (mag)	Relative Velocity (km/s)
(2009 HU44)	2016-Jul-01	0.1984	77.2	80 m - 180 m	22.6	14.50
(2016 LZ8)	2016-Jul-01	0.0586	22.8	26 m - 58 m	25.1	7.24
(2015 TC25)	2016-Jul-02	0.1498	58.3	3.3 m - 7.5 m	29.5	3.23
(2008 CE119)	2016-Jul-03	0.1998	77.7	19 m - 43 m	25.7	3.91
(2016 LU47)	2016-Jul-03	0.1336	52.0	59 m - 130 m	23.3	4.86
(2012 AY)	2016-Jul-04	0.1775	69.1	88 m - 200 m	22.4	14.58
(2016 MS)	2016-Jul-04	0.0856	33.3	47 m - 100 m	23.8	6.58
(2012 XL16)	2016-Jul-04	0.1890	73.6	21 m - 47 m	25.5	5.98
(2016 LU10)	2016-Jul-05	0.1880	73.2	180 m - 400 m	20.9	8.00
(2010 WT8)	2016-Jul-05	0.1108	43.1	110 m - 250 m	21.9	6.44
164202 (2004 EW)	2016-Jul-06	0.1426	55.5	180 m - 410 m	20.8	12.01
(2016 MO)	2016-Jul-07	0.0171	6.6	30 m - 67 m	24.7	7.72
152671 (1998 HL3)	2016-Jul-08	0.1985	77.2	270 m - 590 m	20.0	7.37
(2014 HR124)	2016-Jul-08	0.1909	74.3	77 m - 170 m	22.7	9.49
216523 (2001 HY7)	2016-Jul-09	0.1154	44.9	210 m - 470 m	20.5	13.79
453729 (2011 BO24)	2016-Jul-09	0.1790	69.7	460 m - 1.0 km	18.8	13.24
(2014 KZ45)	2016-Jul-10	0.1886	73.4	230 m - 520 m	20.3	16.23
(2016 LD2)	2016-Jul-10	0.1925	74.9	68 m - 150 m	23.0	13.94
(2014 AW32)	2016-Jul-11	0.1053	41.0	8.4 m - 19 m	27.5	10.55
(2010 NH)	2016-Jul-15	0.1117	43.5	19 m - 43 m	25.7	13.55
(2016 LX47)	2016-Jul-15	0.1468	57.1	85 m - 190 m	22.5	7.85
(2015 BT4)	2016-Jul-17	0.1987	77.3	140 m - 310 m	21.4	14.98
(2016 MK)	2016-Jul-18	0.0439	17.1	61 m - 140 m	23.2	8.76
(2010 RX30)	2016-Jul-19	0.1489	58.0	10 m - 23 m	27.1	7.77
152828 (1999 VT25)	2016-Jul-19	0.1947	75.8	150 m - 340 m	21.2	21.54
(2013 UE3)	2016-Jul-21	0.1894	73.7	77 m - 170 m	22.7	4.57
(2014 BT8)	2016-Jul-21	0.0477	18.6	27 m - 59 m	25.0	6.93
359369 (2009 YG)	2016-Jul-21	0.1725	67.1	530 m - 1.2 km	18.5	24.84
154244 (2002 KL6)	2016-Jul-22	0.0684	26.6	880 m - 2.0 km	17.4	7.30
(2016 LY48)	2016-Jul-23	0.0733	28.5	79 m - 180 m	22.6	9.82
(2011 BX18)	2016-Jul-25	0.1353	52.7	670 m - 1.5 km	18.0	16.23
(2007 BE49)	2016-Jul-27	0.1403	54.6	150 m - 330 m	21.3	14.69
(2016 DH)	2016-Jul-28	0.1372	53.4	8.4 m - 19 m	27.5	5.25
(2011 JM5)	2016-Jul-28	0.1872	72.9	15 m - 33 m	26.3	12.55
(2008 YE30)	2016-Jul-28	0.1610	62.7	150 m - 340 m	21.2	26.53
(2005 NW44)	2016-Jul-28	0.1304	50.8	220 m - 490 m	20.4	9.74
(2016 AZ65)	2016-Jul-30	0.1424	55.4	110 m - 240 m	22.0	7.46
(2012 BX1)	2016-Jul-31	0.1319	51.3	29 m - 65 m	24.8	8.26

Source- NASA/JPL- http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

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Today (30 June) is Asteroid Day.
"Asteroid Day is a global awareness campaign where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids, the impact hazard they may pose, and what we can do to protect our planet, families, communities, and future generations from future asteroid impacts. Asteroid Day is held each year on the anniversary of the largest impact in recent history, the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia."
Visit the Asteroid Day website for further information. Watch the film 51° NORTH on Vimeo©.
ESA Director General Jan Woerner has also posted a video on Youtube.

Scientists Rock - an Asteroid Day series | Episode 1

Posted to YouTube by Asteroid Day 8,399

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NASA reports 1.2kt bolide over Mauritania

NASA fireballs page has been updated with a bolide meteor with 1.2kt of Calculated Total Impact Energy. The bolide's position was given as 15.8N,11.9W.
The bolide was detected on Monday 27 June at 10:02UTC, possessed a velocity(x) of -29.1 km/s or 18.2 miles/sec (65,475 mph) and was reported at an altitude of 33km (20 miles).

Background Situation

New asteroid discoveries are currently in somewhat of a lull, with only 10 new discoveries in the <0.5AU range within the last 2 weeks (Period "M"). The numbers of new <0.5AU discoveries have been in decline since period "G" (Apr1-Apr15), with a similar trend for <5LD asteroids since period "E" (Mar1-Mar15).

2016 MA was the only <5LD asteroid discovered during period "M" and made its close-approach on June 19 at a distance of 2.6LD. New period "N" begins tomorrow (July 1).
So far, in 2016, there have been 29,849 new <0.5AU discoveries and 211 <10LD discoveries.
(Source for all stats: eissco.co.uk).

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NASA reports 1.2kt bolide over Mauritania
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NASA fireballs page has been updated with a bolide meteor with 1.2kt of Calculated Total Impact Energy. The bolide's position was given as 15.8N ...

Meteorite Arizona Fireball Found by ASU Team!
Center for Meteorite Studies - Arizona State University
After 132 hours of searching, ASU team — in partnership with White Mountain Apaches — locates meteorites on tribal land On June 2, a chunk.

Meteorites from fireball seen over Arizona found
Associated Press
Dozens of people reported seeing a fireball in the early morning hours of June 2. NASA says it was a small asteroid that had broken apart.

Meteorites from fireball seen over Arizona found
Fredericksburg.com
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University says researchers have found pieces of a small asteroid that left a fiery trail in the sky over eastern ...

Meteorites from fireball seen over Arizona found
Arizona Daily Star
These images from freeway cameras in the Mesa area seem to show a trail left behind from a meteor that Phoenix residents say caused a boom and ...

ASU researchers find pieces of meteorite
FOX 10 News
ASU researchers were able to track down small meteorites after a meteor streaked across the night sky earlier this month.

Once A Big Ball Of Fire, Now The Size Of A Berry: ASU Finds Meteorites
KJZZ
Since the meteor exploded over the Fort Apache Indian reservation on June 2nd, the Arizona State University Center for Meteorite Studies has been ...

ASU group finds meteorites from June 2 fireball
12news.com
ASU group finds meteorites from June 2fireball. Thanks to everyone who shared these views of the June 2, 2016 meteor over Arizona. 12 News ...

Guam resident captures raremeteor sighting
KUAM.com
If you were looking at Tuesday's night sky and saw a flashing light, you caught a glimpse of ameteor. This is viewer submitted video taken from ...

Meteor streaks across Guam night skies
Signs of the Times
If you were looking at Tuesday's night sky and saw a flashing light, you caught a glimpse of a meteor. This is viewer submitted video taken from ...

Georges Lemaître: the Belgian priest who preached the Big Bang
Irish Times
Pointing out that an expanding universe must have been smaller in the past, he boldly suggested that our universe was once a small and hot fireball, ...

Man-made meteor provides spectacle for local researcher
Science Network Western Australia
A TEAM of international scientists including a Curtin University PhD student had front row seats to see a meteor streak across Earth's atmosphere ...

Rocks From Space: Asteroid Day - June 30, 2016
SETI Institute
Peter currently runs the NASA sponsored Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) project in northern California, which aims to confirm some of ...

Rock and Roll at the Apollo 17 Site
PSRD
The latest orbital images and topographic data offer new insights to the geologic context of
Apollo 17 impact melt breccias....

Opal on Antarctic Meteorite May Explain Origins of Water on Earth
YouTube
A team of researchers announced the discovery of opal fragments found on a meteorite in Antarctica on June 27.

Falling rock is 'meteor-wrong,' DeWitt family told
Detroit Free Press
EAST LANSING — Just what the heck hit Daniel and Kathryn Seip's garage on West Herbison in Clinton County Saturday? A rock the size of a small ...

Meteorite or meteor-wrong?
Lansing State Journal
A rock hit the garage of Clinton County's Daniel and Kathryn Seip. It seemed to come from the sky. Was it a meteorite?

Putnam: Falling rock is meteor-wrong DeWitt family told
Lansing State Journal
Just what the heck hit Daniel and Kathryn Seip's garage on West Herbison in Clinton County Saturday?

Perseid Meteor Shower Night Hike at Stub Stewart State Park
REI.com
Join us for a night hike at Stub Stewart State Park during the Perseidmeteor shower this year! Just outside the city away from much of the ambient light ...

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Researchers Trace Mercury's Origins to Rare Meteorite

Opal Discovered in Antarctic Meteorite

Meteor captured by stations: MAD2/DF and LCS1/GO - BRAMON

300g 'meteorite' crashes through roof of Thai house.

Asteroid day 2016: Ten facts about the celestial bodies on the eve of the global event
International Business Times UK
Asteroid day facts Astronomers observe the Gemenids meteor shower in the observatory of Avren. Meteors are asteroids that burn upon entry in the ...

300g 'meteorite' crashes through roof of Thai house.
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Around the Town: Meteor Crater to celebrate Asteroid Day
Arizona Daily Sun
In honor of Asteroid Day on Thursday, June 30, Meteor Crater will host an all-day celebration featuring arts and crafts, a costume contest, ...

Tracking down the Arizona fireball
Arizona State University
On June 2, a chunk of rock the size of a Volkswagen Beetle hurtled into the atmosphere over the desert Southwest at 40,000 miles per hour and broke .

Putnam: Falling rock is meteor-wrong DeWitt family told
Lansing State Journal
And Whitford witnesses a lot of meteor-wrongs, including another one from DeWitt area Tuesday that turned out to be metal slag. He's looked at more ..

Lie back on a summer night and look up at the sky
North Country Public Radio
The Perseid meteor shower is coming in August. Meteor showers take their names from the point in the sky from which they seem to emerge.

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Researchers Trace Mercury's Origins to Rare Meteorite

Researchers trace Mercury's origins to rare meteorite
by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 27, 2016
http://phys.org/news/2016-06-mercury-rare-meteorite.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160627132939.htm

the paper is:

Namur, O., M. Collinet, B. Charlier, T. L. Grove, F. Holtz,
and C. McCammon, 2016, Melting processes and mantle
sources of lavas on Mercury. Earth and Planetary Science
Letters. vol. 439, pp. 117–128
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X16000522
and https://goo.gl/E0BYUa

Yours,

Paul H.

ALL Pauls's Writings can be seen here-
http://theepistlesofpaul.blogspot.com/

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Opal Discovered in Antarctic Meteorite

Opal-Studded Meteorite Hints at Origins of Earth's Water
By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com, June 27, 2016
http://www.space.com/33276-opal-pieces-found-in-antarctica-meteorite.html

New Meteorite Offers Clues About the Origins of Life on
Earth By Sophie Kleeman, Gizmodo, June 7, 2016
http://gizmodo.com/this-opal-studded-meteorite-offers-clues-about-the-orig-1782682303

Opal discovered in Antarctic meteorite
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), June 27, 2016
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160627095939.htm
https://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2873-opal-discovered-in-antarctic-meteorite
https://nam2016.org/press-releases/84-opal-discovered-in-antarctic-meteorite-ras-pr-16-31-nam-5-embargoed

Oxygen Isotopes and Origin of Opal in an Antarctic Ureilite
by Downes H. Beard A. D. Franchi I. A. Greenwood R. C.
79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6141]
http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2016/pdf/6141.pdf
http://karmaka.de/?p=9173

Yours,

Paul H.

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Meteor captured by stations: MAD2/DF and LCS1/GO - BRAMON

Date: 28/06/2016 - 06:14:04 UTC
Analyze results J8-SSS

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300g 'meteorite' crashes through roof of Thai house. 28JUN2016
As reported in today's Bangkok Post.
Via: RSOE-EDIS.
Excerpt: "Department head Sarawut Tuantam said the rock’s crust was charcoal black, indicating it had been burned entering Earth's atmosphere at very high speeds. The test also found the chunk contained large amount of iron and was attracted by a magnet."
Please visit the original article for full details.

Latitude: 16.84N,100.23E (NW Thailand).
Time: 07:26AM Local / 00:26AM UTC

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'Meteorites' crash into home smashing through roof and walls- Thailand
Mirror
A family were left in shock after meteorites started crashing through the roof of their home as they were eating breakfast. The largest rock, the size of a ..

Mercury May Be Meteor Like Dark Thirty News
Geologists at MIT have traced part of Mercury's cooling history and based on their findings have determined that the planet likely has the composition ...

Today in science: Egypt’s first meteorite
By Daniela Breitman in EARTH | SPACE | June 28, 2016
June 28, 1911. Life was unfolding as usual in the small village of El Nakhla El Bahariya, Egypt, when, at 9 a.m. local time, the villagers heard explosions coming from far away. They later reported a white trail of smoke that approached them from northeast. About 40 pieces of rock rained from the sky, with a total weight later determined to be about 22 pounds...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27JUM2016 Post
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27JUN2016. Couple loans unexpected find to UCLA Meteorite Gallery ...

Quasicrystal meteorite Important Finding! VIDEO!
YouTube
Quasicrystal meteorite. Cedric Avilez. ...

Finding stars the way Bo Peep finds sheep: this week on The Dark Sky
Interlochen
... or center point of an early summer meteor shower, called the Boötids. ... of the sky that might suggest that the meteor shower is his gift to humanity?

Researchers trace Mercury's origins to rare meteorite
by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 27, 2016

'Forbidden Symmetry' Found in 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite
Until recently, crystals with ‘forbidden symmetry’ were thought impossible to naturally occur. Yet, a 4.57 billion-year-old meteorite was found in the far northeastern region of Chukotka, Russia exhibiting crystals with naturally occurring ‘forbidden symmetry‘...

Jupiter climate creates amazing fireball images
RT
Dazzling images capturing Jupiter`s weather phenomena and maps offer a unique insight into the internal life of the solar system`s largest planet, ...

NASA Rover Findings Point to a More Earth-like Martian Past
Chemicals found in Martian rocks by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover suggest the Red Planet once had more oxygen in its atmosphere than it does now.

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Couple loans unexpected find to UCLA Meteorite Gallery
dailybruin.com BY ANJISHNU DAS
The Eltrichs, who live in Venice, California, said they discovered the meteorite while hiking near Baker, California, in the Mojave Desert. The stone is approximately 5 inches long, 6 inches wide and about 4 inches thick....

Opal-Studded Meteorite Hints at Origins of Earth's Water
By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor | June 27, 2016 09:10am ET
A gem of a meteorite found in Antarctica is studded with pieces of opal, a crystal that is associated with water. The discovery lends greater strength to the idea that meteorites brought water to asteroids and may also have seeded the Earth with the liquid necessary for life to evolve....

PSI's Vishnu Reddy Discusses Meteor Crossing Tucson's Skyline
Planetary Science Institute
PSI's Vishnu Reddy Discusses Meteor Crossing Tucson's Skyline. vishnu on news. After a mysterious bright light streaked across the predawn sky in ...

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June Bootids meteor shower
AccuWeather.com
The June Bootids meteor shower will peak during the night of June 26 into June 27. This is a very, very fickle meteor shower. Most years it features ...

Alternative radio source for meteor detection
Stargazers Lounge
As a result of checking out the BAA Radio Astronomy Section's web page, I came across a paper by David Morgan on the use of aircraft radio location ...

Astronomy for July: Venus returns to view; meteor shower peaks
Akron Beacon Journal
Venus has been lost in the glare of the sun, but reappears the third week of July low in the west-northwest. Look for Jupiter sitting less than 6 degrees ...

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Fireball in skies over Nova Scotia lights up social media
CBC.ca
A meteor was likely behind numerous reports of a bright light in the skies over Nova Scotia Thursday night. Numerous people reported on social ...

'fireball' over Eastern Passage, expert says it could be anything
News 95.7
HALIFAX – Twitter lit up on Thursday night about a potential fireball in the sky over Eastern Passage, leading to online speculation as to what the ...

Fireball lights up Nova Scotia skies
Signs of the Times
He says fireballs aren't rare astronomical phenomenon, but they aren't always spotted. "When people see these things they become really excited, like ...

Fireball lights up sky over Nova Scotia
Local Xpress
Multiple Nova Scotians report seeing a fireball burning across the sky Thursday night. The fiery phenom occurred just before 10 p.m. ...

NASA Scientists Discover Unexpected Mineral on Mars (Tridymite)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jun 22, 2016

Scientists have discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample at Gale
Crater on Mars, a finding that may alter our understanding of how the
planet evolved.

Where to watch meteor showers in Georgia
AJC.com
The Perseid meteor shower will peak August 11 -12 and can be seen throughout most of the Northern Hemisphere.

Meteor Activity Outlook for June 25-July 1, 2016
American Meteor Society
The half-illuminated moon will interfere with meteor observing, but to a much lesser degree than when near its full phase. Toward the end of the period ...

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NASA Scientists Discover Unexpected Mineral on Mars (Tridymite)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- Jun 22, 2016
Scientists have discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample at Gale Crater on Mars, a finding that may alter our understanding of how the planet evolved. ...

Cool, fast meteorite races across sky over Halifax
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Hopefully a meteor? Did anyone else see this?” wrote user fussball_eh. Twitter user @kennymahar said he saw a meteor burn up as he sat in his ...

The Spacecraft that Fell to Earth Slowly
SETI Institute
Creating a horizon-to-horizon man-made meteor, this spectacular re-entry was studied by an international airborne team led by SETI Institute scientist ...

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Amazing June Lyrid fireball recorded over Spain
Meteor News
The event was recorded by eight cameras deployed at four meteor-observing stations operating in the framework of the SMART Project. The analysis ...

Sugar derivatives in meteorites shows enantiomeric excess
June 22, 2016 by Heather Zeiger
(Phys.org)—Chiral molecules can be found in chemically equivalent left-handed (L) and right-handed (D) mirror-image forms - each commonly referred to as an enantiomer. Synthetic sugars and other chiral molecules made in the lab from non-chiral precursors, or any process that does not use asymmetric reagents such as enzymes in biological reactions,...

NASA Scientists Discover Unexpected Mineral on Mars
Scientists have discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample at Gale Crater on Mars, a finding that may alter our understanding of how the planet evolved.
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been exploring sedimentary rocks within Gale Crater since landing in August 2012. In July 2015, on Sol 1060 (the number of Martian days since landing), the rover collected powder drilled from rock at a location named "Buckskin." Analyzing data from an X-ray diffraction instrument on the rover that identifies minerals, scientists detected significant amounts of a silica mineral called tridymite....

In search of stardust: finding micro-meteorites on your roofWith a strong magnet and a fine sieve you can discover meteorites that have landed on your home.
By Markus Schwabe, CBC News Posted: Jun 21, 2016
Seven years ago Jon Larsen was preparing to eat his breakfast outside at his home in Norway when a meteorite slammed onto his patio table. But the meteorite didn't do any damage, because it was the size of a piece of dust. ...

Watch the night sky
The Hindu
June 30 is World Meteor Watch Day. Meteors are also known as 'shooting stars'. Look up into the night sky and you might see a sudden streak of light.

Instructions for Building a Portable Double Cross Antenna: Great for NOAA/Meteor Weather Satellites
RTL-SDR.com
A double cross antenna is great for reception of satellites like NOAA and Meteor since it has a sky oriented radiation pattern with very few nulls.

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Bright meteor fireball observed over southern Spain
Signs of the Times
Fireball recorded over Spain just one minute after the start of summer (June 20, at 22:35 UT).
Russia to make satellite orbit catalogue public?
Russian news outlets suggest that Russia will make its orbital catalog
> public, including western classified objects:
> http://izvestia.ru/news/619052
>
> http://sputniknews.com/science/20160622/1041718824/russia-us-satellites.html

> https://www.rt.com/news/347744-russia-satellites-database-norad/
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FRIPON: A New All-Sky Meteor Network
Sky & Telescope
French researchers estimate that 10 meteorites fall in France every year, but ameteor sighting followed by a subsequent meteorite recovery has been ...

Rates, Flux Densities, and Spectral Indices of Meteor Radio Afterglows
Wiley Online Library
the spectrum steepening over time for each meteor afterglow. ... Beamformed measurements of two meteorradio afterglows recorded on October 17,.

Listen to Meteor Showers
Earth Tone Electronics
Meteor shower events are a great way to spend time outdoors. During events such as Leonids the bright display of a meteor traveling through the ...

Meteor Crater to Celebrate Asteroid Day June 30, 2016 with Family Fun Events
Meteor Crater
Meteor Crater to celebrate Asteroid Day on June 30th with arts and crafts, a costume contest, a movie screening and other activities for the whole ...

5 dark sites perfect for stargazing in the United States
AccuWeather.com
The park hosts several astronomy events throughout the year, giving people of all ages an opportunity to view the night sky, meteor showers or lunar ...

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Multiple sightings of a meteor fireball over Japan
Signs of the Times
The plume, brightened by the light of the moon, showed the path that the apparent meteor took as it made its way through the atmosphere.

OMSI Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party in Corbett, OR
Eventful
O.M.S.I Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party on Aug 12, 2016 in Corbett, OR(Portland metro area) at Rooster Rock State Park. Learn more about this ...

Asteroid Day 2016: Be Prepared, Houston on June 30
Houston Press
The Odessa Meteor Crater is a collection of five craters that were produced by an iron asteroid. And the Marquez Crater, which isn't exposed at the ...

Stargazers in Spain to enjoy summer of celestial delights
The Local.es
Stargazers will be spoilt for choice this summer, as Spain's skies light up with five planets, two eclipses and the famous Perseid meteor shower.

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The facts about asteroids, certain death from the sky (eventually)
Fabius Maximus website (blog)
See the map below; the dots represent the meteor's size. For a rough conversion between the measured optical radiant energy and the total energy: ...

Mine Tales: Unraveling the mystery, marvels of Meteor Crater
Arizona Daily Star
Located 35 miles east of Flagstaff and 6 miles south of Interstate 40, Meteor Crater and its fragments were first recognized after the discovery of iron ...

Meteor?
Spaceweather.com Realtime Image Gallery
Meteor? Taken by David Gilyan on June 18, 2016 @ Indianapolis. Click photo for larger image. Camera Used: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD C300Z, ...

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Meteor fireball filmed over the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Signs of the Times
This earthgrazer meteor was filmed by cameras of the Brazilian Meteor Observation Network (Bramon) over the state of São Paulo, Brazil on June 14, ...

Earthgrazer meteor over the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Strange Sounds
This earthgrazer meteor was filmed by cameras of the Brazilian Meteor Observation Network (Bramon) over the state of São Paulo, Brazil on June 13, ...

Universe’s first life might have been born on diamond planets
kurzweilai.net - June 7, 2016
New findings by scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) suggest that planet formation in the early universe might have created carbon planets consisting of graphite, carbides, and diamond and that astronomers might find these diamond worlds by searching a rare class of stars. ...

Mystery Meteorite Found In Swedish Quarry
YouTube
A rock that plummeted to Earth 470 million years ago has been identified as the first ever known meteorite of its kind. Named Öst 65, it was discovered ...

Scientists say new type of meteorite is remnant of ancient asteroid collision
YouTube
A meteorite discovered in a Swedish quarry appears to be the only remnant of one part of a massive asteroid collision more than 470 million years ago ...

Meteorite seen in New York City sky
YouTube
Thanks for EarthCam by recording with his Midtown Skyline HD Streaming camera.

Nature and mystery at Jones Lake State Park
Fayetteville Observer
One of the most notorious of the theories is that the bays were formed by a meteor shower; however, Garner said that despite core samples, nothing ...

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Meteor News- 18 June 2016
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
A beautiful earthgrazer meteor over São Paulo state, Brazil. We managed to catch the beginning (VLW station), middle (CSP station) and the end of ...

Meteor fireball spotted in skies over Massena, New York
Signs of the Times
A 7 News viewer caught what might have been a meteor falling from the sky over Massena. The pictures were taken by Sara Lytle after 4 p.m. near the ...

Main Street Morning: This Japanese start-up wants to create artificial meteor showers on-demand
Washington Post
Welcome to Main Street Morning, The Washington Post's daily collection of news affecting entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses with a ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for 18-24 June 2016
Meteor News
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near 2 for observers located in the northern hemisphere and 3 for observers ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
Fireball seen over my house at 9:50 PM on Saturday, May 28, 2016. This was in Pelham, AL USA. I have tried twice to report this, and both times got a ...

So You Want to be a Palaeontologist: Meteor Madness Wrap Up Party
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
This week's theme is Meteor Madness Wrap up Party. Join us as we wrap up the summer programming with space themed crafts. Thursday's programs ...

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Sao Paulo, Brazil Earthgrazer Fireball Meteor 0847 UTC 13JUN2016

A beautiful earthgrazer meteor over São Paulo state, Brazil.
We managed to catch the beginning (VLW station), middle (CSP station) and the end of the trajectory (HAL station),

Video by BRAMON

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16JUN2016
Posted: 16 Jun 2016 02:00 PM PDT
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News BREAKING! ONT NY NJ Fireball Meteor 2130 EDT 14JUN2016 Fragmentation reported. MeteorRats take a look! Report your meteor sightings please- ... The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15JUN2016 ONT QC NY NJ PA MA Fireball Meteor 14JUN2016 - Breaking! NSW, Australia Fireball Meteor 14JUN2016 Scientists have identified a completely new type of ...

Bizarre Meteorite - First Of Its Kind - Unearthed In Sweden
Tech Times
A quarry in Sweden is the resting place of a meteorite unlike any ever seen on Earth. What is the history and geology of this bizarre extinct meteorite?

Meteor Spotted Over Massena?
WWNY TV 7
A 7 News viewer caught what might have been a meteor falling from the sky over Massena. The pictures were taken by Sara Lytle after 4 p.m. near the ...

Could a major meteor strike cause the Earth's crust to move independently of the core, producing ...
Quora
It would probably take a series of very large meteor strikes, all over the world, in order to do the kind of mass, worldwide melting you envisage. very unlikely- no!

Perseids Meteor Shower in the Sahara
Begaa Tours
Camel Trek in the Sahara to witness Perseids Meteor Shower. Why not combine a holiday to Morocco with the amazing celestial spectacle of the ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
BREAKING! ONT NY NJ Fireball Meteor 2130 EDT 14JUN2016 Fragmentation reported. MeteorRats take a look! Report your meteor sightings please- ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15JUN2016
ONT QC NY NJ PA MA Fireball Meteor 14JUN2016 - Breaking!
NSW, Australia Fireball Meteor 14JUN2016
Scientists have identified a completely new type of meteorite. - Österplana 65

Scientists have identified a completely new type of meteorite.
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
An 8cm space rock called Österplana 65 was found in a ...

Small Asteroid Is Earth's Constant Companion
NASA/JPL
A small asteroid has been discovered in an orbit around the sun that keeps it as a constant companion of Earth, and it will remain so for centuries to come. As it orbits the sun, this new asteroid, designated 2016 HO3, appears to circle around Earth as well. It is too distant to be considered a true satellite of our planet, but it is the best and most stable example to date of a near-Earth companion, or "quasi-satellite."... more

Not aliens, says expert after large fireball spotted in night sky
CBC.ca
"It sounds like a larger-than-usual meteor that ripped through the skies," said Fazekas, adding that this event happens often, but not always in a ...

Fiery meteor fireball blazed across SE Canada and NE United States
Signs of the Times
"It sounds like a larger-than-usual meteor that ripped through the skies," said Fazekas, adding that this event happens often, but not always in a ...

Asymmetric molecule, key to life, detected in space for first time
EMTV Online
Image: A meteor streaks over the sky during the Perseid meteor shower at a windmill farm near Bogdanci, south of Skopje in the early morning August ...

470 Million Year Old Meteorite Discovered In Swedish Quarry
Universe Today
There is ample evidence of the Ordovician meteor event in the form of meteorites, and they all conform to similar chemistry and structure. So it's long ...

'Alien' rock unlike anything seen before
Perth Now
The 470 million-year-old meteorite which has proven to be unlike any of the tens of thousands of meteorites found on Earth so far....

France is building the world's biggest automated meteor-spotting network
Yahoo News
France is building one of the the world's first fully-connected and automated meteor-spotting network with a new project called FRIPON — standing for ...

Massive meteor-tracking network launches in France
Irish Examiner
By the end of the year the system will be using 100 cameras in regions across France, making it one of the biggest meteor-spotting networks in the ...

113 Reports
Fireball event
Report a Fireball · Events · Reports · Log In · Sign up ... AMS received 113 reports about a fireball seen over NH, NY, PA, Ontario, VT, MA, ME, Québec, ...

LISTEN: Valley residents call 911 after meteor
ABC15 Arizona
Police have released some of the 911 calls that came in when the huge ball of light flew across the sky. One woman delivering papers early in the ...

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ONT NY NJ Fireball Meteor 14JUN2016
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
BREAKING! ONT NY NJ Fireball Meteor 2130 EDT 14JUN2016 Fragmentation reported. MeteorRats take a look! Report your meteor sightings please-...

NSW, Australia Fireball Meteor 14JUN2016
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
NSW, Australia Fireball Meteor 14JUN2016. NSW, Australia Fireball Meteor Apprx. 1810 Local 14JUN2016 Report your meteor sightings please-...

Asymmetric molecule, key to life, detected in space for first time
Channel News Asia
A meteor streaks over the sky during the Perseid meteor shower at a windmill farm near Bogdanci, south of Skopje in the early morning August 13, ...

Large meteor over Norway June 13, 2016
UFO and Mysteries
The map shows the bearings of the meteor. The dark lines show the direction of observation spots for meteors appearing, and the bright lines show ...

'Fossil' meteorite was from asteroid smash-up
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent 14 June 2016

The 8cm space rock is said to be chemically distinct from any of the 50,000 other such objects held in collections. Called Österplana 65, it was found in a limestone quarry in Thorsberg, Sweden...

France Launches Massive Meteor-Tracking Effort
PCMag UK
Scientists in France are on the hunt for meteors, and they just launched a major campaign to find them. According to Scientific American, the so-called ...

Meteor caught flying by moon
Cloudy Nights
Meteor caught flying by moon - posted in Solar System Imaging & Processing: Last night June 12 I was taking a video of the moon when I caught ...

No local witnesses to overhead meteor in Marion County
Hannibal.net
According to the American Meteor Society (AMS), the fireball appeared in the sky around 11:41 a.m. The trajectory had the rock hitting the atmosphere ...

Get Ready for Artificial Meteor Showers
National Geographic
Now, if a Japanese start-up called ALE has its way, a satellite capable of generating artificial meteor showers will be in orbit sometime in the next two ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JUN2016
Posted: 13 Jun 2016 01:43 PM PDT
Mammals Were Already Flourishing When The Axe Fell On The Dinosaurs Universe Today As it turns out, mammals may have been well on their way to displacing the dinos long before the Chicxulub meteor hastened the dinosaur's demise....

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BREAKING! ONT QC NY NJ PA MA MI Fireball Meteor 2130 EDT 14JUN2016
Fragmentation reported. Electrophonics reported!
MeteorRats take a look! May be rocks on the ground.
All 58 Reports

Report your meteor sightings please-
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If you have a video or still image please send to me @ drtanuki@gmail.com ; Thank you!

Sighting Reports-
14JUN2016 Alison Proulx Cornwall, ON CANADA 2133 5 SECONDS NNW/NWN WHITE WITH ORANGE OUTLINE AND TAIL MOON YES WEST SKY

14JUN2016 m Kingston,ontario, canada 21:30 5 seconds heading west, low in the sky bright white/orange/blue sun it seemed to burn away to nothing, getting smaller as it moved further along I could hear a whoosh as it went overhead, it seemed really close. I almost thought it was fireworks, but it definitely was not.

14JUN2016 Kevin Tonawanda, NY 21:30/EST PM 5 to 10 seconds S-N Bright green to brigh red Bright as the moon Yes. None

14JUN2016 Ben Cahill East Amwell, NJ, USA ~ 21:30pm Eastern Time 5-8 seconds SE-NW, facing NNW, movement mostly down and away from me, slight right-to-left motion. First spotted ~ 30 degrees above horizon, moved to ~20 degrees above. Usual bright yellow/white. No sound. Venus or brighter No None.

14JUN2016 Caroline Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 21:15/EST, PM 5 sec SE to SW facing south Very bright white, yellow Airplane lights Yes I first thought it was an airplane low in the sky that was how bright and big it was. We are very close to the airport here in Ottawa.

14JUN2016 Sandro Belpanno Spencerport, NY USA 2100 EASTERN 4-7 E;NE right to left ? (Colorblind) no sound, but i was standing next to a running pool pump. Moon/venus. Very bright, and the sun ad just set. Sky was still bright. Yes, several. 5-10 It was pretty awesome. 10-20 times brighter than any i have ever seen, but im not an avid skywatcher.

14JUN2016 Lisa Pritchard Rome, NY United States approx 20:25 pm eastern time zone I just saw a small arc as it passed from behind a tree through the tree, and passed some roofs from east to west, right to left, I was facing approx north reds/oranges very bright and vivid, I'd say as bright as moon, but in oranges and reds not that I saw a bit smaller than the moon, but much larger than venus. Like a bright orange red ball of fire with a definite tail.

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I was in my backyard doing yardwork and around 830pm in Orleans Ontario I saw a fireball in the sky with whoosh sound. First time I've seen this! Very cool!

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here　 All 58 reports-
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