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Researchers urge asteroid-deflection mission (Details)
Tdnews
Apparently, the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor still serve as a wake-up call, showing the fragility of Earth and giving us more reasons to develop a platform ...

Three UAE detection stations declared fully operational after meteor hits Abu Dhabi
2RUTH.NETWORK
The NationalDetection stations on line in UAE. Three meteor detection stations have been set up across the Emirates, the UAE Space Agency said on.

NASA gaat uitzoeken hoe we kunnen vermijden dat een megameteoor de mensheid wegvaagt
Het Laatste Nieuws
Zij gingen uit van een hypothetisch rampscenario waarbij een meteoriet zou inslaan op Los Angeles en zochten uit hoe snel we een uitgestrekt ...

Event 4556-2016
American Meteor Society
AMS received 10 reports about a fireball seen over WV, SC, OH, NC, TN, KY, VA and GA on Saturday, November 19th 2016 around 05:27 UT.

4540a
American Meteor Society
Remarks, Fireball recorded on my All Sky Camera. Motion detection software timed the event at 09:52:26 PM local time. Probable Leonids meteor.

Planetarium at U of L gets ready for upcoming meteor shower
WDRB
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- One of the biggest meteor showers of the year is headed for Louisville's skies in the coming days. WDRB's Kate Springer ...

If a meteor was coming, how would you change your life?
Reddit
If you knew that a meteor was going to impact the earth in a year's time, and the human race would go extinct, what would change about the way you...

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Spain Daytime Fireball Meteor 06:33 UT 19NOV2016 w/Video

Spain Daytime Fireball Meteor 06:33 UT 19NOV2016

Daytime fireball on 19 Nov. 2016 (at 6:33 UT)
Posted to YouTube by Meteors 2,412 views

Published on Nov 20, 2016
This fireball was recorded at dawn from Sevilla (Spain) on 19 Nov. 2016 at 6:33 UT( 7:33 local time). The event overflew the Atlantic Ocean.

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Fireball crashes into Morawa paddock
The West Australian
Thanks to information from the public through the Fireballs in the Sky app, and images captured by four Desert Fireball Network cameras Curtin's team ...

Meteorite from October fireball found in Morawa, Western Australia
Signs of the Times
Thanks to information from the public through the Fireballs in the Sky app, and images captured by four Desert Fireball Network cameras Curtin's team ...

Researchers dig deep for closer look at dino-killing meteor blast
Nikkei Asian Review
TOKYO -- New mineral samples from Mexico's Chicxulub crater are helping scientists better understand the massive meteor strike thought to have ...

Asteroids Up Close
CosmoSparks
Remote sensing + returned samples from asteroid missions + meteorites =
better understanding of asteroids...

meteor storm
International Meteor Organization
On that night, estimated ZHR for the Leonid meteor outburst range up to 80 000 meteors. Which means an astronomer in good observing conditions ...

'Dashcam' movie to premiere at Russian film festival
Russia Beyond the Headlines
Kalashnikov said he was inspired by the popularity of videos made with dashcam recorders during the 2013 meteor strike in Chelyabinsk (1100 miles ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2016
Philippines
The Leonid meteor shower peaks on Thursday night, Nov. 17 and early the next morning. Stargazers can still see it in the night sky until Nov. 21.

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20150022348: Meteor Shower Forecast Improvements ...
Internet Archive
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20150022348: Meteor Shower Forecast Improvements from a Survey of All-Sky Network Observations.

The 2016 Leonid Meteor Shower
Cloudy Nights
The 2016 Leonid Meteor Shower - posted in General Observing and Astronomy: I got up early this morning and spent 45 minutes in my backyard ...

2016 Leonid Meteor Shower
Bob's Spaces
During the early winter months of A.D. 902, Chinese astronomers recorded what were probably the first written accounts of a meteor shower.

Meteor Activity Outlook for November 19-25, 2016
American Meteor Society
The moonlight will interfere with meteor observing during the prime morning hours but not nearly as much as when it was closer to its full phase.

Meteor Shower Close Call
Stargazers Lounge
I have a schedule of the meteor showers saved on my desktop so I know when ... The North Taurids meteor shower occurred last week and I went to a ...

Leonid Meteor Shower Observing
Astronomy Forums
I spent a couple hours this morning checking out the Leonid Meteor Shower. In spite of the waning Supermoon, observed 6 Leonid's and 3 sporadic ...

50th anniversary of the famous 1966 Leonid storm
American Meteor Society
In mid-November, spectacular meteors will streak through the night sky as the Leonid meteor shower hits Earth once again. This annual meteor ...

IAU meteor shower database
International Meteor Organization
The October 2016 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be mailed shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF ...

Conference Topics
International Meteor Organization
Possible meteor radio workshop? Currently we check how many people would be interested to attend a radio workshop of either an entire day before ...

4543d
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, L. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, Time is approximate. I never saw the start of the event. I looked up as it was falling downward.

4543b
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Georgetown, KY. Latitude, 38° 10' 56.63'' N (38.182396°). Longitude, 84° 33' 20.39'' W (-84.555663°). Elevation, 270.744m ...

4538a
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Fredonia, NY. Latitude, 42° 26' 32.96'' N (42.442489°). Longitude, 79° 20' 24.23'' W (-79.340064°). Elevation, 211.113m. Time and ...

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Spain Fireball Meteor 22:31 UT 18NOV2016 w/Video

Spain Bolide Fireball 22:31 UT 18NOV2016

Stunning fireball on 18 Nov. 2016 (at 22:31 UT)
Posted to YouTube by Meteors 5,395 views

Published on Nov 20, 2016
This amazing fireball overflew the Mediterranean Sea on 18 Nov. 2016 at 22:31 UT (23:31 local time). The event was produced by a meteoroid that hit the atmosphere at about 72000 km/h. The bolide began at an altitude of about 80 km above the sea level and ended at a height of around 60 km above the sea. The fireball was recorded in the framework of the SMART Project from the astronomical observatories of Calar Alto (Almería, Spain) and La Sagra (Granada, Spain).

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Spain Fireball Meteor 2255 UT 15NOV2016 w/Video
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Published on Nov 16, 2016. Fireball recorded on 15 Nov. 2016 at 22:55 UT (23:55 local time) from Calar Alto Observatory (Spain). According to the ...

Watch Leonid Meteor Shower live TONIGHT as incredible space phenomenon is captured by robot ...
Mirror
The celestial 'fireworks display' is set to light up the skies from 1am.

The Leonids Meteor Shower 2016
YouTube- SLOOH
View the Leonid Meteor Shower LIVE on Slooh. ... Leonid MeteorShower: Spectacular Display of Fireballs - Eyes to the Sky...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2016 Live Stream: How To Watch The Shooting Stars
International Business Times
The Leonid meteor shower is set to peak Thursday at 6 a.m. EST, giving space fans a chance to see up to 20 meteors an hour in certain places in the ...

An Off Year for the Leonid Meteor Shower
Clemson Area Amateur Astronomers
An Off Year for the Leonid Meteor Shower. An Off Year for the Leonid Meteor Shower. Source: Night Sky EventsPublished on 2016-11-15.

La NASA simula el impacto de un gran meteorito en el sur de California
Univision (Comunicado de prensa)
LOS ÁNGELES, California.- Como si se tratara del argumento de una película apocalíptica de Hollywood, los científicos de la NASA y las autoridades ...

FAA officials: event over Sangres last week was possibly a meteor
Wet Mountain Tribune
Speculation among FAA personnel was that it had been a meteor. In an attempt to confirm the speculation, the Tribune contacted both Sheriff's offices.

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Japan Fireball Meteor 02:16 JST 17NOV2016
w/ Fragmentation! and Groundmap and Video.

Japan Fireball Meteor 02:16 JST 17NOV2016
c 2016 Shimode / SonotaCo

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Japan Fireball Meteor 05:48 JST 17NOV2016
2016年11月17日5時48分21秒のマイナス等級の流星

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Japan Fireball Meteor 17NOV2016
2016年11月17日5時48分21秒のマイナス等級の流星
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Japan Fireball Meteor 18:00 JST 16NOV2016
2016年11月16日18時00分に-6.２等の火球
Second Fireball captured on the 16th!

Japan Fireball Meteor 18:00 JST 16NOV2016
2016年11月16日18時00分に-6.２等の火球
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http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3804

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Japan Fireball Meteor 04:53 JST 16NOV2016
2016年11月16日 4時53分57秒にこじし座に現れた明るい流星

Japan Fireball Meteor 04:53 JST 16NOV2016
2016年11月16日 4時53分57秒にこじし座に現れた明るい流星
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Spain Fireball Meteor 15NOV2016 w/ Video
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
It belongs to the Southern Taurids meteor shower. The event took place during the Super Moon and was produced by a fragment from Comet ...

Watch Leonid Meteor Shower live TONIGHT as incredible space phenomenon is captured by robot ...
Mirror.co.uk
The company which runs the service said: "The livestream will bring together live meteor feeds from Slooh's flagship observatory at the Institute of ...

Why scientists are backing an asteroid-deflection mission
Christian Science Monitor
But as asteroid detection continues to improve, scientists say they might be able to have enough time between spotting an incoming meteor and its ...

How to watch the Leonid meteor shower tonight
Christian Science Monitor
The annual Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak this week, although the view might be compromised by a bright moon and low frequency.

La NASA simula el impacto de un gran meteorito en el sur de California
Univision (Comunicado de prensa)
LOS ÁNGELES, California.- Como si se tratara del argumento de una película apocalíptica de Hollywood, los científicos de la NASA y las autoridades ...

How to watch the Leonid meteor shower this week
KABC
Here's everything you need to know about this week's Leonid Meteor Shower.

Leonid meteor shower maximum blighted by the Moon
Astronomy Now Online
For observers in Western Europe and the British Isles, the best prospects for observing a meteor from the Leonid shower occur around the maximum, ...

How to Watch the 2016 Leonid Meteor Shower Live Online Tonight
Space.com
You can watch the famous November Leonid meteor shower rain down live, regardless of your area's viewing conditions, thanks to the Slooh ...

When good showers turn bad—the 2016 Leonids
Phys.Org
We managed to catch an early Leonid meteor this past Saturday morning while waiting for the new Chinese space station Tiangong-2 to pass over ...

meteor detection
The Watchers
UAE meteor detecting stations now in operation. Three stations for detecting meteors in the United Arab Emirates are now operational, the UAE Space ...

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Spain Fireball Meteor 2255 UT 15NOV2016 w/Video

Fireball on 15 Nov (at 22:55 UT)
Posted to YouTube by Meteors 113 views

Published on Nov 16, 2016
Fireball recorded on 15 Nov. 2016 at 22:55 UT (23:55 local time) from Calar Alto Observatory (Spain). According to the preliminary analysis of this event, it would be a Southern Taurid fireball that overflew the North of Africa, produced by a meteoroid from Comet 2P/Encke.
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Second-Largest Meteorite In US To Go On Display At TCU
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth - CBS Local
The Monnig Meteorite Gallery at TCU has thousands of meteorites on display and in storage. But its latest acquisition dwarfs them all.

Space Scientists Rally Support for 2020 Asteroid-Deflection Mission
Space.com
Though scientists believe that big, Earth-threatening asteroids are relatively rare, the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor strike offered a stark reminder that ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13-15NOV2016
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
The first meteor detection station, dubbed UACN1, was setup in the Remah area of Al Ain in January. UACN2 was established in the Razeen area, .

Leonid Meteor Shower 2016 - When is it, how to watch in UK and more dates of astronomical ...
Mirror.co.uk
Leonid Meteor Shower 2016 - When is it, how to watch in UK and more dates of astronomical events including Jupiter next to the moon. This weekend ...

Nine stunning pictures of the supermoon over skies in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge News
Late at night on November 16 and into the early hours of November 17 there will be a number of shooting stars for the annual Leonid meteor shower.

Stargazing: Leonids Meteor Shower to Light the Sky After the November Supermoon
Nature World News
The Leonids meteor shower will grace the sky until Nov. 21, until the supermoon shrink to a half moon. The meteors from the Leonids shower originate ...

An Off Year for the Leonid Meteor Shower
Sky & Telescope
There was a time, especially in the span from 1998 to 2001, when mid-November's Leonid meteor shower was truly a "must see" celestial event.

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week: Here's What to Expect
Space.com
A Leonid meteor streaks over a New Jersey house in this amazing image by astro-photographer Jeffrey Berkes. The 2016 Leonid meteor shower will ...

Leonid Meteor Shower to light up night sky
MSN.com
Nov 15, 2016; 11:50 AM ET When and where you can see the amazing nighttime display of up to 15 meteors per hour.

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Spain Fireball Meteor 2:55 UT 15NOV2016 w/ Video

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Spain Fireball Meteor 2:55 UT 15NOV2016

Fireball during the Super Moon on 15 Nov (at 2:55 UT)

Posted to YouTube by Meteors 91 views
Published on Nov 15, 2016
Very bright fireball over the South of Spain on 15 Nov. at 2:55 UT (3: 55 local time). It belongs to the Southern Taurids meteor shower. The event took place during the Super Moon and was produced by a fragment from Comet 2P/Encke that hit the atmosphere at about 110.000 km/h. The bolide began at a height of about 108 km over the province of Granada and ended at an altitude of 60 km over the south of the province of Jaen.

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From PSRD: New Headline article about meteorites
Searching for Ancient Solar System Materials on the Moon, Earth, and Mars --
The early history of the Solar System is recorded by meteorites falling now, but also by those that fell hundreds of millions to billions of years ago, preserved in lunar samples, sedimentary layers on Earth, and even sitting on the surface of Mars....

UAE detection stations fully operational after meteorite hits Abu Dhabi
The National
The first meteor detection station, dubbed UACN1, was setup in the Remah area of Al Ain in January. UACN2 was established in the Razeen area, ...

Boom heard for miles still a mystery
Black Hills Pioneer
Tom Durkin, the deputy director of the South Dakota Space Consortium said he checked with the American Meteor Society and no meteor sightings ...

The November issue of Meteorite Times is now up.
meteorite-times.com
Enjoy! Paul and Jim

Meteor Activity Outlook for November 12-18, 2016
American Meteor Society
This will be the worse time of the month to view meteor activity as the bright glare from the full moon will obscure all but the brighter meteors.

Bright Moon Will Ding Leonid Meteor Shower
Astro Bob
Most meteors are comet dust striking at the atmosphere at speeds so high, they vaporize in a blaze of light. This is a meteor from the Leonid shower in ...

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Japan Fireball Meteor 20:08 JST 12NOV2016
2016年11月12日20時8分33秒おうし北群の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 20:08 JST 12NOV2016

2016年11月12日20時8分33秒おうし北群の火球

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Impact Craters 101 - Live YouTube 11NOV2016 @ 20:30 (8:30 PM) Eastern

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11NOV2016

MBIQ Detects Finland Fireball Meteor 10NOV2016
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
MBIQ Detects Finland Fireball Meteor 06:40 10NOV2016 MeteorBotInternetQuery Bot detected meteor activity in Finland and is now verified.Sonics ...

11/11/2016 – Ephemeris – Two Taurid meteor showers active now
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog - WordPress.com
We are situated between two supposed peaks of two meteor showers, the South Taurids and the Northern Taurids. Their radiant points are roughly ...

Leonid Meteor Shower Peak Date Nov 17, How to Watch Live
Aussie Network News
The Leonid meteor shower is set to peak on the night of Nov. 17 and early the following morning. Experts warn that the show may not be as impressive ...

The biggest Supermoon in nearly 70 years is happening next week: where and when to watch
The Denver Channel
11, specifically toward the constellation Taurus (the bull) for our first meteor shower of the month. You can expect to catch 10 to 15 meteors per hour ...

NIGHT SPECTACULAR: Two meteor showers and a 'super duper moon' all in the next few days
Express.co.uk
STARGAZERS can look forward to a busy November as the night sky will light up with not one but two meteor showers as well as what astronomers ...

How to identify Meteor Shower
Stargazers Lounge
... help identifying Meteors. There are a couple of Meteor showers happening this time of the year, when you see a meteor, how do you know what sh...

NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 9 November 2016
Space Ref (press release)
A hard drive was swapped out in the Meteor payload that looks outside a unique window known as the Window Observational Research Facility on ...

'Meteor' crash-lands in Syntagma on Insurance Day
Kathimerini
An actor kitted out as an astronaut stands beside a fake meteor staged to look as though it has crash-landed in Syntagma Square in front of the ...

V ideo Meteor Data

International Meteor Organization
Several observers made their pre-processed video meteor data available to the public. These databases are a gold mine for everybody who is ...

4399l
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Highlands Ranch, CO. Latitude, 39° 31' 26.53'' N (39.524035°). Longitude, 104° 57' 45.28'' W (-104.962577°). Elevation, 1839.003 ...

4399j
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Littleton, CO. Latitude, 39° 37' 18.45'' N (39.621792°). Longitude, 104° 59' 41.02'' W (-104.994727°). Elevation, 1637.071m

.Events in 2016 4399-2016 KML
Report a Fireball
Events in 2016 4399-2016 KML. IMO received 28 reports about a fireball seen over KS, CO and NM on Thursday, November 10th 2016 around 02:42 ...

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Impact Craters 101 - featuring Charles O'Dale
Live on YouTube 11NOV2016 @ 20:30 (8:30 PM) Eastern

Impact Craters 101 - featuring Charles O'Dale
USA/Canada NOV 11 20:30 Eastern
Japan Live NOV 12 10:30 am JST (UT +9)

EP. 007 - Younger Dryas Extinction Impact Event w/ Charles P. O'Dale

I will be on the youtube(iverse) tomorrow, Friday 11/11 @ 20:30 (8:30 PM).

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Japan Fireball Meteor 02:29 JST 10NOV2016
11月10日2時29分の-5.2等級のしし群の火球

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Japan Fireball Meteor 02:29 JST 10NOV2016
11月10日2時29分の-5.2等級のしし群の火球

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SonotaCo Meteor Forum for more including video-
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MBIQ Detects Finland Fireball Meteor 06:40 10NOV2016
MeteorBotInternetQuery Bot detected meteor activity in Finland and is now verified.Sonics - Reports of Hissing and Crackling. Bright Fireball of 3-4 seconds.

Report your meteor sightings please-
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

Please help get the word about this event so that we might recover security camera video or cell phone captures.
If you have a video or still image please send to me @ drtanuki@gmail.com ; Thank you!

Initial two reports-

Kemi, Tulipallo yöllä, Venusta kirkkaampi III
10.11.2016 klo 06.40

Kruunupyy , Tulipallo yöllä, Venusta kirkkaampi III
10.11.2016 klo 06.40

Data Source- https://www.avaruus.fi/uutiset.html

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http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/

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Biggest “Supermoon” Since 1948 to Occur in November 2016
snopes.com
... another supermoon on 11 December 2016, but that event's most notable achievement may be ruining ground views of the Geminid meteor shower.

How to watch the Leonid meteor shower, the fastest in the sky
Astronomy Magazine
Although typically one of the year's finest meteor showers, this year's Leonid display suffers because it comes just three days after the closest Full ...

When is the Leonids Meteor Shower, how can I watch it and when does it peak?
The Sun
A meteor shower occurs when many meteoroids (rocks in space) fall towards the Earth after breaking off a comet – a small, icy object in the Solar ..

Taurid meteor shower 2016 will light up Hull skies with fireballs
Hull Daily Mail
But if you peek out of your window before dawn on Friday you might be able to see the stunning display of the Taurid meteor shower. Because of the ...

When and how to see the Taurid meteor shower in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
UK Live News
Here's how to see the spectacular Leonid meteor shower next week Those who love to gaze up at the skies will be treated to an astronomical marvel ...

W hen and How to Watch the Taurid and Leonid Meteor Showers
Wunderground.com (blog)
12, the annual Taurid meteor shower will light up the night sky with meteors that are remnants left behind by the passage of the Comet known as ...

Taurid Meteor Shower set to light up the Grimsby sky this weekend
Grimsby Telegraph
Meteor showers are an often rare and spectacular event, where we can see objects, millions of miles away shooting across the sky. This Friday, just ...

Taurid meteor shower to bring 'fireballs' to UK skies this weekend
Belfast Newsletter
Look up into the night sky this weekend, and you may just see a fireball ... Fireballs, by the way, is just another word for an especially bright meteor.

Meteor Showers And Supermoon To Light Up The Sky
Caribbean360.com (subscription)
LONDON, England, Thursday November 10, 2016 – Starting this weekend, the night sky will be putting on a spectacular display ranging from meteor ...

Meteor Astronomy with Forward Scatter
International Meteor Organization
In this section, the astronomical aspect of the problem is introduced: what do meteor astronomers want to know about meteors, how should these ...

4399o
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Lakewood, CO. Latitude, 39° 41' 27.25'' N (39.690903°). Longitude, 105° 5' 0.39'' W (-105.083441°). Elevation, 1686.097m ...

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This Weird Meteorite could be our first ever from outside the Solar System
...Astronomers have found evidence that the Tagish Lake meteorite, which crash-landed in Canada back in 2000, came from the Kuiper Belt - all the way in the outskirts of the Solar System, past Neptune....

Fire in the Sky over Nova Scotia
CTV News (blog)
At first glance, I thought it might be a fireball; after all, this is the time for the annual Taurid Meteor shower; the peak occurs this Friday. And to add to the ...

Fireball spotted in the sky over Nova Scotia
Signs of the Times
At first glance, I thought it might be a fireball; after all, this is the time for the annual Taurid Meteor shower; the peak occurs this Friday. And to add to the ...

Leonids to peak next week under a bright moon
Arizona Daily Star
Unfortunately, the waning (growing smaller) gibbous moon next Wednesday, evening (Nov. 16) and the next morning will dim the Leonids meteor ...

In general, the Taurids are very bright,” explains NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke. “
Instagram
The South Taurid meteor shower has been the talk of the sky for a month now ... The November Taurid meteor showers are also known as “Halloween ...

Stars Above: Watch for supermoon Nov. 14 — brightest full moon since 1948
Montreal Gazette
But first up, get set to watch a sprinkling of shooting stars as the annual Taurid meteor shower peaks Nov. 11 and Nov. 12. The best times to see the ...

The sky above Cornwall is set for some incredible meteor showers
CornwallLive.com
The sky above Cornwall is set to put on an incredible night time show this month - giving stargazers the chance to see meteors, planets and a ...

Taurids meteor shower 2016: Everything you need to know about celestial extravaganza
Birmingham Mail
Like last month's Orionid meteor shower, you'll be able to catch the peak of the Taurid Meteor Shower on November 11. The name comes from the fact ...

See all the stars come out at Devils Tower
Rapid City Journal
Previous star parties have been timed to full moons and meteor showers, while December's parties will see Venus, Mars and Mercury (Dec. 11 at 5:3

Taurid, Leonid 2016 Meteor Shower Peaks; Supermoon Effect
Patch.com
The supermoon, which will appear bigger and brighter than any in 70 years, gives competition to Taurid and Leonid meteor showers.

(NTRS) 20110023408: Drake Antarctic Agile Meteor Radar
Internet Archive
A new-generation meteor radar was installed at the Brazilian Antarctic Comandante Ferraz Base (62.1degS) in March 2010. This paper describes the ...

FLIPPO: First female astronomer makes groundbreaking discovery
Christian County Headliner News
The second-most-famous meteor shower is visible this month. The Leonid meteor shower will peak during the morning of Nov. 17. The number of ...

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Japan Fireball Meteor 22:31 JST 01NOV2016 - 2016年11月1日22時31分47秒散在火球

Japan Morning Fireball Meteor 05:43 JST 31OCT2016 / 2016年10月31日5時43分の酒田大火球

Bright meteor fireball observed over North Dakota and Minnesota
Signs of the Times
A map from the American Meteor Society, a place that tracks meteor sightings, shows that 67 people reported this fireball. The sightings were reported ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08NOV2016
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News Posted by Lunar Meteorite * Hunter at 7:01 pm Labels: 2016年11月5日おうし南群の火球, Japan Fireball ...

The Taurid meteor shower 2016
Astronomy
The Taurid meteor shower 2016 is scheduled to peak this Friday and Saturday Nov. 11 and Nov. 12. Find out the best way to view this celestial event.

Super Moon, meteor shower for astronomy aficionados | Ahmedabad NYOOOZ
NYOOOZ
Summary: "But Leonid meteor shower, seems to be originating from constellation Leo when seen from the earth, is special due to its large volume and ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2016: When, Where & How to See It
Space.com
In mid-November, spectacular "shooting stars" will streak through the night sky as the Leonid meteor shower hits Earth once again. This annual meteor ...

How common are large fireballs like the one many of you reported seeing?
Valley News Live
"Fireballs are fairly rare, they are the biggest of the meteors and so they also tend to be sporadic and not necessarily always associated with a meteor ...

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Japan Fireball Meteor 23:08 JST 07NOV2016
2016年１１月７日２３時８分１４秒に２８秒ほどの１等の長経路流星

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Japan Fireball Meteor 23:08 JST 07NOV2016
2016年１１月７日２３時８分１４秒に２８秒ほどの１等の長経路流星

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Japan Fireball Meteor 18:24 JST 05NOV2016 / 2016年11月5日おうし南群の火球
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MB MN Canada /USA Fireball Meteor 06NOV2016
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http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html ... very bright. MORE- All 4 meteor sighting reports can be seen here-

Okayama, Japan Fireball Meteor 05NOV2016 / 2016年11月5日　おうし南群の火球

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07NOV2016

Japan Fireball Meteor 03NOV2016 / 2016年11月3日23時08分42秒おうし北群の火球

I f an asteroid were hurtling toward LA, what would NASA do?
Christian Science Monitor
The goal was to develop an effective contingency plan – one that minimizes loss and prevents panic – in case a meteor ever does come careening ..

What are asteroids and could a meteor strike destroy Earth?
The Sun
NASA experts have recently attended an “emergency” summit to explore the risk posed by asteroids. They've also warned it's “not a matter of if – but ...

A popular theory about the dinosaur-killing meteor has been debunked
The Verge
Insect bites on fossilized leaves have finally helped us solve a long-standing mystery around the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs about 66 million ...

Huge Southern Taurid Fireball Over Portugal
Meteor News
An huge Southern Taurid with a magnitude estimated at -11, near full moon magnitude, entered the Iberian Peninsula atmosphere last 5 th November.

Taurids meteor shower
Cloudy Nights
Taurids meteor shower - posted in General Observing and Astronomy: aorion314 here, just read a Canadian article that says the north and south ...

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20110016606: MeteorShower Activity Derived from &quot
Internet Archive
We tried to analyze activities of meteor showers from accumulated data collected by public campaigns for meteor showers which were performed as ...

Bright Taurid meteor shower to light up night sky in November with fireballs
Manchester Evening News
The Taurids is an annual meteor shower associated with the comet Encke and is believed to come from the remnants of a much larger comet that ...

Event 4359-2016
American Meteor Society
AMS received 42 reports about a fireball seen over MN, Manitoba and ND on Monday, November 7th 2016 around 00:04 UT.

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Japan Fireball Meteor 17:37 JST 07NOV2016
20161107_173739_消滅点23.8km

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Japan Fireball Meteor 17:37 JST 07NOV2016
20161107_173739_消滅点23.8km
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Japan Fireball Meteor 18:24 JST 05NOV2016
2016年11月5日　おうし南群の火球

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Niigata, Japan Fireball Meteor 18:24 JST 05NOV2016
2016年11月5日18:24:10　長経路流星
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Okayama, Japan Fireball Meteor 02:18 JST 05NOV2016
2016年11月5日　おうし南群の火球

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Okayama, Japan Fireball Meteor 02:18 JST 05NOV2016

2016年11月5日　おうし南群の火球

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06NOV2016
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NASA, FEMA Hold Asteroid Emergency Planning Exercise What would we do if we discovered a large ...

Taurid Meteor Shower Will Create Magic In The November Sky. But Pollution May Spoil It For ...
Times of India
The Taurid meteor shower will be visible this month and it's best to catch them before full moon on November 14. This shower isn't as glorious as the ...

Higher Education Notes: UNL's Behlen Observatory offers chance to see meteor shower
Omaha World-Herald
The night will coincide with the peak of the Northern Taurids meteor shower, said Shawn Langan, instructor in physics and astronomy. If the sky is ...

E vent 4319-2016
Fireball event
Report a Fireball · Events · Reports · Log In · Sign up ... AMS received 2 reports about a fireball seen over AK on Saturday, November 5th 2016 around ...

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Hamamatsu, Japan Fireball Meteor 23:08 JST 03NOV2016
2016年11月3日23時08分42秒おうし北群の火球

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Hamamatsu, Japan Fireball Meteor 23:08 JST 03NOV2016

2016年11月3日23時08分42秒おうし北群の火球

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MB MN Canada /USA Fireball Meteor1800 Central Time 06NOV2016

Report your meteor sightings please-
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Please help get the word about this event so that we might recover security camera video or cell phone captures.
If you have a video or still image please send to me @ drtanuki@gmail.com ; Thank you!

Initial Sighting Reports-
06NOV2016 Alan Olson Clitherall, MN,USA 18:10 CT,PM 10 secs N Green Huge Fireball Same as Moon no fragmentation Brilliant

06NOV2016 Leo Jansens Birds Hill Park, MB Canada 18:01 2-3 secs Straight down, facing S green, orangy/red Bright! It went too quick to tell none

06NOV2016 Brent Guinn Lake Francis, MB, Canada 1800 2-3 secs Straight Down we were facing SW Bright yellow/white - driving could not hear brighter than the moon No the whole thing burned up and disappered We were driving S on Highway6, South of Lake Francis. Appeared to drop straight down. Gradually got larger and tear shaped and then disappeared after getting very bright.

MORE- All 4 meteor sighting reports can be seen here-
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NASA, FEMA Hold Asteroid Emergency Planning Exercise
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NASA, FEMA Hold Asteroid Emergency Planning Exercise What would we do if we discovered a large asteroid on course to impact. Earth?...

Taurid Meteor Shower 2016 Live Stream: How To Watch Fireballs From Comet Encke
News Philippines
If the state of American politics is stressing you out, simply walk outside and look up – there might be fireballs to distract you. Source International ...

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American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Rebecca D. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, Took place during the Orionids. Because I wasn't sure what I was seeing at first, I didn't ...

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NASA, FEMA Hold Asteroid Emergency Planning Exercise
NASA/JPL press release Nov. 5, 2016
"It's not a matter of if -- but when -- we will deal with such a situation," said Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "But unlike any other time in our history, we now have the ability to respond to an impact threat through continued observations, predictions, response planning and mitigation."

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04NOV2016
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1490慶陽隕石事殺死10000人 / 1490 Ch'ing-Yang China Meteor Event May Have Killed 10000 ... The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

Arizona's Jaw-Dropping Mile-Long Meteor Crater
Smithsonian Channel
In the northern Arizona desert, an imposing-looking crater shows the impact of an ancient meteor crash. Until the 1960s, it was mistakenly believed to ...

The Taurid meteor shower is about to peak - get your slow-moving fireballs here
ScienceAlert
Lets face it - not all meteor showers are born equal, and we tend to favour the ones that give us the most bang for our buck, such as the Perseid meteor ...

Taurid Meteor Shower 2016 Live Stream: How To Watch Fireballs From Comet Encke
International Business Times
If the state of American politics is stressing you out, simply walk outside and look up — there might be fireballs to distract you. The Taurid meteor ...

Explorador Curiosity descubre un inusual meteorito metálico en Marte
Itapunta.com (Comunicado de prensa) (blog)
Curiosity había descubierto otros meteoritos sobre la superficie marciana, pero este objeto tiene algunos rasgos únicos. Este jueves la Nasa confirmó ...

A guide to the spectacular events that will fill the skies this month
Daily Mail
'Meteor showers produce shooting stars, although what we're actually seeing is particles of dust and debris left by a comet burning up the Earth's ...

Smoking meteor through Pleiades
Cloudy Nights
Page 2 of 2 - Smoking meteor through Pleiades - posted in Beginning and Intermediate Imaging: Great catch Jon. I get excited when I see anything fly ...

From the biggest supermoon in living memory to an array of shooting stars: A guide to the ...
Daily Mail
The supermoon of December 14 will be remarkable for a different reason: it's going to wipe out the view of the Geminid meteor shower, Nasa said.

Supermoon: Mars should be visible next to the moon this weekend, November 5 and 6
West Briton
The Taurid meteor shower will peak in the evening and following morning. "The individual meteors appear to radiate from the shower's namesake ...

The Sky Tonight Update: Taurids Meteor Shower, Nov. 4 peak
Irene W. Pennington Planetarium - WordPress.com
The Taurids meteor shower is a long-running minor meteor shower producing only about 5-10 meteors per hour. It is unusual in that it consists of two ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for November 5-11, 2016
American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near 5 as seen from mid-northern latitudes (45N) and 4 as seen from ...

Meteor Shower Calendar
International Meteor Organization
The meteor shower calendar is compiled by Alastair McBeath based on information in IMO Monograph No.2: Handbook for Visual Meteor Observers, ...

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