08 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08JAN2017

A meteorite recently slammed into Mars and left this giant black stain of a crater
Business Insider
Like Earth, planet Mars is a shooting gallery for rogue space rocks that zip around at tens of...

Not All that falls from the Sky is a Meteorite! B-52 Engine falls off Bomber over North Dakota!
One engine weighs over 2 tons. -LMH
- Popular Mechanics

Your Home Planet, as Seen From Mars
NASA/JPL
From the most powerful telescope orbiting Mars comes a new view of Earth and its moon, showing continent-size detail on the planet and the relative size of the moon.

The K7RA Solar Update
ARRL
Jon Jones, N0JK wrote: “Nice activity on 6-meter meteor scatter in the Quadrantids Meteor Shower Jan. 3, 2017. “I set up portable on 50 MHz at about ...

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07 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07JAN2017

Risk of catastrophic asteroid impact 'real' – White House
RT
The US government has proposed an increased global effort to locate 300,000 or so Earth-impact risks and prepare for potential future meteor ...

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Posted: 05 Jan 2017 04:42 AM PST
NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017 NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017...

NASA's NEOWISE Mission Spies One Comet, Maybe Two
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
December 29, 2016
NASA's NEOWISE mission has recently discovered some celestial objects
traveling through our neighborhood, including one on the blurry line between
asteroid and comet. Another--definitely a comet----might be seen with binoculars
through next week....

NASA Selects Two Missions to Explore the Early Solar System
NASA/JPL January 4, 2017
NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar system - a time less than 10 million years after the birth of our sun. The missions, known as Lucy and Psyche, were chosen from five finalists and will proceed to mission formulation, with the goal of launching in 2021 and 2023, respectively....

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06 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06JAN2017

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Posted: 05 Jan 2017 04:42 AM PST
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The White House finally reveals its plan to deal with a doomsday asteroids - and admits we're still ...
Daily Mail
Now the White House has released an official document describing the plan if a meteor or asteroid was to head our way, and it shows we are ...

IN PICTURES: Meteor shower lights up the Isle of Wight sky
Isle of Wight County Press
A METEOR shower was caught on camera by Isle of Wight County Press reader Richard O'Sullivan this week. Richard was travelling on the 4.15pm ...

Meteor
Spaceweather.com Realtime Image Gallery
Meteor Taken by matthew chin on January 6, 2017 @ Hong Kong. Click photo for ... Details: 2017/1/6 Meteor, Yuen Long, Hong Kong. Comments ...

quadrantid meteor shower
CNY Observers & Observing
Caption: The Flame and Horsehead Nebulae in the constellation Orion the Hunter. The belt star Alnitak is the brightest star in the image, just above the ...

January the perfect month to start stargazing says Greenwich astronomer
London News Online (blog)
Another great treat is meteor showers. The first meteor shower of the New Year known as the Quadrantids occurs from 1st to the 6th January every ...

Meteor Crater Winslow, AZ
TripAdvisor
I visited this site many times as a kid on family road-trips, and wanted my kids to have the same experience albeit 30 years later. It used to be just a dirt ...

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05 January 2017

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017
c 2017 Dirk Ross
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There are currently 1 known NEO Asteroids discovered that will pass within approximately 10LD or less (LD stands for "Lunar Distance"), in the month of January 2017. I expect that 10 NEOs or more, 10LD  or less, will be discovered before month end. Expect some spectacular bolides, fireballs, and meteors this month and especially large ones 3-5 days before and following the passing of  the less than 10LD NEOs and 13 small mountain-sized NEO asteroids, diameters ranging from 400m-3.8km, that will safely pass this month.

Be ready for some bolide, fireball, and meteor activity!
Cameras Ready!
If you capture a video or photo of a meteor please email to - LunarMeteoriteHunteATgmail.com
- LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

ObjectClose-Approach (CA) Date
(TDB)
YYYY-mmm-DD HH:MM ± D_HH:MM

CA Distance
Minimum

(LD/AU)




(2016 YC8)2017-Jan-18
9.35/0.02404



Date 05JAN2017
Source: NASA/ JPL  http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/neo_ca

Original Table

RECENT CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
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)
(1998 YW5) 2017-Jan-010.134952.5270 m - 590 m20.021.43
226514 (2003 UX34) 2017-Jan-020.048919.0270 m - 590 m20.020.65
(2004 FG29) 2017-Jan-020.177269.017 m - 38 m26.010.84
(2007 AM) 2017-Jan-020.189473.7130 m - 280 m21.611.36
(2016 BQ) 2017-Jan-020.117945.912 m - 26 m26.83.36
(2016 YB8) 2017-Jan-040.030011.734 m - 77 m24.412.43
(2016 SD) 2017-Jan-040.114944.7480 m - 1.1 km18.712.06
(2016 XK) 2017-Jan-040.043316.960 m - 140 m23.27.82
(2016 XW17) 2017-Jan-040.120546.9230 m - 510 m20.424.68
(2016 UE101) 2017-Jan-040.147557.4160 m - 370 m21.07.08
Close Approach (CA) Distance is the distance between the Earth center and asteroid center.
** Diameter estimates based on the object's absolute magnitude.

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
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)
(2001 SQ263) 2017-Jan-050.190874.292 m - 210 m22.310.57
(2016 QN11) 2017-Jan-050.167165.0180 m - 390 m20.914.88
(2016 YJ8) 2017-Jan-060.156460.954 m - 120 m23.45.94
(2017 AH3) 2017-Jan-060.167565.258 m - 130 m23.39.59
(2016 XJ2) 2017-Jan-060.071427.837 m - 83 m24.36.68
85990 (1999 JV6) 2017-Jan-070.069126.9450 m20.211.67
(2016 YK) 2017-Jan-080.034813.549 m - 110 m23.79.83
(2017 AJ3) 2017-Jan-080.110743.136 m - 82 m24.313.86
(2014 QD364) 2017-Jan-080.121147.19.7 m - 22 m27.24.86
(2014 LQ25) 2017-Jan-080.163263.5940 m20.029.29
(2012 NO) 2017-Jan-090.137653.5250 m - 570 m20.126.09
(2016 ND1) 2017-Jan-090.101339.424 m - 54 m25.24.70
(2017 AF3) 2017-Jan-110.038715.120 m - 44 m25.79.21
(2013 AS76) 2017-Jan-130.088934.656 m - 120 m23.410.74
(2016 YF11) 2017-Jan-140.142155.3180 m - 400 m20.912.20
438955 (2010 LN14) 2017-Jan-140.060323.5160 m - 360 m21.112.92
265482 (2005 EE) 2017-Jan-150.068426.6150 m - 330 m21.38.23
(2003 CR1) 2017-Jan-150.124348.4200 m20.010.92
(2016 AG166) 2017-Jan-150.169065.842 m - 94 m24.017.17
(2010 UY7) 2017-Jan-170.134852.55.3 m - 12 m28.58.21
(2016 YC8) 2017-Jan-180.02429.433 m - 73 m24.66.63
(2015 BB) 2017-Jan-180.035413.828 m - 62 m24.915.85
(2013 QC11) 2017-Jan-190.185772.3130 m - 280 m21.624.85
(2015 BG4) 2017-Jan-210.068626.715 m - 33 m26.33.87
(2016 YM1) 2017-Jan-220.106141.3100 m - 220 m22.17.19
(2011 CO14) 2017-Jan-240.059023.025 m - 57 m25.15.73
(2002 LS32) 2017-Jan-240.138453.9610 m - 1.4 km18.221.34
(2016 RM20) 2017-Jan-250.185972.315 m - 34 m26.24.68
7341 (1991 VK) 2017-Jan-250.064725.21.2 km - 2.7 km16.78.73
(2016 YZ) 2017-Jan-250.157661.4140 m - 320 m21.311.47
106589 (2000 WN107) 2017-Jan-260.160262.31.7 km - 3.8 km16.016.72
(2017 AK3) 2017-Jan-260.029311.430 m - 67 m24.710.86
(2016 YP4) 2017-Jan-260.032512.711 m - 23 m27.02.33
(2008 CM20) 2017-Jan-290.112143.6140 m - 310 m21.412.86
(2016 UU80) 2017-Jan-300.111443.4200 m - 440 m20.68.45
(2008 ER7) 2017-Jan-310.163863.7270 m - 590 m20.014.19
(2003 EZ16) 2017-Jan-310.168365.580 m - 180 m22.63.56
Source: NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05JAN2017

These guys hunt for space rocks, and sell them for enormous profit to collectors
CNBC
...In November, Farmer and Hupe traveled to Bolivia, where they bought several meteorites from local Quechua people. The rocks were 4 billion years old, and found eager buyers: the two hunters sold them within 24 hours for $60,000....

Space debris in northern China confirmed as from recently launched satellites
South China Morning Post
...Debris that has rained down on a city in the central China province of Henan is believed to be from two recently launched satellites...

Origin of strange cosmic flashes identified after 10 years of mystery
UPI.com
A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseid meteor shower in August 2016. This week, London-based scientists presented findings of a study ...

Meteor Showers in 2017
Sky & Telescope
A Perseid meteor blazes across a dark sky (with the Milky Way at left) as captured from the historic Stella fane compound atop Breezy Hill in Springfield ...

Meteor Shower
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The Quadrantids meteor shower was relatively active from Rachaburi, Thailand. From a relatively light polluted site, we saw about 10 meteors per hour ...

Quadrantids meteor shower
Stargazers Lounge
Managed to get out for my first astro shoot of 2017. Having taken 80 plus shots of bits of the sky, I think I have possibly managed to get one meteor in a.

Quadrantids meteor shower
Stargazers Lounge
Managed to get out for my first astro shoot of 2017. Having taken 80 plus shots of bits of the sky, I think I have possibly managed to get one meteor in a.

Quadrantid meteor shower January 2017: When are the Quadrantids and other celestial spectacles ...
Get Surrey
There are few ways better to start the year's star gazing than with a beautiful shower of meteors to light up the sky. That's exactly what we're due to ...

Quadrantid meteor shower January 2017: When are the Quadrantids and other celestial spectacles ...
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There are few ways better to start the year's star gazing than with a beautiful shower of meteors to light up the sky. That's exactly what we're due to ...

Ten amazing stargazing events to look out for in 2017
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The Lyrids Meteor Shower is classed as an “average” shower, usually ... The Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower can reach about 30 meteors per hour in the ...

Our Sun may be tearing asteroids apart, study finds
RedOrbit
Wiegert's team used the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR) to track objects one meter (3.3 feet) wide and smaller, and found that as Phaethon ...

The Heavens on Fire: The Great Leonid Meteor Storms
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Meteor succeeded meteor in such rapid succession that it was impossible to count them; at times the sky seemed full of them, and the earth was ...

Westchester Stargazers Will Get Celestial Show With Vivid Meteor Showers
The Chamber of Commerce of Scarsdale, NY Inc.
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Events in 2017 4-2017 KML
Fireball event
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04 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04JAN2017

NASA Confirms Comet Sighting: Comet Visible On Earth On The First Week of 2017
iTech Post
The Quadrantid Meteor Shower is, according to Space Coast Daily, the most intense annual meteor shower. The display of light will be spectacular but ...

Stunning Meteor Flies Across Turrialba Volcanic Eruption In Costa Rica
Latin Post
According to the Costa Rica Star, the meteor is estimated to have been around 3,100 miles above the earth. However, it seems to appear just above ..

Cause of Southington boom still unknown
Bristol Press
In most of those cases, there is visual confirmation of the meteor unless heavy cloud cover obscures it, Hankey said. A heavy overcast was covering ...

Anomalous: Three Quadrantid meteor fireballs in southern skies?
Signs of the Times
The Quadrantid meteor shower is 2017's first major meteor shower and it peaks tonight. The display is virtually non-existent for observers in the ...

The Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2017 Video
YouTube Slooh
This brief but occasionally intense meteor shower is one of the finest of the year .

Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2017: Timings, Locations and Live Streaming link!
International Business Times, India Edition
The Quadrantids Meteor Shower will be the first astronomical event marking the beginning of 2017! The meteor shower will take place on the night of ...

Look up! A spectacular meteor shower to light up the sky tonight with as many as 100 shooting ...
Daily Mail
The Quadrantids meteor shower will light up the skies in the northern hemisphere tonight, in the most spectacular meteor shower of the year.

A year of rocket launches, supermoons and meteor showers: Nasa shares its top pictures of 2016
Daily Mail
The International Space Station is seen in this eleven-second exposure as it flies over the US Marine Corps War Memorial on February 17, 2016, ...

Watch As A Volcanic Eruption Gets Completely Upstaged By A Streaking Meteor
IFLScience
Through a stroke of unbelievable luck, a video has captured the moment the billowing smoke of a volcanic eruption was momentarily joined by the ...

Meteor shower Quadrantid visible in Sri Lanka tonight
Ceylon Daily News
Sky watchers may get a good view of the meteor shower between around 4-5 a.m. tomorrow, the official further said, adding that the meteors could ...

Upstate NY Stargazing in January: Quadrantid meteors and Winter's best early evenings
NewYorkUpstate.com
Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the debris field of a comet or asteroid. As these objects approach the warming sun in their long ...

meteor
Manila Bulletin News
By Ellalyn De Vera “Shooting stars” that spring from the brilliant Quadrantid meteor will kick off a new year of skywatching for Filipinos. According to…

Really amazing things you can see in the night sky in 2017
Liverpool Echo
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03 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03JAN2017

Stay up late tonight to catch Venus, Mars and a meteor shower
MetroNews Canada
A falling star crosses the night sky over Halle / Saale, eastern Germany, during the peak in activity of the annual Perseids meteor shower on August 13 ...

Triple Treat in Toronto Tonight with Venus, Mars and the Moon Over the City For the 2nd Time
Latin Post
Aside from Venus, Mars and the moon meeting, there will be a short meteor shower called the Quadrantids. This is a lovely sight with around 120 ...

Quadrantid meteor shower Tuesday morning could be one of the year's best
WLOS
The particles that cause the Quadrantid meteor shower originate from the asteroid 2003 EH1. Since the orbit of 2003 EH1 is highly inclined to the orbit ...

Three cosmic events to occur within 24 hrs
Times of India
Visakhapatnam: Vizagites are in for a visual celestial treat on January 3 and 4. Meteor showers, Mars-Moon conjunction and perihelion or Earth ...

When and how to catch the first meteor shower of 2017
Henderson State University News Blog
The Quadrantid meteor shower is the first of the three most prolific meteor showers of the year, along with the Perseids in August and Geminids in ...

Quadrantids meteor shower peaks January 3
CNET
If you're in the western parts of North America or on a Pacific island, you may be in luck Tuesday morning. The Quadrantids meteor shower is set to hit ...

Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2017
Australasian Science Magazine
Patience can be rewarded as with this composite of the 2016 Geminids meteor shower, seen over Mt Teide volcano on the Canary Islands, off Spain ...

Quadrantid meteor shower January 2017: When are the Quadrantids and other celestial spectacles ...
Mirror.co.uk
The Quadrantid meteor shower appears to radiate from the former Quadrans Muralis constellation. The meteors themselves are residue from the ...

Get Set To Witness 2017's First And Most Gorgeous Meteor Shower Tonight, After Midnight
Indiatimes.com
The Quadrantid meteor shower, which also boasts of being one of the best meteor showers, is about to peak overnight on the 3rd and 4th of January, .

Watch out for this year's Quadrantid meteor shower until January 7
Manila Bulletin
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the annual Quadrantid meteor shower will ...

Vietnam welcomes first meteor shower of 2017
Others - VOV
On January 4, astronomy lovers will be able to look up and watch the sky over Vietnam sparkle with the Quadrantids Meteor Shower, according to ...

In the sky over Ukraine will sweep the meteor shower
Ukrop News 24
In the night of 3 January 4, above the Ground at a high speed sweep of the annual meteor stream Quadrantids. About it reports Today. A meteor ...

Venus, Mars and the moon will get close over Toronto tonight
Toronto Star
At around 4 a.m. Tuesday there will be a relatively short meteor shower, the Quadrantids, with about 120 meteors per hour, Schipper said. The sky ...

The mystery behind the extinction of dinosaurs is finally solved!
International Business Times, India Edition
It is believed that the Cretaceous meteor strike is the reason behind the mass extinction of dinosaurs, but on the contrary, other species of birds and ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower and other astronomical wonders to look out for this year
Young Post - South China Morning Post
The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak tonight at midnight, and at its height there will be 120 meteors per hour crossing the sky. Hong Kong Joint ...

First meteor shower of 2017 to fall
People's Daily Online
[File photo] On the night of Jan. 3, the earth will see its first meteor shower of 2017: the.

Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Jan. 3-4: Best places to see first shooting stars of 2017
AL.com
The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak during the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, with prime viewing from late night Tuesday into early Wednesday as ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Astronomy Forums
I plan to start my "Meteor Shower Marathon" for 2017 tomorrow night, January 3-4, with the Quadrantid Meteor Shower. You can get the details on this ...

Rare dinosaur egg embryo hints at 6-month incubation times
SlashGear
If correct, then the cards were really stacked against the dinosaurs' survival, meteor or no meteor. Long incubation periods translated to slow ...

Quadrantids Meteor Shower – January 3, 4
Irene W. Pennington Planetarium - WordPress.com
The Quadrantids is an above average meteor shower averaging about 40 meteors per hour at its peak. It is thought to be produced by dust grains and ...

Researchers Found Concentric Rings in the Debris Disk of a Young Nearby Star
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Events in 2017
American Meteor Society
ID, # of Rep. UT Date & Time, Local Date & Time, Countries, States, D. Sound, C. Sound, Frag. Jan. Event 2-2017, 3, 2017-01-01 18:08 UT ...

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02 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JAN2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JAN2017
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Did a meteor come crashing through the earth's atmosphere over northern Alberta overnight? Peace River residents took to social media Friday to ....

Meteor Streak Across Sky Above Costa Rica's Volcano Turrialba
Noticas Today
A meteor danced across the night sky at precisely the same time. The shooting star traveled across the top of the Turrialba Volcano at 10:22pm local ...

Meteor shower peaks Tuesday; Olympia Mountaineers host open house
The News Tribune
The Quadrantids meteor shower is considered an above-average shower, producing up to 40 meteors per hour at its peak. The shower is thought to ...

Space News: New Year's fireworks from a shattered comet
Lake County News
According to the International Meteor Organization and other forecasters, Earth will pass through a stream of debris from the comet on Jan. 3, 2017 ...

What's Up in January 2017: 2016 was a splendid year for astronomical discoveries
Press Herald
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Jan. 3. There will be ideal conditions since the waxing crescent moon will have set by 10 p.m. We can expect up ...

Viewing the 2017 Quadrantids
American Meteor Society
With the waxing crescent moon limited to the early evening skies, conditions will be nearly perfect for viewing the 2017 Quadrantid meteor shower.

Early Quadrantid Meteor
Spaceweather.com Realtime Image Gallery
This is an early Quadrantid meteor (radiant near the end of the Big Dipper) that peaks Jan 3-4, 2017. Details: Meteor captured with a Nikon D800 ...

9 Meteors every 5 minutes (Geminid Meteor Shower)
Luton Astronomical Society - WordPress.com
The Geminid meteor shower can be annually observed between December 4 and December 17, with its peak activity being around December 14....

Quadrantid meteor shower to peak on Tuesday
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) Astronomy buffs in Taiwan may soon have a chance to spot shooting stars as the annual Quadrantid meteor shower nears its ...

2017's First Major Meteor Shower.
Stargazers Lounge
Anyone planning on observing the Quadrantids shower? I have to admit to only ever having observed this shower once in 28 years of observing!

Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2017: How, When And Where To Watch Peak Activity
International Business Times
MeteorShower The Perseid meteor shower is pictured in the sky over Las Machotas in San Lorenzo of Escorial, Madrid, Aug. 13, 2016.

Pinoys can witness first meteor shower of 2017
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MANILA, Philippines – The first meteor shower in 2017 is about to dazzle Filipinos from tomorrow night to early Wednesday morning, website ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower, One of the Year's Best, Is Peaking Now
Space.com
Early each January, the Quadrantid meteor stream provides one of the most intense annual meteor displays, with a brief, sharp maximum lasting only ...

Mysterious noise, bright flash of light over Alberta: Meteor explosion?
Strange Sounds
Did a meteor crash through the Earth's atmosphere over northern Alberta on December 31, 2016? Strange noise and bright flash of light in the sky ...

Meteor
University of Michigan
Title: Meteor. Original Title: Météore. Volume and Page: Vol. 10 (1765), p. 444. Author: Denis Diderot. Translator: Krystyna Piechura [University of ...

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American Meteor Society
Location. Address, West Liberty, KY. Latitude, 38° 2' 2.9'' N (38.034138°). Longitude, 83° 22' 38.64'' W (-83.377401°). Elevation, 324.354m. Time and ...

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01 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JAN2017

Peace River residents report possible meteor in northern Alberta
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Did a meteor come crashing through the earth's atmosphere over northern Alberta overnight? Peace River residents took to social media Friday to ...

Meteor Streak Across Sky Above Costa Rica's Volcano Turrialba (Video)
The Costa Rican Times
A meteor danced across the night sky at precisely the same time. The shooting star traveled across the top of the Turrialba Volcano at 10:22pm local ...

Stunning moment a meteor flies past an erupting volcano in Costa Rica
The Sun
THIS is the incredible moment a meteor was caught on camera flying over an erupting volcano. Footage shows the Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica ...

Meteor flies over erupting volcano
InvestmentWatch
TURRIALBA, COSTA RICA – In Costa Rica, officials monitoring a volcano eruption got a bigger surprise. A large meteor flew by, right on top of the ...

New Year's comet: How to watch
Vox
Sorry, fans of “Sweet Meteor O' Death.”) NASA's scientists don't yet know if the comet will be visible to the naked eye “because a comet's brightness is ...

NJ Night Sky: Fireworks for the new year
NJ.com
The full moon spoiled the Geminid meteor shower in mid-December. Over the past two weeks, the moon waned, was new on Thursday and now is ...

Meteor fireball or falling plane? Social media in Japan puzzled by mysterious fireball in the sky
Russia News Feed
Russian social media users were similarly confounded earlier in December, when people in Siberia witnessed a large meteor exploding in the sky that ... Likely an aircraft contrail! -LM*H

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31 December 2016

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31DEC2016

Space Shredder: Sun May Be Tearing Asteroids Apart
Space.com
Wiegert used the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR) to track bodies 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide and smaller. As Phaethon orbits the sun, it appears to ...

45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova will be visible
KPRC Houston
Comet 45p will will kick off a year of better comet viewing than 2016, NASA says. Two meteor showers -- the Geminds and the Ursids -- began this ...

Blazing Comet to Illuminate Sky on New Year's Eve: How to See It
NBC New York
Political mudslinging, a blizzard, and terror in our own back yard. Many events shaped 2016 for people in New York, the Tri-State, and all Americans.

Meteor streaks across volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (VIDEO)
RT
Witnessing a volcanic eruption is a spectacular sight on its own, but one such event in Costa Rica was made even more stunning earlier this week.

Meteor streaks past erupting volcano in astonishing footage from Costa Rica
Mirror.co.uk
A large meteor has been caught on camera gliding through the sky above an erupting volcano in this remarkable footage. The fireball is estimated to ...

Northern Alberta residents report large blue flash, explosion in overnight sky
Edmonton Journal
Peace River residents took to social media Friday to report what they had seen in the night sky shortly after midnight. Erika Florence posted on ...

'strange noise', 'large blue flash' Alberta, Canada
Signs of the Times
Did a meteor come crashing through the earth's atmosphere over northern Alberta overnight? Peace River residents took to social media Friday to ...

Meteor captured on video flying over Costa Rica's erupting Turrialba volcano
UPI.com
Eric Sanchez, from the San José Planetarium of the University of Costa Rica, said the event was a meteor fireball disintegrating on impact with the ...

Meteor fireball streaks across Turrialba volcanic eruption in Costa Rica
Signs of the Times
The fireball made its appearance while gliding across the sky at an estimated height of 5,000km (3,106 miles), according to Repretel TV station.

Observatory cameras capture the rare moment a METEOR flies over an erupting volcano in Costa ...
Daily Mail
In the video, the fireball can be seen quickly passing from the left side of the frame and behind the erupting volcano before it disappears from sight.

Rare sight: Meteor streaks over erupting Turrialba volcano
The Watchers
Two forces of nature have combined on December 28, 2016, and brought us a rare view of a bright meteor streaking seemingly low over the erupting ...

How to catch a comet for New Year's Eve
Christian Science Monitor
This weekend also brings the Quadrantid meteor shower, which begins Friday and is likely to continue through Jan. 12, but will peak just before dawn ...

Previewing 2017's Biggest Skywatching Events Using Mobile Astronomy Apps — Part 1
Space.com
We'll also highlight the best meteor showers of 2017 and the best times to see Venus' phases and its brightest appearance. Don't worry — part two will ...

Quadrantids meteor shower 2017: Watch the first shower of the new year LIVE online
Express.co.uk
THE Quadrantids meteor shower is the first – and one of the best – celestial displays of the year, and here is how YOU can stream it live online.

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2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

30 December 2016

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30DEC2016

Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua Space Trash NOT Meteor 27DEC2016 w/ Videos
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News- Posted: 30 Dec 2016 12:58 AM PST
Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua Space Trash NOT Meteor ...

Giant 'million dollar' meteorite smashes into Earth sparking global treasure hunt
Mirror
A giant meteorite has smashed into Earth sparking a major treasure hunt for its priceless remains - with some suggesting it could be worth over a ... Likely this was space trash! - LM*H

Turrialba Volcano Camera Captures Images Of Meteor Fireball Over Costa Rica
Q Costa Rica News
Eric Sanchez, from the San José Planetarium of the University of Costa Rica, explained it as a meteor fireball disintegrating on impact with the ...

Forget the ball drop, ring in the New Year with a COMET sighting! 'Bluish-green' object will fly next ...
Daily Mail
December has been a busy month for astronomical events, with back-to-back meteor showers and a stunning supermoon. Last week, the annual Ursid ...

A comet will fly past Earth on New Year's Eve. No, it's not a sign of the apocalypse.
Mashable
December in general is a pretty solid month for sky watching. However, the Geminid meteor shower, usually one of the best annual showers of the year ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2017
The Urban Astronomer
The first meteor shower of the year, the Quadrantids, peak on the morning of Tuesday January 3rd for those of us on the west coast of the United ...

Quadrantids Meteor Shower
Northern Virginia Astronomy Club
The Quadrantids meteor shower can yield as many as 40 meteors per hour, radiating from the constellation Bootes. It peaks this year on the night of ...

Top 7 Must-See Sky Events for 2017
National Geographic
Meteor Showers 101 Meteor showers bring interplanetary debris, ranging from pebbles to boulders, into Earth's atmosphere. Find out how these ...

Total solar eclipse is highlight of 2017 sky watching calendar
Baltimore Sun
While 2017 will bring a typical array of meteor showers and distant planet sightings, the most dramatic celestial event of the year won't be at night.

Watch: Meteor races past erupting volcano in Costa Rica
WIBW.com
A large meteor flew by at right on top of the volcano as it began erupting Tuesday night. Officials estimate the meteor was about three miles from the ...

Top five most clicked on stories of 2016
Central Queensland news
In September Gladstone had a brush with global fame after a meteor crashed somewhere near the region. Some saw the bright flash of the meteor as ...
2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

29 December 2016

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29DEC2016

Look for a comet in the sky on New Year's Eve
Big Country Homepage
CORFE CASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 12: A Perseid Meteor flashes across the night sky above Corfe Castle on August 12, 2016 in Corfe ...

Murchison meteorite continues to dazzle scientists
abc.net.au
NASA astrobiologist Daniel Glavin said several components of DNA and RNA present in all life on earth have been detected in the meteorite which bolsters the theory that asteroids and comets may have seeded the early earth with the raw ingredients for life....

Guests from space: 6 large meteorites that fell in Russia's Far East
http://rbth.com/
December 29, 2016 DV.LAND
Meteorites have been landing in Russia's Far East for millennia. From a couple pounds to 100 tons, these astronomical bodies have left their mark on the landscape, and even postage stamps. ...

Catch the Quadrantid Meteors (If You Can)
Sky & Telescope
The Quadrantids, which peak on the morning of January 3rd, is one of the year's best meteor showers. But this shower isn't spread out over several ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 31, 2016 – January 6, 2017
American Meteor Society
Each shot has been de-rotated / re-positioned to account for Earth's rotation and to align the meteor to the star field that it crossed at the time of the ...

[IMO-News] Video Observation Results - August 2016
The August 2016 report from the IMO Video Meteor Network is available.
http://www.imonet.org/reports/201608.pdf

8 reasons why space is worth getting excited about in 2017
ScienceAlert
Kick off the New Year with a meteor shower on the night of 3/4 January thanks to the debris tail from asteroid 2003 EH1. Earth will plunge through dust ...

Venus, Vesta and meteors star in January's night sky
Oak Bay News (registration)
What's up for January 2017? Meteors from a demoted constellation, Venus high in the sky over Port Angeles, and the best of Vesta. Most meteor ...

Bright fireball disintegrates over Guatemala
The Watchers
Although most agree the event was a meteor disintegrating, some say the slow nature of event indicates a possible space debris. It was observed for ...Likely Space Trash NOT a meteor.- LM*H

Bright fireball disintegrates over Guatemala on December 28, 2016
Asteroid Day
This video was captured by an amateur on December 28, 2016 of a fireball over Guatemala which disintegrated.... Likely Space Trash NOT a meteor.- LM*H

Central American sky lit up by spectacular meteor burst
euronews
Three central American countries got the best fireworks display of 2016, and all for free, when a giant meteor burned up in the Earth's atmosphere in ...Likely Space Trash NOT a meteor.- LM*H

Meteorite in Guatemala / Meteorito En Guatemala 27/12/16...
YouTube
Meteorite in Guatemala / Meteorito En Guatemala 27/12/16... Likely Space Trash NOT a meteor.- LM*H

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American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Jasmin S. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, I'm not sure if my information went in correctly. I was driving toward Alton bible church, ...

2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!