Meteorite in Colorado || ViralHog
YouTube
Occurred on March 24, 2018 / Gleneagle, Colorado, USA "I was driving my truck north on I-25 in Colorodo when I saw this flash from what I presume is a meteor...
Astronomy for April: See Lyrid meteor shower, star cluster
Akron Beacon Journal
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on the night of April 22 and the early morning hours of April 23. This shower is the debris trail shed by comet Thatcher, C/1861 G1. Under clear, dark skies, you may see up to 20 meteors an hour. his shower is one of the oldest celestial events known, and was likely ...
China's space station is falling to Earth. Here's everything you need to know.
NBCNews.com
Will I be able to see anything? It might be possible to see streaks across the sky — similar to a meteor shower — at the time of reentry. But that depends, of course, on how close you are to the falling debris as well as the time of day and the amount of cloud cover, according to Abraham.
Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk
http://www.newsgram.com/
A meteor streaks across the sky in the early morning as people watching during the Perseid meteor shower in Ramon Carter near the town of Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel, August 13, 2015. The Perseid meteor shower is sparked every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris ...
Falling space debris poses no risk to UAE, says Space Agency
The National
The network successfully provides reports and studies on meteor traffic over the UAE,” he said. Three stations across the UAE are part of this network that was a joint venture launched by the UAE Space Agency and the IAC. The stations record astronomical phenomena with cameras that automatically ...
Coming soon, on-demand meteor showers from Japanese aerospace entertainment company
International Business Times, India Edition It may soon be possible to order a custom meteor shower for special occasions. If things go according to plan, arcs of blue, green, and orange could light up the sky wherever needed, any place on Earth, emulating actual shooting stars. The "meteor shower" will come courtesy falling metallic pebbles ..
Artificial Meteor Showers Will Soon Be Available For Under $40000
Tech Times
Japan is witnessing the world's first artificial meteor shower in spring 2020, thanks to technology being developed by private space company Astro Live Experience or ALE. The spectacular display will be seen over a 200-kilometer area on the sky of the Setouchi Region, which covers the cities of ...
Tiangong-1: Chinese space station predicted to crash somewhere on Earth around Easter
NZCity
Space experts predict the Tiangong-1 space station, or "Heavenly Palace", will turn into a spectacular fireball as it enters Earth's atmosphere sometime during the Easter long weekend. According to the latest predictions, it will begin its fiery descent into Earth's atmosphere somewhere in a window ...
Meteor crater map
Draper NDT
Meteor crater map. Eugene M. Start. Less Impressive than Informative. Your internet browser does not support the HTML5 features required for Crater Impact. For GPS users, the coordinates of the new entrance to Tswaing are Latitude 25. Download the free, full-sheet USGS 7. The effects of Map of ...
This meteor that struck the land of Saudi Arabia 52 years ago
Life in Saudi Arabia
Some five decades ago a meteorite struck the land of Saudi Arabia. The meteorite is a solid piece of debris from a comet, asteroid or meteoroid that originate in the outer space and found its way to enter in the atmosphere around the earth. However, now this news is highlighted again after 52 years.
Rtl sdr meteor detection
morph
Use the RTL-SDR as a meteor detector/counter. Joined May 2013 7 Jan 2014 YouTube user Tim Havens has uploaded two videos showing his meteor detection results with an RTL-SDR dongle. GitHub. Bakul das. There is now also an app bundle available from GitHub or SourceForge. For a few years ...
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Wabar Impact Crater Empty Quarter Saudi Arabia
A meteor that struck the Empty Quarter four centuries ago
Saudi Gazette
NEARLY 52 years ago, a National Geographic team visited a meteorite site called Wabar in the Empty Quarter, one of the most desolate places on earth, and documented the remnants of the spatial object that struck Saudi Arabia some four centuries ago
PICTURES: Remains of meteor that struck Saudi Arabia four centuries ago
Al-Arabiya
The top section of the space-matter is currently on display at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia. (Supplied). Mohammed al-Harbi, Al Arabiya.net Saturday, 17 March 2018. The National Geographic team has visited a meteorite's site, called “Wobar,” in the Empty Quarter of the Saudi ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Saudi Gazette
NEARLY 52 years ago, a National Geographic team visited a meteorite site called Wabar in the Empty Quarter, one of the most desolate places on earth, and documented the remnants of the spatial object that struck Saudi Arabia some four centuries ago
PICTURES: Remains of meteor that struck Saudi Arabia four centuries ago
Al-Arabiya
The top section of the space-matter is currently on display at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia. (Supplied). Mohammed al-Harbi, Al Arabiya.net Saturday, 17 March 2018. The National Geographic team has visited a meteorite's site, called “Wobar,” in the Empty Quarter of the Saudi ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
25 March 2018
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Meteor showers to watch: Pi Puppids, Lyrids
New Jersey Herald
According to one source, they are the oldest known meteor showers. The Pi Puppids come from a comet named Grigg-Skjellerup and occur April 18-25, peaking the night of April 23-24, and may have a rate of 18-42 per hour. Moonrise is somewhat after midnight, so moonlight might be less of a concern.
Fireball meteor uk
warszowka.pl
4339 tweets • 1365 photos/videos • 8538 followers. The UK Meteor Network described the fireball, which was visible at 5. It was reported up and down the east coast of England and Scotland. The American Meteor Society's website record of everyone who reported the fireball. More than 400 ...
Meteor over uk today
arbj.be
Clarifying what the phenomenon was, UK Meteor network described the “flashing light” as a bright fireball. protected night sky, it was awarded gold tier designation by the International Dark Sky Association, making it officially the best place in England for people to go to enjoy the heavens. 25pm in ...
Uk meteor network
El Postre
The UK Meteor Observation Network's monochrome camera in Church Crookham, Hampshire also recorded the spectacular event, which lasted for several seconds and was seen for hundreds of miles. The data from UKMON (UK Meteor Observation Network, United Kingdom) UK Meteor Network in ...
Live meteor cam
Beton design
See the latest meteor camera captures here: Meteor Camera Images. 676K likes. The Quadrantids 2018 meteor shower is currently active. 5 Jan 2017 - 511 min - Uploaded by SG Star Gazing Night Sky & Meteor Cam Live from North London UK. During daylight hours in Huntsville the camera will either ...
Meteor radar live
suedpfalzlerchen.de
Earth is subject to a constant influx of many tonnes of this dust and it provides us with an opportunity to study the outer reaches of our atmosphere. com Video. It was Hankey's idea to have the AMS host a citizen science site to report meteor sightings. The receiver is located near Valladolid (Spain) BEST ...
Improving Photometric Calibration of Meteor Video Camera Systems
nasa.gov
We present the results of new calibration tests performed by the NASA Me- teoroid Environment Office (MEO) designed to help quantify and minimize systematic uncertainties in meteor photometry from video camera observa- tions. These systematic uncertainties can be categorized by two main sources:.
[AGU taxonomy: Ionosphere] AND [AGU taxonomy: Meteor-trail Physics]
AGU Publications - Wiley
An FDTD model of scattering from meteor head plasma · R. A. Marshall · S. Close · Journal of Geophysical Research: Space PhysicsVolume 120, Issue 7First published: 29 June 2015. Abstract ..
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Astronomy for April: See Lyrid meteor shower, star cluster
Akron Beacon Journal
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on the night of April 22 and the early morning hours of April 23. This shower is the debris trail shed by comet Thatcher, C/1861 G1. Under clear, dark skies, you may see up to 20 meteors an hour. his shower is one of the oldest celestial events known, and was likely ...
Watch This 500-Pound Meteor Light Up the Pennsylvania Sky
NBC News
Watch This 500-Pound Meteor Light Up the Pennsylvania Sky NASA says the fireball that ignited the skies in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio was a meteor flying at 45000 miles per hour.
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 24-30, 2018
American Meteor Society
The actual rates will also depend on factors such as personal light and motion perception, local weather conditions, alertness and experience in watching meteor activity. Evening rates are reduced during this period due to interfering moonlight. Note that the hourly rates listed below are estimates as ...
2017 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
New Jersey Herald
According to one source, they are the oldest known meteor showers. The Pi Puppids come from a comet named Grigg-Skjellerup and occur April 18-25, peaking the night of April 23-24, and may have a rate of 18-42 per hour. Moonrise is somewhat after midnight, so moonlight might be less of a concern.
Fireball meteor uk
warszowka.pl
4339 tweets • 1365 photos/videos • 8538 followers. The UK Meteor Network described the fireball, which was visible at 5. It was reported up and down the east coast of England and Scotland. The American Meteor Society's website record of everyone who reported the fireball. More than 400 ...
Meteor over uk today
arbj.be
Clarifying what the phenomenon was, UK Meteor network described the “flashing light” as a bright fireball. protected night sky, it was awarded gold tier designation by the International Dark Sky Association, making it officially the best place in England for people to go to enjoy the heavens. 25pm in ...
Uk meteor network
El Postre
The UK Meteor Observation Network's monochrome camera in Church Crookham, Hampshire also recorded the spectacular event, which lasted for several seconds and was seen for hundreds of miles. The data from UKMON (UK Meteor Observation Network, United Kingdom) UK Meteor Network in ...
Live meteor cam
Beton design
See the latest meteor camera captures here: Meteor Camera Images. 676K likes. The Quadrantids 2018 meteor shower is currently active. 5 Jan 2017 - 511 min - Uploaded by SG Star Gazing Night Sky & Meteor Cam Live from North London UK. During daylight hours in Huntsville the camera will either ...
Meteor radar live
suedpfalzlerchen.de
Earth is subject to a constant influx of many tonnes of this dust and it provides us with an opportunity to study the outer reaches of our atmosphere. com Video. It was Hankey's idea to have the AMS host a citizen science site to report meteor sightings. The receiver is located near Valladolid (Spain) BEST ...
Improving Photometric Calibration of Meteor Video Camera Systems
nasa.gov
We present the results of new calibration tests performed by the NASA Me- teoroid Environment Office (MEO) designed to help quantify and minimize systematic uncertainties in meteor photometry from video camera observa- tions. These systematic uncertainties can be categorized by two main sources:.
[AGU taxonomy: Ionosphere] AND [AGU taxonomy: Meteor-trail Physics]
AGU Publications - Wiley
An FDTD model of scattering from meteor head plasma · R. A. Marshall · S. Close · Journal of Geophysical Research: Space PhysicsVolume 120, Issue 7First published: 29 June 2015. Abstract ..
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Astronomy for April: See Lyrid meteor shower, star cluster
Akron Beacon Journal
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on the night of April 22 and the early morning hours of April 23. This shower is the debris trail shed by comet Thatcher, C/1861 G1. Under clear, dark skies, you may see up to 20 meteors an hour. his shower is one of the oldest celestial events known, and was likely ...
Watch This 500-Pound Meteor Light Up the Pennsylvania Sky
NBC News
Watch This 500-Pound Meteor Light Up the Pennsylvania Sky NASA says the fireball that ignited the skies in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio was a meteor flying at 45000 miles per hour.
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 24-30, 2018
American Meteor Society
The actual rates will also depend on factors such as personal light and motion perception, local weather conditions, alertness and experience in watching meteor activity. Evening rates are reduced during this period due to interfering moonlight. Note that the hourly rates listed below are estimates as ...
2017 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
24 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24MAR2018
Chinese Space Station Will Fall Back To Earth Around Early April, Scientists Predict
The Daily Caller
The crash may be visible as a meteor as it enters Earth's atmosphere, “although the location of the re-entry is as difficult to predict as its timing,” Forbes explains. “However, given how orbits work, [points of contact with earth] could be anywhere in a band a few hundred kilometers wide that crosses over ...
30 amazing things to see in the night sky in 2018
Liverpool Echo
Active between April 19 and May 28 every year, in 2018 it will peak on May 6. The best time to see shooting stars from the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is in the early morning just before sunrise. It is caused by the earth passing through dust from Halley's Comet and comes from the direction of Aquarius in ...
The demise of (the) Humanity (Star)
Astronomy Magazine
Early this morning, the Humanity Star satellite burned up as an artificial meteor in the sky. pxhere. The Humanity Star, launched in January by New Zealand company Rocket Lab, met its end earlier than planned, after just a few weeks of circling the globe. On March 23, The New Zealand Herald reported ...
Measurements of winds in the upper atmosphere by means of drifting meteor trails I
Science Direct
The paper describes some new radio techniques for the measurement of upper atmosphere winds by means of drifting meteor trails. A continuously recording doppler-radar system operating on 27 mc is described and some typical records are analysed. An accompanying paper deals with the ...
A meteor that struck the Empty Quarter four centuries ago
Saudi Gazette
NEARLY 52 years ago, a National Geographic team visited a meteorite site called Wabar in the Empty Quarter, one of the most desolate places on earth, and documented the remnants of the spatial object that struck Saudi Arabia some four centuries ago. During their visit in 1966, the team took rather ...
Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 1142-2018, Report 139929 (1142d-2018). Uploaded by. © b. s. Credit b. s. Date 2018-03-22 22:21:00 EDT ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
The Daily Caller
The crash may be visible as a meteor as it enters Earth's atmosphere, “although the location of the re-entry is as difficult to predict as its timing,” Forbes explains. “However, given how orbits work, [points of contact with earth] could be anywhere in a band a few hundred kilometers wide that crosses over ...
30 amazing things to see in the night sky in 2018
Liverpool Echo
Active between April 19 and May 28 every year, in 2018 it will peak on May 6. The best time to see shooting stars from the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is in the early morning just before sunrise. It is caused by the earth passing through dust from Halley's Comet and comes from the direction of Aquarius in ...
The demise of (the) Humanity (Star)
Astronomy Magazine
Early this morning, the Humanity Star satellite burned up as an artificial meteor in the sky. pxhere. The Humanity Star, launched in January by New Zealand company Rocket Lab, met its end earlier than planned, after just a few weeks of circling the globe. On March 23, The New Zealand Herald reported ...
Measurements of winds in the upper atmosphere by means of drifting meteor trails I
Science Direct
The paper describes some new radio techniques for the measurement of upper atmosphere winds by means of drifting meteor trails. A continuously recording doppler-radar system operating on 27 mc is described and some typical records are analysed. An accompanying paper deals with the ...
A meteor that struck the Empty Quarter four centuries ago
Saudi Gazette
NEARLY 52 years ago, a National Geographic team visited a meteorite site called Wabar in the Empty Quarter, one of the most desolate places on earth, and documented the remnants of the spatial object that struck Saudi Arabia some four centuries ago. During their visit in 1966, the team took rather ...
Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 1142-2018, Report 139929 (1142d-2018). Uploaded by. © b. s. Credit b. s. Date 2018-03-22 22:21:00 EDT ...
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23 March 2018
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Meteor lights up the night sky
NBC News
A bright meteor was caught on cameras across Michigan as it swept over parts of the Midwest and Canada.
Meteor captured on video over Madison
ABC21
A meteor was seen over the Madison area Thursday night.
When is the 2018 Lyrid meteor shower? All you need to know about stargazing event
Coventry Telegraph
... and are named after constellation Lyra. The Lyrid Meteor Shower is classed as an “average” shower, usually producing about 20 meteors per hour at its peak. ... This year the annual meteor shower will start April 16 and end April 25, but will peak April 21-22. The meteors blaze through the sky from ...
Delta Aquarids meteor shower 2018
MSN.com
Stargazers could be treated to a meteor spectacle later this year as the Delta Aquarids makes an appearance. The meteor shower favours the Northern Hemisphere - where it is likely to be more visible. An annual astronomical event, the Delta Aquarids displays as many as 10 to 20 shooting stars per ...
China's Tiangong-1 Space Lab Could Produce Fireball Streaks Upon Re-Entry, Debris Unlikely To ...
The Inquisitr
... there has been no report of accidents related to the re-entry of these space junk. If the space lab enters a populated area, there is no need to worry. In fact, people living close by can look forward to a spectacular sight as the space lab burns up during re-entry. There's a high probability that the fireball ...
Only 117 years 'til this asteroid (possibly) hits us
CNN
In 2013, a meteor about 60 feet (20 meters) across hit the Earth near Chelyabinsk in Russia. This relatively small rock still did considerable damage. It released about 30 times as much energy as the nuclear explosion at Hiroshima, blowing out glass windows and causing 1,500 people to seek medical ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
NBC News
A bright meteor was caught on cameras across Michigan as it swept over parts of the Midwest and Canada.
Meteor captured on video over Madison
ABC21
A meteor was seen over the Madison area Thursday night.
When is the 2018 Lyrid meteor shower? All you need to know about stargazing event
Coventry Telegraph
... and are named after constellation Lyra. The Lyrid Meteor Shower is classed as an “average” shower, usually producing about 20 meteors per hour at its peak. ... This year the annual meteor shower will start April 16 and end April 25, but will peak April 21-22. The meteors blaze through the sky from ...
Delta Aquarids meteor shower 2018
MSN.com
Stargazers could be treated to a meteor spectacle later this year as the Delta Aquarids makes an appearance. The meteor shower favours the Northern Hemisphere - where it is likely to be more visible. An annual astronomical event, the Delta Aquarids displays as many as 10 to 20 shooting stars per ...
China's Tiangong-1 Space Lab Could Produce Fireball Streaks Upon Re-Entry, Debris Unlikely To ...
The Inquisitr
... there has been no report of accidents related to the re-entry of these space junk. If the space lab enters a populated area, there is no need to worry. In fact, people living close by can look forward to a spectacular sight as the space lab burns up during re-entry. There's a high probability that the fireball ...
Only 117 years 'til this asteroid (possibly) hits us
CNN
In 2013, a meteor about 60 feet (20 meters) across hit the Earth near Chelyabinsk in Russia. This relatively small rock still did considerable damage. It released about 30 times as much energy as the nuclear explosion at Hiroshima, blowing out glass windows and causing 1,500 people to seek medical ...
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22 March 2018
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Meteor lights up the sky over Georgia and Alabama
NBC News
A baseball-sized meteor lights up the sky. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Meteor over los angeles today
Escola Nacional de Judô
5s, -8 Green Light Seen Over Southern California Believed To Be MeteorA green light that streaked across the night sky that was seen from the Mexican border to Central California was apparently a meteor or some other heavenly body falling to Earth. 1052c, 2018-03-17 12:58 UT, 2018-03-17 05:58 ...
Delta Aquarids meteor shower 2018: Best times, where to see it, weather forecast and everything ...
Liverpool Echo
Stargazers could be treated to a meteor spectacle later this year as the Delta Aquarids makes an appearance. The meteor shower ... Although it is not one of the most spectacular meteor showers, you are still in with a good chance of catching a glimpse at a shooting star. The shower runs annually from ...
Tiangong-1: China's out-of-control space station to fall back to earth soon
The Talking Democrat
According to ESA, the impact of the Chinese space laboratory, of which the Chinese lost control in 2016, is not comparable to what a meteor would make. In this sense, ESA specifies that from the 30 kilometers of altitude, the debris has a normal speed of fall that, in no case, would cause a crater on Earth ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
NBC News
A baseball-sized meteor lights up the sky. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Meteor over los angeles today
Escola Nacional de Judô
5s, -8 Green Light Seen Over Southern California Believed To Be MeteorA green light that streaked across the night sky that was seen from the Mexican border to Central California was apparently a meteor or some other heavenly body falling to Earth. 1052c, 2018-03-17 12:58 UT, 2018-03-17 05:58 ...
Delta Aquarids meteor shower 2018: Best times, where to see it, weather forecast and everything ...
Liverpool Echo
Stargazers could be treated to a meteor spectacle later this year as the Delta Aquarids makes an appearance. The meteor shower ... Although it is not one of the most spectacular meteor showers, you are still in with a good chance of catching a glimpse at a shooting star. The shower runs annually from ...
Tiangong-1: China's out-of-control space station to fall back to earth soon
The Talking Democrat
According to ESA, the impact of the Chinese space laboratory, of which the Chinese lost control in 2016, is not comparable to what a meteor would make. In this sense, ESA specifies that from the 30 kilometers of altitude, the debris has a normal speed of fall that, in no case, would cause a crater on Earth ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
21 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21MAR2018
Analysis of the formation of Meteor Crater, Arizona: A preliminary report
AGU Publications - Wiley
A theoretical study is made of the cratering process accompanying the impact of a 12,000‐ton iron projectile on a semi‐infinite half‐space of soft rock at a velocity of 30 km/sec. The constituents and velocity approximate those involved in the formation of Meteor Crater, Arizona. The assumption is made ...
Giant meteorite lifted from lake in Russia
NBC News
The giant meteor fragment weighed more than 1200 pounds. It broke into pieces as scientists removed it from Lake Chebarkul in central Russia where it landed in February. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
There's a small chance an asteroid will hit Earth in 2135. NASA is working on a plan
The Sydney Morning Herald
A century later in 2013, a 10-ton, 15-metre-wide meteor streaked over Russia's Ural Mountains at hypersonic speeds, shattering windows and injuring 1,100 people, Fox News reported. (Most were injured by shattered glass as they watched the meteor cross the daytime sky.) The meteor broke up before ...
Satellite? Meteor? Something else?
Cloudy Nights
Hey everyone,. This weekend, I just caught my first photons in quite a while due to house projects and cloudy evenings. Since my last time imaging, I added plate solving, and sort of figured out phd2 on the second night, so I went from throwing out about half my subs on the first night, to only one out ...
Events in 2018 1076-2018 KML
Fireball event
ID, UT Date & Time, Local Date & Time, City, State, Dur. Magn. D. Sound, C. Sound, Frag. Observer, Exp. a, 2018-03-19 21:30 UT, 2018-03-19 16:30 CDT, Baton Rouge, LA, ≈3.5s, -23, -, - ? Leroy S, 1. b, 2018-03-19 21:30 UT, 2018-03-19 16:30 CDT, Napoleonville, LA, ≈3.5s, -26, -, -, -, Ginger R, 3.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
AGU Publications - Wiley
A theoretical study is made of the cratering process accompanying the impact of a 12,000‐ton iron projectile on a semi‐infinite half‐space of soft rock at a velocity of 30 km/sec. The constituents and velocity approximate those involved in the formation of Meteor Crater, Arizona. The assumption is made ...
Giant meteorite lifted from lake in Russia
NBC News
The giant meteor fragment weighed more than 1200 pounds. It broke into pieces as scientists removed it from Lake Chebarkul in central Russia where it landed in February. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
There's a small chance an asteroid will hit Earth in 2135. NASA is working on a plan
The Sydney Morning Herald
A century later in 2013, a 10-ton, 15-metre-wide meteor streaked over Russia's Ural Mountains at hypersonic speeds, shattering windows and injuring 1,100 people, Fox News reported. (Most were injured by shattered glass as they watched the meteor cross the daytime sky.) The meteor broke up before ...
Satellite? Meteor? Something else?
Cloudy Nights
Hey everyone,. This weekend, I just caught my first photons in quite a while due to house projects and cloudy evenings. Since my last time imaging, I added plate solving, and sort of figured out phd2 on the second night, so I went from throwing out about half my subs on the first night, to only one out ...
Events in 2018 1076-2018 KML
Fireball event
ID, UT Date & Time, Local Date & Time, City, State, Dur. Magn. D. Sound, C. Sound, Frag. Observer, Exp. a, 2018-03-19 21:30 UT, 2018-03-19 16:30 CDT, Baton Rouge, LA, ≈3.5s, -23, -, - ? Leroy S, 1. b, 2018-03-19 21:30 UT, 2018-03-19 16:30 CDT, Napoleonville, LA, ≈3.5s, -26, -, -, -, Ginger R, 3.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
20 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20MAR2018
Newton School employs virtual reality for science lessons
The Recorder
“Meteor!” her students yelled as one seemed to be coming their way. Inside a portable, inflatable planetarium-like theater in the Newton School gym, classes learned more about different science lessons — from rocket ships to the universe, from the planet's environment to the history of dinosaurs.
There's a small chance an asteroid will smack into Earth in 2135. NASA is working on a plan.
Washington Post
A century later in 2013, a 10-ton, 49-foot-wide meteor streaked over Russia's Ural Mountains at hypersonic speeds, shattering windows and injuring 1,100 people, Fox News reported. (Most were injured by shattered glass as they watched the meteor cross the daytime sky). The meteor broke up before it ...
Event 1023-2018
Fireball event
We received 5 reports about a fireball seen over NH, CT, MA, NJ and NY on Friday, March 16th 2018 around 09:49 UT. The trajectory displayed on the map and the KML file has been automatically computed based on all the witness reports and may not be the most optimized.
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Igarassu, Pernambuco (BR). Latitude, 7° 49' 13.52'' S (-7.820423°). Longitude, 34° 54' 44.61'' W (-34.912392°). Elevation, 12.431523m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-19 01:59 -3 time zones. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-19 04:59 UT. Duration, ≈1.5s. Direction. Moving ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
19 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19MAR2018
Meteor sighting last night uk
TARANGO
Green 'fireball' meteor spotted shooting The meteor was captured by cameras from the UK Meteor Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock said last night's A huge meteor was spotted streaking over London last night creating an incredible display of light. Dale @DaleofEurope said: "It was incredibly ...
Ottawa Photography Meetup
Meetup
Thanks to Louise to suggest this event. Meet Sat April 21, 7:00 pm for sunset & hopefully see meteors between 8:30 - midnight or later if anyone chooses to stay longer... (see Meetup for April 22nd.) Here is some information on the Meteor Showers.
Close encounters
Heavens-Above
The following table lists the upcoming close encounters with all other known orbiting objects for which orbital elements are available (over 16000). Only objects which come within 5 km are included. Please note that the accuracy of these predictions is limited by the accuracy of the latest orbital elements.
Venomous Shrew That Survived the Dinosaurs Is Sequenced, Just in Time
Haaretz
After enormous aggravation, geneticists have managed to sequence the genome of a poisonous shrew-like rodent that thrived between dinosaurs' toes and laughed off the meteor that devastated life on the planet 66 million years ago. One of the lead authors of the report published today in Gigascience, ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
TARANGO
Green 'fireball' meteor spotted shooting The meteor was captured by cameras from the UK Meteor Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock said last night's A huge meteor was spotted streaking over London last night creating an incredible display of light. Dale @DaleofEurope said: "It was incredibly ...
Ottawa Photography Meetup
Meetup
Thanks to Louise to suggest this event. Meet Sat April 21, 7:00 pm for sunset & hopefully see meteors between 8:30 - midnight or later if anyone chooses to stay longer... (see Meetup for April 22nd.) Here is some information on the Meteor Showers.
Close encounters
Heavens-Above
The following table lists the upcoming close encounters with all other known orbiting objects for which orbital elements are available (over 16000). Only objects which come within 5 km are included. Please note that the accuracy of these predictions is limited by the accuracy of the latest orbital elements.
Venomous Shrew That Survived the Dinosaurs Is Sequenced, Just in Time
Haaretz
After enormous aggravation, geneticists have managed to sequence the genome of a poisonous shrew-like rodent that thrived between dinosaurs' toes and laughed off the meteor that devastated life on the planet 66 million years ago. One of the lead authors of the report published today in Gigascience, ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
18 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18MAR2018
Multiple meteor sightings over Edmonton
CTV Edmonton - CTV News
Multiple sightings of a meteor over Edmonton and Fort McMurray were reported last night. CTV Edmonton's Bill Fortier reports.
It's Been 5 Years Since the Brightest Meteor-Lunar Collision!
The Quint
Did you know that five years ago, an object, about the size of a boulder, hit the moon and the damage done was colossal. And it is said that if a similar strike would have happened against the Earth then it would have created a 65-feet-deep crater on the surface of the planet and the death toll would've ...
St. Patrick's Day Meteor Over Los Angeles AMS Event #1052-2018
YouTube
Meteor over Los Angeles on St. Patrick's Day. Captured with southeast facing Nest Cam. It was a bit cloudy but you can still see the slow moving fireball. AM...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Aliso Viejo, CA. Latitude, 33° 35' 53.4'' N (33.598167°). Longitude, 117° 43' 41.42'' W (-117.728172°). Elevation, 150.282m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-17 05:58 PDT. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-17 12:58 UT. Duration, ≈1.5s. Direction. Moving direction, From down ...
Events in 2018 1038-2018 KML
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1038-2018 KML. We received one report about a fireball seen over Western Development Region on Thursday, March 15th 2018 around 22:30 UT. 1 Witness Report. a - Nicholas H. Level 4. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With observation ...
Reports Report 1026af (Event 1026-2018)
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Observer. Name, ernest. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, I was indoors and the flash was observed through east facing window hence I was unable to see the start and conclusion of the flash. The flash moved left to right. Location. Address, Millisle, Northern Ireland (GB). Latitude, 54° 35' 8.65'' N (54.59°).
Reports Report 1026i (Event 1026-2018)
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Name, Mark S. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, This is the second time in around three months I have seen a fireball similar in appearance, from the same area, travelling in the same direction.
Fireball report
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Location. Address, Austin, TX. Latitude, 30° 13' 52.17'' N (30.23°). Longitude, 97° 50' 28.3'' W (-97.84°). Elevation, 229.7m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-16 21:54 CDT. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-17 02:54 UT. Duration, ≈3.5s. Direction. Moving direction, From down left to up right.
Geminids Meteor Shower
Shelby Ohio Weather
The Geminids is the king of the meteor showers. It is considered by many to be the best shower in the heavens, producing up to 120 multicolored meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by debris left behind by an asteroid known as 3200 Phaethon, which was discovered in 1982. The shower runs ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
17 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17MAR2018
PICTURES: Remains of meteor that struck Saudi Arabia four centuries ago
Al-Arabiya
The top section of the space-matter is currently on display at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia. (Supplied). Mohammed al-Harbi, Al Arabiya.net Saturday, 17 March 2018. The National Geographic team has visited a meteorite's site, called “Wobar (Wabar),” in the Empty Quarter of the Saudi ...
Chicora Meteor
Google News
A gigantic asteroid will zoom past Earth during its closest approach towards Earth
The News Recorder
The Phaethon is believed to the source of the Geminid meteor showers that reached its peak last Thursday night. Scientists are confused whether to call the space rock an asteroid or a comet, as it looks more like an asteroid, but sometimes it displays comet-like activity. Many scientists suggested that it is ...
Super-Schmidt Meteor Camera
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Super-Schmidt Meteor Camera. John M. Grant and Peter Millman with a Super-Schmidt meteor camera. Super-Schmidt Camera. ArchiveTags: Peter Millman · 1950s ...
Falling meteor over Fort Worth?
Star-Telegram
Reddit user d0ubleR says that this dashcam video captured a video of a meteor falling through the sky over Fort Worth this past Tuesday. The incident occurred about 4:15 p.m. March 13. The user posted it on reddit on Wednesday, March 14. He was driving north on I-35W just south of Loop 820 in south ...
Reports Report 1029m (Event 1029-2018)
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Location. Address, Baltimore, MD. Latitude, 39° 18' 5.66'' N (39.3°). Longitude, 76° 35' 27.63'' W (-76.59°). Elevation, 19.04m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-16 20:40 EDT. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-17 00:40 UT. Duration, ≈3.5s. Direction. Moving direction, From up right to down left.
Reports Report 1029o (Event 1029-2018)
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Observer. Name, Darrin M. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, End of path was obscured by roof so I estimated ending angle. Location. Address, Geneva, NY. Latitude, 42° 46' 37.06'' N (42.78°). Longitude, 77° 0' 18.32'' W (-77.01°). Elevation, 224.28m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-16 ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Name, Sarah D. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, This was spectacular. I have never seen anything like it in CT. Every meteor I've seen travels horizontally. It was unique, and definitely looked like something burning up in the atmosphere.
Fireball report
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Observer. Name, Adam C. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, This seemed to be much closer than any other meteor I've witnessed in my lifetime and would like to learn more about it and others. Location. Address, Stewartstown, PA. Latitude, 39° 45' 49.42'' N (39.76°). Longitude, 76° 35' 35.17'' W (-76.59°).
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Kyle S. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, Just how bright the fireball was and how quickly came into view and disappeared with a smoke trail. And it was witnessed by me and my driver on a minibus as we were driving towards Driffield I saw it over the houses in Driffield. Location ...
Fireball report
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Observer. Name, Bunting R. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, I was driving northbound on the a24 when we saw the fireball. Location. Address, , England (GB). Latitude, 50° 55' 18.55'' N (50.92°). Longitude, 0° 23' 58.8'' W (-0.4°). Elevation, 40.77m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-16 ...
Fireball report
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Observer. Name, Karris R. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, Lasted approximately 3 seconds - I've never seen anything like it before. Location. Address, , England (GB). Latitude, 51° 31' 17.76'' N (51.52°). Longitude, 0° 25' 56.3'' W (0.43°). Elevation, 12.17m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Tony W. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, only thing i can say is it didn't seem half as fast as meteors or fireballs ive seen in the past. Location. Address, , England (GB). Latitude, 53° 22' 7.13'' N (53.368647°). Longitude, 2° 35' 16.58'' W (-2.587939°). Elevation, 24.270081m. Time and ...
Menomous Solenodon, last survivor of a branch of mammals that appeared at the time of the ...
Science Daily
... and it is the sole remaining branch of mammals that split from other insectivores at the time of the dinosaurs. The solenodon genome sequence revealed the answer to several evolutionary questions, such as whether the solenodon species indeed survived the meteor impact that killed the dinosaurs.
Police Dash cam captures meteor (Date Location Unknown)
YouTube
Police dash cam captures a meteor streaking across the sky. REF 13358 To license contact info@lpe360.com.
The March issue of Meteorite Times is now up.
https://www.meteorite-times.com/monthly-issues/
Vidarbha: The Offbeat Maharashtra
Outlook India
52,000 years ago, a meteor weighing 2 million tonnes struck our planet creating a 2 km wide hole in eastern Maharashtra. The crater gradually turned into a lake with an ecosystem around it that is so unique that scientists from all around the world have come to study it. The lush jungles that surround the ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Al-Arabiya
The top section of the space-matter is currently on display at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia. (Supplied). Mohammed al-Harbi, Al Arabiya.net Saturday, 17 March 2018. The National Geographic team has visited a meteorite's site, called “Wobar (Wabar),” in the Empty Quarter of the Saudi ...
Chicora Meteor
Google News
A gigantic asteroid will zoom past Earth during its closest approach towards Earth
The News Recorder
The Phaethon is believed to the source of the Geminid meteor showers that reached its peak last Thursday night. Scientists are confused whether to call the space rock an asteroid or a comet, as it looks more like an asteroid, but sometimes it displays comet-like activity. Many scientists suggested that it is ...
Super-Schmidt Meteor Camera
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Super-Schmidt Meteor Camera. John M. Grant and Peter Millman with a Super-Schmidt meteor camera. Super-Schmidt Camera. ArchiveTags: Peter Millman · 1950s ...
Falling meteor over Fort Worth?
Star-Telegram
Reddit user d0ubleR says that this dashcam video captured a video of a meteor falling through the sky over Fort Worth this past Tuesday. The incident occurred about 4:15 p.m. March 13. The user posted it on reddit on Wednesday, March 14. He was driving north on I-35W just south of Loop 820 in south ...
Reports Report 1029m (Event 1029-2018)
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Location. Address, Baltimore, MD. Latitude, 39° 18' 5.66'' N (39.3°). Longitude, 76° 35' 27.63'' W (-76.59°). Elevation, 19.04m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-16 20:40 EDT. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-17 00:40 UT. Duration, ≈3.5s. Direction. Moving direction, From up right to down left.
Reports Report 1029o (Event 1029-2018)
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Observer. Name, Darrin M. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, End of path was obscured by roof so I estimated ending angle. Location. Address, Geneva, NY. Latitude, 42° 46' 37.06'' N (42.78°). Longitude, 77° 0' 18.32'' W (-77.01°). Elevation, 224.28m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-16 ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Name, Sarah D. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, This was spectacular. I have never seen anything like it in CT. Every meteor I've seen travels horizontally. It was unique, and definitely looked like something burning up in the atmosphere.
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Adam C. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, This seemed to be much closer than any other meteor I've witnessed in my lifetime and would like to learn more about it and others. Location. Address, Stewartstown, PA. Latitude, 39° 45' 49.42'' N (39.76°). Longitude, 76° 35' 35.17'' W (-76.59°).
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Kyle S. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, Just how bright the fireball was and how quickly came into view and disappeared with a smoke trail. And it was witnessed by me and my driver on a minibus as we were driving towards Driffield I saw it over the houses in Driffield. Location ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Bunting R. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, I was driving northbound on the a24 when we saw the fireball. Location. Address, , England (GB). Latitude, 50° 55' 18.55'' N (50.92°). Longitude, 0° 23' 58.8'' W (-0.4°). Elevation, 40.77m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-16 ...
Fireball report
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Observer. Name, Karris R. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, Lasted approximately 3 seconds - I've never seen anything like it before. Location. Address, , England (GB). Latitude, 51° 31' 17.76'' N (51.52°). Longitude, 0° 25' 56.3'' W (0.43°). Elevation, 12.17m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Tony W. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, only thing i can say is it didn't seem half as fast as meteors or fireballs ive seen in the past. Location. Address, , England (GB). Latitude, 53° 22' 7.13'' N (53.368647°). Longitude, 2° 35' 16.58'' W (-2.587939°). Elevation, 24.270081m. Time and ...
Menomous Solenodon, last survivor of a branch of mammals that appeared at the time of the ...
Science Daily
... and it is the sole remaining branch of mammals that split from other insectivores at the time of the dinosaurs. The solenodon genome sequence revealed the answer to several evolutionary questions, such as whether the solenodon species indeed survived the meteor impact that killed the dinosaurs.
Police Dash cam captures meteor (Date Location Unknown)
YouTube
Police dash cam captures a meteor streaking across the sky. REF 13358 To license contact info@lpe360.com.
The March issue of Meteorite Times is now up.
https://www.meteorite-times.com/monthly-issues/
Vidarbha: The Offbeat Maharashtra
Outlook India
52,000 years ago, a meteor weighing 2 million tonnes struck our planet creating a 2 km wide hole in eastern Maharashtra. The crater gradually turned into a lake with an ecosystem around it that is so unique that scientists from all around the world have come to study it. The lush jungles that surround the ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
16 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16MAR2018
Mysterious boom noise heard in metro was 'out of this world'
kfor.com
Many people said they thought they heard thunder or an earthquake, but yesterday's rumble was actually a meteor. "We were just in the front of our house and we heard a boom," said Lane Winters. Sarah Clark, a geology student, described it as "just a loud boom." It was a sound folks couldn't quite put ...
GSI finds clues to early life in Rajasthan meteorite
Times of India
After a nine-month-long search, GSI has concluded that the search for extra-terrestrial life might not be a wild goose chase after all. The composition of a meteor that fell in Rajasthan in June indicates the presence of both carbon and water, taking the life-in-space theory another notch forward. The GSI is ...
Russian Scientists Are Testing Lasers to Blow Up Deadly Asteroids
Outer Places
Much of the research was based on the infamous Chelyabinsk asteroid, a 20-meter-wide meteor that exploded over Russia and injured over 1,000 people. The largest chunk of the meteor was recovered from Lake Chebarkul and studied to create the basis for the lab's model asteroids. It's estimated that ...
Carbonates hint at liquid water on Ceres
Chemical & Engineering News
Alternately, meteor impacts could melt frozen brine below the surface. In either case, ions in the brine could precipitate to form carbonates as the water freezes or evaporates. Carrozzo says his group cannot rule out either mechanism; it is possible both are occurring. Hydrated carbonates lose their water ...
3. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Of NASA Has Obtai...
Chegg
Answer to 3. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA has obtained the following data regarding a meteor traveling through space: r =...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, John W. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, The size of this thing really spooked me, which is why I felt compelled to report it. The size was very large. It actually gave me a little shot of adrenaline. I really did think for a second I was witnessing a catastrophic event. The colors were quit vivid ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
14 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14/15MAR2018
Meteor explosion off Washington coast was biggest in 25 years
MyNorthwest.com
Emergency Management in Grays Harbor County says there were at least 15 reports made to the American Meteor Society. There was no severe weather event at the time of the incident, according to the Weather Service. No reports of explosions or crashes on the ground were reported and the Federal ...
Bolide Meteor Blamed for Mystery Boom over Washington State
The Singular Fortean Society
A bolide meteor bursting in the Earth's atmosphere is being blamed for a mysterious boom and accompanying bright flash over Grays Harbor County in western Washington state last Wednesday. The disruptive aerial explosion occurred shortly after 7 p.m., and was violent enough to shake the homes of ...
KGW-TV
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The meteor explosion off Washington's coast shortly on March 7 is considered the biggest over the continental U.S. in nearly two decades, according to...
Northern Arizona astronomy: meteoroids, meteors and meteorites
Williams News
So, in summary: a rock in space is a meteoroid, one falling to Earth is a meteor and one found on Earth is a meteorite. Most meteorites are fragments of small planetesimals (meteoroids and asteroids) that were shattered by collisions early in the history of the solar system. Most of these remnants now ...
Stunning video shows Geminid meteor shower over remote Chinese mountains
NBC News
Time-lapse video displayed the full beauty of the meteor shower in northeast China's Changbai Mountains.
Russian boffins blow up teeny asteroids with tiny laser... to work out how to nuke the real thing
The Register
Russia has history when it comes to asteroids: on 15 February 2013 a meteor exploded at 97,000ft over Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the Ural Mountains region, with a force of 26 to 33 times the energy released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Minds have since been focused by the potential damage a much ...
Deconvoluting measurement uncertainty from the meteor speed distribution
Cosmochemistry Papers
Debiasing the velocity distribution of meteors observed by the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR) yields a distribution with large numbers of slow meteors. The distribution also contains significant numbers of hyperbolic meteors, in conflict with the expectation that interstellar meteors should be rare.
Dragon-like pterosaurs with the wingspan of an F-16 fighter went out with a BANG along with the ...
Daily Mail
Dragon-like flying reptiles that soared over the heads of the dinosaurs were just taking off when a giant meteor impact wiped them out, fossil discoveries suggest. Pterosaurs, better known as the iconic pterodactyl, died out along with their Earth-bound cousins around 66 million years ago. Among the ...
Fireball report
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Location. Address, Grayson, GA. Latitude, 33° 53' 17.02'' N (33.89°). Longitude, 83° 56' 16.16'' W (-83.94°). Elevation, 323.6m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-13 23:22 EDT. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-14 03:22 UT. Duration, ≈1.5s. Direction. Moving direction, From down to up. Descent ...
Fireball report
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Location. Address, , Mato Grosso do Sul (BR). Latitude, 20° 30' 14.18'' S (-20.5°). Longitude, 54° 36' 48.38'' W (-54.61°). Elevation, 540.95m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-13 18:40 -4 time zones. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-13 22:40 UT. Duration, ≈3.5s. Direction. Moving direction ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
MyNorthwest.com
Emergency Management in Grays Harbor County says there were at least 15 reports made to the American Meteor Society. There was no severe weather event at the time of the incident, according to the Weather Service. No reports of explosions or crashes on the ground were reported and the Federal ...
Bolide Meteor Blamed for Mystery Boom over Washington State
The Singular Fortean Society
A bolide meteor bursting in the Earth's atmosphere is being blamed for a mysterious boom and accompanying bright flash over Grays Harbor County in western Washington state last Wednesday. The disruptive aerial explosion occurred shortly after 7 p.m., and was violent enough to shake the homes of ...
KGW-TV
The meteor explosion off Washington's coast shortly on March 7 is considered the biggest over the continental U.S. in nearly two decades, according to...
Northern Arizona astronomy: meteoroids, meteors and meteorites
Williams News
So, in summary: a rock in space is a meteoroid, one falling to Earth is a meteor and one found on Earth is a meteorite. Most meteorites are fragments of small planetesimals (meteoroids and asteroids) that were shattered by collisions early in the history of the solar system. Most of these remnants now ...
Stunning video shows Geminid meteor shower over remote Chinese mountains
NBC News
Time-lapse video displayed the full beauty of the meteor shower in northeast China's Changbai Mountains.
Russian boffins blow up teeny asteroids with tiny laser... to work out how to nuke the real thing
The Register
Russia has history when it comes to asteroids: on 15 February 2013 a meteor exploded at 97,000ft over Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the Ural Mountains region, with a force of 26 to 33 times the energy released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Minds have since been focused by the potential damage a much ...
Deconvoluting measurement uncertainty from the meteor speed distribution
Cosmochemistry Papers
Debiasing the velocity distribution of meteors observed by the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR) yields a distribution with large numbers of slow meteors. The distribution also contains significant numbers of hyperbolic meteors, in conflict with the expectation that interstellar meteors should be rare.
Dragon-like pterosaurs with the wingspan of an F-16 fighter went out with a BANG along with the ...
Daily Mail
Dragon-like flying reptiles that soared over the heads of the dinosaurs were just taking off when a giant meteor impact wiped them out, fossil discoveries suggest. Pterosaurs, better known as the iconic pterodactyl, died out along with their Earth-bound cousins around 66 million years ago. Among the ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Location. Address, Grayson, GA. Latitude, 33° 53' 17.02'' N (33.89°). Longitude, 83° 56' 16.16'' W (-83.94°). Elevation, 323.6m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-13 23:22 EDT. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-14 03:22 UT. Duration, ≈1.5s. Direction. Moving direction, From down to up. Descent ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Location. Address, , Mato Grosso do Sul (BR). Latitude, 20° 30' 14.18'' S (-20.5°). Longitude, 54° 36' 48.38'' W (-54.61°). Elevation, 540.95m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-13 18:40 -4 time zones. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-13 22:40 UT. Duration, ≈3.5s. Direction. Moving direction ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
13 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13MAR2018
Fragmenting meteor fireball observed over Tucumán, Argentina
Sott
On 9th March 2018 at 02.30 thousands of people in Tucumán, a small province in northwest Argentina, witnessed a fragmenting meteor fireball overhead according to La Gaceta Tucumán. The phenomenon was captured on video.
Meteor explosion off WA coast considered biggest in decades
KING5.com
The meteor explosion off Washington's coast shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7 is considered the biggest over the continental U.S. in 25 years, according to the American Meteor Society. A Doppler radar image from Marc Fries with NASA and NOAA, shows the giant dust cloud as the bolide ...
Minivan-size meteor strikes off Washington coast (VIDEO)
KVEW
A meteor the size of a minivan crashed off the Washington coast into the ocean on Wednesday Mar. 7.
Meteor size of minivan caused booming fireball over Washington
YouTube
Meteor size of minivan caused booming fireball over Washington.
Tracking the Grays Harbor meteor with earthquake equipment
YouTube
Tracking the Grays Harbor meteor with earthquake equipment.
Hot on the trail of Antarctic meteorites
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/hot-trail-antarctic-meteorites
Secrets Behind Water on the Moon Revealed in Lunar Creation Simulation
Outer Places
Scientists from the Carnegie Institute for Science and the California Institute of Technology have created a simulation that shows how the Earth might have been affected if it were hit by a large meteor while it was still forming, during a period where it was flexible enough to see matter split off and merge ...
Rare meteorite that hit Rajasthan in 2017 could shed light on origin of life
Hindustan Times A meteor shower in the night sky. The meteorite found in Rajasthan belongs to a rare and primitive group of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, containing very primitive traces of carbon. Carbon forms the backbone of all life on earth.
Simultaneous Observation of the Forward and Backward Scattered Radio Reflections From Ionized ...
IEEE Xplore
Abstract— The authors consider a possibility of observation of meteor trails providing simultaneous scattering of a probing signal both in forward and backward directions. Such trails might present some valuable data on physics of meteor phenomena useful both for improving of theoretical models...
Terra Nova National Park becomes first Dark Sky Preserve in NL
The Pilot
“Through this designation, Parks Canada will reduce energy consumption, protect nocturnal habitats and offer new and engaging night sky programs which will provide opportunities for visitors to experience the dark sky, the milky way, meteor showers, and far away stars and planets. I encourage ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Sott
On 9th March 2018 at 02.30 thousands of people in Tucumán, a small province in northwest Argentina, witnessed a fragmenting meteor fireball overhead according to La Gaceta Tucumán. The phenomenon was captured on video.
Meteor explosion off WA coast considered biggest in decades
KING5.com
The meteor explosion off Washington's coast shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7 is considered the biggest over the continental U.S. in 25 years, according to the American Meteor Society. A Doppler radar image from Marc Fries with NASA and NOAA, shows the giant dust cloud as the bolide ...
Minivan-size meteor strikes off Washington coast (VIDEO)
KVEW
A meteor the size of a minivan crashed off the Washington coast into the ocean on Wednesday Mar. 7.
Meteor size of minivan caused booming fireball over Washington
YouTube
Meteor size of minivan caused booming fireball over Washington.
Tracking the Grays Harbor meteor with earthquake equipment
YouTube
Tracking the Grays Harbor meteor with earthquake equipment.
Hot on the trail of Antarctic meteorites
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/hot-trail-antarctic-meteorites
Secrets Behind Water on the Moon Revealed in Lunar Creation Simulation
Outer Places
Scientists from the Carnegie Institute for Science and the California Institute of Technology have created a simulation that shows how the Earth might have been affected if it were hit by a large meteor while it was still forming, during a period where it was flexible enough to see matter split off and merge ...
Rare meteorite that hit Rajasthan in 2017 could shed light on origin of life
Hindustan Times A meteor shower in the night sky. The meteorite found in Rajasthan belongs to a rare and primitive group of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, containing very primitive traces of carbon. Carbon forms the backbone of all life on earth.
Simultaneous Observation of the Forward and Backward Scattered Radio Reflections From Ionized ...
IEEE Xplore
Abstract— The authors consider a possibility of observation of meteor trails providing simultaneous scattering of a probing signal both in forward and backward directions. Such trails might present some valuable data on physics of meteor phenomena useful both for improving of theoretical models...
Terra Nova National Park becomes first Dark Sky Preserve in NL
The Pilot
“Through this designation, Parks Canada will reduce energy consumption, protect nocturnal habitats and offer new and engaging night sky programs which will provide opportunities for visitors to experience the dark sky, the milky way, meteor showers, and far away stars and planets. I encourage ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
12 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12MAR2018
University of Alabama searching for family of owner of radio struck meteorite
https://www.forsythnews.com/local/university-alabama-searching-family-owner-radio-struck-meteorite/
No, Comet Tails Don't Make Meteor Showers
Forbes
Meteor showers are one of the night sky's most spectacular sights whenever and wherever they occur. Trevor Bexon / flickr. Timelapse photos, like this one of 2015's Perseid meteor shower, contain many separate images merged together. In reality, most meteors are brief, one-at-a-time blips across an ...
AMS event #960-2018
YouTube
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 960-2018, Report 139217 (960a-2018) Credit:J. Narancio.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
https://www.forsythnews.com/local/university-alabama-searching-family-owner-radio-struck-meteorite/
No, Comet Tails Don't Make Meteor Showers
Forbes
Meteor showers are one of the night sky's most spectacular sights whenever and wherever they occur. Trevor Bexon / flickr. Timelapse photos, like this one of 2015's Perseid meteor shower, contain many separate images merged together. In reality, most meteors are brief, one-at-a-time blips across an ...
AMS event #960-2018
YouTube
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 960-2018, Report 139217 (960a-2018) Credit:J. Narancio.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
11 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11MAR2018
Fireball off the Washington coast was likely a meteor
Centralia Chronicle
Several people on the Washington coast also reported hearing a loud boom, which would elevate the event to a category called a bolide — a rare, extremely bright fireball that creates a sonic boom as it penetrates the Earth's stratosphere and explodes. “When I started getting phone calls from the entire ...
Saving the Earth: NASA might use nukes to protect the planet from a deadly asteroid
India Today
But the real damage would come from the air burst, caused by the meteor hurtling through the atmosphere, which could collapse buildings and tear down trees up to 30 miles away. According to physicist David Dearborn, "If the asteroid is small enough, and we detect it early enough, we can do it with the ...
Just saw a meteorite flying through the night of Asuncion, Paraguay from my terrace.
Reddit
NASA gets back with the community 1-2 days later and say it was a meteorite... something that starts with a b. Blourite or something. And it was about the size of a van upon entry before it melted to the size of a brick and hit the Pacific Ocean. It basically had created an intense sonic boom which is what ...
An ancient meteor shower shown as fiery lances. Pictures
Getty Images
Engraving depicting an ancient meteor shower shown as fiery lances. Dated 16th Century.
AMS event #944-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 944-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Occitanie on Friday, March 9th 2018 around 07:13 UT. D. Sound. n/a. C. Sound. n/a. Frag. n/a. Twitter0. 1 Report. a - Richard M. Level 4. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Centralia Chronicle
Several people on the Washington coast also reported hearing a loud boom, which would elevate the event to a category called a bolide — a rare, extremely bright fireball that creates a sonic boom as it penetrates the Earth's stratosphere and explodes. “When I started getting phone calls from the entire ...
Saving the Earth: NASA might use nukes to protect the planet from a deadly asteroid
India Today
But the real damage would come from the air burst, caused by the meteor hurtling through the atmosphere, which could collapse buildings and tear down trees up to 30 miles away. According to physicist David Dearborn, "If the asteroid is small enough, and we detect it early enough, we can do it with the ...
Just saw a meteorite flying through the night of Asuncion, Paraguay from my terrace.
NASA gets back with the community 1-2 days later and say it was a meteorite... something that starts with a b. Blourite or something. And it was about the size of a van upon entry before it melted to the size of a brick and hit the Pacific Ocean. It basically had created an intense sonic boom which is what ...
An ancient meteor shower shown as fiery lances. Pictures
Getty Images
Engraving depicting an ancient meteor shower shown as fiery lances. Dated 16th Century.
AMS event #944-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 944-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Occitanie on Friday, March 9th 2018 around 07:13 UT. D. Sound. n/a. C. Sound. n/a. Frag. n/a. Twitter0. 1 Report. a - Richard M. Level 4. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
10 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10MAR2018
Map shows trajectory of possible Pacific NW meteoroid
kgw.com
The map from the American Meteor Society shows the possible meteoroid's trajectory from east of Matlock to east of Taholah. Author: Allison Sundell. Published: 12:48 PM PST March 9, 2018. Updated: 12:48 PM PST March 9, 2018. On the KGW News app? Tap for a multimedia article. The American ...
Map shows trajectory of possible Grays Harbor County meteoroid
KING5.com
The American Meteor Society mapped the trajectory of a possible meteoroid that lit up Grays Harbor County skies and caused a loud boom Wednesday night. The society tracked the meteoroid based on 11 reports from people whose locations ranged from Vancouver Island to Portland, Oregon. The map ...
Loud boom 'SHAKES ground' after mystery light – and NO ONE can explain it
Daily Star- UK
Rare meteor display streaks the night sky. Perseid meteor shower lights up sky across Britain. 1 / 5. Holy moly... A Perseid meteor enters the skyline above Glastonbury Tor in Somerset. “Whatever it was, was a huge, huge burst of bright light,” Scott told ABC's Seattle affiliate KOMO. “It took up the entire ...
Space Rock Burns Up in Brilliant Fireball Over Washington
Space.com
The fireball and associated boom were caused by an object about the size of a minivan. It streaked over Washington and eventually fell, in smoldering bits and broken-up pieces, into the Pacific Ocean about 14 miles (22 kilometers) off the state's coast, NASA meteor expert Marc Fries told Seattle TV ...
'Fireball' That Caused Shaking Along Washington State Coast Was About the Size of a Minivan ...
KTLA
Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management followed the incident, but the agency was not immediately sure what it was. "The WA State Duty Officer contacted the FAA and the Western Air Defense Sector and was told ...
Meteor size of minivan caused booming fireball over Washington
Free Republic
Witnesses say the fireball was spotted as far north as the Vancouver region and as far south as Portland. According to Johnson Space Center's Dr. Marc Fries, this was one of the largest bolide meteors to make an appearance in the last two decades. The meteor is estimated to have been about the size ...
Tracking flying meteors with earthquake equipment
KING5.com
Scientists believe they tracked that meteor from Wednesday night to a point several miles off the Washington Coast town of Taholah. They think it disintegrated or exploded in the air. To do it, they relied on signals of a sonic boom or explosion picked up by 11 earthquake seismometers including ones ...
Spectacular meteor wows farmer - but he couldn't get a picture
MSN.com
Provided by MediaWorks NZ Limited. A Manawatu farmer has discovered the importance of carrying a cellphone after he saw a spectacular fiery meteor display but couldn't get a photo. Dairy farmer Brent White saw the "spectacular" meteorite fly right in front of him at around 4:30am on Saturday when ...
Meteor size of minivan caused booming fireball over Washington
SlashGear
Despite the disturbance, an investigation by local officials didn't turn up any signs of an object or vehicle having crashed into the ground. The FAA later confirmed that there hadn't been any aircraft or other known objects that may have caused the event, leading to speculation that a meteor may have ...
Meteor captures Manawatu farmer's attention in 'spectacular' light display
Newshub
A Manawatu farmer has discovered the importance of carrying a cellphone after he saw a spectacular fiery meteor display but couldn't get a photo. Dairy farmer Brent White saw the "spectacular" meteorite fly right in front of him at around 4:30am on Saturday when he was bringing cows into the dairy ...
NASA is Designing an Asteroid-Destroying Spacecraft Named 'HAMMER'
Outer Places
NASA's proposed HAMMER (Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response) would blow up oncoming asteroids, despite the fact that our planet is not actually at risk of being hit by a killer meteor for over a hundred years. pic.twitter.com/zFv6uJpoTj. — Matthew Loffhagen ...
A mastodon and a meteor older than Earth are highlights of the UW Geology Museum
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
If you want to touch a hunk of roughly 4.56-billion-year-old meteorite that predates Earth, view fossilized bones from two mastodons that wandered western Wisconsin during the Ice Age or learn more about the universe, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum is well worth a visit.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
kgw.com
The map from the American Meteor Society shows the possible meteoroid's trajectory from east of Matlock to east of Taholah. Author: Allison Sundell. Published: 12:48 PM PST March 9, 2018. Updated: 12:48 PM PST March 9, 2018. On the KGW News app? Tap for a multimedia article. The American ...
Map shows trajectory of possible Grays Harbor County meteoroid
KING5.com
The American Meteor Society mapped the trajectory of a possible meteoroid that lit up Grays Harbor County skies and caused a loud boom Wednesday night. The society tracked the meteoroid based on 11 reports from people whose locations ranged from Vancouver Island to Portland, Oregon. The map ...
Loud boom 'SHAKES ground' after mystery light – and NO ONE can explain it
Daily Star- UK
Rare meteor display streaks the night sky. Perseid meteor shower lights up sky across Britain. 1 / 5. Holy moly... A Perseid meteor enters the skyline above Glastonbury Tor in Somerset. “Whatever it was, was a huge, huge burst of bright light,” Scott told ABC's Seattle affiliate KOMO. “It took up the entire ...
Space Rock Burns Up in Brilliant Fireball Over Washington
Space.com
The fireball and associated boom were caused by an object about the size of a minivan. It streaked over Washington and eventually fell, in smoldering bits and broken-up pieces, into the Pacific Ocean about 14 miles (22 kilometers) off the state's coast, NASA meteor expert Marc Fries told Seattle TV ...
'Fireball' That Caused Shaking Along Washington State Coast Was About the Size of a Minivan ...
KTLA
Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management followed the incident, but the agency was not immediately sure what it was. "The WA State Duty Officer contacted the FAA and the Western Air Defense Sector and was told ...
Meteor size of minivan caused booming fireball over Washington
Free Republic
Witnesses say the fireball was spotted as far north as the Vancouver region and as far south as Portland. According to Johnson Space Center's Dr. Marc Fries, this was one of the largest bolide meteors to make an appearance in the last two decades. The meteor is estimated to have been about the size ...
Tracking flying meteors with earthquake equipment
KING5.com
Scientists believe they tracked that meteor from Wednesday night to a point several miles off the Washington Coast town of Taholah. They think it disintegrated or exploded in the air. To do it, they relied on signals of a sonic boom or explosion picked up by 11 earthquake seismometers including ones ...
Spectacular meteor wows farmer - but he couldn't get a picture
MSN.com
Provided by MediaWorks NZ Limited. A Manawatu farmer has discovered the importance of carrying a cellphone after he saw a spectacular fiery meteor display but couldn't get a photo. Dairy farmer Brent White saw the "spectacular" meteorite fly right in front of him at around 4:30am on Saturday when ...
Meteor size of minivan caused booming fireball over Washington
SlashGear
Despite the disturbance, an investigation by local officials didn't turn up any signs of an object or vehicle having crashed into the ground. The FAA later confirmed that there hadn't been any aircraft or other known objects that may have caused the event, leading to speculation that a meteor may have ...
Meteor captures Manawatu farmer's attention in 'spectacular' light display
Newshub
A Manawatu farmer has discovered the importance of carrying a cellphone after he saw a spectacular fiery meteor display but couldn't get a photo. Dairy farmer Brent White saw the "spectacular" meteorite fly right in front of him at around 4:30am on Saturday when he was bringing cows into the dairy ...
NASA is Designing an Asteroid-Destroying Spacecraft Named 'HAMMER'
Outer Places
NASA's proposed HAMMER (Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response) would blow up oncoming asteroids, despite the fact that our planet is not actually at risk of being hit by a killer meteor for over a hundred years. pic.twitter.com/zFv6uJpoTj. — Matthew Loffhagen ...
A mastodon and a meteor older than Earth are highlights of the UW Geology Museum
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
If you want to touch a hunk of roughly 4.56-billion-year-old meteorite that predates Earth, view fossilized bones from two mastodons that wandered western Wisconsin during the Ice Age or learn more about the universe, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum is well worth a visit.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
09 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09MAR2018
Fireball off the Washington coast was likely a meteor
Seattle Times
Thousands of meteors of fireball magnitude occur every day, but most are never seen because they hit during the day or over uninhabited areas, according to the American Meteor Society. One of the most spectacular fireballs in recent history was the superbolide near Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Feb.
Mysterious boom, light in Grays Harbor County could be bolide meteoroid
KING5.com
A bolide is a special type of fireball, or very bright meteor, that explodes in a bright flash at its end, according to the American Meteor Society. ... If a fireball explodes as a bolide below an altitude of 30 miles, there's a chance people on the ground could hear sonic booms, which are noises that occur when ...
NASA Identifies Mystery Noise
750 KXL
Portland, Or. – NASA says a loud boom that was heard from Portland to Seattle last night was a meteor. NASA's Karen Northon says it was first spotted 51 miles above Tacoma, Washington moving at a speed of 31,000 miles per hour. She says it then fragmented over Skykomish, Washington. She says ...
Bright flash in the sky, loud boom, ground shaking reported in Grays Harbor County
KOMO News
"It took up the entire horizon, so it wasn't like it was a fireball, although the color was similar to what you would see with something like that." Grays Harbor County Emergency Management said it has contacted the National Weather Service in Seattle about the reports. The NWS said it there were no ...
NASA says 'fireball' that shook Washington coast about the size of minivan
kfor.com
SEATTLE – The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told KCPQ. Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management ...
Big Boom, Flash Likely Exploding Meteor, Say Oregon Scientists
Oregon Coast Beach Connection
Big Boom, Flash Likely Exploding Meteor, Say Oregon Scientists; Video - Experts are pointing to what is a bolide meteor: essentially a fireball that explodes.
MINIVAN SIZED METEOR HITS WASHINGTON
YouTube
Last night, March 8th 2018, A bolide (large meteor crash landed near Grays Harbor Washington. It created a sonic boom strong enough to shake houses and bust a...
Big boom, light in the sky was likely from a meteoroid
North Coast News
A bolide is a special type of fireball, or very bright meteor, that explodes in a bright flash at its end, according to the American Meteor Society. If a fireball explodes as a bolide below an altitude of 30 miles, there's a chance people on the ground could hear sonic booms, which are noises that occur when ...
NASA: 'Fireball' that shook Washington coast about the size of minivan
wtvr.com
SEATTLE -- The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told KCPQ. Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management ...
What was that giant flash, boom over Wash. coast?
seattlepi.com
"If a very bright fireball...penetrates to the stratosphere, below an altitude of about 50 km (30 miles), and explodes as a bolide, there is a chance that sonic booms may be heard on the ground below. This is more likely if the bolide occurs at an altitude angle of about 45 degrees or so for the observer, and ...
Fireball the size of a minivan shakes Washington coast
fox5sandiego.com
SEATTLE – The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told KCPQ. Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management ..
Big boom, flash likely an exploding meteor
KATU
Big boom, flash likely an exploding meteor. by KATU and KOMO Staffs. The sky lights up in Washington in this still image from video by ... A bolide is an extremely bright meteor that explodes in the atmosphere. Astronomers say it's about as bright as the full moon. Jim Todd at OMSI said it appeared the ...
NASA says 'fireball' that shook Washington coast about the size of minivan
Q13 FOX
SEATTLE -- The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told Q13 News. Not just a meteor. A fireball. A big fireball. Around 8:10 p.m., Washingtonians from Aberdeen to Port Orchard reported a bright light ...
Mysterious boom, light in Pacific NW could be bolide meteoroid
kgw.com
A bolide is a special type of fireball, or very bright meteor, that explodes in a bright flash at its end, according to the American Meteor Society. What about that loud boom some people heard? If a fireball explodes as a bolide below an altitude of 30 miles, there's a chance people on the ground could hear ...
Asteroid the size of a skyscraper seen zipping by Earth
CNET
A sizable space rock cruised through our corner of the galaxy Wednesday without doing any harm, but it did provide a rare opportunity for even amateur astronomers to catch an asteroid fly-by. Asteroid 2017 VR12 passed by at a safe distance of about 870,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers), which is 3.76 ...
NASA warns colossal HAZARDOUS asteroid BIGGER than Eiffel Tower heading to Earth TODAY
Daily Star
The newly-discovered space rock – dubbed Asteroid 2018 CB – is expected to soon past out planet at around 5.30pm EST. It will be travelling at a speed close to five miles per second and will pass at a distance of about 39,000 miles. That's just one-fifth of the distance from Earth to the Moon and it's a ...
What is an asteroid, meteor, meteoroid, and meteorite?
YouTube
An person from NASA explains so you can keep these space rocks straight.
Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
Night Sky Network
The Delta Aquarids is an average shower that can produce up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by debris left behind by comets Marsden and Kracht. The shower runs annually from July 12 to August 23. It peaks this year on the night of July 28 and morning of July 29. The nearly full moon ...
Perseid Meteor Shower Party - Event Calendar
Oregon State Parks
Description. Join us at Loeb State Park to view the annual Perseid Meteors. Park in the Loeb picnic area, take access road to gravel bar to marked event area. Bring blankets, chairs, & red flashlights. 2017-2018 Oregon State Parks Guide · Brochures and Maps | News Media | Contact.
914b
Report a Fireball Name, Pamela W. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, I did not see a fireball but continued with this survey to offer info I had regarding hearing and feeling the explosion. I thought it was either an earthquake or severe explosion. My neighbors had the same experience. I'm guessing on the time, not positive ..
Event 910-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 910-2018 KML. We received one report about a fireball seen over Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur on Wednesday, March 7th 2018 around 19:15 UT. 1 Witness Report. a - Jonathan L. Level 3. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With observation ...
907a
Report a Fireball
Name, Ron C. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, This was the first time I ever saw a fire ball….I have seen shooting stars before but this was totally different. Larger, closer and golden orange color and watched it break up. very cool and memorable.
Janus 2018
International Meteor Organization
Welcome to the first WGN issue of 2018! The start of a new year offers an opportunity to reflect: what did we achieve in the past year? Which opportunities are at hand and what do we want to achieve in the near future? Sanity check: what does the International Meteor Organization stand for? What are its ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Seattle Times
Thousands of meteors of fireball magnitude occur every day, but most are never seen because they hit during the day or over uninhabited areas, according to the American Meteor Society. One of the most spectacular fireballs in recent history was the superbolide near Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Feb.
Mysterious boom, light in Grays Harbor County could be bolide meteoroid
KING5.com
A bolide is a special type of fireball, or very bright meteor, that explodes in a bright flash at its end, according to the American Meteor Society. ... If a fireball explodes as a bolide below an altitude of 30 miles, there's a chance people on the ground could hear sonic booms, which are noises that occur when ...
NASA Identifies Mystery Noise
750 KXL
Portland, Or. – NASA says a loud boom that was heard from Portland to Seattle last night was a meteor. NASA's Karen Northon says it was first spotted 51 miles above Tacoma, Washington moving at a speed of 31,000 miles per hour. She says it then fragmented over Skykomish, Washington. She says ...
Bright flash in the sky, loud boom, ground shaking reported in Grays Harbor County
KOMO News
"It took up the entire horizon, so it wasn't like it was a fireball, although the color was similar to what you would see with something like that." Grays Harbor County Emergency Management said it has contacted the National Weather Service in Seattle about the reports. The NWS said it there were no ...
NASA says 'fireball' that shook Washington coast about the size of minivan
kfor.com
SEATTLE – The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told KCPQ. Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management ...
Big Boom, Flash Likely Exploding Meteor, Say Oregon Scientists
Oregon Coast Beach Connection
Big Boom, Flash Likely Exploding Meteor, Say Oregon Scientists; Video - Experts are pointing to what is a bolide meteor: essentially a fireball that explodes.
MINIVAN SIZED METEOR HITS WASHINGTON
YouTube
Last night, March 8th 2018, A bolide (large meteor crash landed near Grays Harbor Washington. It created a sonic boom strong enough to shake houses and bust a...
Big boom, light in the sky was likely from a meteoroid
North Coast News
A bolide is a special type of fireball, or very bright meteor, that explodes in a bright flash at its end, according to the American Meteor Society. If a fireball explodes as a bolide below an altitude of 30 miles, there's a chance people on the ground could hear sonic booms, which are noises that occur when ...
NASA: 'Fireball' that shook Washington coast about the size of minivan
wtvr.com
SEATTLE -- The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told KCPQ. Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management ...
What was that giant flash, boom over Wash. coast?
seattlepi.com
"If a very bright fireball...penetrates to the stratosphere, below an altitude of about 50 km (30 miles), and explodes as a bolide, there is a chance that sonic booms may be heard on the ground below. This is more likely if the bolide occurs at an altitude angle of about 45 degrees or so for the observer, and ...
Fireball the size of a minivan shakes Washington coast
fox5sandiego.com
SEATTLE – The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told KCPQ. Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management ..
Big boom, flash likely an exploding meteor
KATU
Big boom, flash likely an exploding meteor. by KATU and KOMO Staffs. The sky lights up in Washington in this still image from video by ... A bolide is an extremely bright meteor that explodes in the atmosphere. Astronomers say it's about as bright as the full moon. Jim Todd at OMSI said it appeared the ...
NASA says 'fireball' that shook Washington coast about the size of minivan
Q13 FOX
SEATTLE -- The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told Q13 News. Not just a meteor. A fireball. A big fireball. Around 8:10 p.m., Washingtonians from Aberdeen to Port Orchard reported a bright light ...
Mysterious boom, light in Pacific NW could be bolide meteoroid
kgw.com
A bolide is a special type of fireball, or very bright meteor, that explodes in a bright flash at its end, according to the American Meteor Society. What about that loud boom some people heard? If a fireball explodes as a bolide below an altitude of 30 miles, there's a chance people on the ground could hear ...
Asteroid the size of a skyscraper seen zipping by Earth
CNET
A sizable space rock cruised through our corner of the galaxy Wednesday without doing any harm, but it did provide a rare opportunity for even amateur astronomers to catch an asteroid fly-by. Asteroid 2017 VR12 passed by at a safe distance of about 870,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers), which is 3.76 ...
NASA warns colossal HAZARDOUS asteroid BIGGER than Eiffel Tower heading to Earth TODAY
Daily Star
The newly-discovered space rock – dubbed Asteroid 2018 CB – is expected to soon past out planet at around 5.30pm EST. It will be travelling at a speed close to five miles per second and will pass at a distance of about 39,000 miles. That's just one-fifth of the distance from Earth to the Moon and it's a ...
What is an asteroid, meteor, meteoroid, and meteorite?
YouTube
An person from NASA explains so you can keep these space rocks straight.
Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
Night Sky Network
The Delta Aquarids is an average shower that can produce up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by debris left behind by comets Marsden and Kracht. The shower runs annually from July 12 to August 23. It peaks this year on the night of July 28 and morning of July 29. The nearly full moon ...
Perseid Meteor Shower Party - Event Calendar
Oregon State Parks
Description. Join us at Loeb State Park to view the annual Perseid Meteors. Park in the Loeb picnic area, take access road to gravel bar to marked event area. Bring blankets, chairs, & red flashlights. 2017-2018 Oregon State Parks Guide · Brochures and Maps | News Media | Contact.
914b
Report a Fireball Name, Pamela W. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, I did not see a fireball but continued with this survey to offer info I had regarding hearing and feeling the explosion. I thought it was either an earthquake or severe explosion. My neighbors had the same experience. I'm guessing on the time, not positive ..
Event 910-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 910-2018 KML. We received one report about a fireball seen over Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur on Wednesday, March 7th 2018 around 19:15 UT. 1 Witness Report. a - Jonathan L. Level 3. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With observation ...
907a
Report a Fireball
Name, Ron C. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, This was the first time I ever saw a fire ball….I have seen shooting stars before but this was totally different. Larger, closer and golden orange color and watched it break up. very cool and memorable.
Janus 2018
International Meteor Organization
Welcome to the first WGN issue of 2018! The start of a new year offers an opportunity to reflect: what did we achieve in the past year? Which opportunities are at hand and what do we want to achieve in the near future? Sanity check: what does the International Meteor Organization stand for? What are its ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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