06 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06JUN2018

NASA's priorities appear to be out of whack with what the public wants
Ars Technica
A little more than half a day at 2012 DA 14's closest approach a meteor measuring about 20 meters across broke apart in Earth's atmosphere above ...

Treasure hunters seek to make a fortune after meteorites hit China
Telegraph.co.uk
... a huge fireball streaking across the sky, while reports have described how villagers watched pieces of the meteor tear through the roofs of their rural ...

Epic meteorite lights up night sky over Yunnan, fragments crash into villagers' homes
Shanghaiist
Video footage shows a fiery meteorite cutting an epic path through the night's sky above the city of Jinghong. The meteor eventually burned up, ...

Massive FLAMING meteor streaks over China skies
MSN.com
Massive FLAMING meteor streaks over China skies.

Meteorites for sale at US$8000 per gram after fireball near China-Myanmar border sparks treasure ...
Yahoo Singapore News
The fireball, or meteor, was seen about 9:40pm, when a ball of flame arched across the sky near Xishuangbanna, an autonomous prefecture in ...

Meteorites Crash into China, Pieces Now Selling for $7800 a Gram
NextShark
Citizens of southern China's Yunnan province were startled last week when a fiery meteor lit up their night sky with fragments crashing into the homes ...

WATCH: Incredible Footage of a Falling Meteor in North West Province.
MyCityByNight
Last week two meteors were seen lighting up the sky in near the North West province. One meteorite fell between Lichtenburg and Mafikeng, and the ...

Surveillance video shows meteor in sky over farm in South Africa
WFLA
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked their security video for proof. Sure enough, there in the middle of the sky is a bright light ...

Why NASA Stayed So Chill As an Asteroid Blew Up In a Fireball Over Africa
Inverse
For comparison, the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 and injured 950 people, was 65 feet wide; as a 2017 study on the ...

Watch Video: Asteroid Explodes Above Africa Caught On Camera
Dailyaddaa (press release)
New Delhi: The NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey, located near Tucson, Arizona discovered on Saturday morning June 2, a boulder-size asteroid ...

Security camera catches small meteor over South Africa
NBC2 News
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked their security video for proof. Sure enough there in the middle of the sky is the bright ...

Meteor spotted over South Africa
newsvideo.su
Eyewitness News – A meteor was caught on a surveillance camera in the Kalahari Desert on Saturday.

MUST SEE: A METEOR IS SPOTTED IN SOUTH AFRICA
WQOW TV News 18
South Africa (CNN)- Surveillance video in south Africa captured a unique sight in the night sky Saturday. Melissa Delport says her husband was ...

Did you feel it? Massive boom heard in Ozarks and northern Arkansas
Springfield News-Leader
It may have been a meteor exploding high in the atmosphere. At least that's a working theory at the National Weather Service in Springfield, which ...

Incredibly bright fireball lights up night sky in South Africa
WUSA9.com
Incredibly bright fireball lights up night sky in South Africa. An asteroid was caught on this surveillance camera lighting up the sky as it crashed down to ...

What's the minimum to start meteor detecting?
Stargazers Lounge
4 minutes ago, Merlin said: Some years ago, I made a similar binoviewer, which I still have, using a 50/50 mirror beam splitter and three first surface ...

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05 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05JUN2018

NASA- South African Small Asteroid
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/tiny-asteroid-discovered-saturday-disintegrates-hours-later-over-southern-africa

AMS Ghanzi, Botswana Meteorite Fall KMZ here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ 04x31z949834bbm/Botswana-2018- LA.kmz/file

Six foot wide asteroid discovered, then it strikes Africa
Malaysia Sun (blog)
On Tuesday, scientists revealed that the meteor that lit up the sky over Botswana, Africa, early on Saturday evening, was named 2018 LA. When it was ...

An Asteroid was Discovered Just Hours Before it Exploded over Africa
Universe Today
On Saturday, June 2nd, skywatchers in Botswana reported an extremely bright fireball in the sky. A 2-meter-sized spacerock smashed into the ...

Asteroid lights up night sky as it breaks up over Earth
NBC2 News
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked out their security video for proof. Sure enough, there in the middle of the sky, a bright ...

Asteroid Filmed Exploding Above Africa Hours After NASA Spotted It Charging Towards Earth
India Times
A meteor lit up the sky over Botswana, Africa just hours after US space agency NASA detected it. According to NASA, the asteroid was determined to ...

Meteor spotted over South Africa
WPEC
A meteor lit up the night sky over the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. A surveillance camera captured the unique sight on Saturday. Melissa Delport ...

WATCH: CCTV captures moment crashing meteorite lights up the night sky
Independent.ie
The farmer said he was driving home from his neighbours when he saw the “huge fireball” in the sky. “The advantage I had was I saw it in colour and it ...

Eyewitness accounts of fireball continue to trickle in
ofm.co.za
According to EarthSky, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) , the meteor disintegrated at a height of 50 km over South Africa on Saturday.

WATCH: Tiny, Earth-bound asteroid disintegrates over Africa
India Today
... second at about 6:44 pm local Botswana time and disintegrated several miles above the surface, creating a bright fireball that lit up the evening sky.

Meteorites for sale at US$8000 after fireball near China-Myanmar border sparks treasure hunt
South China Morning Post
The fireball, or meteor, was seen at around 9:40pm on Friday, when a ball of flame arched across the sky near Xishuangbanna, an autonomous ...

Meteorite hunting business emerges as it clashes in Yunnan Province
CGTN (press release)
Since the landing location has been disclosed, numerous locals and various out-of-towners, approximately 70-80 people including meteor enthusiasts ...

Villagers worship meteorite after it crashes down to Earth
Metro
The meteor, known as a bolide or superbolide depending on its brightness, was seen by residents in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in ...

The Geminid Meteor Shower as observed by the CILBO Double Station Network
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: The Geminid Meteor Shower as observed by the CILBO Double Station Network. Authors: Zender, J. J.; Rudawska, R.; Koschny, D.

Spatial distribution of errors associated with multistatic meteor radar
Earth, Planets and Space - SpringerOpen
Spatial distribution of errors associated with multistatic meteor radar. W. K. Hocking

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04 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04JUN2018

Asteroid 2018 LA Explodes Over Botswana Hours After Discovery
SkyandTelescope.com
Meteor 2018 LA (ZLAF9B2) seen from a farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein, North West South Africa. Video captured by Barend Swanepoel ...

Hours after it was discovered, an asteroid heading for Earth disintegrated over Africa
Sun Sentinel
Meteorite/ ZLAF9B2 /2018 LA Video is taken near my dads farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein. #Meteorite #Meteor #Swanepoelmeteorite ...

Flaming METEOR smashes into Earth in terrifying scenes
Daily Star
Meteor ZLAF9B2 was spotted as it zipped across the sky between Ottosdal and Hartebessmontein in the country's north-west. Stills taken of the ...

Small asteroid on collision course with Earth discovered only hours before impact
CBC.ca
... often than many may realize, according to Peter Brown, a physics and astronomy professor at Western University who specializes in meteor science.

Boulder-size asteroid, on collision course with Earth, disintegrates into fireball
Orlando Sentinel
A boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa, just hours after its weekend discovery. It's only the third time scientists have spotted an ...

VIDEO: Boulder-Sized Asteroid Approaches Earth, Disintegrates Over South Africa
SpaceCoastDaily.com
ABOVE VIDEO: Meteor 2018 LA (ZLAF9B2)seen from farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein North West South Africa. (barend swanepoel ...

JPL Alerts Astronomers Worldwide to Small Asteroid on an Impact Trajectory with Earth Hours ...
Pasadena Now
At about 6:44 p.m. in Botswana, Africa, observers reported a huge fireball in the night sky. This matched up with the predicted trajectory for the asteroid ...

Webcam captures asteroid hitting Earth just HOURS after being detected by Nasa
The Sun
... Meteor: If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it begins to vapourise and then becomes a meteor. On Earth, it'll look like a streak of light in the ...

Meteor spotted over South Africa
KTVZ
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Meteorite sighting 'once in a lifetime experience' for North West farmer
SowetanLIVE Sunday World
Meteorite/ ZLAF9B2 Video is taken near my dads farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein. #Meteorite #Meteor #Swanepoelmeteorite ...

Watch: Did a meteorite strike South Africa on Saturday night? [video]
The South African
Luckily for our astronomical enthusiasts, there was nothing fake about this: A meteordid indeed land on the South African-Botswanan border. Physicist ...

Asteroid spotted hours before impact with atmosphere over Botswana
American Meteor Society
The American Meteor Society, Ltd. is established to inform, encourage, and support the research activities of people who are interested in the field of ...

Asteroid 2018 LA hit the atmosphere over Botswana on June 2
International Meteor Organization
On June 2nd, 2018, around 16h44 UT (18h44 CAT), asteroid 2018 LA (previously numbered: ZLAF9B2) impacted the Earth atmosphere over ...

Asteroid Crashes Into Earth Atmosphere Just Hours After It Was Discovered
Tech Times
The asteroid disintegrated several miles over the surface somewhere over Botswana, Africa, lighting up the night sky with a bright fireball. The final ...

Asteroid Ini Sempat Diprediksi Jatuh di Indonesia
Tribun Jogja
Dalam istilah astronomi, fireball adalah jenis meteor yang terangnya ... Sementara superfireball adalah fireball yang sangat terang setara dengan ...

Meteorite fragments found in Yunnan after shower damages village homes
Shine News (press release)
A number of residents in Yunnan filmed the meteor shower on June 1 as it lit up the night sky. Jiang Wei, executive deputy director of the Professional ...

Incredible moment falling meteor lights up the night sky over China before 'smashing into a ...
Daily Mail
People in south-west China were left stunned as a blazing meteorite illuminated the night sky of Yunnan Province on Friday night. Footage of the ...

Dramatic footage shows flaming meteorite turning night into day as it blazes across the sky
Mirror.co.uk
Onlookers were left terrified after a gigantic meteor flamed through the sky in southwest China last week, turning the dark skies as bright as daytime.

Fireball lights up southwest China sky before meteorite impact
GBTIMES
A bright meteor - or bolide - streaked across skies above Jinghong city in the southwest Chinese province of Yunnan on June 1, startling onlookers.

Video: New Theory Suggests Octopus DNA Comes From Space
OutdoorHub
While it's highly unlikely that octopuses are actually space aliens that arrived on Earth aboard a frozen meteor, octopuses are among few animals on ... (Pseudo-science via Sri Lankan pseudo-scientist- Total BRAVO SIERRA!- LMH)

Event 1924-2018
Fireball event
AMS received 8 reports about a fireball seen over South-East District, Gauteng, North West, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape on Saturday, June 2nd ...

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03 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03JUN2018

A small asteroid disintegrated into a fireball over South Africa
Science Examiner
A small and least likely to harm asteroid recently disintegrated over the regions of Africa and extending to Papua New Guinea, just hours after it was ...

6-Feet-Wide Asteroid Disintegrates In Atmosphere Over Botswana Hours After Discovery
- International Business Times

Small asteroid, first spotted hours earlier, disintegrates over Africa
USA TODAY
It was much smaller than the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013, which was an estimated 60 feet wide. That meteor ...

"Strong infrasound detection of a bolide at station I47 in South Africa today at 1730 UT.
Origin time between 1645-17 UT over Botswana. Yield 0.3-0.5 kT, corresponding to 2m diameter asteroid."
From Peter Brown‏ - @pgbrown - of the U. Western Ontario.
https://twitter.com/pgbrown/status/1003099923233976320

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 1 - Youtube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yxeDMWN21Zs

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 2 - Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Idnabnqyvc

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 3
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1224

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 4
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1222

Tiny Asteroid Discovered Saturday Disintegrates Hours Later Over Southern Africa
Space Ref (press release)
Reports of a bright fireball above Botswana, Africa, early Saturday evening match up with the predicted trajectory for the asteroid. The asteroid entered ...

Meteorites rock North West
Times LIVE
Swanepoel/Van Zyl Meteoriet By my pale op plaas kamera naby Ottosdal. Die meteoriet het naby deelpan geval volgens ooggetuies. #Meteor ...

A Meteor Lit Up The Sky in China on Friday Evening, Passing With a Thundering Noise
Advocator
According to experts, the bright meteor is called a bolide. It was so bright because it entered the earth's atmosphere, causing intense friction and ...

WATCH - #BreakingNews: '#MeteoriteZLAF9B2' falls in North West
ofm.co.za
On the video it appears to be more like a meteor that has fallen. ... The Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said it was a meteor.

NATIONAL NEWS: [WATCH] Meteorite strikes near Ottosdal in the North West
Rekord North
According to the farmer, Barend Swanepoel, the meteor struck at around 18:40 on Saturday evening, 2 June. People as far as Mahikeng and ...

[WATCH] Meteorite strikes near Ottosdal in the North West
Bosveld Review
POLOKWANE – According to the farmer, Barend Swanepoel, the meteor struck at around 18:40 on Saturday evening, 2 June.

Video Captures The Exact Moment A Bright Meteorite Lit Up The Night Sky In China
Tech Times
The Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed that this was a bolide, which is a very bright meteor. The fire on the meteor ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 1923-2018, Report 142357 (1923c-2018). Uploaded by.

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Botswana and South Africa Bolide Meteor 02JUN2018 w/ Videos Produces Meteorites

Botswana and South Africa Bolide Meteor 02JUN2018 w/ Videos - Asteroid 2018 LA falls to Earth
Meteorites on the ground to be found! MeteorRats Scamble!

A small asteroid disintegrated into a fireball over South Africa
Science Examiner
A small and least likely to harm asteroid recently disintegrated over the regions of Africa and extending to Papua New Guinea, just hours after it was ...

6-Feet-Wide Asteroid Disintegrates In Atmosphere Over Botswana Hours After Discovery
- International Business Times

Small asteroid, first spotted hours earlier, disintegrates over Africa
USA TODAY
It was much smaller than the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013, which was an estimated 60 feet wide. That meteor ...

"Strong infrasound detection of a bolide at station I47 in South Africa today at 1730 UT.
Origin time between 1645-17 UT over Botswana. Yield 0.3-0.5 kT, corresponding to 2m diameter asteroid."
From Peter Brown‏ - @pgbrown - of the U. Western Ontario.
https://twitter.com/pgbrown/status/1003099923233976320

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 1 - Youtube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yxeDMWN21Zs

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 2 - Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Idnabnqyvc

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 3
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1224

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 4
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1222

Tiny Asteroid Discovered Saturday Disintegrates Hours Later Over Southern Africa
Space Ref (press release)
Reports of a bright fireball above Botswana, Africa, early Saturday evening match up with the predicted trajectory for the asteroid. The asteroid entered ..

Asteroid 2018 LA Explodes Over Botswana Hours After Discovery
SkyandTelescope.com
Meteor 2018 LA (ZLAF9B2) seen from a farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein, North West South Africa. Video captured by Barend Swanepoel ...

A small asteroid disintegrated into a fireball over South Africa
Science Examiner
A small and least likely to harm asteroid recently disintegrated over the regions of Africa and extending to Papua New Guinea, just hours after it was ...

6-Feet-Wide Asteroid Disintegrates In Atmosphere Over Botswana Hours After Discovery - International Business Times

WATCH: Incredible Footage of a Falling Meteor in North West Province.
MyCityByNight
Last week two meteors were seen lighting up the sky in near the North West province. One meteorite fell between Lichtenburg and Mafikeng, and the ...

Surveillance video shows meteor in sky over farm in South Africa
WFLA
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked their security video for proof. Sure enough, there in the middle of the sky is a bright light ...

Why NASA Stayed So Chill As an Asteroid Blew Up In a Fireball Over Africa
Inverse
For comparison, the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 and injured 950 people, was 65 feet wide; as a 2017 study on the ...

Watch Video: Asteroid Explodes Above Africa Caught On Camera
Dailyaddaa (press release)
New Delhi: The NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey, located near Tucson, Arizona discovered on Saturday morning June 2, a boulder-size asteroid ...

Security camera catches small meteor over South Africa
NBC2 News
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked their security video for proof. Sure enough there in the middle of the sky is the bright ...

Meteor spotted over South Africa
newsvideo.su
Eyewitness News – A meteor was caught on a surveillance camera in the Kalahari Desert on Saturday.

MUST SEE: A METEOR IS SPOTTED IN SOUTH AFRICA
WQOW TV News 18
South Africa (CNN)- Surveillance video in south Africa captured a unique sight in the night sky Saturday. Melissa Delport says her husband was ...

Incredibly bright fireball lights up night sky in South Africa
WUSA9.com
Incredibly bright fireball lights up night sky in South Africa. An asteroid was caught on this surveillance camera lighting up the sky as it crashed down to ...

2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

02 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JUN2018

Epic meteorite illuminates skies over China (VIDEO)
RT
According to the Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the fireball was a bolide, which is an extremely bright meteor, CCTV ...

WATCH Huge Meteorite Burns Away in Sky Over Chinese City
Sputnik International
... the Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the object in the sky was a bolide, a bright meteor which explodes in the atmosphere.

Shock as meteor streaks across sky over China
Sky News
Video: A meteorite has been filmed lighting up the night sky as it entered the earth's atmosphere over Yunnan, China.

Fireball lights up the sky in China
Newshub
The spectacular moment happened around 21:41pm local time. According to residents out in the streets of the province's Dai Autonomous Prefecture ...

Watch: Blazing meteorite illuminates night sky in southwest China
TVNZ
The fireball was in fact a bolide, that is, an extremely bright meteor, according to the Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Blazing METEOR lights up night sky as locals terrified by thunder-like BOOM
Daily Star
It was, in fact, a bolide — an extremely bright meteor — caused by intense friction generated as the lump of rock entered the earth's atmosphere.

Videos: Suspected meteor shower lightens up night sky in Northern Thailand
ThaiVIsa
It happens in the early part of the video followed my much conjecture from the vehicle occupants as to whether it was a meteor or a bit of a satellite.

Meteor Shower Over Chiang Rai, Thailand
LiveLeak.com
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Meteor Trail Hike
California State Parks - State of California
Meteor Trail Hike. Friday, June 22 at 10:30am. Join Docent Peggy O'Shea on one of our most diverse hikes—by mountain streams, oak woodlands, ...

NEOWISE Thermal Data Reveal Surface Properties of Over 100 Asteroids
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7146

Event 1912-2018
Fireball event
AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Queensland on Thursday, May 31st 2018 around 16:29 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 yes. Frag.

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Yunnan, China Bolide Meteor 01JUN2018 w/ Videos Produces Meteorites- Hits Village

Meteorite fragments found in Yunnan after shower damages village homes
https://www.shine.cn/viral/1806045767/

Treasure hunters seek to make a fortune after meteorites hit Chinahttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/06/treasure-hunters-seek-make-fortune-meteorites-hit-china/

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: expertsChina.org.cn
Xu Weibiao, chief scientist at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, examined a sample and concluded the meteor ...

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: experts
People's Daily
A meteor found in Yunnan Province [File Photo: Yunnan.cn] Experts have determined that a me.

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun
Belarus News (BelTA)
BEIJING, 13 June(BelTA - People's Daily) - Experts have determined that a meteor that landed in southwest China's Yunnan Province is as old as the ...

Meteorite that hit China as old as the solar system, says expert
GBTIMES
A meteor slammed into southwest China's Yunnan Province on June 1, with an expert now claiming it could be as old as the solar system. Xu Weibiao ...

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01 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JUN2018

Earths Craters And Meteor Impact Events mp3
vtgmp3.live
Meteor Slams Moon, Creates 59 - Foot - Wide Crater: Before and After ... Meteor Crater - The world's best preserved meteorite impact site on Earth.

New Research Upsets Current Theories Of Evolution On Earth
I4U News
Fossil records and carbon dating proves that life existed on earth millions of years ago, we also know that dinosaur age ended due to a meteor ...

Meteor Plasmas
OpenAIRE
Title: CEDAR: Meteor Plasmas--Theory, Simulations and Observations; Funding: NSF | Directorate for Geosciences | Division of Atmospheric and ...

Videos: Suspected meteor shower lightens up night sky in Northern Thailand
ThaiVisa News
It happens in the early part of the video followed my much conjecture from the vehicle occupants as to whether it was a meteor or a bit of a satellite.

Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 1915-2018, Report (1915c-2018). Uploaded by. © K. Palivec.

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31 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31MAY2018

Not all dinosaurs are extinct
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune
After the meteor event filtered out the creatures not destined for survival in the Paleocene world, the neornithines were quick to spread and diversify.

What is this mysterious object caught on video in the clouds above an RAF base? Bystander claims ...
Daily Mail
'I initially thought it was a meteor falling, which is already quite unusual to see, until its motion stopped for a few seconds and went back up. 'I was so in ...

In this month… – June 2018
InsideTime (press release) (blog)
A meteor weighing more than 450 tonnes exploded 12 miles above Chicora, Pennsylvania, USA. Only a few small fragments hit the ground. 25 June ...

UFO spotted over RAF base in UK triggers row
International Business Times, India Edition
I initially thought it was a meteor falling, which is already quite unusual to see, until its motion stopped for a few seconds and went back up. I was so in ...

CLEAR SKIES AHEAD FOR ASTRONOMERS
The Advocate
When the average American thinks of space exploration, thoughts of NASA and Elon Musk likely jump to mind, but that's all about to change: Chile is ...

Man captures stunning moment when 'meteor' crashes—but wait till you hear the sound it makes!
ntd.tv
In February of 2016, a man from Australia shared a video with the world that seemed almost too unbelievable to be true. He'd gone out for a walk one ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for June 2-8, 2018
American Meteor Society
June is another slow month for meteor activity. There are no major showers active in June and only the Anthelion source can be counted on for ...

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30 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30MAY2018

Moisond Debuts an Innovative Gemstone Inspired by the Rarefied Beauty of Moissanite
Scottsbluff Star Herald
... and its origins lie in deep space - the substance was first discovered on earth in a meteor crater by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Henri Moissan.

Noctilucent cloud season begins
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
These are noctilucent ("night-shining") clouds, formed by wisps of summertime water vapor crystallizing around meteor smoke in Earth's upper ...

What Keeps Exploding in Rural Pennsylvania Towns? ATF Now Trying to Solve Mystery Booms
NBC 10 Philadelphia
... disturbances, which have led to numerous conspiracy theories among the locals: from alien landings and meteor strikes to stolen military munitions.

Translation and Meaning of نيزك in Geology English Arabic Terms Dictionary
almaany.com
Meaning of نيزك, Definition of Word نيزك in Almaany Online Dictionary, searched domain is Geology category, in the dictionary of English Arabic.

Is the MoD testing ALIEN technology? Shock claims as 'electrical cloud' filmed at RAF base
Daily Star
“I initially thought it was a meteor falling, which is already quite unusual to see, until its motion stopped for a few seconds and went back up," he said.

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29 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29MAY2018

Moon hit by meteor
3Stars WorldWide Logistics
The surface area of the Moon is about 37. Feb 24, 2014 We get meteor showers when the Earth plows through the debris left by a comet as it orbits the ...

Perseid fireball meteor captured by a NASA all-sky camera
MSN.com
Perseid fireball meteor captured by a NASA all-sky camera. The Weather Network Logo. The Weather Network. Duration: 00:27

Meteor watch live
agrogenics.com
Live feed from the Exeter Observatory Meteor detectors. This weekend brings forth the peak of the Orionid meteor shower, which is known to generate ...

Quail-like Birds May Have Been Sole Avian Survivors of Meteor
Geek
It's been a running mystery for decades — just what kinds of creatures and how many of them actually survived the asteroid impact that likely wiped out ...

Meteor shower st louis 2017
PocketMate
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 26-June 1, 2018 Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 2013 -Composite of approximately 50 images containing A brief period ...

South african meteor strikes
World Kid News
New Evidence Of Massive Meteor first came upon evidence of these impacts by chance in 1984 while he was studying ancient volcanism in Australia ...

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28 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28MAY2018

Perseid fireball meteor captured by a NASA all-sky camera
MSN.com
Perseid fireball meteor captured by a NASA all-sky camera.

Guffey:From Mineral Strike to Meteor Strike (Colorado)
Pikes Peak Historical Society
Top off the afternoon by learning about Guffey's forgotten meteor strike. Discover Guffey while you enjoy this image-rich lecture that will stay with you ...

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27 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26-27MAY2018

These Meteorite Hunters Are In Search For "Lottery" In Moroccan Desert
NDTV
Zagora, Morocco: They roam Morocco's southern desert, braving the searing heat to scour the undulating sands for bounty fallen from the sky.

In Moroccan desert, meteorite hunters seek to strike it rich
Saudi Gazette
Zagora, Morocco — They roam Morocco's southern desert, braving the searing heat to scour the undulating sands for bounty fallen from the sky.

An Ancient Meteorite Designated As The NWA 7034 Unveils Some Facts About The Martian History
Sunrise News
The meteor has got its nickname as the “Black Beauty.” It is this ancient meteorite which provides an unprecedented insight into the old processes that ...

Footage of fireball captured over Almerian sky
Soltimes Newspaper
Filmed by cameras at the Calar Alto observatory in the Sierra de Filabres mountains, the unidentified object – believed to be a meteor – was seen ...

El meteorito que exterminó a los dinosaurios también aumentó la temperatura terrestre durante ...
PrensaLibreonline
Se creía que el impacto del meteorito en la zona de Chicxulub, en el golfo de México, había causado un cambio repentino de clima, y que eso había ..

797cz
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Remarks, The fireball appeared huge and near and disappeared behind buildings, appeared it would hit earth but I didn't hear anything. First I've ever ...

Fireball report
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Location. Address, Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt, Hauts-de-France (FR). Latitude, 49° 33' 27.4'' N (49.56°). Longitude, 3° 53' 14.89'' E (3.89°).

Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Sarah P. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, my time is just approximate. I was taking out the garbage! Location. Address, Livermore ...

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25 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25MAY2018

In Moroccan desert, meteorite hunters seek to strike it rich
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-moroccan-meteorite-hunters-rich.html

Dans le sud du Maroc, les météorites suscitent les convoitises
L'Express
Zagora (Maroc) - Ils arpentent le désert du sud du Maroc, à pied ou en voiture tout-terrain, dans l'espoir de trouver des pierres tombées du ciel: ...

Moroccan nomads hunt for valuable meteorites in desert
eNCA
While several meteor showers have occurred in Morocco in recent years, a bonanza known as the "black beauty" was the most lucrative. 'Like playing ...

Meteor fireball over the Mediterranean Sea
Sott
This meteor event was recorded over the Mediterranean Sea on 23 May 2018 at 1:37 local time (23:37 universal time on 22 May). The event was ...

Así es el meteorito de la 'Nómina del big bang'
ElTiempo.com
La persona seleccionada recibirá un beneficio, literalmente, de otro mundo: un fragmento de meteoritocertificado –de la colección personal de ...

Birds 'had to rediscover flight' after dinosaurs
Independent.ie
The 10 to 14km-wide meteor, which may have been an asteroid or comet, struck the Earth off the coast of Mexico, releasing a million times more ...

How modern-day dinosaurs survived the apocalypse
Popular Science
Most scientists agree that the reign of dinosaurs ended with the strike of a massive meteor that affected nearly all of life on the globe. “It happened ...

DTIC ADA433440: High Power Large Aperture Radar Methods for Meteor Observations
Internet Archive
DTIC ADA433440: High Power Large Aperture Radar Methods for Meteor Observations. The BookReader requires JavaScript to be enabled. Please ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 26-June 1, 2018
American Meteor Society
This weekend the waxing gibbous moon will set during the late morning hours, giving a small window of opportunity to view meteor activity between ...

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24 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24MAY2018

Shock video shows fireball meteor crashing into sea in Brit holiday hotspot
Daily Star
According to astrophysicist Jose Maria Madiedo from the University of Huelva, the crash took place south of the Spanish coast of Murcia. The fireball ...

How flying birds became extinct: Only flightless species that lived on the ground survived the ...
Daily Mail
Every species of bird is descended from an emu-like ancestor which survived the meteor strike that killed off the dinosaurs, scientists believe.

In Moroccan desert, meteorite hunters seek to strike it rich
Yahoo7 News
While several meteor showers have occurred in Morocco in recent years, a bonanza known as the "black beauty" was the most lucrative.

Meteor from Mars Shows Planetary Genesis, 4 Billion Years Ago
Laboratory Equipment
A Martian meteor found in northwestern Africa that is more than 4 billion years ago came from Mars, and bears the traces of the tumultuous creation of ...

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23 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23MAY2018

And the West is History
The Durango Herald
25 years ago: A Salida man reported to the La Plata County Sheriff's Office that he and his friend saw a flaming meteor hit the field behind the propane ...

20 space rocks are going on auction in Johannesburg, and one could fetch as much as R560,000
Business Insider South Africa
At the bottom end of the expected price range, a small section of the Chelyabinsk meteor is expected to fetch as little as R20,000 – even though it ...

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22 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22MAY2018

Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - February 2017
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - February 2017. Authors: Molau, Sirko; Crivello, Stefano; Goncalves, Rui; Saraiva, Carlos; Stomeo, ...

Another Rock From Space
Santa Barbara Edhat
The size of 2010 WC9, estimated from its brightness and assumed reflectivity, make it about 5 times larger in diameter than the Chelyabinsk meteor ...

Physics of Meteor Generated Shock Waves in the Earth's Atmosphere - A Review
SciRate
In respect to the elusive nature of meteor generated shock wave detection, we also discuss relevant aspects and applications of meteor radar and ...

Definitions of terms in meteor astronomy
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: Definitions of terms in meteor astronomy. Authors: Koschny, Detlef; Borovicka, Jiri. Affiliation: AA() AB(). Publication: WGN, Journal of the ...

Bhopal To Baran – To The Temple Built Amid A Meteor Crater
Native Planet
How about a trip from Bhopal to Baran this season to savour the beauty of an ancient temple built amidst a meteor crater? Baran is one of the ancient ...

Event 1816-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1816-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over MA on Monday, May 21st 2018 around 02:40 UT. D. Sound. 1 no ...

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21 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21MAY2018

The first interstellar immigrant to our solar system has been spotted: Space rock trapped in Jupiter's ...
Daily Mail
A meteor is what astronomers call a flash of light in the atmosphere when debris burns up. This debris itself is known as a meteoroid. Most are so small they are vapourised in the atmosphere. If any of this meteoroid makes it to Earth, it is called a meteorite. Meteors, meteoroids and meteorites normally ...

Summer Astronomy Highlights 2018
Arizona Daily Star
The Perseids are one of the three best and most predictable meteor showers, the others being the Leonids in November, and the Geminids in ...

Still Meteor
Space Weather Gallery
Still Meteor Taken by masa nakamura on May 20, 2018 @ Otawara, Tochigi, Japan. Click photo for larger image. Camera Used: Unavailable ...

A Meteor Has Passed By The Earth And Affected Wind...
Chegg
A meteor has passed by the earth and affected wind currents. The cells of wind currents have become larger. The wind from cells nearest the equator ...

A meteor hit my house!
Reddit
My sim had her boyfriend over, they had a nice night and I had her run to bookstore to buy a book and just as she came back a meteor hit her house. (Likely Bravo Sierra story!- LMH)

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
The meteor most likely would have been coming down over the Atlantic. It was travelling way to fast to be an aircraft of anything of that nature.

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20 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20MAY2018

Another near miss: Asteroid reaches its minimum distance from Earth
The News Recorder
We would find a crater around as large as Meteor Crater. The meteor that killed the dinosaurs is evaluated to be three to ten miles in width.

Meteor Shower in Doha Qatar
Marhaba Qatar
Meteor Shower in Doha Qatar. Share · Tweet · Share · Meteor Shower in Doha Qatar · Trans · SWBH. Recent Posts. QF and QFFD Team Up to Provide ...

May Issue of Meteorite Times Magazine
https://www.meteorite-times.com/monthly-issues/

Panspermia and octopi
Herald Review
Scientists also know that pieces of a planet can be ejected into outer space during a violent meteor impact. Meteorites that came from Mars, ...

Meteor showers 2016: review of predictions and observations
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: Meteor showers 2016: review of predictions and observations. Authors: Rendtel, Jurgen; Ogawa, Hiroshi; Sugimoto, Hirofumi....

Major and Daytime Meteor Showers using Global Radio Meteor Observations covering
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: Major and Daytime Meteor Showers using Global Radio Meteor Observations covering the period 2001-2016. Authors: Ogawa, Hiroshi; Steyaert ...

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Mary S. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, Brightest meteor I have ever seen AND 1st time I saw a meteor behind clouds. It was a ...

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19 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19MAY2018

Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - June 2017, and effective collection ar
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - June 2017, and effective collection area study. Authors: Molau, Sirko; Crivello, Stefano; Goncalves, ...

New radio meteor detecting and logging software
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: New radio meteor detecting and logging software. Authors: Kaufmann, Wolfgang. Affiliation: AA(Lindenweg 1e, 31191 Algermissen, Germany. ).

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18 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18MAY2018

Red fireball with 'glowing white train' reported over NC, Virginia. What was it?
WBTV
... society's website: “I was driving east on I-40,” said Thomas B's report. “Myself and my front passenger saw it and thought it was a meteor or UFO.” ...

Mission to look inside Mars from NASA's universal telephone exchange near Canberra
ABC Online
"NASA wants to be able to detect that if there's an impact on the other side of the planet from a meteor, for example, they will be able to detect the ...

Are octopuses ALIENS? Scientists claim the animals first came to Earth on board a meteor
Mirror.co.uk
Scientists claim the animals first came to Earth on board a meteor ... suggests that octopuses may have first come to Earth on board an icy meteor . (Bravo Sierra! Total!- LMH)

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 19-25, 2018
American Meteor Society
This weekend the waxing crescent moon will set during the mid-evening hours and will not interfere with meteor observing during the more active ...

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17 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17MAY2018

Video: Meteor caught on KOCO's Grand Casino Cam near Shawnee
KOCO Oklahoma City
Video: Meteor caught on KOCO's Grand Casino Cam near Shawnee ... A meteor was caught on KOCO 5's Grand Casino Cam early Thursday morning ...

Red fireball with 'glowing white train' reported over NC, Virgin - | WBTV Charlotte
WBTV
Fireballs are pieces of an asteroid burning up in the sky, according to the American Meteor Society. (Source: American Meteor Society Provided photo ...

Mendocino College students receive math scholarships
The Willits News
... Dr. Timothy Beck with a project to track and predict the trajectories of meteorites, a collaboration with the International Meteor Organization.

No, Octopuses Don't Come From Outer Space
Live Science
... to believe the conclusions of a new paper that says octopuses are actually space aliens whose frozen eggs first came to Earth aboard an icy meteor.

17) A 6.5-g Iron Meteor Hits The Earth At A Speed
Chegg
Answer to 17) A 6.5-g iron meteor hits the earth at a speed of 295 m/s. Iits kinetic energy is entirely 17) converted to heat in t...

What if a meteor 1 km wide struck the middle of the Pacific Ocean?
Quora
We'd die. A meteor that large would smash through the water and impact with the ocean basin. Tidal waves would rush outward to strike all the coasts.

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Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Jessica M. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, It happened really fast. I know I saw orange. I think I saw blue. I ran around to the other ...

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16 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16MAY2018

UAE Meteor Monitoring Tower inaugurated
Gulf Today
SHARJAH: The Sharjah Centre for Astronomy and Space Sciences at the University of Sharjah, and in collaboration with the UAE Space Agency, ...

Fireball seen in skies above Fredericksburg Tuesday night
Fredericksburg.com
The meteor was "the brightest and most amazing fireball I've ever seen, in person or in any videos," wrote Chase K. of Dahlgren in his report to the ...

A lone meteor shoots across the night sky—It happens so quick, you'll miss it if you blink
The Epoch Times
This video shows something that you don't often get to see. We see a meteor go across the night sky, and though it only appears for a second, it truly is ...

Astronomers have lost track of nearly 900 near-Earth asteroids.
Daily Mail
A meteor is what astronomers call a flash of light in the atmosphere when debris burns up. This debris itself is known as a meteoroid. Most are so small ...

Scientists Lost Track of More Than 900 Near-Earth Asteroids, Report Reveals
Yahoo News
If there's one thing you don't want to lose track of, it's a near-Earth asteroid—a space rock that is uncomfortably close to our little blue planet. However ...

An Asteroid 2010 WC9 With A Size Of Football Ground Will Fly By Earth
- Market Global News (press release) (blog)

Asteroid Will Pass Between The Earth And The Moon Tuesday (Don't Panic)
WAMU 88.5
The asteroid is passing Earth at a much further distance than the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, which, as EarthSky notes, “entered Earth's atmosphere, ...

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International Meteor Organization
Close approach of 2010 WC9 on May 15 · May 14, 2018 by Karl Antier -. Latest Major Fireball Events. Everyday, we receive reports about Fireballs.

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15 May 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15MAY2018

Asteroid Will Pass Between The Earth And The Moon Tuesday (Don't Panic)
NPR
The asteroid is passing Earth at a much farther distance than the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, which, as EarthSky notes, "entered Earth's atmosphere, ...

- Smithsonian

Asteroid to skim Earth EVERY DAY this week… starting with 300ft 'lost' space rock TODAY
Daily Star
The space rock – dubbed Asteroid 2010 WC9 – will be roughly 126,000 miles from Earth at its closest point tonight. That's around half the moon's ...
- RT

What is an asteroid, when will 2010 WC9 fly past Earth and could a meteor strike destroy the planet?
The Sun
NASA maintains a constant monitoring programme on asteroids, gigantic space rocks that can come close to Earth and even strike the planet.

An asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty discovered in 2010 will skim past Earth TODAY in the ...
Daily Mail
It is larger than the Chelyabinsk meteor, which smashed windows in multiple Russian cities when it broke up entering Earth's atmosphere in 2013.

An asteroid is set to hurtle past Earth on Tuesday in its closest approach for 300 years
Somerset Live
There is no chance of the meteor striking Earth - which is a good thing because although it's not that big, it is larger than the Chelyabinsk meteor that ...

Earth Comes Scarily Close to City Block-Sized Asteroid
Daily Beast
But that's not to say that 2010 WC9 wouldn't cause damage; the Chelyabinsk meteor shows that a seemingly ignorable piece of space debris can still ...

Close approach of 2010 WC9 on May 15
International Meteor Organization
Re-discovered on May 8th, 2018, 2010 WC9 is a 60-130 meter-large object than will pass at around 0.5 lunar distance from the Earth on May 15th, ...

Meteor Crater Archives
Linda Hall Library
Clair Patterson. by Sally Crosson | Jun 2, 2016 | Scientist of the Day |. Clair Patterson, an American geochemist, was born June 2, 1922. Patterson is ...

Solved: How are meteor showers linked to comets, and why do the...
Chegg
Chegg will be down for maintenance from 1-2 AM PST on May 16. We're always working hard to help you succeed by making regular updates. Thanks ...

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