The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05JUN2020

Monday's fireball… What caused the light and the sound?
WTAJ - www.wearecentralpa.com
... as to the cause of this event, but the American Meteor Society helped to confirm that what was seen was a bright meteor, also known as a fireball.

Enorme palla di fuoco ha illuminato la notte poco fa: tantissime segnalazioni – VIDEO di quanto è ...
Centro Meteo Italiano
Ennesima palla di fuoco avvistata in cielo, un'intensa luce bianca solca il cielo delle Isole Canarie: ecc cos'è successo. Il meteorite si è schiantato ...

Stadium-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth, NASA says
Fox News
When it enters Earth's atmosphere, it becomes a meteor, fireball or shooting star. The pieces of rock that hit the ground, valuable to collectors, are ...

NASA Asteroid 2002 NN4: Space rock to zoom past Earth THIS WEEKEND
Express.co.uk
... orbit intersection distance (MOID) of 0.05 au or less are considered PHAs.” READ MORE: Fireball shock: Watch as meteor burns bright over Florida.

Asteroid will buzz, miss Earth - unlike meteor
Palestine Herald Press
That's typically a couple times bigger than the normal influx of meteorites that create these fireballs,” he said in an interview on NASA TV. “These ...

Dinosaurs Were Hit By Asteroid at the Deadliest Possible Angle
Tech Life
The computer simulations helped researchers determine the impact angle and direction of the incoming meteor. The new models are the first 3D ...

Analysis of Ionospheric Disturbances Caused by the 2018 Bering Sea Meteor Explosion Based on ...
MDPI
Recent studies show that meteor explosions can produce sound waves, gravity waves, seismic waves, etc., which can propagate into the ionosphere, ...

Scientists from Russia found out how the Solar system formed iron meteorites
The Times Hub
Scientists from Russia conducted a research, which established how the Solar system formed iron meteorites. Part of celestial bodies was formed not ...

Un morceau de ciel sur le Luberon
La Provence
... et d'où proviennent la majeure partie des météorites retrouvées sur Terre. ... sublimé dans l'atmosphère... et qu'une petite météorite ait atteint le sol !

Bolide Meteor Turns Night Into Day In New Fireball Video [WATCH]
Brinkwire (press release)
Based on a video captured by one of the eyewitnesses, the meteor produced a powerful explosion that was bright enough to turn night into day for a ...

Troben restes d'un meteorit caigut a prop de Sabadell el 1704
Diari de Sabadell
L'article, titulat The Meteorite de Barcelona: history, discovery and classification, també recopila una vintena de documents històrics. Gravat de Josep ...

Are there octopus-like creatures on Jupiter's moon?
Daily Times
Monica Grady CBE (who is a professor of Planetary and Space Science at the Open University, and author of several books on meteorites as well as ...

Un météore tombé du ciel à une vitesse de 60 000 km/h
La Provence
D'après les vidéos et les calculs, ce météorite venait de la ceinture principale d'astéroïdes, située entre Mars et Jupiter. L'étoile filante a atterri dans le ...

Green fireball meteor
farmaciatricoloremilano.it
To be considered a fireball, the meteor must be at least as bright as Venus. The speculation about what the green fireballs were ran through the usual ...

"ryūsei is it a star or meteor ? " mean? - Question about Japanese
HiNative
流星 ryusei is a meteor, shooting star. |A shooting star.

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Mid-Air Explosion by Meteor Bolide Over the US Turns Night into Day [WATCH VIDEO]
International Business Times, Singapore Edition
Several eyewitnesses noted that the fireball produced a loud thunder-like sound as it streaked across the sky. When it exploded, it created a louder ...

Asteroid to make close approach to Earth this weekend
KATC Lafayette News
In 2013, a 60-meter-wide meteor entered the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The resulting airblast caused a number of injuries due to broken ...

Asteroid bigger than Empire State building to fly past Earth on June 6
Uttarakhand News Network
On May 21, too, a 1.5 km large meteorite had passed very close to the Earth. Scientists say that this asteroid is not likely to collide with the earth, but it ...

NASA warns about 'potentially dangerous' asteroid approaching Earth
ClickLancashire
This meteorite body is larger than the Empire State Building of America. Its possible length is 250-570 m and width is 135 m. On May 21, too, a 1.5 km ...

Scientists Now Identified the Mysterious Insterstellar 'Oumuamua' Found in Hawaii and It's Not ...
Science Times
This finding implies that there could be other dark hydrogen icebergs hidden in the galaxy where it can be made. Read Also: Boom! Suspected Meteor ...

Anomalous Meteor Head Echoes Detected by the MU Radar (PDF 65 pages)
DiVA portal
This study have identified and analysed anomalous meteor head echos detected by the MU Radar, as well as reproduced an interference anomaly ...

The dinosaur killing asteroid hit the Earth at the most devastating possible angle
Universe Today
... possible bad day, as a giant meteor came crashing down to the surface of our planet, unleashing an inferno followed by decades of nuclear winter.

Oural : une nouvelle méthode pour traquer les chutes de météorites
Le Courrier de Russie
... espagnols et finlandais, a mis au point une méthode permettant de prévoir et de détecter les impacts de météorites avec une plus grande précision,.

Digital Earth: Meteor Craters
Colorado Parent
Tour some of the biggest meteor craters on Earth with guides Ka Chun Yu, geologist Bob Raynolds, and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

Exploring what the surface of the moon is like with a fun science demonstration
WWLP.com
(Mass Appeal) – Ever wonder about the craters that result from meteorites ... very similar to what happens when a meteorite hits the earth's surface.

El meteorito que se usó como yunque
La Razón
Foto: Howardites Meteorites. Uno de estos meteoritos metálicos multiusos cayó en tiempos prehistóricos cerca del actual pueblo de Gibeon, ...

Question 3 (20 Points) A Typical Meteor That Hits
Chegg
Answer to Question 3 (20 points) A typical meteor that hits the earth's upper atmosphere has a mass of only 2.0 g, about the same ...

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites into space days after first manned flight
The Sun
"This might completely deny us to do any optical meteor observations as soon as 2024." Never one to take something lying down, Musk has lashed back ... (LMH- Note: This will clutter the night sky more but not "deny us to do any optical meteor observations".)

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03JUN2020

Scientist captures new images of Martian moon Phobos to help determine its origins
Phys.Org
Perhaps it's from a big meteorite impact that ejected material into the orbit, and the material grouped together to form Phobos. So that's why we're ...

Nasa says FOUR asteroids moving at 50000mph will make close passes of Earth today
The Sun
At that point, it becomes a meteorite; Comet: Like asteroids, a comet orbits the Sun. However rather than being made mostly of rock, a comet contains ...

This Saturday, The Meteor Body Will Pass Through The Earth, Passing At A Speed ​​Of 5.2 Km ...
OBN
This meteorite physique will move close to the Earth's orbit this week. NASA has named this meteorite rock Rock-163348 (2002 NN4). It is rising at a ...

Oural : une nouvelle méthode pour traquer les chutes de météorites
Le Courrier de Russie
... espagnols et finlandais, a mis au point une méthode permettant de prévoir et de détecter les impacts de météorites avec une plus grande précision,...

Monday Night Fireball
WTAJ - www.wearecentralpa.com
A fireball is another name for a bright meteor that is visible in the sky. Thanks to everyone who sent us photos and videos! ...

Another disaster on Earth amid Corona epidemic: The Biggest Asteroid to Fly by This Year
World-Wire (press release)
According to NASA, this meteorite will pass close to the Earth on Sunday. Now, four years after this meteorite passes through the Earth, no meteor will ...

Fireball booms over Britain in 'once in a lifetime' phenomenon
Express.co.uk
RESIDENTS of the UK were stunned when a fireball exploded over the British isles in what witnesses described as a "once in a lifetime" opportunity.

Possible meteor explodes in the sky
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News
Possible meteor explodes in the sky. Home security footage recorded the moments a large ...

A meteor observed from Morbihan to Switzerland
World Today News
It was 4:35 am Friday May 29 when a meteor streaked the sky of Vannes, under the eyes of a resident of the city of Morbihan, reports West France.

आज पृथ्वी से गुजरेंगे 4 बड़े उल्कापिंड, जानिए क्या पृथ्वीं पर मंडरा रही ...
Bharat Khabar
इन दिनों धरती पर कोरोना का कहर टूट रहा है तो वहीं दूसरी तरफ आसमान पर कुछ ऐसी अजीब घटनाएं घट रही हैं। जिससे ...

EPSC–Session SB4: Surface and Interior Dynamics of Asteroids and Meteorite Parent Bodies
Planetary News (press release)
We welcome contributions on the studies of the processes on and the evolution of specific parent bodies of meteorites, investigations across the ...

New study says dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck Earth at 'deadliest possible' angle
EarthSky
Artist's concept of the fiery meteor that struck Earth 66 million years ago, bringing the age of dinosaurs to an end. Image via Imperial College London.

The Meteor Impact that Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Created a Vast Underground Hydrothermal System
Universe Today
The Meteor Impact that Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Created a Vast Underground Hydrothermal System. The Chicxulub impact event was an enormous ...

L'angolo letale del meteorite che ha ucciso i dinosauri
Everyeye Tech
Nuove simulazioni, provenienti dall'Imperial College di Londra, rivelano come l'asteroide che ha determinato la fine dei dinosauri abbia colpito la ...

Misteriosa sfera rossa compare sui cieli dell'Emilia Romagna. Zone colpite
Centro Meteo Italiano
Enorme meteorite precipita dal cielo in Ecuador: si attendono conferme dall'agenzia spaziale civile ecuadoriana. A proposito di oggetti misteriosi ...

Season's first 'night shining' clouds make appearance over Western Washington
KOMO News (blog)
... disperse over time and then, as the northern hemisphere heats up in late spring, ice crystals begin forming around those meteor smoke particles.

Tesla Model 3 catches meteor falling across the sky
Motor1.com UK
While it is rare that we actually get the meteor recording from a TeslaCam, this isn't the first time we've seen it. Last year, Teslarati reported on a ...

Enorme palla di fuoco ha illuminato il cielo ed è caduta poco fa: tantissime segnalazioni – VIDEO ...
Centro Meteo Italiano
Meteorite attraversa i cieli delle Hawaii: lo spettacolare evento ripreso in video grazie alla telecamera di una Tesla Model 3. Il meteorite si è schiantato ...

Une Tesla Model 3 filme quelque chose d'absolument terrifiant dans le ciel ! (vidéo)
Tribunal Du Net
Après avoir envoyé sa première fusée habitée dans l'espace, le PDG de Tesla a accidentellement filmé une météorite en feu dans le ciel. Pour ce ...

A Typical Meteor That Hits The Earth's Upper Atmos...
Chegg
Answer to A typical meteor that hits the earth's upper atmosphere has a mass of only 2.0 g, about the same as a penny, but it is m...

What is a meteor?
ABC Education
Brianna and Professor Jonti Horner look up into the night sky to find out more about shooting stars. What is a shooting star made of and why do they ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JUN2020

A meteor was observed from Vannes to Switzerland – Ouest-France
World Today News
A meteor was observed from Vannes to West Switzerland-France; “I have never seen anything like this!”: A luminous phenomenon in the Breton sky ...

«Je n'ai jamais vu quelque chose de pareil!»: un phénomène lumineux dans le ciel breton intrigue
Sputnik France
«C'est très certainement une météorite tellement c'était énorme». Au petit matin, le 29 mai, le ciel de Bretagne a été illuminé par un phénomène ...

Événement de Tunguska peut avoir été causée par le fer astéroïde qui est allé dans l'espace, les ...
DECOTIDIEN
... est soupçonné d'avoir été causée par une météorite qui a explosé avant de toucher le sol. Une nouvelle étude jette plus de lumière sur l'astéroïde, ...

Tunguska event may have been caused by iron asteroid that went back into space, researchers say
Fox News
The researchers estimate the meteor was likely flying at a speed of 45,000 mph, hitting the atmosphere at a shallow angle, somewhere between 9 and ...

Possible meteor explodes in the sky
KING5.com
Possible meteor explodes in the sky. This video file cannot be played.Home security footage recorded the moments a large ...

Digital Earth: Meteor Craters
Visit Denver
Look out below! Tour some of the biggest meteor craters on Earth, and learn about their geologic significance and interesting features. Some are ...

Top astronomical events to look forward to in June 2020 - including a glimpse of Mercury and two ...
WalesOnline
From the stunning Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower to an out-of-this-world view of Comet Atlas, May has been an epic month for show-stopping celestial ...

These single and dual dashcams start at $52 and have never been cheaper
CNET
... rely on dashcams to record everything going on in front of your vehicle, whether it's an erratic driver or a meteor shower raining fireballs from the sky.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JUN2020

'Shooting star' streaks across Tasmania and Victoria as part of space debris
Brinkwire (press release)
Many believed it was a meteor or a shooting star, but the light was actually space debris from a Russian military satellite that was launched around ...

Palla di fuoco è esplosa poco fa nel cielo: forte boato e tantissime segnalazioni – VIDEO di quanto ...
Centro Meteo Italiano
Il meteorite ha improvvisamente “riempito il cielo” dello stato mediorientale per poi svanire in un baleno. A confermare che ciò di cui si parla è proprio ...

Applying Machine Learning to Giant-Impact Studies of Planet Formation
PSRD
--- Combining giant-impact studies with machine learning builds on the long-standing aspiration to better understand the long chain of events, collisions, mergers, and accretions that planetsplanets.http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/CosmoSparks/May20/impacts-machine-learning.html

Study Reveals First Evidence Of Nitrogen Fixed In A Martian Meteorite!!
Gizmo Posts 24
A new study of 4 billion-year-old Martian meteorite discovered building blocks of life in it. Organic compounds containing nitrogen have been found in ...

Meteor Fireball Reports
ristorantelaglio.it
Here, in reverse chronological order, is a summary of reports of fireballs and bright meteors reported to the meteor section during August and September ...

17.000 a year. That is the number of meteorites that fall on Earth
Wire News Fax
And the result has been spectacular: every year our planet suffers the impact of 17,000 meteorites. In an article just published in Geology, Geoffrey ...

Vannes. « Dans le ciel, ça a comme explosé et… disparu ! »
Ouest-France
C'est très certainement une météorite tellement c'était énorme. Je n'ai jamais vu quelque chose pareil ! Je me suis directement arrêtée. » Elle précise qu ...

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Fireball incident in Japan could be an indication of a doomsday asteroid destined to hit earth, study ...
Herald Publicist
It was in 2017 fireball burned up within the earth's environment over Japan. Regardless that the mid-air explosion of this tiny meteor posed no menace ...

Japan Meteor In 2017 Found To Be A Tiny Piece Of Monster Asteroid That Could One Day Destroy ...
Business Times
The small meteor that became a "fireball," lighting up the skies of Japan over two years ago, turned out to be a tiny piece of a gigantic binary asteroid.

Asteroid alert: Dinosaur-killing space rock INSTANTLY acidified the ocean - study
Express.co.uk
... Germany, said: “For years, people suggested there would have been a decrease in ocean pH because the meteor impact hit sulphur-rich rocks and ...

Des chercheurs confirment une des causes de l'extinction de masse d'il y a 66 millions d'années
Le Journal du Geek
L'impact de la météorite aurait soulevé des mégatonnes de poussières nitrées et sulfurées dans l'atmosphère. Ces dernières auraient non seulement ...

Dinosaur-Killing Meteorite Caused Acidification that Led to Mass Extinction
Scientific American
A study published yesterday by the National Academy of Sciences revealed how the collapse of marine species occurred following a meteorite's ...

Ocean acidification behind last great marine mass extinction
BBC Discover Wildlife
As well as these iconic reptiles, the impact and after-effects of the meteorite that struck the earth in this period killed almost 75 % of the animal species ...

A big asteroid event is coming and Japan fireball incident is just a sign, study suggests
International Business Times, Singapore Edition
A big asteroid event is coming and Japan fireball incident is just a sign, study suggests. If asteroid 2003 YT1 hits the earth, it will create a crater which ...

A collision of neutron stars created a fireworks element in space
WRAL.com
"By reanalysing the 2017 data from the merger, we have now identified the signature of one heavy element in this fireball, strontium, proving that the ...

A gigantic asteroid is heading our way and will arrive at Earth just before Christmas
Metro
The tiny meteor posed absolutely no threat to humanity as it lit up the sky over Kyoto Airport. But Japanese stargazers have claimed it actually broke off ...

Signs Of Ancient Life Found Deep Within Europe's Biggest Impact Crater
IFLScience
Critters that survive at these depths are sometimes referred to as intraterrestrials, and it's thought that their homes are often created by meteorite ...

Meteorite hunters chase their dreams
ecns
Space debris attracts growing number of enthusiasts. Zhang Bo has found fewer than 10 meteorites in the 10 years he has been hunting for them.

Le plus grand cratère d'impact d'Europe abriterait une vie microbienne ancienne
Fredzone
Le cratère de Siljan, situé en Dalécarlie en Suède, est le plus grand cratère de météorite d'Europe avec ses 52 km de diamètre et fait partie des 15 ...

Grab your cameras, the annual Orionid meteor shower will light up the Interior's skies tonight
KamloopsBCNow
Grab your cameras, the annual Orionid meteor shower will light up the ... Stargazers will finally have an opportunity to witness the Orionid meteor ...

Night sky with Orionids
ABS-CBN News
A meteor of the Orionid Meteor Shower, created by remnants of Halley's Comet which pass through the earth's atmosphere, streak through the night ...

Orionids 2019: When is the next Halley's Comet flyby of Earth? Look for fireballs tonight
Sky Statement
Fragments from Halley's Comet are briefly streaking across tonight's autumnal skies tonight. This is because the annual Orionid meteor shower is ...

Meteor In Oklahoma Today
aperitivieceneanconaepesaro.it
The meteor hit the atmosphere at a speed of 18 km/s (11. Meteor Shower Calendar 2019: Dates and Viewing Tips | When is Is there a meteor shower ...

New Titanium Silver Coin From CIT Features Piece of Estacado Meteorite
CoinWeek
In this crack, there is a piece of the Estacado meteorite. The obverse shows the mountain landscape of Llano Estacado traversed by the Canadian ...

An Italian designer debuted a pair of heels reportedly worth $20 million, made of solid gold, 30 ...
Business Insider UK
An Italian designer debuted a pair of heels reportedly worth $20 million, made of solid gold, 30 carats of diamonds, and meteorite — and he claims ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18JUN2018

Watch: Green meteorite burns up over Europe - right as the Foo Fighters were finishing 'Monkey ...
TVNZ
Belgium's International Meteor Organization reported the object fell about 9.09pm local time - about 7.09am Sunday, NZT. Drummer Taylor Hawkins ..

Uit heel Nederland meldingen van grote vuurbal: 'Zo gaaf en zo groot'
RTL Nieuws
In zeldzame gevallen slaan restanten van die vuurbollen ergens op aarde in als een meteoriet. De Vet: "Dat zou vers studiemateriaal uit de ruimte ...

Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands Fireball Meteor 16JUN2018 w/ video
Posted: 17 Jun 2018 02:40 PM PDT
Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands Fireball Meteor 16JUN2018 w/ video 'It pierced the clouds': Fireball spotted blazing over Europe (VIDEO, PHOTO) RT The celestial ball of light is thought to have been the same phenomenon observed in dozens of reports to the International Meteor Organization (IMO). Uit heel Nederland meldingen van grote vuurbal: 'Zo gaaf en zo groot' RTL Nieuws

Meteor sighting last night uk
fx917.com
Did anyone see a green meteor going through the sky last night April 10 AMS meteor report sighting database is … Around 9:30pm last night, ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 2082-2018, Report 143055 (2082a-2018). Uploaded by.

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Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands Fireball Meteor 16JUN2018 w/ video

Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands Fireball Meteor 16JUN2018 w/ video

'It pierced the clouds': Fireball spotted blazing over Europe (VIDEO, PHOTO)
RT
The celestial ball of light is thought to have been the same phenomenon observed in dozens of reports to the International Meteor Organization (IMO).

Uit heel Nederland meldingen van grote vuurbal: 'Zo gaaf en zo groot'
RTL Nieuws
Op de website International Meteor Organization kwamen 71 meldingen binnen. Vooral uit Nederland, maar ook enkele uit België en Duitsland.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17JUN2018

Uit heel Nederland meldingen van grote vuurbal: 'Zo gaaf en zo groot'
RTL Nieuws
Op de website International Meteor Organization kwamen 71 meldingen binnen. Vooral uit Nederland, maar ook enkele uit België en Duitsland.

The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Happening In Massachusetts August 2018
Only In Your State
The annual Perseids meteor shower is returning to the Bay State this season and it's shaping up to be one of the brightest displays yet.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16JUN2018

Adler Team Searches For Space Rocks In The Lake
WBEZ
Pieces of that meteor are sitting at the bottom of the lake, and the Adler Planetarium is on a mission to find those fragments in a mission called the ...

'It pierced the clouds': Fireball spotted blazing over Europe (VIDEO, PHOTO)
RT
The celestial ball of light is thought to have been the same phenomenon observed in dozens of reports to the International Meteor Organization (IMO).

Scientists Found New Evidence About Water's Presence On Moon
I4U News
In total, the research team analyzed 13 different meteor samples that were collected from the same region but only one of the sample contained ...

Meteorites recovered in Yunnan, China, following spectacular meteor fireball event
Sott
A recent test reveals that the chondrites - stony nonmetallic meteorites - that hit Xishuangbanna, Southwest China's Yunnan province, about two ...

DTIC ADA476971: Theoretical and Observational Studies of Meteor Interactions with the Ionosphere
Internet Archive
An intense flux of small-mass meteors has been seen in large-aperture radar scattering for many years. At high altitudes, these meteoroids routinely ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15JUN2018

A Meteoroid Smashed Into the Side of a Crater on Mars and Then Started a Landslide
Universe Today
In this case, however, the dry dust on the slope was destabilized by the meteor's impact, which exposed darker material beneath. The impact that ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Photographs an Avalanche Caused By a Meteor Strike
Outer Places
That impact crater toward the top of the photo, only about 16.5 feet (5 meters) across, was naturally created by a meteor striking the Martian surface ...

Thuraya Astronomy Center- Dubai Meteorite, Space and Astronomy Museum Video
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Posted: 14 Jun 2018 07:49 AM PDT
Thuraya Astronomy Center (Dubai Astronomy Group)- Dubai Meteorite, Space and Astronomy Museum. Dubai center seeks to create awareness about space, astronomy. Thuraya Astronomy Center is the place where people can come down and experience astronomy, Hasan Ahmad al-Hariri, the center’s Director and chief ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JUN2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JUN2018. Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: experts. China.org.cn. Xu Weibiao, chief scientist at .

Meteor Activity Outlook for June 16-22, 2018
American Meteor Society
This will cause interference with evening meteor viewing but the more active morning hours will be free of moonlight. This weekend the waxing ...

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Thuraya Astronomy Center- Dubai Meteorite, Space and Astronomy Museum Video

Thuraya Astronomy Center (Dubai Astronomy Group)-
Dubai Meteorite, Space and Astronomy Museum- Video

Posted on YouTube by Al Arabiya English  276 views

Published on May 9, 2018

Dubai center that seeks to create awareness about space, astronomy
Thuraya Astronomy Center is the place where people can come down and experience astronomy, Hasan Ahmad al-Hariri, the center’s Director and chief executive of the Dubai Astronomy Group, has said.
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JUN2018

New ESA infographic on asteroid risks
New infographic illustrates how ESA will use first-ever ‘flyeye’ telescopes to support the UN and international efforts to respond to asteroid risks
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/06/Flyeye_telescopes_infographic

Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD]
Meteorite Evidence for a Complicated Protoplanetary Disk --
A striking dichotomy in isotopic compositions of meteorite groups appears to be consistent with
Jupiter and Saturn migrating to and fro during planet formation.
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June18/complicated-disk.html

Secret missile-launch or lens flare? Bizarre streak over naval station triggers conspiracy theories
RT
A missile launch? Or just a meteor flash? A mysterious object has been spotted over an air base in Washington state. The puzzle has led to a of ...

UFO blasted off on West Coast skies is not military vessel, confirms top official
International Business Times, India Edition
This feature does not look like a meteor, nor are there any meteor reports for the area that I could find online," wrote Cliff Mass on his blog page dated ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JUN2018
Lunar Meteorite Hunters
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JUN2018. Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: experts. China.org.cn. Xu Weibiao, chief scientist at ...

the observed characteristics of radio-echoes from overdense meteor trains
ScienceDirect
data relating to the duration of radio-echoes from overdense meteor trains are presented and discussed, with particular reference to the differences ...

The anisotropy of turbulence at the meteor level
ScienceDirect
meteor level of the ionosphere (say 90 km in height) cannot be regarded as “turbulence” of the kind studied in the laboratory; nor can the theory of ...

asteroid day
American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is 3 as seen from mid-northern latitude (45N) and 4 from the southern tropics ...

Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Persistent train. Observation, Yes. Duration, 5s. Length, 15°. Remarks, Different pieces flew through air after fireball, disappearing after 5 seconds.

Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Persistent train. Observation, Yes. Duration, 2s. Length, 20°. Remarks, glowing train that followed along the tail end of fireball and train was white with ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JUN2018

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: experts
China.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 ...

Secret missile-launch or lens flare? Bizarre streak over naval station triggers conspiracy theories
RT
“I ran this image by Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society and he said it was definitely not a meteor. It looked like a missile launch to him as ...

Iridium flare or meteor?
Cloudy Nights
The top image I originally ignored as some of the other shots had less clouds, but I saw I captured a shooting star Iridium or meteor? Mars and Saturn ...

Perseid Meteor Shower
Eventbrite
Eventbrite - Northumberland National Park Authority presents Perseid Meteor Shower - Monday, August 13, 2018 at The Sill: National Landscape ...

UFO news: Was UFO sighting on American west coast a rogue missile?
Express.co.uk
“This feature does not look like a meteor, nor are there any meteor reports for the area that I could find online. “The lightning networks did not show a ...

Nasa reveals pic of Mars meteorite impact crater which looks a lot like a crashed UFO
Metro
Nasa has spotted something strange on Mars which looks a bit like a crashed UFO but was actually caused by a meteor strike. The stunning images ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 2009-2018, Report 142664 (2009af-2018). Uploaded by.

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Meteor showers of comet C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)
Astronomy & Astrophysics
We intend to map the meteor complex of the long-period comet C/1964 N1 (Ikeya), which ... July ξ-Arietids, the meteor shower 533 in the IAU MDC list.

A secret missile launch? Mystery streak of light spotted over Whidbey Island leaves locals baffled
Daily Mail
Mr Johnson said he contacted a number of experts about the strange sighting, including Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society who said it ...

'Secret missile launch' MYSTERY object spotted flying close to a US military base
Express.co.uk
While Mr Lunsford ruled out the object was a meteor, he said he too believed it looked like a missile launch. Two more experts weighed in with his ...

Mystery Object in Washington Sky Wasn't Missile, Military Says
Newsmax
This feature does not look like a meteor, nor are there any meteor reports for the area that I could find online. "The lightning networks did not show a ...

60. Il A Shooting Star Is Actually The Track Of A
Chegg
Answer to 60. Il A shooting star is actually the track of a meteor, typically a small chunk of debris from a comet that has entere...

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Measurements of winds in the upper atmosphere by means of drifting meteortrails I
ScienceDirect
measuring upper atmosphere winds from the drift of meteor trails. The purpose of the present paper is to describe a continuously recording method for ...

effect of rotation on the initial radius of meteor trains
Oxford Journals - Oxford University Press
Abstract. We propose that the observed variation of the initial radius of meteor trains with height is largely the result of the rapid rotation (∼ 5 × 103 rad/

Planetary perturbations on the Geminid meteor stream
Oxford Journals - Oxford University Press
The behaviour of the Geminid meteor stream is affected by gravitational perturbations. The evolution over 5000 yr, 500 yr forward and 4500 yr back ha.

A Meteor
Space Weather Gallery
A Meteor Taken by BORNET Patrick on June 10, 2018 @ Saint Martin sur ... Meteor with my allsky cam asi224mc at 00h51h14s TU (10s exposure).

Event 1996-2018
Fireball event
ID, UT Date & Time, Local Date & Time, City, State, Dur. Magn. D. Sound, C. Sound, Frag. Observer, Exp. a, 2018-06-10 03:13 UT, 2018-06-09 21:13 ...

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Large meteor last night
Reddit
Did anyone else happen to see the fireball type meteor last night around 2am? It was going slow enough that it could have been something...

'Meteor Festival' brings international stars to Israel's North
The Jerusalem Post
But the Meteor Festival, bringing closed to 100 international and local acts, is sure to bring a significant crowd to a sleepy kibbutz near the Jordan ...

Analysis of British Meteor Data | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | Oxford ...
oup.com
Abstract. 1. With a view to a complete statistical analysis of the true paths of meteors, a collection of 1253 accordances has been made, and these ...

Meteor Detection with Rtl-Sdr
Stargazers Lounge
Hello. I've been trying to receive radar meteor reflections with an SDR and a 3 element homemade Yagi-Uda antenna. My antenna is designed for the ...

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Remarks, This was about the largest and brightest meteor I've observed in many years, if not my brightest ever! If this one burned out near the edge of ...

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Astronomy Summer Series - Perseid Meteor Shower
The Astronomical League
Discover the night sky from Assateague Island! The event will begin with auditorium presentations followed by stargazing with telescopes.

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).

Experts confirm Ramgarh Crater's origin as a meteor
Moneycontrol.com
Since the 19th century, Ramgarh Crater has evoked the interest of geologists and now a team of scientists is in Rajasthan's Baran district to solve the ...

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Asteroid burning above Africa, NASA spotted it moving towards Earth
News Heads
A meteor enlightened the sky over Botswana in Africa, at just 6-feet across. NASA US space agency, however, mentions that the asteroid was just ...

Source of sonic boom may have been identified
Ozark Radio News
... boom from a jet breaking the sound barrier overhead, to earthquakes or dynamite, to the possibility of a meteor exploding high in the atmosphere.

Ozarks shaken by massive boom, meteor explosion suspected
The Event Chronicle
A massive boom was heard and felt over much of the Ozarks shortly after noon (local time) on June 6, 2018. The National Weather Service said their ...

Ancient novae and meteor showers.
WorldCat
Get this from a library! Ancient novae and meteor showers.. [Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,;]

A Meteor Is Falling Straight Down Earth And It Is
Chegg
A meteor is falling straight down earth and it is going to land 20 miles away from you. You are watching it fall and during a two second period of time ...

Perseid Meteor Star Party
San Diego County News Center
We'll provide the hot chocolate, you bring your camp chairs... Join preserve staff for a chance to see one of summer's best nighttime shows. Arrive at ...

Expert knows how soon killer asteroid will wipe out life from earth's surface
International Business Times, Singapore Edition
As per Glockner, the object which was spotted in the South African skies might be a UFO making a close flyby. He added that there was no meteor ... (Nonsense! - LMH)

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A New Glimpse Into the Martian Past
The Atlantic
They could have crash-landed on Mars inside a meteor that blew apart into bits, scattering debris and mixing with indigenous material. Or they might ...

China Had A Meteor / Meteorite Event
DetectorProspector.com
Fragments of meteorites fell in southwest China's Yunnan Province on June 1 and two pieces fell through villagers' house roofs while one fell on the ...

The Chinese village was hit by a rain of meteor fragments
The Siver Times
Chinese treasure hunters in the confusion raked and sell fragments of a meteorite after a fireball lit up the sky on the border between China and Burma ...

Image: Tunguska devastation
Phys.Org
Fallen trees at Tunguska, Imperial Russia, seen in 1929, 15 km from epicentre of aerial blast site, caused by explosion of a meteor in 1908 (Photo ...

Ancient novae and meteor showers
Stanford SearchWorks - Stanford University
Ancient novae and meteor showers. Publication: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1958. Physical description: 1 online resource (iii, 109-144 ...

Crazy footage of a meteor flashing across the night sky is caught on camera—the whole sky lights up
The Epoch Times
If you see a light flashing through the night sky, and it's as bright as this, you'll immediately wonder what it could be. People in this town in Russia, had ...

Orbit
Heavens-Above
View from above orbital plane, View from above satellite. Ground track. The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

Jangan Lewatkan Momen Langka Peristiwa Langit di Bulan Juni 2018 Ini, Ada Hujan Meteor!
Tribun Manado
Disebutkan bahwa selama satu bulan ke depan ini, akan ada peristiwa mulai dari konjungsi planet, hujan meteor, hingga dekatnya Saturnus dengan ...

Nocturnal Nature: Perseids Meteor Shower and Greek Star Tales
Harris Center for Conservation Education
We'll also scan the night sky for shooting stars during one of the prime nights for viewing the Perseid meteor showers. Bring a blanket, and meet at 10 ...

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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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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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