22 November 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng, South Africa 21NOV09 Meteor 22NOV09

Meteor lights up Gauteng

Times LIVE
It was a meteor which lit up the skies over Johannesburg and Pretoria on Saturday night, an astronomer has confirmed. The Leonid meteor shower in Thailand ...


Meteor believed to be spotted in Gauteng

Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Johannesburg and Pretoria residents have come forward, claiming they spotted a meteor in the skies on Saturday night. People in Gauteng saw the bright light ...

Meteor "Shower" Sighting: 21 November at 11h00 SAST

... S.A. Weather and Disaster Information Service.(SAWDIS) ... amateur radio operators and private citizens around the country that volunteered the use of their weather and radio stations, weather and disaster photographs...

Great balls of fire! Camera records exploding meteor

Examiner.com
On the Wednesday morning, a meteor was caught on camera streaking through the sky, exploding, and then undoubtedly crashing to Earth. The meteor in question ...

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Utah: Meteorit verglüht – Video des Feuerball – Eiswolken am Himmel

Lilu24 - Rosenfeld,Germany
Die Rede ist von einem Meteorit. Laut den Berichten auf "Astronomie heute" soll der Meteor 2 Meter breit gewesen sein und wenn man sich aber das Video ...

Benedict Woos Artists, Urging 'Quest for Beauty'

New York Times
In 1999, the Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan produced “The Ninth Hour,” a wax sculpture of Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite. ...
Latvians not laughing after meteorite hoax

Linex Legal (registration)
Source: Lawyers Weekly - A Swedish mobile phone company has apologised after staging a PR stunt in which it created a 10-metre wide meteorite crater in the ...

Utah Meteor/Meteorite News- Utah Bolide Impact 18NOV09 21NOV09

Calculation of the 18NOV09 Utah Meteor impact site


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21 November 2009

Utah Meteorite News- Dugway Increases Security after Meteor

Dugway beefs up security after meteor
Fox 13 Now- Salt Lake City
DUGWAY PROVING GROUND - Security at this military testing facility has been increased after a meteor was spotted over Utah, and believed to have crashed ...
http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-dugway-meteor-problems,0,3733479.story

Other News:
Space.com
Cosmic Triple-Play: Asteroid Flyby, Fireball over Utah, Meteor Shower
A Fireball over Utah, an energetic asteroid whizzing past Earth and a dazzling meteor shower...
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Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Utah Skies
Gizmodo Australia
Clark Planetarium Director Seth Jarvis said the stony meteorite was probably travelling 80000 miles [129000km] an hour when it hit our atmosphere. ...

Meteor showers in Asia disappoint
Auburn Citizen
Thousands of stargazers across Asia stayed awake overnight to catch a glimpse of what was advertised as an intense Leonid meteor shower, but the show ...

Space 101 - What is a meteor shower?
Examiner.com
A meteor shower is when small bits of space rock produce tiny pinpoints of light that streak through the sky. These small fragments enter the Earth's ...

Friday TV Colombia World News Update
Colombia News
... Tournament in Dubai while Colombia's Camilo Villegas is second. Plus, a surveillance camera at a Utah university captures a meteorite flash across the sky.

Leonids a cosmic time to watch "ET"
Denver Post
( Universal Studios/ Amblin Entertainment ) Sitting under the Eastern Plains stars the other night, and the occasional Leonid meteorite, my oldest daughter ...

Meteor/Meteorite News: Meteor Activity Outlook for November 21-27, 2009 20NOV09

Meteor Activity Outlook for November 21-27, 2009
by
American Meteor Society
http://www.amsmeteors.org/showers.html#X2009


As seen from the northern hemisphere, meteor rates continue to be strong in November. While no major showers are active this month,
the two Taurid radiants plus the Leonids keep the skies active. The addition of strong sporadic rates make November one of the
better months to view meteor activity from north of the equator. ... *For a detailed explanation on the different classes of meteor showers and other astronomical terms, please visit: http://www.amsmeteors.org/showers.html#X2009


Clear Skies!
Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society

20 November 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- YD Mammoth Demise 20NOV09

from Google News:

Dung dating illuminates mammoth mystery

Nature.com (subscription) - ‎12 分前‎
The disappearance of the huge herbivores that once roamed North America triggered a massive change in the environment with new trees and more fires. ...

Scientists zero in on reason for mammoths' demise

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 時間前‎
The sediment beneath an Indiana lake is providing clues. One thing is clear: A meteor didn't kill off the mammoths, mastodons and other large plant-eaters, ...

Mammoths not killed by human spears

ABC Online - ‎5 時間前‎
By Madeleine Genner for The World Today They were some of the biggest mammals to walk the earth but it seems woolly mammoths were not killed off by humans ...

New Data Shed Light on Large-Animal Extinction

New York Times - ‎17 時間前‎
By NICHOLAS WADE Whenever modern humans reached a new continent in the expansion from their African homeland 50000 years ago, whether Australia, ...

Dung helps reveal why mammoths died out

BBC News - ‎17 時間前‎
By Victoria Gill Mammoth dung has proved to be a source of prehistoric information, helping scientists unravel the mystery of what caused the great mammals ...

Extinction of giant mammals altered landscape

msnbc.com - ‎17 時間前‎
By Jeanna Bryner The last breaths of mammoths and mastodons some 13000 years ago have garnered plenty of research and just as much debate. ...

Dung Fungus Provides New Evidence in Mammoth Extinction

Wired News - ‎18 時間前‎
By Betsy Mason The latest evidence in the disappearance of the mammoths, and nine other North American species weighing over a ton, comes from fossilized ...

After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape

Science Daily (press release) - ‎19 時間前‎
ScienceDaily (Nov. 20, 2009) — Roughly 15000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals -- including such ...

Sophisticated hunters not to blame for driving mammoths to extinction

guardian.co.uk - ‎20 時間前‎
Giant animals such as the woolly mammoth were already facing extinction by the time humans had developed more lethal weapons. Photograph: Corbis/Royal BC ...

Spores in Mastodon Dung Suggest Humans Didn't Kill Off Ancient Mammals

Discover Magazine - ‎2 時間前‎
A fungus found within ancient mammoth dung is providing scientists with clues about how the large ancient mammals collectively known as megafauna went ...

Mammoths weren't killed off by meteor

TG Daily - ‎5 時間前‎
By Emma Woollacott Friday, 20 November 2009 04:55 A new study into the North American landscape 15000 years ago has debunked several theories about why ...

Study Provides Insight into Extinction Of Large Animals

The Money Times - ‎8 時間前‎
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Scientists have advanced towards solving the mystery of extinction of mammoths, mastodons, and other large animal ...

Poop evidence exonerates humans in mammoth mystery

World Science - ‎13 時間前‎
The question of how huge animals like the mammoth, mastodon, and ground sloth went extinct—and how their disappearance from North America affected ...

Blame the Mammoths

Journal Watch - ‎18 時間前‎
With the help of a dung fungus, scientists have figured out that the disappearance of mammoths, mastodons, and other large animals likely caused dramatic ...

UW scientists creep closer to solving mystery of mammoths' extinction

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - ‎19 時間前‎
By Mark Johnson of the Journal Sentinel Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have taken an important step toward solving the mystery of what wiped out ...

Was there a Stone Age apocalypse or not?

New Scientist - ‎19 時間前‎
Was there a Stone Age apocalypse or not? One narrative has it that about 13000 years ago a comet blasted North America , wiping out the continent's ...

Utah Meteor/Meteorite News Past- 2004 Genesis Crash 20NOV09


Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genesis/multimedia/genesisrecov090804-2.html

The sample return capsule crashed into the Utah desert floor Sept 8, 2004, breaking open the capsule. The capsule is about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in diameter and has a mass of 275 kg (600 lb) ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft)

Excellent video of final flight and crash, post crash.
"Impact video
" (QuickTime movie). http://anon.nasa-global.speedera.net/anon.nasa-global/genesis/genesis.mov
. Retrieved 2006-04-20.

Australia Meteor/Meteorite News- Brisbane Green Fireball 19NOV09 20NOV09

Green object that lit up sky a chip off an old meteor

Rodney Chester

November 20, 2009 09:10am

EXPERTS say a fire ball that streaked across the sky above south-east Queensland last night was a "chip off the old block of some asteroid".

The meteor was spotted by people from the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast and across Brisbane around 9.45pm.

Witnesses said the meteor was a green glow travelling from south-east to north-west, leaving a visible trail for 10 to 15 minutes ... [more]
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,26375522-3102,00.html?from=public_rss

Meteor/Meteortite News- 20NOV09

Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Meteor turns night into day

Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
By EXPRESS STAFF A meteor that burned up in a brilliant flash before remnants struck the ground in northern Nevada early Wednesday morning lit up Western ...


WNCT
METEOR: Caught on tape (Alternate View)

WNCT
Experts say the Bolide (bow-lide) meteor was probably a straggler from Tuesday's (11/17) Leonid meteor shower. There were reports of the meteor being seen ...

Meteorites bring in big money to those willing to hunt for them

KSL-TV
The fascination with meteorites is as old as the human race. Utah State professor Chris Cokinos, who has written a well-regarded book on meteors, ...

Midnight meteor wakes up county

Tooele Transcript-Bulletin
by Jamie Belnap A meteor made a surprise appearance over the dark skies of Tooele County just after midnight Wednesday, sending a bright light cascading ...
Space Station Viewing

KFYR-TV
"Yes, we`re just into a so called meteor shower called Leonid meteor shower, named after the constellation they seemed to originate from," Pearce says. ...
The earth's crust demystified

Varsity
“This meteorite [rain shower], which we termed the late veneer, happened about 100 million years ago and brought back a lot of the minerals which were ...


Meteor lights night sky from Utah to Yavapai County

Sun Shopper
People from Utah to Yavapai County saw a green-hued meteor streaming toward Earth early Wednesday. The meteor came into the atmosphere at 12:07 am Wednesday ...


United States: meteorite impacts on Earth

Momento 24
From the University of Utah a meteor impacting on the Earth could be filmed and witnessed . The speed of movement in which the meteorite hit the atmosphere ...
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ABC News
Fireball Lights Up Western US Sky

ABC News
Early Wednesday morning during the Leonid meteor shower, something exploded in the atmosphere above the Western United States. According to Spaceweather.com ...

Leonid Meteor Shower video: Fireball lights up the sky over Utah

Examiner.com
The peak of this year's Leonid Meteor Shower has just past, but it left behind a memorable experience for some out in the western United States. ...

Did you see last night's meteor? Share your observations and stories with ...

Logan Herald Journal
I saw the meteor out the window. A bright flash of light drew my attention and I the meteor flashing bright orange for less than a second before it went ...

Prize offered for meteorite

Newport Independent
The mystery of the Newport meteorite still lurks like a ghost in the early morning mist. Not quite sure where it has been or where it is going. ...


Did meteor land in Utah?

Deseret News
Patrick Wiggins, NASA Ambassador to Utah, said a seismologist has contacted him and also believes the meteor did indeed impact Utah's west desert. ...

19 November 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- Summary 19NOV09

Great ball of fire flashes in Utah sky

NECN
NASA officials quickly explained the phenomenon, calling it a meteor known as a bolide. It broke through the Earth's atmosphere and created the blinding ...


Meteor Explosion Lights Up Sky Over Utah

Space.com
The meteor exploded with the equivalent of 0.5 to 1 kilotons of TNT, according to spaceweather.com. Then, about six hours later, a "twisting iridescent-blue ...

Scientist confirms meteorite lands in Liberal

NTV
(AP) - A biophysicist has confirmed that a black rock that fell into a backyard in Liberal during the weekend was a meteorite. 10-year-old Chandler Harp ...

Meteor shower still visible until Saturday

Times and Transcript
The annual Leonid meteor shower reached its peak activity for star gazers in southeastern New Brunswick in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning. ...

Overnight meteor streak stuns Utahns

StandardNet
By Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN — A bright light that made midnight seem bright as daylight early Wednesday was likely a meteor. Katie Weaver of Layton saw ...

Op-Ed: Earthly phenomena could bring communities closer together

The Maine Campus
By Anya Rose Every November, when Earth is hurled through a section of space that has an especially high volume of debris, the Leonid meteor shower occurs. ...

Biophysicist confirms Liberal boy's meteorite discovery

Hutchinson News
"There's no question in my mind whatsoever that what they have is a meteorite," said Don Stimpson of Haviland, a biophysicist who owns the Kansas Meteorite ...

Huge flash in the night may have been meteor

Deseret News
... likely a bolide meteor, one that becomes a fireball and breaks up. People in Los Angeles, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming reported seeing the meteor. ...

Midnight meteor streaks across Western skies

Newsday
SALT LAKE CITY - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A streaking meteor the size of an oven briefly illuminated parts of the Utah sky to daylight-level conditions early ...
Meteors disappoint

Yale Daily News
By Carol Hsin When about 40 Yale meteor enthusiasts drove to a soccer field for the Leonid meteor shower Tuesday, they did not expect the skies to flare ...

Space Weather News for Nov. 18, 2009
http://spaceweather.com

FIREBALLS AND METEORS: As forecasters predicted, the Leonid meteor shower peaked during the late hours of Nov. 17th, favoring sky watchers in Asia with an outburst of 100+ meteors per hour. Just as the outburst was dying down, an even bigger event took place over the western USA. Something hit Earth's atmosphere and exploded ...

Utah Bolide Meteor 18NOV09- Fireball News Summary 19NOV09

Google News Search- "Utah Meteor Bolide" as of 19NOV09 12:00 (Tokyo Time)

Flash of light interrupts meteor shower above Reno
Reno Gazette-Journal
It appeared the object was comet fragments and part of the Leonids meteor shower during the past few days, said Dan Ruby, associate planetarium director. ...
Meteor Hits Idaho
KIVI-TV
It was actually a meteor and our very own chief meteorologist Scott Dorval also witnessed it. "I saw a big flaming ball it was bright red and yellow then it ...
Meteor the size of oven lights up the night sky, alarms Utahns
KSL-TV - Alex Cabrero - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Patrick Wiggins, NASA Solar Ambassador At exactly 12:07, people from all over the western United States watched as the bolide meteor crashed into Earth's ...

Meteor Lights Up Western Sky

KOLO - Ed Pearce - ‎1 hour ago‎
A surveillance camera at the University of Utah observatory south of Salt Lake City captured the meteor as is streaked to Earth. It shows pretty much what ...

Midnight meteor fascinates Utahns

Salt Lake Tribune - Sheena Mcfarland - ‎1 hour ago‎
The couple were driving home from a concert just after midnight when they saw the meteor, called a fireball or bolide because of its intense light output. ...

Meteor Caught On Video in Utah

KKTV 11 News - ‎2 hours ago‎
The University of Utah's new Willard L. Eccles Observatory cameras caught the meteor as it flew by and exploded. The university says the Bolide Meteor was ...

WNCT - ‎4 hours ago‎
Experts say the Bolide (bow-lide) meteor was probably a straggler from Tuesday's (11/17) Leonid meteor shower. There were reports of the meteor being seen ...

Midnight Meteor Streaks Across Western Skies

cbs4denver.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
Read more in our Privacy Policy SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ― A streaking meteor the size of an oven briefly illuminated parts of the Utah sky to daylight-level ...

Fireball Lights Up the Night Sky in Parts of the West

Nick.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
One expert told KTVX the fireball that was seen early Wednesday over the western United States was a bolide. That's a very bright meteor that sometimes ...

Midnight meteor delights, alarms Utahns

istockAnalyst.com (press release) - ‎5 hours ago‎
But a bright light in the sky just after midnight Wednesday morning certainly got the attention of skywatchers in northern Utah. The event also kept police ...

Midnight meteor streaks across Western skies

Arizona Daily Sun - ‎5 hours ago‎
The fireball roughly coincided with the annual Leonid meteor shower. Surveillance cameras, including some operated by the University of Utah, captured the ...

Ghostly Spokes; Retro Exoplanet

AccuWeather.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
So good in fact that one of the meteors lit up the sky as bright as day when it exploded high in the atmosphere. This bolide explosion was so great that it ...

Meteor lights up Idaho night sky

Northwest Cable News - Edgar Linares - ‎7 hours ago‎
A meteor streaked across the night Idaho sky Tuesday, lighting it up as if it were daytime. The phone was ringing off the hook at Ada County dispatch and ...

Meteor Streak Lights Up the Night Across Utah

Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City - ‎7 hours ago‎
NASA Solar System Ambassador Patrick Wiggins, said the light was caused by a Bolide meteor. "The movie 2012 is out there, but don't worry it's not a ...

Overnight meteor streak stuns Utahns

StandardNet - ‎8 hours ago‎
... News the incident was likely a bolide meteor, which causes a short, intense bright light as it explodes while passing through the Earth's atmosphere.

Meteor Explosion Lights Up Sky Over Utah

Space.com - ‎8 hours ago‎
Then, about six hours later, a "twisting iridescent-blue cloud" lit up the dawn sky for residents in Utah and Colorado. Meteors are fallen debris from a ...

Probably meteor explodes over Utah, lights up midnight sky

Deseret News - Lynn Arave - ‎9 hours ago‎
According to Patrick Wiggins, a NASA ambassador living in Tooele County, the intense light was most likely a bolide meteor, one that becomes a fireball and ...

Witnesses describe watching massive meteor flash

ABC 4 - Brian Carlson - ‎11 hours ago‎
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – A massive meteor lit up the sky overnight across Utah, and people who saw it are sharing their experience. “I saw the meteor. ...

A flash of light in the sky over Utah

ABC 4 - Marti Skold - ‎13 hours ago‎
We called Utah's NASA and Solar System Ambassador Patrick Wiggins who tells ABC4 that it was a meteor also known as a bolide. From his observatory near ...

Flash Brightens Sky

KIDK - Brian Bitzer - ‎13 hours ago‎
Idaho Falls - A meteor lit up the night skies over most of Idaho, Utah and Wyoming early Wednesday morning. Eyewitness News spoke to police ...

Meteor Lights Up Night Sky

LocalNews8.com - Michael Coats - ‎15 hours ago‎
Wiggins told KTVX that it was a meteor also known as a bolide. From his observatory near Stansbury Park, Utah, he said the break up of the meteor occurred ...

What was the bright light in Utah skies?

St. George Daily Spectrum - ‎18 hours ago‎
The article says a meteor is the likely cause of the bright light that lit up Utah skies. The earth is currently passing through the Leonids, a spectacular ...

Bright flash turns night into day

KSL-TV - Alex Cabrero - ‎18 hours ago‎
Patrick Wiggins, who is a NASA ambassador living in Tooele County, says the bright light is most likely a bolide meteor. The Earth is passing the Leonids ...

Meteor Streak Lights Up the Night Across the State

Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City - Aaron Vaughn - ‎18 hours ago‎
... alarming residents throughout Northern Utah to Las Vegas. NASA Solar System Ambassador Patrick Wiggins, says the light was caused by a Bolide meteor. ...

Utah Meteor/Meteorite News- 11/18 Bolide Videos 19NOV09

Today sltrib.com
Well, it wasn't the end of the world, or even of all life as we know it. Nope, not a close encounter of the third, or even fourth kind. But a bright light in the sky just after ...
sltrib.com

Meteor Caught On Video in Utah

KKTV 11 News
Many Utah residents woke up to a rare treat Wednesday morning; a bright meteor in the night sky. The University of Utah's new Willard L. Eccles Observatory ...


Meteor Lights Up Utah Sky
Today feeds.abcnews.com
A large ball of fire is seen streaking across the nighttime sky. Astronomy - Amateur - Meteor shower - Meteors - Meteoroid.
feeds.abcnews.com
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9120027

Meteor Lights Up Western Sky

KOLO
An extremely bright meteor streaked across the Western sky, creating aa lot of buzz in the scientific world and a memorable experience for people who saw it ...


18 November 2009

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News- Utah Bolide Event Update 18NOV09 19NOV09


Meteor lit up night sky, caught on video
Edgar Linares
Idaho's NewsChannel 7
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Witnesses-see-meteor-light-up-the-night-sky-70358772.html

UPDATE:
Twitter Video-
Utah (Wyoming, Idaho) Bolide of 18NOV09

http://www.twitvid.com/7F1F9

Western "fireball" may have been small asteroid

Baltimore Sun
Efforts are underway to measure the trajectory of the asteroid and guide meteorite recovery efforts." Security camera footage of the event shows a flash ...

Local ISU Students Witness Tuesday Night's Meteor Shower

LocalNews8.com
Many locals may have seen the Leonid meteor shower and wondered what it was. “It was really cool,” said Tanner Gragg, ISU, Freshman. ...

Cosmic Triple-Play: Asteroid Flyby, Fireball over Utah, Meteor Shower

Space.com
Meanwhile, a meteor shower dazzled skywatchers around the globe early Tuesday morning. What's going on? Nothing all that unusual, astronomers say. ...

Comet debris put on spectacular show last night as it burned over western US sky

Reno Gazette Journal
There are pieces of leftover comet that the earth passes through annually called the Leonids meteor shower and the fireball last night was likely an ...

Witnesses describe watching massive meteor flash

ABC 4
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – A massive meteor lit up the sky overnight across Utah, and people who saw it are sharing their experience. “I saw the meteor. ...
Midnight meteor delights, alarms Utahns

Salt Lake Tribune
By Bob Mims A photo of the meteor's aftermath taken at 7 am on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, from Clive, Utah, in western Tooele County, looking east toward ...

Meteor seen lighting up the night sky

KTVB
A meteor streaked across the night sky-- lighting it up as if it were daytime. The phone was ringing off the hook at Ada County dispatch and the Boise ...
Experts explain meteor's flash of light

KSL-TV
Clark Planetarium director Seth Jarvis said the stony meteorite was probably around the size of an oven, traveling 80000 miles an hour when it hit our ...


lash Brightens Sky

KIDK
By Brian Bitzer Idaho Falls - A meteor lit up the night skies over most of Idaho, Utah and Wyoming early Wednesday morning. Eyewitness News spoke to police ...

Meteor Lights Up Night Sky

LocalNews8.com
By Michael Coats, First Alert 8 Meteorologist People from all over the Mountain West reported a "bright light" or "meteor streak" around midnight Wednesday ...


Midnight meteor delights, alarms Utahns

Salt Lake Tribune
The light, described some as a bright green glow that may have exploded in a bright display, was a meteor, NASA Solar System Ambassador Patrick Wiggins told ...

Midnight Meteor Streaks Across Western Skies

cbs4denver.com
Read more in our Privacy Policy SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ― A streaking meteor the size of an oven briefly illuminated parts of the Utah sky to daylight-level ...

Probably meteor explodes over Utah, lights up midnight sky

Deseret News
By Lynn Arave A probable meteor likely exploded over Utah's west desert region Wednesday night, producing a flash that briefly turned night into day over a ...
Midnight meteor streaks across Western skies

KRDO
AP - November 18, 2009 4:34 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Scientists are buzzing about a streaking meteor that flashed across parts of the Western sky. ...


Other Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News:

Did you see last night's meteor? Share your observations and stories with ...

The Herald Journal
Did you see last night's meteor? Share your observations and stories with other HJ readers here. Following are comments from online Herald Journal readers. ...
2012 probably not going to be that bad

Corydon Democrat
There's a lot of stuff flying around out there, and just last week NASA discovered a meteor seven meters in size a mere 15 hours before it passed within ...
'Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites' wins award from the Geoscience ...

PhysOrg.com
The Springer book Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites by O. Richard Norton and Lawrence A. Chitwood has been awarded the Mary B. Ansari Best Reference ...


Cooper views: Meteors are cool

Hawaii 24/7
If there are gonna be meteors, I'm gonna be in the back yard looking up. I went outside, looked up, got cold and shuffled back inside to put on some socks. ...

Utah Meteor/Meteorite News- Bolide Fireball Lights Up Utah Sky 18NOV09

Meteor Streak Lights Up the Night Across the State

Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City
Professor Patrick Higgins, from University of Utah's physics department, said that the light was caused by a Bolide meteor. The meteor was said to have ...