20 July 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 20JUL10
Telegraph.co.uk
A man whose house has been hit by meteorites six times believes he is being targeted by aliens. Radivoke Lajic, 50, said that his house being hit by rocks ...
19 July 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 19JUL10
SINDH TODAY
However, the threat of a destructive meteor bombardment is remote at present. WISE will continue to make such discoveries as it starts its survey mode once ...
16 July 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 16JUL2010
19 La Crosse Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:06 PM PDT
VIROQUA, Wisconsin (WXOW)- The meteorite which hit western Wisconsin last April captured some attention. In some cases, it also attracted meteorite hunters. When the meteorite appeared on scene, Bill ...
13 July 2010
France Daytime Fireball 12JUL2010 13JUL2010
A French amateur astronomer witnessed a bright daytime fireball on July
12th, 06 h34 UT, from his car, while he was driving close to
Aix-en-Provence (South-Eastern France, 43°30' N, 005°27' E) .
I didn't receive any other reports on it yet, and was wondering if anybody
had heard, seen, or recorded it from Italy or Switzerland. According to
the witness, it appeared N or NNE from his position (I'm waiting for
further information on the real trajectory). The fireball dazzled him, and
took a green, and then red color, followed by an orange train.
Thanks in advance for your help and answers!
Clear skies,
Karl Antier posted on www.Meteorobs.org
12 July 2010
N. California Fireball 11JUL2010
Three second Fireball triangulated N.Calif fireball illustrated.
photo by Yuba City Sentinel (c) 2010
City sky nearly at zenith traveling 135 degrees of Azimuth at an apparent
Altitude of 55 degrees to 50 degrees East to West.
Big meteor over Sacramento area this morning.
In the early morning hours of July 11, 2010 at 0105:22 (1 hour past
midnight).
Photo is a composite image of stacked frames in .jpg of this 3 second
meteoroid (Fireball).
Movies are Quick Time & MPEG-4 (unable to post) on two different meteor monitoring systems
located in Yuba City.
Date and Time on one is PDT. The other is Universal Time. (PDT + 7 hours).
imaging from a distance of about 150 miles.
see at:
http://astronomy.sierracollege.edu/Department/MeteorCamera/MeteorCamera.htm
YCSentinel
09 July 2010
08 July 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 8JUL2010
EurekAlert! Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:27 AM PDT
( American Museum of Natural History ) Hear talks by experts in the extra-terrestial at the 73rd annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society this July 26-30. Symposium sessions will include discussions of the age of the solar system, the origin of organic material found in meteorites, and the rate of meteorite impacts on Earth and other planets. ...
Meteorite punches hole in driveway
Wise County Messenger Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:30 AM PDT
A smoldering chunk of rock from outer space punctured the driveway of a home in Decatur (Texas) on Sunday....
[Hoax! and poor reporting]
07 July 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 7JUL2010
AFP
"Returning from a research expedition, you witness a meteorite impact that cripples the life support capability of the settlement. ...
Zodiacal light: zombie comets to blame
New Scientist
In 2003 he was looking into the origin of meteor showers, which arise when Earth passes through streams of space junk, causing pieces of rocky detritus ...
Spend an evening with the stars
Western News
According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Delta Aquarids meteor shower will be active between July 14 and Aug. 18, and is best seen an hour or two ...
India seeks World Heritage status for Lonar Lake
Channel NewsAsia Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:47 AM PDT
INDIA : India is trying to secure a world heritage status for its only lake formed by the impact of a meteorite. ...
Viewers report strange lights on the Fourth
KY3
No major meteor shower was occuring... and the Moon wasn't full. After conferring with others wise in the way of atmospherics, National Weather Service ...
03 July 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 3JUL2010
NPR
FLATOW: And those of us not lucky enough to do that, we'll also have -always have a good fallback and that's the Perseid meteor shower, right? ...
When worlds collide, you get a guided tour
Arizona Daily Star
Doug Kreutz/Arizona Daily Star People can get a closer look into the Meteor Crater near Winslow. METEOR CRATER - This would not have been a good place to be ...
Moon rocks reveal what hit the Earth 3.8 billion years ago
io9
Analysis of old moon rocks has turned up a special type of carbon that could only come from a massive meteor impact 3.8 billion years ago. ...
Bats and meteors on menu
Swindon Advertiser
On August 12 there is a meteor shower night walk from 8.30pm to 10.30pm revealing Stonehenge at night, rich in archaeology, intriguing stories and a sky ...
New Scientist
The best bet is that they arrived in a meteor shower that may also have dumped molecules essential for life. Graphite just one atom thick is better known as ...
02 July 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 2JUL2010
By Charles Q. Choi - SPACE.com Contributor --posted: 01 July 2010 02:02 pm ET
Scientists have discovered the first evidence of graphite on the moon — the same carbon-rich stuff used in pencils today — after taking a new look at a lunar rock collected by astronauts nearly 40 years ago. ...
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/apollo-moon-rock-graphite-100701.html
Cheap thrills
Charlotte Observer
July 28, 29 - Southern Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower. The Delta Aquarids can produce about 20 meteors per hour at their peak. The shower usually peaks on ...
01 July 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 1JUL2010
DCist.com
When meteroids hit the Earth's atmosphere and create a visible streak in the sky, they're "meteors" (also what some call "shooting stars," the, ahem, ...
06/22/2010 - Major meteor find - VIEW NEWS: A Neighborhood Newspaper
Jerry Henkel/ViewCount Guido Roberto Deiro recently discovered a 30-pound meteorite near Pahrump. The stone is said to be billions of years old and very ...
Earthsky Tonight—June 30:When is the next meteor shower?
Berthoud Recorder
We get lots of questions about meteor showers. Kathlen in the Bronx wrote, “When is the next meteor shower going to happen? ...
June 30, 1908: A Very Close Encounter of the Second Kind
Wired News
Whatever it was — an exploding fragment from a disintegrating meteorite seems the likeliest explanation — scientists concluded there was no actual impact. ...
29 June 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 29JUN2010
Wired News
“We can learn a lot from someone taking a cellphone video of a meteor as it burns up in the atmosphere,” said Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment ...
Scientists peer inside Hayabusa asteroid capsule
BY STEPHEN CLARK -SPACEFLIGHT NOW June 25, 2010
Scientists inside a spotless clean room near Tokyo are carefully opening
the drum-shaped capsule from the Hayabusa mission, beginning months of
tedious evaluations to determine whether the $200 million mission
returned dust grains from an asteroid. ...
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/25hayabusa/
Largest Meteorite in Nevada Found
Las Vegas Review-Journal © Jun. 21 at 12:21 p.m.
Count Guido Deiro found the largest meteorite in Nevada this year. ... [video]
http://www.lvrj.com/multimedia/Largest-Meteorite-in-Nevada-Found-96821184.html
Major meteor find- Stone considered largest ever found in Silver State By MAGGIE LILLIS - VIEW STAFF WRITER
Count Guido Roberto Deiro figures he probably tripped over several meteorites in his day and never even knew it. But when the 72-year-old Las Vegan really started looking, he hit the ... [story]
http://www.viewnews.com/2010/VIEW-Jun-22-Tue-2010/CentennialHills/36498045.html
Plenty of Planets to see in the sky
WHYY
102 years ago today, over a remote region of Russia there was an air burst, caused by a meteor or a comet, just 3-5 miles above the earth. ...
It`s all in how you see things
Estes Park Trail-Gazette
His photographic enjoyment seeps over into landscapes, panoramas and astrophotography, especially meteor showers. He has a Flickr account, which is like ...
Swing by Asteroid Lutetia With JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 25, 2010
The Rosetta Orbiter, a European Space Agency spacecraft heading for a
2014 encounter with a comet, will be flying close to asteroid Lutetia on
Saturday, July 10. Classes and clubs are invited to NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory from 2 to 4 p.m. that day to see first-ever,
close-up images of Lutetia, talk to a NASA/JPL Rosetta project manager
and participate in educational activities. ...
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=168
27 June 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 27JUN2010
Washington Post
The American Meteor Society logged more than 30 reports of the Thursday night event, from the Washington metropolitan area to Delaware, Pennsylvania, ...
Bootid meteor shower peaks tonight
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The annual Bootid meteor shower peaks tonight. It's not one of the better showers of the year, but it came to mind after Orioles fans reported a bright ...
Ancient Mars More Favorable to Life than First Thought
CBS News
The northern part of the planet has a lower elevation than the southern part and scientists believe that disparity was the result of a giant meteor impact. ...
26 June 2010
Meteor/Meteorite News 26JUN2010
The last word: What are the odds?
July 2010 Geology and GSA Today highlights
Another fireball caught on York Water Company video camera
On the trail of the Willamette Meteorite
Un trozo de meteorito cae en el jardín de una casa en Brasil
Americanos afirmam que pedra encontrada no Rio é meteorito
Brazil Meteor/ite of 19JUN2010 TV Broadcast update
Meteorito cai no Brasil após 19 anos 2010 06 24
posted on YouTube by UmPasseiopeloCeu | 2010年06月25日 | 2:33 [6 views]
TV News produced by Record with informations of a Meteorite fall in the city of Varre-Sai, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, on June 19th 2010.
Reportagem produzida pela TV Record sobre o Meteorito encontrado no município de Varre-Sai, região Noroeste do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, em 19 de junho de 2010.
Pennsylvania Meteor 24JUN2010 Update
Another fireball caught on York Water Company video camera
York Daily Record
The meteor that flashed across the sky Thursday night was the second one caught by the camera within a year. By Teresa Ann Boeckel A fireball that crossed ...
News 8 Viewers Report Flash Of Light In Sky
WGAL Lancaster
He thinks the light was a fireball, which is a large meteor. A meteor is a piece of rock or grain of sand. If the fireball is big enough, ...
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Reader`s comments:
"Frederick" emailed:
Hi , tho I don't have video of the fire ball , I did witness it all the way from Sea Side N.J. Even from here it lit up the night sky casting shadows . I was lucky enough to witness the entire event. My girlfriend and I watched as it appeared to break up, as it headed from east to west. It was the brightest , longest lasting meteor I have ever seen in my life . It really was amazing. I hope this might help you pin down where it may have landed. [address]
"Terri M." emailed:
Hello. We (Myself, my son and a friend) witnessed this large fireball go over our house in Alexandria Virginia last night around 10 ish. We did not get videos.. at first we thought it was some kind of fire works but it was too big and moved very fast. It seemed to move from east to north west. We checked the local news but no reports. I can't believe more people did not see this.
"Lisa W." emailed:
25 June 2010
Pennslyvania Meteor/ite We Need Videos to Find Rocks!
IF you saw a meteorite actually fall or have found me contact me ASAP! Thanks. Dirk Ross...Tokyo
Pennsylvania Large Meteor/ Fireball Bolide 24JUN2010
Derik Bowers writes:
Some here report seeing fireball in sky
A bright light in the sky over Lancaster County attracted the attention of at least a few people Thursday night. What caused the light was uncertain as of press time. Three people called the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era shortly after 10 p.m. to report seeing the light. About the same time, several people from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Connecticut posted on Twitter that they saw an object, which they described as a "fireball" or "meteor."...
Read more: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/261647#ixzz0rq5zC7eu
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/261647
Meteor during Thursday's Orioles game?
Baltimore Sun (blog)
"Not sure if you have heard yet or not, but at tonight's (June 24) Orioles game around 9:45PM there was an extremely bright meteor (bolide) in the sky that ...
Brazil Meteorite Video and Update 24JUN2010
Reportagem da InterTv sobre o Meteorito de Varre-Sai
posted on YouTube by
Reportagem da InterTv sobre o Meteorito lo calizado no muniicpio de Varre-Sai, na região Noroeste do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
Blog do Clube de Astronomia Louis Cruls - Louis Cruls Astronomy Club Blog
Olá!!! O Sr. Germano encontrou o meteorito no ultimo domingo dia 20 de junho , após ter visto asua queda no dia 19 de juho por volta das 17:30h. É possível que sejam encontrados novos meteoritos em Varre-Sai. Vamos aguardar os novos acontecimentos, podemos ter muitas surpresas. Abaixo o relato encminhado pela prefeitura de Varre-Sai ... [full blog with text and photos of meteorite]... http://calc.zip.net/
Colorado Bright Fireball 23JUN2010 25JUN2010
08:49. The radiant of this event was within my measurement error of the
radiant of the June Lyrid shower, which is suggested by the IMO as a
"possible source", and seems to have been more active in the 1960s. I
obtained an initial velocity of 47 km/s, which is high compared with the IMO
estimate of 31 km/s (I don't know how that speed was obtained).
In any case, this is an interesting fireball that fragmented explosively at
a height of 53 km. I have posted a report at
http://www.cloudbait.com/science/fireball20100623.html
the nice videos from two of my allsky cameras. Tom Ashcraft also caught this
on his allsky camera in New Mexico, over 400 km to the south.
Be sure to view the videos- the terminal explosion is very impressive.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com