Meteor/Meteorite News 24JAN2011

Crater lecture, tours planned
Wetumpka Herald
University of New Orleans geology professor Dr. Mark A. Kulp explains to his students how a prehistoric meteor impact created Wetumpka's unique geography. ...


Meteorites take center stage at Bluedorn Science Imaginarium
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Special guest Michael Sibbernsen, a former Grout employee, taught children all about meteorites. Sibbernsen is an outreach coordinator with the NASA ...


Alberta/Montana meteor indicated 23JAN2011
Internet Queries for meteor 23JAN2011::
(Timestamp given in Tokyo Local Time)

Great Falls, Montana arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor missoula january 23 1011.
11:30:00 -- 29 minutes ago


Red Deer, Alberta arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor central alberta jan 23 2011.
10:38:58 -- 1 hour 20 mins ago


Monterey, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Meteor Reported in Brasil 22JAN2011 23JAN2011" by searching for meteor 23th january 2011.


Newport Beach, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for orange light in western sky january 23, 2011 2010 HRs.


Reader of Meteor/Meteorite News writes:
Leon County, TX 22JAN2011 glowing ball falling westward
Guest933 (guest): 1-22-2011 at approx.23:45 saw glowing ball with purple trail falling westward of IH45 in Leon County Tx

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possible meteor seen in Quebec and New York 22JAN2011 at 23:00

Incoming Site Query indicates a possible meteor seen in Quebec 22JAN2011 at 23:00:

Rimouski, Quebec arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for fireball in the sky 22 jan 2011 23 hrs eastern canada.

13:41:01 -- 1 minute ago

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Possibly same event seen in New York, USA.

"Saw very bright light in sky. Maybe meteor plunging esrthwards nnw at 11.02 pm while driving on I87 north of exit 16. It lasted 2-3 secs. We both saw it. Jenny and Charles in New York"

British Columbia Canada NOT a Meteor 22JAN2011

Anonymous wrote...
"Ladysmith and Duncan, B.C. Jan 22,2010
Saw fireballs in sky, orange and bright for 2 minutes....way cool. Appx 7:03 pst"

NOT A METEOR!
"timescolonist.com (has now) reported a buffalo aircraft dropped 6 flares over an injured paraglider near Mt prevost"
Link to Story:
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Paraglider+injured+Duncan+area+crash/4151392/story.html


Thank you ALL that came to this website and for all of the help finding the whole story!!!


Jan 23 2011, 2:55 PM
Guest881 (guest):Multiple fireballs,each coming from the same direction -30secs apart - 2 or 3 minutes in the sky.Trail of smoke.Extremely bright.Duncan, BC approx 7:00pm

Jan 23 2011, 3:11 PM
Guest692 (guest):Saw multiple fireballs over Duncan,BC Extremely bright with smoke trail. Each one was visible in sky for maybe 3 minutes. Anybody know what they could be?

Jan 23 2011, 3:15 PM
Guest666 (guest):Tonight there was a very bright orange light that appeared to have a smoke trail behind it in Duncan,BC. We watched it for a couple of minutes then it disappeared behind some trees, very bright tho! any ideas?? My husband thinks it was moving to slow to be a meteorite.Got a picture on my phone, but doesnt show just how bright it really was

Jan 23 2011, 3:19 PM
Guest841 (guest):Over Duncan BC Saw single flares,smoke trails and over multiple times being released by a plane as they burnt out a new one was launched at least 4 or 5 times near Mt Prevost

Jan 23 2011, 3:24 PM
Guest692 (guest):Times Colonist reporting it to be flares released from a plane to aid in the search of a injured paraglider

Jan 23 2011, 3:28 PM
Guest666 (guest): oh ok. That makes more sense than a meteor.Thank you

Jan 23 2011, 3:29 PM
Guest666 (guest): we did hear a plane but why didn't we see the lights that are on planes??

Jan 23 2011, 3:35 PM
Guest841 (guest): The flares were way brighter than the plane lights and here is the link to the TC story :describing the rescue of a paraglider at 8PM The Times colonist story says six flares were dropped in all

Jan 23 2011, 3:38 PM
Guest666 (guest): can you try and send the link again. I tried looking at the times colonist websight but havent been able to find it. Thank you

Jan 23 2011, 3:39 PM
Guest841 (guest):Here is the Times Colonist website story from 1 hr ago :timescolonist.com reported a buffalo aircraft dropped 6 flares over an injured paraglider near Mt prevost

Jan 23 2011, 3:41 PM
Guest666 (guest):thank you for your help

Jan 23 2011, 3:42 PM
Guest841 (guest): It was really cool to see with the smoke trails and extremely bright as it lit up the night sky

Jan 23 2011, 3:45 PM
Guest666 (guest): yes it was very cool. Very odd tho as I've never seen anything like that before

Jan 23 2011, 3:46 PM
Guest666 (guest): i was amazed with how bright it was. I'm very glad it was't an airplane on fire like I was thinking


LunarMeteorite*Hunter Note:  A duration of 2 minutes is a bit odd.  Multiple fireballs or a single one?
Indications are that it was NOT a meteor but not enough information at this time.


Incoming Internet Queries Suggest a Possible Meteor was seen in Duncan, B.C. ~7:03 PST 22JAN2011:

Victoria, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Meteor Reported in Brasil 22JAN2011 23JAN2011" by searching for meteor jan 22 2011.

Port Alberni, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for january 22 2011 bright light in sky?.
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Victoria, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for news sighting in the sky, cobble hill vancouver island.
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North Saanich, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Wisconsin Iowa Large Meteor Fireball - Bolide 14APR2010" by searching for 4 large meteors heading for Canada.
12:57:30 -- 1 minute ago

Morden, Manitoba arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for lights in the sky vancouver island january 22.
13:07:58 -- 32 seconds ago

Duncan, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for duncan bc light sky january 22, 2011.

Nanaimo, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for orange light sky duncan british columbia 2011.


Duncan, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for strange light in sky duncan bc.
13:20:01 -- 25 seconds ago


Duncan, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for what are the bright lights over duncan january 22 2011.
13:19:42 -- 1 minute ago


Sidney, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for bright light in sky tonight crofton bc.
13:25:39 -- 3 minutes ago

Duncan, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for lights in the sky in duncan.
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Duncan, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "elp allsky" by searching for streaming ball of flames in sky tonight.

Victoria, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for flashes light b.c. 2011.

13:40:08 -- 2 minutes ago

Duncan, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for what were those fire balls in the sky over duncan, bc.

13:39:16 -- 3 minutes ago


Nanaimo, British Columbia arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: British Columbia Canada Meteor 22JAN2011 Breaking News" by searching for bright "orange light" "vancouver island" "january 22" 2011.
13:57:23 -- 19 seconds ago

Meteor/Meteorite News 23JAN2011

WA meteorite excites scientists
thewest.com.au Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:36 PM PST
A unique meteorite that smashed into the West Australian outback last year is exciting the scientific world. ...

'Fireball' soars across Penarth
Penarth Times
No: it was a fireball over Penarth - according to one town resident anyway. Translator Elisabeth Griffin was left with hot flushes recently after seeing ...

The Mysteries of the Pleistocene Salem-News.Com ... the changes wrought by Ice Ages, the massive Missoula Floods that scoured Oregon and Washington, how a meteor impact changed evolutionary history, ... (bigfoot)

Meteor Reported in Brasil 22JAN2011 23JAN2011

São Paulo, Brasil Meteor 5:52 am (Local Time) 22JAN2011 

Jan 22 2011, 7:44 PM

GabrielG wrote

Hello,I'm a meteorite collector from Brazil and I'd like to report a fireball that I saw today (22/01/11) at 5:52 a.m. (local time)from São Paulo city.I was preparing a camera to take some pictures from the moon when I saw in the west horizon a green (!) fireball. I think that the magnitude reached -6 or -7, and when I realised it, I think that I saw it during at least 2 seconds. Due to the morning light, I couldn't see the constelations it crossed, but I think it started 25º over de west horizon,crossed around 15º almost perpendicular the horizon and faded between Sirius and Procyon.  I hope that, if it produced a meteorite, it haven't fallen in the sea.  coorection: I see it in the west (not east)horizon, so there isn't any possibility that some possible meteorite had fallen in the sea.

Gabriel Gonçalves Silva.

Thank you Gabriel!  Please fill out the official AMS meteor report.  Best Always, Dirk Ross

Alabama, Georgia, Florida Green Fireball Meteor Detected 21JAN2011 22JAN2011

Meteor/Meteorite Internet Queries 21JAN2011 indicate Alabama /Georgia / Mississippi /Florida / Tennessee / Louisiana Green Fireball Meteor ~7:00 pm CST:

Pell City, Alabama arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for big shooting star sighted jan 21 2011.

12:26:03 -- 1 minute ago

Newton, Alabama arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for January 21, 2011 meteor sightings.

11:24:28 -- 1 hour 6 mins ago

Freeport, Florida arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Meteor/Meteorite News 21JAN2011" by searching for metor on 01/21/11.

11:45:41 -- 46 minutes ago

Ellijay, Georgia arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Readers of Meteor/Meteorite News 11JAN2011 13JAN2011" by searching for meteor north alabama january 2011.

12:00:33 -- 32 minutes ago

Knoxville, Tennessee arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor siting knoxville tn jan 21, 2011.

Search Queries on ELP AllSky: Also includes Mississippi and Louisiana

Ridgeland, Mississippi arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for saw something in the sky in Mississippi on January 21, 2011.
14:12:36 -- 26 minutes ago

Thomson, Georgia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for falling meteor seen in montgomery, al 1/21/2011.
14:01:19 -- 38 minutes ago

Metairie, Louisiana arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Friday, January 21, 2011" by searching for meteor "JANUARY 21, 2011".
13:02:21 -- 1 hour 37 mins ago

Cleveland, Georgia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for green fireball meteor.
12:58:18 -- 1 hour 41 mins ago

Cantonment, Florida arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Friday, January 21, 2011" by searching for Meteor Friday January 21.
12:11:08 -- 2 hours 29 mins ago

Montgomery, Alabama arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for meteor, montgomery al, january 21.
10:33:00 -- 4 hours 7 mins ago

Houma, Louisiana arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Friday, January 21, 2011" by searching for meteorite 1/21/2011.
07:27:51 -- 7 hours 13 mins ago

Letters from Readers of Meteor/Meteorite News

Pensacola Green Fireball 21JAN2011 ~7:00 pm EST

Dear Sir,

I know in the last few days you have seen several large green fireballs, but none have been reported for Florida, near Pensacola.  I wanted to let you know that today, 21JAN2011, shortly before 7:00 pm CST I saw a very large green fireball cross the sky.  I was driving home when I spotted the fireball.  I am sorry I'm not able to give you the precise time, but I hope that helps with some of your tracking.  Have a lovely evening.

-Misty  (contact info on file)

Rodney Prandich wrote: saw a big comet/meteor 21JAN2011 at 7:02 pm Defuniak Springs, Florida on. it went over the entire sky line it was awsome

Guest961 (guest) wrote: We were driving home tonight about 7pm central time in Ocean Springs, MS and saw a giant "shooting star" like we've never seen before. It was quite large and had a long smokey like tail behind it - it was falling north to south towards the Mississippi Sound. It was quite amazing.My husband thought it was a missile. I'm pretty confident it was a meteor or fireball of some sort.

Meteor/Meteorite News 21JAN2011

Around Your Town: 01/21/11
The Sierra Vista Herald Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:15 AM PST
Huachuca Astronomy Club will meet at 7 p.m. today in Room 704 of Cochise College`s Sierra Vista campus. The speaker will be Dr. Jack Schrader, born in Douglas and a resident of Sierra Vista since 1957. He recently discovered a meteorite that impacted near the Whetstone Mountains. The meeting is open to the public and free. ...

Upcoming NEO Asteroids Close Encounters with Earth JAN2011

UPDATE
Next one to watch on JAN 26, 2011

(2011 AL37)

2011-Jan-26

AU 0.0057

LD 2.2

41 m - 92 m

24.1

14.52

Expect some Green Fireballs just prior to, during, and just after 26JAN2011. Get outside to watch if possible and have your cameras ready. Get the word out by posting a link to this site on Facebook, Twitter and others forums; thank you!
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
- LunarMeteorite*Hunter  Meteor/Meteorite News


Upcoming NEO Earth Close Encounters -JAN2011
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object Name	Close Approach Date	Miss Distance (AU)	Miss Distance (LD)	Estimated Diameter*	H (mag)	Relative Velocity (km/s)
(2010 XB24)	2011-Jan-22	0.1643	63.9	110 m - 250 m	21.9	8.58
(2002 BN)	2011-Jan-22	0.1899	73.9	220 m - 490 m	20.4	17.30
(2003 YO3)	2011-Jan-26	0.1628	63.3	490 m - 1.1 km	18.7	16.61
(2011 AL37)	2011-Jan-26	0.0057	2.2	41 m - 92 m	24.1	14.52
(2001 CQ36)	2011-Jan-31	0.1255	48.8	77 m - 170 m	22.7	8.75
(1999 CG9)	2011-Jan-31	0.0948	36.9	24 m - 53 m	25.2	4.45

(c)NASA/JPL/CalTech 2011


For more information: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

Meteor/Meteorite News 21JAN2011

Two Major Fireballs Over North America on January 19

by Robert Lunsford, AMS

The American Meteor Society has received 39 reports of seven separate fireball events over North America on January 19th. Two of these were widely seen events. Both of these events occurred near 21:00 EST. The first occurred over the northern Midwest and southern Canada. There is some wide scattered timing of this event and the possibility exists that this may be more than one fireball. The second occurred over the southeastern states and was seen from Florida north to North Carolina. There is good agreement for the timing plus it seems to been a bit brighter with a majority of those reporting that the peak brightness exceeded that of the full moon.
For more details please visit the AMS website at: 
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2011-01-19&end_date=2011-01-19&state=&event_id=&submit=Find+Reports
Refer to reports 83 and 86.
Clear Skies!
Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society 

Meteorite just some space dust Daily Herald Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:13 AM PST A small meteor shower was spotted over Illinois and Indiana that astronomers said was "space dust" entering the atmoshere and burned up before hitting the ground.

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The Morning Sun
The consensus is that it was a meteor. David Batch, director of the Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University did not see the green light in the sky ...


NASA lunar rocks land at Staten Island's Greenbelt Nature Center
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“It's nice to bring people in from the cold to see these rocks — it's not every day you get to see a meteorite or a lunar rock,” said Jessica R. Kratz, ...


Life came from outer space, says NASA
The Australian
RAW ingredients carried to Earth by meteorites may have been the seed of life on our planet, according to evidence revealed yesterday by NASA. ...


Meteor Sighted in Indiana, Chicago
KARK
Adler's Chris Lintott says the shooting star was most likely a small meteor and probably didn't hit the ground. Earlier this month, a meteor some described ...

Did a meteorite crash near Festival City last night? Emirates 24/7 Motorists on Al Badia Road were this morning shocked to see a metre-long crater, right in the centre of the fast lane leading to Dubai Festival City. ... Tuesday's Meteor was a "Big Rock" | KATC.com | Acadiana-Lafayette ... Tuesday night's meteor that lit up the skies across Acadiana and much of the Southeast was indeed a big rock. It was approximately a meter in diameter and ... Meteor prompts sighting reports Chicago Tribune The shooting star, which was a meteor probably about the size of 10 grains of salt, likely won't hit the ground and won't become a meteorite, he said. ... Did meteorites preordain left-loving life? Nature.com (blog) The radioactive heating of water-rich meteorites may be the answer to one of the most puzzling questions about the origins of life on Earth, ... More Asteroids Could Have Made Life's Ingredients Universe Today Meteorite impacts could have supplied this material, enriched in left-handed molecules, to Earth. The bias toward left-handedness would have been ... Green/Blue streak in the sky spotted all over east coast including Upstate ... News Channel 7 Chief Meteorologist Christy Henderson checked in with the national weather service and said the only logical explanation is a meteor. ...

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Cairo, Al Qahirah arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for Green light in the sky.

09:03:20 TYO  EGYPT21JAN2011 02:03AM -- 14 minutes ago