Meteor/Meteorite News 3FEB2011

India Meteor? 26JAN2011

UFO mystery in Kolkata air

Deccan Herald - 19 hours ago

“It could be a shooting star or part of a meteor or a metal that had a sudden entry into the earth's atmosphere as a result of which it turned into a ...

February 2nd: Meteor Detection by Radar for the Amateur Observer
By kortney.hogan
Using simple receiving equipment and a distant TV or radio transmitter, radar echoes can be received that will allow meteors to be observed throughout the day , including meteor showers that only ever occur during daylight. ...
365 Days of Astronomy - http://365daysofastronomy.org/


USM Southworth Planetarium · [DA February 2, 2011] Cross Walks
By Edward Gleason
Just now, I saw a meteor: a meteoroid's fleeting glory. Once there, now gone. It spent billions of years out there: part of a comet that was before a fragment of the solar system's periphery. Before that, ...
USM Southworth Planetarium - http://blogs.usm.maine.edu/planetarium/


Top 5 Books You Do Not Want to Miss at the Library This Week
Patch
Cathryn J. Prince, A Professor, a President and a Meteor: The Birth of American Science (2010) In the early 1800s, science still took a backseat to ...


The Sky is Falling ... More Than We Thought
Science Now
Sometime in the past 5000 years, a small iron meteorite slammed into the southwest corner of Egypt, punching a 45-meter-wide crater into the rock and sand. ...


Meteor Sighting Reported Over Cambridge
WCVB-TV
A Somerville photographer captured a photo of what he believes was a meteor streaking across the sky over Harvard Square Saturday night, our news partner ...

American Meteor Society - Search a Fireball Report

13 hours ago - American Meteor Society · Go back to AMS Homepage · Report a Fireball · Search a Report · Go back to AMS Homepage. Search a Fireball Report. Date Range ...
www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php

Century-old Natural History Museum meteorite gives a glimpse of ...

Culture24 - 30 minutes ago

By Culture24 Staff | 02 February 2011 Scientists have used a 100-year-old Egyptian meteorite at the Natural History Museum to discover the presence of water ...

The Importance of Studying Meteorite Components 1 min Learn about the importance of studying extraterrestrial molecules andmeteorite components. articlesbase.com

Wyoming meteorite found after 10 years of hunting 2FEB2011

Hyattsville, Wyoming meteorite found after 10 years of hunting 

Billings resident finds Wyoming meteorite after 10-year hunt
by Mary Pickett, Billings Gazette, January 30, 2011
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_0bdafc30-b577-5064-9f52-8a6ab19edbe2.html


Jon Todd holds Hyattville meteorite found in Wyoming 
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_0bdafc30-b577-5064-9f52-8a6ab19edbe2.html?mode=image

Magnets attract many meteorites
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_0bdafc30-b577-5064-9f52-8a6ab19edbe2.html?mode=image&photo=2

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/billingsgazette.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/2/7e/7c7/27e7c704-0278-5013-a318-6bdcf25e6002-revisions/4d436b59601d6.image.jpg

Hyattville meteorite found in Wyoming
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_0bdafc30-b577-5064-9f52-8a6ab19edbe2.html?mode=image&photo=3

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/billingsgazette.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/5/a2/40b/5a240bc7-30da-591c-b017-9dbae619d471-revisions/4d436b5b2e8cb.image.jpg

posted by Paul H.
http://theepistlesofpaul.blogspot.com/

NEOs CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH FEB 2011 2FEB2011

NEOs CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
FEB 2011(subject to updating) 
33(38) scheduled approaches for FEB2011
13 (18) Discovered JUST in 2011 as of 4FEB2011
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers


*one previously undiscovered 
nearly misses Earth 

(2011 CQ1)

2011-Feb-04

0.0001

0.03

0.99 m - 2.2 m

32.1

9.69

NEWLY found :

(2011 CZ3)

2011-Feb-09

0.0062

2.4

13 m - 28 m

26.6

13.56

(2011 CA7)

2011-Feb-09

0.0007

0.3

2.3 m - 5.1 m

30.4

9.64

(2011 BQ50)

2011-Feb-23

0.0296

11.5

6.4 m - 14 m

28.1

2.40

Object Name	Close Approach Date	Miss Distance (AU)	Miss Distance (LD)	Estimated Diameter*	H (mag)	Relative Velocity (km/s)
(2011 BG10)	2011-Feb-01	0.0273	10.6	14 m - 32 m	26.3	10.87
(2011 BA19)	2011-Feb-01	0.0392	15.3	18 m - 41 m	25.8	14.77
(2008 CM20)	2011-Feb-02	0.1325	51.6	150 m - 330 m	21.3	11.30
(1998 HE3)	2011-Feb-03	0.0973	37.9	120 m - 270 m	21.7	15.17
(2006 SU217)	2011-Feb-03	0.0851	33.1	22 m - 49 m	25.4	3.37
(2011 BE24)	2011-Feb-03	0.0239	9.3	22 m - 48 m	25.5	8.57
(2011 BF24)	2011-Feb-04	0.0312	12.2	16 m - 35 m	26.2	10.22
260277 (2004 TR12)	2011-Feb-04	0.1582	61.6	570 m - 1.3 km	18.3	13.30
153201 (2000 WO107)	2011-Feb-04	0.1462	56.9	390 m - 880 m	19.2	28.19
(2011 BH39)	2011-Feb-06	0.0324	12.6	22 m - 50 m	25.4	14.02
(2004 RD252)	2011-Feb-06	0.1195	46.5	430 m - 960 m	18.9	12.72
(2011 AL24)	2011-Feb-07	0.1662	64.7	93 m - 210 m	22.3	5.11
(2011 BF40)	2011-Feb-09	0.0476	18.5	31 m - 69 m	24.7	19.39
(2011 BV11)	2011-Feb-10	0.0788	30.7	55 m - 120 m	23.4	17.12
(2011 BA)	2011-Feb-10	0.1998	77.8	270 m - 600 m	20.0	18.01
(2011 BV10)	2011-Feb-11	0.0411	16.0	33 m - 74 m	24.5	9.00
(2008 CQ116)	2011-Feb-11	0.0861	33.5	50 m - 110 m	23.6	13.43
(2011 BZ18)	2011-Feb-12	0.1140	44.4	120 m - 270 m	21.7	15.66
(2011 AM16)	2011-Feb-12	0.1940	75.5	93 m - 210 m	22.3	13.13
(2010 CK19)	2011-Feb-13	0.1199	46.6	7.0 m - 16 m	27.9	8.59
(2000 EF104)	2011-Feb-14	0.1834	71.4	450 m - 1.0 km	18.8	13.23
(2009 QH6)	2011-Feb-16	0.0411	16.0	77 m - 170 m	22.7	9.83
(2008 AH33)	2011-Feb-17	0.1223	47.6	370 m - 820 m	19.3	22.96
(2008 BP16)	2011-Feb-17	0.1097	42.7	120 m - 280 m	21.7	21.31
(2010 CN19)	2011-Feb-18	0.1869	72.7	15 m - 33 m	26.3	16.41
253841 (2003 YG118)	2011-Feb-20	0.1739	67.7	1.1 km - 2.4 km	17.0	20.83
(2003 FC5)	2011-Feb-22	0.1440	56.0	600 m - 1.3 km	18.2	11.83
(2007 MR)	2011-Feb-23	0.1826	71.1	110 m - 250 m	21.9	5.99
(2011 AG5)	2011-Feb-26	0.0957	37.2	110 m - 240 m	22.0	7.52
(2004 EK1)	2011-Feb-26	0.0555	21.6	110 m - 250 m	21.9	7.45
(2006 KV89)	2011-Feb-27	0.1639	63.8	150 m - 350 m	21.2	6.67
(2009 PQ1)	2011-Feb-27	0.1205	46.9	83 m - 190 m	22.5	17.40
(2009 FY4)	2011-Feb-28	0.0659	25.7	160 m - 370 m	21.0	15.17

(c) NASA/JPL/CalTech 2011 website for more information: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

CA and TX Meteors Reported 1FEB2011 Meteor/Meteorite News 2FEB2011

Report of California Meteor 5:45am PST 1FEB2011
Feb 2 2011, 3:53 AM

Robert Canales wrote:

Feb 1, 2011 5:45am Highland Ca. whitish.very bright like molten metal.Started from overhead going east.Broke in two before vanishing. Possilbe fireball?
Sounds like one; thank you for your report!

Houston, Texas Meteor Reported 1FEB2011
Feb 2 2011, 1:48 PM

Guest (guest):

Houston clear skies feb 1 2011 between 8:30 --9:30pm green fluorescent lights up sky near memorial 610 loop saw 3x third was brightest never seen color before used to lightning but this even

Macedonia Meteor 1FEB2011? Reported:
Anonymous wrote: 
I live in Macedonia and I'm not sure what exactly I saw but it moved quite slow and had a very long fire tail. My daughter spotted it first and shouted "mom a shooting star". It was about 3pm and light outside. We spotted it 1 February. What could it have been? Not sure what you saw. Do you have airplanes in that area?  If I get any reports from others about meteors I will post. Thank you for you help! Please fill out an official AMS meteor report form: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/form2.php

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Gnomes of 10 Meteor/Meteorite News 1FEB2011

Black Hat Gnomes Take a Break for 10

Posted on YouTube by EamesOffice | 2010年08月26日   379,646 views
How different does the universe look on small, medium, and large scales? The most famous short science film of its generation gives breathtaking comparisons. ...
Astronomy Picture of the Day 1FEB2011 
Please visit the APOD site for a full desption:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html