Carmichael, California Meteor 19OCT2011

Carmichael, California Meteor  9:14 PM Pacific Time 19OCT2011
In Carmichael, California Just spotted a meteor from east going west at high speeds, going faster than any airplane I have ever seen. Lighting was bright and secluded to one area, no sparks, just a really fast looking star. In my vision for less than 5 seconds before ducking into housing. - Shannon  Thank you Shannon!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19OCT2011

Hunting Orionid meteors
Astronomy Magazine
By Richard Talcott — Published: October 18, 2011 The Orionid meteor shower peaks before dawn October 22. With only a waning crescent Moon interfering, observers with dark skies can expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour. ...


Larry Johnston: Crater inspires awe in the dreary desert
Florida Today
Meteor Crater in Arizona is the site where a meteor is said to have struck about 50000 years ago. / Courtesy of Meteor Crater Enterprises, Inc Driving through the desert on Interstate 40 in Arizona can be boring. The smallest of events provide ...

Geologists Assess Deep Impacts Of Near-Earth Object Strikes redOrbit Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:15 AM PDT Volcanologists from the Universities of Leicester and Durham have forensically reconstructed the impact of a meteorite on Earth and how debris was hurled from the crater to devastate the surrounding region. New research by Mike Branney, of the University of Leicester's Department of Geology, and Richard Brown, University of Durham, shows that some aspects of giant meteorite impacts onto Earth ...

Meteor shower alert: 2011 Orionids are on their way
Los Angeles Times
Sky watchers, mark your calendars: The 2011 Orionid meteor shower is on its way, and scientists say it's expected to peak just before dawn on Oct. 21 and 22, otherwise known as Friday and Saturday of this week. The Orionids occur each October as the ...


All-Sky Camera Captures Mysterious Flashes
Universe Today
“They are not iridium flares because they are stationary,” said James Beauchamp, an amateur astronomer who hosts the meteor camera for Sandia National Labs and New Mexico State University, and who posted this video on You Tube. ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Italy Fireball Meteor ...
Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, ....http://meteore.forumattivo.com/t2114-fireball-20111013_17308-1-ut#8802 ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../italy-fireball-meteor-13...

Ancient Meteorite Blast Resembled Volcanic EruptionOur Amazing Planet By OurAmazingPlanet Staff A billion years ago, a meteorite slammed into the Earth along the coast of what is now Scotland. A forensic investigation by a team of volcanologists has pieced together exactly how the debris from the impact devastated the ...

Collaroy, Australia Fireball Meteor 16OCT2011

Collaroy, Australia Fireball Meteor ~7:40 pm AEST 16OCT2011

At approx. 7:40pm (AEST) on Sydney's Northern Beaches (Collaroy), Australia, I stepped outside just in time to see a speck of light shoot across the sky for about 2-3 seconds. During this time the speck turned much brighter and larger and took on shades of red, orange and yellow. It looked like it turned into a fireball. I've never seen anything like it before. I've only ever seen just a streak of light. It's direction was roughly SE or SSE. Was it something breaking up in the atmosphere? Hopefully someone with more experience saw the same object. Regards, Ben R.  Thank you Ben!


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Billion Tonne Comet May Have Missed Earth By A Few Hundred Kilometres in 1883

Billion Tonne Comet May Have Missed Earth By A Few Hundred Kilometres in 1883
Technology Review
October 17, 2011
A re-analysis of historical observations suggest Earth narrowly avoided
an extinction event just over a hundred years ago...http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27264/

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18OCT2011

Orionid Meteor Shower: The Most Anticipated Show Every Year International Business Times AU By Karen Mae Cordon | October 18, 2011 1:52 PM EST The Orionid meteor shower 2011 will be seen on Friday, the dawn of October 21. So if you want to catch themeteor shower, you can either sleep early to wake up at dawn or not to sleep at all. ...

CSI-style investigation of meteorite hits on Earth 24dash (press release) Meteorite impact ejecta (left) compared with volcanic deposits (right) showing closely similar structures made of dust particles. Top 2 photos show accretionary lapilli in density current deposits, whereas bottom 2 photos show pellets that formed when ...

A Spectacular Double-Shot
A wide field meteor camera at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center recorded this spectacularmeteor breaking up in Earth's atmosphere.
blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/.../posts/post_1317824511381.html


Caltech researchers take the temperature of Mars' past
Astronomy Magazine
By California Institute of Technology, Pasadena — Published: October 17, 2011 The meteoritecalled ALH84001 is sliced to show its interior. Found in the Allan Hills ice field in Antarctica in 1984, the 4-billion-year-old rock is one of the oldest in ...


2011 Orionid meteor shower, from Halley's Comet, peaks October 21
Examiner.com
The 2011 Orionid meteor shower will peak at about 5 pm EDT on Friday October 21. The Orionidmeteor shower usually has a peak rate of about 20-25 meteors per hour. Meteors are best observed between midnight and dawn, so meteor observers can expect to ...

Halley's Comet to Put on Meteor Show Next Week LiveScience.com If you step outside before dawn during the next week or so, you might try to catch a view of some "cosmic litter" that has been left behind in space by Halley's Comet: the Orionid meteor shower. The Orionids can best be described as a junior version of ...

Did a fragmenting comet nearly hit the Earth in 1883? Color me very skeptical
Discover Magazine (blog)
Worse than that, there were no meteor showers reported that day or night. Comets are basically giant snowballs peppered with dust and gravel. Every time they get near the Sun, some of that ice sublimates (turns from a solid into a gas), ...


Meteor shower peaks this weekend, visible now before dawn
KOLD-TV
AP Entertainment News Video By Erin Jordan - bio | email TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - A meteor shower is already visible in the early morning skies and will peak this weekend. The Orionid meteor shower originates near the club of the Orion the Hunter ...

MBIQ Indicates Meteor Event Alberta, Canada 17OCT2011

MBIQ Indicates Meteor Event Alberta, Canada 17OCT2011

Lethbridge, Alberta arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for blue shooting star at 430am on October 17th.
06:33:03 -- 1 minute ago


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Soest, Germany / Holland Fireball Meteor 16OCT2011

Germany Allsky Capture 16OCT2011
(c) Olaf Gabel
http://www.chief-impactor.de/
some more info on the cam:
http://www.chief-impactor.de/meteorcam/index.html

just cut the video (xvid)
http://www.chief-impactor.de/meteorcam/soest.avi

Soest, Germany Fireball Meteor 2300 hrs 16OCT2011
a fireball the size of a grapefruit , melon flew past our car approximately 300 meters away and an approx hight of 10 meters it was very fast and very very bright. We didnt see it hit the ground because some trees got in the way. Soest NRW Germany, Niederbergheimer strasse at approx 11 O`clock.  -Hanna R.  Thank you Hanna!

Soest Meteor Sighting Location and German Allsky Capture Location 16OCT2011
(c) LunarMeteorite*Hunter 2011 / Google Earth

Two Dutch Allsky Cameras ALSO capture event!
Dear sitemaster,
I saw the following information on you website:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/10/soest-germany-fireball-meteor-16oct2011.html
This fireball was also photographed from Borne (the Netherlands) by my
all-sky station EN94 and also from Benningbroek (the Netherlands) by the
all-sky station EN95 of Jos Nijland.
My image is published on my website: http://results.all-sky.nl/ 
Direct link to the images is:
http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt27/All-Sky/2011/20111016-01.jpg

Beside this image I also made a simultaneous calculation of this event this
afternoon that is also published on my website:
www.all-sky.nl Direct link is: http://simultaneous.all-sky.nl/

And last but not least the event was also caught on video by Martin Breukers
from Hengelo (The Netherlands). See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbJAXEDpwk
Best regards, Peter van Leuteren www.all-sky.nl
Thank you Peter!


UPDATE:
Hi Dirk,
Turns out this fireball was actually over the northern Netherlands.
With an end-height of 34 km it is a borderline case for a dropper.
below calculations are by Peter van Leuteren based on the all-sky images from
Borne and Benningbroek (both in the Netherlands), see
http://simultaneous.all-sky.nl/
- Marco  Thank you Marco!


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Emporia, VA, USA Large Yellow Meteor 17OCT2011

Emporia, VA, USA Large Yellow Meteor 0030 ESDT 17 October 2011
12:30 AM ESDT Approximately 20 miles East of Emporia VA USA near Capron.
Meteor was South of my location moving approximately West to East, about
20 to 25 degrees above Southern horizon..
Large yellow fireball with green around edge. Length of view,
approximately 5-10 seconds. Do you have any other data on this event? Regards, David Jones

Thank you David!


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Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada Bright Meteor 16OCT2011

Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada Meteor 11:40 pm Atlantic time 16OCT2011
We sighted a meteor on October 16, 2011 at 11:40pm Atlantic time. We live in Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada.  It was a bright meteor with a big orange/white streak of fire behind it, lasting approx 3-4 seconds travelling NW.  Hope this helps!  -Katie Nephew & Jonathan Hobson

Thank you Katie and Jonathan!

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Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 16OCT2011

Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 8:45 pm 16OCT2011

Hello Im from Beirut Lebanon in the middle East, I was beside my house in a mountain area called ajaltoun, keserwane its like 15 20 minutes from down town and we saw a huge orange light moving faster than a plane. It looked like a fire ball moving fast. It was heading east, we watched it until suddenly the fire died but could still see like a huge rock moving with some flames. It was the first time we se something like this I will send you the picture as soon as my husband comes home because its on his mobile.
So date was october 16 2011, time was around 8:45 pm local time. The colour was orange and quite bright . Hope this helps, please let us know what this is. thank you, Fadwa  Thank you Fadwa!

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Breaking News- NEO Asteroid 2011 UB Just Discovered to Pass 17OCT2011

Breaking News- NEO Asteroid 2011 UB Just Discovered to Pass 17OCT2011
A newly discovered NEO (Near Earth Object) asteroid has just been posted by NASA, NEO asteroid 2011 UB (LD 5.0), diameter 8.2m-18m.  It is to pass on 17OCT2011 along with NEO asteroid 2009 TM8 (LD 0.9), diameter 5.1m-11m.
1 LD (Lunar Distance) = ~384,000 kilometers.

Please get the word out ASAP for meteor observers and Allsky cameras worldwide and please post a link to this site:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/

Please report meteor sightings to LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com  Thank you! - LM*H, Tokyo

(2011 UB)

2011-Oct-17

0.0129

5.0

8.2 m - 18 m

27.5

6.35

(2009 TM8)

2011-Oct-17

0.0023

0.9

5.1 m - 11 m

28.6

8.18

Source and for latest information: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/


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Vancouver, Washington, USA Meteor 16OCT2011

Vancouver, Washington, USA Meteor ~10:40 pm 16OCT2011
Stepped out of my house in Vancouver, Washington, USA and saw a meteor shooting across the sky. It was streaking, flaring up as it broke apart and burned up. it was the brightess meteor I have ever seen. This occured at approx 10:40pm. My house faces west, the meteor was travelling from WSW towards NNW. The duration l was approx 3-4 seconds. It was a redish streak that flared white as it burned up. No sounds that I heard at the time. Hope this helps. Markus Donaldson  Thank you Markus!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17OCT2011

Halley's Comet to Put on Meteor Show Next Week - Yahoo! News
Read 'Halley's Comet to Put on Meteor Show Next Week' on Yahoo! News. If you step outside before dawn during the next week or so, you might try to catch a ...
news.yahoo.com/halleys-comet-put-meteor-show-next-week-2...

Was 'first photographed UFO' a comet that nearly hit the earth in 1883? Daily Mail If the photograph did show a comet in such close proximity to the Earth, it should have resulted in a meteor shower. Bonilla's photograph was taken just before the annual Perseid meteor shower (pictured) - but 1883's shower was no brighter than usual ...

British photographer bags shot of a meteor tearing through an ...
Antony Spencer, from Gillingham, Dorset, struck gold while in Kiruna, Sweden in the early hours of yesterday when he captured this stunning rare image.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../British-photographer-bags-shot-meteo...

Haverfordwest, South Wales UK Meteor Fireball 15OCT2011

Haverfordwest, South Wales UK large greenish ball of light 19.25pm 15OCT2011
I would like to inform you of a large greenish ball of light that we saw fall towards earth last night 15th October 2011 in Haverfordwest - South Wales UK at 19.25pm.
We then saw another much smaller one at approx 20.00.
I hope this may be of some use to you and hope you might be able to let me know what you think it was. Many thanks. -Sharon Craddock  Thank you Sharon!  Most likely you saw a green fireball.

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Hodmezovasarhely, South-East Hungary Meteors 6SEP2011 17OCT2011

Hodmezovasarhely, South-East Hungary

2011. szeptember 6.  ---  22:41:09 UT  (helyi idő szerint 00:41:09)

Cosmic Traffic Close Call?
(c) 2011 Antal Igaz

I've just found a nice crossing meteor image on my camera located in Hodmezovasarhely, South-East Hungary.

The 0.8 Sporadic moves slowly and the -2.4 bright one from the left side just missed it :)

Link: http://videometeor.hu/

Best Regards,

Antal

Albany, Auckland, New Zealand Meteor Green-Blue Meteor 16OCT2011

Albany, Auckland, New Zealand Meteor 11:04pm NZ time 16OCT2011

Greeny-blue coloured (similar to green LED traffic light) object, travelling approx North West. Approx 2 seconds duration, with a long tail (perhaps 2 inches long if held at arm’s length). Bright enough to be seen through very light cloud cover. Object appeared to split into two or more parts before vanishing. -David Thank you David!

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MBIQ Indicates Memphis, Tennessee Meteor 16OCT2011

MBIQ Indicates Memphis, Tennessee Meteor 16OCT2011


Memphis, Tennessee arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for i just saw a huge fireball memphis october2011.
16:00:45 -- 1 hour 2 mins ago
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MBIQ Indicates Meteor Event Over Saudi Arabia 15OCT2011

Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Bright Orange Fireball October 15, around 5:30-6pm.
Hi, I live in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. I saw a fireball that was very bright, and orange color. it has a tale like comet. that was my first time seeing such a thing. I wanted to know what it was and I found nothing from internet. please let me know if you have any information. Thank you. -Ummumeryem Thank you Ummumeryem!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16OCT2011

Council flick switch on Goytre schoolgirl's star-gazing
South Wales Argus
A TEENAGE star gazer from Goytre convinced Monmouthshire Council to turn off street lighting - so she could witness a major meteor shower. Amy Jones, 15, a pupil at King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny, asked the local authority to turn off the bright ...

Thanks to Haley's Comet, Orionid Meteor Showers 2011 Coming Next Week Amid ... International Business Times By IBTimes Staff Reporter | October 15, 2011 12:48 PM EDT Haley's Comet will yield a nice spectacle next week -- the Orionid meteor showers 2011. And this year the viewing should be spectacular amid a slender moon. To view it, you'll have to get up and ...

The Temperature of Early Mars Astrobiology Magazine (press release) By analyzing carbonate minerals in a four-billion-year-old meteorite that originated near the surface of Mars, the scientists determined that the minerals formed at about 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees Fahrenheit). “The thing that's really cool is that ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15OCT2011

Halley's Comet meteor show due next week msnbc.com A 2010 Orionid meteor, seen over Western Ontario, Canada. A waxing gibbous moon shines brightly at the left side of the image. By Joe Rao If you step outside before dawn during the next week or so, you might try to catch a view of some "cosmic litter" ...

Was the “First Photographed UFO” a Comet? Universe Today One oddity is that one would likely expect such a close breakup to result in a meteorstorm. The timing of these events is just before the annual Perseid meteor shower, but reports for that year, such as this one, do not depict it as being exceptional, ...