The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 8DEC2011

This Week in Flagstaff History
Arizona Daily Sun
Wednesday night at about 10 pm, a meteor passed over about 20 miles west of Ash Fork. It was estimated to be about 20 feet in diameter and provided a beautiful illumination in the sky. There are said to be many people seeking where it landed hoping to ...


Cameras Catch Fireball Over Japan from 3 Angles - Dec. 4, 2011
YouTube
Same fireball as in previous post, with additional footage from 2 other cameras (3 total) included. As they were just added in the fireball forum :) I personally think it was a meteor or space junk burning up in the atmosphere, FYI. meeworw source: ...


The Geminid Meteor Shower Rounds Off 2011 | meteorwatch.org
This week sees the last of the big scheduled astronomical events of the year in the form of the Geminid meteor shower. Up to 120 meteors per hour could be ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/rview/163283/

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 8DEC2011

Italia / Switzerland / Germany Fireball Meteor 5DEC2011
No variability in color big greenish bright (bright like moon) a large little bit
 fireball .. some small sparkling pieces on "the head" Via Facebook I asked for any ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../italy-switzerland-fireba...


Seeing red, but in a good way
Lismore Northern Star
NORTHERN Rivers residents are in for a treat this weekend with a total
 lunar eclipse set to coincide with a meteor shower in an astronomical 
phenomenon tipped to light up the sky. The lunar eclipse will be visible 
from 11.45pm on Saturday when the ...

Total lunar eclipse is on tap for this Saturday — but only for some Tecca The last total lunar eclipse wasn't visible at all from North America, and  the light from a nearly full moon washed out much of both the Perseid  and Leonid meteor showers. Unfortunately, this Saturday's upcoming  total lunar eclipse will have similar ... Geminid meteor shower 2011 Its the finale of this year's meteor showers: The Geminids will start appearing on  Dec. 7 and should reach peak activity around the 13th and 14th. www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-geminid-meteor-shower.html Space & Antarctica special: Meteorite hunters back on the ice  - Don Pettit back to space Explorersweb Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:38 AM PST That time again: Don Pettit returning to Space. That time again:  2011-12 ANSMET team of meteorite hunters. courtesy ANSMET  Don Pettit (right) with one of two team members (from ESA and  Russia) in Star City getting ready for the Soyuz TMA-03M flight to  the International Space Station.

elp allsky: Kansas Meteor Fireball 06DEC2011
By elp allsky
Kansas Meteor Fireball 06DEC2011. Email From: Mark R.-Pittsburg, KS Bright fireball, which appeared to have struck the ground in SEK or SW Mo, spotted @23:47 cst through southeast window looking east southeast from 604 west Jefferson, ...
elp allsky

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 7DEC2011

Fireballs and Meteorites - SOTT.NET
By Keit
Hordes of incandescent meteors have ripped across U.S. skies this past week. According to alert skywatchers, the nation's capital got in on the stellar action in a big way. The delightful blog Lunar Meteorite Hunters carries two reports of a ...
Fireballs and Meteorites - SOTT.NET


What is the difference between a meteor, a metorite, a comet and ...
They all seem to be different names for the same thing. ... A meteor refers to the visible path of a meteorite. Meteorite's a re any particle that is sand to boulder sized. ...
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid...


elp allsky: Ontario Canada Meteor Fireball 04DEC2011
By elp allsky
Name is Sam, I was travelling northbound on HWY 527 North 8 miles North of city of Thunder Bay, Ontario..i noticed a streaking bluish/greenish fireball lasting 1 or 2 seconds travelling East or Northeast & disappeared in the tree-line..the time ...
elp allsky

Italia / Switzerland / Germany Fireball Meteor 5DEC2011

Italy / Switzerland / Germany Fireball Meteor 5DEC2011


05DEC2011 Bianca Tuebingen, Germany approx. 18:00 GMT+1 approx. 5 sec direction south, travelling from left (east) to right (west), altitude approx 40-50 degrees no sound, red/orange/yellow with sparks coming off about as bright as the moon sparks coming off no comments

05DEC2011 Rudy Argegno, Italy 18:05:00 5 sec E-W white/blue Moon Yes,like an explosion I've seen the meteor and then it's exploded

05Dec2011 Wali near Luterbach, Solothurn, Switzerland 18:06 / UTC +1:00 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit/Central European Summer Time (MESZ/CEST/CEDT) 4-6 sec E-W left to right with long tail. No variability in color big greenish bright (bright like moon) a large little bit fireball.. some small sparkling pieces on "the head" Via Facebook I asked for any other was saw this spectacular light. There was someone who saw the same, 35km away at 18:00. This was my third meteor I saw. First was in summer 2008 and May 2009 in Mauritius. This time i called the university for pictures and for confirmation if it was a meteor. Hope it helps...

Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? See the Report Button at the top sidebar. Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

Japan Large Bright Fireball Meteor 4DEC2011 Video

Japan Large Bright Fireball Meteor 4DEC2011 Video

Uploaded to YouTube by Sheilaaliens さんが 2011/12/04 2792 views

PART 2 up Now (2 additional camera angles):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfLwAPciB8

Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? See the Report Button at the top sidebar. Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 6DEC2011

Viewing the Geminid meter shower in Pittsburgh
Examiner.com
The Gemind meteor shower will be visible in the local sky. According to the Carnegie Science Center (2010) in Pittsburgh, the Geminid meteor shower “is second only to the Perseid meteorshower” (para. 2). With clear skies, viewers may see 50 or more ...


Suspected Meteor / Ulka Fall in Chand mohalla of Gandhi nagar, In East Delhi.

uploaded on Youtube by RWABhagidari さんが 2011/12/03 20 views

News break by B S Vohra on Delhi AajTak about a suspected Meteor / Ulka Fall in Chand mohalla of Gandhi nagar, In East Delhi. With thanks to Delhi AajTak TV Channel.

The Latest Worlwide Meteor/Meteorite News 5DEC2011

At the bottom of the world, a controversial search for cosmic leftovers
Washington Post
Meteorite hunter Ralph Harvey simply calls it work. For the 35th year, the United States is mounting its annual campaign to gather space rocks from the wind-hammered icefields of Antarctica. “We'll be living two to a tent for six weeks, and everybody's ...

Lunar Eclipse to Be Seen in December ThirdAge A lunar eclipse and meteor shower are expected to occur this month, according to weather-watch bureaus. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) confirmed that total lunar eclipse will take place on...

The Latest Worlwide Meteor/Meteorite News 4DEC2011

Teacher trainees at Palm Beach Atlantic get moon rock certified
Sun-Sentinel
By Scott Travis, Staff writer Students studying to be elementary school teachers at Palm Beach Atlantic University have been trained by NASA to use lunar rocks and meteorite samples in classroom instruction. Astronauts collected the moon rocks during ...


Meteor program to be held at Correctionville
Sioux City Journal
14 for an outdoor program about the Geminids Meteor Shower. There will be a discussion aboutmeteor showers and how they get their names and a viewing of the shower. The group will meet at the school house in the Little Sioux Park, 1746 O'Brien Ave. ...


Lunar eclipse on Dec. 10
Philippine Star
By Helen Flores (The Philippine Star) Updated December 04, 2011 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - A total lunar eclipse and meteor shower will be seen this month, the weather bureau said yesterday. In its monthly astronomical diary, the Philippine ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Tonight while on assignment near Linden I and several folks around me witnessed a bright meteor in the southwestern sky. The object, which was I watched for 2-3 seconds, appeared to traveling from east to west. Greenish is color, I could see ...


elp allsky: Oregon Meteor Fireball 02DEC2011
By elp allsky
Oregon Meteor Fireball 02DEC2011. Email From: James B.-Canby,OR: I saw a very large bright low streaming light pass across the sky about 5:15pm or so from Canby, Oregon 97013. It was headed Westward. Just looked to see if there was ...

La chute d'une météorite en bretagne - France Bolide Video Resurfaces 19JUL2011 3DEC2011

La chute d'une météorite en bretagne - France Bolide 19JUL2011 

Uploaded by cyprienrangi on 2 Dec 2011 18 views

Mardi 20 juillet 2011, une météorite est tombé en Bretagne.

Voici la vidéo prise par un amateur.

NJ / MD Meteors 3DEC2011

NJ / MD Meteors 3DEC2011

03DEC2011 Robert Wright Chester, Kent Island, MD USA 00:53 EST 3 - 5 sec start just below Leo Minor down through Alula Borealis (alt 30 deg) ENE Yellow/Orange no sound large fireball broke-up at about 10 deg Alt, many smaller pieces, then extinguished -1 Magnitude yes - several large and small pieces Very bright, no variability in color, shape was amorphous at break-up point, appearance of a short debris trail.

03DEC2011 Valerie Cesare Piscataway, NJ, USA 1:24 am EASTERN TIME (-5) 3 sec right to left green Really Bright like neon green yes, like tiny particles falling coolest thing I ever saw !!


Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? See the Report Button at the top sidebar. Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 3DEC2011

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: North Carolina, South ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News. Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls & Related News. Make a meteor report. ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

Space Pictures This Week: Cosmic Pinwheel, Mountain Meteor National Geographic A comet-like body gets torn apart by a neutron star in an illustration of what might have caused an unusual gamma-ray burst spotted by NASA's Swift satellite last December 25. It's thought so-called long gamma-ray bursts happen when massive stars ... Super fireball lights up evening sky in N China China Daily Astronomers said it was a super fireball that is rarely seen. Ma Qiang is an amateur astronomer living in Tianjin who witnessed the flying fireball. He said the fireballglittered and flew from northwest to the west around 5:25 pm and disappeared after ... Bright meteor Friday night… Fayetteville Observer (blog) Tonight while on assignment near Linden I and several folks around me witnessed a bright meteor in the southwestern sky. The object, which was I watched for 2-3 seconds, appeared to traveling from east to west. Greenish is color, I could see smaller ... Viewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2011 | American Meteor ... The Geminid meteor shower normally provides the strongest display of meteor activity each year. Unfortunately, this year, like many of the other major annual ... www.amsmeteors.org/.../viewing-the-geminid-meteor-shower-...

Visitor from outer space.. | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
By nobody@flickr.com (etgeek (Eric))
I did not notice this until I view the photos on a larger screen, but during this time exposure shot, I captured a meteor !! (meteor tagged in photo) This photo was shot in near total darkness. Some distant streetlights and a moon in the western sky ...

NEOs Close Approach to Bring Green Fireballs 2DEC2011

NEOs Close Approach to Bring Green Fireballs 2DEC2011
NEOs (Near-Earth Objects) (2000 YA),(2003 XV),(2011 WU74),(2011 WV74) will be making close approaches in December 2011.  Increased Meteor/Fireball activity is projected just prior (2-3 days), on, or just after their passing. If you have a chance to get out in the early early morning you just might see one of these wonders!  Have your cameras ready.  Please get the word out to your friends by facebook, twitter, youtube, and your favorite forums; and please include a link to this site; thank you: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter -Tokyo, Japan

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UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

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) (2011 WR69)  2011-Dec-02 0.0426 16.6 31 m - 70 m 24.6 13.00 (2011 WV74)  2011-Dec-02 0.0058 2.3 8.1 m - 18 m 27.6 18.25 (2011 KG4)  2011-Dec-03 0.0921 35.9 67 m - 150 m 23.0 12.52 (2002 VU114)  2011-Dec-04 0.0598 23.3 72 m - 160 m 22.8 8.63 (2011 WS74)  2011-Dec-04 0.0290 11.3 45 m - 100 m 23.9 11.90 (2011 WU74)  2011-Dec-04 0.0108 4.2 15 m - 32 m 26.3 17.66 (2011 WW95)  2011-Dec-04 0.1902 74.0 62 m - 140 m 23.2 19.10 (2010 TK7)  2011-Dec-05 0.1991 77.5 200 m - 450 m 20.6 14.62 (2011 WR41)  2011-Dec-07 0.1039 40.4 27 m - 61 m 25.0 7.49 (2003 XV)  2011-Dec-07 0.0027 1.1 12 m - 28 m 26.6 11.93 (2011 WP69)  2011-Dec-08 0.1072 41.7 70 m - 160 m 22.9 8.35 170502 (2003 WM7)  2011-Dec-09 0.1224 47.6 1000 m - 2.2 km 17.1 28.54 (2003 SS84)  2011-Dec-09 0.1723 67.0 120 m - 260 m 21.8 10.96 (2011 WU4)  2011-Dec-09 0.0840 32.7 86 m - 190 m 22.4 10.04 190491 (2000 FJ10)  2011-Dec-09 0.1213 47.2 170 m - 390 m 20.9 4.90 (2011 WK5)  2011-Dec-10 0.0820 31.9 54 m - 120 m 23.5 6.31 (2011 WQ46)  2011-Dec-10 0.1156 45.0 41 m - 93 m 24.0 5.82 (2011 WR46)  2011-Dec-11 0.0430 16.7 270 m - 600 m 20.0 33.51 (2009 VO24)  2011-Dec-12 0.1491 58.0 300 m - 680 m 19.7 14.33 (2011 UV158)  2011-Dec-13 0.0980 38.2 110 m - 240 m 22.0 10.20 (2004 BG41)  2011-Dec-14 0.0335 13.0 35 m - 77 m 24.4 8.36 (2011 GD60)  2011-Dec-15 0.1892 73.7 120 m - 270 m 21.7 4.92 137671 (1999 XP35)  2011-Dec-20 0.1991 77.5 600 m - 1.3 km 18.2 11.15 (2008 YQ27)  2011-Dec-20 0.0991 38.6 81 m - 180 m 22.6 12.74 (2011 OV18)  2011-Dec-20 0.0495 19.3 320 m - 710 m 19.6 12.09 (2008 AF3)  2011-Dec-24 0.0915 35.6 14 m - 31 m 26.4 6.01 (2000 YA)  2011-Dec-26 0.0074 2.9 49 m - 110 m 23.7 13.62 (2001 YE4)  2011-Dec-26 0.0668 26.0 210 m - 460 m 20.6 10.79 (2009 WK1)  2011-Dec-26 0.1126 43.8 9.5 m - 21 m 27.2 7.41 (2011 SL102)  2011-Dec-28 0.1949 75.9 630 m - 1.4 km 18.1 6.02 (2003 AK18)  2011-Dec-28 0.0570 22.2 310 m - 700 m 19.6 11.67 (2011 WV95)  2011-Dec-29 0.0537 20.9 42 m - 93 m 24.0 7.53 (2004 XK50)  2011-Dec-29 0.1346 52.4 390 m - 870 m 19.2 26.38 (2000 CH59)  2011-Dec-29 0.1158 45.1 320 m - 710 m 19.6 9.59 (2011 ON24)  2011-Dec-30 0.1858 72.3 68 m - 150 m 23.0 9.36 263976 (2009 KD5)  2011-Dec-31 0.1516 59.0 590 m - 1.3 km 18.3 8.83 (2011 WB39)  2011-Dec-31 0.1630 63.4 58 m - 130 m 23.3 6.70

data subject to update!!
Source: NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

North Carolina, South Carolina Bright Green Fireball 2DEC2011

North Carolina, South Carolina Bright Green Fireball ~6:05 am EST 2DEC2011
Meteor / Fireball Sighting Reports NOV2011-DEC2011
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/

Form Format:
DATE of Event? DATE/MONTH/YEAR (example 11NOV2011) Observer NAME LOCATION (where seen; city/town) TIME 24hr clock/ please include YOUR Time Zone Duration (sec) Start / Stop location in sky -- Direction of travel? Right to Left or Left to Right? Any COLOR(s)/Sound (specify what you saw/heard) Brightness?  Same as the sun?  moon? venus? Fragmented? Comments or other observations?
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02DEC2011 Steve Shonts Charlotte, NC 6:05 Eastern Time Zone 4 Sec. Left To Right Greenish Blue Very Bright Long Tail Like Flume NO Very Large And Bright

02DEC2011 H Clement Sedalia, NC 06:10 EST 4-5 sec Started in Northeast Sky and traveled left to right  bending towards the ground on its way white ball with slight triangular tail yellow/orange Sun no size was much larger than any star, but not as big as the moon.

02DEC2011 Ed Hillsborough, NC 06:10 EST 1 sec left to right white streak with rainbow burst moon no no

02DEC2011 Angela Hearst Irmo, SC 06:20 EST 4 sec going northeast, left to rigt BOLD GREEN very bright (a little less than the son) no I have never seen anything like this before, it almost looked like it could have been a ufo.

02DEC2011 Michael Smith Gilbert, SC 06:00 EST ~5 sec SE to NW Green - no sound, giving into bits of yellow in tail don't know no I've corrected the date of observation of this siting.ever seen. Falling From upper SE to lower NE - appeared to be size of a truck

02DEC2011 Tony Duque Raleigh, NC 06:04 EST 2 sec (long duration) looking due south, travelled straight down, from 70 to 30 degrees above the horizon green tail, narrow, long brighter than Venus no bright green, orange head, wavering tail

02DEC2011 Christine Willoughby Bath, North Carolina 06:05 EST 15 sec Right to left Green , Blue , Red and white moon It appeared to have parts falling off Biggest thing I have ever seen. I actually put my window down to see if i could hear it land


Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? See the Report Button at the top sidebar. Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!