The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24DEC2011

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 24-30, 2011 | International ...
As the week progresses the waxing crescent moon will enter the evening sky but will not interfere with meteor observing as it is thin and will set long before the ...
www.imo.net/node/1405


When is the next meteor shower? | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky
Unless you are still seeing some stray Ursids flying, the next meteor shower is the Quadrantids on the morning of January 4, 2012.
earthsky.org/astronomy.../when-is-the-next-meteor-shower-20...


Waitt Patagonia Meteorite Impact Field Project ...
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A possible meteoric impact site has been recently re-discovered by NGS/Waitt ...
nationalgeographic.com


Ursid Meteor Shower Peaks Thursday Night
KSEE
By KSEE News (Space.com) When sky-watchers think of meteor showers during the month of December, they immediately think of the Geminids, which over the years has evolved into the most prolific and reliable of the dozen or so annual meteor displays that ...


Meteor lights up the sky
Kawartha Media Group
(PETERBOROUGH) Warren Morrison didn't need his telescope Monday night to watch a fierymeteor flash through the sky above him. An amateur astronomer, Mr. M


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Many theories suggest star jelly is deposited on earth during meteor showers, while the gel may have paranormal origins or could even just be the remains of dead frogs. Chris Livingstone, chair-man of the Worcester Astronomical Society, ...
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A Christmas meteor story for Collingwood
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
In a Torstar piece three days later it was said that six cameras from the University of Western Ontario's Southern Ontario Meteor Network recorded a slow-moving fireball, estimated to be no bigger than a basketball, at 6:04 pm It first entered the ...


Was the Star of Bethlehem a Star, Comet ... or Miracle?
Space.com
The audience was then asked: "Was the star seen by the Wise Men an unusual, eye-catching gathering of naked eye planets, or was that fabled 'sign in the sky' a meteor, comet, nova, or something supernatural?" In later years, the tedious running-back of ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Alberta / Saskatchewan ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News. Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls & Related News. Make a meteor report. ...
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Top Astronomy Events in 2012
By Adrian West
2011 was a poor year for meteor showers due to the presence of a largely illuminated Moon on all of the major showers; this prevented all but the brightest meteors being seen. In contrast 2012 brings a welcome respite from the glare of the ...
Universe Today


Japan quake, asteroid flyby, Neanderthal sex top science news in 2011
CBC.ca
The top five science-related stories of each month on CBCNews.ca have been recapped below: January Polar bear swims 9 days straight Volcanoes led to world's largest extinction: study Meteorshower arrives Monday night Deadly floods fed by intense La ...


Ursids meteor shower tonight
Baltimore Sun (blog)
If the skies cooperate, we may be lucky enough to view the Ursids meteor shower tonight. The display is product of the comet 8P/Tuttle, which orbits the sun every 13.6 years. It's not a big event and the intensity of the fireballs often disappoint. ...

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This is the new martian meteorite NWA 7032, classified by Tony Irving (unpaired, so it's ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26DEC2011

Heart of Louisiana Meteor Crater New Orleans News ... 4 min Heart of Louisiana Meteor Crater New Orleans News, Breaking News, FOX 8. youtube.com

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20DEC2011
The only explanation Heinrich could come up with was a meteor crater. It likely happened within the last 10000 to 12000 years, which was a time when primitive ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../latest-worldwide-meteo...


Nine second long meteor over New Mex Dec 25 2011Nine second long meteor over New Mexico.  
Dec 25, 2011  1148:52 UT (4:48:52 am MST )
http://www.heliotown.com/FBs20111225_114852ut_Ashcraft.mp4
Thomas Ashcraft


Streak of light across sky mystifies Germans
CBC.ca
A mysterious bolt of light in the night sky baffled many Germans on Christmas Eve, with speculation running wild as to whether it was a meteor, a comet or space junk. Videos captured in central-western Germany show the blaze of light passing across the ...


Mysterious fireball was part of Soyuz
News24
Was R269.95 Now R215.96 Berlin - The mysterious fireball observed above Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France on Christmas Eve was the re-entry of the third stage of a Soyuz rocket that transported three astronauts to space, ...


Epic Fireball streaks across Europe's Sky tonight; 1 hour ago! (Christmas Eve ...
YouTube
See link for eye witness reports-http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/ Keep looking up guys; our redemption draws nigh! God Bless, Jason....


meteor in germany 24 Dec 2011
YouTube
a Meteor was spotted in the skys of Germany on the Christmas Eve 24 Dec 2011.


A Soyuz debris behind a luminous trail in European airspace
San Francisco Luxury News
Star of the Nativity, or meteorite. It was actually the remains of a Russian Soyuz rocket, said e Sunday the Royal Observatory of Belgium. “The ball that was observed on December 24 to 17 h 30 over Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany, ...


Meteor Showers in 2012
Sky & Telescope
However, several times each year Earth encounters a stream of debris left by a passing comet, and the result is a meteor shower. You'll notice the difference if you watch the sky for a half hour or so: not only do the number of meteors you'll see go up ...


Man seized for selling fake meteorite for $95000
Tuoitrenews
Police in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City have detained a man who cheated a woman by selling her a false meteorite for VND2 billion (US$95000) three months ago. Vo Quang Truc, 45, of District 6, was arrested last Friday in Kien Giang Province, ...


Port Orford Meteorite: Is it a hoax? Is it still out there? Who knows?
Mail Tribune
"The Port Orford Meteorite Hoax," The Oregon Encyclopedia, www.oregonencyclopedia.com; Hult, Ruby. Lost Mines and Treasures of the Pacific Northwest. Portland: Binford, 1957 Nobody knows for sure which of these two things the Port Orford Meteorite is. ...


Not Santa? Curious Christmas Eve 'meteor' deemed part of rocket
Deutsche Welle
A bright object streaking across the sky caught the eye of many Germans on Christmas Eve. The Belgian Royal Observatory says it was a piece of the Soyuz rocket that took three astronauts to space on Wednesday. The mysterious trail of bright light ...

Meteorite over Bonn, Germany Heiligabend ... 40 sec When we went on a walk this christmas evening we suddenly seen a huge meteorit in the sky. It ... youtube.com

XMAS UFO - METEOR OR THIRD STAGE OF A ...
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Alleged meteor on 12/24/2011, recorded in Bergisch Gladbach. Update: Here is a report ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25DEC2011

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Italia Bolide Fireball ...
Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent ... Italia Fireball Meteor 18DEC2011- Italian Allsky Station Ferarra ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../italia-fireball-meteor-1...


What's Up in January Meteor shower, death-defying comet start new year
Press Herald
We will be treated to an excellent meteor shower, potentially the best one of the whole year; two comets, one of which was not expected to survive its perilous dive through the devilishly hot solar corona; and two bright planets in the evening sky at ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking Major News ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Breaking Major News - MBIQ Indicates Large Bolide Meteor Fireball Seen in Germany, Holland, France, Luxenbourg, Swiss ~17:30 (GMT+1) 24DEC2011 Meteor or Space Trash? Duration indicates Space Trash But NOT Confirmed. Meteor ...
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Christmas Star explodes over the Netherlands
By Dutch Daily News
Many people in the Netherlands witnessed a large "fireball" meteor in the sky above The Netherlands on Christmas Eve around half past five pm. The very bright meteor held up to one minute, according to the first witnesses.
Dutch Daily News


Mysterious Sky Lights: Meteor? Shooting star? Santa Claus?
San Francisco Luxury News
Portal of the WAZ media group, “The West” quoted a spokesman of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) who went out in a first evaluation of a meteor sighting. “Every year, falling to 200 tons of material on the earth.” Without confirming it already, ...


Fireball over Germany | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Astronomy | Belgium | [UPDATE: Turns out the fireball described below was the re-entry of the Soyuz booster that brought Expedition 30 up to the ...
blogs.discovermagazine.com/.../2011/.../fireball-over-germany...

Meteorite Buy or Sell: Expert Break Down of Alien ... Earth and Planetary Science Professor Randy L. Korotev of Washington University in St. Louis ... space.com

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News ... Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,MeteoriteQuest ... lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com

Meteor footage 1 - YouTube 12 sec Footage I took of a meteor around the Duesseldorf area. youtube.com

Breaking News - WV MD PA NC USA Christmas Eve Meteor 24DEC2011

Breaking News - WV MD PA NC USA Meteor ~18:00 EST 24DEC2011


12/24/2011 Janaye Bruton Annville, PA USA 1900/est 3 seconds n-s bright white moon no very fast bright white and fell down to the land. Brighter and larger than a star. Didn't know what it was until I found this site. Thank you..I'm not crazy!!

12/24/2011 joe santiso Upper St Clair, Pa USA 18 20 est @7 sec ne to sw greenish venus very bright no clear sky

24DEC2011 Chris Williams Germantown, MD, USA 21:30 EST 10 NW-SE Red,white / no sound moon no saw it SE of my location, bright reddish-white light, looked like it was falling straight down, leaving a trail of smoke as it fell

12/24/2011 Will Ormond Roanoke Rapids,NC,USA Eastern Sec Right to Left Blueish Moon No but it was over a treeline so maybe was on the way home my wife also pointed it out was very big i have seen plenty of shooting stars and metor showers was 20 times bigger than anything i ever saw but had the same blueish color from ones i have seen maybe a hit a yellow but overall mostly blue

24dec2011 Lee Richmond, VA 18:20:00 5 sec North to northwest White with blue Moon No Very bright and appeared close- my kids were convinced it was Santa

24Dec2011 Wendee Raleigh, NC USA 1800 Eastern 2/4/2011 S-N Green Very bright, moon No Very bright

24DEC2011 Rich D. Fairfax, VA 1815 (approx) I saw about 1 second of the end of it. NE-SW Orange fragments I saw something a little dimmer than Venus at end of event. Yes Saw tail end of event with orange fragments. From St. Leo Church, it fell seemed to be falling straight down and passed by Venus. My son said he saw a bright streak. I thought I heard a crack and it caught my eye. Saw orange fragments that I initially thought were from fireworks.

24DEC2011 Peter Mellen BETHESDA, United States of America 18:25:00 4 sec N-S White/no sound Moon None Very bright and very fast

12/24/2011 Martin Morgantown, WV, USA Approx. 1800 Approx. 7 seconds unknown White. Venus. Fragmented at 6 seconds. Very dramatic.

12/24/2011 M. Townsend Roanoke, WV 18:15 EST 10 Sec. North to South White/Bluish White/Bright Green Bright as moon no fragments seen, large diameter fireball Incredible large fireball starting white and changing to bright green before ducking under the horizon


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