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'Meteorite Men' host discusses meteor's fall
WFAA
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Bright light seen in Okla, Texas likely a meteor
KOAM-TV
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration says a bright, streaking light seen in the skies over parts of Oklahoma and Texas likely was a meteor. FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said late Wednesday the agency had received reports from people ...

Streaking meteor flight seen from Kansas to Texas
KRMG
Brad McGavock was on duty this morning when we called the Tulsa National Weather Service office about the possible meteor ripping through the sky. "Around 8 pm there was reported to be a sonic boom that was heard over the DFW area.

Fireball passes over Texas | kvue.com Austin
A green fireball streaked across the Texas sky Wednesday night.
www.kvue.com/news/.../Fireball-across-Texas-138537154.htm...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23JAN2012
El Chaco is the largest fragment from a meteor that exploded 4000 years ago over north-central Argentina and Moqoit ancestral territory. The remains of the ...
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Did A Meteor Streak Across Texas?
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News captured video of the alleged meteor. A bright light can be seen shooting across earth. The video was captured at ...
www.myfoxaustin.com/.../Did-A-Meteor-Strike-Across-Texas...

Possible meteor spotted over San Antonio | kens5.com San Antonio
It wasn't a bird or a plane that had the phones ringing off the hook at KENS TV. It was a possiblemeteor sighting in the San Antonio sky that had local viewers ...
www.kens5.com/.../Possible-meteor-spotted-over-San-Antonio...

Meteor lights up the sky from Texas to Oklahoma
The phones at police departments and fire stations all over lit up around 8 p.m. Wednesday night ...
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Texas Meteor Shower Caught on Camera
ABC News
Many people in Oklahoma and Texas got an unexpected light show Wednesday night. *Like Us: http://WNNfans.com.

Fireball lights up Texas sky
Austin News
No official word that it was a meteor, but as of right now, that seems to be the case. According to Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration, the fireball was visible from Oklahoma City to Houston. "A meteor is the most likely candidate.

Meteor hurtled over Dallas on Wednesday night
Pegasus News
by Teresa Gubbins At about 8 pm on Wednesday night, a meteor zipped across the sky over Dallas, then burst into a streaking flame before burning out. WFAA received more than 200 reports, and a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman confirmed that it ...

What's that bright, green light over our skies?
abc13.com
The FAA confirms a meteor flew over the northern part of the state Wednesday night. People from Sugar Land up to Tulsa, Oklahoma, reported seeing a green light in the sky. If you caught photos or video of this event, you can upload them at ...

Meteor reported in Oklahoma, Texas skies
NewsOK.com
A meteor streaking across the sky was reported as far north as Oklahoma City and as far south as Houston on Wednesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration said. A meteor streaking across the sky was reported as far north as Oklahoma City and as ...

Possible meteor spotted over San Antonio
KENS 5 TV
It was a possible meteor sighting in the San Antonio sky that had local viewers buzzing. This picture was posted on a website called "Lunar Meteorite Hunters." The KENS 5 Newsdesk is also reporting that the FAA is confirming that this was an actual ...

Meteor Streaks Across North Texas Sky | NBC 5 DallasFort Worth
People from Oklahoma City to Austin reported seeing a flash of light in the sky Wednesday night.
www.nbcdfw.com/.../Meteor-Streaks-Across-North-Texas-Sky...

Fireball over Texas was likely a meteor Houston Chronicle
A large fireball seen streaking across the sky about 800 p.m. Wednesday was most likely a meteoraccording to reports from the Federal Aviation ...
www.chron.com/.../Fireball-over-Texas-was-likely-a-meteor-2...

Strange Object Lights up Dallas Sky
MyFox Houston
A bolide is a fireball or very bright meteor. It explodes often with visible fragmentation and sometimes a sonic boom, according to AMS. Kevin Palivec in Hawley, Texas believes the same. His meteor detection cameras captured images of what he called a...

Meteor sightings reported across Texas to Oklahoma | Weather Watch
Statesman.com: The Austin American-Statesman, your source for news, sports, business & classifieds.
www.statesman.com/blogs/content/.../metor_sightings.html

Fireball in Texas sky was meteor, FAA says
WFAA
Many people also said they heard what sounded like a sonic boom (or booms) associated with thefireball, which was apparently witnessed all the way from San Antonio to Oklahoma City. The Federal Aviation Administration told TV station KWTX in Waco that ...

Perth opal dealer faces Malaysia's gallows
Sydney Morning Herald
Shahril Jaafar, who is a permanent resident in Australia and works for his father's meteorite and opal company, was arrested at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on January 17. Yesterday he faced the Sungai Petani Magistrates Court unrepresented ...

Pick of the week: 'Space Junk 3D' at Adler Planetarium
Chicago Tribune
The in-depth imagery of a meteor crater and crowded orbits, and on-screen commentary by Don "Father of Space Junk" Kessler, the head of NASA's Orbital Debris Office, help viewers learn that excessive space debris is not just fodder for science fiction ...

Plan to move Argentine meteorite to Germany blocked
AFP News via Yahoo! Malaysia News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:01 AM PST
An unlikely alliance between the native Moqoit people and leading Argentine scientists has thwarted plans to ship the world's second largest meteorite to Germany as a prestigious art exhibit.

Meteorite moving plan blocked
News 24 South Africa Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:10 AM PST
An alliance between the native Moqoit people and scientists has thwarted plans to ship the world's second largest meteorite to Germany as a prestigious art exhibit.

Halifax "fireball" probably a meteor: astronomer - News957
An expert on astronomy says the glowing fireball that some Halifax residents saw streaking through the sky Thursday night was probably a meteor. Alan...
www.news957.com/.../324620--halifax-fireball-probably-a-m...

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 28-February 3, 2012 | American ...
February offers the meteor observer in the northern hemisphere a couple of weak showers plus falling sporadic rates. This may not seem too exiting but you ...
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Meteor lights up the sky from Texas to Oklahoma
The phones at police departments and fire stations all over lit up around 8 p.m. Wednesday night ...
digitaltexan.net

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Breaking News -TEXAS/OKLAHOMA BOLIDE MAJOR Meteor Fireball
7:57:10 PM CST 1FEB2012
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Texas Bolide Meteor Fireball 1FEB2012
(c) Hawley, TX Sandia Sentinel Allsky / Kevin Palivec

Texas Bolide Meteor Fireball 1FEB2012

(c) Hawley, TX Sandia Sentinel Allsky / Kevin Palivec

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA BOLIDE MAJOR Meteor Fireball 1FEB2012
NMskies/NASA, ASGARD Allsky Camera capture from New Mexico!!!

Police dashboard video from Little River-Academy in Central Texas.

NBC DFW TV News

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KXAN TV
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/fireball-lights-up-texas-sky?ref=scroller&categoryId=10001&status=true

KSAT TV
http://www.ksat.com/news/Reports-Bright-light-seen-over-South-Texas/-/478452/8581670/-/ufu84e/-/index.html

KWCH TV
http://www.kwch.com/news/kwch-faa-bright-light-seen-in-skies-likely-a-meteor-20120202,0,486255.story

NBC DFW TV
http://www.nbcdfw.com/video/#!/weather/stories/Dashcam-Captures-North-Texas-Meteor/138539894

KHOU TV
http://www.khou.com/community/news-link

Los Angeles Times Newspaper
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/02/meteorite-sighting-oklahoma-texas.html

Star-Telegram
http://blogs.star-telegram.com/honkin_mad/2012/02/huge-fireball-in-north-texas-sky-was-meteor-faa-confirms.html

MYFOXHOUSTON
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/about_us/seen_on_tv

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Many of you are landing on the wrong page for the Major Texas/Oklahoma Meteor 1FEB2012 event. There were two Texas/Oklahoma meteor events on 1FEB2012. Please use this link to land on the correct page; thank you! http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/

Texas / Oklahoma Meteor Fireball 01:18 am 1FEB2012

Texas / Oklahoma Meteor Fireball 01:18 1FEB2012
Hawley Sandia Allsky /Kevin Palivec

Texas / Oklahoma Meteor Fireball 1FEB2012
OKC Sandia Sentinel Allsky / James Beauchamp

Texas / Oklahoma Meteor Fireball 1FEB2012 Radar Scatter
OKC Sandia Sentinel Allsky / James Beauchamp

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Plan to move Argentine meteorite to Germany blocked
PhysOrg.com
An unlikely alliance between the native Moqoit people and leading Argentine scientists has thwarted plans to ship the world's second largest meteorite to Germany as a prestigious art exhibit. The 37-ton space rock crashed to Earth as part of a meteor ...

Learn to shoot the moon over West Michigan and get to know Mars better
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
By David L. DeBruyn Press File PhotoTry an astrophotography session: The moon's lava plains show some craters from meteor strikes as seen from the telescope of Javier Estrada, Grand Valley State University astronomy professor at Rosa Parks Circle ...

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Meteor Soars Over Texas Skies | Video - ABC News
Police dash-cam captured the bright light that was seen as far as Kansas.
abcnews.go.com

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Meteorites more than streaks of light
Springfield News-Leader
A Mars rover photographed this basketball-size iron meteorite on Mars in 2005. / NASA / JPL / Cornell Manicouagan Reservoir, a large annular lake, marks the site of an impact crater 100 kilometers wide. Formed almost 212 million years ago when a large ...

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Computing the period of a meteor using two ways.
Computing the period of a meteor using two ways. Astrophysics discussion.
www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=571743

It's Full of Stars - jtotheizzoe: Meteor Showers 2012 A calendar of...
jtotheizzoe: “Meteor Showers 2012 A calendar of all the major meteor showers taking place in 2012 that I drew up. Of course, this isn't all of the meteor events ...
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Meteor Activity Outlook for January 28-February 3, 2012
An errant earthgrazer from the Centaurid complex may shoot northward. Better yet, a bright fireball may light up the sky. February is the start of the fireball ...
www.earthchangesmedia.com/publish/article-9162532248.php

Meteorite Display - YouTube
1 min
As still photography cannot capture the beauty of the crystalline structure ofmeteorites, I ...
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"The Resurrection" - Thinsection of a Chondrule within an Ordinary Chondrite Meteorite
(c) 2012 Tom Phillips

For more of Tom Phillips`s works of thinsection art of meteorites and rocks please see: http://tomphillipsrockart.blogspot.com/

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Meteor Streaks Across Portland Area Skies | Bruce Sussman ...
A bright white meteor streaking, streaking, streaking across the southern sky over ... It most likely was a meteor–and you can see here in this graphic that it was ...
www.brucesussman.com/weather.../meteor-above-portland/

Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Tissint
Tissint 29°28.917'N, 7°36.674'W. Tata, Morocco. Fell: 18 July 2011. Classification : Martian meteorite (Shergottite). History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, FSAC, ...
www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php?code=54823

Rare Fireball Meteor caught on Camera by Ladd Observatory in ...
The skies in Providence were clear on January 19 when a fireball meteor appeared around 3 a.m.. The camera, mounted on the roof of Observatory rolls ...
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شظايا نيزك مريخي سقط بالقرب من طاطا ينتمي إلى المريخ 2‎ - YouTube
Tissint, Moroc Martian Meteorite Fall/Meteorite Hunting Report on French TV....
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Rare Fireball Meteor caught on camera | WPRI.com
Last week, scientists at Brown University's Ladd Observatory noticed something very unusual ...
www.foxprovidence.com/.../providence-rare-fireball-meteor-c...

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MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot Indicates NY NJ MD PA VA Meteor Fireball 28JAN2012

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28JAN2012 Tara foy Gilbertsville, PA USA 22:00:00 10 sec N-s bright White Extemely bright Slight bright trail behind ball Looked like a falling star but 100x brighter and bigger, sharp drop

28Jan2012 June Cook Newtown, PA 21:40:00 4 sec NE, toward NJ and NY bright white Very bright, beautiful Yes. Larger than other shooting stars I've observed.

28JAN2012 Vincent McManus Queens, New York, USA 21:35 EST 4 Sec NW to SE (Southern Sky) Bright White/Faint Orange ball with long White Tail Moon No parts (single object) Appeared to be traveling on approx heading of 100 degrees. Very bright, long tail. Spotted while heading South approaching Whitestone Bridge (NY). Visible in Southern sky traveling right to left (NW to SE) over Queens & Western Long Island. Heading approx. 100 degrees. High visibility. Clear sky at time of sighting.

28Jan2012 Kim Romanchuk New Market, MD, USA 21:42, EST ~3 seconds slight north to south, headed mostly straight down to earth surface. orange/yellow fireball with long tail Hard to compare - small sun not that I could see seen while driving east on I-70.

28JAN2012 kirsten new york, new york, 10011 21:50:00 4 seconds 160 degrees south yellow and red light very bright, sun looked like it it was a very large bright falling object. fell east

28Jan2012 Jolene Reedy Stafford VA USA 2150 5 seconds NE Towards the Ground Bright Yellow and Orange same as the sun No It was huge and had a masive bright orange tail

28JAN2012 Melanie Bayonne, NJ 21:45:00 4 seconds upper right down slight left (looking towards Staten Island) Saw a bright white look like it fell from the sky Like a streetlught couldnt tell thought it was a plane falling from the sky

28JAN2012 Michael davison Rock Tavern NY 21:45:00 Roughly 4 seconds SW Yellow, orange, red Moon Yes, lot of debri Followed it to ground, guessing Chester NY area

28JAN2012 Brian Union, NJ, 07033 21:45pm EST 3 sec South, right to left White Venus No parts falling off Was moving really fast was pretty big did not look like a fire ball it was very white colored and I wish there were not trees in my way because it definitely reached the ground.

28JAN2012 Trish Johnson Jenkins Montross, VA 22520 9:44 PM EST Less than 20 seconds Start East Traveled to the right Bright Yellow and Teal with a long tail...was huge!!! Not like the shooting stars I have seen. Moon...I don't know how bright Venus is I don't think so...it happen so fast! It was beautiful!!! If anyone got a picture I would love to have one. Please share.

28JAN2012 Carla New York, NY USA 22:00 EST 5 sec W-E; right to left at around a 45degree angle bright white brighter than moon & venus no was like a larger, slower moving shooting star. was pretty awesome to see!

28JAN2012 Devaney scarsdale, ny 10:00pm eastern time 3 sec W-E yellow moon maybe looked like it fell somewhere

28JAN2012 Alexis Fair Lawn, NJ, USA 21:55:00 2 seconds falling diagonally and left-wards bright ball of fire about equal to an uncovered lightbulb (but tiny) no I was facing NW. It looked like something was falling out of the sky.

28JAN2012 Giles Nowlan Riverside 21:45:00 5 seconds United States Green Smaller than the moon but larger than venus Yes Meteorite was falling from the sky toward the ground. Was extremely bright green and fizzled out well before it would have contacted the ground which was a couple degrees above the tree line on the horizon. Looked as if sparks were falling off of it (little orange sparks). Was amazing looking, glad I was driving home and got a chance to see it.

28JAN2012 Shubha Murti Sayreville, NJ USA 21:42 ET 4-5sec very low to the ground and straight down white venus no We were on the parkway driving at 70mph and saw this happen about 30 yards away and saw it burn up about 20 feet from the ground

28JAN2012 Morrisa Vollmerhausen Columbia, Maryland, USA 21:30:00 About 10 seconds, maybe a little less East Looked like falling from the sky and pieces falling from it. Golden color. Like a sparkler in the sky Yes Was driving down the road on 175 in Columbia, my husband and I both saw it in the sky. Looked like something was falling from the sky but too slow for a shooting star. Pieces were falling from the tail of it. Disappeared after a few seconds.

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Mystery Moon Flashes Caused by Meteorite Impacts
Universe Today Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:36 AM PST
For hundreds of years, people have seen tiny flashes of light on the surface of the Moon. Very brief, but bright enough to be seen from Earth, these odd flashes still had not been adequately explained up until now. Also known as Transient Lunar Phenomena (TLPs), they have been observed on many occasions, but rarely photographed. On [...]

UFO reported by multiple witnesses in Halifax
Examiner.com
Based on multiple eyewitness accounts of the UFO, it was most likely a meteor or bolide falling from the sky and burning up in the Earth's atmosphere. The dramatic appearance of meteors or bolides makes them commonly reported by witnesses as UFOs.

Reports of glowing ball likely a small meteorite, expert says
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Strauss said the glowing ball that appeared to travel from west to east over the Halifax area was a small meteorite, which is often described as a fireball. Often people just don't look up that much and miss these celestial wonders, said Strauss in an ...

Shooting Star Flies Over Castle Ruins in Skywatcher Photo
Space.com
12, 2011, just a day before the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. The image was taken by astrophotographer Tamas Ladanyi of the The World At Night (TWAN). The ruins of the castle gleam against the backdrop of the Bakony mountain range in the ...

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OT: Just Breaking News - Iwate-Ken, Japan Earthquake 5.6 MAG 09:22 am 28JAN2011
No damage reports.
Tsunami Caution Issued.

Source: USGS

Occurred at (JST)	Latitude (degree)	Longitude (degree)	Depth	Magnitude	Region Name
09:22 JST 28 Jan 2012	40.2N	142.5E	40 km	5.6	Iwate-ken Oki

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OT: Just Breaking News -
Japan Earthquake 5.2+ 07:43:15 am (UTC+9) 28JAN2012
- No Damage Reported.
-No Tsunami Warnings Issued.
-Felt Strongly in Tokyo.

Source: USGS

MAP

5.2

2012/01/27 22:43:15

35.542

138.960

26.4

EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN

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Breaking News- NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Asteroid 433 Eros Passing Near Earth 27/28/29/30/31JAN2012 -
No danger near future!

433 Eros is a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) discovered in 1898, and the first asteroid to be orbited by a probe (in 2000). It is an S-type asteroid approximately 34.4×11.2×11.2 km in size, the second-largest NEA after 1036 Ganymed, and belongs to the Amor group.
Eros is a Mars-crosser asteroid, the first known to come within the orbit of Mars. Objects in such an orbit can remain there for only a few hundred million years before the orbit is perturbed by gravitational interactions. Dynamical integrations suggest that Eros may evolve into an Earth-crosser within as short an interval as 2 million years, and has a roughly 50% chance of doing so over a time scale of 108–109 years.[4] It is a potential Earth impactor,[4] believed to be larger than the impactor that created the Chicxulub Crater that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.[5]
Wikipedia Entry for all of their entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/433_Eros

1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

433 Eros

2012-Jan-31

0.1787

69.5 LD

17 km Dia.

11.2

5.95

Source: NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

Related Eros Parallax Project for Students and Teachers Worldwide
by Astronomers Without Borders (AWB):
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2012/01/asteroid-eros-parallax-project-2012.html

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Astronomers Without Borders (AWB)
Asteroid Eros Parallax Project Begins As EROS Passes Earth 2012!

Eros Reconstruction - NASA
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Eros Parallax Project Begins!

Join the project

Tonight many amateur astronomers and school classes are eagerly awaiting the asteroid Eros, now at its closest to Earth. From January 28 to February 3 they will take an image of Eros either through a telescope or with a telephoto lens. Photographs of Eros submitted by amateur astronomers around the world will show slight differences in the asteroid’s position due to parallax. Along with each observer’s location, this parallax information will be used to find a precise distance to Eros, just like professional astronomers did in January 1931.

The Eros Parallax Project is first and foremost fun to take part in. You don’t have to be an experienced astrophotographer to be able to make valuable observations. An ordinary SRL camera with telephoto lens, mounted on a tripod, could be enough. Using free, online software you will determine the celestial coordinates of Eros on your images and submit the data to the project website. With the data submitted by you and the other participants, the distance to Eros will be calculated. The instructions on the project website are clear and simple to follow.

The Eros Parallax Project is also a great educational opportunity; the data and submitted images will be made available for classrooms to use to find the distance themselves. This resource will last forever, and will certainly inspire some young astronomers to take part the next time Eros comes close to Earth again. It will also prepare classrooms for the even rarer event coming in June – the transit of Venus. Along with enjoying the night sky, developing observing skills and gaining an understanding of our solar system, participants and the students who benefit will repeat the work of the professional astronomers of the 1930s and learn about real research.

See the Eros Parallax Project web page for more information on how to take part.

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JAPAN NIGHT SKY WATCH - AWB, Tokyo
2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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Just Breaking Asteroid News- NEO 2012 BX34 to Pass 27JAN2012
Be ready for more meteors, fireballs and bolides as this asteroid will have accompanying debris. Get out and observe, cameras ready; there may just be some activity in your area.
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

Source:NASA/JPL

(2012 BX34)

2012-Jan-27

0.0004

0.2

7.9 m - 18 m

27.6

9.99

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2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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Breaking News - MBIQ Detects Meteor Bolide Fireball Over Texas ~18:40 CST 26JAN2012

26Jan2012 PW Dallas Texas USA 18:40 cst 2-3 sec near vertical bright white very bright no Southeast of Dallas; appeared to continue burning to a fairly low altitude

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2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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Bus-sized asteroid to give Earth close shave Friday
Fox News
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In photos: Wolfe Creek Meteor Crater
Today's photos will hopefully give you a glimpse of what is out here, in the middle of Australia's incredible outback next to an ancient 800 metre wide meteor ...
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Telescope Reviews: another question about meteor detection
In theory, you should be able to receive meteor forward scatter using the new digital TV system; however, there is a obstacle in the way to practically accomplish ...
www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/.../5034844

Brown University camera catch fireball in the sky
WPRI.com
Brown University camera catch fireball in the sky.

Rare fireball meteor caught on camera
Providence Eyewitness News
Fireball meteors are very bright. Less common than their dimmer cousins, there are thousands of these bright fireball meteors every day, we just don't see them. Brown Physics Professor, Savvas Koushiappas, says, "given that half of the world is under ...

Apocalyptic boom over Elmbridge not end of the world, RAF say
Kingston Guardian Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:52 AM PST
Concorde was not flying again, a meteorite had not collided with Earth and there was no jumbo jet nose-diving toward the ground, despite what you may have heard.

Martian meteorite in ASU collection
Arizona State University
KNAU Arizona Public Radio/NPR in Flagstaff recently interviewed Professor Meenakshi Wadhwa, director of the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University, about the rare martian meteorite ASU acquired. Arizona Public Radio's Gillian Ferris...

Bad science a good show
Pueblo Chieftain
With a little exploration, he said the myths and legends about everything from meteorites and comets hitting Earth to why eggs stand on end during the spring equinox can be debunked. "There is bad science all around us but we hold our destiny in our ...

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Rare Fireball Meteor caught on camera | WPRI.com
Last week, scientists at Brown University's Ladd Observatory noticed something very unusual ...
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