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Wilsford-cum-Lake doorstep meteorite 'biggest to fall in UK'
BBC News
Mystery had always surrounded the origins of a 200lb (90kg) meteorite that had been sitting on the doorstep of a Wiltshire house for more than 80 years. However, researchers now believe the 1.6ft (50cm) long rock may have landed 30000 years ago closer ...

Loud Explosion, Lights In Sky Over Upstate Investigated
WYFF Greenville
A NWS representative told News 4 it may have been a meteor, but that his agency does not investigate these events. NASA would be the source to confirm meteor activity. The agency has not yet returned a call to News 4. In Spartanburg County alone, ...

Montrose collector says his meteorites aren't make believe
KKCO-TV
(KKCO) - One man's meteorite collection has become the center of controversy. The Grand Junction Police Department says its investigation shows that Steve Curry's rocks aren't real, an assertion Curry vehemently denies, showing his own scientific ...

Astronomy buff has a comet to call his own
Kansas City Star
August 23, 2007: Added images of 2007 Perseid Meteor shower with 253 Perseids! July 23, 2008: Start reporting on Mongolian Total Solar Eclipse. July 10, 2008: Added images from 2008 Southern Skies Star Party. March 4, 2009: Added info about the Leonid ...

Scientist: Meteor exploded, caused big boom over Upstate
Spartanburg Herald Journal
By Jenny Arnold A scientist at the Roper Mountain Science Center said a meteor exploded over the Upstate early this morning, explaining a loud boom and bright light that residents reported seeing. Dr. Charles St. Lucas, a physicist and chair of the ...

Cleveland County worker witnesses reported meteor explosion
Shelby Star
A meteor, which some experts say exploded, possibly did. “I've watched meteors before on the science channel, but not here in South Carolina,” Jones mentioned. Scientific experts are saying ameteor exploded above upstate South Carolina, ...

Montrose meteorite fan accused of fraud
Montrose Daily Press
Montrose meteorite aficionado and seller Steve Curry has touted his discoveries to local media, last year telling the Daily Press he donated most of his proceeds to charity because the celestial rocks "don't belong to us.

Man Accused Of Selling Fake Meteorite Talks
KJCT8.com
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., -- A local man accused of selling fake meteorites is saying the charges have no merit. Police cited Steve Curry last month, and on Monday, he attempted to meet with the District Attorney but was denied.

Arizona State University center will study Mars meteorite
The Arizona Republic Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST
Arizona State University's Center for Meteorite Studies has a rare Martian meteorite.

Possible meteorite wakes many in SC
WIS News 10 Columbia Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:50 AM PST
Emergency dispatchers from across the Upstate and The National Weather Service office say they got numerous calls overnight from people who heard a loud explosion followed by lights streaking across the sky.

'Meteorite Man' Refutes Accusations
KJCT 8 Grand Junction Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:38 PM PST
The Montrose man accused of selling fake meteorites in Grand Junction says all allegations against him are false.

Boom, bright light could have been exploding meteor, scientists say
Greenville News
By Paul Alongi No one could say for sure what caused a light, a loud boom and an object to break apart in the sky, but two Upstate scientists said the descriptions sounded like an exploding meteor. “It's rare, but it's possible,” said David Moffett, ...

What was that light in the sky?
Charlotte Observer
But so far, the National Weather Service hasn't been able to confirm that it was a meteor. "There's no evidence of anything actually striking the ground," said meterologist Harry Gerapetritis, of the National Weather Service office in Greer, ...

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A Mystery Meteorite From the House of Sting
Science Now
A huge meteorite from Sting's front yard is now on display in London. When the English musician Sting and his wife Trudie Styler bought the Lake House estate in England's rural Wiltshire County in the early 1990s, they got a lot for their money: A ...

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Mystery of Britain's Largest Meteorite Solved - YouTube
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Explosion heard in Upstate Monday may be meteor
Anderson Independent Mail
Officials in Spartanburg County said a large boom heard by many people in the Upstate Monday morning may be a meteor. Law enforcement saw a large ball of fire that popped in the air around 1:45 am Monday. Viewers from across the Upstate, ...

Romania sends first nanosatellite to space
Romania-Insider.com
Romania's satellite Goliat, designed as a cube with 10 cm margins and weighting 1 kilogram, will capture high – resolution images, measure radiations, and micro-meteorinflux. It includes a digital camera, a nuclear radiations detector, ...

Michael Callahan finds meteorites might seed Earth life
EarthSky
New evidence from meteorites supports the ongoing speculation that life on Earth might have been seeded from space. Research published in August, 2011 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – suggests that meteorites are likely the ...

Mighty Martian meteorite lands at Natural History Museum
YouTube
A rare Martian meteorite that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has arrived at the Natural History Museum in London today, obtained with the support of a donor. The meteorite is the largest piece from a shower of stones that fell to Earth in ...

Martian Meteorite on Display [VIDEO]
IBTimes.co.uk
By Akshaya BS: Subscribe to Akshaya's RSS feed Researchers from the Natural History Museum in London have discovered a huge Martian meteorite which is now on temporary display in the Museum's vault gallery. Researchers believe the meteoritewill help ...

New video surfaces of meteorite
KVUE
by KVUE News More video has surfaced of the meteorite that passed over Austin at the beginning of the month. During the recording of a band playing on the deck of the Crab Shack on Ladybird Lake, you can see the meteorite cross the Austin skyline.

Meteorite hunt underway in Titus County
Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune
By MARCIA DAVIS-SEALE In the afterglow of a meteor reportedly trailing across the sky February 1st, meteorite hunters are now scattering across East Texas in search of scientific finds. Steve Arnold, professed professional meteorite hunter and host of ...

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Breaking News - MBIQ Detects Large Meteor Over NC, SC and GA 13FEB2012
Minutes ago MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot detected a large meteor fireball over North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Anyone that has a security camera in the area that the meteor was seen on 13FEB2012 at 01:42-01:43 EST please check your security camera captures, and IF you find video of this event please SAVE the files and contact me; Thank you!

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Projected Fall Location using two camera/star triangulation
by astronomer Esko Lyytinen, Finland.
Radar information provided by Rob Matson.
Sandia Labs Sentinel Allsky camera capture by Stuart McDaniel, Lawnsdale, NC.
Security camera data provided by Clark McClure, Greensboro, NC.
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NC GA SC Bolide Sighting 01:42 am 13FEB2012
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Large meteorite produced!!!

Preliminary Estimated Fall Location - Subject to refinement!
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Preliminary analysis of this from on station data only (direction of entry from angular velocity behaviour) would give a roughly 10 kg (from my statistical model, with wide margins for) meteorite down, somewhere to the Sumter National Forest, around: 81.67 W, 34.58 N (very rough).
Coming from about az 312 with the slope (steepness) of 46 degrees. Entry velocity of 13 km/s would have the beginning at 79 km and end about 22 km.
This is very rough. But the velocity is quite low and quite sure did fall good meteorite(s).
Astronomer Esko Lyytinen, Finland

New Video Capture of the Bolide Passing Over Greensboro, NC

NC Bolide Passing Over Greensboro, NC ~01:42 am 13FEB2012
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Sonics Report Data Map

Sonics Report Map Derived from Witness Reports
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Lawndale, NC Sandia Sentinel Allsky
Date: February 13 2012
Time: 01:42 am EST /06:42:47.831 UTC
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Lawndale, NC Sandia Sentinel Allsky

Date: February 13 2012

Time: 01:42 am EST / 06:42:47.831 UTC

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Steven Curry, president and founder of UNCO Meteorites cited for selling fake meteorites in Colorado...

Man Accused of Selling Fake Meteorites
KJCT- TV Channel 8
Grand Junction police accuse a Montrose man of selling fake meteorites inside a Grand Junction store. ... (story with TV News report video)
http://www.kjct8.com/news/30437647/detail.html

Montrose Man Accused of Selling Fake Meteorites
KREX-TV 5
by Danielle Kreutter
Story Created: Feb 12, 2012 at 5:13 PM MST
A Montrose man in in hot water with authorities for allegedly selling fake meteorites and making thousands of dollars. ... (more with TV news report video)
http://www.krextv.com/news/around-the-region/Montrose-Man-Accused-of-Selling-Fake-Meteorites-139191219.html

Blotter, Feb. 12, 2012
Grand Junction Sentinel Newspaper
by Staff
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Sale of fake meteorites Steve Duane Curry, 58, of Montrose, was issued a summons Jan. 26 on suspicion of selling fraudulent “meteorites” at Main Street Minerals and Beads,... (subscription)
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/blotter-feb-12-2012

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Martian meteorite contains pockets of the red planet's atmosphere
Guardian Unlimited Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:30 AM PST
The Natural History Museum in London, which has acquired the rare Martian meteorite, plans to unlock its secrets Heralded by sonic booms and a fireball, the paperback-sized lump of Martian rock smashed into the desert of southern Morocco carrying within it sealed pockets of the red planet's atmosphere. Now the meteorite â dubbed the "most significant" to fall for a century â is in the hands of ...

BBC News - Meteorite find: 'I carried Mars rock in ...
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The Natural History Museum in London has acquired its largest Martianmeteorite , which could ...
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Object Over Texas Skies Believed To Be Bolide Meteor
News 3 spoke with an Astronomy Professor at Texas A&M to learn more about the meteor that was seen from the Brazos Valley to Kansas Wednesday night.
www.kbtx.com/news/headlines/138608149.html

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Breaking News - Japan Earthquake ~5.0 ~10:30 am 11JAN2012

The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) gives a preliminary report of 4.7 magnitude with an epicenter in Ibaraki-Ken at a depth of 50km. The magnitude of the quake in the Tokyo area was ~3.0 M. The quake occurred at 10:27 Japan Standard Time. No damage has been reported and there is no danger of a tsunami reported.
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/3/20120211103150391-111027.html

Initial report seconds after the quake occurred:
No details yet at this time. A moderate EQ was felt at approximately 10:30 am in Tokyo.
-update pending. -LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

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A second large fireball was seen last night, Feb 3, 2012 around 22:15 EST over Maryland and ...
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Rare Martian meteorite being examined - UK - ITN.co.uk
A rare Martian meteorite is being researched by scientists so more can be learnt about the Red ...
itn.co.uk

How'd that meteorite get here? Now we know
MSNBC Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:58 PM PST
With a weight that rivals a baby elephant, a meteorite that fell from space some 30,000 years ago is likely Britain's largest space rock. And after much sleuthing, researchers think they know where it came from and how it survived so long without weathering away.

Large Meteorite Likely Found in Druid Burial Site
Discovery News
In a new exhibition, the 205 pound meteorite is on display, along with its mysterious story. The space rock was likely found by druids to build a burial chamber and later unearthed by archaeologists near Stonehenge. Scientists believe that the ...

Martian Meteorite Given To London Museum
redOrbit Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:10 PM PST
The Natural History Museum in London is now in possession on a rare Mars meteorite that could help scientists unravel the mysteries of the Red Planet. The Tissint Martian meteorite is the largest and newest known meteorite, and could help determine whether there is life on Mars. The meteorite fell in the desert of southern Morocco last July, and eyewitnesses say they heard two sonic booms and ...

Mystery of Britain's Largest Meteorite Solved
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:36 AM PST
With a weight that rivals a baby elephant, a meteorite that fell from space some 30,000 years ago is likely Britain's largest space rock. And after much sleuthing, researchers think they know where it came from and how it survived so long without weathering away.

Mysterious Meteorite Likely Came from Druids' Burial Site
LiveScience.com
With a weight that rivals a baby elephant, a meteorite that fell from space some 30000 years ago is likely Britain's largest space rock. And after much sleuthing, researchers think they know where it came from and how it survived so long without ...

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Rare Martian meteorite lands at Natural History Museum
Telegraph.co.uk
A rare meteorite that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has been acquired by the Natural History Museum in London. By Richard Alleyne The piece of the Tissintmeteorite, about the size of a paperback book, is the largest and newest known and...

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 4-10, 2012 | American Meteor ...
It must be remembered that meteor activity is rarely seen at the radiant position. Rather they shoot outwards from the radiant so it is best to center your field of ...
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Martian meteorite contains pockets of the red planet's atmosphere
The Guardian
Now the meteorite – dubbed the "most significant" to fall for a century – is in the hands of scientists at the Natural History Museum, who hope to unlock the secrets it holds about our nearest planetary neighbour. The 1.1kg Tissint stone, which landed ...

From Mars to London, With a Few Stops Along the Way
New York Times
The biggest chunk of the meteorite flew from Morocco to Paris to New York, where the collector who bought it bicycled around town with it in his backpack. Finally, this week, it flew to London. The Natural History Museum there announced Wednesday that ...

Meteorite offers rare insight into conditions on Mars
Channel 4 News
This was how one of the world's rarest meteorites arrived on earth - a lump of Martian rock which is now the prized possession of the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London. (Pictured: Channel 4 News Presenter Cathy Newman with the meteorite.) ...

Meteorite find: 'I carried Mars rock in hand luggage'
BBC News
The Natural History Museum in London has acquired its largest Martian meteorite, which could hold new clues to life on Mars. The 1kg piece of Tissint rock was paid for by an anonymous benefactor. It landed in Morocco last July and was retrieved quickly...

Amazing pictures of a rare Martian meteorite that's travelled millions of miles
ITN NEWS
Scientists at the Natural History Museum are researching a meteorite from Mars in the hope it helps them discover more about the planet. . Report by Katie Lamborn. ...

Meteorite craters excite miners
ABC Online
By Jo Prendergast A Western Australian exploration company is hoping an ancient meteorite crater will contain big amounts of copper and zinc. One billion years ago, a massive meteorite crashed into the state's Mid West region.

Moon zircon meteor 'shock' stamped
Science Network Western Australia
“[This] that we might be able to see evidence of impacts from very early on in the earths history.”— Dr Timms Image: David Hetre LUNAR zircon collected during the Apollo 17 mission has proven itself to be cosmologically and geologically significant ...

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Talk spotlights impact crater
Wetumpka Herald
He discussed the circumstances that caused the crater, the likely origin of the meteor, past and current research and future plans. King began actively researching the site in 1998, and his efforts confirmed that the approximately 4-mile-wide ridge of ...

Rare Martian meteorite given to science
BBC News
A Martian meteorite - an incredibly rare object - has been given to science to help unravel the Red Planet's secrets. The Natural History Museum in London has acquired a 1kg piece of the Tissint rock thanks to an anonymous benefactor.

Fragments of fallen sky
The Age
They were scale models of meteorites discovered in the area, all from the same fall. Sadly, the display was dismantled last year in favour of a different public art project at the Casey Recreation and Aquatic Centre and another display in Narre Warren ...

Fireball over Texas caught by police video cam Technology ...
A bright fireball streaked across the nighttime sky over eastern Texas and Oklahoma last week, and was caught on video by a police car camera.
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Fireball Over Texas Caught by Police Car Video Camera
Space.com
1, was likely caused by a car- or bus-size asteroid falling through Earth's atmosphere, Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteor Environment Office, told Spaceweather.com. "At approximately 756 pm CST, over Abilene, Texas, I saw an object falling from the sky ...

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Several East Texans witnessed this meteorite that lit up the sky, and now, Texas Meteorite Hunters from Austin are in town looking for the meteor pieces.

Meteorite Hunters Hit The Ground To Find Their Treasure
CBS Dallas - Fort Worth Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:35 PM PST
Thousands saw and heard the bright meteor streak across the night sky Wednesday before culminating in a loud sonic boom. Now the hunt is on to find it.

Russia: Computer crash doomed Phobos-Grunt
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW February 6, 2012
After floating accusations against U.S. military radars, flawed foreign
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Meteor graces the region's sky | Richmond Times-Dispatch
A beautiful meteor streaked across the central Virginia sky Friday night.It was a bright kind called a "fireball."
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Several East Texans witnessed this meteorite that lit up the sky, and now, Texas Meteorite Hunters from Austin are in town looking for the meteor pieces. Today is the third day of hunting for the meteors. They started just south of Lake Tawakoni and ...

Meteorite Hunters Hit The Ground To Find Their Treasure
CBS Local
“We think the meteor flew right over Forney and was pretty much aimed towards Quitman,” said McCartney Taylor, spokesman at the Texas Meteorite Laboratory of Austin. Taylor has tracked meteorites across four continents. They're scorched on the outside ...

Treasure hunters search for meteorite in E. Texas
KLTV
So far, the scientists haven't had any luck finding a piece of the meteorite. They are offering a reward to anyone who comes across some of the debris-- $3 per gram. That means if you find a fist-sized piece, you could trade it in for an estimated ...

Space junk orbiting Earth threatens satellites, space exploration
Salt Lake Tribune
It's usually not a meteor, but rather a bolt or a paint chip that is part of the tons of debris floating in Earth's orbit, posing real dangers to space exploration. A new film opening at Clark Planetarium on Friday called Space Junk 3D highlights some ...

Treasure Hunters Search for Meteorite
KYTX
By Ben Newland - email Van Zandt County (CNN) -- A team of scientists is scouring North Texas for remnants of a meteor recently spotted falling in the area. This weekend, the scientists' search led them to Van Zandt Count, about 70 miles east of Dallas ...

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Treasure Hunters Search for Meteorite
CBS 19 Tyler Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:14 AM PST
A meteorite has landed in North East Texas. Scientists and treasure hunters scour Van Zandt County for debris.

Tucson gem show is bedrock for meteorite fans
Deseret News Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:22 PM PST
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Breaking News - Ontario, Canada / MI / NY / PA / OH / IN, USA Meteor Fireball~6:40 AM EST 6FEB2012

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06FEB2012 Janice Beichner Venus, PA USA 6:43 am EST 7-8 seconds NE/E Left to right Green with orange leading edge- quite large quite bright considering time of day (brighter than Venus) no 20 degrees or so above horizon- 45 degree angle of descent

06FEB2012 Jason Dugard Waterdown, ON, CAN 6:40am EST 4 sec NE-SW Orange/Flame Very bright - brighter than moon. Yes. Looked like about 7-10 pieces. Relatively slow moving and large.

06FEB2012 mike ithaca, ny 6:40:00 3sec left to right, west to east white to green ball very bright not that i could see amazing.

06FEB2012 MStephens New Baltimore, MI USA 6:40:00 5 seconds N-S Green/Blue Not too bright but very noticable no no tail, went from N-S then looked like it went down. Awesome and scarry at the same time! My daughter saw it at the same time I was driving her to school.

06FEB2012 Sean Williams Rochester, NY, USA 06:37 EST 5 seconds N sky approx 10 degrees of inclination travel L to R when facing N Green with a dispersion cloud about 2 seconds after the initial light disappeared brighter than moon no fragmentation dispersion cloud could be traced for another 2 seconds

06FEB2012 Greg Norwich NEWMARKET, ON, CANADA 6:38:00 2 sec N-E Blue green no tail Moon No My first Bolide

06FEB2012 Jordan Belleville, Ontario, Canada 640 6 sec West to East Bright Green Moon Yes A bright green mass moving West to East for about 6 sec. then deteriorated.

06FEB2012 Brian Silver Bath, Ontario, Canada 0650 EST 3 secs, view blocked at end northern sky W-E white light breaking up brighter than moon yes descending behind structure west to east

06FEB2012 Courtney Graham Brampton 0641 EST 5 Sec N-S Left to Right Green ball of light getting brighter Moon No Started light green light (like wing light of airplane) then got brighter/bigger. Like fireworks intensity. Developed bright white center, and then went out. seemed to be trevelling almost horizontally, with slightly downward trajectory (~5 degrees).

06FEB2012 Cynthia Langlois Brampton 6:40:00 8 to 10 sec S/E Left to right White Blue moon no Bright white blue streak long tail with a more bluish ball travelling on an arc

06FEB2012 Carol Goulet Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6:40 a.m. 3 to 4 seconds north to south bright green with long green tail arching downward moon brightness no fragmentation travelling east on the QEW highway, city & highway lights too bright to see stars, but this was very visible.

06FEB2012 edward koopman toronto, ontario, canada 6.30 am 5 seconds left to right white colour bright light no thought it was small plane crashing near the airport

06FEB2012 Jennifer Cambridge, ON, Canada 6:45:00 5 seconds NE, L to R White, no sound Brighter than a normal star No fragments Definitely noticeable as something odd, came to this site to confirm what I saw, this was not a fireball, closer to a falling star but brighter.

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Australia Meteor Bright Green Fireball 05FEB2012

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05FEB2012 Jon Sydney, NSW, Australia past 2200 05-10 sec West looked like a star (like a dot) looked like a star no looked like a star (like a dot) however, it was moving, cruising through space

5FEB2012 Brad Shoalwater 110 7-10 seconds e-w Green very bright yes no Photo. I was looking through my phone at the time and noticed a green reflection in my glass table. Long tail, travelled quite slowly and then seemed to burn out. No sound at all. If i had to use a ruler at arms length and measure the sky into the distance I would guess at about 10cm in length.

05FEB2012 Christian reynolds Perth, western Australia, Australia 01:15 wst 15 secs E - w Green Moon Yes No

05FEB2012 Andrew M Perth, WA, AUS 01:15 (+8 GMT) 10 sec E - W green and blue Moon yes - small blue flakes just prior to burning out Incredible. Never seen anything like it. Four observers witnessed in Cannington, WA

05FEB2012 AWG leederville perth australia 100.05 3 / 4 seconds right to left, low in western sky multicoloured aura around a white sphere centre and white tail, no sound, I've scene hundreds of meteors before and this was like no other. strong bright steady, and so colourful full spectrum of colours brighter than the moon not as bright as sun. you could look at it no fragments but an extremely long bright tail amazing id love to hear more info on it

05FEB2012 Kate Perth, WA, Australia 1250 - 0130h < 2 seconds NE - SW Bright white core with orange-yellow outer glow, bright blue tail. No discernable sound. Brighter than moon. No fragmentation I observed the object through my open bedroom window in Forrestfield. I can see and hear the planes coming in to land at the airport, the object seemed to follow almost the same trajectory as the planes landing, however it was travelling much faster. The object was large, almost the size of the moon which was also visible at the time; it was also brighter than the moon. It was a bright white colour with a orange-yellow glowing rim; there was also a bright blue tail, probably three fingers width (at outstretched arm) in length. No fragmentation or lingering train was observed. No immediate or subsequent noise was heard, or if subsequent noise was present it wasn’t discernable from usual noise of urban industry, traffic and airport noise.

05FEB2012 Rod Perth Western Australia 1.10am 5 sec north to south green same as moon no no photo

05FEB2012 Tim Perth, WA, Australia Midnight more than 10 E-W Green moon solid Green object flew (30 degree slope to earth surface) over West Perth direction from east to west. Object coloured green had quite long tail. Speed less than normally falling star, but faster than the plane. Undefined distance.

05FEB2012 Darren White Boddington Western Australia 0100hrs 5 right to Left, west sky Large Bright Green Moon No Large as the Moon very low

05FEB2012 sas Perth 01.10am 10 Australia yellowish huge yellowish shooting star not that i saw no photo

05FEB2012 Rhett WA Kalgoorlie 1:05:00 15 seconds N-S Green As the moon N/A I've never see anything like it, it had a huge tail..

05FEB2012 dan perth, WA, Australia 118 15 seconds N-S orange, blue, yellow brighter than moon, larger than moon none massive, bigger than moon.

05FEB2012 Baf perth, wa, australia 105 10-20 seconds east to south west Shot across the sky so fast, had very bright white head, trailing a long bright green tailte head, very bright, as bright as Venus Not that I saw Was so fast, disappeared from view after an amazing spectacle of green light

05FEB2012 Tara Isaac Perth, Western Australia 01.10 hours approx 20 secs E-W Large, bright green fiery head,long white tail Brighter than venus No No photo, seen while driving freeway North

2012 THE Year of Meteors!
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

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Fireball streaks through Virginia sky | InsideNova
More than 100 people from New Jersey to North Carolina reported seeing a bright streak of light with a tail shooting through the night sky late Friday.
www2.insidenova.com - Local

Tucson gem show's meteorites give 'rare' a whole new meaning
The Republic
The rarest rocks on Earth are actually chunks of other planets, and Tucson's Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase is ground zero for the meteorite-obsessed. Meteorites — space rocks that survived a fiery plummet through Earth's atmosphere — are the main ...

Meteor hunters zero in on intergalactic treasure
WFAA
They're looking for space treasure — the remnants of a large meteor that streaked across the North Texas sky last week. "I mean, this is all about the world's biggest Easter egg hunt for science people," said Taylor, who's from the Texas Meteorite ...

Huge Fireball Over Tokyo, 2 February 2012 -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
Huge Fireball Over Tokyo, 2 February 2012. lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:06 CST. Print this article Discuss on Cassiopaea Forum ...
www.sott.net/.../241131-Huge-Fireball-Over-Tokyo-2-Februar...

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 4-10, 2012 « The Transient Sky ...
By Carl Hergenrother
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 never know when surprises are in store. An errant earthgrazer from the Centaurid ...
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids...

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NWA 969 LL6/7 Chondrite

NWA 969 LL6/7
I can't quite explain why, these are just about my favorite meteorite micrographs. Yes, the material is interesting, and that is undoubtedly part of it, but I just like the colors I guess.... (more)
http://tomphillipsrockart.blogspot.com/

14 February 2012