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Mauna Loa, Hawaii Live
The Kwasan Observatory airing livestream the transit from Japan.
Live stream by Ustream
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
05 June 2012
Venus Transit AWB LIVE Webcast 5/6JUN2012
Mauna Loa, Hawaii Live
The Kwasan Observatory airing livestream the transit from Japan.
Live stream by Ustream
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 5JUN2012
Stargazer calls for Caloundra meteorite witnesses
ABC Online
By Jo Skinner Sunshine Coast astronomer Owen Bennedick is urging anyone who saw a meteoritenear Caloundra last night to contact him. Mr Bennedick runs the Wappa Falls Observatory at Yandina. He says he was with a group of people who saw a bright ...
STAR TRAK: June 2012
Phys.Org
The Bootid meteor shower will peak on the night of June 27, when Earth will pass through part of the debris trail of the comet that caused the meteor shower. Meteors will appear to be coming from a point in the constellation Bootes (pronounced ...
20120604 真像HOLD得住 14 隕石撞地球 YouTube
全集：http://vtwtv.info/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=15424.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYWi9gavoXM
Alamo Impact Event Presentation Set for June 15
Mesquite Citizen Journal
The Alamo Impact Event is so named because of a large meteor strike in southeastern Nevada about 367 million years ago, in the Devonian period, when shallow seas covered much of the state. The impact crushed the ocean floor and threw it into the air, ...
What ever happened to those Clovis hunters?
Arizona Daily Star (blog)
Nobody truly knows why but the consensus seems to be that the changing climate combined with the hunting technology of the Clovis to do them in. There is another theory that posits a big meteor, but we won't go into that.
100 days of science: Massive hole ID'd as meteor crater
Arizona Daily Star
Geologist and mining entrepreneur Daniel Moreau Barringer presented evidence for this site in Northern Arizona as a meteor impact crater in 1906, but it was not recognized as one until years after his death. The crater, about a mile wide and 570 feet ...
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
ABC Online
By Jo Skinner Sunshine Coast astronomer Owen Bennedick is urging anyone who saw a meteoritenear Caloundra last night to contact him. Mr Bennedick runs the Wappa Falls Observatory at Yandina. He says he was with a group of people who saw a bright ...
STAR TRAK: June 2012
Phys.Org
The Bootid meteor shower will peak on the night of June 27, when Earth will pass through part of the debris trail of the comet that caused the meteor shower. Meteors will appear to be coming from a point in the constellation Bootes (pronounced ...
20120604 真像HOLD得住 14 隕石撞地球 YouTube
全集：http://vtwtv.info/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=15424.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYWi9gavoXM
Alamo Impact Event Presentation Set for June 15
Mesquite Citizen Journal
The Alamo Impact Event is so named because of a large meteor strike in southeastern Nevada about 367 million years ago, in the Devonian period, when shallow seas covered much of the state. The impact crushed the ocean floor and threw it into the air, ...
What ever happened to those Clovis hunters?
Arizona Daily Star (blog)
Nobody truly knows why but the consensus seems to be that the changing climate combined with the hunting technology of the Clovis to do them in. There is another theory that posits a big meteor, but we won't go into that.
100 days of science: Massive hole ID'd as meteor crater
Arizona Daily Star
Geologist and mining entrepreneur Daniel Moreau Barringer presented evidence for this site in Northern Arizona as a meteor impact crater in 1906, but it was not recognized as one until years after his death. The crater, about a mile wide and 570 feet ...
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
04 June 2012
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 4JUN2012
Inside the International Meteorite Market
Boston.com
Writing at The Naked Scientists, Amy Tempelsman offers up an overview of the market inmeteorites. Apparently, when a meteorite falls to earth, it sets off a "feeding frenzy": According to Ralph Harvey, a geologist at Case Western Reserve University, ...
Meteor explosion sets off modern-day Gold Rush | UCLA Planets
The excitement in the Earth and Space Sciences geochemistry seminar on April 24 was palpable as UCLA Professor John Wasson announced to students that a ...
planets.ucla.edu/?p=4012
Billion-year old meteorites, found in Canada, go on auction Monday
The Province
By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News June 3, 2012 2:52 PM A slice of one of Canada's most famousmeteorites is to be sold for up to $8000 on Monday at a Bonhams auction in New York. The Abeemeteorite, believed to have been catapulted into space by an ...
Mars missions may learn from meteor Down Under
Edinburgh UK (SPX) May 31, 2012 - A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life there.
www.marsdaily.com/.../Mars_missions_may_learn_from_mete...
Weekly SkyWatcher's Forecast: June 4-10, 2012
Universe Today
We start off with a partial lunar eclipse of the Strawberry Moon, head into the historic Venus Transit, study some Herschel objects, catch both the Scorpid and ArietidMeteor Showers, practice some binocular astronomy and even take on some challenge ...
NEW Finding meteorites topic of library program
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Scientists believe there is, on average, at least one meteorite on every square half-mile in Oregon. MILTON-FREEWATER - A free program about meteorites and what to look for when trying to find them will be presented 7 pm Thursday at the ...
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Boston.com
Writing at The Naked Scientists, Amy Tempelsman offers up an overview of the market inmeteorites. Apparently, when a meteorite falls to earth, it sets off a "feeding frenzy": According to Ralph Harvey, a geologist at Case Western Reserve University, ...
Meteor explosion sets off modern-day Gold Rush | UCLA Planets
The excitement in the Earth and Space Sciences geochemistry seminar on April 24 was palpable as UCLA Professor John Wasson announced to students that a ...
planets.ucla.edu/?p=4012
Billion-year old meteorites, found in Canada, go on auction Monday
The Province
By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News June 3, 2012 2:52 PM A slice of one of Canada's most famousmeteorites is to be sold for up to $8000 on Monday at a Bonhams auction in New York. The Abeemeteorite, believed to have been catapulted into space by an ...
Mars missions may learn from meteor Down Under
Edinburgh UK (SPX) May 31, 2012 - A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life there.
www.marsdaily.com/.../Mars_missions_may_learn_from_mete...
Weekly SkyWatcher's Forecast: June 4-10, 2012
Universe Today
We start off with a partial lunar eclipse of the Strawberry Moon, head into the historic Venus Transit, study some Herschel objects, catch both the Scorpid and ArietidMeteor Showers, practice some binocular astronomy and even take on some challenge ...
NEW Finding meteorites topic of library program
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Scientists believe there is, on average, at least one meteorite on every square half-mile in Oregon. MILTON-FREEWATER - A free program about meteorites and what to look for when trying to find them will be presented 7 pm Thursday at the ...
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
03 June 2012
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 3JUN2012
Look Up, Stargazers: June 5 Is The Transit Of Venus
WFSU
By NPR Staff It's been a good season for stargazers, a veritable meteor shower of astronomical goodies, from a supermoon to a solar eclipse. Next up? On Tuesday, June 5, astronomy enthusiasts can witness the Transit of Venus — one of the rarest ...
Methane made from meteors may explain Mars mystery
Ars Technica
Any methane it held would have been lost during its trip through the Earth's atmosphere, but the chemicals remaining in the meteor could potentially break down into methane under the right conditions. The authors of the new paper, based in labs ...
Arizona achievements in science go way back
Arizona Daily Star
Mining engineer Daniel Mo- reau Barringer was just trying to make a buck from nickel-iron ore when he found evidence that a depression in Northern Arizona was formed by a massive meteor. The discovery of Meteor Crater was not recognized by geologists ...
Fireball Blazes Over Paris -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
NEW! E-book available on Amazon Kindle. · Riding the Wave: The Truth and Lies About 2012 and Global Transformation by Laura Knight-Jadczyk. No Kindle?
www.sott.net/articles/show/246258-Fireball-Blazes-Over-Paris
Canada's cutting-edge meteorite research may soon be on the rocks
Vancouver Sun
Rocks do fall from the sky, and Canada's meteorite experts have built themselves into a world power in the specialized field of studying them. Samson is one of these people, a professor of earth sciences at Carleton University.
Meteorite fragment donated to UCD prof
The Daily Democrat Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:40 AM PDT
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation Wednesday, of a meteorite piece that fell beside his driveway.The meteorite, a rare carbonaceous chondrite, contains the dust and grains that helped form the Earth and other planets more than four and a
Meteorite research puts Canada in higher orbit
Ottawa Citizen Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:48 PM PDT
One of Claire Samsonâs favourite objects is a thumb-sized lump of (mostly) iron from a distant part of the solar system, its surface pitted and scoured by its super-hot fall through Earth`s atmosphere.
Meteor Crater to get updated security system
Odessa American
BY NATHANIEL MILLER Just because the Odessa Meteor Crater has been estimated to be about 63500 years old doesn't mean the museum's technology has to match the main attraction's age. Wanting to update the security system, the nonprofit group Meteor ...
Venus Transits the Sun for the Last Time This Century
Voice of America
We began the year with the Quandrantid Meteor Shower in January. At the time, sixty to two hundred meteors fell toward Earth every hour. In February, a large number of unusual fireballs were reported in skies over the United States.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
WFSU
By NPR Staff It's been a good season for stargazers, a veritable meteor shower of astronomical goodies, from a supermoon to a solar eclipse. Next up? On Tuesday, June 5, astronomy enthusiasts can witness the Transit of Venus — one of the rarest ...
Methane made from meteors may explain Mars mystery
Ars Technica
Any methane it held would have been lost during its trip through the Earth's atmosphere, but the chemicals remaining in the meteor could potentially break down into methane under the right conditions. The authors of the new paper, based in labs ...
Arizona achievements in science go way back
Arizona Daily Star
Mining engineer Daniel Mo- reau Barringer was just trying to make a buck from nickel-iron ore when he found evidence that a depression in Northern Arizona was formed by a massive meteor. The discovery of Meteor Crater was not recognized by geologists ...
Fireball Blazes Over Paris -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
NEW! E-book available on Amazon Kindle. · Riding the Wave: The Truth and Lies About 2012 and Global Transformation by Laura Knight-Jadczyk. No Kindle?
www.sott.net/articles/show/246258-Fireball-Blazes-Over-Paris
Canada's cutting-edge meteorite research may soon be on the rocks
Vancouver Sun
Rocks do fall from the sky, and Canada's meteorite experts have built themselves into a world power in the specialized field of studying them. Samson is one of these people, a professor of earth sciences at Carleton University.
Meteorite fragment donated to UCD prof
The Daily Democrat Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:40 AM PDT
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation Wednesday, of a meteorite piece that fell beside his driveway.The meteorite, a rare carbonaceous chondrite, contains the dust and grains that helped form the Earth and other planets more than four and a
Meteorite research puts Canada in higher orbit
Ottawa Citizen Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:48 PM PDT
One of Claire Samsonâs favourite objects is a thumb-sized lump of (mostly) iron from a distant part of the solar system, its surface pitted and scoured by its super-hot fall through Earth`s atmosphere.
Meteor Crater to get updated security system
Odessa American
BY NATHANIEL MILLER Just because the Odessa Meteor Crater has been estimated to be about 63500 years old doesn't mean the museum's technology has to match the main attraction's age. Wanting to update the security system, the nonprofit group Meteor ...
Venus Transits the Sun for the Last Time This Century
Voice of America
We began the year with the Quandrantid Meteor Shower in January. At the time, sixty to two hundred meteors fell toward Earth every hour. In February, a large number of unusual fireballs were reported in skies over the United States.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
02 June 2012
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 2JUN2012
Meteor gives clues to Mars atmosphere - UPI.com
Scientists say a study of a meteorite that fell in Australia could give clues to the atmosphere on Mars and help inform future missions looking for life there.
www.upi.com/Science_News/.../UPI-53971338413406/
Sutter's Mill Meteorite Fall (HD) - YouTube
34 sec
The fall : In the morning of 2012 April 22, at 7:51 PDT, a 2-4 meter sized near- earth asteroid ...
youtube.com
Meteorite fragment donated to UCD prof
Daily Democrat
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation Wednesday, of a meteorite piece that fell beside his driveway. The meteorite, a rare carbonaceous chondrite, contains the dust and grains that helped form the ...
Canada's cutting-edge meteorite research may soon be on the rocks
Ottawa Citizen
By Tom Spears, The Ottawa Citizen June 1, 2012 7:41 PM Earth sciences student Chris Fry with a section of the Toluca, nickel and iron meteorite at the Carleton University Herzberg Laboratories. OTTAWA — One of Claire Samson's favourite objects is a ...
Mars Methane Lessons in a Meteorite
Astrobiology Magazine (press release)
They found that meteorites, which continually bombard the surface of Mars, contain enough carbon compounds to generate methane when they are exposed to sunlight. Researchers say their findings give valuable insights into the planet's atmosphere.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Scientists say a study of a meteorite that fell in Australia could give clues to the atmosphere on Mars and help inform future missions looking for life there.
www.upi.com/Science_News/.../UPI-53971338413406/
Sutter's Mill Meteorite Fall (HD) - YouTube34 sec
The fall : In the morning of 2012 April 22, at 7:51 PDT, a 2-4 meter sized near- earth asteroid ...
youtube.com
Meteorite fragment donated to UCD prof
Daily Democrat
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation Wednesday, of a meteorite piece that fell beside his driveway. The meteorite, a rare carbonaceous chondrite, contains the dust and grains that helped form the ...
Canada's cutting-edge meteorite research may soon be on the rocks
Ottawa Citizen
By Tom Spears, The Ottawa Citizen June 1, 2012 7:41 PM Earth sciences student Chris Fry with a section of the Toluca, nickel and iron meteorite at the Carleton University Herzberg Laboratories. OTTAWA — One of Claire Samson's favourite objects is a ...
Mars Methane Lessons in a Meteorite
Astrobiology Magazine (press release)
They found that meteorites, which continually bombard the surface of Mars, contain enough carbon compounds to generate methane when they are exposed to sunlight. Researchers say their findings give valuable insights into the planet's atmosphere.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
01 June 2012
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 1JUN2012
Rare meteorite fragment donated to UC Davis geologist
PhysOrg Thu, 31 May 2012 05:51 AM PDT
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen â90, Ph.D. â95, presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation today, May 30, of ameteorite piece that fell beside his driveway in Coloma, Calif.
Meteorite reveals clues in search for life on Mars
MSNBC Wed, 30 May 2012 17:31 PM PDT
A meteorite that fell to Earth 42 years ago is helping scientists unlock clues regarding the makeup of Mars' atmosphere and its potential implications to help shape future missions to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet, a new study finds.
Video of the daylight California fireball | Bad Astronomy | Discover ...
Astronomy | fireball | On April 22, 2012, a chunk of asteroid one or two meters across burned up in Earth's atmosphere. It came in over California and was seen ...
blogs.discovermagazine.com/.../video-of-the-daylight-californ...
Mars missions may learn from meteor Down Under
A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life there.
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/.../uoe-mmm053012.php
Video of California Daytime Fireball Surfaces
Universe Today
by Nancy Atkinson on May 31, 2012 Video footage has finally surfaced of the daytimefireball that illuminated the sky over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California back in April. NASA and the SETI Institute had asked the public to submit any amateur ...
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
PhysOrg Thu, 31 May 2012 05:51 AM PDT
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen â90, Ph.D. â95, presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation today, May 30, of ameteorite piece that fell beside his driveway in Coloma, Calif.
Meteorite reveals clues in search for life on Mars
MSNBC Wed, 30 May 2012 17:31 PM PDT
A meteorite that fell to Earth 42 years ago is helping scientists unlock clues regarding the makeup of Mars' atmosphere and its potential implications to help shape future missions to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet, a new study finds.
Video of the daylight California fireball | Bad Astronomy | Discover ...
Astronomy | fireball | On April 22, 2012, a chunk of asteroid one or two meters across burned up in Earth's atmosphere. It came in over California and was seen ...
blogs.discovermagazine.com/.../video-of-the-daylight-californ...
Mars missions may learn from meteor Down Under
A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life there.
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/.../uoe-mmm053012.php
Video of California Daytime Fireball Surfaces
Universe Today
by Nancy Atkinson on May 31, 2012 Video footage has finally surfaced of the daytimefireball that illuminated the sky over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California back in April. NASA and the SETI Institute had asked the public to submit any amateur ...
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
31 May 2012
France Meteor Fireball 28MAY2012
France Meteor Fireball 23:27 local time 27/UTC 28MAY2012
Sighting Reports:
28MAY2012 NOEMIE BESSON VINCENNES aprox 2H00 UTC/GMT+2 2 aprox WSW to ENE with aprox 45° aprox No Sound.Green like grass in the center more bright around like the Moon when it was very bright No No
28MAY2012 NICOLAS SAINT GERMAIN EN LAYE FRANCE 1H30 AM 10 SEC N-N-O WHITE SUN NO THE BIGEST I'D NEVER SEEN WITH MY FRIEND
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
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| France Fireball Meteor 27/05/2012 23:27:22 (Local Time) Base des Observateurs Amateurs de Météores http://www.boam.fr/post.php?lang=fr |
28MAY2012 NOEMIE BESSON VINCENNES aprox 2H00 UTC/GMT+2 2 aprox WSW to ENE with aprox 45° aprox No Sound.Green like grass in the center more bright around like the Moon when it was very bright No No
28MAY2012 NICOLAS SAINT GERMAIN EN LAYE FRANCE 1H30 AM 10 SEC N-N-O WHITE SUN NO THE BIGEST I'D NEVER SEEN WITH MY FRIEND
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31MAY2012
Big well-done for done Big Well
Dodge City Daily Globe
A number of large items are presented in glass cases about the museum floor including the pallasitemeteor — which had been moved from its temporary home in the lobby of the Greensburg City Hall — a dented and tornado damaged warning siren and a tall ...
Rare meteorite fragment donated to UC Davis geologist
UC Davis
UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin examines the donated meteorite. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis photo) UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen '90, Ph.D. '95, presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation today, May 30, of ameteorite piece that fell ...
Meteor gives clues to Mars atmosphere
UPI Wed, 30 May 2012 15:09 PM PDT
EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 30 (UPI) -- Scientists say a study of ameteorite that fell in Australia could give clues to the atmosphere on Mars and help inform future missions looking for life there.
Carbon Found in Mars Meteorites (And Why It Has Nothing to Do With Martian Life)
Wired News Wed, 30 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT
When the Tissint meteorite crashed to Earth in Morocco last year, international drama ensued . The charred pieces of splintered rock were particularly coveted because they came from Mars, and local tribesmen,meteorite collectors, and scientists jockeyed for position.
Transit of Venus highlights June events
Bangor Daily News
27: Moon in first quarter, 11:29 pm This is the peak night for the Bootids meteor shower. Erratic, a high number of meteors in 2004 was followed by almost none in 2010 when another profuse shower was expected. Look for the occasional slow-moving meteor ...
Meteorite Reveals Clues in Search for Life on Mars
Space.com
by SPACE.com Staff A meteorite that fell to Earth 41 years ago is helping scientists unlock clues regarding the makeup of Mars' atmosphere and its potential implications to help shape future missions to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet, ...
Mars missions may learn from meteor Down Under
Phys.Org
A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life there. Scientists have tried to find out how the planet's environment came to contain methane gas, which contains carbon – a substance found in ...
'Supermoon' Tonight! Tips to See Year's Biggest Full Moon, Meteor Shower
Space.com
And there's a meteor shower from Halley's comet peaking tonight, too, adding to the sky show. The full moon of May will hit its peak overnight tonight and early Sunday (May 5 and 6) just one minute after the moon makes its closest approach to Earth.
Dodge City Daily Globe
A number of large items are presented in glass cases about the museum floor including the pallasitemeteor — which had been moved from its temporary home in the lobby of the Greensburg City Hall — a dented and tornado damaged warning siren and a tall ...
Rare meteorite fragment donated to UC Davis geologist
UC Davis
UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin examines the donated meteorite. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis photo) UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen '90, Ph.D. '95, presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation today, May 30, of ameteorite piece that fell ...
Meteor gives clues to Mars atmosphere
UPI Wed, 30 May 2012 15:09 PM PDT
EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 30 (UPI) -- Scientists say a study of ameteorite that fell in Australia could give clues to the atmosphere on Mars and help inform future missions looking for life there.
Carbon Found in Mars Meteorites (And Why It Has Nothing to Do With Martian Life)
Wired News Wed, 30 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT
When the Tissint meteorite crashed to Earth in Morocco last year, international drama ensued . The charred pieces of splintered rock were particularly coveted because they came from Mars, and local tribesmen,meteorite collectors, and scientists jockeyed for position.
Transit of Venus highlights June events
Bangor Daily News
27: Moon in first quarter, 11:29 pm This is the peak night for the Bootids meteor shower. Erratic, a high number of meteors in 2004 was followed by almost none in 2010 when another profuse shower was expected. Look for the occasional slow-moving meteor ...
Meteorite Reveals Clues in Search for Life on Mars
Space.com
by SPACE.com Staff A meteorite that fell to Earth 41 years ago is helping scientists unlock clues regarding the makeup of Mars' atmosphere and its potential implications to help shape future missions to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet, ...
Mars missions may learn from meteor Down Under
Phys.Org
A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life there. Scientists have tried to find out how the planet's environment came to contain methane gas, which contains carbon – a substance found in ...
'Supermoon' Tonight! Tips to See Year's Biggest Full Moon, Meteor Shower
Space.com
And there's a meteor shower from Halley's comet peaking tonight, too, adding to the sky show. The full moon of May will hit its peak overnight tonight and early Sunday (May 5 and 6) just one minute after the moon makes its closest approach to Earth.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
MBIQ Detects Caribbean Meteor Fireball 30MAY2012
MBIQ Detects Caribbean Meteor Fireball 30MAY2012
Bermuda, Grenada,Turks and Caicos, Saint Michael, and Saint George all report that a meteor/fireball occurred 30MAY2012.
If you witnessed this event please file a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
Reports:
30MAY2012 jg barbados 2100 10 south right to left green no sound very bright well formed it was big, bright, green
30MAY2012 Phil Bermuda 21:40:00 10 secs E-W Fireball long trail Sun Yes Looked like it entered the atmosphere
30MAY2012 Amos R Luker Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands approx 20:30hr 4 sec N-S Bright orange, spit into two pieces, then turned Green Same as moon split into two pieces Sitting on restaurant deck on beach close to ocean
30MAY2012 Shane Francis St.Patrick, Grenada 19:30:00 7 Seconds E-W Blue Green and Yellowish red, No sound Very Bright. Brighter tha the moon Yes broke off into 4 parts The Largest and Brightest Meteor i have ever seen, It was amazing.
30MAY2012 cherrianne Derricks, St. James, Barbados 19:25:00 3 seconds then it disappeared behind a black cloud south to north bright light then a bright blue burst with a yellow tail .. no sound like a firework display !! did not see any fragmentation biggest, brightest thing i've ever seen moving in the night sky !!
30MAY2012 Angela Paul BARBADOS 19:30 AST 8 sec South West position Blue, purple colour, with long orange -red tail, No sound As bright as a shooing star, but the brightness seemed greater because it was so big, alos the night was overcast no fragmentation noted none
30MAY2012 Dan Holetown, Barbados 19:30 Eastern Time 3 sec. E-W neon green yellowish and bright, no sound bright like fireworks only one unit, as seen the bigeest I ever seen
For all sighting reports see:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/
MBIQ Data:
Bridgetown, Saint Michael arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for today meteor fall may 30 2012.
10:27:32 -- 26 minutes ago
Bridgetown, Saint Michael arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for green shooting star 2012.
10:33:39 -- 20 minutes ago
Roseau, Saint George arrived from google.dm on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for ball of fire falling from the sky.
10:43:29 -- 11 minutes ago
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Bermuda, Grenada,Turks and Caicos, Saint Michael, and Saint George all report that a meteor/fireball occurred 30MAY2012.
If you witnessed this event please file a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
Reports:
30MAY2012 jg barbados 2100 10 south right to left green no sound very bright well formed it was big, bright, green
30MAY2012 Phil Bermuda 21:40:00 10 secs E-W Fireball long trail Sun Yes Looked like it entered the atmosphere
30MAY2012 Amos R Luker Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands approx 20:30hr 4 sec N-S Bright orange, spit into two pieces, then turned Green Same as moon split into two pieces Sitting on restaurant deck on beach close to ocean
30MAY2012 Shane Francis St.Patrick, Grenada 19:30:00 7 Seconds E-W Blue Green and Yellowish red, No sound Very Bright. Brighter tha the moon Yes broke off into 4 parts The Largest and Brightest Meteor i have ever seen, It was amazing.
30MAY2012 cherrianne Derricks, St. James, Barbados 19:25:00 3 seconds then it disappeared behind a black cloud south to north bright light then a bright blue burst with a yellow tail .. no sound like a firework display !! did not see any fragmentation biggest, brightest thing i've ever seen moving in the night sky !!
30MAY2012 Angela Paul BARBADOS 19:30 AST 8 sec South West position Blue, purple colour, with long orange -red tail, No sound As bright as a shooing star, but the brightness seemed greater because it was so big, alos the night was overcast no fragmentation noted none
30MAY2012 Dan Holetown, Barbados 19:30 Eastern Time 3 sec. E-W neon green yellowish and bright, no sound bright like fireworks only one unit, as seen the bigeest I ever seen
For all sighting reports see:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/
MBIQ Data:
Bridgetown, Saint Michael arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for today meteor fall may 30 2012.
10:27:32 -- 26 minutes ago
Bridgetown, Saint Michael arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for green shooting star 2012.
10:33:39 -- 20 minutes ago
Roseau, Saint George arrived from google.dm on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for ball of fire falling from the sky.
10:43:29 -- 11 minutes ago
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
30 May 2012
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29/30MAY2012
'Stony iron meteorites may have hit Katol'
The Asian Age
A team of scientists from Mumbai left for Nagpur on Tuesday to investigate the impact of last Tuesday's meteorite shower in the Katol region, which left several houses damaged. The team is expected to reach Nagpur on Wednesday early morning.
The World's biggest meteor shower | How It Works Magazine
The annual Perseid meteor shower caught on camera - and how you can catch it this summer.
www.howitworksdaily.com/.../the-worlds-biggest-meteor-sho...
The truth is out there about UFO in Baltic Sea, Swedish scientists say
Fox News
The crash debris could be from a meteor, he told FoxNews.com. It could a naturally occurring gas well discovery -- located interestingly enough in international waters, he added. Or, he muses, it could be the remains of a Russian warship from the late ...
Two small asteroids buzz Earth in back-to-back flybys
msnbc.com
Asteroid Basics: A Space Rock Quiz Small Asteroid Flies-By Closer Than Many Satellites | Video When Space Attacks: The 6 Craziest Meteor Impacts © 2012 Space.com.
Life on Mars: just add carbon and stir
Phys.Org
The building blocks of life have been discovered on Mars ... in Martian meteorites that fell to Earth. Let me rephrase that: according to a paper by published in Science Express on Friday, meteoritesfrom Mars have been found to contain the basic ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 26- June 1, 2012 | American Meteor ...
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near two for observers in the northern hemisphere and three for those south of the ...
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Life on Mars: just add carbon and stir
CNET Australia
By Marion Anderson, Monash University | May 29, 2012 The building blocks of life have been discovered on Mars — in Martian meteorites that fell to Earth. We're a long way off from finding little green men, but we might find evidence of life on Mars, ...
Meteorite hunt goes on, needs public's help
PhysOrg Mon, 28 May 2012 05:36 AM PDT
(Phys.org) -- A University of California, Davis, geologist is appealing for public help in tracking down pieces of the meteorite that blew up over El Dorado County on April 22.
South African Government, Landowners Sign Agreement To Preserve Site Of Meteor Impact
Bernama Sun, 27 May 2012 23:52 PM PDT
PRETORIA, May 28 (BERNAMA-NNN-BUANEWS) -- The South African government and landowners of the Vredefort Dome, site of meteoriteimpact, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement, taking the site a step closer to becoming a new World Heritage Site and protected under South African law.
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Australia Meteor Fireball ...
24MAY2012 Sonja Jindabyne NSW 05.35am 5 seconds Facing North... travelling from left to right / east - west Large fireball, very bright green and orange, ...
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South African Government, Landowners Sign Agreement To Preserve Site Of Meteor ...
Bernama
PRETORIA, May 28 (BERNAMA-NNN-BUANEWS) -- The South African government and landowners of the Vredefort Dome, site of meteorite impact, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement, taking the site a step closer to becoming a new World Heritage Site and ...
Scientists to probe Nagpur meteorite shower
Daily News & Analysis
A team of scientists from Mumbai will leave for Nagpur on Monday to investigate and study the impact of last Tuesday's large meteorite shower in the Katol region which damaged several houses, an official said here on Sunday.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
The Asian Age
A team of scientists from Mumbai left for Nagpur on Tuesday to investigate the impact of last Tuesday's meteorite shower in the Katol region, which left several houses damaged. The team is expected to reach Nagpur on Wednesday early morning.
The World's biggest meteor shower | How It Works Magazine
The annual Perseid meteor shower caught on camera - and how you can catch it this summer.
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The truth is out there about UFO in Baltic Sea, Swedish scientists say
Fox News
The crash debris could be from a meteor, he told FoxNews.com. It could a naturally occurring gas well discovery -- located interestingly enough in international waters, he added. Or, he muses, it could be the remains of a Russian warship from the late ...
Two small asteroids buzz Earth in back-to-back flybys
msnbc.com
Asteroid Basics: A Space Rock Quiz Small Asteroid Flies-By Closer Than Many Satellites | Video When Space Attacks: The 6 Craziest Meteor Impacts © 2012 Space.com.
Life on Mars: just add carbon and stir
Phys.Org
The building blocks of life have been discovered on Mars ... in Martian meteorites that fell to Earth. Let me rephrase that: according to a paper by published in Science Express on Friday, meteoritesfrom Mars have been found to contain the basic ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for May 26- June 1, 2012 | American Meteor ...
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near two for observers in the northern hemisphere and three for those south of the ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-may-26-j...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Meteor ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News. Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls & Related ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../latest-meteormeteorite-...
Life on Mars: just add carbon and stir
CNET Australia
By Marion Anderson, Monash University | May 29, 2012 The building blocks of life have been discovered on Mars — in Martian meteorites that fell to Earth. We're a long way off from finding little green men, but we might find evidence of life on Mars, ...
Meteorite hunt goes on, needs public's help
PhysOrg Mon, 28 May 2012 05:36 AM PDT
(Phys.org) -- A University of California, Davis, geologist is appealing for public help in tracking down pieces of the meteorite that blew up over El Dorado County on April 22.
South African Government, Landowners Sign Agreement To Preserve Site Of Meteor Impact
Bernama Sun, 27 May 2012 23:52 PM PDT
PRETORIA, May 28 (BERNAMA-NNN-BUANEWS) -- The South African government and landowners of the Vredefort Dome, site of meteoriteimpact, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement, taking the site a step closer to becoming a new World Heritage Site and protected under South African law.
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Australia Meteor Fireball ...
24MAY2012 Sonja Jindabyne NSW 05.35am 5 seconds Facing North... travelling from left to right / east - west Large fireball, very bright green and orange, ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../australia-meteor-firebal...
South African Government, Landowners Sign Agreement To Preserve Site Of Meteor ...
Bernama
PRETORIA, May 28 (BERNAMA-NNN-BUANEWS) -- The South African government and landowners of the Vredefort Dome, site of meteorite impact, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement, taking the site a step closer to becoming a new World Heritage Site and ...
Scientists to probe Nagpur meteorite shower
Daily News & Analysis
A team of scientists from Mumbai will leave for Nagpur on Monday to investigate and study the impact of last Tuesday's large meteorite shower in the Katol region which damaged several houses, an official said here on Sunday.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
MBIQ Detects Meteor California / Nevada 30MAY2012
MBIQ Detects Meteor California / Nevada ~01:50 PDT 30MAY2012
Now Confirmed; Meteor over California / Nevada 30MAY2012. The time of the event was approximately 01:50 PDT.
If you have a meteor sighting report please submit it to confirm this event. Thank you!:
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Now Confirmed; Meteor over California / Nevada 30MAY2012. The time of the event was approximately 01:50 PDT.
If you have a meteor sighting report please submit it to confirm this event. Thank you!:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/2011/12/december-2011-meteorfireball-sighting.html
Initial Sighting Reports:
30MAY2012 Maranda Sacramento, CA 01:44 AM PST 2 sec North to South Neon Green sun no Looked like a neon green ribbon zigzagging then went dark.
30MAY2012 Russ Merced, Ca 95340 1:50:00 One Mississippi Star fell downward Bright royal blue & yellow, with a long tail Thought it was a firework. None that I saw no other
30MAY2012 danny Sacramento, ca approx 0130-0200 4 to 5 seconds west i think i saw what looked like a green tail it was huge sun no it was amazing
30MAY2012 dustin mcfall yuba city ca. 1:50:00 1sec south to north bright white/blue with orange sparks when exploded same as lightning it exploded at the end and parts went everywhere n/a
30MAY2012 Kami copperopolis 1:40:00 around 4 sec from right to left in a down angle red,white,blue no sound but it look to be a brighter flash halfway thru 3-4 times brighter than the brightest star i can see no, i could not see any parts falling i was standing on our back porch smoking a ciggarette and i saw a super bright light move from right to left in a downward motion... halfwas thru the movement there was a flash that was brighter that the meteor itself.
30MAY2012 Chris Clovis, CA 1:55am (aprox.) 1 second NE Bright electric blue, disappeared behind tree on the horizon. a little brighter rhan the moon no No tail was observed. Just a blue ball falling. descent was more vertical. No pictures.
For all sighting reports see:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/
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Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) bot just detected a meteor event in California and Nevada. No sighting reports at this time, only computer detected event which may or may not be a real meteor event. Confidence of detection % 95.
MBIQ Data:
Stockton, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching formeteorite 5/30/12 1:40 am pst.
18:25:44 -- 1 minute ago
Merced, California arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Katol, India Meteorite Fall 22MAY2012 Meteorite Photos" by searching for meteor may 30, 2012.
Sacramento, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Georgia Blue Meteor 20MAY2011" by searching for blue meteor.
Long Beach, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for bright flash in sky 5/30/12.
17:43:41 -- 2 minutes ago
Sparks, Nevada arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for bright flash in sky over reno.
17:47:54 -- 3 minutes ago
Sacramento, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching formeteorite tonight 5/30.
17:45:59 -- 6 minutes ago
Shingle Springs, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for 5/29/12 loud boom early morning california.
16:51:35 -- 52 minutes ago
Initial Sighting Reports:
30MAY2012 Maranda Sacramento, CA 01:44 AM PST 2 sec North to South Neon Green sun no Looked like a neon green ribbon zigzagging then went dark.
30MAY2012 Russ Merced, Ca 95340 1:50:00 One Mississippi Star fell downward Bright royal blue & yellow, with a long tail Thought it was a firework. None that I saw no other
30MAY2012 danny Sacramento, ca approx 0130-0200 4 to 5 seconds west i think i saw what looked like a green tail it was huge sun no it was amazing
30MAY2012 dustin mcfall yuba city ca. 1:50:00 1sec south to north bright white/blue with orange sparks when exploded same as lightning it exploded at the end and parts went everywhere n/a
30MAY2012 Kami copperopolis 1:40:00 around 4 sec from right to left in a down angle red,white,blue no sound but it look to be a brighter flash halfway thru 3-4 times brighter than the brightest star i can see no, i could not see any parts falling i was standing on our back porch smoking a ciggarette and i saw a super bright light move from right to left in a downward motion... halfwas thru the movement there was a flash that was brighter that the meteor itself.
30MAY2012 Chris Clovis, CA 1:55am (aprox.) 1 second NE Bright electric blue, disappeared behind tree on the horizon. a little brighter rhan the moon no No tail was observed. Just a blue ball falling. descent was more vertical. No pictures.
For all sighting reports see:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/
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Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) bot just detected a meteor event in California and Nevada. No sighting reports at this time, only computer detected event which may or may not be a real meteor event. Confidence of detection % 95.
MBIQ Data:
Stockton, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching formeteorite 5/30/12 1:40 am pst.
18:25:44 -- 1 minute ago
Merced, California arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Katol, India Meteorite Fall 22MAY2012 Meteorite Photos" by searching for meteor may 30, 2012.
Sacramento, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Georgia Blue Meteor 20MAY2011" by searching for blue meteor.
Long Beach, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for bright flash in sky 5/30/12.
17:43:41 -- 2 minutes ago
Sparks, Nevada arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for bright flash in sky over reno.
17:47:54 -- 3 minutes ago
Sacramento, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching formeteorite tonight 5/30.
17:45:59 -- 6 minutes ago
Shingle Springs, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for 5/29/12 loud boom early morning california.
16:51:35 -- 52 minutes ago
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Katol, India Meteorite Fall 22MAY2012 Meteorite Photos
Katol, Nagpur, India Meteorite Fall 22MAY2012 Meteorite Photos
One of the Katol , Nagpur, India meteorites pierced a roof 22MAY2012
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India/ Wikipedia
Another view of the hole in the galvanized steel roof
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India/ Wikipedia
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India / Wikipedia
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India
Previous post about the Katol, Nagpur 22MAY2012 meteor and meteorite fall on
TheLatestWorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2012/05/katol-vidharbha-area-maharashtra-india.html
Wikipedia entry for Katol meteorite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katol
More photos to be posted as they are made available.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
One of the Katol , Nagpur, India meteorites pierced a roof 22MAY2012
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India/ Wikipedia
Another view of the hole in the galvanized steel roof
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India/ Wikipedia
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India / Wikipedia
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India
Katol, Nagpur, India meteorite from 22MAY2012 daytime meteor
Photo Credit: GIS, Geological Survey India
Previous post about the Katol, Nagpur 22MAY2012 meteor and meteorite fall on
TheLatestWorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2012/05/katol-vidharbha-area-maharashtra-india.html
Wikipedia entry for Katol meteorite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katol
More photos to be posted as they are made available.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
29 May 2012
Breaking News - NOW 4 Asteroid NEO CLOSE CALLS! 28-31MAY2012
UPDATED! 4 NEO Asteroids Close Calls!!! 28-31MAY2012
Be ready with eyes and video cameras to capture increased meteor/fireball activity 2-3 days prior and 2-3 days after this passing. Please get the word out by posting a link to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, your favorite forum, or website; thank you:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
If you have a sighting of a meteor/fireball please make a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter- Tokyo, Japan
UPDATED! NOW 4 CLOSE CALLS! (updated 28MAY2012)
Table source: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
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If you have a sighting of a meteor/fireball please make a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter- Tokyo, Japan
UPDATED! NOW 4 CLOSE CALLS! (updated 28MAY2012)
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2012 THE Year of Meteors!
28 May 2012
The Latest Meteor/Meteorite News 28MAY2012
Three NEO asteroids to Pass Near Earth between 28-31 MAY2012
Lunar Distance (LD) less than 10LD. Asteroids 2012 KP24 ,2012 KZ41,2001 CQ36...
Likely INCREASED worldwide meteor/fireball/bolide activity seen.
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2012/05/neo-asteroid-just-discovered-2012-kp24.html
Scientists to probe Nagpur meteorite shower
New Kerala Sun, 27 May 2012 10:03 AM PDT
Mumbai, May 27 : A team of scientists from Mumbai will leave for Nagpur Monday to investigate and study the impact of last Tuesday's largemeteorite shower in the Katol region which damaged several houses, an official said here Sunday.
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: India Meteorite Fall ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
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2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Lunar Distance (LD) less than 10LD. Asteroids 2012 KP24 ,2012 KZ41,2001 CQ36...
Likely INCREASED worldwide meteor/fireball/bolide activity seen.
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2012/05/neo-asteroid-just-discovered-2012-kp24.html
Scientists to probe Nagpur meteorite shower
New Kerala Sun, 27 May 2012 10:03 AM PDT
Mumbai, May 27 : A team of scientists from Mumbai will leave for Nagpur Monday to investigate and study the impact of last Tuesday's largemeteorite shower in the Katol region which damaged several houses, an official said here Sunday.
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: India Meteorite Fall ...
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. *.blogspot...
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
26 May 2012
Katol, Vidharbha area, Maharashtra, India Meteorite Fall 22MAY2012
Katol, Vidharbha Area, Maharashtra, India Meteorite "Shower" Fall
~ 2:30 pm 22MAY2012
-Meteorites hit building(s).
The Geological Survey India reports:
"A meteorite fall occurred in the Katol area on afternoon of 22MAY2012 with a loud noise heard between 2:00 to 2.30 pm. Meteorites were collected from four localities in and around the Katol city. Samples collected are of stony meteorites with varying size, shape and dimensions with typical dark brown burnt surface. Compositionally these meteorites are dominated by silicates with little iron. There is very good chance of getting meteorite samples from other part of the Vidarbha area between Akola and Nagpur as huge sound with very bright and dazzling light was seen between Akola and Nagpur by many peoples in a stretch of around 150 km in ENE/WSW direction." ...
http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/gsiImages/information/katol_meteorite_shower.pdf
Photos of Katol / Nagpur India Meteorite:
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifting-gears/121140-meteorite-shower-central-india-around-nagpur.html
Nagpur Ulkapat
YouTube Published on 25 May 2012 by starmajha 41 views
2505 shrikant pathak on ulkapat
YouTube Published on 25 May 2012 by Zee24Taas 3 views
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
-Meteorites hit building(s).
The Geological Survey India reports:
"A meteorite fall occurred in the Katol area on afternoon of 22MAY2012 with a loud noise heard between 2:00 to 2.30 pm. Meteorites were collected from four localities in and around the Katol city. Samples collected are of stony meteorites with varying size, shape and dimensions with typical dark brown burnt surface. Compositionally these meteorites are dominated by silicates with little iron. There is very good chance of getting meteorite samples from other part of the Vidarbha area between Akola and Nagpur as huge sound with very bright and dazzling light was seen between Akola and Nagpur by many peoples in a stretch of around 150 km in ENE/WSW direction." ...
http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/gsiImages/information/katol_meteorite_shower.pdf
Photos of Katol / Nagpur India Meteorite:
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifting-gears/121140-meteorite-shower-central-india-around-nagpur.html
Nagpur Ulkapat
YouTube Published on 25 May 2012 by starmajha 41 views
2505 shrikant pathak on ulkapat
YouTube Published on 25 May 2012 by Zee24Taas 3 views
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
UPDATED! 4 NEO Asteroids Close Calls!!! 28-31MAY2012
UPDATED! 4 NEO Asteroids Close Calls!!! 28-31MAY2012
Be ready with eyes and video cameras to capture increased meteor/fireball activity 2-3 days prior and 2-3 days after this passing. Please get the word out by posting a link to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, your favorite forum, or website; thank you:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
If you have a sighting of a meteor/fireball please make a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter- Tokyo, Japan
UPDATED! NOW 4 CLOSE CALLS! (28MAY2012)
There were 5! NASA just update their site after the fact.(30MAY2012)
previously posted
Table source: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
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| Source: NASA/JPL |
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
If you have a sighting of a meteor/fireball please make a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter- Tokyo, Japan
UPDATED! NOW 4 CLOSE CALLS! (28MAY2012)
There were 5! NASA just update their site after the fact.(30MAY2012)
| (2012 KC45) | 2012-May-28 | 0.0052 | 2.0 | 3.5 m - 7.7 m | 29.4 | 6.17 |
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26MAY2012
Meteorites add to Tuesday sound mystery
Times of India
The fire balls seen by some people in Akola district and city on Tuesday were meteorite showers spread over an area of over 200km. They travelled in eastern direction and some fell in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district. It is the first time that meteorite ...
UCD Professor Needs Public's Help to Find Meteorites
KTXL
According to UC Davis Geology Professor Qing Zhu Yin it wasn't just any meteorite, “This happens to be a rare type of meteorite.” Rare usually means money, which is why hundreds flocked to the two towns to search for fragments.
Organic Carbon In Meteorites Came From Mars
Science 2.0
Molecules containing large chains of carbon and hydrogen, which happen to be the building blocks of all life on Earth, have been found in meteorites from Mars but scientists have been unsure how this organic carbon was formed and even disagreed on ...
Meteor-right or Meteor-wrong? | Mountain Democrat
With all the local interest in meteors in the past month, more people are bringing out their specimens and asking, do I have a real one or a meteor-right? Or do I ...
www.mtdemocrat.com/news/meteor-right-or-meteor-wrong/
Mystery of Martian meteorites' organic molecules solved
msnbc.com
Organic molecules — compounds that on Earth can be linked with life — encased within Martian meteorites now reveal biological activity on the Red Planet could not have formed these materials, researchers say. Organic molecules are the carbon-based ...
Mystery of Martian meteorites (and life on Mars) solved
Mother Nature Network
comThu, May 24 2012 at 2:03 PM EST THE ROCK FROM MARS: A sample of a Mars rock from the Tissint meteorite fall, which dropped chunks of the Red Planet into the Morocco desert in July 2011. (Photo: Darryl Pitt/Macovich Collection) Organic molecules ...
Mars orbiter captures mysterious hollows in the ice on surface of planet - but ...
Daily Mail
The 'holes' aren't the circular shape of a 'normal' meteorite impact - they have two levels, a small inner crater, surrounded by a shallow depression extending outward from the inner crater. The craters seem to have exposed a layer of shallow ice that ...
Venus next to eclipse sun
London Free Press
While much of the western US, China and Japan got the full spectacle — the moon passing in front of the sun, mostly covering the fireball save for a ring of fire — in London the sun appeared as it if had been bitten. It started about 20 minutes ...
Mystery of Martian Meteorites' Organic Stuff Solved
Space.com
by Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor Organic molecules — compounds that on Earth can be linked with life — encased within Martian meteorites now reveal biological activity on the Red Planet could not have formed these materials, researchers say.
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Texas Meteor Fireball ...
Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls ... Texas Meteor Fireball ~00:10 am CDT 23MAY2012 ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../texas-meteor-fireball-2...
YouTube Published on 19 May 2012 by 1000yardnightmare 114 views
Times of India
The fire balls seen by some people in Akola district and city on Tuesday were meteorite showers spread over an area of over 200km. They travelled in eastern direction and some fell in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district. It is the first time that meteorite ...
UCD Professor Needs Public's Help to Find Meteorites
KTXL
According to UC Davis Geology Professor Qing Zhu Yin it wasn't just any meteorite, “This happens to be a rare type of meteorite.” Rare usually means money, which is why hundreds flocked to the two towns to search for fragments.
Organic Carbon In Meteorites Came From Mars
Science 2.0
Molecules containing large chains of carbon and hydrogen, which happen to be the building blocks of all life on Earth, have been found in meteorites from Mars but scientists have been unsure how this organic carbon was formed and even disagreed on ...
Meteor-right or Meteor-wrong? | Mountain Democrat
With all the local interest in meteors in the past month, more people are bringing out their specimens and asking, do I have a real one or a meteor-right? Or do I ...
www.mtdemocrat.com/news/meteor-right-or-meteor-wrong/
Mystery of Martian meteorites' organic molecules solved
msnbc.com
Organic molecules — compounds that on Earth can be linked with life — encased within Martian meteorites now reveal biological activity on the Red Planet could not have formed these materials, researchers say. Organic molecules are the carbon-based ...
Mystery of Martian meteorites (and life on Mars) solved
Mother Nature Network
comThu, May 24 2012 at 2:03 PM EST THE ROCK FROM MARS: A sample of a Mars rock from the Tissint meteorite fall, which dropped chunks of the Red Planet into the Morocco desert in July 2011. (Photo: Darryl Pitt/Macovich Collection) Organic molecules ...
Mars orbiter captures mysterious hollows in the ice on surface of planet - but ...
Daily Mail
The 'holes' aren't the circular shape of a 'normal' meteorite impact - they have two levels, a small inner crater, surrounded by a shallow depression extending outward from the inner crater. The craters seem to have exposed a layer of shallow ice that ...
Venus next to eclipse sun
London Free Press
While much of the western US, China and Japan got the full spectacle — the moon passing in front of the sun, mostly covering the fireball save for a ring of fire — in London the sun appeared as it if had been bitten. It started about 20 minutes ...
Mystery of Martian Meteorites' Organic Stuff Solved
Space.com
by Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor Organic molecules — compounds that on Earth can be linked with life — encased within Martian meteorites now reveal biological activity on the Red Planet could not have formed these materials, researchers say.
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Texas Meteor Fireball ...
Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls ... Texas Meteor Fireball ~00:10 am CDT 23MAY2012 ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../texas-meteor-fireball-2...
New Video - Sutter`s Mill Meteor Video taken 22APR2012
YouTube Published on 19 May 2012 by 1000yardnightmare 114 views
Video of Sutter`s Mill Meteor 22APR2012 by Shon Bollock.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
25 May 2012
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25MAY2012
Organic Carbon Found on Mars Rocks Is Not Life, New Study Says
Popular Science
They've found some examples in meteorites purported to come from the Red Planet, but debate persists about the origin of those rocks, let alone the carbon signatures inside them, which some have (controversially) argued could indicate life.
Space Pictures This Week: Solar Eclipse, Dusty "Doughnut," More
National Geographic
Echoing the arc of the Milky Way (center), a meteor streaks earthward near Cagnes-sur-mer in southeastern France in a picture submitted May 17 by National Geographic Your Shot user Jerome Cassou. Meteors are mostly sand grain-size particles that enter ...
'Oldest antique ever seen' goes up for auction
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Thu, 24 May 2012 03:17 AM PDT
A meteorite dating back 2.5 billion years and described as the "oldest antique ever seen" is expected to fetch £9,500 when it is sold.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Popular Science
They've found some examples in meteorites purported to come from the Red Planet, but debate persists about the origin of those rocks, let alone the carbon signatures inside them, which some have (controversially) argued could indicate life.
Space Pictures This Week: Solar Eclipse, Dusty "Doughnut," More
National Geographic
Echoing the arc of the Milky Way (center), a meteor streaks earthward near Cagnes-sur-mer in southeastern France in a picture submitted May 17 by National Geographic Your Shot user Jerome Cassou. Meteors are mostly sand grain-size particles that enter ...
'Oldest antique ever seen' goes up for auction
Yahoo! News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Thu, 24 May 2012 03:17 AM PDT
A meteorite dating back 2.5 billion years and described as the "oldest antique ever seen" is expected to fetch £9,500 when it is sold.
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
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