The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08AUG2012

Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell dies
His iconic 76m (249ft) telescope was completed in 1957. Within days of it becoming operational, it tracked the rocket that carried Sputnik 1 into orbit.
The telescope and his other contributions to radio astronomy led to him being knighted in 1961.The structure remains the third largest steerable telescope in the world and plays a key role in global research on pulsating stars, testing extreme physics theories including Einstein's general theory of relativity. ...

Alberta meteorite sparks battle for sacred rock
cbc news
A 150-kilogram meteorite that fell to earth centuries ago is pitting First Nations people northeast of Edmonton against the Royal Alberta Museum.
To the Cree, "pahpamiyhaw asiniy," is a sacred rock containing the face of the creator, but to scientists, it's a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite, one of the largest in Canada. ...

Extra, extra: 'Meteor' struck Portsmouth island 100 years ago!
EastBayRI.com
PORTSMOUTH — With a terrific report that was heard for a radius of from 15 to 20 miles about the country, a huge meteor fell into the Seaconnet river near the home of Capt. Nathaniel B. Church in Tiverton last night causing a vibration in the ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 28-August 3, 2012 - The Transient Sky
The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford's excellent weekly summary of meteoractivity. The original version can be found at the American ...
https://transientsky.wordpress.com/.../meteor-activity-outlook-...

Viewing the 2012 Perseid Meteor Shower | American Meteor Society
Perseid meteors can be seen from anywhere in the northern hemisphere during the month of August. They can be seen during the late evening hours but are ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../viewing-the-2012-perseid-meteor-sho...

Sediment cores reveal arctic warm periods
Deutsche Welle Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:31 AM PDT
Sediment from an ancient meteorite crater in Siberia shows the Arctic was much warmer at times during the last three million years than it is today. DW spoke to Martin Melles who directed the drilling operation.

The Astrobiology Analytical Lab at Goddard
SpaceDaily Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:28 AM PDT
A liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer in NASA Goddard's Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory analyzes carbonaceous meteoriteextracts. (Credit: NASA Goddard/Becky Strauss)

Perseid meteor shower to light up sky from August 11 to 13, NASA scientists say
WPTV
Those in the northern hemisphere will have the opportunity to see the Perseid meteorshower between Aug. 11 and 13. The shower will peak on the night of August 12, according to the International Meteor Organization and The American Meteor Society.

View the Perseid Meteor Shower at Emiquon
Aledo Times Record
The University of Illinois Springfield's Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon and the Dickson Mounds Museum will host a lecture and live viewing of the Perseid Meteor Shower on Sunday, August 12, 2012 at the Emiquon Preserve near Lewistown. The lecture ...

Perseids Meteor Shower To Dazzle Temecula Skies This Weekend
Patch.com
new_asset_attachment_attributes. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally appeared July 22, but as the Perseids meteor shower approaches, we wanted to remind residents that the skies will be putting on quite a show this weekend! According to the National ...

Meteor shower viewing planned Sunday
Argus Press
OWOSSO TWP. — Come out to DeVries Nature Conservancy at 9 p.m. Sunday for a Star Gazing Party. With help from the Longway Planetarium of Flint, DNC will host a star party for area residents and budding astronomers to get a glimpse of our night sky.

Onalaska Observatory to Hold Star Party for Perseid Meteor Shower
Centralia Chronicle
It's that time of year again; the Perseid meteor showers are on the way. To help observers, the Herold Observatory and Onalaska Science Center will be open throughout the night this Saturday. This will be a dusk-to-dawn event; participants are welcome ...

Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell dies
His iconic 76m (249ft) telescope was completed in 1957. Within days of it becoming operational, it tracked the rocket that carried Sputnik 1 into orbit.
The telescope and his other contributions to radio astronomy led to him being knighted in 1961.The structure remains the third largest steerable telescope in the world and plays a key role in global research on pulsating stars, testing extreme physics theories including Einstein's general theory of relativity. ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07AUG2012 - blog*spot
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
On the night of Saturday, August 11 when the morning crescent moon appears in the sky just hours before the Sun, the Perseids meteor shower will begin. The times are approximate, but the constellation Perseus rises in the northeast sky at ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

Perseid meteor shower this week
Boston.com
For professional and amateur astronomers the Perseid meteor shower is one of the more anticipated events of the year. This annual event occurs as the result of a comet discovered 150 years ago. Back in Americans Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle ...

Perseid Meteor Shower
NTV
Presentation on Perseids and current night sky begins 9:30p; telescopic observing offered 10-11p with meteor observing 11p - overnight. Free admission to Crystal Lake; overnight camp fees apply for campers. Bring reclining lawn chairs, blankets and ...

2012 Perseid Meteor Shower Will Dazzle on Aug. 11, 12
Patch.com
According to Astronomy.com, the Perseid Meteor shower has some added bonuses on Aug. 11-12, 2012: it will occur on a night when the moon is in its waning crescent phase, which means the moonlight won't interfere with your view of the dashing meteors, ...

Feast your eyes on the Red Planet and meteor shower
San Antonio Express
By the time you read this, the Mars Science Lab spacecraft will have dropped Curiosity on the Red Planet. Hopefully all went well, and we'll soon discover if one of the most compelling planets of our solar system ever supported a viable place for ...

A bird, a plane or a meteor?
Deccan Herald
Indians will be able to witness the beautiful Perseid meteor showers which will illuminate the night sky on August 11 and 12. The Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak around the 12th of August every year; its meteors can be seen for about three weeks ...

Seeing the Perseids Meteors this year - 11 - 12 Aug, 2012
NorthumberlandView.ca
The Perseids annual meteor shower is one of the most spectacular meteor showers. This year there is not much moon to spoil the event unlike last year. Here are the events in and around Toronto to observe the meteors: Date: Saturday August 11 evening, ...

Campground at Joshua Tree to open in time for meteor shower
Southwest Riverside News Network
Joshua Tree National Park will reopen its Ryan Campground next weekend to open up more spots during the Perseid meteor shower, a park spokesman said this week. Joshua Tree National Park will reopen its Ryan Campground next weekend to open up ...

Starwatch: A weekend meteor shower party
Post-Bulletin
It's one of the two best annual meteor showers, and this year moonlight won't get in the way like it did last year, when a full moon washed out many of the meteors. When the Perseids peak Aug. 11-12, the skies will definitely be dark, as we'll only ...

Park hosting weekend of fun
Review Times
9:30-11:30 p.m. Saturday: Perseids Meteor Shower Hike to the Dam. Meet at shelterhouse #3 off of Township Road 229 for a one-mile night-hike to the dam, where we will watch the northeastern sky for nature's annual meteor shower show. In event of ...

Conditions are good to see meteor shower
The Olympian
The meteor show is expected to peak the night of Aug. 12-13. The waning moon will not rise until 1:12 a.m. on Aug. 12 and 2:05 a.m. Aug. 13. Viewing the event last year was made very difficult by a full moon. Experts are predicting the shower to ...

Bentsen State Park to host Perseid meteor shower party Saturday
Monitor
Pack a blanket and bring a pocketful of wishes for the Perseid meteor shower party, which starts at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park in Mission. To take advantage of the peak night of the month-long show, you'll need to ...

Shooting Stars Make a Growing Show in Oregon Skies
Oregon Coast Beach Connection
(Oregon Coast) - The peak of the big meteor showers of the year is just days away, and OMSI will host two viewing parties of the stellar phenomenon on August 12 in the Columbia Gorge and the Oregon coast range. (Above: star viewing at Cannon Beach) ...

Dinosaurs Were Never Able To Catch A Break
WebProNews Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:29 PM PDT
I think we can all agree that Dinosaurs never got a fair shake. We would be riding on giant lizards and keeping T-Rexes as pets if it wasnât for a giant meteorite. As it turns out, the dinosaurs were far

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

NEO Asteroids Close Encounter AUG2012

NEO Asteroids Close Encounter AUG2012

Check back as more NEOs are sure to be discovered yet for this month.
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo, Japan

Passed Already in AUG2012:

(2012 DS30)	2012-Aug-02	0.1224	47.6	18 m - 39 m	25.9	5.39
(2000 RN77)	2012-Aug-03	0.1954	76.1	370 m - 830 m	19.3	9.87
(2004 SB56)	2012-Aug-04	0.1393	54.2	380 m - 840 m	19.2	13.72
(2000 SD8)	2012-Aug-04	0.1675	65.2	180 m - 400 m	20.9	5.82

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date CA Distance* (AU) CA Distance* (LD) Estimated Diameter** H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) (2006 EC)  2012-Aug-06 0.0932 36.3 13 m - 28 m 26.6 6.13 (2006 MV1)  2012-Aug-07 0.0612 23.8 12 m - 28 m 26.7 4.79 (2012 OO)  2012-Aug-07 0.1102 42.9 210 m - 480 m 20.5 7.56 (2005 RK3)  2012-Aug-08 0.1843 71.7 52 m - 120 m 23.6 8.27 (2009 BW2)  2012-Aug-09 0.0337 13.1 25 m - 56 m 25.1 5.27 277475 (2005 WK4)  2012-Aug-09 0.1283 49.9 260 m - 580 m 20.1 6.18 (2004 SC56)  2012-Aug-09 0.0811 31.6 74 m - 170 m 22.8 10.57 332446 (2008 AF4)  2012-Aug-10 0.1936 75.3 310 m - 690 m 19.7 16.05 37655 Illapa  2012-Aug-12 0.0951 37.0 770 m - 1.7 km 17.7 28.73 (2012 HS15)  2012-Aug-14 0.1804 70.2 200 m - 450 m 20.6 11.54 4581 Asclepius  2012-Aug-16 0.1079 42.0 220 m - 490 m 20.4 13.48 (2012 OP4)  2012-Aug-18 0.1037 40.4 310 m - 680 m 19.7 22.50 (2008 TC4)  2012-Aug-18 0.1937 75.4 140 m - 300 m 21.5 17.34 (2006 CV)  2012-Aug-20 0.1744 67.9 290 m - 640 m 19.8 13.24 (2012 EC)  2012-Aug-20 0.0815 31.7 56 m - 130 m 23.4 5.57 162421 (2000 ET70)  2012-Aug-21 0.1503 58.5 670 m - 1.5 km 18.0 12.92 (2007 WU3)  2012-Aug-21 0.1954 76.0 56 m - 120 m 23.4 5.25 (2012 BB14)  2012-Aug-24 0.1234 48.0 27 m - 60 m 25.0 2.58 (2012 FM52)  2012-Aug-25 0.0599 23.3 510 m - 1.1 km 18.6 17.17 66146 (1998 TU3)  2012-Aug-25 0.1265 49.2 3.0 km - 6.8 km 14.7 16.03 (2009 AV)  2012-Aug-26 0.1615 62.8 680 m - 1.5 km 18.0 22.51 331769 (2003 BQ35)  2012-Aug-28 0.1585 61.7 240 m - 530 m 20.2 4.64 (2010 SC)  2012-Aug-28 0.1679 65.3 16 m - 36 m 26.1 9.56 4769 Castalia  2012-Aug-28 0.1135 44.2 1.4 km 16.9 12.06

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

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07AUG2012

Perseids Meteor Shower
San Diego Reader (blog)
On the night of Saturday, August 11 when the morning crescent moon appears in the sky just hours before the Sun, the Perseids meteor shower will begin. The times are approximate, but the constellation Perseus rises in the northeast sky at about 11 p.m. ...

San Tan Mountain park hike a great way to view Perseids meteor shower
East Valley Tribune
A Perseid meteor streaks towards clouds on the horizon in this 30-second time exposure photograph taken Saturday evening, Aug. 10, 2002, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The annual meteorshower begins Friday night and continues through Wednesday. ...

Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party is Sunday Night
Lewis-Clark State College
LEWISTON, Idaho - Lewis-Clark State College Physics Professor, Dr. Victor Kriss will host a PerseidMeteor Shower Star Party Sunday night, August 12 at the Nez Perce National Historical Park in Spalding. At 7:30 p.m. in the visitor center, Kriss will ...

Perseid meteor shower set to put on a great show - Astronomy ...
If you ask most skygazers to name their favorite meteor shower, the odds are good that “Perseid” will be the first word out of their mouths. This annual shower ...
www.astronomy.com/.../Perseid%20meteor%20shower%20set...

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 28-August 3, 2012 | American Meteor ...
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near four no matter your location. For morning observers the estimated total hourly ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-july-28-a...

A canoe trip and a shower
Los Angeles Times
Here's a romantic way to view next weekend's Perseid meteor showers and get some exercise too: Take a canoe trip at night. Wanderlust Tours, a company in Bend, Ore., is offering such outings on the Cascades lakes. A spectacular display of "shooting ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06AUG2012 - blog*spot
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
A crescent moon should not pose a problem to viewing the Perseid meteor shower next week. But as any Northwest astronomy buff will attest, clouds could be another issue. The meteor show is expected to peak the night of Aug. 12-13.
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky above Joshua Tree National Park
Examiner.com
Visitors to California's 792726 acre Joshua Tree National Park can swap desert tortoises and rattlesnakes for galactic space balls this coming weekend when meteors associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle will blaze a trail across the night sky. The ...

This week: Perseids meteor shower is next weekend
Leavenworth Times
Interested in catching a glimpse of the Perseids meteor shower? There should be good viewing this weekend, as a crescent moon will be in the sky. The best times to watch are Friday night-Saturday morning, and Saturday night-Sunday morning.

Check out shooting stars in night sky
The Fayette Tribune
This is the time of year to see such wonders in the night sky. Join a ranger for the Naturalist Notebook Skills Series and see the peak of the Perseid Meteor Showers. Learn the basics of summer star constellations and the night sky during this natural ...

Mike Lynch: No full moon will mar this year's Perseid meteor shower
Pioneer Press
It's one of the best meteor showers we have every year. Last year, a full moon washed out much of the show. That wont' be the case this time around. On Saturday night and Sunday morning, Aug. 11-12, when the Perseids will peak, the sky will be darker ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Curious? Curiosity Has Landed on MARS! 05/06AUG2012

NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain

Curiosity sends a VERY clear image from its Martian surroundings!
(CLICK on image to enlarge)
Source: NASA, JPL,CalTech

Curiosity`s First Photo From Mars
Source: NASA/JPL/CalTech

The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120805c.html


PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft that carried Curiosity succeeded in every step of the most complex landing ever attempted on Mars, including the final severing of the bridle cords and flyaway maneuver of the rocket backpack.

"Today, the wheels of Curiosity have begun to blaze the trail for human footprints on Mars. Curiosity, the most sophisticated rover ever built, is now on the surface of the Red Planet, where it will seek to answer age-old questions about whether life ever existed on Mars -- or if the planet can sustain life in the future," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. "This is an amazing achievement, made possible by a team of scientists and engineers from around the world and led by the extraordinary men and women of NASA and our Jet Propulsion Laboratory. President Obama has laid out a bold vision for sending humans to Mars in the mid-2030's, and today's landing marks a significant step toward achieving this goal."

Curiosity landed at 10:32 p.m. Aug. 5, PDT, (1:32 a.m. EDT Aug. 6) near the foot of a mountain three miles tall and 96 miles in diameter inside Gale Crater. During a nearly two-year prime mission, the rover will investigate whether the region ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life.

"The Seven Minutes of Terror has turned into the Seven Minutes of Triumph," said NASA Associate Administrator for Science John Grunsfeld. "My immense joy in the success of this mission is matched only by overwhelming pride I feel for the women and men of the mission's team."

Curiosity returned its first view of Mars, a wide-angle scene of rocky ground near the front of the rover. More images are anticipated in the next several days as the mission blends observations of the landing site with activities to configure the rover for work and check the performance of its instruments and mechanisms.

"Our Curiosity is talking to us from the surface of Mars," said MSL Project Manager Peter Theisinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "The landing takes us past the most hazardous moments for this project, and begins a new and exciting mission to pursue its scientific objectives."

Confirmation of Curiosity's successful landing came in communications relayed by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter and received by the Canberra, Australia, antenna station of NASA's Deep Space Network.

Curiosity carries 10 science instruments with a total mass 15 times as large as the science payloads on the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Some of the tools are the first of their kind on Mars, such as a laser-firing instrument for checking elemental composition of rocks from a distance. The rover will use a drill and scoop at the end of its robotic arm to gather soil and powdered samples of rock interiors, then sieve and parcel out these samples into analytical laboratory instruments inside the rover.

To handle this science toolkit, Curiosity is twice as long and five times as heavy as Spirit or Opportunity. The Gale Crater landing site places the rover within driving distance of layers of the crater's interior mountain. Observations from orbit have identified clay and sulfate minerals in the lower layers, indicating a wet history.

The mission is managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The rover was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

For more information on the mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars andhttp://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .

Follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at: http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity And http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity .

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06AUG2012

Conditions are good to see meteor shower
TheNewsTribune.com
A crescent moon should not pose a problem to viewing the Perseid meteor shower next week. But as any Northwest astronomy buff will attest, clouds could be another issue. The meteor show is expected to peak the night of Aug. 12-13. The waning moon will ...

Perseid meteor shower on view this weekend
TheNewsTribune.com
RICHLAND, Wash. -- The Perseid meteor shower peaks during the night of Saturday, Aug. 11 in the summer's most popular display of "shooting stars." Under a dark sky, tens of meteors are visible each hour. During some years, I've counted more than 300 ...

Joshua Tree National Park prepares for peak of Perseid meteor shower
The Desert Sun
Hacienda Heights residents (from left) Will Su, 22, Kalvin Kwong, 21, Tiffany Fan, 21, Sharon Soong, 20, and Jane Woo, 20, arrived at Joshua Tree National Park in hopes of seeing a clear view of the Perseid meteor shower in 2008 in Joshua Tree ...

View the Perseids meteor shower from Beech Hill
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald (subscription)
Rockport — Coastal Mountains Land Trust invites stargazers of all ages to view the Perseids meteor shower from its Beech Hill Preserve on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Though the early morning hours may be best for sighting the most meteors...

Meteor shower peaks tonight, hampered by moon - Technology ...
An annual meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't expect too much, experts say.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-hampe...

Increasing Meteor Activity: NASA's All Sky Fireball Network detected ...
Last night, NASA's All Sky Fireball Network detected 17 Venus-bright meteors. The orbits of the meteoroids, color-coded by velocity, are shown in the diagram ...
www.sott.net/.../248823-Increasing-Meteor-Activity-NASA-s-...

Watch out for meteor showers this weekend - The Philippine Star ...
Residents of Mindanao can watch out for meteor showers this weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ...
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId...

ScienceCasts: Meteor Smoke Makes Strange Clouds // Current TV
A key ingredient of Earth's strangest clouds does not come from Earth. New data from NASA's ...
current.com/.../93861348_sciencecasts-meteor-smoke-makes-s...

August Perseid Meteor Shower Has Long Legacy, Bright Future ...
From Yahoo! News: Exactly 150 summers ago, stargazers were admiring a beautiful new comet. Discovered in mid-July 1862 by Americans Lewis Swift and ...
news.yahoo.com/august-perseid-meteor-shower-long-legacy-b...

Flagstaff History: Statehood meteor stirred things up in Holbrook
Arizona Daily Sun
From 1887: Copies of the revised Territorial Statutes have arrived. Of particular interest "Any person having or carrying concealed any dirk, dirk-knife, bowie knife, slingshot, brass-knuckles or pistol or any other weapon, within any city, village or ...

River of Stars – Perseids Meteor Shower Aug. 11 at Barren River
Bowling Green Daily News
Come out and make a shooting star craft at 4 p.m., enjoy dinner in the Driftwood Restaurant, and learn a little more about the Perseids meteor shower at the Literature and Lecture session at 6:30 p.m. After the lecture, you can be a Barren River Star ...

Time for the annual Perseid meteor shower
HeraldNet
The Geminid meteor shower in December is said to put on a slightly better show with more meteors or "shooting stars" per hour, but watching the Perseids is a lot more comfortable, and this year the peak of the shower is on a Saturday night. Even though ...

All-sky camera captures fireball over Melbourne -- Fire in the Sky ...
Meteor 2 Aug 2012, filmed from Melbourne, Australia....
www.sott.net/.../249170-All-sky-camera-captures-fireball-over...

Perseid meteor shower is going on now! But, will peak this week!
Mcalester News Capital
McALESTER — Stargazers and at home astronomers, Aug. 12, invite friends and leave the telescopes in the house for there will be more than enough “shooting stars” to wish upon able to be seen with the naked eye and Phillip Scott, Astronomy and Physics ...

Be Ready to Enjoy the Annual Perseid Meteor Shower
French Tribune
All those, who want to watch the upcoming Perseid meteor showers, can head towards the park, a park spokesman said on Friday. The peak activity of this annual Perseid meteor event will take place on Saturday Aug. 11 and thus the park rangers will start ...

New Mars rover to land in intriguing giant crater
Sacramento Bee
Gale Crater was gouged by a meteor impact more than 3 billion years ago. Over time, scientists believe sediments filled in the 96-mile-wide crater and winds sculpted the 3-mile-high mountain, called Mount Sharp. Mount Sharp's stack of rock layers can ...

Looking Up: Perseids meteor shower - the highlight of summer
Helena Daily World
Marking the height of summer year after year is the Perseids meteor shower, one of the strongest of displays. This year is highly favored, with only a crescent moon in the pre-dawn sky. Meteors can be seen any night of the year, and there are a great ...

The 2012 Perseid meteor shower | International Meteor Organization
The typical maximum of the Perseids falls into a period between 12h and 14h30m UT on 2012 August 12. Although the Moon is a waning crescent, three days ...
www.imo.net/node/1434

Meteor activity ticks up helps spawn extraterrestrial clouds on ...
Bright fireball meteor captured from Dayton Ohio on video camera by John Chumack on ... Meteoractivity's been picking up in recent days as we approach the ...
astrobob.areavoices.com/.../meteor-activity-ticks-up-helps-crea...

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks in August
GoLocalProv
The upcoming Perseid meteor shower of August is the most widely observed meteorshower of the year. This ranking is because families are spending more time outdoors during the summer season, enjoying cookouts, camping, or any other assortment of ...

Perseid Meteor Shower: Joshua Tree National Park to Re-Open Campground
Patch.com
Joshua Tree National Park rangers plan to re-open Ryan Campground for the nights of Aug. 10 to Aug. 12 to make room for people who want to watch the upcoming Perseid meteor showers, a park spokesman said Friday. The annual Perseid meteor event is ...

Perseids Meteor Shower to Display Up to 50 Meteors Per Hour Next Week
Latinos Post
According to Brevard Times, the Perseids meteor shower will be viewable all over the world, but to see Perseids also depends on the moon. A full moon will disturb the aurora of the meteors, making it difficult to see. The best hours to view the meteor ...

Perseid meteor shower set to put on a great show
Astronomy Magazine
If you ask most skygazers to name their favorite meteor shower, the odds are good that “Perseid” will be the first word out of their mouths. This annual shower seemingly has it all: It offers a consistently high rate of meteors year after year; it ...

Joshua Tree National Park to reopen campground for meteor shower
Valley News
JOSHUA TREE - Joshua Tree National Park will reopen its Ryan Campground next weekend to open up more spots during the Perseid meteor shower, a park spokesman said today. The 31-site campground, which is usually closed in summer when there are ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Spain Superbolide Meteor 13JUL2012

SPMN  (Spain Meteor Network) Captures Madrid, Spain Superbolide 13JUL2012

SUPERBÓLIDO MADRID, SPAIN JULY 13, 2012
REGISTERED THE BRIGHTEST FROM EIGHT SEASONS OF THE SPANISH METEOR RESEARCH NETWORK
More than a decade of continuous monitoring of the sky over the Iberian Peninsula being made ​​by researchers from the Spanish Network for Research on Fireball (NWHS) has been awarded the brightest meteor record ever recorded from Spain. On July 13, 2012 at 0h 04m 51.4 s TUC (2h04m51.4s local time GMT) saw the emergence of a huge fireball that lit several regions to fragment at an altitude of 40 km. At that moment, which occurred at exactly 2h04m55.2s local time, its luminosity was really impressive, becoming similar to the Sun in its output, ie an apparent magnitude around -20. This spectacular phenomenon was produced by the entry into Earth's atmosphere at a speed of about 90,000 km / hour on a rock hurtling through interplanetary medium. Such rocks when its diameter is less than 10 meters are called meteoroids. ...
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Madrid, Spain Superbolide 13JUL2012
(c) 2012 SPMN
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2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05AUG2012

Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks August 11, 2012
Brevard Times
The summer's best meteor shower will peak next weekend on August 11 and 12, 2012. Even though the nights leading up to the Perseids meteor shower peak will be hampered by a waning full moon, they will still be easily seen by people on Earth.

View meteor shower from Schaumburg nature center
Chicago Daily Herald
The district is inviting the public to a free Perseid Meteor Party from 9 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, at Spring Valley Nature Center, 1111 E. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg. Experts recommend all who try to view the meteor shower to get as far from ...

Perseid Meteor shows planned
Chronicle Times
At the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, over 60 meteors per hour can be seen streaking across the night sky. The very best time to view the phenomenon is in the early morning. The Cherokee Sanford Museum and the O'Brien County Conservation Board ...

Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight, Hampered by Moon - AccuWeather
The Delta Aquarids will share the sky much of Saturday night with a nearly full moon.
www.accuweather.com/en/outdoor-articles/...peaks.../68589

2012 Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower 29 July - YouTube
15 min
Delta Aquarid meteors audio entering atmosphere and photos from NASA's All Sky Fireball ...
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Persied Meteor Shower 2012 Origins and Future | Spacecom
The annual Perseid meteor shower lights up the night sky of Earth each August, but there's a long history behind the shooting star display.
www.space.com/16915-perseid-meteor-shower-2012-history.h...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04AUG2012

The Fractured Features of Ladon Basin
SPACE.com Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:41 AM PDT
Interconnected craters Sigli and Shambe, believed to have formed when a large meteorite fragmented in to two pieces just before impact. ...

ScienceCasts: Meteor Smoke Makes Strange ...
4 min
Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. A key ingredient of Earth's strangest clouds does not ...
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Possible Valuable Meteorite Falls To Earth In St. Clair
KPLR 11 St. Louis Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:17 PM PDT
ST. CLAIR, MO. (KPLR) â Folks in St. Clair, Missouri are hunting for something that fell from outer space and...

Tin Mountain hosts nature program on Perseid meteor shower Aug. 12
Conway Daily Sun
JACKSON — Join Matt Krugg, teacher, naturalist, storyteller and constellation buff at the Tin Mountain Conservation Center Nature Program, "Perseid Meteor Shower" on Sunday, Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. at the Jackson Field Station. The Perseid shower is spawned ...

Coming soon to a sky near you
Brownwood Bulletin (blog)
Anyone can enjoy a meteor shower since it does not require specialized equipment (unless you call a lawn chair specialized), nor does it require any special knowledge of the night sky. This month's popular meteor display is called the Perseid meteor ...

Sky Watch: Agust's Perseid meteor shower
Newsday
Stand outside during any meteor shower and you'll see meteors (also called falling or shooting stars) all over the sky, but if you trace their paths backwards, you'll discover that they all appear to come from one specific location in the sky. This is ...

Looking Up: Perseids meteor shower - the highlight of summer
Norwich Bulletin
It's a highlight of the year among night sky gazers. Marking the height of summer year after year is the Perseids meteor shower, one of the strongest of displays. This year is highly favored, with only a crescent moon in the pre-dawn sky. Meteors can ...

Possible Valuable Meteorite Falls To Earth In St ...
ST. CLAIR, MO. (KTVI) - Folks in St. Clair, Missouri are hunting for something that fell from outer ...
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Backyard Astronomer: Dancing planet with fireworks?
Sierra Vista Herald
Like the 10-day planet dance, the Perseid meteor shower is known to produce many shooting stars for many days before and after it's peak. Many of the members of the Perseid meteor shower are fast and bright, with some even leaving persistent glowing ..

Time for weekend shower — of meteors - Technology & science ...
The annual Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't get their hopes up for a dazzling show, experts say.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../time-your-weekend-shower-meteors/

Lynch: Perseid meteor shower calls for weekend campout
Times Record News
The annual Perseid meteor shower is one of the celestial "Old Faithfuls," showing up every August in our Wichita Falls skies. It's one of the two best annual meteor showers that we have, and this year moonlight won't get in the way like it did last ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03AUG2012 - blog*spot
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
The Perseids Meteor Shower has been a favorite for star gazers around the globe for over 20 centuries now. From a historical point of view, the Catholic religion is a great follower of this particularmeteor shower, due mainly to the timing.
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

Meteor shower on its way
Grant Tribune Sentinel
I am often asked how big are the meteors, and the questioners are astonished when I tell them an average meteor is no bigger than a grain of sand, but a grain of sand traveling at 60000 miles per hour can make a nice flash of light. Perseus, the ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Florida Meteor 02AUG2012

Florida Meteor ~6:10 pm EDT 02AUG2012


02AUG2012 MICKEY GORDON NAPLES,FL USA 620 1 sec N-S BRIGHT WHITE YELLOW EDGE Brighter than moon. No Seemed very close

02AUG2012 Courtney Tampa, Fl 0714 EDT Approx. approx. 5-10 sec. W - E bright, tear drop, with trailing particles same sun yes approx. 40 deg

02AUG2012 James Inez Tampa, Florida 6:08:00 3 seconds N-S Green no sound Venus No, but has long green tail It's a green fireball with a long tail

02AUG2012 Linda gaithet St Pete each, fl 6:15:00 5 sec Facing south, walking on beach Huge Bright white ball withrail As dull sun (like on overcast day) No Disappear

02AUG2012 Steve Clearwater, Fl 614 2-3 seconds 0614 / E-W / facing south No sound, blue with white trail moon brightness maybe in trail Seemed large in sky. Traveling at about a 45 degree angle.

02AUG2012 Janet Stephenson Tampa, FL USA 06:13:00 EST Perhaps only 2 to 3 seconds? Facing South, Direction of travel West to East (left to right) Initial view was a stream of white light, then changed to and orange/red ball and then bright white streak as it faded away.  It appeared at about a 45 degree angle downward Trail was bright as moon and fireball was bright red/orange. It appeared to have a bit of an explosion quality to it but did not see "fragments". Sky was clear and dark.

02AUG2012 Brent Palm Beach gardens, FL, USA 6:10:00 3 sec Travelled straight down toward ground. I was facing southwest Bright white w/red tail, no sound Very bright, like a firework, only bigger and falling downward No fragments If only our eyes had a camera app

02AUG2012 Linda Rogers Bradenton, FL, USA 06:10 AM EST 3 sec W;E white, red, yellow large sparkling ball with long sparkling tail, seemed very close sun/moon ball and tail were sparking came curving down like a giant falling star. Saw it until it went below the trees in horizon not too far away



2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Breaking Meteor News: Sao Paulo, Brasil Bolide? 29JUL2012

Breaking Meteor News: Sao Paulo, Brasil Bolide? 29JUL2012

Object dropped from the sky would cause 'an accident' Alleged plane crash would, in fact, a meteorite, Campinas sighting records
by IVAN GOMES / KAREN TIMPONE / MARI GIRO
A fireball, fireball, or would have been the cause of the incident that mobilized rescue teams and the regional press on Monday afternoon in the neighborhood of Tapera Grande. ...
http://www.redebomdia.com.br/noticia/detalhe/29219/Objeto+caido+do+ceu+seria+causa+de+'acidente'

'Expedition' looks for signs of meteorite Itatiba
After reporting in Campinas, an astronomer sees signs of the fall of cosmic material in the burned area of 300 meters in diameter. ...
http://correio.rac.com.br/correio-popular/noticias--correio-popular/124079/2012/07/31/expedicao-busca-sinais-de-meteorito-em-itatiba.html

Search Campinas track object that had fallen from the sky
Early Sunday morning, couple spotted white light shaped comet falls toward the Etec
The Municipal Observatory astronomer Jean Nicolini, the District of Joaquim Egidio, Julio Lobo is in search of evidence that may explain the alleged fall of an object from the sky in the Park area Taquaral in Campinas, in the early hours of last Sunday (29) . ...
http://www.rac.com.br/noticias/campinas-e-rmc/138891/2012/07/30/campinas-busca-pista-de-objeto-que-teria-caido-do-ceu.html

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Important note:  Meteors/Meteorites DO NOT cause fires.  They are cold to only warm when they land UNLESS they are big enough to create an impact crater and kinetic energy is released.
It was most likely an electrical fire from power lines and a power surge or transformer failure.


2012 THE Year of Meteors!