20 October 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20OCT2012

Clear Alaska skies beckon great views of Orionid's shooting fireballs
Alaska Dispatch
Good news, Alaskan skywatchers: Clear skies over much of the state should make for ideal (if chilly) conditions to watch as Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet, delivering the annual Orionid meteor shower. Orionid will peak for 2012 this ...

Orionid Meteor Shower Promises Pretty Show
WNYC (blog)
The peak of the Orionid meteor shower promises a dazzling Saturday night display of dusty ice and rock fragments as the earth passes through the trail of Comet Halley, but those hoping to see it will have to stay up late—or get up early. Jason Kendall ...

Catch weekend Orionid meteor shower
Arizona Republic
Earth will move through debris from Halley's Comet this weekend, resulting in a meteor shower that will peak Saturday night and Sunday morning. The 2012 Orionid meteor shower, so called because most of the shooting stars appear to originate in the ...

Loud 'boom' may have been caused by meteor
This is Plymouth
A SUSPECTED asteroid caused panic across parts of Devon and Cornwall after a sonic boom and tremor hit residents. People inundated police with calls saying they had experienced the bizarre phenomenon. Officers from across the region said they ...

Orionid Meteor Shower 2012: Live Stream of October Meteor Shower - Where to ...
Christian Post
The meteor shower is actually visible over a longer period but as the shower is more visible when the night sky is darker there is a certain period in which it is better to view. So this year, as the darkest night in October is during the New Moon ...

'Meteorite man' wants to appeal conviction
Montrose Daily Press
Montrose meteorite enthusiast Steve Curry had one basic reaction Friday to the outcome of a Grand Junction case in which he was charged with fraudulently passing off a piece of iron as a meteorite. “I will be seeking an appeal,” he said. Curry was ...

San Jose meteor 10-17-2012 - YouTube
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Raw footage of meteor breaking up over San Jose captured by our security camera from the ...
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Meteorite Men: Behind the Scenes : Videos ...
See what meteorite experts Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin are doing when they think the ...
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Table Talk: The Orionid Meteor Shower
Huffington Post
This particular meteor shower is one of two that come from Halley's Comet, which passes by Earth every 75-76 years. Why exactly does the meteor shower occur? NASA's website explains that “Orionids appear every year around this time when Earth orbits ...

Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: See "Postcard" From Halley's Comet
National Geographic
Our annual sky show from Halley's comet, the Orionid meteor shower, will peak overnight Saturday, with as many as 20 shooting stars an hour expected to be visible

Orionids Meteor Shower set to light up weekend skies
KATU (blog)
Saturday and Sunday mark the peak of the Orionids Meteor Shower, which is the annual shower caused when Earth passes through the dust debris left over from Halley's Comet's earlier visits. The best to see the comets will be in the very early morning ...

How to Watch the Orionid Meteor Shower This Weekend
Wired (blog)
One of the most spectacular night-sky shows will kick into high gear this weekend when the Orionid meteor shower peaks early in the morning on Oct. 20. It will continue to dazzle until just before dawn on the 21st. The Orionids are cosmic leftovers ...

Orionid Meteor Shower to Light Up Weekend Skies
NBC Southern California
Stargazers, this weekend you must get yourselves to prime viewing areas, far from city lights and above the clouds. Overnight Saturday and into dawn Sunday, the annual Orionid meteor shower will be at peak, and, for your viewing pleasure, the crescent ...

Orionid meteor shower to light up the weekend night sky
Summit County Citizens Voice
By Summit Voice. FRISCO — After its 1986 appearance, many of us will probably not have an other chance to see Halley's Comet during its next rendezvous with Earth in 2061, but we can enjoy meteors generated by remnant pieces of the comet during the ...

Conditions Mostly Clear for Orionid Meteor Shower Sunday
AccuWeather.com
The Orionid Meteor Shower will peak during the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 21,2012. Many U.S. locations will have good viewing conditions, but a few may be battling the clouds. Each year during mid-to-late October, Earth passes through a stream ...

Shooting Stars Over Southampton: Orionids Meteor Shower 2012
Patch.com
The Earth started passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet beginning Monday, but the best part of the annual Orionids meteor shower is expected this weekend. The shower should peak the night of Saturday, Oct. 20, until just before dawn on ...

Great Fireball In The Sky Still Talk of Town
KIONrightnow.com
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.- We can't seem to shake the image or quell the excitement even days later of seeing, what to many looked like a spaceship, a meteor in the clear skies Wednesday night. NASA confirms it was a large meteor and the video proves it, ...

Catch the Orionid meteor shower this weekend | The Sideshow ...
From the blog The Sideshow: Star gazers will want to be looking upward this weekend: The Orionidmeteor shower is one of the best meteor showers of the year ...
news.yahoo.com/.../watch-orionids-meteor-showers-weekend-...

The Great Meteor Grab - Slashdot
RocketAcademy writes "New regulations by the Federal government define asteroidal material to be an antiquity, like arrowheads and pottery, rather than a ...
science.slashdot.org/story/12/10/12/.../the-great-meteor-grab

NASA captures video of meteor over California - CBS News Video
CBS News video: NASA captures video of meteor over California - The largemeteor that cut ...
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id...utm...

Meteor Lights Up Northern California Skies | Local News - Home
NorthstatePeople from Redding to San Luis Obispo reported seeing a huge meteor over Northern California.
www.krcrtv.com/news/local/Meteor...Up.../-/index.html

Orionid meteor shower: Best places to watch in the LA region
Los Angeles Times
The annual Orionid meteor shower is expected to light up the sky this weekend, but the question that may plague the minds of hopeful meteor-gazers is: Will I even be able to see it? The shower, which occurs each October and will be at peak visibility ...

Astronomy Apocalypse
Huffington Post
If you want to help save all life on Earth, get out to a national park and see the Orionid meteorshower this weekend. Perhaps I should explain. Unless you've been avoiding all media for the last three years, you are probably aware that the world is ...

Meteor shower, Orionids, will peak Saturday night
Journal and Courier
Most years, the meteor shower produces about 20 to 25 shooting stars an hour that are visible, but Cooke expects this to be a good year with as many as 60 an hour that can be seen. (Page 2 of 2). "The good news is we've already seen a fair number of ...

Saturday night's just right for meteor showers over Alabama
al.com (blog)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- This year's Orionid meteor shower peaks Saturday night, and the almost-new moon should make for a dark sky and a very good show, NASA says. Even if you don't spot a meteor, Venus will be brilliant, and the sky will also be full ...

Everything you need to know to catch this weekend's Orionid meteor shower
io9
Everything you need to know to catch this weekend's Orionid meteor shower The Orionid meteorshower — one of the year's most spectacular natural light shows — is upon us. This weekend, Earth will plow through a dense stream of celestial debris given ...

Orionid Meteor Shower: Saturday Meteor Shower to Light Up the Night
PolicyMic
Big plans for Saturday night? Cancel them. Find a rooftop, get a party started, look east, and watch bits of Halley's Comet explode in our atmosphere. It's the annual Orionid meteor shower. Between 10 p.m. EST Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday hundreds of ...

Orionid meteor shower to reach peak this weekend
NewsChannel 9 WSYR
Wednesday's light streak comes as astronomers expect a more dramatic light display this weekend that is part of the large, fast Orionid meteor shower, so-named because it has the Orion constellation as a backdrop. According to CNN's Light Years blog ...

REDLANDS: Saturday's a good night for meteor watching
Press-Enterprise (blog)
I did a bit of reading on the show and learned that these meteors move really fast, which adds to the chance of seeing a fireball, which happens when the meteorexplodes when it hits the atmosphere. Your best bet for viewing is probably a couple of...

Meteor's spectacular shower - Video on NBCNews.com
Video on NBCNews.com: Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area saw a large meteor streak ...
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Meteorite found in Claiborne County to be on display
WBIR-TV Knoxville Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:03 AM PDT
An East Tennessee family that used the space rock as a doorstop and flower bed ornament over the years.

EKU acquires meteorite from Tenn. family
WDEF Chattanooga Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:28 AM PDT
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) â Eastern Kentucky University has acquired a 33-pound meteorite from an eastern Tennessee family that used the space rock as a doorstop and flower bed ornament over the years. Themeteorite was initially found in a cow pasture near Tazewell, Tenn., in the 1930s by Tilmon Brooks, the late grandfather of Donna Lewis, a school secretary in Pineville, Ky. Tests at the University ...

Family used meteorite as doorstop for years
Fox News Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:21 AM PDT
Donna Lewis, left, with Dr. Jerry Cook and the meteorite. Eastern Kentucky University

Close encounter with space rock
BBC News Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:54 AM PDT
Devon 'meteorite' brings back memories of 1991 discovery

Suspected Louisiana meteorite turns out to be an Earthly issue
Beaumont Enterprise Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:36 AM PDT
Suspected Louisiana meteorite turns out to be an Earthly issue Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2012 Beaumont Enterprise. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 2:45Â p.m., Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Authorities initially speculated a meteorite may have shook the ground for miles in portions of northwest Louisiana late Monday night ...

Tremor reports after 'meteorite'
BBC News Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:30 PM PDT
Police are inundated with reports of an earth tremor, which may have been a sonic boom from a meteorite the British Geological Survey says.

Family's Odd Rock Is Really A Meteorite
ABC 36 Lexington Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:20 PM PDT

How to watch the Orionid meteor shower
CNN (blog)
The Orionid meteor shower will peak about 12:00 a.m. PST Sunday, although there may be meteorsightings before and after, says Karen Randall, director of special projects at SETI Institute. The “shooting stars” will be even more visually prominent ...

Bits of Comet Halley: This year's Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend
Washington Post (blog)
In this photo, a shooting star above the Montebello Open Space Preserve in Palo Alto, Calif. Streaking fireballs lighting up California skies and stunning stargazers are part of a major meteorshower, and the show is just getting started, professional ...

The Orionid Meteor Shower Will Light Up the Skies This Weekend
Smithsonian (blog)
Halley's Comet last visited us in 1986, and it isn't scheduled to pass by earth again until 2061. This weekend, though, you might get to see debris from the legendary comet light up the night sky. The Orionid meteor shower will peak early Sunday ...

Meteor magic coming soon to sky near you
Times of India
AHMEDABAD: Do you believe wishing on shooting star makes it comes true? Or are you just an astronomy buff interested in celestial phenomenon? From October 20 to November 18 prepare for a feast of 'shooting stars' or meteor showers. Four back-to-back ...

Shoot for the stars: How & where to photograph the Orionid meteor shower near ...
89.3 KPCC (blog)
The Orionid meteor shower will be on full display over Los Angeles this Saturday night and early Sunday morning. And if you can't leave the bright lights of the big city, look at the map below for some areas in L.A. where you should be able to see ...

2012 Orionid Meteor Shower from Halley's Comet
WJLA (blog)
Above is a great video from NASA that talks about the meteor shower and different aspects that you may or may not have known. The best viewing conditions will be in the predawn hours on Sunday the 21st away from the city lights. You can also check out ...

The Return of a Great 19th-Century Meteor Shower
Scientific American
Each year as Earth journeys around the sun, it slams into streams of particles that comets have spewed into space. When these particles, known as meteoroids, smash into the atmosphere, they generate streaks of light called meteors. The most reliable ...

The Orionids: How to photograph a meteor shower
ExtremeTech
Until recently it required expensive hardware, but now it is within the reach of most photo hobbyists. This weekend is a great time to get started. The annual Orionidmeteor shower — often called the Orionids — will peak before dawn on Sunday ...

Meteor pass will make for sky-high light show
KTAR.com
PHOENIX -- Watch the skies this weekend -- the Orionid meteor shower will pass through and a telescope won't be necessary to see the show. "You can really at any part of the sky but they seem to be coming from the constellation Orion which will be in ...

Orionids Meteor Shower 2012 Peak Over Ames
Patch.com
Weekend skies should be clear for at least a little while providing an opportunity to view the Orionidsmeteor shower over Ames. Bill Gallus, a graduate student at Iowa State University's meteorology department, said it looks like Saturday night would ...

Devon 'meteorite' brings memories of close encounter
BBC News
Police in Devon and Cornwall have been inundated with calls after what is thought to have been the sonic boom from a meteorite falling to earth. The chances of finding any remains are very slim say experts, but in 1991 one pensioner came a bit too ...

Meteorite found in Claiborne County to be on display
WBIR-TV
Eastern Kentucky University has acquired a 33-pound meteorite from an East Tennessee family that used the space rock as a doorstop and flower bed ornament over the years. The meteorite was initially found in a cow pasture near Tazewell, Tenn., in the ...

Meteor shower from Halley's comet peaks this weekend
CBS News
The Orionid meteor shower can best be described as a junior version of the famous Perseid meteorshower and is scheduled to reach its maximum before sunrise on Sunday morning (Oct. 21). Patient night sky observers with clear, dark skies could see ...

Meteor Shower: Scientists and Treasure Hunters Look in California for Debris
ABC News (blog)
So where did it come down? People in the San Francisco Bay area are still puzzling over the fireball that went shooting across the sky Wednesday evening, making an audible boom and, perhaps, spreading debris across the suburbs and vineyards north of...

Orionid meteor shower: Best times to watch
Los Angeles Times
Alert sky watchers may already be spotting signs that the annual Orionid meteor shower is back, but experts say the best time to see the streaking meteors won't be until this weekend. In Los Angeles, the Griffith Observatory said the brightest meteors ...

Stunning Meteor Lights up California Sky
ABC News
A streaking fireball lit up California skies and stunned stargazers Wednesday night, and professional observers say more meteors are on the way. The exploding streak was visible over the San Francisco Bay area and other parts of Northern California ...

Meteor shower may be visible this weekend
WHIO Dayton
Some parts of Southwest Ohio will see rain throughout Friday evening, but for the most part it will be light. Temperatures will drop into the low 40s. Saturday will start off in the low 40s and reach the mid-50s in the afternoon. Sunshine is expected ...

Dazzling meteor shower this weekend
Asbury Park Press
A big meteor shower this weekend could produce as many as 60 falling stars an hour as the Earth passes through the trail of Halley's comet. The yearly shower, called the Orionids, will have peak visibility over North America from midnight Saturday to ...

Orionids Meteor Shower 2012: Shrewsbury Not Ideal for Viewing, But Try
Patch.com
It makes it less than ideal to truly appreciate, well, a meteor shower, for instance. "This light prohibits our ability to see dimmer objects in the night sky," said Dave Hruskoci, science and technology education department director at Shrewsbury High ...

Orionid Meteor Shower To Light Up California Sky
Daily Gossip
The Orionid meteor shower is expected to light up the sky of California on the night between October 20 and October 21. The meteor shower is caused by bits of Halley's Comet which enter the Earth's atmosphere and flare up in fiery display, according to ...

Orionids Meteor Shower Peaks Early Sunday Morning (October 21, 2012)
PlanetSave.com
The Orionid meteor shower is going to peak this year late on Saturday night / early Sunday morning, October 20-21 2012. The peak of the display will be a few hours before dawn Sunday — that's when the Earth will hit the densest part of the debris left ...

Meteor shower tonight
Oman Daily Observer
MUSCAT — The annual astronomical phenomenon of Geminids Meteor showers will occur in Sultanate's skies this night and last until Sunday dawn. According to Ali bin Amir al Shaibani from the Oman Astronomical Society, “The Geminids Meteor Showers ...

Radiant point for this weekend's Orionid meteor shower
EarthSky (blog)
The 2012 Orionid meteor shower will peak this weekend! Look for the greatest numbers of meteors to streak the sky in the dark hours before dawn on Saturday, October 20, and Sunday, October 21, with forecasters giving the nod to Sunday. Fortunately, the ...

Meteor Falls to Earth, Lands in Martinez Hills
Patch.com
The meteor was unrelated to the Orionids meteor shower, said experts, which will be passing through Bay Area skies all week and culminating in a potentially glorious show Saturday evening. Did you see or hear the large meteor? Share your experience in ...

Orionid meteor shower: Watch for fireballs during weekend peak
Christian Science Monitor
As if on cue, a fireball visible throughout much of central and southern California streaked across the sky Oct. 17, shortly before 8 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Observers reported three sonic booms tied to the fireball after it disappeared. However...

Streaking fireball explodes over California with Orionid meteor shower expected
NEWS.com.au
A STREAKING fireball lit up California skies and stunned stargazers, and professional observers say more meteors are on the way. The exploding streak was visible over the San Francisco Bay area and other parts of Northern California, and there were ...

Sky watchers have good weekend to catch falling stars
USA TODAY
Astronomers observe the night sky for the Perseid meteor shower at an observatory near the village of Avren east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. Up to 60 falling stars an hour may be visible in the Orionids meteor shower over North America. (Photo ...

Did You See or Hear the Meteor?
Patch.com
If you caught a glimpse of this event — made all the more astonishing by the fact that astronomers say the meteor was not part of the current Orionids meteor shower — tell us in the comments. For more about what's been happening in our skies, please ...

Meteor shower at peak this weekend: Will weather cooperate?
KEPR 19
Occasionally, Orionid fireballs will leave incandescent streams of debris in their wake that linger for minutes. Such filaments of meteor smoke twisted by upper atmospheric winds into convoluted shapes can be even prettier than the meteors themselves.

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend
Patch.com
Make a wish upon a falling star? That will be an easy task this weekend as the annual Orionidmeteor shower brings a dazzling display of shooting stars. If skies are clear, Orange County residents will be treated to one of the year's most beautiful ...

NASA captures video of meteor over California - CBS ...
CBS News video: NASA captures video of meteor over California - The largemeteor that cut ...
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Fireball Complete With Sonic Boom Captured Streaking Across Calif. Sky
TheBlaze.com
In this photo taken Oct. 17, 2012 and provided by Phil Terzian is a shooting star above the Montebello Open Space Preserve in Palo Alto, Calif. Streaking fireballs lighting up California skies and stunning stargazers are part of a major meteor shower ...

Tenn. family used meteorite as doorstop for years
Fox News
EKU's Department of Physics and Astronomy Chairman, Jerry Cook, says the meteorite will be at the Kentucky Academy of Science annual conference on campus Friday and Saturday. Cook said the meteorite, which the university purchased from the Lewises, ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

19 October 2012

Colorado Lunar Found Guilty

Fake space rock peddler guilty on three counts
The Daily Sentinel By Paul Shockley
Friday, October 19, 2012

A Mesa County jury late Thursday returned guilty verdicts against a Montrose man charged with selling fake meteorites, whose work has also drawn the attention of the Colorado Attorney General’s office.

Steven Curry, 59, who argued he was the victim of a bizarre conspiracy of scientists, meteorite experts and at least one Grand Junction police officer, was found guilty of misdemeanor counts of theft, fraud in effecting sales and criminal simulation.

A five-woman, one-man jury reached verdicts by 10 p.m., just under an hour after receiving the case, which consumed more than eight hours of testimony in the courtroom of County Court Judge Craig Henderson.  .... more
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/fake-space-rock-peddler-guilty-on-three-counts/

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19OCT2012

Meteor Shower 2012: Halley's Comet Brings Meteor Shower Over California Skies
ABC News
... sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Oct 19, 2012 by ABCNews. Josh Elliott reports on the light show on display for Californians. For more on this story, click here: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/10/meteor-lights-up-the ...

Meteor showers light up Bay Area skies
San Jose Mercury News
Oct 17: Reactions: Fireball lights up San Francisco Bay Area. A meteor shower lit up skies above the Bay Area and throughout California on Wednesday night, and they will appear with increasing frequency through Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

Morning Briefing: Meteor Shower This Weekend
Patch.com
The Orionids Meteor Shower will peak Saturday night and into Sunday morning. If you haven't seen ameteor shower before, take the time to head into the backyard and take in the view. Find out about the expected weather conditions and learn a little ...

WATCH: Meteor Fireball Lights Up Bay Area Sky
NBC Bay Area
Email. |. Print. A large bright object seen in the night sky all over the Bay Area had everyone talking. Latest details on the object in the sky and our upcoming meteor shower with Chief Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri. Meteor Fireball Streaks Over South ...

Meteor breaks up over San Jose - video
The Guardian
A meteor is captured breaking up over San Jose's city skyline by a security camera at the University of California's Lick Observatory. The lights in the foreground are of San Jose's cityscape. Broken pieces of the meteor can be seen speeding in and out ...

Orionids Meteor Shower October 2012: Halley's Comet Debris Lights Up Bay Area
Enstarz
A meteor brightened up the skies above the Bay Area in California in what experts say is debris from Halley's Comet. At around 7:45 p.m. local time on Wednesday, Oct. 17, hundreds of residents from Oakland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz reported a loud ...

Orionids Meteor Shower 2012: Where to Watch in Barrington
Patch.com
Earth will through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet beginning Oct. 15, which will give us the benefit of the annual Orionids meteor shower—though you probably won't see much until a bit later. In the Barrington, try and catch a glimpse of the ...

Perfect time for fall camping, meteor watching
Altus Times
Fall Break is this coming week, Oct. 18 and 19, for a lot of public schools. This is a great time to come camping one last time this year. The Fire Ban has been lifted. The nights are cooler, the days are usually still warm, and the long range ...

Spectacular Meteor Sparks Fireball Over California ...
A dazzling meteor lit up the night sky over Northern California late Wednesday, creating a ...
space.com

Meteor breaks up over San Jose - video | Science ...
A meteor is captured breaking up over San Jose's city skyline by a security camera at the ...
guardian.co.uk

Meteor Activity Outlook for October 13-19, 2012 | American Meteor ...
As the week progresses the waxing crescent moon will enter the evening sky but will not interfere with meteor observing. The estimated total hourly meteor rates ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-october-...

Raw: Meteor showers light up Calif. sky
Professional observers say fireballs lit up California skies as part of a major meteor shower. The Lick Observatory captured the shower on security surveillance ...
www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2012/10/.../1642295/

Stunning meteor showers light up California sky - The Denver Post
OAKLAND, Calif.—Streaking fireballs lighting up California skies and stunning stargazers are part of a major meteor shower, and the show is just getting started, ...
www.denverpost.com/.../stunning-meteor-showers-light-up-cal...

Palo Alto Online : Meteor zips over Bay Area, lands with sonic boom
A large meteor streaked across the night sky Wednesday night and was seen and heard throughout the Bay Area.
www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=27227

Fireball Meteor in the Sky Above Claycord
Did anybody see the meteor just before 8pm over the skies of Claycord? Here's one of the several reports we received…. I was sitting at a red light on Willow ...
claycord.com/.../fireball-meteor-in-the-sky-above-claycord/

Fireball Not Part of Meteor Shower
KTXL
There are a lot of people talking about the big fireball in the sky Wednesday night. There's surveillance video, pictures, and lots of tweets about the meteor which put on quite a show around 7:45. With the Orionid Meteor Shower scheduled to peak from ...

'Meteor' prompts Devon and Cornwall tremor reports
BBC News
'Meteor' prompts Devon and Cornwall tremor reports. People across Devon and Cornwall have inundated police with calls saying they had experienced an earth tremor. Officers from the region said they received reports of people hearing loud bangs and ...

Orionids meteor shower begins to light up night sky
Los Angeles Times
Orionids meteor shower begins to light up night sky. October 18, 2012 | 1:26 pm. increase text size decrease text size. Star gazers, take note: The Orionid meteor shower is back. The annual show — named because the meteors appear to come from the ...

A streak, a boom, and now meteor debris?
San Francisco Chronicle
A meteor, perhaps the size of a small car when it hit the Earth's atmosphere, put on a spectacular lightshow at 7:45 p.m. that was visible throughout the Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern and Central California. The accompanying noise was themeteor's ...

Meteor's sonic boom shakes Devon, police inundated with calls
This is Plymouth
Police in Devon were inundated with calls after a loud bang shook the earth and left people frightened just after 4pm on Thursday. Police say they initially thought there had been a mini-earthquake, but calls to the British Geological Survey proved ...

NASA: Orionid meteor shower 'could stop you in your tracks'
The Bell Jar
While the Orionid meteor shower is not the strongest meteor shower of the year, NASA astronomers explain that it is one of the year's best interstellar shows. The reason stems from the fact that the meteoroids are the result of Halley's Comet, which...

2012 peak of the Orionid meteor shower
EarthSky (blog)
The annual Orionid meteor shower is coming. This shower is expected to rain down its greatest number of meteors before dawn on Sunday, October 21, but the day before (Saturday, October 20) may be nearly as good. Remember, it's difficult to predict ...

Stunning meteor showers light up California sky
Phys.Org
The Oakland Tribune reports the exploding streaks were especially visible Wednesday night over the San Francisco Bay area and other parts of Northern California, with reports of bright fireballs and loud booms from Santa Cruz County to Mendocino County.

Orionid meteor shower time, date: Bright weekend as Earth passes through ...
WPTV
The Orionid Meteor Shower peaks this weekend, with the best viewing time set for overnight Saturday. That's when the Earth will pass directly through some of the left-over tail fragments of Haley's Comet. Photographer: Wiki creative commons. Regular ...

Orionids Meteor Shower 2012
Patch.com
Earth began passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet on Oct. 15, which gives us the benefit of the annual Orionids meteor shower. The shower should be at its peak the night of Saturday, Oct. 20, until just before dawn on Sunday, Oct. 21.

Orionids Meteor Shower 2012 Peaking This Weekend in Winnetka, Glencoe
Patch.com
Astronomy buffs and non-buffs who can't resist a chance to see a lot of shooting stars, don't forget that the 2012 Orionids meteor shower will peak this weekend over Winnetka, Glencoe and Northfield. The shower should be at its best Saturday night ...

The Light You Saw Last Night Wasn't a Meteor From Orion
SF Weekly (blog)
... expected gift from outer space. But alas, scientists prove us wrong again. According to the professional star gazers, that the fiery show you saw might have been a meteor, but it definitely did not come from Orion (or from Chevron's refinery, for ...

Meteor shower puts on light show
CNN
Published on Oct 18, 2012 by CNN. This video of a meteor looking like a fireball was captured over northern ...

Huge Fireball in the Sky Shocks San Francisco
The Atlantic Cities
Around 7:45 Wednesday evening, the skies over the California coast lit up like a birthday cake as a giant fireball punctured the atmosphere and cruised slowly toward Canada. Some witnesses described it as brighter than the moon, shaking buildings with ...

Meteor Impacting - San Jose - 10-18-2012 - Meteorite Shower - Meteorschauer ...
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Massive Fireball Over California Coast – October 17th, 2012 ...
The American Meteor Society has received over 150 reports about a largefireball seen from ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../massive-fireball-over-california-coast...

Fireball Seen in Northern California -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
Sightings of a fireball streaking through the sky have been reported this evening up and down the Central Valley and in the Bay Area. "We've had a lot of calls ...
www.sott.net/.../252532-Fireball-Seen-in-Northern-California

Oct. 17 California fireball may have dropped meteorites | Astro Bob
Last night's fireball over Belmont, California. The meteor first appears in the constellation ...
astrobob.areavoices.com/.../oct-17-california-fireball-may-hav...

Mark your calendar for Sunday's meteor shower
Jamestown Sun
Mark your calendar for Sunday's meteor shower. Don't stay up too late this coming Saturday night. You'll need your sleep before rising for the annual Orionid meteor shower which peaks early Sunday morning Oct. 21. As many as 25 meteors per hour will be ...

Orionids Meteor Shower to peak this weekend
DigitalJournal.com
The meteor shower is expected to begin this week, with increased visibility over the weekend, with the best viewing anticipated to be in the early morning hours of Sun., Oct. 21. At this time, Orionids is expected to be directly overhead. While ...

Northern California Gets Rare View Of Burning Meteor
CBS Local
Fries says the meteor likely came into orbit from San Jose at a shallow angle, then burst somewhere north of San Francisco. Experts say, a meteor impacts the earth once a day. However, for it to be captured on cameras with its images etched in minds is ...

Meteor brings blazing skies, leaves mouths agape around California
Washington Post
The sound people reported could have been a sonic boom from the meteor traveling faster than the speed of sound, said Jonathan Braidman, an astronomy instructor with the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland. “It's like a jet fighter,” he said.

Meteor breaks up over San Jose
ITN NEWS
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Meteor streaks across the sky; Crashes into Bay Area
KTVU San Francisco
A car-size meteor streaked across the night sky Wednesday evening, crashing to earth near Martinez, according to a Bay Area astronomer. Sky observers took to social media to report that they had seen a bright fireball with hues of red and orange break ...

Orionid meteor shower peaks Oct. 20-21, 2012
Phys.Org
As it does each year, early fall brings crisper air, turning leaves, and the Orionid meteor shower. This year's best viewing will be in the several hours around midnight October 20 and before dawn on October 21, according to the editors of StarDate ...

Meteor showers light up Bay Area skies
Alameda Times-Star
Bay Area amateur astronomer Phil Terzian said he was observing with some friends at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve near Palo Alto and caught this 1-second exposure of a shooting star that crossed overhead. It traverses the bowl of the Big Dipper (Ursa ...

Big Meteor Brightens Skies Over East Bay, Goes Boom Near Martinez
SFist
A lot of people in the East Bay saw a big, bright ball of light streak across the sky last night, and it appears to have been a big chunk of meteor. This happened around 7:40 p.m. and the fireball was much larger than your standard shooting star, and ...

Explosions And Streaks Of Light Shocked Parts Of California Last Night
Business Insider
Loud booms and bright streaks of light surprised hundreds of folks in California's Bay Area Wednesday night, ABC News reports. No, this wasn't the result of a natural disaster. Earth is actually passing through a stream of debris and dust released by ...

Orionid Meteor Shower Lights Up Northern California Skies
WFMY News 2
CARMICHAEL, CA - The Orionid Meteor Shower kicked off with a bright light show in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley area Wednesday night. Across Northern California, people reported seeing almost the same thing. According to people who posted ...

Orionids meteor shower peaks Saturday night into Sunday morning
Meriden Record-Journal
With the forecast calling for mostly clear skies Saturday night, area residents may have the opportunity for viewing the Orionids meteor shower. The shower peaks Saturday night, when the Earth passes through an area of space containing debris left ...

EKU given piece of scientific history
WKYT Lexington Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:39 PM PDT
Eastern Kentucky University is now home to a piece of scientific history. The school has received a 33-pound meteorite believed to have landed on the Kentucky-Tennessee line more than a century ago.

EKU given meteorite found in cow pasture in the 1930s
Lexington Herald-Leader Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:35 PM PDT
Donna Lewis' family formally announced that the meteorite found in a cow pasture near Tazewell, Tenn., in the 1930s, is now the property of Eastern Kentucky University. It will eventually go on display in the new Sciences building.

Orionid meteor shower for 2012 promises fireball displays and peaks this weekend
Examiner.com
As the Oakland Tribune reports, fireballs have already lit California skies in what promises to be one of the more impressive meteor showers of the year. They're being produced by this year's wave of Orionid meteors, the great wash of debris left ...

Bay Area to see more shooting stars this weekend, but Wednesday's dramatic ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Bay Area amateur astronomer Phil Terzian said he was observing with some friends at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve near Palo Alto and caught this 1-second exposure of a shooting star that crossed overhead. It traverses the bowl of the Big Dipper (Ursa ...

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Video on NBCNews.com: Fireballs streaked across the skies over Fresno, Calif., in advance of .
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Meteor Shower Lights Skies; More Coming Saturday Night
ABC News
Yes, that was the sky falling over the San Francisco Bay area Wednesday night, and yes, there will be more of it this weekend. But, no, astronomers say, it is not something to worry about -- more likely, if you're so inclined, a sight to be savored ...

Raw video: Meteor showers light up Northern California sky
Sacramento Bee (blog)
Professional observers say fireballs lit up California skies as part of a major meteor shower. The Lick Observatory captured the shower on security surveillance cameras and Bob Moreno took photos while attending his daughter's soccer game. Here's a ...

Stunning meteor showers light up California sky
The Associated Press
(AP) — Streaking fireballs lighting up California skies and stunning stargazers are part of a majormeteor shower, and the show is just getting started, professional observers said. The Oakland Tribune (http://bit.ly/S4VDjB ) reports the exploding ...

Stunning meteor showers wow Central Coast sky watchers
KSBW The Central Coast
If you missed Mother Nature's intergalactic light show, don't worry, astronomers said the meteors are part of a major meteor shower, and the show is just getting started. Highly visible meteors are expected to streak across the sky on Thursday and ...

Meteor the Size of a Car Hits Bay Area
Patch.com
Jonathan Braidman, astronomy instructor at Oakland's Chabot Space and Science Center, said themeteor likely hit the Earth around the Martinez Hills and was roughly the size of a car when it broke up over the Bay Area. Braidman said that hikers may be ...

Meteor streaks across sky over San Francisco
ABC7Chicago.com
October 18, 2012 (SAN FRANCISCO) -- A meteor crossed the sky over the San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday evening with a bright flash and a loud boom. The fireball caught the attention of hundreds of people, probably more. PHOTOS: Meteorover San ...

How Did Moon Form? Lunar Rocks, Meteorite Add Weight To Impact Hypothesis
Huffington Post
Researchers examined rocks collected by astronauts during NASA's Apollo lunar landing missions, as well as a meteorite that originated on the moon to make the find. They looked for traces of zinc, and found the ratios of heavy to light isotopes are ...

Meteor shower promises a bright show in the weekend sky
NewsNet5.com
Another special feature about this particular meteor shower will be the colors. With the second-fastest entry velocity of all the annual meteor showers, many of the streaks take on shades or orange and green. Many will also produce brief fireballs in ...

See Shooting Stars in Cuyahoga Falls: Orionids Meteor Shower 2012
Patch.com
Earth started passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet on Oct. 15, which will give us the benefit of the annual Orionids meteor shower—though you probably won't see much until a bit later. The shower should be at its peak the night of ...

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Saturday, October 20, 2012
PlanetSave.com
The Orionid meteor shower is peaking this weekend (Saturday, October 20, 2012). The Orionids were created from the famous Halley's Comet, and should deliver a very impressive show this year according to experts in the field. 20121017-155200.jpg ...

Northern California Treated to "Preview" of Orionids Meteor Shower
KTXL
Though nothing has been confirmed about what the object was, everyone's best guess is that it was a meteor. The supposed meteor would be a preview for this weekend's Orionid meteor shower. “The shower should peak this weekend, but it is not uncommon ...

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People still buzzing about the dramatic fireball that lit up Bay Area skies ...
San Jose Mercury News
People are still buzzing about the stunning fireball that lit up Bay Area skies Wednesday night. But don't be dismayed if you missed it. You will have an opportunity to see numerous other shooting stars this weekend -- although probably nothing quite ...

Bay Area Fireball Caught on TapeVideo | Observations Scientific ...
Just before 7:45 P.M. Pacific time yesterday, as baseball fans in the San Francisco Bay Area were tuning in to the playoff game between the hometown ...
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Meteor fireworks leave Californians stunned
Contra Costa Times
OAKLAND, Calif.—Professional observers say streaking fireballs lighting up California skies and stunning stargazers are part of a major meteor shower, and the show is just getting started. The Oakland Tribune (http://bit.ly/S4VDjB) says the exploding ...

Saturday Stargazing Looks Good for Meteor Shower
Patch.com
The Earth passed through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet beginning Monday, Oct. 15, which gives us the benefit of the annual Orionids meteor shower. The shower should be at its peak Saturday night until just before dawn and lucky for Millburn ...

When is the 2012 Orionids Meteor Shower? Coming Up!
Patch.com
And if you haven't noticed Orion lately, just wait, there's going to be quite a show later this week when the Orionids meteor shower peaks. Many of us learned of Orion the Hunter or the Archer. But Babylonians saw a shepherd; in Ancient Egypt, Orion ...

Meteor lights up sky across California
abc7.com
As he continued to snap away, the meteor began to disintegrate, until it finally vanished into the darkness. The fireball is believed to be a preview of what's to come this weekend during the annual Orionid meteor show. That's when the Earth pushes ...

Shades of Halley: The Orionids Meteor Shower
Patch.com
In a sense, though, we still see Halley's Comet ― or fragments of it, anyhow ― at least once a year, in the form of the Orionids meteor shower, which peaks this weekend. Like all comets, Halley's Comet thaws out and begins to shed tiny particles of ...

Bright fireball lights up northern California
Discover Magazine (blog)
If you live in the US and ever do see a fireball, it's a good idea to note the direction it's traveling and your location as best you can, and then report it to the American Meteor Society. If you get pictures or videos, send them to me! I'd love

Spectacular Meteor Sparks Fireball Over California
Space.com
The subsequent fireball and sonic boom triggered a flood reports by witnesses to local news stations and authorities, with accounts coming in from across San Francisco and the Bay Area, according to ABC's KGO-TV news station. "At 7:44:44 pm PDT this ...

Fireball Run in Independence just the start of fantastic experience for team ...
Plain Dealer
INDEPENDENCE -- Last month's Fireball Run Northern Exposure turned out to be more than an adventure for students and staff of the Ohio Center for Broadcasting. The eight-day trip from Independence to Bangor, Maine enabled them to make friends and...

Meteor showers light up NorCal skies
Daily Democrat
Reports of bright fireballs streaking across the skies were reported from as far north as Mendocino County, forecaster Steve Anderson said. A cloud-free sky and the warm temperatures that are pushing out the clouds will make the showers more and more ...

Meteor Fireworks Leave Californians Stunned - weather.com
Get the latest weather news from weather.com. Streaking fireballs lighting up California skies ...
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Bright Light, Loud Boom May Have Been Meteor | NBC Bay Area
The Bay Area was buzzing Wednesday night after a bright streak of something moved through ...
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Orionid meteor shower to peak over the weekend - The Patriot Ledger
The annual Orionid meteor shower began earlier this week and will creceando over the weekend to the delight of star-gazers.
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VIDEO: Meteor Lights Up the Night
Weather.com video A meteor shower lit up skies above the San Francisco Bay area and ...
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