Breaking News- NEOs NOV2012

NEOs NOV2012

Update 21NOV2012

(2012 WH1)

2012-Nov-29

0.0196

7.6

51 m - 110 m

23.6

8.08

UPDATE 15NOV2012 4 More NEOs Added
 2012 VN76 , 2012 VS76, 2012 VU76, 2012 VE77

(2012 VN76)

2012-Nov-20

0.0187

7.3

8.3 m - 18 m

27.5

7.41

(2012 VS76)

2012-Nov-16

0.0062

2.4

11 m - 25 m

26.9

11.33

(2012 VU76)

2012-Nov-16

0.0208

8.1

20 m - 44 m

25.7

5.38

(2012 VE77)

2012-Nov-18

0.0116

4.5

15 m - 33 m

26.3

15.01

Breaking News-NEOs UPDATE 09NOV2012
- 5 More NEOs Discovered!
2012 VE26, 2012 VA26, 2012 VQ6, 012 VC26, 2012 VB26
Meteors Pending from 08-17NOV2012. Get out and watch as their will be debris associated with these NEOs that will make their way as meteors to Earth. Cameras ready and PLEASE file a meteor report on this site if you witness one; thank you. Help out by getting the word out on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and your favorite forum discussion list, please use this URL- 
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/
-LunarMeteoriteHunter- Tokyo, Japan

(2012 VE26)

2012-Nov-08

0.0042

1.6

5.5 m - 12 m

28.4

18.92

(2012 VA26)

2012-Nov-09

0.0131

5.1

12 m - 28 m

26.7

10.14

(2012 VQ6)

2012-Nov-10

0.0046

1.8

11 m - 24 m

27.0

12.96

(2012 VC26)	2012-Nov-11	0.0059	2.3	4.6 m - 10 m	28.8	5.36

(2012 VB26)

2012-Nov-17

0.0250

9.7

21 m - 47 m

25.5

12.90

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

New NEOs Discovered UPDATE 06NOV2012-
THREE New NEOs found-
2012 VB5, 2012 VD5, 2012 VL5

(2012 VB5)

2012-Nov-09

0.0120

4.7

16 m - 35 m

26.2

16.88

(2012 VD5)

2012-Nov-06

0.0039

1.5

14 m - 32 m

26.3

11.40

(2012 VL5)

2012-Nov-02

0.0132

5.1

5.8 m - 13 m

28.3

5.86

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

The current list, as of 02N)V2012, of NEOs with a Lunar Distance LD10 or less includes
2012 UL171, (2012 UX136), (2012 UV136), (2012 UY68), (2010 JK1)
  The table below is current but there will be several expected updates; so check back for the latest updates.  There will be MANY meteors this month; keep your eyes pealed and please file a meteor sighting report on this site if you witness a meteor/fireball; thank you!
- Dirk Ross, LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

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) 285540 (2000 GU127)  2012-Nov-01 0.1061 41.3 530 m - 1.2 km 18.5 22.60 (2012 UW136)  2012-Nov-01 0.1899 73.9 71 m - 160 m 22.9 8.42 (2010 VU98)  2012-Nov-02 0.1393 54.2 30 m - 68 m 24.7 13.10 (2012 UK)  2012-Nov-03 0.1012 39.4 33 m - 73 m 24.5 8.35 (2012 UL171)  2012-Nov-03 0.0196 7.6 10 m - 23 m 27.0 3.81 (2009 SB15)  2012-Nov-03 0.0782 30.4 200 m - 460 m 20.6 19.47 (2011 EL51)  2012-Nov-04 0.0819 31.9 110 m - 250 m 21.9 20.35 99907 (1989 VA)  2012-Nov-04 0.1644 64.0 1.4 km 17.8 17.02 (2009 VN1)  2012-Nov-04 0.1729 67.3 39 m - 88 m 24.2 14.61 (2012 UX136)  2012-Nov-04 0.0070 2.7 22 m - 48 m 25.4 5.36 (2012 TA259)  2012-Nov-05 0.1954 76.0 220 m - 500 m 20.4 20.32 214869 (2007 PA8)  2012-Nov-05 0.0433 16.8 1.5 km - 3.3 km 16.3 10.79 (2012 UA174)  2012-Nov-05 0.1509 58.7 72 m - 160 m 22.8 7.21 (2011 UG21)  2012-Nov-06 0.1784 69.4 340 m - 770 m 19.4 19.73 (2010 WT)  2012-Nov-07 0.1251 48.7 53 m - 120 m 23.5 6.53 (2007 GF)  2012-Nov-07 0.1291 50.2 160 m - 370 m 21.0 14.13 (2012 UR158)  2012-Nov-08 0.0642 25.0 200 m - 450 m 20.6 30.95 333358 (2001 WN1)  2012-Nov-09 0.1285 50.0 370 m - 830 m 19.3 8.73 (2012 UV136)  2012-Nov-10 0.0149 5.8 20 m - 46 m 25.6 4.23 330233 (2006 KV86)  2012-Nov-11 0.1876 73.0 460 m - 1.0 km 18.8 23.35 138852 (2000 WN10)  2012-Nov-11 0.1292 50.3 260 m - 580 m 20.0 13.30 (2010 WG3)  2012-Nov-11 0.1423 55.4 82 m - 180 m 22.6 9.22 (2008 LH2)  2012-Nov-12 0.1487 57.9 35 m - 78 m 24.4 5.10 (1999 VR6)  2012-Nov-12 0.0580 22.6 190 m - 420 m 20.7 24.24 (2001 YM2)  2012-Nov-12 0.0860 33.5 430 m - 970 m 18.9 9.26 (2012 UY68)  2012-Nov-14 0.0172 6.7 26 m - 59 m 25.0 5.36 (2012 KF25)  2012-Nov-15 0.1528 59.5 23 m - 51 m 25.3 9.75 (2011 HO5)  2012-Nov-17 0.1484 57.7 37 m - 83 m 24.3 10.52 (1999 SF10)  2012-Nov-19 0.0346 13.5 41 m - 92 m 24.0 4.08 (2012 UX68)  2012-Nov-21 0.0497 19.3 38 m - 84 m 24.2 6.88 (2009 WB105)  2012-Nov-24 0.0400 15.6 59 m - 130 m 23.3 18.86 (2007 VB188)  2012-Nov-25 0.1446 56.3 14 m - 32 m 26.3 10.32 (2010 JK1)  2012-Nov-25 0.0238 9.3 35 m - 77 m 24.4 5.50 (1994 XD)  2012-Nov-27 0.0518 20.2 400 m - 890 m 19.1 20.03 (2009 LS)  2012-Nov-28 0.1418 55.2 670 m - 1.5 km 18.0 25.88 (2010 VW98)  2012-Nov-29 0.1321 51.4 81 m - 180 m 22.6 7.03 (2001 QJ142)  2012-Nov-30 0.1751 68.2 55 m - 120 m 23.4 3.73 (2009 XH8)  2012-Nov-30 0.1288 50.1 61 m - 140 m 23.2 6.70

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

updated 09NOV2012
updated 06NOV2012 06/11/2012 15:53 Japan Standard Time
original post 02/11/2012 15:53 Japan Standard Time
2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20NOV2012

Famous Mars meteorite's 'fossils' similar to those found in arctic
Mother Nature Network
Not only did the shapes look like bacteria, but a form of magnetite (iron oxide) was found in the meteorite that, on Earth, is produced within the bodies of certain bacteria. The study also found tiny carbonate globules in the meteorite, which the ...

Meteorite samples provide definitive evidence of water and rock types on Mars
Phys.Org
The researchers studied two meteorites that provide different samples from the Martian mantle and crust. "There are several competing theories that account for the diverse isotopic and geochemical compositions of Martian meteorites," said Tomohiro Usui ...

meteor shower may flare up again
NBCNews.com
November is the time of the Leonid meteor shower, when the meteors come swarming into our night sky view every time the Earth passes through a debris stream from an ancient comet. These ultra-swift light streaks appear to emanate from out of the ...

Leonids Meteor Shower
WKBW-TV
The Leonids meteor shower did peak early on Saturday, November 17th. However, a second peak is expected early on the 20th. Expecting mainly clear skies and a crescent moon over the next few evenings could make for quite a celestial show. You can ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2012: Another Peak
Patch.com
If you missed the Leonid meteor shower peak over the weekend, here's good news: This meteorshower comes with an encore, and a second peak performance is due above Ames overnight tonight. Space.com reports that about 15 meteors per hour could be ...

Brighter Than the Moon: Camera Captures Brilliant Leonid Fireball
Universe Today
The Leonid Meteor shower is usually notorious for the bright fireballs it can produce, but thisfireball exploded with unexpected brilliance. Fortunately, an all-sky camera captured the event. NASA said there were numerous reports of a bright fireball ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Leonid fireball 18NOV2012. Armagh Observatory, UK Video

Leonid fireball November 18th 2012. Armagh Observatory, UK

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GIF Photo Credit-  Armagh Observatory, UK
Apostolos Christou and James Finnegan
http://star.arm.ac.uk/movies/2012/AllSky/

You may find the following link of interest.

http://star.arm.ac.uk/movies/2012/AllSky/

`AllSky` observation from N. Ireland, 7 hour animation. Time GMT.
Especially of interest are Frames 306 to frame 330.
After the `fireball` in Orion at frame 306 the continuation and dispersal of material is clearly visible in the animation for about 15 to 20 minutes.

I have still to fully analyse and assess our simultaneous ELF recording and spectrogram for the minute corresponding to frame 306. I am waiting for other visual and radio scatter reports to better pin down an exact time for the fireball/fragmentation phase.
(Although there is one `ELF event` which has a following brief bursting `hail on a tin roof effect` just like a Sprite but much shorter in duration! Explosive distribution of material after the end flare but before long term dispersal and `disturbance` at that altitude?)

At the moment we only have one other (unconfirmed) video observation of this `fireball` (from Bayfordbury `AllSky`) a site 500 km South East of us near London, so the following estimation of its position and altitude is approximate...

"I think that the Bayfordbury frame capture that I showed you is also our `fireball`. Its observed position appears to correspond.
Using the AMS meteor meniscus graph, some basic equations and geometry and knowing the RA and DEC of the relevant nearby stars (to enable `fireball` azimuth and elevation estimation at the time of observation) my initial estimate puts the observed bolide location at approximately Galway/ North Co Clare area.
That is ~250 km from us and ~800 km from Bayfordbury if at ~80-100 km altitude.
I estimate that the ablated material, seen continuing to travel and expand and subject to dispersion, would continue for several hundred km further across the Eastern Atlantic west of Mayo".
Regards,
James Finnegan.
Armagh Observatory.

Thank you James & Apostolos!

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19NOV2012

Leonid Meteor Shower 2012 Continues: Sky-gazers Can Still Catch a Glimpse
International Business Times AU
The 2012 Leonid Meteor Shower peak already arrived but sky-gazers still have a chance to catch a glimpse of the phenomenon as it continues this weekend. Ben Burress, a Chabot Space and Science Center astronomer in Oakland, declared another peak to ...

Meteor shower to peak tomorrow night
Hindu Business Line
The meteor shower gets the name “LEONIDS” because meteors in it appear to radiate from the constellation Leo, Sri N Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Society of India said. Leonids have double peak activity as the number of meteors maximise on two ...

Leonid meteor shower captured by stargazers - Technology ...
The Leonid meteor shower peaked early Saturday, and some night sky watchers caught a great view.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../amazing-leonid-meteor-shower-phot...

Amazing Leonid Meteor Shower Photos Captured By ... - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: The Leonid meteor shower peaked early Saturday (Nov. 17), and some night sky watchers caught a great view.
news.yahoo.com/amazing-leonid-meteor-shower-photos-captu...

MBIQ Detects Alabama, Georgia Meteor 18NOV2012
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Atlanta, Georgia arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida Green Meteor Fireball 6OCT2011" by searching for what fell from the sky tonight georgia. 10:38:12 -- 6 ...
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Leonid Meteor Shower Photos Captured By Stargazers | Spacecom
The Leonid meteor shower of 2012 peaked early Saturday, Nov. 17, as delighted stargazers watched. See photos from the mild Leonid meteor shower.
www.space.com/18534-leonid-meteor-shower-stargazers-phot...

The Leonid Meteor Shower Peaked Last Night: Watch the Video
Guardian Express
The Leonid Meteor Shower is just one of many meteor showers our Earth passes through each year, the Perseid and Orionid Meteor showers being two of them, in August and October respectively. The Comet Swift-Tuttle causing the Perseid shower, and ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2012: Where to Watch in San Leandro
Patch.com
Keep your eyes on the sky during the pre-dawn hours through Tuesday morning, when the Leonidmeteor shower is expected to peak. A meteor is the streak of light we see when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere. The Leonids usually contain many ...

Leonid Meteor Shower peaks today: how to watch live online
Examiner.com
After a days-long lead-up, tonight, November 17/18, 2012, is finally the peak of the Leonid Meteor Shower, which means that tonight, more so than any before or after, should offer the most streaking through the sky. Every November, Earth passes through ...

Rare meteorites created in violent celestial collision
SpaceDaily Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:08 PM PST
The Esquel meteorite, consisting of iron-nickel and olivine, was discovered in central Argentina. Credit: Photo by Arlene Schlazer.

Leonid meteor shower peaked but peek continues
Jackson Clarion Ledger
A meteor streaks through the sky over Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California's Mojave Desert. The Leonid meteor storm was captured in this 30-minute time exposure from Nov. 17, 1998. / AP ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

MBIQ Detects AL GA TN AR MS SC Meteor 18NOV2012

MBIQ Detects AL GA TN AR MS SC Meteor ~19:29 EST / ~18:30 CST　18NOV2012

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18NOV2012 Meteor Reports
Neon Aqua Markers= Sighting Report
Red Markers= Camera Capture
v.1 (c) LunarMeteorite*Hunter / Google Earth

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18NOV2012  Meteor Captured by the ASGARD Allsky System at Huntsville, AL
credit- Dr. Bille Cooke, NASA

18NOV2012  Meteor Video Captured by the ASGARD Allsky System at Huntsville, AL
credit- Dr. Bille Cooke, NASA

Initial sighting reports:
18NOV2012 Tracey Chickamauga, GA USA 19:29 EST 4 secs E-W White Light then turned red as it burned up and disappeared Less than sun more than venus no I was headed due west on Lee Clarkson Rd. It appeared right above me traveling the same direction (toward lookout mountain)

18NOV2012 Christy Levet Brentwood, tn 18:32:00 1/2/2012 South Yellow red Moon Tail Looked like a falling firework

18NOV2012 Debbie Martin exit 102 Hwy 67 north, 2 miles going east on Hwy 226 Arkansas US 18.30,18.40 5-7 seconds east white, blue then orange/yellow largest meteor I have ever seen no no

All Meteor Sighting reports can be seen at:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

If you witnessed this meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; thank you.
Click HERE to file a report.

NASA Confirms
Confirmed fireball brighter than the Moon, seen in 5 cameras on November 19 at 00:29:24 UTC (November 18 18:29:24 CST). Trajectory solution in work.
Regards, Bill Cooke, NASA Meteoroid Environment office

MBIQ Data:
Trussville, Alabama arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor fell in ala.
10:08:39 -- 34 minutes ago

Memphis, Tennessee arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for something blue fell from the sky nov 18, 2012.
10:20:37 -- 23 minutes ago

Atlanta, Georgia arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida Green Meteor Fireball 6OCT2011" by searching for what fell from the sky tonight georgia.
10:38:12 -- 6 minutes ago

Tuscaloosa, Alabama arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Green streak in sky 12NOV2011" by searching for green streak in the sky.
10:40:13 -- 4 minutes ago


2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18NOV2012

Leonid Meteor Shower peaks tomorrow, get viewing tips now
Examiner.com
Traditionally, the Leonids are a major meteor shower, where one can expect to see, according to some estimates, 20-30 meteors per hour. The best time to view is in the pre-dawn hours as Leo is at its highest point in the sky at this time, look in the ...

Leonid meteor shower set to feature sea of shooting stars - CNN.com
Stargazers can enjoy the Leonid meteor shower, an annual astronomical event NASA expects will produce between 15 and 20 shooting stars per hour early ...
www.cnn.com/2012/11/16/world/americas/.../index.html

Meteor Activity Outlook for November 17-23, 2012 | American ...
This weekend the waxing crescent moon will set during the early evening hours and will pose no problems to meteor watchers. Later in the week the gibbous ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-novembe...

Leonid meteor shower expected to grace the sky tonight
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
leonid-shower.JPG Courtesy of the New Jersey Astronomical Association A 1996 photo of a meteor during the annual Leonid shower. Step outside tonight, find a dark patch of sky, and you might catch an astronomical event. The Leonid meteor shower ...

Amazing Leonid meteor shower photos captured by stargazers
NBCNews.com
The Leonids are a yearly meteor display of shooting stars that appear to radiate out of the constellation Leo. They are created when Earth crosses the path of debris from the comet Tempel-Tuttle, which swings through the inner solar system every 33 years.

Famous Mars Meteorite's 'Fossils': What Arctic Rocks Can Tell Us
SPACE.com via Yahoo! Canada News Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:26 AM PST
In 1996, a research group led by Dave McKay of NASAâs Johnson Space Center claimed to have found evidence of fossilized life in a Marsmeteorite known as Allan Hills 84001.

Calvin College museum with mineral collection
San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:51 AM PST
Calvin College museum with mineral collection (AP) â Calvin College in Grand Rapids has opened a museum displaying a mineral collection donated by alumnus Bruce Dice. Among the items are a six-ounce gold nugget, an octopus fossil that's 100 million-years old, and a piece of the Allende meteorite, which crashed to earth in 1969.

Meteor show this weekend
San Jose Mercury News
A meteor shower will be shooting across Bay Area skies early Sunday morning, although cloudy, rainy weather may diminish chances of a clear viewing, a local astronomer said. Weather permitting, Chabot Space and Science Center astronomer Ben Burress ...

Leonid meteor will put on a show this weekend
9NEWS.com
AZRAK, JORDAN: Photo dated 18 November 1999 shows a Leonid meteor storm over the Azrak desert, 90km east of Amman. The storm packed up to some 1,500 meteros per hour visible with the eye. The Leonids - so called because they appear in the sky ...

Leonid Meteor Shower Friday Night
WETM-TV
Elmira, NY - With mostly clear skies and a small waxing crescent moon, conditions will be great to view the Leonid meteor shower Friday night into Saturday morning. The peak time will be a few hours before sunrise Saturday morning, but until then you ...

Star gazers braced for once in 33 years meteor shower blessed with ideal ...
Daily Mail
It causes the fastest meteor velocities possible: 45 miles per second. The Leonid meteors are cosmic dust and debris, shed into space by comet Tempel-Tuttle, which was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Tempel in 1865. The comet orbits the sun once ...

Leonid Meteor Shower to Peak Nov. 17
Patch.com
They will be visible in all parts of the sky and streak through the sky at more than 50 meteors per hour, almost a meteor a minute, according to EarthSky.com. The new moon is expected to fall on Dec. 13, making for optimal dark skies—as long as you ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2012 starts from Nov 17
French Tribune
Explaining further about the famous Leonid Meteor shows, Astronomy. com has released few statements in which it has stated that the meteors in this year's shower are fast at about 40 miles per second speed and so they can leave trails of smoke. Viewers ...

The 2012 Leonid Meteor Shower - Observing Blog - Sky & Telescope
The annual Leonids should peak early Saturday morning. While they probably won't make a big impression this year, an absent Moon and the possibility of a ...
www.skyandtelescope.com/community/.../179662931.html

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight November 17, 2012 ...
The Leonid meteor shower is peaking tonight around 2am, November 17, 2012. The Leonids will remain highly visible throughout the weekend though, so you ...
planetsave.com/.../leonid-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-novem...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2012: Live Stream, Where ...
The Leonid meteor shower of 2012 will reach its peak late tonight and early tomorrow watch ...
idigitaltimes.com

Startling meteor display visible this weekend as annual Leonid meteor storm ...
Daily Mail
"The video at the bottom shows of the Leonoid meteor shower in 2002. The title of the article mentions it is a once in every 33 years. im no Einstein but that doesnt add up :/ - Chris watters, Crewe, United Kingdom, 17/11/2012 17:03"===========Not your ...

Meteor shower will light night sky this weekend
kypost.com
CINCINNATI - As the high school football season comes to a close, people across the Tri-State might be looking for a different type of Friday night lights to fill their weekend. Starting late Friday evening, the night sky will be lit up with the annual ...

Leonids meteor show awaits stargazers Saturday night
GMA News
Barring cloudy weather, stargazers can expect a treat from the skies with the Leonids meteorshower from Saturday night until early Sunday, state astronomers said. PAGASA said the Leonids is one of the most prolific meteor showers, though it has not ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2012 Live Stream: Where to Watch Online, Peak Times
Christian Post
The Leonid meteor shower 2012 is taking place Friday night, November 16, with the peak taking place late Friday to early morning Saturday. The meteor shower is expected to fill the night sky with bright, colorful meteors which should make for an ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2012: Where to Watch Around Roseville Area
Patch.com
The MAS lists Metcalf Nature Center as a fairly good location to try to see the Leonid meteorshower because it has only moderate light pollution from the Twin Cities. It is located about 20 miles east of St. Paul. The MAS also recommends the Onan ...

Meteor Shower November 2012: Leonids Peak Tonight, Watch Live Stream ...
TravelersToday
The Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend. On Saturday morning, November 17, many people around the world may be able to catch sight of one of this shows "shooting stars." For those who want to stay indoors, NASA will also provide a live stream ...

Leonid meteor shower peaks overnight!
WSBT-TV
The Leonid meteor shower will be putting on a show late tonight and into early Saturday morning. You should be able to see some meteors after midnight with the peak occurring sometime between 3 and 4:30 a.m. EST. Astronomers estimate you may be able ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!