The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15DEC2012

Photographer Takes Picture Of Blazing Meteor While Asleep
The Inquisitr
According to NBC News, Arkansas photographer Brian Emfinger captured the bestmeteor he's ever photographed while sleeping. Emfinger said that this was, “definitely the brightest meteor I've ever imaged. If I was awake, it would have been the brightest...

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Shooting stars observed as Geminid meteor shower peaks
Asahi Shimbun
NICHINAN, Miyazaki Prefecture--A glorious display of shooting stars lit up the winter sky in the early-morning hours of Dec. 14. The Geminids, one of the three major annual meteor showers, reached its peak from the night of Dec. 13 through early ...

NASA: A New Meteor Shower in December? | WTVR ...
NASA forecasters say a stream of meteoroids from Comet Wirtanen could cut across Earth's ...
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Star-gazers watch Geminid meteor shower
CW39 NewsFix
Star-gazers could see streaks of light from the annual Geminid meteor shower overnight. NASA says it's the first time the comet's debris has crossed earth's orbit. But forget that, we think the streaks were angels! It's the second time this week there ...

Comet Wirtanen adds to light show from Geminid ...
Star-gazers who stayed up late and braved the cold Thursday night enjoyed quite a show.
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How to watch the Geminids Meteor Shower: Miles O ...
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Reporting for Boing Boing, PBS science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to Mark Armstrong ..
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Meteor Shower Told in Tweets
PBS NewsHour (blog)
Israelis in a hot water spring on the shore of the Dead Sea near the Israeli Kibbutz of Ein Gedi watch the sky for Geminid meteor streaks above the Judean desert on December 14, 2012. Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images. Prepare to look skyward.

Top Five Photos of the Geminid Meteor Shower
AccuWeather.com
The East feasted on the Geminid meteor shower Thursday night, AccuWeather Meteorologist Bret Anderson said, thanks to a big dome of high pressure sitting across the region. Stargazers will have a second chance to see the meteor shower on Friday night.

Our Favorite Shots From The Greatest Meteor Shower Of The Year
Business Insider
The Geminid meteor shower lit up the sky Thursday night with hundreds of streaming fireballs. Cloudy skies and street lights notwithstanding, the most intense meteor of the shower of year could be seen from almost every point on Earth. In some parts of ...

Geminid meteor shower streaks the early morning sky
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The Geminid meteor shower sprinkles the night sky with shooting stars every December and last night spectators from around the globe enjoyed the peak of this cosmic light show. The name Geminid stems from its close proximity to the Gemini constellation ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 [PHOTOS]
International Business Times
Thursday night's Geminid meteor shower dazzled astronomers and casual sky watchers alike through the early Friday morning hours with an abundance of shooting stars. "Meteors from the new shower (if any) will be visible in the early evening, with the...

Photo: The Geminid Meteor Shower Over San Francisco
SFist
Photographer Tony Eckersley shot this amazing composite photo of seven meteors over San Francisco during a one-hour period of the Geminid meteor shower Thursday night. "I saw around 30 total," Tony explains, "shame I only caught seven in the camera.

Photo of The Day: Geminid Meteor Shower Over Venice
LAist
Last night the Geminid Meteor Shower put on a show bright enough even for city slickers to enjoy. One of the fabulous photographers who contributes to our Flickr photo pool caught a great image of ameteor streaking over Venice Beach and across the ...

Amazing Geminid meteor shower puts on a space show
BBC News
There was an amazing show going on in space for people lucky enough to see the annual Geminid meteor shower. Although there was a lot of cloud around the UK last night, a few lucky people saw loads of shooting stars streaking across the sky.

Geminid Meteor Shower Dazzles Night Sky Watchers
KTLA
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Stargazers who stayed up late and braved the chilly weather enjoyed quite a show on Thursday night. Dozens of bright objects streaked across the sky each hour between dusk and dawn as the annual Geminid meteor shower ...

Geminid meteor shower video: NASA releases Geminid meteor shower video ...
WPTV
Star-gazers could expect to see 80 to 120 stars per hour, according to NASA. The Geminid meteor shower gets its name from the constellation Gemini. Did you see any shooting stars? Let us know in the comment box below or join the discussion on Facebook ..

NASA Meteor Shower - What A Show!
WFMY News 2
These streaks of light are from the annual Geminid meteor shower -- and an even more rare event, meteors carried along by the comet Wirtanen. This is the first time the comet's debris field crossed the earth's orbit, and NASA says it may have produced ...

Pictures from last night's Geminid meteor shower…
Fayetteville Observer (blog)
Last night's Geminid meteor shower didn't disappoint. I watched off and on from 7 PM until 12:30 AM and saw many more meteors than I photographed. I was plagued by a familiar problem…meteors appeared in parts of the sky where my camera wasn't ...

Geminids Meteorite Shower Visible from Iceland Tonight
Fri, 14 Dec, 2012 09:19 AM PST
Ómar Sigurðsson witnessed a meteorite shower in the winter sky while on his way from Reykjavík to Eyrarbakki in South Iceland yesterday evening. The event is forecast to peak tonight and tomorrow.

Geminid meteor shower captured in photo
Fri, 14 Dec, 2012 08:24 AM PST
Photographed with a fisheye lens, photo editor Michael Heinz captured a meteorite in the sky late last night near Lafayette.

Geminid meteor shower amazes night-sky watchers
Washington Post
Israelis enjoy a hot water spring on the shore of the Dead Sea near the Israeli Kibbutz of Ein Gedi as they watch the sky looking for Geminid meteor streaks above Judean desert. The meteor display, known as the Geminid meteor shower because it appears ...
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Geminid meteor shower brings shooting stars
Telegraph.co.uk
A meteor streaks across the night sky over the village of Pesevici, near Zenica, 80 km (49 miles) from the capital Sarajevo (Reuters). Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society told the Telegraph yesterday: "This is a show that is well placed in ...

Geminid meteor shower may still be visible over UK
BBC News
Thursday night saw the annual Geminid meteor shower, which peaked in the early hours of Friday morning. Stargazers around the world have been looking skywards to see the light show, but the cloudy British weather spoiled the view for many here.

Brilliant Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Yahoo! News (blog)
A new and as-yet unnamed meteor shower may also make an appearance tonight, ramping up the celestial display even further. "Meteors from the new shower (if any) will be visible in the early evening, with the Geminids making their appearance later on ...

NASA providing live video of Geminid meteor shower
KHOU
From 10 p.m. CST Thursday to 2 a.m. Friday, you can look up in the sky to see the meteor shower. If you're not having any luck from your back yard, NASA Television will air live video from its camera at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville ...

NASA VIDEO: Geminid meteor shower lights up sky with shooting stars
NewsNet5.com
Once a year in December, earth travels through a debris cloud. As the specks of dust and rock hit the atmosphere, they create bright streaks across the sky called shooting stars. Star-gazers could expect to see 80 to 120 stars per hour, according to NASA.

Geminid meteor shower live video, schedule: Missed Thursday's stellar show ...
WPTV
... shower live video, schedule: Missed Thursday's stellar show? It's not finished yet. meteor_shower_20121018065246_JPG. The Geminid meteor shower lit up the skies Thursday night, but if you missed it, you may have another shot to catch a glimpse.

Starry, Starry Night: Watch Geminid Meteor Shower's Crazy Celestial Show
Worldcrunch
HUNTSVILLE- Every year around this time in December the real Christmas lights, aka the Geminid meteors, come out to light up the night sky. The BBC explains that the celestial shower occurs as the Earth passes through the path of an asteroid called ...

Stargazers attempt to catch glimpse of Geminid meteor shower | Scotland | News ...
stv.tv
Stargazers across Scotland have been watching the night sky this week in an attempt to catch a glimpse of a meteor shower. The annual Geminid shower peaked on Thursday night into the early hours of Friday, with tens of meteors potentially visible. In ...

A New Meteor Shower in December? - NASA Science
Forecasters say a stream of meteoroids from Comet Wirtanen could cut across Earth's path this week, creating a new meteor shower in mid-December.
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Stunning Geminid Meteor Shower Wows Skywatchers: Photos
Space.com
The annual Geminid meteor shower peaked overnight last night (Dec. 13), dazzling skywatchers around the world with a bounty of brilliant shooting stars. The Geminids' peak was supposed to be good this year, as it occurred in a sky left dark by the new ...

Geminids Rain Down Shooting Stars
Slate Magazine (blog)
Chumack says the meteor causing the brightest streak was as bright as Jupiter, and you can see from the photo that it must have flared at least once as it moved across the sky. A second brightmeteor traveled down Orion's side, and third fainter one ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Universe Today
The Geminid Meteor Shower is underway, with the peak on December 13th and 14th! SpaceWeather.com is reporting that international observers are counting as many as 50 meteors per hour as Earth plunges into a stream of debris from rock comet 3200 ...

Spectacular Geminid meteor shower sweeps across Northern hemisphere
RT
The annual Geminid meteor shower lit up the sky across the Northern hemisphere, as hundreds of fireballs and shooting stars fell overnight into Friday morning. Usually this dazzling phenomenon, which has been seen every year since 1838, lasts for a ...

The last meteor shower of the year hits Bay Area tonight
San Jose Mercury News
The Geminid meteor shower will rain down on the Bay Area late Thursday night through Friday morning, with anywhere from 80 to 120 meteors per hour shooting across the winter sky during peak viewing time, according to NASA. Peak hours are between ...

Tonight! Geminid meteor show, moving at 80 stars per hour - latimes.com
Los Angeles Times
Got plans Thursday night? Cancel them. You have some sky-watching to do. The Geminid meteorshower is expected to peak late Thursday evening into Friday morning, and you don't want to miss it. Scientists say it is going to be the best meteor shower of ...

Aurora sets stage for meteor show - PhotoBlog
NBCNews.com (blog)
Tonight is prime time for the Geminid meteor shower, but there's another kind of spectacle that skywatchers are seeing up north: auroral displays in the Christmas colors of green and red. The green glow you see above was captured on camera last week by ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Brings Shooting Stars
Sky News
Stargazers have been looking up to the heavens for a glimpse of a meteor shower in the night sky. The spectacle was expected to peak at 11.30pm in the UK on Thursday night. Tens of "shooting stars" were to streak across the sky each hour but would only ...

Raining from the heavens: Annual Geminid shower peaks tonight as up to 30 ...
Daily Mail
Staring up into a starry night sky on any clear night is a rewarding experience, but tonight, they will be the most vivid. The Geminid meteor shower, which peaks the nights of December 13 and 14, happen each year as the Earth travels through debris ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: Where to Best View and How to Watch Online
International Business Times AU
Around 60 to 120 meteors will be seen lighting the dark skies during the Geminidmeteor shower peak. The best view would be some place with a wide open sky away from the city lights. "With no moon to ruin the show, 2012 presents a most favorable year ...

C.O. clouds threaten to hide big meteor show | News - Home
KTVZ
Plans to bundle up under a warm blanket with a cup of hot cocoa, far away from city light pollution, to watch a dazzling meteor shower, may be affected by clouds moving into Central Oregon overnight.

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight | Blogs - Home
KPRC Houston (blog)
The Geminids are one of the more reliable meteor showers and that's good news for us. We can expect to see dozens of meteors per hour, and the new Moon will not interfere with the view. It will be chilly tonight, in the 50s, so make sure you are warm...

Geminid Meteor Shower Should Be A Great Show Thursday Night
CBS Local
BOSTON (CBS) – We are in for a special treat Thursday night. The Geminid MeteorShower is set to peak overnight, and is generally regarded as one of the best meteorshowers of the year. Beginning around 10 p.m. and lasting until dawn on Friday, you can ..

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Tonight! Geminid meteor show, moving at 80 stars ...
Got plans Thursday night? Cancel them. You have some sky-watching to do.
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Geminid meteor shower amazes night sky watchers - Capital Weather Gang ...
Washington Post (blog)
An onslaught of Geminid meteors dashed through the cloudless skies Thursday night and early Friday morning, putting on a dazzling spectacle. Some witnesses called it the best meteor shower they had ever seen. The clear skies and lack of moonlight (due ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: How To See Shooting Stars Thursday And Friday
Huffington Post
Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, told The Huffington Post that the Geminid meteor shower could be the year's best. More than 100 meteors, or "shooting stars," may be visible each hour, with some lucky viewers seeing a couple ...

Live video tonight of meteor shower
News10.net
Meteor experts will answer questions from the public through a late-night web chat and interacting on social media using the hashtag #Geminid. The forecast over the flight center shows clear skies, which will provide a more lively view of the shower's ...

Geminid Meteor Shower December 2012 Live Stream: Watch Online Dec. 13, 14 ...
Christian Post
The Geminid meteor shower for December 2012 is set to offer a spectacular light show over Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, and is a meteor shower than can be seen in clear skies from around the globe. There are expected to be more than 100 meteors flashing ...

Geminid meteor shower: Your Photos
BBC News
Geminid meteor shower: Your Photos. The view from Yamazoe village in Nara Prefecture The annual Geminids meteor shower has been radiating from a point near the star Castor, in the constellation Gemini. The BBC has received images of the event from ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Will Peak Tonight, Unnamed Shower May Also Appear
Geekosystem
The meteor shower is expected to begin partially after sunset, but the frequency of the meteors will increase by 10 p.m., ultimately peaking at roughly 2 a.m. Those living in the countryside away from the bright lights of the city will be able to see ...

NASA: meteor shower peaks Thursday night - KCTV5
KCTV Kansas City
NASA meteor experts will lead a late night web discussion on the shower, telling people to ask any questions they might have. Photographers hoping to capture a glimpse of the Geminid meteorshower are also encourage to upload photos to the "Geminid ...

Thursday Is Annual Geminid Meteor Shower
CBS Local
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Spectacles aren't always free but the mid-Atlantic is due for one tonight. It's the Geminid Meteor Shower and Alex DeMetrick reports conditions are right this time around for a bigger than usual light show. It won't take a telescope ...

See Geminids Meteor Shower Tonight - Elkridge, MD Patch
Patch.com
But, if the Geminids coincide with a new meteor shower, and the National Weather Service's forecast – clear, moonless, skies – is correct, the meteors' origin probably won't be on the forefront of most people's minds. I know I'll be preoccupied with ...

Geminid meteor shower could be visible here - Lifestyle
Lancaster Newspapers
Meteor showers occur almost every month, but the majority of them are minor, producing 20 meteors per hour or less. The big ones — the Quadrantids (January), Perseids (August) and Geminids — produce 40, 60, and 100 meteors per hour on average ...

Eyes to the Sky: Year's Best Meteor Shower Tonight! - Western Massachusetts ...
abc40
The final meteor shower of the year is taking place tonight. The good news is that we have clear skies throughout Western Mass and a “new moon” tonight, which means perfect conditions to view the show! The Geminid meteor shower occurs as Earth passes ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight
Missourinet.com
“There may be a new meteor shower. There's a chance that there's going to be in the constellation Pisces some extra, so as well as looking at Gemini, also looking at Pisces … it's not clear how good that's going to be but there's been some detection ..

Look to the Skies: Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Wired
Grab something warm and head out to a dark place to experience the wonder of the Geminid meteor shower, which peaks Dec. 13 and 14. The Geminids are an annualmeteor shower occurring when the Earth passes through the debris tail of asteroid 3200 ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: Shooting Stars Thursday Night, and New Moon ...
ABC News
The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight -- usually one of the best of the year, and early indications are that it's already putting on a good show. Earth is passing through the orbit of an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon, and astronomers think we're ...

Meteor showers peaking Thursday, Friday nights
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Readers in rural areas have an opportunity to see hundreds of meteors streaking across the sky Thursday and Friday nights, thanks to the annual Geminid shower as well as a potential second shower. The Geminids, which appear to emanate from the ...

Geminid meteor shower should be spectacular tonight - Weather Wisdom ...
Boston.com
The final meteor shower of the year is going to take place tonight and if you are lucky to have clear skies this should be quite the show. Across much of the northeast and back into the northern Rockies skies will be clear and perfect for viewing ...

Star gazers watch meteor shower
Bangkok Post
Star gazers were out on force early Friday morning to see the Geminids meteorshower from Doi Inthanon National Park in Chiang Mai, where more than 100 "falling stars" were sighted every hour. Photo handout by the National Astronomical Reserch...

Geminid meteor shower to offer a clear but cold light display to much of the US
The Guardian (blog)
If you're into astronomy, then mother nature has a treat for you on Thursday night. The Geminid meteors will be on full display from 10pm ET onward, with a peak around 2am. The Geminid shower has been seen every year since 1838. It's unique in that the ...

Meteor Shower To Peak With Dozens Of Stars
Sky News
Sky watchers will be looking up in the coming hours as a meteor shower reaches its peak, sprinkling the night sky with falling stars. The shower is expected to peak at 11.30pm in the UK on Thursday night, in what could be one of the best sky events of ...

Meteor shower to light up weekend skies
TVNZ
Occurring each year in mid- December, the Geminid meteor shower will be visible over the next five days, peaking tomorrow and on Sunday mornings from 2am until sunrise. Carter Observatory programmes officer John Field said meteor showers were a trail ...

Geminids Meteor shower: How to watch the big fireworks in the sky tonight
Boing Boing
All you have to do is hope for clear skies, pour a warm beverage in a thermos, put on some layers and head outside tonight to take it all in. I am talking about the GeminidsMeteor shower which emanates from the Gemini constellation. Finding it should ...

Meteor Shower Tonight Could Have Surprise Visitor
Slate Magazine (blog)
The Geminid meteor shower peaks Thursday night, and the annual celestial light show may have a special guest star enlivening its act this year. Appearing to emanate from the constellation Gemini, the Geminid meteors are actually remnants of the ...

Meteor shower to light up night sky on Thursday
WTOP
The Geminid Meteor Shower is a reliable performer that comes along at this time each year, and with the moon out of the night sky on Thursday, the show promises to be quite a sight. The shower's peak will be on Thursday night and Friday morning, with a ...

Brilliant Geminid Meteor Shower To Light Up The Sky
CBS Local
BLOOMFIELD HILLS (WWJ) – Those who stay up a little late are in for quite a show, as the two nights will display the Geminid Meteor Shower. WWJ Newsradio 950′s Sandra McNeil spoke with Ray Bullock, an educator at the Cranbrook Institute of Science ...

How To Watch Tonight's Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower
Gizmodo
Late tonight you can catch some of the best sky watching of the year with the annual GeminidsMeteor shower. Hayden Planetarium's Joe Rao says it's always one of the best sky shows, but this year's shower is probably going to be especially good because ...

Meteor shower - or two - expected tonight
Lansing State Journal
Geminid meteor shower to light up night sky: Thursday night will see a real celestial show as the Geminid meteor shower, one of the two biggest of the year, sprinkles the night sky with falling stars.

Ann Arbor could see a Geminid meteor shower Thursday night
AnnArbor.com
A false-color image of a 2011 Geminid meteor was captured by a camera at New Mexico State University, operated by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, Ala. Courtesy NASA. The Geminid shower is expected to be visible between 11 p.m. ...

Watch this: the beautiful Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight
The Verge
Beginning around 11PM EST tonight, the yearly Geminid meteor shower is set to pass through the skies, putting on a beautiful light show for those willing to brave the cold to watch. This year is expected to be a particularly impressive show because of ...

Geminid Meteor Watch Party In Full Swing | FOX17online.com
Fox17
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Watch parties are held for American Idol and The Emmy's, but even the show that the Geminid Meteors were expected to put on Thursday night drew sky gazers to the a Kalamazoo Nature Center. It was an invite only event for members...

Meteor shower visible late Thursday
WAVY-TV
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAVY) - The clouds are expected to clear, making for much better conditions to see a meteor shower. The 2012 Geminid meteor activity will likely peak between 11 p.m. Thursday until 3 a.m. Friday EST. NASA will provide a live video ...

Meteor shower to light up the Alabama sky tonight
al.com (blog)
Meteor Shower A faint meteor streaks across the sky seen from Springville, Ala., at 1:15 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. (Mark Almond/malmond@al.com). Streaking meteors should light up the sky tonight during one of the largest meteor showers in years.

NASA To Provide Live Video Of Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight
WHNT
The 2012 Geminid meteor shower is forecast to be particularly lively, and tonight, Thursday, December 13 is its anticipated peak. From 10 p.m. CST Thursday to 2 a.m. Friday (Dec. 13-14), NASA Television will air live video from a skyward-aimed ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Start Time and Schedule
BostInno (blog)
Stargazers around the country are in for a spectacle tonight, with the annual Geminid meteor shower is poised to put on arguably the most dazzling show of the year. When the moon peaks at its new phase, clearing the skys of its glare, the Geminids ...

Geminid meteor shower to light up the skies Thursday, Friday nights
Centre Daily Times
Visible to the naked eye will be a meteor shower as Earth passes through debris from 3200 Phaeton, a rock comet, and there are chances another meteor shower — a new one — also will occur. The Geminid meteor shower could produce as many as 120 ...

Geminid meteor shower set to reach peak
Telegraph.co.uk
Geminid meteor shower set to reach peak. The Geminid meteor shower will reach its peak this evening with up to 80 "shooting stars" visible per hour – but skies in the south may be too foggy to see it. The meteor display, known as the Geminid meteor ...

Watch Geminid Meteor Shower tonight!
WXYZ
CLEVELAND (WEWS) - The forecast for Thursday night calls for mainly clear skies. That should be perfect for viewing one of the best meteor showers of the year. The Geminid Meteor Shower will peak overnight Thursday into early Friday morning across the ...

Geminid Meteor Shower and ISS Sightings - WETM 18 Online
WETM-TV
Quite a bit of activity will be going on across our evening and overnight skies Thursday through the pre-dawn hours of Friday morning. Neighbors will be able to see for a brief time the International Space Station (ISS) pass overhead, and the Geminid ...

Chance to see meteor showers tonight | Watch the ...
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Watch the video Chance to see meteor showers tonight on Yahoo! News . There is a chance to
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Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 - YouTube
1 min
Jeff Goldblatt hosts Space Time! This week discusses the last meteorshower of the year, the
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Tens Of Shooting Stars As Meteor Shower Peaks
The annual meteor shower will sprinkle the night sky with shooting stars, but in the UK bad weather could obstruct the view.
news.sky.com/.../tens-of-shooting-stars-as-meteor-shower-pea...

Year's Best Meteor Shower Peaks This Week - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Stargazers are about to get their annual celestial treat: A bright meteor shower, the Geminids, will grace skies worldwide this week, with a ...
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2012 Geminid Meteor Shower (Video) - StormWatch 7 | WJLA.com
The 2012 Geminid Meteor Shower could see rates of over 100 meteors per hour. Find out ...
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Grains Bear Brunt of Missile and Meteorite Impacts ...
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High-speed video of projectiles slamming into a bed of disks has given scientists a new ...
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Geminid meteor shower reigns tonight, thanks to a cosmic rocky road - Capital ...
Washington Post (blog)
While the Perseid meteors in August snare more media attention, Thursday's Geminid meteors almost always outperform them, says Geoff Chester, of the U.S. Naval Observatory. Unlike othermeteor showers, where the parent is a frozen comet, this one ...

Early Reports Suggest Spectacular Geminids Meteor Show Tonight
Space.com
Across much of the United States and southern Canada, the weather prospects appear favorable for getting a view of the peak performance of tonight's Geminid meteor shower. While mid-December is notorious for producing widespread cloud cover and ...

Brilliant Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Space.com
Skywatchers around the world are in for a treat tonight, as the annual Geminid meteor shower is poised to put on a spectacular show. The Geminids will peak overnight tonight (Dec. 13) with the moon at its new phase. The skies will thus be free of the ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight, and conditions may give Michigan a rare ...
MLive.com
The Geminid meteor shower happens in December as debris from an extinct comet 3200 Phaethon comes in contact with the earth's atmosphere. We often miss it here in Michigan due to a layer of overnight lake effect clouds. In December the cold air blowing ...

The Best Meteor Shower Of The Year Peaks Tonight — Here's How To Watch
Business Insider
The Geminid meteor shower can produce up to 120 meteors per hour, which "can be seen from almost any point on Earth," according to NASA astronomer Bill Cooke. That means all skygazers have to do is step outside late at night and choose a dark spot in...

Geminid meteor shower set to peak Thursday evening
BBC News
The annual Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak late on Thursday night and into early Friday morning. The meteors will appear to radiate from a point near the star Castor, in the constellation Gemini. In the Northern hemisphere, that will be ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight
Houston Chronicle (blog)
It looks like it's going to be a good — albeit cool — night for one of the best meteor showers of the year. The Geminid shower, under dark skies, can produce over 120 meteors per hour, and it's characterized by bright ones. I've seen several ...

New Meteor Shower May Debut Alongside Geminids
Space.com
Skywatchers are already gearing up for a spectacular show from the annual Geminids meteorshower this week, and now astronomers say a new meteor shower's debut could make for even more shooting stars. NASA officials say a never-before-seen show ...

Another way to enjoy meteor showers: HAM radio
Boing Boing
In the comments on my post yesterday, reader Clayton Yarbrough mentioned that meteors have an effect on radio signals, and I wanted to follow up on that, because it's a pretty cool phenomenon. Basically, meteors can allow you to send radio signals ...

Meteor Shower Madness: Geminids and Comet Wirtanen May Team Up
Ecorazzi
Comet Wirtanen, which circles the sun every 5.4 years, has passed by Earth many times – but this year in particular could mark our first encounter with its debris stream. “Dust from this 

How and When to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight
Ecorazzi
If you're in the mood for a meteor shower, then you're in luck. Tonight, the famous Geminid meteorshower will appear and it is said to be a great event. Geminid is considered the final meteor shower of every year and will occur between Thursday, Dec ...

Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: When and Where to Watch This Week
Patch.com
new_asset_attachment_attributes. The final major meteor shower of the year, the Geminid meteorshower 2012, will peak tonight, Thursday, into Friday morning and if you are willing to stay up late you should be able to see a great show. NASA reports ...

Geminid meteor shower coming
The Advocate
Skywatchers will likely see dozens of meteors each hour after dark Thursday and early Friday during the Geminid meteor shower, according to an American Astronomical Society news release. Themeteor shower will be at its best after dark Thursday and ...

Two meteor showers expected Thursday night
Fox 28
"If this meteor shower holds up to predictions, we might see 3 or 4 or 5 meteors per minute and that would be pretty spectacular," says Art Klinger, director of PHM Planetarium. Klinger says if it's a clear night, the best time to view both is around ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight
Indiana's NewsCenter
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) - If you find yourself out late tonight, keep an eye to the sky. The Gemindid meteor shower will peak tonight, but may also be seen Friday night. The best time to see it would be shortly after midnight. There is no ...

5 Tips From NASA for Catching Tonight's Geminid Meteor Shower
The Atlantic Cities
When the latest and greatest meteor shower of 2012 – the eye-jacking Geminids – arrives tonight, people in rural areas will see the heavens light up like two vicious alien races locked in a laser battle to the death. Meanwhile, most folks living in ...

Tonight: 2 Meteor Showers? - Geminid is one of year's biggest
Newser
(Newser) – Tonight's Geminid meteor shower—one of the year's two biggest—could bring 100 shooting stars per hour, and that's just the beginning. Tonight's sky may actually host two meteorshowers, the second spawned by the comet Wirtanen, USA Today ...

Year's Strongest Meteor Shower Thursday Night
1011now
With up to 40 meteors per hour, the Germinid meteor shower on Thursday, December 13 is expected to be the year's strongest and most productive. To take advantage of this special event, Dan Glomski, Coordinator for Hastings College's Sachtleben ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: Where to Watch Showers Live and Online in ...
IBTimes.co.uk
The Geminid meteor shower, the last major such event of 2012, could well become one of the most brilliant of the year. The showers are expected to peak between 13 December and 14 December. The meteor stream is named for the pieces of debris, NASA ...

Watch The Geminids Tonight And You Could See New 'Piscid' Meteor Shower
International Business Times
NASA scientists expect that 2012 could be the first year where Earth makes contact with debris left in the wake of the comet Wirtanen, which could result in a second, slower meteor shower best visible on Thursday night. Wirtanen was discovered in 1948...

Best meteor shower of the year is tonight
Jamestown Press
I've always been fascinated by the heavens above. So when astronomers say that the best meteorshower of the year will occur on a night when locally we have clear skies and a dark new moon, it gets my attention. The Geminid meteor shower is expected to ...

Fireball Falls into the Black Sea Near Turkey - Light & Boom Caught on Camera ...
YouTube
Last night a meteorite fell into the sea near the Black Sea region city Ordu, Turkey. The impact was recorded on security cameras. Read more at: http://investmentwatchblog.com/meteorite-fell-into-the-sea-with-a-loud-boom-2.

Geminid Meteor Show to Light up Tonight's Sky — Plus Possible Bonus Meteor ...
TIME
Tonight, the annual Geminid meteor shower will put the world's Christmas lights to shame. One of the year's biggest meteor showers, it's expected to shine extra bright tonight, because the moon's current phase will keep the sky free of glare. Now all ...

Mostly clear skies tonight mean prime viewing of Geminid meteor shower
Kansas City Star
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill is forecasting mostly clear skies tonight, which will allow Kansas City area residents to view the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. The meteorshower can bring up to 100 meteors per hour with the peak ...

Geminid meteor shower is visible Thursday night - NewsChannel 9 WSYR
NewsChannel 9 WSYR (blog)
(WSYR-TV, Syracuse) - Thursday night will be the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. Typically, this meteor shower is one of the best events of the year, with peak meteor rates approaching roughly 120 per hour. These meteors tend to be slow moving and ...

Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 Live Stream: Watch Online Dec. 13, 14 (Best Time ...
Christian Post
Following the popular Perseids meteor shower earlier this year in August, the Geminids meteor shower could be even better. The Geminids meteor shower was first recorded as seen in the 1830s, making it one of the more relatively new showers. At that ...

Geminids meteor shower expected to be visible for UAE stargazers
The National
DUBAI// A dazzling meteor shower is expected to be visible later this evening although weather forecasters say cloudy weather may impede viewing. The Geminids meteor shower is the last and usually the most spectacular of the year with up to 120 meteors ...

Clouds Go Away, Sunshine Soon! Geminid Meteor Shower
WAVY-TV (blog)
The rain from last night lingered into the morning hours today. We picked up about a quarter to a half an inch between the southside and northeast North Carolina. My weather watcher Greg in Currituck, NC. had a half inch. Scott in Yorktown had a few ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks this week - Beckley, Bluefield & Lewisburg News ...
WVNS-TV
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D-W.Va.) announced the communities in West Virginia that would be receiving Small Cities Block Grants. A pair of those came to cities in Summers and Wyoming Counties. The Summers. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D-W.Va.) announced ...

Rice: Geminid meteor shower is 'particularly' good ...
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NASA Solar Systems Ambassador Tony Rice talks with WRAL News about the Geminid meteor
wral.com

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MD VA WV Fireball Meteor 13DEC2012

MD VA WV Fireball Meteor ~06:35 EST 13DEC2012


13DEC2012 Millie Schaefer Hunt Valley, MD, USA 06:35 AM EST 3 seconds W-E (right to left), I was facing south green, orange, white moon not seen looked like a ball of fire

13DEC2012 Michael Esposito Washington, DC USA 0635 EST 2 Seconds SSE - Right to Left - Facing South White, Blue, Orange Much bighter than Venus - like a comet No Largest I've ever seen

13DEC2012 Robert Odom FT. MEADE, MD 0635 / EST 3 Seconds SW to SE Bright White Moon No Lit up the sky and clouds

13DEC2012 Wanda Pamplin VA USA 6:23:00 15 sec NE Green/Blue Very bright Don't know At first I thought it was some type of fireworks, I was on my way to work.

13DEC2012 Mike Riviello Charles Town, WV, USA 635 3 - 4 seconds Right to Left facing South/Southeast Bright white with purple/orange plume Brighter than the full moon No Completely unexpected.  Very cool to see.


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Ontario, Canada Two Meteor Events 12DEC2012

Ontario, Canada Two Meteor Events ~22:30 and ~23:50 ET 12DEC2012

If you witnessed a meteor event please FILE METEOR SIGHTING REPORT; thank you!

12DEC12 Glen London, Ontario, Canada 23:50 EST 4 seconds Straight down, looking east Bright Green large firework slight frangmentaion upside down firework.

12DEC2012 Yvonne MacInnis TORONTO Canada 1130PM 2-3 seconds E-W N-S Bright orange with white blue tail sun/moon travelling s-e at redpath & Eglinton brilliant!!

12DEC2012 Vafa Toronto, Ontario, canada 22:30:00 2.5 seconds NE-SW   facing North Bright whit, yellow, orange same as the Sun Explosion large enough to suspect fragments Bright ribbon across the sky then explosion into fireball the shape of a pumpkin

12DEC2012 Craig Toronto, ON, Canada 22:27 EST 1-2 seconds Facing north north east, streaked north Fireball orange and read (didnt hear sound) bright burning orange/red the mass appeared to break up explosively into several fragments This was a large meteor.

All meteor sighting reports can be seen @:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13DEC2012

Open Evening for Geminids Meteor shower
BBC News
Open Evening for Geminids Meteor shower. The Observatory Science Centre, Hailsham. Run by: The Observatory Science Centre. Open Evening (viewing subject to weather). clock 18:30–23:00. Suitable for any age. Countryfile logo. Amenities available at ...


Swedes baffled by orange orb from the sky
Wed, 12 Dec, 2012 10:37 AM PST
FORSHAGA, Sweden, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Authorities in Sweden said a bright blue light in the sky and an orange-colored orb crashing to the ground may have been a meteorite.

Shooting Stars Galore on December 13-14
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
The Geminids are different than most meteor showers because they originate from asteroid debris rather than being remnants of a comet. Thus the chunks hitting the Earth's atmosphere are denser and more durable than comet pieces. This leads to brighter ...


Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight; Comet Wirtanen may add sparks
Los Angeles Times
Earthlings will have a good chance of witnessing shooting stars between sunset Thursday and sunrise Friday, courtesy of the Geminid meteor shower. Dozens of bright objects will streak across the sky each hour between dusk and dawn as the annual ...

Tonight's meteor showers should be a “Gem” in central New York
CNYcentral.com
Meteor showers in December can be difficult to watch because many times in Syracuse and central New York, skies are filled with cloud cover. However, the weather is going to cooperate giving us an opportunity to capture a “gem” of a show. Just make ...

Clouds could intrude on meteor shower
OCRegister
By PAT BRENNAN / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. The yearly Geminid meteor shower peaks Thursday night, though it might be tough to see in Orange County. Skies are expected to be partly to mostly cloudy, with 40 to 60 percent cloud cover through the ...

Geminid meteor shower peaks on night of December 13-14
EarthSky (blog)
What's the best way to watch a meteor shower? You need to get away from city lights and find a wide open view of the sky. City, state and national parks are good, and you might be able to camp and make a night of it. Enjoy the comfort of a reclining ...

Geminid meteor shower to grace night sky on Thursday
Zee News
"Astro lovers are expected to see shooting stars whizzing past in the skies as the Geminid meteor showers will be seen on the night of December 13 and 14, Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) ..

Geminid meteor shower set to enchant stargazers over coming days
Siliconrepublic.com
Geminid meteor shower set to enchant stargazers over coming days. Get ready to feast your eyes on a shooting star spectacle, as the annual Geminid meteor shower is on track to peak on 13 and 14 December. Geminids are bits of debris that come from 3200 ...

Meteor shower to put on show, if clouds part
Albany Democrat Herald
According to the International Meteor Organization, this year's Geminid meteor shower is expected to be bright and spectacular, says Jim Todd of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. The shower is expected to peak on the mornings of Thursday and ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Dec. 13/14
Space Ref (press release)
The Geminid meteor shower will be at its best after dark on Thursday, December 13 and before dawn on Friday, December 14, according to the editors of StarDate magazine. The Geminids are one of the most reliable meteor showers. This year, skywatchers ...

Meteor Shower To Peak Thursday
Indiana Public Media
The Geminid meteor shower begins Wednesday night and will still be visible to viewers through Friday. According to the Indiana University Professor of Astronomy Caty Pilachowski, the moon will be in its new phase, so its light will not interrupt the ...

Second Meteor Shower Might Join Geminids This Week
Patch.com
Sky watchers on Dec. 13 -14 may get a double show. NASA scientists say a second meteorshower may appear near the constellation Pisces, according to NASA Science News. The shower could be active at the same time as the anticipated Geminid, which ...

Geminids: Final Meteor Shower of 2012 Peaks Thursday
The Epoch Times
The last, and some say the best, meteor display of the year will light up the sky when the Geminids arrive in full force on Dec. 13-14. Over 50 meteors per hour are expected during the peak, which is set to happen Thursday night and early

Space News: A new meteor shower in December?
Lake County News
Not only is the Geminid meteor shower active as Earth passes through a stream of debris from “rock comet” 3200 Phaethon, but also, say forecasters, a new meteor shower could make an appearance. “The source of the new shower is Comet Wirtanen,” said ...

The Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower 2012 Peak: When and ...
The most reliable meteor shower of the year, the Geminids, is on its way – with no moon to obscure the show.
cedarfalls.patch.com/.../the-spectacular-geminid-meteor-showe...

Wishing upon the Shooting Stars: The Geminid Meteor Shower ...
Wishing upon the Shooting Stars: The Geminid Meteor Shower. A blog post at " Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business" on 2012-12-11.
blogs.loc.gov/.../wishing-upon-the-shooting-stars-the-geminid...

Catch the Geminids and Chat with NASA Meteor Experts
The annual Geminids meteor shower, scheduled to reach its peak on December 13 and 14, is slated to be the most intense shower of the entire year. This is also ...
www.arrl.org/.../catch-the-geminids-and-chat-with-nasa-meteo...

Surprise Meteor Shower this Week?
National Geographic
While space experts are predicting a grand performance from the annual Geminidmeteor shower this week– thanks in large measure to the moon being a no show – there may be an extra skywatching surprise. Russian astronomer Mikail Maslov has come up ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks over the Next Few Days
Slate Magazine (blog)
This week is a great chance to watch a great meteor shower: the Geminids, so named because they appear to shoot away from the constellation of Gemini. This is a really reliable shower, generally putting out as many as 100 meteors per hour! It peaks on ...

Who Will See It? Geminid Meteor Shower Viewing Conditions
AccuWeather.com
The East will feast on the Geminid meteor shower Thursday night, AccuWeather meteorologist Bret Anderson said, thanks to a big dome of high pressure sitting across the region. "The viewing conditions in the East Thursday night look quite good from the ...

First-time and long-time meteor showers in forecast
CNN (blog)
Look to the heavens this week and you may see something no earthling has seen before – meteors from the comet Wirtanen. The comet was discovered in 1948 and orbits the sun every 5.4 years, but 2012 will mark the first time the Earth's orbit will cross ...

Meteors to grace night sky, and conditions ideal to watch
Sun-Sentinel
The grand finale of this year's major meteor showers, the Geminids, will score the skies over South Florida this week, and conditions seem promising for favorable star-gazing. The Geminid meteorshower, along with the Perseids, which appear in August ...

The Sky Is Falling For Real! Geminid Meteor Shower Due This Week
KMPH Fox 26
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Geminid Meteor Shower Viewing Guide
Wrexham.com
The Geminid Metor shower is the big finale to the astronomical calendar and hits it's peak this Wednesday and Thursday night (12-13th December 2012) with the potential to see over 50 shooting stars per hour, when there are clear skys. This is set to be ...

New meteor shower might coincide with 2012 Geminids!
EarthSky (blog)
We've had lots of reports of meteors this week, and most are probably part of the Geminid meteorshower, scheduled to peak late night December 13 to dawn December 14 for North American (evening December 14 to dawn December 15 for Asia). But NASA ...

Intense Geminid meteor shower peaks this week
CBC.ca
The annual meteor shower is considered one of the most intense and mysterious showers of our time. (AP Photo/AstroPics.com, Wally Pacholka) Sky-watchers are gearing up for a celestial light show that not even the world's most expensive holiday display ...

Geminid meteor showers expected to be dramatic
WKYC-TV
The Geminids are considered the most prominent meteor shower of the year mainly because the meteors can be viewed streaking across the sky all night long, unlike most showers that peak just before dawn. Also this year, the moon will not be a factor in ...

Geminid Meteor Shower To Peak This Week
The Inquisitr
Cooke also said that the Geminids is one of his favorite meteor showers because they have a strange origin. Most meteor showers come from comets but the Geminids come from a strange rock formation called 3200 Phaethon. Cook says that 3200 Phaethon ...

Geminid meteor shower offers brightest display of the year
Examiner.com
Today, CBS reported that this week marks the peak of the ongoing Geminid meteor shower. Early Friday morning is the shower's peak, offering the possibility of up to 150 meteors per second. However, as many 60 meteors per hour will be visible beginning ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Finland Bolide Meteor 10DEC2012

Finland Bolide Meteor 10DEC2012
"we had a big event here in Dec 10 at 1421 UT.
http://www.avaruus.fi/uutiset.html
a bit down in this,

 or permanent link.
http://www.avaruus.fi/uutiset/tahtiharrastus-ja-taivaanilmiot/kirkas-tulipallo-lensi-suomen-ylla-iltapaivalla.html

There is more than a hundred reports, even though most of the country was clouded. So were all our cameras looking there, or one of them (that might have partly clear) had made a "crash" just that night before the event.
In the camera image by Johan Lindén in Turku, a flash can bee seen below the clouds."
Regards,
Esko Lyytinen

Thank you Esko!

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Turkey Bolide Meteor 11DEC2012

Turkey Bolide Meteor 11DEC2012

Perşembe'ye Göktaşı Düştü
Tuesday Meteorite Falls
Army meteor crashed into the sea off the town Tuesday.
trthaber.com- special... district that makes you feel a slight jolt to a meteor falling memoir, recorded by security cameras.
  Meteorite fell into the sea during the night. Weather brightened up a slight concussion has occurred. Some citizens panicked. Nature event and its aftermath, was recorded by cameras from moment to moment. ... SEE VIDEO-

http://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/persembeye-goktasi-dustu-66818.html

Reader from Turkey wrote:
"According to Turkish news, yesterday night a meteor fallen in Turkey. Fallen to Black Sea; offshore waters of Ordu City.You can see video from here; trt is govermental tv channel, and video is by security cam as they say."
http://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/persembeye-goktasi-dustu-66818.html
Regards,
Erdem Simsek
Thank you Erdem!

2012 THE Year of Meteors!