The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23FEB2013

Russians Share Bizarre Explanations behind Meteor Strike
French Tribune
While there is so much buzz about the meteor strike in Russia, it has been claimed that there could be some divine message hidden in that incident. Strange it may sound, but that's what has been reported recently. It has been said in a survey published ...

Meteor Streaks Over Russia, Explodes (Photos) | Feb. 15, 2013 ...
See photos of an apparent meteor that lit up the Russian sky on Feb. 15, 2013, and created a massive blast.
www.space.com/19802-russian-meteor-blast-photos.html

Fireballs in the Sky Are Not Exclusive to Siberia
New York Times (blog)
1936: Dr. Clyde Fisher (left) of the American Museum of Natural History The New York Times 1936: Dr. Clyde Fisher (left) of the American Museum of Natural History and Abram M. Decker of Red Bank, N.J., examined an object believed to be a meteorite that ...

Dashboard cams capture Russian meteor - CBS ...
CBS News video: Dashboard cams capture Russian meteor - CBS News' Terrell Brown ...
cbsnews.com

Hear The Russian Meteor Blast's Infrasound ...
Sped up for human ears, hear the largest infrasound blast ever detected by the world's nuclear ...
livescience.com

Ilya Bryzgalov concerned about 'space danger' after meteor strike
CBS sports.com (blog)
Also, if you didn't know, he's Russian. So that makes him just about the perfect person for a Philadelphia sports talk radio station to ask about last week's stunning meteor strike near Chelyabinsk, Russia. In an interview with WIP, Bryzgalov shared ...

'Meteor threat wasn't expected for another 2000 years' – Russian Emergency ...
RT
The meteorite explosion over Russia's Urals region was an extraordinary, unexpected event, says the emergency minister. The incident triggered worldwide scientific debate over the possibility of building a meteor warning/prevention system. The ...

Russian meteor fragments listed for sale on eBay
Siliconrepublic.com
Image via eBay. Enterprising citizens are heading to eBay to sell for hundreds of dollars what are purportedly fragments of the meteor that fell over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk last week. The meteor that produced a sonic boom that shattered glass ...

Meteorite display set up at Waynesburg University museum
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 02:10 PM PST
WAYNESBURG – Scientists are now beginning to recover the fragments of a large meteor that exploded last Friday over Russia’s Ural Mountains.

NASA Says Russian Meteorite 1000 Times Larger Than Originally Estimated
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 01:11 PM PST
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Initial reports put last Friday’s (Feb 15) Chebarkul meteorite that exploded over Russia’s Urals region at about 10 tons. But after careful analysis, NASA released new information that puts the meteorite closer to 10,000 tons—1,000 times larger than the estimated size reported by the Russian Academy of Sciences ( RAS ). “My guess is that ...

THE SKY THIS MONTH: Maybe a comet in March
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 12:58 PM PST
If the recent Russian meteorite hit downtown Hamilton, everything within a 25 kilometre radius would be wiped out. That would include Burlington, Waterdown, Dundas and Stoney Creek.

Medvedev Discusses Meteorite Strike with Fidel Castro
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 12:58 PM PST
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro early on Friday as part of his official visit to Cuba and discussed various issues, including the recentmeteorite strike in Russiaâs Urals.

Online database a treasure trove of Baker’s history
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 10:57 AM PST
I learned recently that a meteorite landed in Baker County during the Great Depression. Or maybe it didnt. The surviving records on the matter fall somewhat short of conclusive.

Chelyabinsk Governor Presents Awards for Heroic Deeds During Meteorite Blast
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 06:30 AM PST
Chelyabinsk region Governor Mikhail Yurevich gave out awards on Friday to those who courageously helped to mitigate the consequences of the Feb. 15 meteorite explosion.

Injured from meteorite leave hospital
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 04:54 AM PST
Twenty-five people were discharged from hospital Friday, state media reported, a week after a meteor exploded in spectacular fashion in the skies above Russia's Urals region, shattering glass in thousands of buildings.

Report: Injured Russians leave hospital, analysis of meteorite fragments begins
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 04:24 AM PST
Twenty-five people were discharged from hospital Friday, state media reported, a week after a meteor exploded in spectacular fashion in the skies above Russia's Urals region, shattering glass in thousands of buildings.

Treasure hunt: Russian scientists claim meteorite ...
Scientists have confirmed the extra-terrestrial origin of dozens of tiny fragments found near ...
rt.com

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HD 1080p Falling Meteorite. Russia. Метеорит. Челябинском نيزك ...
A meteor shower has caused explosions in the lower atmosphere above central Russia and the ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuBgyG5ylEo

The aftermath of Russian meteor crash
Christian Science Monitor
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THE WEEK Feb 22: Meteor slams Russia
China Daily
A giant fireball from space crashed in Russia. Late last week, a meteor entered Earth's atmosphere at a rate of 30 kilometers per second, crashing into the country's Ural Mountain region. Experts said the meteorite's impact was exponentially stronger ...

Fireball highlights need for R&D, lawmaker says
Austin Business Journal (blog)
Lamar Smith, R-Texas, views things after a fireball streaked through the sky and debris from that meteor explosion damaged buildings and injured hundreds of people in the country's Chelyabinsk region. Russian officials estimated the strike caused $33 ...

Meteorite shower causes mass casualties in Russia ...
world news - A meteorite streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday ...
euronews.com

Attack By Chondrite: Scientists ID Russian Meteor
NPR (blog)
The meteor that caused at least 1,000 injuries in Russia after a startling and powerful daytime explosion one week ago has been identified as a chondrite. Russian scientists who analyzed fragments of the meteor, whose large size and well-documented ...

LA Meteor Creates Bright Light Across Southern California Sky, According To ...
Huffington Post
Dozens of witnesses submitted accounts to the American Meteor Society that they saw what appeared to be a fireball, which is a very bright meteor, at about 10:30 p.m. The reports came in from across the LA area, including Alhambra, Anaheim, Burbank, ...

Caveat Emptor: Meteor Advisory
Huffington Post (blog) (satire)
"All a perp has to do is scoop the leftovers from a fireplace into little containers and slap on a label that says 'Genuine Russian Meteor Particles.' It makes astronomers crazy to hear that people still fall for this. They say it's more evidence that ...

On Nuclear Weapons as Units of Measurement
The Atlantic
Perhaps you saw the reports last week, as the world tried to wrap its collective mind around the piece of outer space that had arrived at our small piece of inner space, that the Russian meteorexploded "with the force of 30 Hiroshima bombs." And, wow ...

David Letterman - Meteor Top Ten
CBS News
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A piece of meteor worth 40 times the price of gold
IndiaTV
A piece of meteor worth 40 times the price of gold. IndiaTV·19,927  ...

Video - Amateur Video Captures Blast from ...
27 sec
A meteorite streaked across the sky and exploded near Chelyabinsk, Russia early Friday ...
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Russian meteor strike that injured 1,200 people was ...
A meteor that rained down on central Russia last week, injuring up to 1200 people, was in fact ...
independent.co.uk

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New Meteor Fireball Sightings in Florida :
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Meteorites from Russian Fireball Possibly Found ...
Scientists with Russia's Ural Federal University say they've found 53meteorite fragments ...
space.com

BBC News - Russia sends clean-up team to ...
A big clean-up operation is going on in Russia's Ural region after Friday's spectacular meteor ...
bbc.co.uk

Was Chelyabinsk meteor actually a meteor? Many Russians don't think so.
Christian Science Monitor
Moscow. They say that Russia is the motherland of conspiracy theories, and public reaction to the sudden meteor strike a week ago that stunned people in the Ural mountains, and injured more than 1,200, seems to be proving that true. Skip to next...

Astronomer Sleuths Find Clues to 100-Year-Old Meteor Mystery
Space.com
It may be the ultimate cosmic cold case, but the 100-year-old mystery of a huge group of fireballs flying in formation through Earth's atmosphere is finally a bit closer to being solved, scientists say. By sifting through the archival records from the ...

Russia Meteor Renews Focus on Asteroid Threats
NPR
A week after a meteor exploded over Russia on the same day that an asteroid swung closely past Earth, experts discuss how the potential threats posed by near-Earth objects should be addressed. Astronomers Donald Yeomans and John Tonry weigh in on ...

Mother Earth: Chelyabinsk meteor, DA14 warns of mother of all disasters
Bayoubuzz
EARTH mother As human civilizations collectively contemplated their navels about those issues that matter most to them: wars, society, religion, economics, and international relations, several reminders about our true insignificance recently, suddenly ...

Russian Meteor Video Blocked In Germany Over Song Rights
The Inquisitr
The whole world tuned in to YouTube last week to watch the amazing Russianmeteor videos. The whole world, minus our German-speaking friends in Europe. Various versions of the Russian meteor video have been blocked in Germany over a tense song ...

Russians rush for rich meteorite fragments ...
world news - A meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural mountains and sent fireballs blazing to ...
euronews.com

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Tokyo Japan Bright RED Moon at Moon Set 23FEB2013

Tokyo Japan Bright RED Moon at Moon Set 23FEB2013

26FEB2013 Red Moonset, Tokyo, JAPAN
(c) 2913 -LunarMeteorite*Hunter

Sorry I didn`t have my camera in time. Anyone else in Tokyo happen to see or photograph the bright red Moon set at about 4:00 am JST, 23FEB2013?
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter. Tokyo, JAPAN

Leave a comment if you happened to see it; it was spectacular!

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California Nevada Bolide Fireball Meteor 21FEB2013

California Nevada Bolide Fireball Meteor 21FEB2013

CA NV Fireball Meteor 21FEB2013
v.1 (c) 2013 LunarMeteorite*Hunter / Google Earth
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Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel Allsky Camera
Riverside, CA  Sentinel Allsky Station
http://skysentinel.nmsu.edu/allsky/node/node39

If you witnessed this meteor event please do file a meteor sighting report on this website; thank you!

Initial Meteor Sighting Reports:

21FEB2013 Brittney Mcconnell Pleasanton 22:30:00 between 5-10 sec United States Lime green with orange trail Sun white hot but lime green No just the flaming trail behind it. It wasnt heading straight down but angled about 30 degrees. Estimated landing in the Pleasanton/Sunol area

21FEB2013 Mark S. Dobkin Costa Mesa, CA USA Approx. 22:30 PST 2-3 seconds Facing West; E-W Bright white ball of fire, then broke up.  Was stationary in my car, did not hear any sound. As bright as moon, but not as large.  Considerably larger than Venus. Yes.  Fragmentation observed. Fairly large.  One of the largest I have seen.

2/21/2013 Chloe Michaels Thousand Oaks, CA, USA 10:30 pm PST 2-3 seconds - could only view from window NW White ball and streak of light, with tail Bright as moon No No
21FEB2013 Rejean Hebert Lydia Lake, Ontario, Canada 23:40  EST 3 sec S;S-W no same as moon no got it on my sky cam

21FEB2013 Kris Los Angeles, Cali 22:50:00 2/3/2013 N-W green Venus No im curious as to what that was

21FEB2013 Jasmine Brown los angeles, ca, U.S 2235 7 secs WEST Went from Orange to bright Blue heading straight down, couldn't har sound Bright Blue The piece itself looked as though it was off of something It went so fast, I was pulling out of the parallel driving spot to head for work, I turned and went the other way in case it hit the ground.  I've seen a few fly across but this was heading straight to the ground without disappearing in mid-air

21FEB2013 Nick Bishop Sacrament, California, United Stated Approx 2250 2 Seconds Was looking south in a vehicle. Meteor started at approx 165 degrees and moved nearly directly vertically downwards. Maybe 5 degrees of horizontal movement to the west. Green (Exact color of burning copper)  with orange/red debris trailing behind that rapidly (<1/4 second) burnt out Brighter then Sun less then moon, Yes. Very rapid movement, hard to judge size but it seemed to be quite small. Object totally disintegrated before reaching the horizon.

21FEB2013 Joe Fresno, CA  USA 22:31 PST 3 seconds. I was driving, traveling west.  I was looking forward, but something suddenly caught the corner of my eye out my driver's side window, which was facing outward south. The meteor appeared to be coming from the east/southeast, headed west/northwest. Fluorescent green, no noise. As bright as the moon. Didn't appear to be. Long tail. Very large object, equivalent to approximately 1/6 the size of the moon.

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ME MA MD Meteor 21FEB2013

ME MA MD Meteor ~03:54 am EST 21FEB2013

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Initial Sighting Reports:


21FEB2013 Charlene Libby Buxton, ME USA 3:54 EST 2-3 seconds SE/SW I was facing SW green, no noise As bright as Venus none visible long tail

21FEB2013 Robert Ahti Seabrook, New Hampshire, USA 3:50 am Eastern 5 seconds Meteor headin south west direction I was facing West Green medium bright no very large compared to shooting stars seen over my years

21FEB2013 Vinny Westford Ma. 3:45:00 2/3/2013 SE Bright White With Tail the size of a basketball. Venus None I've seen shooting stars but this one was very large and amazing to to see. As it went beyond the tree line you could still see the brightness.

21FEB2013 Paul L. Weymouth,MA,U.S.A 03:50 EST 3 seconds East to West Bright yellow Brighter than Moon No My first :)

21FEB2013 Robert Dahler Baltimore City, Maryland USA 0354 Eastern 3-4 sec overhead south to north. I was facing NW green to blue, no sound on this one Brighter than Venus, and a bit larger than a softball no Saw one as a kid, 78 or 79 about the size of a small car wheel with the sound of a 1000 sparklers tide together


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22FEB2013

'Largest since Tunguska': Chelyabinsk meteorite ...
Friday's meteorite which struck Chelyabinsk carried a mass of around 40 tonnes, possibly ...
rt.com

Man shows off possible fragments of exploded ...
52 sec
The search is on for evidence days after a monstrous meteorite landed in Russia.
usatoday.com

Shock Wave of Fireball Meteor Rattles Siberia, Injuring 1200
Scenes from a city rocked by a shock wave when a meteor hit the atmosphere offered a glimpse of an apocalyptic scenario that scientists said had never before ...
www.nytimes.com/.../meteorite-fragments-are-said-to-rain-do...

Meteor shows why it is crucial to keep an eye on the sky - CNN.com
Reports coming from Russia suggest that hundreds of people have been injured by a meteor falling from space.
www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/opinion/meteors-colin-stuart-oped

Meteor streaks across Bay Area skies - San Jose Mercury News
It may not have been as spectacular as the space rock that streaked across the skies above ...
www.mercurynews.com/.../meteor-streaks-across-bay-area-ski...

Russian Meteor Explosion Outshone Sun - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: The fireball that exploded over Russia Friday morning (Feb. 15) provided onlookers with an incredible spectacle, even outshining the sun for ...
news.yahoo.com/russian-meteor-explosion-outshone-sun-235...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcqTU526oWs

Meteoriten Einschlag Russland Meteorite Impact Russia ロシアでは ...
Meteoriten Einschlag in Russland Meteorite Impact in Russia ロシア ...
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Meteorite crash in Russia - Метеорит аварии 隕石碰撞 - YouTube
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Russian Meteor, Wild Road Madness Exposed Thanks to Country's Dashboard ...
ABC News (blog)
MOSCOW, Russia — They are the videos everyone is talking about. Rare images of a meteorstreaking across the Russian sky in a bright, fast-approaching ball of fire. The drama was captured on numerous dashboard cameras and then uploaded on ...

Meteor shower fails to impress this Russian driver
Courier Mail
Many locals thought the shower was a sign that the end was nigh as the 7000-ton meteor caused a massive fireball to blast over Chelyabinsk, only 14-20km from the Earth's surface. thousands of rescue workers were dispatched to the area to help ...

House space subcommittee chair says meteor threat hearings will question ...
al.com (blog)
Steven Palazzo U.S. Space & Rocket Center CEO Dr. Deborah Barnhart, left, shows Rep. Steven Palazzo, center, and Rep. Mo Brooks exhibits on display at the center. Palazzo, chair of the House subcommittee on space, made his first visit to Huntsville to ...

Is it a meteor or a meteoroid?
Sun-Sentinel...

Russian meteor videos blocked in Germany, primary students protest in Malawi
Aljazeera.com
WEBSITE: http://stream.aljazeera.com  For more on these stories: Russian meteor videos blocked in Germany: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201...

Russian-born local's connections with meteor crash
NG News
Earlier that day, a larger meteor entered the atmosphere near Chelyabinskin a brilliant blaze of light. What followed was a deafening explosion that resulted in more than 1,000 injuries due to flying glass. It was caught on film by numerous dashboard ...

Meteorite fell in Gulf of Riga in Latvia Метеорит упал в Рижский залив в Латвии
YouTube
Meteorite fell in Gulf of Riga in Latvia Метеорит упал в Рижский залив в Латвии.  ...

Eyewitness Photographs the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 12:45 PM PST
On February 15, a meteorite struck the Chelyabinsk Region. That same day, blogger Marat Akhmetvaleyev went to photograph the local landscape not far from his home.

'I thought it was a nuclear bomb exploding': Photographer's breathtaking pictures of Russian meteorite which he feared ...
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 12:08 PM PST
Marat Akhmetaleyev, 31, had just set up his tripod when the space rock lit up the crisp, morning sky before exploding over the Ural Mountain with the force of 30 Hiroshima bombs.

Synagogue in Siberia damaged by meteorite
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 10:38 AM PST
A synagogue in Siberia was lightly damaged by a meteorite that fell nearby on Feb. 15.

Chelyabinsk heroes to get awards
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 10:02 AM PST
CHELYABINSK, Russia, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Russian officials said awards will be given to people who put a great amount of effort into responding to the meteorite strike in the Chelyabinsk Region.

Humongous Near-Earth Asteroids Don't Look So Scary in a Time-Lapse
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 07:21 AM PST
# timelapse Most of us got a little distracted from uneventful passing of near-Earth asteroid DA14 after that unrelated meteorite decided to slam into Russia . Photographer Colin Legg keep his eyes—and camera—on DA14 though, and put together this time-lapse of its flyby that makes it seem like an insignificant little dot. More »

Minister Pledges Meteorite Response Awards
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 07:00 AM PST
State awards will be given to people who distinguished themselves in responding to the recentmeteorite strike in the Chelyabinsk Region, Russian Civil Defense and Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov said on Thursday.

What to Do If Something Explodes in Russia
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 06:01 AM PST
Everyone knows that Russians are never prepared for anything. That's why they're morally ready for everything. We know now what happened in Chelyabinsk when a meteorite exploded in the heavens. It's amazing that nobody died.

A meteorite or a plain old rock?
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 05:48 AM PST
I’M daft enough about space to have been half-alarmed, half-thrilled that a meteorite fell so spectacularly to earth recently.

Local experts weigh in on meteorite impacts
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 05:39 AM PST
Just how safe are we from meteors and asteroids hurdling towards earth?

'Was it expensive to launch a meteorite?'
Thu, 21 Feb, 2013 05:35 AM PST
Let's talk about conspiracy. What is a conspiracy theory? It is an attempt to explain a paradoxical plot. If a president urinates on the landing gear of an aircraft, he will be considered a crank with well-known connotations. But we all know that such people do not become presidents.

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What The Russian Meteor Explosion Sounded Like
Popular Science
Instead, the sensors picked up short-frequency sound waves from the Chelyabinskmeteor blast. The blast was so powerful that sound waves were detected as far north as Greenland and as far south as Antarctica. Scientists quickly determined that the ...

Meteor strike “a one in fifty year event”
BBC News
Less than 12 hours after reporting on our close encounter with an asteroid in last week's Science In Action, people in Russia were bombarded. A meteoroid streaked across the sky, creating a sonic boom that was recorded around the world. Over 1200 ...

Bill Nye Meteor Hits Russia Friday February 15, 2013 Челябинске метеориты
YouTube
Moscow (CNN) -- A meteor streaked through the skies above Russia Friday morning, before exploding with a flash and boom that shattered glass in buildings and left hundreds of people hurt. Many people were injured by the impacting explosions, ...

New Russia meteor video: Dramatic dash cam footage of meteorite explosion
RT
There's a lot of ice and/or frozen carbon dioxide in this meteor, it's going to heat up and start to boil. If you have a solid piece of rock with a cavern of boiling water inside, it's only a matter of time before the pressure builds up enough to cause ...

Russian Meteor Breaks New Online Video Record
Geeky gadgets
This is the highest rate of viral growth ever recorded as far as online video is concerned. Out of over Russian Meteor 400 videos which were uploaded since last Friday, 160 of them have already passed the 100,000 views mark. The winner has 26.7 million ...

Meteor blast: new vision released
The Canberra Times
More vision of the meteor strike in Russia has been emerging from CCTV in Chelyabinsk, including from the local state university. ...

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Russian meteor: lack of fragments sparks ...
Thousands of Russian emergency workers sent out to clear up the damage from a meteor seen ...
telegraph.co.uk

Une énorme météorite filmé en Russie 15/02/2013
YouTube
Une énorme météorite filmé en Russie 15/02/2013...

11 meteor tweets we wish we'd thought of - CNN.com
By now you've heard the news about the meteor that caused an enormous explosion in Russia. Officials say up to 1000 people were hurt. Most suffered minor ...
www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/tech/social-media/meteor-storify

NASA - Russia Meteor
NASA.gov brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions , ...
www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/russianmeteor.html

Aftermath of close encounter with meteor - CBS News Video
CBS News video: Aftermath of close encounter with meteor - Scientist now say the meteor that exploded over Russia was bigger and heavier than they first ...
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50141197n

Meteor event put into perspective - CBS News Video
CBS News video: Meteor event put into perspective - Jim Axelrod speaks with Jeff Kluger ...
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50141198n

Russian Scientists Battle Meteor Speculators With Reward Offer
Bloomberg
Russian scientists escalated their hunt for meteor fragments from last week's explosion over the Urals region by offering market rates in a bid to deter speculators. The Russian Academy of Sciences and the State University of Chelyabinsk, where the ...

NASA Eager To Analyze Russian Meteor Fragments
Forbes
Last week's totally unexpected Russian meteor impact, which injured more than 1200 and damaged some 4000 buildings near Chelyabinsk, provided a harsh wake-up call to those who rarely look skyward. Details about the object that caused the fireball ...

Dashcam meteor videos blocked in Germany because of copyrighted ...
The Verge
As part of a 2012 lawsuit, Google is required to filter copyrighted material in Germany, and negotiations with GEMA broke down in January. As a result, many videos — including the meteorone below — are marked as blocked because "GEMA has not granted ...

Interactive Map Shows Every Known Meteor Impact Since 2300 BCE
RedOrbit
With all the recent meteor events, such as last Friday's that exploded over Russia, injuring more than a thousand people, and the possible smaller explosion over Cuba just a day later, many may be wondering if similar events have occurred in their neck ...

Watch Russian meteor explosion that injured hundreds
Detroit Free Press
... Earth -- unlike meteor · Russian meteor injures more than 1,000 · Meteors strike Earth every few months, experts say · Meteor strikes Russian Urals. Zoom. More. Watch as a meteor crashes into the Urals in central Russia, injuring hundreds ...

Collection Of CCTV Footage - Russian Meteor Explosion - 15th Feb 2013
YouTube
On the first video was recorded bright flash and some time later sounds of explosions have come down after combustion in atmospheric layers,it rarely happens over the city.And many other camera angles.

Fireballs reported in skies above Cuba and California
Telegraph.co.uk
... a bright streak of light over the San Francisco Bay area on Friday night. Scientists at the Chabot Space and Science Center, in Oakland, said it had received calls describing what appeared to be a fireball flying west, but it was not clear what the ...

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Spain Bolide Fireball Meteor 16FEB2013 and Prior

Spain Bolide Fireball Meteor 16FEB2013

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Bolide del 16 de febrero de 2013 (SPMN160213, 04h43m22ｱ1s T.U.C.)

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Spain Bolide Fireball Meteor 16FEB2013

Bolide del 16 de febrero de 2013 (SPMN160213, 04h43m22ｱ1s T.U.C.)
Composite image of the b eo v   SPMN160213 gone from Madrid (J. Izquierdo et al. / UCM)
Credit: Spanish Meteor and Fireball Network
http://www.spmn.uji.es/ESP/SPMNlist.html

Registration: C  interest of eo  Madrid v (J. Izquierdo, UCM) and the Duchy Villaverde (J. Zamorano et al. / UCM).

Absolute magnitude: -7 . 1

Source: To be determined

 observation range: Andaluc, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Le , Madrid, Valencia, Extremadura and Murcia Regi .

Several flares along the route with  explosive end.
Spain Bolide Fireball Meteor 16FEB2013 and Prior Dates
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Riga, Latvia Meteor 21FEB2013

Riga, Latvia Meteor 21FEB2013

В Рижский залив в Латвии, возможно, упал метеорит
(Google Translation):
RIGA, February 21. / Correspondent. ITAR-TASS Maria Ivanova /. In the Gulf of Riga in Latvia, may have fallen meteorite. Today in an interview with local radio station "Baltcom" representative of the Latvian center Andris Bieznis meteorites, this happened on Wednesday at midnight.
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[link to www.itar-tass.com]


There is also a video on YouTube which I have not yet had time to post.
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Breaking News -Campos Dos Goytacazes, Brazil Daytime Bolide Meteor 20FEB2013

Breaking News - Brazil Daytime Bolide ~11:12 am Local Brasil time -3UT (1312 UTC).
20FEB2013 approximately 20 minutes prior to this post.

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Sonics Heard on land! Meteorites MAY be on land!!!

MORE to be posted pending updates from Brasil and sighting reports; please check back.

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Dr. Marcelo Souza, professor of physics in Campos Dos Goytacazes, called me and reported that witnesses had just seen this event from Campos Dos Goytacazes, Vitoria, and Cabo Frio, in Rio de Janeiro State, Brasil approximately 20 minutes prior.  It has now been confirmed that there was a single bolide seen by many persons in north Rio de Janeiro State, Brasil.

 Campos Dos Goytacazes Brasil Sentinel Allsky Network is currently checking for video capture.

 Dirk Ross, LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo, Japan, Dr. Marcelo Souza, IFF-R.J. and Sentinel Allsky established the Brasil Allsky Network, the FIRST in South America, last year.

 Ross says, "This event, along with the recent Russia and other large events demonstrates that Brasil needs to take the threat of an asteroid impact more seriously and expand the Brasil Allsky Network nationwide for detection" 
 Ross is hoping that Sao Paulo State will soon establsih the second network.

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Eyewitness Report:
"Avistei hoje, às 1312 UTC, em vitória, es, um metero cruzando o céu, sentido norte para sul. O meteoro foi visto por cerca de 5 segundos por mim. Mais 4 testemunhas, que estavam no local, também avistaram. Uma das testemunhas, que avistou um pouco antes, deve ter visto o mesmo por cerca de 12 segundos antes dele se desintegrar na atmosfera.
O que vi foi basicamente um rastro iluminado, amarelado, cruzando o céu numa trajetória descendente e se desintegrando completamente."

Google translation:

"I saw today at 1312 UTC, in victory, es, a metero across the sky, north to south. The meteor was seen by about 5 seconds for me. More 4 witnesses who were at the scene also spotted. One witnesses who saw a little before, must have seen it for about 12 seconds before it disintegrates in the atmosphere.

What I saw was basically a trail illuminated, yellow, streaking across the sky in a downward trend and disintegrating completely. "

Verified by Dr. Marcelo Souza- Name of eyewitness withheld as requested.
Marcelo de Oliveira Souza
D.Sc. in Physics - Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense
Louis Cruls Astronomy Club General Coordinator (http://calc.zip.net)
Astronomers Without Borders National Coordinator in Brazil
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Another Witness: Thank you John!
20FEB2013" John "JB Campos Basin, Brazil 1030 approx local time 4-5 seconds N to S Orange Sun Fragmentation: 3 or 4 large pieces Sorry, I did not note the time but between 0930-1030 Local time. Ship position 22 - 09.0 S, 039 - 57.1 W. i was looking directly west and saw the whole event.

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Brasil Press now just reporting:

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Câmera de segurança registra 'bola de fogo' no céu do ES

Bolide was captured by security camera (Vitoria, ES)...

http://g1.globo.com/espirito-santo/noticia/2013/02/moradores-da-grande-vitoria-dizem-ter-visto-bola-de-fogo-caindo-do-ceu.html

Meteoro surpreende população da região dos Lagos, no Rio de Janeiro -Videohttp://noticias.r7.com/videos/meteoro-surpreende-populacao-da-regiao-dos-lagos-no-rio-de-janeiro/idmedia/51256d316b716ade21f95982.html


Meteoro Rio de Janeiro 20/02/2013 | Meteor streaks across the sky of RJ

Note:Photo shown above is not of this event!

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Físico comenta passagem de suposto meteoro por cidades do RJ
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Após relatos de moradores de várias cidades do interior do Rio, o Clube da Astronomia de Campos dos Goytacazes, no Norte Fluminense, comentou a passagem de um meteoro pelo céu da cidade na manhã desta quarta-feira (20).


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Rio de Janeiro e Espírito Santo veem passagem de meteoro pelo ...
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O instituto divulgou imagens de outro meteoro que também passou no estado do Rio no dia 15 de fevereiro, no mesmo dia em que caiu o meteorito na Rússia. Acompanhe o Jornal Hoje t
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"Infraero, in Victoria, officials confirmed that the control tower of the airport also viewed trail from the fireball in the sky and there was no need to alert pilots because the phenomenon was very fast."

Local Campos news has just posted a news bulletin, but no information since this post on The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News based in Tokyo, Japan.
-  Only Newsflash:--- photo shown IS NOT of this event  http://www.ururau.com.br/

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