The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06MAR2013

How a cold, irradiated Siberian city hopes to cash in on meteor tourists
Christian Science Monitor
Before last month's meteor strike, Chelyabinsk was best known for a 1957 nuclear waste disaster. Now officials there are trying to turn the meteor into a tourist attraction. By Fred Weir, Correspondent / March 5, 2013. A local resident shows a fragment ...

Scientists find evidence of Iowa meteor crater
KCCI Des Moines
Scientists find evidence of Iowa meteor crater. UPDATED 11:46 AM CST Mar 05, 2013. Tweet · Share · NEXT STORY. Snow showers return, 1,000 flights canceled. Text Size: ASmall Text; AMedium Text; ALarge Text. USGS. View Large ...

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Russian Meteor Fragments Found, Origin ...
Using amateur video footage, astronomers have been able to determine the orbital path the ...
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NASA explains meteor explosions over Russia
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After an asteroid exploded over Russia's Ural mountains, scientists are making progress ...
usatoday.com

How Fast Would a Small Meteor Travel? | Wired Science | Wired.com
An older report states a boy was hit by a meteor going 30000 mph. Could this be true?
www.wired.com/.../hit-by-a-meteor-how-fast-was-it/?...

Asteroid Apocalypse? Why Scientists Worry About 2036 'Planet ...
While Russia was still reeling from the shock of this meteor impact, just a few hours later, 17,200 miles in space, an asteroid three times larger than the Russian ...
www.thedailybeast.com/.../asteroid-apocalypse-why-scientists-...

Russian Meteor Was A Chondrite | February 25, 2013 Issue - Vol. 91 ...
The meteor that exploded over the Chelyabinsk region of Russia on Feb. 15 was an ordinary chondrite, with a stony composition common to most of the ...
cen.acs.org/articles/91/i8/Russian-Meteor-Chondrite.html

Ancient meteorite impact in Iowa studied 
Tue, 05 Mar, 2013 03:54 PM PST
DECORAH, Iowa, March 5 (UPI) -- Airborne surveys are providing an unprecedented look at a 470-million-year-old meteorite crater in Iowa concealed by bedrock and sediment, geologists say.

Iowa: Scientists confirm that Decorah sits on impact crater
Tue, 05 Mar, 2013 03:34 PM PST
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Federal researchers confirmed Tuesday that the city Decorah sits atop a 3 1/2-mile wide hole that formed 470 million years ago when a meteorite hit the area, one of just 180 or so known impact craters on earth.

Scientists confirm Iowa city sits on impact crater
Tue, 05 Mar, 2013 03:15 PM PST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal researchers confirmed Tuesday that the city Decorah sits atop a 3 ½-mile wide hole that formed 470 million years ago when a meteorite hit the area, one of just 180 or so known impact craters on earth.

Meteorite Perfume to Be Launched in Chelyabinsk
Tue, 05 Mar, 2013 02:33 PM PST
Authorities in the Chelyabinsk Region, which was hit by a meteorite on February 15, on Tuesday announced plans to launch a new perfume with the scent of the celestial body, which brought the Urals city to international fame.

It's confirmed: Decorah sits on meteorite crater
Tue, 05 Mar, 2013 01:36 PM PST
It's confirmed. The city of Decorah sits atop a 470 million-year-old meteorite crater.

City in Iowa sits on meteorite crater
Tue, 05 Mar, 2013 12:59 PM PST
It's confirmed. The city of Decorah sits atop a 470 million-year-old meteorite crater.

DEEP IMPACT: Decorah Built On Meteorite Crater
Tue, 05 Mar, 2013 12:17 PM PST
The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed the northeast Iowa town of Decorah is built on top of ameteorite crater...

Geological survey: Ancient meteorite crater sits below Decorah
Tue, 05 Mar, 2013 11:56 AM PST
Recent aerial surveys in the Decorah area have confirmed that a huge meteorite crashed into the earth there about 470 million years ago. “Yeah, we have a very high confidence level” that ameteorite about 200 meters across struck there, said Robert McKay, a geologist with the Iowa Geological and Water Survey, which is partnering [...]

Confimed: Massive Meteor Hit Iowa... 470 Million Years Ago
Tue, 05 Mar, 2013 11:36 AM PST
It's confirmed. The city of Decorah sits atop a 470 million-year-old meteorite crater.

Will comet Siding Spring make a meteor shower on Mars?
The Planetary Society (blog)
However, you make a good point; we should consider if the dust could produce a Martian meteorshower. This scenario reminds me of the occasional meteor storms that occur on Earth after a close comet flyby. One that comes to mind are the meteor storm of ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05MAR2013

Incoming! Then outgoing! Waves generated by Russian meteor recorded ...
Phys.Org
Meteor trail over eastern Russia is seen in this image from the Russian Emergency Ministry. Credit: Russian Emergency Ministry. (Phys.org) —A network of seismographic stations recorded spectacular signals from the blast waves of the meteor that landed ...

Planet of sound: Meteor blast resonated around Earth
CNN
(CNN) -- The meteor that exploded over the steppes of southwestern Russia sent a low-frequency rumble bouncing through the Earth, giving scientists new clues about the biggest cosmic intruder in a century. The big boom over Chelyabinsk on February 15 ...

Asteroid 2013 EC Similar to Russian Meteor Passes Inside Moon Orbit
Science World Report
Asteroid 2013 EC Similar to Russian Meteor Passes Inside Moon Orbit. Print; E-mail. Benita Matilda. First Posted: Mar 04, 2013 06:50 AM EST. Asteroid 2013 EC Similar to Russian Meteor Passes Inside Moon Orbit on March 4. (Photo : Reuters) A newly ...

Russia's meteor came from asteroid belt between ...
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Colombian astronomers used amateur video footage to plot the path of the space rock, and ...
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After meteor blast in Russia, Laurel lab plans to smack an asteroid ...
A meteor blast over Russia is putting new focus on a transatlantic effort to crash a spacecraft into a far-flung asteroid in a bid to prove that incoming objects from ...
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Jim Sensenbrenner wants NASA's meteor answers - Breanna ...
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner is demanding answers from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden about the agency's preparedness to deal with incidents such as the ...
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Info on Russian Meteor Pours In - News from Sky & Telescope ...
The fireball that exploded over Russia on February 15th left more than a million square feet of damaged windows, bringing home how fragile life on Earth can be ...
www.skyandtelescope.com/news/192286051.html

Russian Meteor Kicks Up Cloud of Mistrust Alex Jones' Infowars ...
The world saw the meteor thanks to the dashboard cameras that are so common in Russian cars. U.S. publications from the New Yorker to Wired delighted in ...
www.infowars.com/russian-meteor-kicks-up-cloud-of-mistrust/

Planet of sound: Meteor blast resonated around Earth - CNN.com
The meteor that exploded over the steppes of southwestern Russia sent a low- frequency rumble bouncing through the Earth, giving scientists new clues about ...
www.cnn.com/2013/02/27/world/europe/russia-meteor

DNews: GIANT Meteor Hits Russia : Discovery News
The meteor that hit Russia was fairly big, but the larger asteroids that fly by are filled with ...
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Russian Meteor Explosion - All You Need About ...
Looking at all the data pouring in from all over the world, NASA scientists have determined the ...
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Newly found asteroid to pass within Moon's orbit on March 4, 2013 
Mon, 04 Mar, 2013 05:06 AM PST
A newly found asteroid will pass just inside the orbit of the Moon, with its closest approach on March 4, 2013 at 07:35 UTC. Named 2013 EC, the asteroid is about the size of the space rock that exploded over Russia two and a half weeks ago, somewhere between 10-17 meters wide (the Russian meteorite is estimated to be about 15 meters wide when it entered Earth's atmosphere). 2013 EC was ...

Belgian boffins find colossal meteorite
Mon, 04 Mar, 2013 12:19 AM PST
18kg rock is largest Antarctic meteorite find since 1988 Belgian meteorite hunters scooting about Antarctica on skidoos have found the largest meteorite found on the frozen continent since 1988.…

Additional Details on the Large Fireball Event over Russia on Feb ...
The large fireball (technically, a "superbolide") observed on the morning of February 15, 2013 in the skies near Chelyabinsk, Russia, was caused by a relatively ...
neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fireball_130301.html

Fireball Falls From The Sky, Starts Fire In Tasmania | Space
Tasmanian police and firefighters are unable to explain the source of a beam of light which reportedly fell from the sky and formed a circle of fire in a Hobart ...
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Scientists find large Antarctica meteorite
BRUSSELS: An international team of scientists at Belgium's Antarctica research station has ...
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MBIQ Detected MI MN Meteor 03MAR2013

MBIQ has Detected MI MN Meteor ~2055 EST 03MAR2013

03MAR2013 Michael Jewett Ypsilanti, Michigan U.S.A. 2055 EST Less than 5 seconds. VERY FAST! NW to SE. I was walking SE. Bright, Golden, star like in brightness Star like in brightness None that I noticed. Thrilling! I've never seen anything move that fast!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04MAR2013

Russia Meteor Fragments Found Near Chelyabinsk Suggest Space ...
MOSCOW -- Scientists have found more than 50 tiny fragments of a meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains, and preliminary tests are turning up ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../russian-meteor-fragments-chelya...

Another asteroid similar to Russian meteor zooming past us harmlessly
NBCNews.com (blog)
Named 2013 EC, the asteroid is roughly the size of the space rock that exploded over Russia two and a half weeks ago, measuring somewhere between 10 and 17 meters (33 to 55 feet) wide. The asteroid that sparked the Russian meteor is estimated to have ...

Newly Found Asteroid to Pass Within Moon`s Orbit on March 4, 2013 
Sun, 03 Mar, 2013 03:00 PM PST
A newly found asteroid will pass just inside the orbit of the Moon, with its closest approach on March 4, 2013 at 07:35 UTC. Named 2013 EC, the asteroid is about the size of the space rock that exploded over Russia two and a half weeks ago, somewhere between 10-17 meters wide (the Russian meteorite [...]

Antarctic Scientists Discover 18 kg Meteorite
Sun, 03 Mar, 2013 01:13 PM PST
Posted: Mar 03, 2013 03:58 pm EST (Press release Brussels, Belgium) An international team of scientists, working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station, has discovered a meteorite with a mass of 18kg embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet, the largest such meteorite found in the region since 1988.

Wayne's World: Make the most of science behind meteorites
Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 11:16 PM PST
Okay, what were the odds of the 10,000 pound meteorite unexpectedly plowing into the Russian City of Chelyabinsk at 43,000 mph on Feb. 15, smashing glass, injuring 1,500 people and damaging buildings?

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Fire ball falls from sky, scorches field
UPI.com
CLAREMONT, Australia, March 3 (UPI) -- Officials on the Australian island of Tasmania said they have received several reports from people who saw a beam of light fall from the sky and start a fire. Concerned residents of Claremont began reporting ... (The Fire could NOT has been caused by a meteor!)

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Meteor Capable Of Destroying Nuclear Reactors
French Tribune
There are a number of things that are capable of destroying nuclear reactors. Currently, supersonic rocks and that too from outer space are acting as a threat for the survival of nuclear reactors. Meteor shower took place on February 15 in Russia and ...

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Poland Fireball Meteor 02MAR2013

Poland Fireball Meteor 02MAR2013 - videos

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03MAR2013

Meteor blast a wake up call on NASA funding — MSNBC
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd takes a “deep dive” look into the meteorthat hit Russia and why ...
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Russian meteor was a command performance from the cosmos ...
No matter how “tucked away in some forgotten corner” of the universe we are, as said the late astronomer Carl Sagan, the universe still finds us. Anyone in ...
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Russian scientists recover meteor fragments - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: MOSCOW (AP) — Scientists have found more than 50 tiny fragments of ameteor that exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains, and ...
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APOD: 2013 February 23 - Chelyabinsk Meteor Flash
Astronomy Picture of the Day. Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief ...
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Scientists discover Russian meteor fragments: Report - Times Of India
MOSCOW: Scientists have discovered fragments of the meteor that spectacularly plunged over Russia's Ural Mountains creating a shockwave that injured 1200 ...
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Carthage businessman recounts seeing Chinese 'meteor'
Longview News-Journal
CARTHAGE — A Carthage businessman witnessed the re-entry of a Chinese rocket over the East Texas sky Wednesday morning when he was on his way to work. He thought it was a meteor and told everyone he saw of the amazing display. But when he ...

Letter: Meteor foretells end times?
Appeal-Democrat
A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,000; the same day a larger meteor barely misses the earth. Two weeks earlier an 8.0 earthquake hits the Solomon Islands. Meanwhile, Iran and North

Queen's astronomer's meteor insight
Belfast Newsletter
Queen's astronomer's meteor insight. Published on Saturday 2 March 2013 10:45. A LEADING Queen's astronomer is appearing on the BBC's Horizon programme to explain what is known about the asteroid that hit Russia two weeks ago, injuring more than ...

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Russian city pummeled by space stones wants to be 'Meteor Disneyland'
msnNOW
Recent ideas aim to capitalize on the freak incident, including (ridiculously overpriced) tours, a lake for visitors to dive into and find their own chunks of meteor (highly unlikely), a cosmic fireworks festival (how predictable) and even a "Meteor ...

Astronomers Find Origin of Russia Meteor - VIDEO
Astronomers have traced the origin of the giant meteor that struck a remote region of Russia ...
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Russian meteor misidentified by most
UPI.com
MOSCOW, March 1 (UPI) -- Most of the inhabitants of the Russian city under an exploding meteorfailed to identify it for what it was, a poll indicated. While nearly half the residents in Chelyabinsk, hit by fragments from a falling meteorite Feb. 15 ...

Meteor insurance policy?
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Basically No One in Russia Thought That Meteor Was a Meteor
Gizmodo
Basically No One in Russia Thought That Meteor Was a Meteor Last month, a giant meteorexploded over Russia. Ground zero was the Ural city of Chelyabinsk, where 1500 people were injured and thousands of buildings were destroyed. About half the city's ...

Visit the town that survived Armageddon: Russian city hit by meteor makes a ...
The Independent
The phrase 'Meteor Disneyland' has been discussed, as have an annual music and fireworks festival, according to The Telegraph, while the city mayor Andrei Orlov has also suggested setting up a diving centre to allow tourists to search underneath an ice...

Fragmenting Fireball Over Texas and Louisiana February 27, 2013 ...
Update 2/27/13 12:56 EST – It looks like the fireball seen from Texas and Louisiana may be the re-entry of a Chinese rocket body launched in 2012.
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Russian Meteorite City Feared War, Plane Crash - Poll
Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 05:11 AM PST
Just under half of the people in the Russian city hit by fragments from a falling meteorite earlier this month saw the celestial visitor streak across the early morning sky, but only a small number correctly identified it, an opinion poll indicated on Friday.

IN PICS: 18-kg meteorite discovered in Antarctica
Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 01:48 AM PST
An international team of scientists has discovered a 18kg meteorite in Antarctica -- the largest in nearly 25 years, which may help unlock the secrets of our solar system.

Scientists Study Fragments of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 12:20 PM PST
By examining its fragments, scientists from Moscow’s Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry studied the composition and origin of the meteorite that hit the Chelyabinsk Region on the morning of February 15. They said meteorites can provide clues as to how the solar system was formed.

Meteor Hits: 20 Meteors That Have Collided With Earth
Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 10:33 AM PST
Meteors have survived their passage through the Earth’s atmosphere numerous times throughout history. The recent meteorite that blasted over the populated town of [...]

UFO, plane crash, start of war? Russians thought it all
Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 09:17 AM PST
Moscow, Mar 1 : Around half of the people in a Russian city hit by falling fragments from ameteorite saw the celestial visitor streak across the sky, but only a small number correctly identified it, an opinion poll said Friday.

Researchers find giant 18KG meteorite sticking out of the Antarctic ice
Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 08:21 AM PST
The 18kg (40-pound) meteorite in eastern Antarctica, is the largest found in the area in 25 years. The Brussels-based team described their find as 'special', and hope it could help explain how the solar system formed.

Big Meteorite Discovered in Antarctica
Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 08:15 AM PST
Meteorite hunters at the bottom of the world bagged a rare find this southern summer: a 40-pound (18 kilogram) chunk of extraterrestrial rock.

Large meteorite found in eastern Antarctica
Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 08:13 AM PST
International scientists say they've discovered an 18-kilogram meteorite in eastern Antarctica, the largest found in that area in 25 years.

US scientists seek to prevent another meteor explosion
Christian Science Monitor
The recent Russian meteor event occurred after completion of the newly signed agreement and data on the recent Chelyabinsk event had been released for scientific analysis, SPACE.com has been informed by NASA and the U.S. Air Force. As a result of that ...

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Celestial fireball
The Hindu
Once the Russian meteor entered the atmosphere, a combination of pressure and heat caused it to break apart 19-24 kilometres above the earth producing a fireball that blazed across the sky. According to the Russian Geographic Society, the bright flare ...

Russians Hunt For Meteorite Fragments - YouTube
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Thousands of Russians are braving snow and ice to search for meteoritefragments in the ...
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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 ...
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Meteor lurked for thousands of years before blasting Russia, experts say
NBCNews.com (blog)
Now that they're worked out the orbital path of the meteor that blew up over Russia last month, scientists are saying that the asteroid behind the blast crossed Earth's orbit regularly for thousands of years. Two weeks ago, it looked as if the 1.1 ...

Scientists Have Figured Out Where That Russian Meteor Came From
TechnoBuffalo
The two scientists were even able to chart the Russian meteor's exact path using astronomy software called Naval Observatory Vector Astrometry Software (NOVAS). Overall, the city of Chelyabinsk, where the meteorite supposedly struck an icy lake ...

Scientists reconstruct Russia meteor trajectory
Christian Science Monitor
Relying on videos of the meteor from Chelyabinsk's Revolutionary Square and in the nearby city of Korkino, astronomers Jorge Zuluaga and Ignacio Ferrin at the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, triangulated the speed and position of the ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02MAR2013

After Russian Meteor, Keeping Closer Eye on Sky
Voice of America (blog)
After Russian Meteor, Keeping Closer Eye on Sky. Posted March 1st, 2013 at 4:19 pm (UTC+0). A meteorite contrail is seen over a vilage of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo 50 km of Chelyabinsk on. A meteorite contrail is seen over a village in Russia's Chelyabinsk ...

1kg meteorite piece found in Russian Urals, biggest ...
The fallen meteorite has turned into a cash cow in the Urals.
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How we could stop a meteor hitting Earth
CNN (blog)
Fareed speaks with the Frederick P. Rose director of the Hayden Planetarium, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, about the implications of the meteor that exploded over the Ural Mountains last month. To see this or other interviews, download the show ...

Meteor Hits: 20 Meteors That Have Collided With Earth
The Epoch Times
The wall of a local zinc plant was damaged by a shockwave from a meteor in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, on February 15, 2013. (Oleg Kargopolov/AFP/Getty Images). 5. One of the largest stony-meteorite showers happened in Jilin, China in 1976, and it ...

The East Edition: Meteor Showers in Russia Cause Extensive Damage
my.hsj.org
A worker sweeps up shattered glass from a store's broken windows in Chelyabinsk, Russia, February 15, 2013. A meteor that scientists estimate weighed 10 tons streaked at supersonic speed and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, setting off ...

Fireball spotted over Roanoke Thursday night
WDBJ7
WDBJ7 has gotten several reports through social media of people seeing a fireball shoot across the sky Thursday night. We have checked into the reports and found that the object, likely a meteorite, was visible from Virginia to North Carolina. Mena ...

Russians Believe Meteor Was Hand of God or Even ...
Last week's Russian meteor was largest event ever ecorded by global infrasound centres ...
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'I thought it was a nuclear bomb exploding ...
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Marat Akhmetaleyev, 31, had just set up his tripod when the space rock lit up the crisp, morning ...
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After meteor strike, Russian experts reflect - Los Angeles Times
MOSCOW -- In the wake of what many now humorously call “the alien bombardment” of the Russian industrial Urals, divers Saturday finished their initial ...
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A meteor and asteroid: 1 in 100 million odds - CNN.com
Meg Urry says the probability that a meteor hits and an asteroid passes by Earth on the same day is about 1 in 100 million.
www.cnn.com/2013/02/16/opinion/urry-meteor-asteroid

Russia meteor exposed vulnerability - Video on NBCNews.com
Video on NBCNews.com: NASA budgeted $20 million dollars last year to look for objects that ...
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On heels of Russia meteor explosion, San Francisco Bay area ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Hours after a meteor exploded over Russia and injured more than 1000 people and an asteroid passed relatively close to Earth, residents ...

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The odds of Friday's meteor hit and giant asteroid near-miss combo ...
Astronomical odds of Friday's double space events have left statisticians and astronomers in shock putting into perspective how little we can predict space.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../The-odds-Fridays-meteor-hit-giant-ast...

'That's no meteor, it's an American weapon test': Russian politician's ...
Vladamir Zhirinovsky, leader of the far-right Liberal Democratic Party, is contesting reports that ameteor streaked above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk at ...
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Russians clear damage, crack jokes after meteor blast - The Globe ...
Scarcity of evidence on the ground fuelled scores of conspiracy theories over what caused the fireball.
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فيديو سقوط نيزك ضخم في الاورال روسيا 15-02-2013 HD‎ - YouTube
Russian Meteor Explosion Deep Impact HD لحظة تصوير سقوط نيزك ضخم في روسيا 15-02-2013 HD فيديو سقوط نيزك ...
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انفجار نيزك في روسيا #3 2013‎ - YouTube
انفجار نيزك في روسيا #3 2013. ... نيزك يضرب روسيا يسبب عشرات القتلى 2013 by MultiSoAwesome 5,623 views; 3:04. Watch ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01MAR2013

Russia meteor shower: Listen to the sound of the enormous space rock explode
Mirror.co.uk
The meteor, which exploded a few dozen miles above Earth at 03.22 GMT on February 15, created a shockwave that injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes, with the debris narrowly missing a direct and devastating hit on the industrial city of ...

Meteor caught on camera
KSN-TV
After the Russian meteor exploded across the sky, it prompted scientists to better identify large meteor and asteroid threats. A team at the University of Hawaii is working on the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System or ATLAS with the help of ...

Meteor that slammed into the Urals made the loudest noise ever recorded by ...
Daily Mail
Seventeen listening stations operated across the world by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) detected the sound wave as it traversed the planet. The furthest station to record the sub-audible sound was more than 9,000 miles...

Russian Meteor Blast 'Heard' from Antarctica to Greenland
TIME
Russia wasn't the only country rattled by the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15. According to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), the blast produced the largest low-frequency sound wave ever picked up by its nuclear


Russian Meteor's Destination To Become Tourist Hot Spot?
Huffington Post
Barely two weeks have passed since a meteor crashed into western Siberia, injuring more than 1,000 people and scaring pretty much everyone everywhere. Now that the Russian town of Chelyabinsk has put out the fires and recovered from the meteor's ...

Russian meteor town in tourism bid
Aysor
Officials in the Russian city where a meteor fell last month now hope to attract tourists to the area, the Telegraph reports. The 10,000-ton meteor entered the Earth's atmosphere producing a sonic boom. It shattered into pieces between 18 and 32 miles ...

Meteor City Sheds Soviet Nuclear Specter in Tourism Push
Businessweek
The meteor explosion over this former secret Soviet nuclear hub two weeks ago was recorded by scores of dashboard cameras and viewed by millions of people, providing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attract international tourists and their money to ...

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Meteor City Sheds Soviet Nuclear Specter in Tourism Push
Bloomberg
The last time a disaster with global impact struck Chelyabinsk, officials covered it up for three decades. This time, they're marketing it to the world. The meteor explosion over this former secret Soviet nuclear hub two weeks ago was recorded by ...

What does a meteor sounds like?
WA today
Infrasonic waves from the meteor that broke up over Russia were the largest ever recorded by the CTBTO's International Monitoring System. 01/03/13. Scientists find large Antarctica meteorite. ...

Planetary Meteor Defense Shield Proposed
Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
Following the destructive meteor breakup over southern Russia on February 15, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev assigned a deputy, Dmitry Rogozin, to find ways to prevent far worse disasters. Rogozin had proposed in 2011 an “international initiative” to ...

Scientists find large Antarctica meteorite 
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 03:23 PM PST
A meteorite found in Antarctica has scientists excited.

Researchers Found A 40 Pound Meteorite In Antarctica
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 02:52 PM PST
Meteorite hunters at the bottom of the world bagged a rare find this southern summer: a 40-pound (18 kilogram) chunk of extraterrestrial rock.

Scientists find one of Antartica's largest meteorites
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 02:27 PM PST
March 01, 2013 6:05 AM BRUSSELS (AFP) - An international team of scientists at Belgium's Antarctica research station has found the largest meteorite in nearly 25 years, helping them to unlock the secrets of our solar system.

Big Meteorite Discovered in Antarctica
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 02:20 PM PST
Scientists on skidoos search for space rocks.

Theory Suggests UFO Detonated Russian Meteorite
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 02:20 PM PST
The meteorite that crashed into Russia on February 15 has sparked UFO rumors, after a few pictures were captured of an unidentified object flying next to it before it exploded. A bizarre theory has been created, which suggests the meteorite was blown up by a UFO in an attempt to protect our planet. It captured the attention of UFO enthusiasts after a tiny “object” could be seen colliding with ...

Scientists find Antarctica meteorite
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 01:43 PM PST
Scientists at Belgium's Antarctica research station have found the largest meteorite in nearly 25 years.

Rock on! Rare 40-pound meteorite found
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 01:42 PM PST
Meteorite hunters at the bottom of the world bagged a rare find this southern summer: a 40-pound (18 kilogram) chunk of extraterrestrial rock.

NASA on Russian Meteor: Why No One Saw It Coming
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 12:00 PM PST
NASA says the meteor that exploded over Russia wasn’t on anyone’s radar because it came from the direction of the Sun, hiding it from view. More About: meteor , meteorite , NASA , russia , space

Big Meteorite Found in Antarctica (Photo Gallery)
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 11:50 AM PST
SAMBA scientists working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica discovered the largest meteorite in the region since 1988.

Antarctic scientists find 18kg meteorite
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 11:20 AM PST
Scientists in Antarctica have discovered an 18kg meteorite embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet, the largest found in the region since 1988.Belgian and Japanese scientists on the frozen continent for the Search for Antarctic...

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انفجار نيزك على روسيا 2013 وأصيب ما يقرب من 500 شخص بعد انفجار النيزك الضخم بشكل مذهل في سماء مدينة تشيليابينسك الروسية.
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Tucson AZ Booms 27FEB2013

Tucson AZ Booms 27FEB2013 - No Meteor Sightings REPORTED!

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Mysterious loud boom heard & felt all over Tucson

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/21419976/what-was-that-shook-tucson

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NC VA SC Fireball Meteor 27FEB2013

NC VA SC Fireball Meteor ~20:15 EST 27FEB2013

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NC VA SC Fireball Meteor ~20:15 EST 27FEB2013
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports:

27FEB2013 Lucas Wilmington nc usa 20:30:00 4- 5 sec s to north light green yellow brighter than venus no the tail was quite long

27FEB2013 Nick Charlotte nc 20:12:00 2-3 sec. Straight up to horizon. Nw to se Blue Car light No No tail, 1/4 size of moon

27FEB2013 JAYNE KNIGHT Benson, NC  USA 20:00:00 approx. 7 seconds W to E left to right i was facing north red fire ball w/reddish-orange tail very bright-like sun none-looked as though whole thing burnt out at one time do not know what it was that I saw-never have I seen anything like this before and it looked as if it was directly in front of me and not very high up at all.  please let me know from my description what it was i saw.

27FEB2013 brenda Fredericksburg VA USA 0815 appx Observed on the 30 min drive to work SE Sun was white but clouds below were brighter than the sun.  I couldn't help but thinking it peculiar. It appeared as if the sun was the moon and something hidden in the cloudiness was much brighter. na na


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