22 March 2013

ALERT- -Meteor Outbursts Still Pending!!!! NEOs Close Approaches March 2013

ALERT- Meteor Outbursts Pending!!!!  Meteorite Falls Pending?
7MAR-11MAR2013-24MAR2013-01APR2013
NEOs Close Approaches March 2013

Historically two very large meteorite falls have occurred on 05MAR1960 "Gao-Guinea, Burkina-Faso" and "Jilin, China"  08MAR1976; March historically has at least 66 meteorite falls documented.

There are at present 14 NEOs with an approach under 10LD scheduled for March 2013, 
2007 EO88,  2013 EC. 2013 ET , 2013 EN20 , 2013 ES11 , 2013 ES , 2013 EC20 , 2013 EA29 , 2013 ES41, 2013 ED68 2013 EL89 2013 FG 2013 FD8 2013 FB8

I expect that we will have more found prior to the end of the month.  Expect some greatly increased meteor activity just prior to and just after 04MAR and 18MAR.  Get the word out by posting about this website on  Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and your favorite forums; thank you!

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 Update - 21MAR2013
(2013 FD8) 2013-Mar-270.02158.417 m - 39 m25.99.46

(2013 FB8) 2013-Mar-300.01094.227 m - 61 m24.97.81

Update - 18MAR2013
(2013 FG) 2013-Mar-240.00973.820 m - 45 m25.69.21

Update - 15MAR2013
(2013 EL89) 2013-Mar-290.01174.619 m - 43 m25.78.96

Update - 14MAR2013
(2013 ED68) 2013-Mar-160.00361.46.8 m - 15 m28.06.65

Update - 13MAR2013
(2013 ES41) 2013-Mar-130.01666.513 m - 29 m26.69.32

Update - 12MAR2013
(2013 EA29) 2013-Mar-140.00903.513 m - 30 m26.514.52

Update - 08MAR2013
(2013 EN20) 2013-Mar-100.00301.24.0 m - 9.0 m29.17.30

(2013 ES11) 2013-Mar-220.01646.457 m - 130 m23.310.69

Update - 08Mar2013
(2013 EC20) 2013-Mar-090.00100.45.2 m - 12 m28.53.57

Update - 07MAR2013:
(2013 ET) 2013-Mar-090.00652.564 m - 140 m23.111.87

Update -
(2013 EC) 2013-Mar-040.00251.07.6 m - 17 m27.720.20

(2013 ES) 2013-Mar-010.027310.620 m - 46 m25.68.11

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers
Object
Name		Close
Approach
Date		CA
Distance*
(AU)		CA
Distance*
(LD)		Estimated
Diameter**		H
(mag)		Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2013 CG129) 2013-Mar-020.118946.334 m - 76 m24.53.99
(2007 EK) 2013-Mar-040.150158.43.7 m - 8.4 m29.312.84
(2012 WH) 2013-Mar-040.157661.322 m - 49 m25.43.09
(2013 CS83) 2013-Mar-050.168965.798 m - 220 m22.215.46
(2013 CH129) 2013-Mar-050.138553.943 m - 96 m23.97.16
(2012 RJ15) 2013-Mar-060.162163.151 m - 110 m23.613.89
(2011 EC12) 2013-Mar-090.182571.018 m - 41 m25.810.93
(2007 EP88) 2013-Mar-100.142755.5530 m - 1.2 km18.530.03
(2000 ED14) 2013-Mar-120.149958.3200 m - 440 m20.622.47
(2012 BD14) 2013-Mar-120.172066.913 m - 30 m26.55.45
(2012 SX49) 2013-Mar-130.147057.215 m - 34 m26.24.56
(2009 SC15) 2013-Mar-130.081531.7130 m - 300 m21.54.83
(2005 ES70) 2013-Mar-140.056922.150 m - 110 m23.612.06
(2013 CW35) 2013-Mar-150.174467.9180 m - 400 m20.95.25
(2013 DG) 2013-Mar-160.060723.643 m - 96 m24.06.89
(2012 VO6) 2013-Mar-180.107741.9150 m - 340 m21.212.66
(2007 EO88) 2013-Mar-180.01144.414 m - 31 m26.410.65
325102 (2008 EY5) 2013-Mar-200.083232.4250 m - 570 m20.112.27
7888 (1993 UC) 2013-Mar-200.126049.02.3 km - 5.2 km15.321.88
(2002 JW15) 2013-Mar-200.156060.7270 m - 600 m20.08.18
(2006 GX2) 2013-Mar-200.096037.4190 m - 420 m20.712.85
(2010 SE) 2013-Mar-200.073228.535 m - 79 m24.413.16
(2008 EQ7) 2013-Mar-200.183071.280 m - 180 m22.62.68
(2005 XY4) 2013-Mar-200.107141.753 m - 120 m23.522.75
(2011 EW16) 2013-Mar-210.177068.971 m - 160 m22.913.79
(2012 FK15) 2013-Mar-220.081931.913 m - 30 m26.512.89
(2012 FM35) 2013-Mar-230.088734.59.9 m - 22 m27.25.81
(2003 FY6) 2013-Mar-230.053921.090 m - 200 m22.413.25
(2008 SE85) 2013-Mar-250.101839.6330 m - 730 m19.622.70
(2005 EF) 2013-Mar-260.177469.0200 m - 450 m20.611.60
(2006 KY86) 2013-Mar-270.194175.6320 m - 710 m19.612.96
96315 (1997 AP10) 2013-Mar-280.117845.91.1 km - 2.5 km16.919.68
(2007 UH) 2013-Mar-290.197777.0110 m - 240 m22.010.08
350462 (1998 KG3) 2013-Mar-290.129450.495 m - 210 m22.23.08
Source:  NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22MAR2013

Meteor Impacts Russian Region (PDF) - Adler Planetarium
response to the public's interest in the ten-ton meteor that flashed across the sky Friday morning over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, the Adler will be ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects UAE ...
Dubai arrived from google.ae on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News- -CA Fireball Meteor 17OCT2012" by searching for meteorite seen ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Hawaii Fireball Meteor ...
IF you are looking for a recent meteor event that you saw...Click Here to see all Worldwide MeteorSighting Reports *blogspot! Click here to report a meteor / ...
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ANGEO - Abstract - The Geminid meteor shower during the ECOMA ...
The Geminid meteor shower during the ECOMA sounding rocket campaign: specular and head echo radar observations. G. Stober1, C. Schult1, C. Baumann 1,*, ...
www.ann-geophys.net/31/473/2013/angeo-31-473-2013.html

Meteor streaks across Midwest sky -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
Cleveland - A meteor was seen across parts of nine states Friday night. Many reports were ...
www.sott.net/article/259486-Meteor-streaks-across-Midwest-sky

Mysterious fireball from sky injures 2 women in HP
Hindustan Times
In a first-of-its-kind incident, two women sustained minor injuries as a mysterious fireball fell from the sky at Patola village near Chamunda temple, 19 km from Dharamsala town of Kangra district. However, no other damage was reported in the district.

Meteor or Missile Attack: How Military Leaders Know ...
Military officials and Congress debate whether the U.S can really detecting an incoming meteor ...
space.com

New NASA website launches with emerging details about Russian meteor ...
Mother Nature Network
The new "Fireball and Bolide Reports" website, overseen by NASA's Near-Earth Object Program, debuted Friday (March 1) with its first entry: a table with a chronological data summary of the Russian meteor explosion of Feb. 15 gleaned from U.S ...

Meteorites Revealing Secrets of Russian Fireball
Space.com
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Scientists studying small pieces of the meteor that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15 are working to glean new insights into the rare impact by a space rock. Based on the meteorite analysis, researchers ...

Planck reveals big bang's fireball in hi-def
Astronomy Now Online
The cosmic microwave background - the cooling fireball of the big bang - has been observed in greater detail than ever before by the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft. In the process some models of the Universe's birth and subsequent evolution ...

Asteroid risk real, says former astronaut
Sydney Morning Herald
About 1500 people were injured when the roughly 18-metre-diameter meteor exploded high in the atmosphere near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on February 15. Most of the injuries were caused by flying glass from shattered windows when a shock wave ...

NASA Wants Meteor Warning System | Video - ABC News
ABC News' Devin Dwyer explains what the space agency wants to do to protect the country.
abcnews.go.com/.../nasa-meteor-warning-system-18769603

Asteroid headed toward Earth? 'Pray,' NASA advises
Fox News
In the wake of last month's meteor strike in Russia and a close asteroid flyby on the same day, members of Congress asked NASA, White House and Air Force officials what they're doing to combat the threat of near-Earth asteroids during a hearing Tuesday ...

Prayer recommended by NASA for Americans faced with meteor strike
Examiner.com
According to CBS, there is currently a project being worked on called the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), which is slated to give a one week warning for a 148-foot meteor impact or a three week warning for a 450-foot meteor impact.

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MBIQ Detects Florida Fireball Meteor 21MAR2013

MBIQ Detects Florida Fireball Meteor 10:05 PM EDT 21MAR2013
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Florida Meteor 21MAR2013
v.2 C LunarMeteoirteHunter / Google Earth
If you saw this event please file a Meteor Sighting report on this website; thank you!
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/2011/12/december-2011-meteorfireball-sighting.html

 Please get the word out on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and your favorite forums and local news outlets; check security cameras and allsky cameras for a capture of this event. Thank you!
Post a link to- http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/

 Initial Sighting Reports-
21mar2013 Amanda Miami,fl,USA 2215 eastern About 2-3 seconds SE Blue/green Very bright like a firework Not that I was able to see Was traveling SE continuing in that direction

21MARCH2013 Kara Rhoden STARKE,FL USA 2200 @5 seconds East to West I was facing North Bright Green Firelball with trail no sound Bright as the moon Fragments fell off the tail Never seen anyhting like it...very fascinating

I am in new smyrna beach also. On central florida's east coast and saw an object like a shooting star but much closer and with a bright greenish tail that burned out as it came towards the ground...? this was around 10pm eastern time i think.  -steve holvik

West Delray beach fl..... It looked like a green flare falling from sky but didn't float like flare it came down on a solid diagonal line with a small tale. Color not lime not quite crayon green. It was large in size like no shooting star I've ever seen. Date 3/21/13
I feel like I'm crazy. Nicki B.

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

MBIQ Data Set-
Oviedo, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for just saw large green meteor fall from melbourne florida 3/21/2013 at 10:05 PM LOOKING DUE WEST.
11:27:40 -- 15 minutes ago

Port Orange, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News".
11:23:13 -- 21 minutes ago

Homosassa, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: UK Bolide Meteor Fireball 30JAN2013" by searching for bright green fireball.
11:24:45 -- 20 minutes ago

Gainesville, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteors in florida march 2013.
11:26:51 -- 18 minutes ago

High Springs, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for earth boom.
11:34:40 -- 11 minutes ago

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Australia / New Zealand Meteors 21MAR2013

Australia / New Zealand Meteors 21MAR2013

If you witnessed a meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this website; thank you!
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html


21MAR2013 deidre caird auckland new zealand 8.30pm 3 seconds north to south orange ? no no

21MAR2013 Daniel Bribane,Australia 19:45:00 5 north straight down while very bright , below cloud cover none below cloud cover


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VA NJ MD Fireball Meteor 20MAR2013

VA NJ MD  Fireball Meteor approx 22:20 EDT 20MAR2013
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VA NJ MD Meteor 20MAR2013 Reports
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If you witnessed this event please file a meteor sighting report on this website; thank you!
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-

20MAR2013 S. Snead Virginia Beach, VA USA EST approx 10pm less than 6 seconds NW No sounds, bright green trail Green trail was very bright There was some fragmentation None

20MAR2013 Randall Cherry Hill, NJ 22:25 EST 7 sec East to west, facing south Bright white Brighter than the moon, not as birght as the sun None Observed by about 15 people, including me, standing in a parking lot. Everyone though it was uncommonly bright and clear

20MAR2013 Evan Blokkum Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America 2245 4-7 seconds S-N. top of sky to northern horizon orange to bright white flash, orange sparks bright as venus during decent, bright as moon during flash yes I was wearing double hearing protection and goggles due to work. so me and other witnesses couldn't hear anything, I only saw it for four seconds, but some said about seven seconds

20MAR2013 Gretchen Fair Haven, NJ, USA 22:29 eastern 2 facing West - South to North greenish white moon no very bright then disappeared

20MAR2013 Adam Guiffredo Crofton, Maryland, USA 2220/EST 3-5 seconds East to West Bright White Brightness of the Sun One part broke into about seven smaller parts N/A

20MAR2013 willis Dumfries, VA USA 22:20 approximate 3-5 seconds NE greenish Venus no Very bright and unusally long appearing.

All meteor sighting reports can be viewed at-
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

MBIQ Data Set-

Binghamton, New York arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: March 2013" by searching for meteor sighting march 20 2013.
08:51:39 -- 53 minutes ago

Toms River, New Jersey arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteorite new jersey.
08:51:45 -- 53 minutes ago


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21 March 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21MAR2013

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

Caught on cam: Meteor explodes in sky, injures ...
2 min
A meteor shower injured hundreds of people in Russia and damaged buildings in six cities ...
thestarpress.com

For all the threat of asteroids, it’s earthly politics that may doom us all
Wed, 20 Mar, 2013 10:13 AM PDT
After last month's meteorite strike over Russia, and with our increased awareness of the 'cosmic shooting gallery' that we live in, it's becoming clear that even though we can develop the technology to deal with these threats, it may be … Continue reading

Unexpected meteor on way? 'Pray,' says NASA chief
Philadelphia Inquirer
Gen. William Shelton testified there was no warning prior to the meteor's arrival and the military only learned of it when "tipped off by NASA." NASA director Charles F. Bolden Jr. said only to “pray” when he was asked what they could do if a large ...

NASA's Advice for Meteor Strike: 'Pray'
Daily Beast
NASA's Advice for Meteor Strike: 'Pray'. Would someone please buy NASA some telescopes? Asked what America could do if a meteorite like the one that hit Russia last month was three weeks away from hitting New York, NASA administrator Charles Bolden ...

NASA 10 years behind on meteor mandate
Newsday
NASA 10 years behind on meteor mandate. Published: March 19, 2013 8:41 PM By MARK DRAJEM. Bloomberg News. The U.S. space agency is a decade behind in meeting a congressional mandate to detect meteors capable of destroying a city, and it ...

NASA lagging for a decade on meteor tracking
Indices Media
This issue became all the more relevant in light of the Feb 15 meteor blast that took place over Russia which had not been anticipated. Chelyabinsk, the remote Russian town which took the major impact of the largest meteor to have exploded near the ...

Russia Meteor Fragments Found Near Chelyabinsk Suggest Space Rock Of ...
Huffington Post
The meteor – which injured nearly 1,500 people and caused widespread property damage in Chelyabinsk city on Friday – was the largest recorded space rock to hit Earth in more than a century. Health officials said 46 of the injured remain hospitalized.

NASA Wants Meteor Warning System - YouTube
2 min
ABC's Devin Dwyer explains what the space agency wants to do to protect the country.
youtube.com

NEOs: Near Earth Objects - The Video Show
Space.com
On Feb. 15, a rocky meteor the size of a bus, but much heavier, exploded over the Ural Mountains near Chelyabinsk, Russia, in what many scientists and lawmakers have billed as a wake-up call to the threat to Earth posed by near-Earth asteroids.

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Japan Nice Fireball Meteor 19MAR2013 2013-3-19, 23:14:56 2回の小爆発火球

Japan Nice Fireball Meteor 23:14:56  19MAR2013
2013-3-19, 23:14:56 2回の小爆発火球Sonota Corp-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2983&sid=f5c2a42024a4a0d1f23bc6bbf5604db6

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http://meteor.chicappa.jp/2013/2013_Fireball_Ueda.html

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20 March 2013

US Congressional Hearing on Asteroid Threat 19MAR2013 "PRAY"

US Congressional Hearing on Asteroid Threat - NASA Testimony 19MAR2013 "PRAY"
You Might Want to Watch as is Important Testimony! For YOU too!
Ten Thousand or More 'City Destroyer' Asteroids Currently Un-Detected | V
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Published on Mar 19, 2013
Dr. John Holdren and NASA Administrator Gen. Charles F. Bolden testified before congress on March 19, 2013 on Earth threatening asteroids and the current state of funding to battle the issue.

Thing and a prayer: NASA chief says Earth defenseless in asteroid strike
Published time: March 20, 2013 15:05
RT News
If an unknown large meteor or asteroid were on a collision course with Earth, NASA chief Charles Bolden told a US House of Representatives Science Committee hearing Tuesday, then praying is all America or anyone else could do. ...more

Revelation 13:9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.
الله يرحمنا يا رب

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MBIQ Detects NY PA OH KY Meteors 19MAR2013


MBIQ Detects NY NJ PA OH KY Meteors 19MAR2013 - confirmed

We need your meteor sighting report; please file one on this website; thank you!

Initial Sighting Reports-
Event 1 - approx. 10:08 p.m. EST
19MAR2013 chelsea Louisville, Kentucky USA 10:15 p.m. EST about 5-8 seconds NW to the left ELECTRIC BABY BLUE, almost weave in and out like a sewing needle through fabric, could have appeared that way because of a cloud or something, it was fast but slower than a shooting star and more "blob" like motion  moon no areas of sky surrounding this appeared brighter, sound was like an F-117 nighthawk passing

19MAR2013 Malissa cincinnati, ohio united states 10:08pm EST 2-3seconds right to left  blue tint  brighter then the moon no bright white with blueish trail, bigger then a star

19MARCH2013 acamill Bridgeville, PA USA 22:08 EASTERN 4-5 SEC N-SE L-R FACING WEST WHITE VENUS + YES THE TAIL SEEMED TO SPARKLE OUT VERY LONG TAIL, AND BRIGHT ALSO THE TAIL LASTED AND SPARKELED OUT

Event 2-  approx. 21:05:00
19MAR2013 Igor Fradlis Woodmere, NY, USA 21:05:00 1 second flash W-E, I was facing North White flash, Boom after 10 seconds Same as Sun not known The boom was loud enough to be heard inside a car.

MBIQ Data Set-
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor in the sky pittsburgh 3/19.
13:16:55 -- 2 minutes ago

Blue Point, New York arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for flash in the sky tonight.
13:18:18 -- 1 minute ago

New Bremen, Ohio arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for metorite sighting in ohio march 19 2013.
12:47:58 -- 32 minutes ago

Jersey City, New Jersey arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteorite towards new york.
13:24:59 -- 11 minutes ago


Minster, Ohio arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for bright blue green flash northern ohio march 19.
13:45:45 -- 3 minutes ago



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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20MAR2013

NASA's advice for near-term meteor strike: "Pray ...
NASA administrator says nation is not ready for an imminent meteor or asteroid as scientists ...
cbsnews.com

In memoriam: Karl Turekian
Tue, 19 Mar, 2013 11:39 AM PDT
Karl K. Turekian, a pioneering Yale geochemist who examined an uncommonly broad range of topics in planetary science — including the sediments of the deep seas, the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, meteorite strikes, and the composition of moon rocks — died March 15 in Branford.Continue reading

Weston Meteorite exhibit at Easton Public Library
Tue, 19 Mar, 2013 09:32 AM PDT
On the morning of Feb. 15, residents of Chelyabinsk, Russia, and neighboring towns were startled by a meteor that streaked overhead, then exploded spectacularly, shattering windows, damaging buildings, injuring hundreds, and raining down celestial debris.Continue reading

NASA's advice for near-term meteor strike: "Pray"
CBS News
At a House Committee hearing Tuesday, NASA administrator Charles Bolden Jr. was asked what America would do if a meteor similar to the one that hit in Russia on Feb. 15 was found to be on a path toward New York City, with impact three weeks away.

Chelyabinsk meteor is said to be about 300 mln years old
Russia & India Report
The meteor that slammed into the area of Chelyabinsk, an industrial city in the Urals, on a bright winter morning last month, was at least 289 mln years old, the director of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Erik Galimov ...

Large fireball streaks across eastern U.S. – seen in 7 states | The ...
McDaniel isn't the only one who saw the meteor; the American Meteorologist Society received 55 reports about this fireball seen over Georgia, North Carolina, ...
theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/.../large-fireball-streaks-a...

Chelyabinsk meteorite: Mystery revealed
Russia Beyond The Headlines
No more than 10 percent of the meteor's initial weight actually hit the surface — some 1,000 tons, said Galimov. The rest of the meteor turned to dust and disintegrated in the atmosphere. Scientists were able to collect approximately 3 kilograms (6.6 ...

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19 March 2013

MBIQ Detects Australia Meteor 20MAR2013

MBIQ Detects Australia Meteor 0:45:00 20MAR2013

MBIQ has just triggered on an event over Australia.
IF you saw this meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this website; thank you!
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/2011/12/december-2011-meteorfireball-sighting.html

Initial Sighting Reports-
20MARCH2013 Owen Goodwin Rosebud, Victoria, Australia 0:45:00 2 sec North to south Bright green Moon Yes Looked almost fireworks like

MBIQ Data Sample-
Australia arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for i just saw a green meteor.
23:43:19 -- 11 minutes ago

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19MAR2013

Japanese scientists to examine Chebarkul meteor fragments
The Voice of Russia
NASA said the meteor was 17 meters wide and weighed 10,000 tones before entering the atmosphere, releasing about 500 kilotons of energy. Last time such huge meteor, known as the Tunguska meteor, hit the Earth in 1908. Voice of Russia, TASS, BBC ...

The real reason why Russian drivers captured last month's meteor in perfect detail
Yahoo! News UK
The real reason why Russian drivers captured last month's meteor in perfect detail. Dumfounded drivers filmed last month's meteor hit from their own cars - all thanks to 'dashboard cameras' millions of Russians have installed on their front windscreens ...

Large bolide meteor shoots across Carolina sky
WCNC
First Warn Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich says he received lots of reports of a large bolide meteor shooting across the Carolina sky on Saturday night. People from Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and both Carolina reported seeing the fireball.

Meteor Strike | NOVA (premieres Wed. March 27th at 9/8c on PBS)
PBS
Within days, armed with this unprecedented crowd-sourced material, NOVA crews hit the ground in Russia along with impact scientists as they hunted for fragments from the explosion and clues to the meteor's origin and makeup. Their conclusions add up to ...

Meteor streaks across Midwest sky | wkyc.com
Meteor streaks across Midwest sky. A meteor was seen across parts of nine states Friday ...
www.wkyc.com/weather/.../Meteor-streaks-across-Midwest-sk...

Russian classroom meteor explosion on MSN Video
This is a video taken from a classroom when the meteor exploded over Russia. It must have ...
video.ca.msn.com

Meteor Strike | NOVA (premieres Wed. March 27th ...
31 sec
Meteor Strike A blinding flash of light streaked across the Russian sky, followed by a ...
youtube.com

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Japan Beautiful Fireball Meteor 13MAR2013 2013-3-13 2:35:05の爆発火球

Japan Beautiful Fireball Meteor 13MAR2013  2:35:05- Photos and Video
2013-3-13 2:35:05の爆発火球(-5.5mag) Osaka to Tokyo!
Fireball explosion 2013-3-13 2:35:05 (-5.5mag)
Sonota Corp.-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2978&sid=6869343ffd05dfa4bb646adea394a258

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18 March 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18MAR2013

Astroblog: Yet Another Asteroid Hoax (There will be no Meteor ...
By Ian Musgrave
Yet Another Asteroid Hoax (There will be no Meteor Hitting Mexico this Month). There is currently a story circulating, allegedly from a Professor Herbert Raymond Brown, that a 300 meter diameter asteroid called DA2013cl2 will impact the ...

Update on Russia's Mega-Meteor - News from Sky & Telescope ...
The cosmic intruder that exploded so spectacularly over Chelyabinsk last month was a typical asteroidal fragment. Now researchers are piecing together the ...
www.skyandtelescope.com/news/195553631.html

Meteor event seen from Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana ...
Ontario MI OH IL IN Fireball Meteor 21'15 EST 08MAR2013 MBIQ has just ... Initial MeteorSighting Reports- 08MAR2013 Jeff Massecar Toronto, ontario, ...
www.sott.net/.../259412-Meteor-event-seen-from-Ontario-Mic...

The Chelyabinsk Meteor and a possible link with - Signs of the Times
I think the idea of the Russian meteor being related to 2012DA14 should be resurrected. I say resurrected because the idea was so roundly slapped down by ...
www.sott.net/.../259524-The-Chelyabinsk-Meteor-and-a-possi...

Saturday meteor confirmed over Ohio | wkyc.com
CLEVELAND - The American Meteor Society confirms a meteor passed over Ohio on Saturday night. Saturday's sighting was reported about 6:50 p.m. EST and ...
www.wkyc.com/.../Saturday-meteor-confirmed-over-Ohio

Video: Meteor Strike Preview | Watch NOVA Online | PBS Video
A meteor burst into a fireball over Siberia. Can we spot the next deadly asteroid in time? Watch online: Meteor Strike Preview from NOVA. On demand, streaming ...
video.pbs.org/video/2344107964

Meteor Strike: Fireball from Space - Clips - Series 1 ... - Channel 4
Clips - Series 1 - Meteor Strike: Fireball from Space (1 Clips). Back to All Clips; Meteor Strike: Fireball from Space. All Episodes · Meteor Strike: Fireball from ...
www.channel4.com/programmes/meteor-strike.../episode-1

First analyses of Russian meteor explain why it exploded ... - Reddit
/r/AskScience for all of the Science Questions! Please ensure that your submission to r/science is : a direct link to or a summary of peer reviewed research with ...
www.reddit.com/.../first_analyses_of_russian_meteor_explain...

Fireball seen gliding across the Carolina skies Saturday night -- Fire ...
Cleveland County, N.C. - There are several reports from Saturday night of a meteor gliding across the Carolina skies. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a large ...
www.sott.net/.../259848-Fireball-seen-gliding-across-the-Carol...

Astronomy | Tracking smaller asteroids is no easy assignment
Columbus Dispatch
Last month's meteor coincided with the flyby of another, larger asteroid, which came closer to Earth than many communications satellites. (To be clear: Asteroids orbit in space; meteors are asteroids that enter Earth's atmosphere, and meteorites are ...

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MBIQ Detects Ontario Quebec Fireball Meteors 17MAR2013

MBIQ Detects 2 meteors Ontario  21'10 EDT and Quebec Fireball Meteor 23'00 EDT 17MAR2013

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

Initial Reports-
Ontario 21'10 EDT
Just saw a large beautiful meteor, duration was about 1.5 - 2.5 seconds. Time was 21:10 hrs est. Very fast, travelling south to north ( approx). Did not see any framentation, just a white bolide. I live in North Bay ontario, Canada. Cheers. Craig Moody
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Quebec 23'00 EDT
17MAR2013 Gilles Gaumont Sainte-Julienne, Quebec, Canada 2300 EST 6 Sec E:S:E Blue Very bright almost fosferous Left a long trail Had a long trail and was very bright white/blue ish colour, Slight sound

MBIQ Sample Data-
Gatineau, Quebec arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching formeteor sighting ottawa march 17th 2013.
12:38:53 -- 1 minute ago
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Weekend Sci-Fi B Movies Matinee -Night of the Comet (1984) Full moviePlan 9 From Outer Space (1959) Full Movie

Weekend Sci-Fi B Movie Matinee

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) Full Movie Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) Full Movie
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