Meteorites found in Ohio, USA Map

Meteorites found in Ohio, USA Map

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Meteorites Found in Ohio
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Cincinnati	Official		1870	Ohio, USA	Iron, IIAB	1500 g
Dayton **	Official		1892	Ohio, USA	Iron, IAB-sLH	26.3 kg	8
Enon	Official		1883	Ohio, USA	Iron, ungrouped	763 g
Fairfield **	Official		1974 or 1982	Ohio, USA	Iron, IAB-MG	1600 g	83
Gahanna **	Official		1950	Ohio, USA	Iron, IAB-MG	1201 g	85
Kossuth **	Official		1975	Ohio, USA	Iron, IVA	5.9 kg	83
New Concord	Official	Y	1860	Ohio, USA	L6	230 kg
New Westville	Official		1941	Ohio, USA	Iron, IVA	4.8 kg
Paint Creek	Doubtful	Y	1868	Ohio, USA	Doubtful Iron	9.3 kg
Powellsville **	Official		1990	Ohio, USA	H5	4.31 kg	83
Pricetown	Official	Y	1893	Ohio, USA	L6	900 g
Serpent Mound **	Crater		<320 Ma	Ohio, USA	Impact Crater				From Earth Impact Database
Tarlton **	Official		1967	Ohio, USA	H4	227 g	65
Wooster	Official		1858	Ohio, USA	Iron, IAB-sLL	22.7 kg

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West Virginia Meteorites Map

Meteorites found in West Virginia, USA Map

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Meteorites Found in West Virginia
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Greenbrier County	Official	1880	West Virginia, USA	Iron, IIIAB	5 kg
Jenny's Creek	Official	1883	West Virginia, USA	Iron, IAB-MG	12 kg
Landes **	Official	1930	West Virginia, USA	Iron, IAB-MG	69.8 kg	51
Montrose	Doubtful	1940	West Virginia, USA	Doubtful stone

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Virginia Meteorites Map

Meteorites found in Virginia, USA Map

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Meteorites Found in Virginia
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18 records found for meteorites with places that contain "Virginia"
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Augusta County	Official		1858	Virginia, USA	Iron, IIIAB	76 kg
Botetourt County	Official		1850	Virginia, USA	Iron	500 g
Chesapeake Bay**	Crater		35.3 ± 0.1	Virginia, USA	Impact Crater
Cranberry Plains	Official		1852	Virginia, USA	Iron, IVA	90 g
Dungannon	Official		1922	Virginia, USA	Iron, IAB-MG	13 kg
Forksville	Official	Y	1924	Virginia, USA	L6	6.07 kg
Greenbrier County	Official		1880	West Virginia, USA	Iron, IIIAB	5 kg
Hopper	Official		1889	Virginia, USA	Iron, IIIAB	1800 g
Indian Valley	Official		1887	Virginia, USA	Iron, IIAB	14.1 kg
Jenny's Creek	Official		1883	West Virginia, USA	Iron, IAB-MG	12 kg
Keen Mountain **	Official		1950	Virginia, USA	Iron, IIAB	6.69 kg	8
Landes **	Official		1930	West Virginia, USA	Iron, IAB-MG	69.8 kg	51
Lorton **	Official	Y	2010	Virginia, USA	L6	330 g	99
Montrose	Doubtful		1940	West Virginia, USA	Doubtful stone
Norfolk	Official		1907	Virginia, USA	Iron, IIIAB	23 kg
Richmond	Official	Y	1828	Virginia, USA	LL5	1800 g
Sharps	Official	Y	1921	Virginia, USA	H3.4	1265 g
Staunton	Official		1869	Virginia, USA	Iron, IIIE	43.5 kg

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Meteorites Found in Pennsylvania, USA Map

Meteorites Found in Pennsylvania, USA Map

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Meteorites Found in Pennsylvania
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8 records found for meteorites with places that contain "Pennsylvania"
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Bald Eagle	Official		1891	Penn., USA	Iron,  IIIAB	3.2 kg
Black Moshannan Park	Official	Y	1941	Penn., USA	L5	705 g
Bradford Woods	Official	Y	1886	Penn., USA	L	762 g
Chicora	Official	Y	1938	Penn., USA	LL6	303 g
Mount Joy	Official		1887	Penn., USA	Iron,  IIAB	384 kg
New Baltimore	Official		1922	Penn., USA	Iron,  ungrouped	20 kg
Pittsburg	Official		1850	Penn., USA	Iron,  IAB-MG	600 g
Shrewsbury	Official		1907	Penn., USA	Iron,  IAB-sLL	12 kg

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16MAY2013

The Elizabeth Meteorite
Tue, 14 May, 2013 02:03 PM PDT
The Planetary Studies Foundation is an internationally recognized meteorite research institution that is involved with the recovery and classification of new meteorites. One of the PSF’s latest meteoritediscoveries is directly related to the Village of Elizabeth, Illinois.Continue reading

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 11-17, 2013 | American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near two as seen from the northern hemisphere and three as seen from south of the ...
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Unknown wonders: Wolfe Creek Crater - The Conversation
The Conversation
The only bigger crater undoubtedly made by a meteorite impact is the Meteor Crater in Arizona. Travelling at cosmic velocity, about 15km per second (that's 40 times faster than a bullet from a high-powered rifle, or like crossing Australia in less than ...

1948 Norton County Meteorite Rock - YouTube
3 min
Laura Woolley appraises an out-of-this-world meteorite rock during ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's ...
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Halley's Comet Meteor Spotted By Two NASA Cameras | Video
Malaysia Sun
Space.com Monday 13th May, 2013. The all-sky and wide-field cameras at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama delivered 2 different angles on an incoming object during the Eta Aquarid meteor shower on May 8th, 2013. Read more ...

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Puerto Rico Fireball Meteor 14MAY2013

Puerto Rico Fireball Meteor 1 am / EST 14MAY2013

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Puerto Rico Meteor 14MAY2013
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
14MAY2013 Gabriel Miranda San Juan, Puerto Rico 1:00:00 1.5 - 2 125ºSE from Left to Right Green Very bright I think as bright as the moon No I was with a friend that also saw it.

14MAY2013 Keyla Lajas, Puerto Rico 1 am / EST 5 seconds Stopped in the horizon level.  left to right. I was facing South green/blue no tail high brightness. Like a big star didn't see any none

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California Fireball Meteor 13MAY2013

California Fireball Meteor approx. 21:35 PDT 13MAY2013

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California Meteor 13MAY2013
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13MAY2013 Barbra Point Reyes Station, CA About 22:00 PST 6-7 sec W to E Green Venus No Very bright

13May2013 Kat M Las Flores, CA 92688 21:36:00 15 seconds max SE to NW Bright white possibly tinted bluish green Super bright No fragments It had a tail

13MAY2013 Niilo Tippler Los Angeles, CA, USA 21:32 PST 1-2 seconds NE->NE, 50deg->30deg Bright white center, Bright green outer, no sound Brighter than full moon Multiple
fragmentation trail Very Bright, almost like a green flare, but much faster.

13May2013 Mitchell cooper Sylmar ca USA 21:30:00 10 seconds North Bright light falling to earth Sun 3 parts Thought it was going to explode on earth

13MAY2013 julie riverside, ca 936 2 sec i was  facing north sky, straight down path in sky bright green no or small tail small bright point of light, moving fast no none

13MAY2013 jon chandler valley center california 21:35 approx 3 seconds headed falling rapidly blue green extremely bright none had a long trail

13MAY2013 Rachel Los Angeles, CA 21:30 PDT 5-7 sec I was facing NE, appeared to be moving directly overhead towards the NE. It was bright and amazing! Colors ranged from bright blue/white to orange to yellow in bursts. We were inside so can not comment as to sound. As bright as a firecracker Not that we could see Wish we had had a camera on the ready; sadly, none.

13MAY2013 John Del Mar, CA 21:20:00 5 seconds start NE looking north bright white with green tail brighter than moon did not seem to fragment no

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Arizona Meteor 12MAY2013

Arizona Meteor 23:35 MDT 12MAY2013
-Sonics and Fragmentation Reported
-- Meteorites on the ground?

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Arizona Meteor 12MAY2013
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12MAY2013 David Ankney Maricopa AZ USA 23:33:00 3 sec west to east Amber/orange fireworks bright yes long tail breaking up may have come down withing 30 miles

12MAY2013 Thomas Hughes Avondale, AZ, USA 23:35 MT 15-20 Sec NW-SE/ Left to Right/ Facing East White with orange tail Moon Fragmented south of Phoenix Nice =)

12MAY2013 Pamela Dickens Tucson, AZ 23:35 MST 3 Secs N.W. - N.E. Left to right, facing North Bright red and white around the body and also the tail. About 1/3 as bright as a full moon, much brighter than a common "shooting star." Not that I saw Spectacular sight.

12MAY2013 Nathaniel Smalley Phoenix, AZ 23:35:00 5-10 seconds Start NW traveling SE White/Orange Bright as moon Can't confirm The fireball extinguished in the Sotheastern sky and a few seconds later I believe I heard a 'pop' sound

12MAY2013 Jessica Morrison Mesa, AZ 11:45 p.m. About 15 sec West to East Almost pinkish in color. No sound. About twice as bright as shooting star. Yes parts falling off behind. It burned for sometime and eventually broke off and burned out.

12MAY2013 mike Tucson, AZ 2215 5-10 secs W-E, N-S Red, Blue same as moon yes there were two seperate objects

Sonics!
Dr. Don McCarthy and his group (Astronomy Camp) were on Mt Lemmon (or Mt Bigelow) just north of Tucson and witnessed the meteor event and reported sonics heard. - Dr. Larry Lebofsky, Tucson
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13MAY2013

Bethlehem driver almost hit by meteorite in 1913 - Almanac May 12, 2013
Sun, 12 May, 2013 03:42 AM PDT
The Tri-State Sky-Diving Club of Flemington put on an aerial demonstration in 1963.Continue reading

BBC News - Meteor spotted in night sky in England ...
People have reported seeing what was thought to be a meteor in the night sky in parts of ...
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Massive "fireball" spotted over the United Kingdom : worldnews
[10:32 pm GMT+1] Second photo in - A green fireball ... Second Twitter Picture - A clear, greenfireball · Third Twitter Picture - Poor Resolution ...
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Another meteorite falls in Connecticut - WFSB 3 ...
For the second time in a month, a meteorite has landed in a Connecticut community.
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HISTORY LESSON: 20-ton meteor crashed near Blackstone, Va., Betty Miller ...
San Angelo Standard Times
Today is Sunday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2013. There are 233 days left in the year. This is Mother's Day. In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, S.C., surrendered to British forces. In 1922, a 20-ton meteor crashed ...

Another meteorite strikes a home in Connecticut
Science Recorder
Superstition rose in Connecticut this week as yet another meteor was discovered in a Connecticut town beginning with the letter “W.” “That's just crazy. It's just unbelievable,” Waterbury resident Jay Langlois expressed to New England Cable News ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05MAY2013
The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak this weekend, with the best ... Meteor shower from Halley's Comet lights up early morning sky - News Track ...
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