13 December 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13DEC2013

Reliably Prolific Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks On December 13 ...
Examiner.com
Folks have already excitedly reported seeing at least 50 shooting stars per hour with this year's Geminid meteor shower, and it isn't even peak time yet! The peak ...

The "Magic Hour" for Geminid Meteors
Space Fellowship
“It's going to be cold,” says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. “But that is the best time to see the 2013 Geminid meteor shower.” ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Greece TWO Fireballs in ...
Greece TWO Fireballs in 24 Hours 11/12DEC2013 Please file your meteor sighting-. http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.
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Geminid meteor shower December 13-14, 2013: Peak time, best ...
ChristianToday
The annual Geminid meteor shower will begin in the early morning hours of Dec. 12 and will continue on to Dec. 16. The meteors will be peaking on the night of ...

Meteor explodes over Arizona — big shower begins - WND
(CNN) A resounding boom over Tucson, Arizona, roused residents from their dinner tables Tuesday and had them pointing up to the sky. With the largest meteor ...
mobile.wnd.com/.../meteor-explodes-over-arizona-big-shower...

Meteor Arizona: Loud Boom, Streaking Light in Sky Stuns Residents
WebProNews
A meteor explosion shocked some Arizona residents on Tuesday night, Dec 10th, when a loud sonic boom and bright lights streaked across the sky.

Vatican astronomer from metro Detroit will track meteor showers ...
Detroit Free Press
Astronomers say the Geminid meteor showers can be the most vivid of meteor showers, with as many as 100 to 120 bright, blazing balls visible from any point on ...

Chelyabinsk Meteor: The Animated Movie - National Geographic | e ...
A 3-D animated movie of the Russian meteor strike is helping researchers study how much energy it released into the atmosphere.
esciencenews.com/.../chelyabinsk.meteor.the.animated.movie


HUGE Meteor seen several states and two countries - MYSTERY ...
Dec 10th 2013. Large Meteor shakes homes and makes a loud boom. Residents from neighboring States calling to find out that happened. This was reportedly ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCz0-HD6RGM&feature...

Geminids: Last Meteor Shower of 2013 Peaks This Weekend - One ...
Geminids: Last Meteor Shower of 2013 Peaks This Weekend • Patch Peachtree Corners, GA -- Geminid meteors are among the brightest of any of the annual ...
www.onenewspage.us/.../Geminids-Last-Meteor-Shower-of-20...

Arizona meteor: Video captures brilliant display ...
Arizona meteor: A huge meteor streaked across the night sky in Arizona, creating sonic booms ...
csmonitor.com

Meteor explodes over Arizona; big meteor shower begins
CNN
With the largest meteor shower of the year around the corner, the heavens seemed to be giving them a sneak preview. A whopper of a fireball roared over their ...

Arizona meteor totally unrelated to tonight's eye-popping Geminids
Christian Science Monitor
Two things are true: (1) A "fireball" meteor lit up Arizona skies Tuesday night. (2) The most dramatic meteor shower of the year is expected to peak tomorrow ...

Geminid meteor shower best viewing may be tonight
CBC.ca
The annual Geminid meteor shower — the most intense of the year — will peak Friday night. The best viewing may be early Saturday, once the moon sets, the ...

For best view of weekend meteor shower, stay up late, get up early
Los Angeles Times
Skywatchers who brave the cold this weekend will be rewarded with the best views of the Geminid meteor shower. The annual Geminids, named for the stellar ...

National Space Centre - Geminids meteor shower peaks
alse colour image of the Geminids meteor shower. Image credit: (NASA/MSFC Each December, the Geminids meteor shower can provide a striking display as ...
www.spacecentre.co.uk/.../364-geminids-meteor-shower-peaks

2013 Geminid Meteor Shower: Top 6 Things You Should Know ...
As the 2013 Geminid Meteor Shower is set to peak on Dec 13 to 14, a thrilling and festive sky show is expected to happen with the meteor shower intensifying ...
au.ibtimes.com/articles/.../2013-geminid-meteor-shower.htm

Meteor breaks up above Marana, researchers look for remnants ...
Around 7:11 p.m. Dec.10, a large meteor entered the earth's atmosphere northeast of Phoenix and broke up over Marana according to a researcher from ...
explorernews.com/.../article_5d6afdfa-62c5-11e3-adf5-001a4...

Meteor Arizona 2013: Meteor Breaks Up Over Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz.—Meteor hunters and scientists are scouring the Tucson area looking for fragments of a meteor. The large meteor reportedly entered the earth's ...
www.theepochtimes.com/.../394640-meteor-arizona-2013-met...

Meteorite Explodes Above Arizona Ahead of Geminids 2013 [VIDEOS]
International Business Times UK - 8 hours
Huge fireball lights up night sky above Arizona.

Meteorite hunters looking for help from the public
KVOA Tucson - 22 hours
TUCSON - Meteorite hunters continue to search for fireball fragments on Tucson's northwest side.

Has Earth Splattered Life All Over the Solar System?
Mashable - 15 hours
Lithopanspermia: put that word in your “cool new space words” dictionary. But what does it mean? It means spreading life, preserved within ...

Chelyabinsk Meteor: The Animated Movie
National Geographic
Now, scientists have created the first computer-simulated animation of the most well-recorded meteor impact in human history—thanks to cell phones and the ...

Geminids 2013: Key Facts About the Best Meteor Shower of the Year
International Business Times UK
The Geminid meteor shower has been visible to astronomers for the last week, but is due to peak on the night of 13/14 December, when meteors will be visible ...

Where to Watch the Friday the 13th Geminid Meteor Shower | Big ...
Thick clouds, rain, a bright Gibbous Moon and chilly temperatures will make for difficult stargazing. Fortunately the Slooh space camera's broadcast team will be ...
bigthink.com/.../where-to-watch-the-friday-the-13th-geminid-...

Meteor rattles houses, brightens sky over TucsonUPI.com
TUCSON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A loud boom and a bright streak in the sky over Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday evening may have been a preview of the year's largest meteor ...

Dazzling Arizona Fireball Sparks Weekend Meteor Shower Interest
Malaysia Sun
The Geminid meteor shower - one of the most spectacular meteor displays of the year - may hit its peak this weekend, but some stargazers in Arizona got a ...

Arizona meteorite not part of Geminid meteor shower 2013
NVO News/Denver Post- December 12, 2013
Now NASA has said that Arizona meteorite was not part of Geminid meteor
shower 2013. Its peak time in USA will be Friday morning. But reports
suggest that very bright moon may impede the sighting of these falling
"stars" in the days to come. Meteor showers are best watched under rather
dark nights when moon is either not out or when it is not very bright.

Workshop on Using Radar Imagery for Meteorite Fall Detection and Recovery
Conveners: Marc Fries and Mike Zolensky (NASA Johnson Space Center)
September 7, 2014 in Casablanca, Morocco (just prior to the 77th
Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society Meeting in Casablanca)
Weather radar imagery is a proven new means of locating fresh meteorite ...

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12 December 2013

Greece TWO Fireballs in 24 Hours 11/12DEC2013

Greece TWO Fireballs in 24 Hours 11/12DEC2013

Please file your meteor sighting-
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

I was reading the news (i am out of country at the moment) and i have read about 2 fireball reportings, one in the vicinity of Athens and another in Zakynthos in the past 24 hours. The media report (over exaggerating, as usual) about meteorite drops....

There seems to be photo evidence of the initial flash, 8:30am in Patra:
http://news247.gr/eidiseis/koinonia/duo_metewrites_xtuphsan_attikh_kai_zakyntho.2547920.html

Rough translation - the object had a long train, remained in view for 20s before disappearing out of sight

If anyone else has any news about this (any Greeks who have any other information or possibly Italian residents in the south), it would be good to share.

Thanks and best regards,
Alex Daskalakis

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12DEC2013

Meteorite hunter, NASA scientists scour Tucson for fragments
KVOA Tucson News
TUCSON - Meteor hunters and assorted scientists are scouring Tucson looking for fragments of a meteor that crashed into the atmosphere Tuesday night.

Possible meteor spotted in Arizona - CNN.com Video
37 sec
Several people in Arizona think the loud boom and the flashing light they saw might have been ...
cnn.com

Loud boom heard, lights seen across AZ. The BIG meteor shower ...
KGUN 9 has received tons of calls and over 600 comments on our Facebook page from people across Tucson and Arizona. We even had a person in Flagstaff ...
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread987455/pg1

Meteor lights up Arizona sky Tuesday, December 10, 2013
A meteor sighting over the Arizona skies caused quite a stir Tuesday night. From Las Vegas to Tucson, Twitter users reported a bright object streak across the ...
www.abc15.com/.../Meteor-lights-up-Arizona-sky-Tuesday-D...

Possible meteor spotted in Arizona - CNN.com Video
Several people in Arizona think the loud boom and the flashing light they saw might have been ameteor.
www.cnn.com/video/.../possible-arizona-meteor.ktvk.html

Dazzling Arizona Fireball Sparks Weekend Meteor ... - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo News: The Geminid meteor shower — one of the most spectacular meteordisplays of the year — may hit its peak this weekend, but some ...
news.yahoo.com/dazzling-arizona-fireball-sparks-weekend-me...

Possible meteor spotted in Valley skies | azfamily.com Phoenix
A flash of light in the sky Tuesday night had lots of folks talking, and wondering what it was.
www.azfamily.com/.../Meteor-spotted-in-sky-Tuesday-night-2...

Explosion Over Arizona - Big Meteor Shower Begins! | WeatherBug ...
The annual Geminid meteor shower officially starts Thursday, December 12th and is expected to inundate the skies with 100 to 120 meteors an hour at its peak ...
knowbefore.weatherbug.com/.../explosion-arizona-big-meteor...

Meteor over Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport in ...
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Dashcam Video of a meteor streaking over Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport from the NNE to the ...
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Tucson is epicenter of meteorite strike, rock hunt
Arizona Daily Star - 2 hours
Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night.The event began at 7:11 p.m. ...

Meteorite breaks up over southern Arizona
KTAR 92.3 Phoenix - 34 minutes
Meteor hunters and scientists are scouring the Tucson area looking for fragments of a meteor.

Tucson is epicenter of meteorite strike
Arizona Daily Star - 7 hours
Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt and scientists want Tucsonans to help them look for the space rocks.At 7:11 Tuesday night a large ...

Chelyabinsk Meteor: Dust Grains Reveal How It Played Bumper Car before Hitting Earth
Scientific American - 23 hours 
Mother Nature Network
[Photos: Russian Meteor Explosion of Feb. 15, 2013]. Over the next 10 million years, these tiny pieces, along with generous helpings of dust, coalesced into an ...

RT tops YouTube 2013 trending news videos
rt.com- December 11, 2013
RT's footage of the Chelyabinsk meteorite has been recognized by YouTube, as the website looks back on what's been trending in 2013. The video received 38.5 million views - thanks to viewers like you, who helped make and share the footage

Fireball lights up the Arizona sky
KTAR.com
PHOENIX -- Meteor sightings were reported across the Valley and the entire state of Arizona Tuesday evening. A bright, green light flew across the Las Vegas, ...

geminids meteor shower is this weekend - KLYQ
The Geminids meteor shower is best viewed Thursday night and Friday night - into the morning hours.
klyq.com/geminids-meteor-shower-is-upon-us/

NASA Calling This Week's Meteor Shower "The 900-lb Gorilla Of ...
The spectacular Geminid meteor shower is approaching quickly. It is such a big meteor shower that NASA calls "the Geminids the 900-lb gorilla of meteor ...
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Bundle up! Geminid meteor shower peaks this Friday night | Astro Bob
The annual Geminid meteor shower will peak Friday night – Saturday morning Dec. 13-14. Geminids can appear anywhere in the sky but if trace their trails ...
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Meteor over Tucson called preview of spectacular cosmic light show ...
TUCSON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A loud boom and a bright streak in the sky over Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday evening may have been a preview of the year's largest meteor ...
www.upi.com/Science.../UPI-73821386796263/?spt...

18 kg meteorite found in Antarctica - YouTube
3 min
18 kg meteorite found in Antarctica18 kg meteorite found in Antarctica.
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Meteor Explodes over Arizona - Spectacular Meteor Shower Begins ...
ch veeloo
The largest meteor shower of the year seemed to be giving them a sneak preview. A meteorfrom the Geminid meteor shower, which is expected to peak this ...
UFO Sightings Hotspot

Meteor shower! If you're lucky enough to... - Sky & Telescope ...
Meteor shower! If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, look toward Cassiopeia.
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Arizona Meteor Stuns Residents With Loud Boom, Streaking Light
A meteor shower over Arizona stunned residents Tuesday night as they heard a loud boom accompanied by a bright light streaking across the horizon.
www.newsmax.com/TheWire/meteor-arizona.../id/541400

Arizona meteor explosion lights up night sky [VIDEO] - UPI.com
An meteor streaking across the Arizona sky dazzled locals on Tuesday.
www.upi.com/blog/2013/12/11/...up.../9171386805416/

Bright Blue Meteor Falls Near Tuscon, Explodes, Shakes Windows ...
Bright Blue Meteor Falls Near Tuscon, Explodes, Shakes Windows And Smells?
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Meteor zips over Arizona with a loud bang - Topix
Meteor zips over Arizona with a loud bang. 1 min ago | Posted by: roboblogger | Full story: WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh. Once you're logged in, at the top of each article ...
www.topix.com/.../meteor-zips-over-arizona-with-a-loud-bang

Meteor rattles houses, brightens sky over Tucson
Space Daily
A loud boom and a bright streak in the sky over Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday evening may have been a preview of the year's largest meteor shower, astronomers said.

Meteor Showers Light Up Arizona Sky This Week
Headlines & Global News
The display was part of the annual Geminid meteor shower which was set to start on Thursday with about 120 meteors expected per hour when themeteor ...

Meteor explodes over Arizona
Daily Mail
The sighting comes a few days out from the annual Geminid meteor, which officially starts Thursday. It carries a maximum of 100 to 120 meteors per hour at its ...

Dazzling Arizona Fireball Sparks Weekend Meteor Shower Interest
Space.com
The Geminid meteor shower — one of the most spectacular meteordisplays of the year — may hit its peak this weekend, but some stargazers in Arizona got a ...

Arizona meteor explosion lights up night sky [VIDEO]
UPI.com (blog)
Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Ahead of the Geminid meteor shower expected this weekend, Arizona residents were treated to a preview of sorts when a bright ball of light ...

Meteor explosion over Arizona part of disturbing new trend
Examiner.com
Reports of a meteor explosion over Tuscon, Arizona yesterday evening are part of a disturbing new trend. This year has seen a dramatic increase in the number ...

Tucson is epicenter of meteorite strike, rock hunt
Arizona Daily Star
However, the fireball wasn't a meteor, per se. “Meteor is a phase and not an actual thing. It's a transient, luminescent event,” said Eric Christensen, a University ...

Meteorite hunter, NASA scientists scour Tucson for fragments ...
TUCSON - Meteor hunters and assorted scientists are scouring Tucson looking for fragments of a meteor that crashed into the atmosphere Tuesday night.
www.kvoa.com/.../meteorite-hunter-nasa-scientists-scour-tucso...

News anchor scoffs at explanation of lights as ...
17 sec
People from numerous city's around the Denver area reported seeing a multicolored fireball ...
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11 December 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11DEC2013

Meteor explodes over Arizona; big meteor shower begins - Godlike ...
(CNN) -- A resounding boom over Tucson, Arizona, roused residents from their dinner tables Tuesday and had them pointing up to the sky.
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2432960/pg1

Meteor explodes over Arizona - AllVoices
The largest meteor shower of the year seemed to be giving them a sneak preview, as a whopper of a rock roared past over their heads. It exploded, rattling their.
www.allvoices.com/.../16137143-meteor-explodes-over-arizo...

Meteor seen in Arizona and Las Vegas - After The Gold Rush - Lefora
Meteor seen in Arizona and Las Vegas ...http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_central_southern_az/tucson/Meteor-lights-up-Arizona-sky-Tuesday- ...
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Meteor lights up the Arizona sky - CBS 5 - KPHO
Within seconds of the night sky lighting up with what appears to have been a extraordinarily brightmeteor, social media also lit up with reported sightings.
www.kpho.com/story/.../meteor-lights-up-the-arizona-sky

Meteor zips over Arizona with a loud bang | News - KXLY.com
A resounding boom over Tucson, Arizona, roused residents from their dinner tables Tuesday and had them pointing up to the sky. The largest meteor shower of ...
www.kxly.com/news/Meteor-zips-over.../-/index.html

Russian Meteor, from Birth to Fiery Death: An Asteroid's Story ...
Read 'Russian Meteor, from Birth to Fiery Death: An Asteroid's Story' on Yahoo News South Africa. Scientists have pieced together the history of the space rock ...
za.news.yahoo.com/russian-meteor-birth-fiery-death-asteroid-...

Huge Meteor Streak at Neumayer Lit Up by the Moon - Dec 11, 2013 ...
ch veeloo
There is a huge meteor streak, in the Northeast, at Neumayer Station, in Antarctica; which is lit up by the moon. There are several streaks shown in the sky, that ...UFO Sightings Hotspot

Meteors Peak December 13/14
courierjournal
A false-color image of a 2011 Geminid meteor through a camera at New Mexico State University, operated by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office in ...

Chelyabinsk Meteor: Dust Grains Reveal How It Played Bumper Car ...
The Chelyabinsk meteor entered the atmosphere over Russia on February 15, 2013. It exploded with a half a megaton of energy, generating a shock wave that ...
www.scientificamerican.com/gallery_directory.cfm?...

Fireball lights up the Arizona sky
KTAR.com
KTAR's Dr. Sky says the object appears to be a sporadic fire ball. "We're seeing more and more of the fireballs in our skies but nobody really knows why," Sky ...

Meteor lights up the Arizona sky
Tucson News Now
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -. Within seconds of the night sky lighting up with what appears to have been a extraordinarily bright meteor, social media also ...

Meteor explodes over Tucson. Pink / Orange dust falls from sky.
https://twitter.com/slaughtrmelons/status/410598182993674242/photo/1 Video of meteor over Phoenix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yamg9mxg9Ik.
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2432730/pg1

Arizona State News - See it? Meteor lights up Arizona sky
TUCSON, AZ - A meteor sighting over the Arizona skies caused quite a stir Tuesday ...
www.arizona.statenews.net/index.php/sid/.../caf48823f1822eb...

Possible meteor spotted in Valley skies - YouTube
A flash of light in the sky Tuesday night had lots of folks talking, and wondering what it was. A flash of light in the sky Tuesday night had lots of folks t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTQIFfWpsPY&feature...

Viewers: Meteor streaked across southern Arizona skies ...
A meteor was observed streaking across the sky in southern Arizona shortly after 7 p.m., CBS 5 viewers reported.
www.americanownews.com/.../viewers-meteor-streaked-across...

Geminids Meteor showers to reach its peak on Dec 13-14
The Borneo Post
KUALA LUMPUR: The ongoing Geminids meteor showers are expected to display approximately 120 showers per hour during its peak on Dec 13 to 14.

NASA Developing Natural Hazard Warning Systems
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have enhanced existing GPS technologies to develop new systems for California and elsewhere to warn of hazards from earthquakes, tsunamis and extreme weather events. ...Read more

Life from Earth Could Have Hitched Ride to Moons of Jupiter, Saturn
SPACE.com - 7 hours
Life on Earth or Mars could have been brought to the moons of Jupiter or Saturn on rocks blasted off those planets, researchers say.

Weird Mars Streaks Could be Liquid Water Stains
Discovery News - 2 hours
Dark seasonal streaks on slopes near the Martian equator may be a sign of flowing salt water on Mars, liquid runoff that melts and evaporates ...

Mapping The Dinosaur-Killing Yucatan Peninsula Asteroid Impact Site
redOrbit - 9 hours
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online An asteroid or comet crashed into a shallow sea near what is now the Yucatan Peninsula ...

Astroblog: Geminid Meteor Shower 13-14 December 2013
Ian Musgrave
You can find predictions for your local site at the meteor flux estimator (choose 4 Geminids and date 13-14 December, don't forget to change the date to 2013).
Astroblog

Vietnam to see the best meteor shower this year
VietNamNet Bridge
VietNamNet Bridge - Geminids, the best meteor shower of the year with an extreme number of meteor streaks at 120/hour will take place this weekend and can ...

Get Ready for the 2013 Geminid Meteor Shower
Malaysia Sun
The rising radiant of the Geminids-Looking east at 9PM local from latitude 30 degrees north. (Credit-Stellarium). One of the best annualmeteor showers occurs ...

Geminid meteor shower set to peak over weekend - The China Post
Stargazers will have a chance this weekend to catch the Geminid meteor shower, which is expected to produce scores of meteors per minute, the Taipei ...
www.chinapost.com.tw/life/discover/.../Geminid-meteor.htm

Geminid Meteor Shower 2013 To Peak On Friday, December 13
Huffington Post
Skywatchers may have been disappointed by last month's Leonid meteor shower, which was obscured by a full moon. But the Dec. 13 shower is expected to be ...

Philippine Astronomical Society's (PAS) Geminid Meteor Shower ...
Repost from PAS Facebook Group: December 2013 Monthly Meeting, Geminid MeteorShower Observation and PAS Christmas Party Venue: Ateneo De Manila ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/297526/

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Japan Fireball Meteor 06DEC2013- 2013年12月6日2時21分9秒の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 02;21;29 JST 06DEC2013
2013年12月6日2時21分9秒の火球


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Japan Fireball Meteor 06DEC2013
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Geminid Meteor Shower 2013
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Geminid Meteor Shower to Show Through the Moonlight Friday ...
The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the best shooting-star displays each year, returns to our skies late this week. Skygazers and nature enthusiasts ...
www.skyandtelescope.com/skytel/.../234792751.html

Get Ready for the 2013 Geminid Meteor Shower
Universe Today
Keep in mind, meteor showers often peak hours before or after predictions… we certainly don't know everything that a given meteor stream might have in store!

December's meteor showers | ASSA
At least two meteor showers are active this month – the Geminids and the Puppid-Velids. Grab a deck chair, some coffee, and you may catch a fireball or three ...
assa.saao.ac.za/sections/shallow.../decembers-meteor-showers/

Look up at the stars: the 2013 Geminid meteor... - sci-universe - Tumblr
Look up at the stars: the 2013 Geminid meteor shower will peak on the nights of December 12-14. The show starts at mid-to-late evening and ends at dawn.
sci-universe.tumblr.com/.../look-up-at-the-stars-the-2013-gemi...

Geminid Meteor Shower - Sarasota Magazine
You're invited to join environmental specialist Jeff Weber for an early morning viewing of the Geminid Meteor Shower at Sarasota's Red Bug Slough Preserve.
sarasotamagazine.com/.../geminid-meteor-shower-red-bug-slo...

Life Could Have Hitched a Ride to the Moons of Jupiter and Saturn
Charles Q. Choi- Astrobiology Magazine- December 9, 2013
Summary: A new study suggests the possibility of transfer of life from
the inner solar system to the moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn, although very rare, cannot be ruled out. ...

Moon May Outshine Geminid Meteor Shower ... - Afghanistan Sun
This week marks the peak of what is usually considered the most satisfying of all ...
www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/.../89d96798a39564b...

Mars Lake Could Have Supported Life Billions of Years Ago
National Geographic - 6 hours
The Mars rover Curiosity team describes a once-watery landscape.

Mapping the demise of the dinosaursScience Daily - 4 hours
About 65 million years ago, an asteroid or comet crashed into a shallow sea near what is now the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, resulting in ...

Scientists hunting particle that could explain the universeSalon.com - 23 hours
Neutrinos are the most abundant matter particles. They are just beginning to give up their secrets

Outburst of Andromedid meteors may continue tonightEarthSky
Expert observers are reporting an unexpected outburst of a little-known (but historical) meteor shower. The Andromedid meteor outburst began yesterday ...

Observe a gem of a meteor shower | Astronomy.com
The Geminid meteor shower should put on a dazzling show the night of December 13/14.
www.astronomy.com/.../observe-a-gem-of-a-meteor-shower

Meteor Crashes Into Texas? AGAIN? - Texas UFO Sightings
Check out the latest UFO sightings in Texas - from Austin to Dallas, from Twitter UFO sightings to MUFON Reports - it's all covered right here.
www.texasufosightings.com/1/.../meteor-crashes-into-texas.ht...

PAGASA: Winter Triangle, Geminids to light up December skies 
GMA News
The famous Winter Triangle, the equilateral triangle formation of stars, and the annual Geminids meteor shower will cap 2013 for stargazers in the Philippines, ...

Meteor Outburst in progress? - Stargazers Lounge
... early — tonight, in fact — based on some interesting news. The Andromedid meteor storm on November 27, 1872, as portrayed Enciclopedia Moderna Illu...
stargazerslounge.com/.../201750-meteor-outburst-in-progress/

Geminids to peak on weekend
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, Dec. 10 (CNA) Stargazers will have a chance this weekend to catch the Geminid meteorshower, which is expected to produce scores of meteors per ...

Japan Fireball Meteor 06DEC2013- 2013年12月6日2時21分9秒の火球
For ALL of the Latest Worldwide Meteor/Fireball Reports. "click here" ... 2013年12月6日2時21分9秒の火球. Japan Fireball Meteor 02;21;29 JST 06DEC2013 ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects UK Meteor ...
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham arrived from google.co.uk on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for fireball seen in sky last night in uk.
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Mars Comet: 'Siding Spring' To Cause Massive Meteor Shower In ...
Huffington Post UK
A dramatic meteor show is set to hit Mars next year, astronomers have reported - and it could cause big problems for our intrepid robotic explorers in orbit around ...

Eyes on the skies after 'meteor' spotted above Dundee
Evening Telegraph
He said: “There is a meteor shower due about now — the showers are named after the constellations where they originate from. “The one visible at the moment ...

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MBIQ Detects UK Meteor 09DEC2013

MBIQ Detects UK Meteor 0:25:00 09DEC2013

Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
09DEC2013 Simon Longden Seaton, Devon UK 0:29:00 5 N Blue with yellow tail Slight more than moon No Bright blue head with white and a long yellowish tail

09DEC2013 James Self Basingstoke, Hampshire, England 0:25:00 2 visable in 5 minutes but that's how long I was outside N & N-E White star like dropping fast. No sound Brighter than normal stars. Drew my attention Don't think so Drew my attention as it dropped.
There were 2 in a 5 minute period. Dropped fast but only visable for a few seconds. I think there was a small tail but I couldn't be sure. Unable to get a photo. It is a very clear night here tonight and I am rural but a few street light so can see stars well .

09DEC2013 Delia farmer Essex, england 0:25:00 7 sec S-w Bright yellow Same as sun Huge fireball with trail Huge, very bright, lasted a while

MBIQ Data Sample-
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham arrived from google.co.uk on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for fireball seen in sky last night in uk.
19:11:01 -- 1 hour 23 mins ago

Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham arrived from google.co.uk on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for large fireball last night at 12:25 uk.
18:14:00 -- 2 hours 19 mins ago

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09 December 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09DEC2013

Chelyabinsk meteor traveled for 1.2 million years before impact
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Space Weather News for Dec. 8, 2013
METEOR OUTBURST: The Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar is detecting echoes
from a meteor outburst in the constellation Andromeda, in progress on
Dec. 8th. It appears to be debris from old Comet Biela, which broke apart
in the 19th century. Observers in the northern hemisphere, especially
Europeans, should be alert for Andromedid meteors on the night of Dec.
8-9. ...

Fiercest meteor shower on record to hit Mars - Unexplained Mysteries
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Possible Andromedid meteor outburst Sunday night
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Scientists hunting particle that could explain the universe
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An Outburst of Andromedid Meteors
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08 December 2013

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07DEC2013
The annual Geminid meteor shower will peak on the night of Dec. 13-14, 2013. NASA astronomer Bill Cooke, along with Danielle Moser and Rhiannon Blaauw .
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Search the skies for meteors from the Geminid Meteor Shower ...
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Meteor shower with up to 15 meteors per hour on January 8thIn
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Planetarium workshop explores the wise men's guiding light
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Fiercest meteor shower on record to hit Mars via comet
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46 Comet ISON's visit to Earth was a bit of a disappointment – but next year Mars is getting a cometary visitor that looks like it will be anything but. Calculations ...

Geminid Meteor shower 2013: USA weather will be good, best time ...
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07 December 2013

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Fiercest meteor shower on record to hit Mars via comet
by Lisa Grossman- New Scientist- 06 December 2013
Comet ISON's visit to Earth was a bit of a disappointment - but next year
Mars is getting a cometary visitor that looks like it will be anything
but. Calculations suggest that the Red Planet's "comet of the century"
will come closer to its surface than any comet has come to Earth's in
recorded history - causing a meteor shower so epic that it may pose a
danger to the spacecraft that orbit Mars. ...

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Meteor Storm December 13-14 | Science and Technology
The annual Geminid meteor shower will peak on the night of Dec. 13-14, 2013. NASA astronomer Bill Cooke, along with Danielle Moser and Rhiannon Blaauw ...
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Geminid meteor shower 2013: the best date and time to watchNorthern Voices Online
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Leading Meteor Scientist Says Some Fireballs Are Artificial | Listen ...
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Telescope Reviews: Geminid Meteor Shower - Cloudy Nights
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The Geminids: Last Meteor Shower of 2013 on the WayPatch.com
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06 December 2013

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Possible meteor actually a jet trail, says expert - Yahoo News Canada
From Yahoo News Canada: Low-angle sunlight in Yellowknife made plane's contrail appear red, says University of Calgary professor.
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Bright, colorful light spotted in Colorado night sky9 News Denver - 18 hours
KUSA- Many said they saw the streak of light around 9pm and described it as moving slower than most shooting stars.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05DEC2013
The Chelyabinsk meteor that hit the Earth in February this year had been part of a larger asteroid that may still be cruising around the solar system. The opinion .
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Camel to carry torch in Sochi Olympic relay
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The Sochi Olympic torch relay, among other exploits, has included sled
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05 December 2013

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Chelyabinsk meteor had flown to Earth for over 1.2 mln years ...The Voice of Russia
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Photographer Scott Rinckenberger had been out in the American West for 5 weeks working on his fall landscapes project. For the entire duration, from dusk '
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Comet ISON brings meaning to a new, free Smartphone app to track ...allvoices
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Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (MNASSA) Vol 72 Nos 7, 10 October 2013 This latest edition of MNASSA has just been made ...
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Possible meteor actually a jet trail, says expertCBC.ca
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California Two Fireballs 04DEC2013

N. California Two Fireballs 04DEC2013
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N. California Composite Image of Two Fireball Meteors w// Times Shown
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