25 February 2014

MD NJ NY PA RI Fireball Meteor 24FEB2014

MD NJ NY PA RI Fireball Meteor  approx. 21'15 EST 24FEB2014
MD NJ NY PA RI Fireball Meteor  approx. 21'15 EST 24FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
24FEB2014 becca elkton, maryland, us 920 pm 15 sec west orange fire ball with large tail fire not sure would really like to no if it was a meteor or what it was?

24FEB2014 Angela Cherry hill, NJ, USA 21:20:00 3 W-E No Bright Long tail Very large and bright

24FEB2014 Nancy Farmingdale, Nassau County, NY 21:15:00 At least 40 seconds N-S Bright and very low in the sky Very bright No Saw one 2 nights ago, about the same time, that was moving S-N, orange/pink and very bright, but shorter duration, also low in the sky

24FEB2014 Daniel Boon Brewster,ny. USA 21:15:00 30 Over head/ south facing south White/Blueish Venus/ got bright,then faded Could not tell Longest I've ever seen, got nervous.

24FEB2014 Bradley Bygall Camp Hill, PA 2115 10 -15 seconds Facing south east moved left to right yellow/orange with a blue tail Venus x 10 none was not moving as fast a a normal shooting star, about a third of the speed

24FEB2014 Eric Princeton, New Jersey, USA 21:15:00 3-4 sec traveling South bright yellow with a tail brighter than Venus no looking southeast

24FEB2014 Joe M. Warwick, RI 21:15:00 4 United States white Bright as moon No Pretty Bright!

24FEB2014 Sherry Grant Port Jefferson, NY 11777 US 21:13/EST 8 seconds Traveled North to South across Long Island White No sound Brighter than Venus No Moving very quickly left no trail

Message from reader-
Jason Graf wrote-
Same as all reports, helicopter followed path 5 Minutes later with search light on path

Jason Malave wrote-
Yes. Saw a fireball traveling south across the skies of new york city on the date of Feb 24 2014, between 9-9:30pm

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Biggest observed meteorite impact hits Moon

Biggest observed meteorite impact hits Moon


Credit: J. Madiedo / MIDAS / Universidad de Huelva
A space rock impacted the surface of the moon on September 11, 2013 with explosive force of 15 tons of tnt. It was estimated to be between 1.9 and 4 feet wide, 880 lbs (400kg) and traveling at ~38,000mph (61,000 km/h).

Biggest observed meteorite impact hits Moon
by Rebecca Morelle, BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26325934

Meteorite smashes into moon in largest lunar
impact ever recorded, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/24/meteorite-moon-largest-lunar-impact-recorded

Astronomers spot record-breaking lunar impact
Phys.Org, February 24, 2104
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-astronomers-record-breaking-lunar-impact.html

Yours,
Paul H.

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24 February 2014

A new review paper about African impact structures

A new review paper about African impact structures

A new review paper about African impact structures
has been published online on the Journal of African
Earth Sciences’ web site. It is:

Reimold, W. U., and C. Koeberl, 2014, Impact structures
in Africa: A Review. Journal of African Earth Sciences
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.01.008
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X1400017X

It is currently an open access paper.

It discusses 20 confirmed impact structures;
49 proposed, but not yet confirmed structure; and
28 structures judged not to be of impact origin.

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NY VT NH QUE ONT Fireball Meteor 23FEB2014

NY VT NH QUE ONT Fireball Meteor approx. 20:50 EST 23FEB2014
NY VT NH QUE ONT Fireball Meteor approx. 20:50 EST 23FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
23FEB2014 kt pankow castile, new york, usa 21:13 ESTpm 2 sec dropped straight down. facing northeast white, blue with trail, no sound bright like moon no my son also saw it. we saw it through our window

23FEB2014 michael rukavina burlington, ontario, canada 21:00:00 1 second Travelling straight down; was facing NW sky White light. No sound. Just bright light travelling straight to ground likely several miles to NW. Like a firework dropping to earth. Did not see it break apart. It is quite cold otherwise (aside from no sound) would have assumed this was a firework dropping. However, dropped quickly.

23FEB2014 Danielle H Hudson, NY 2100 Approximately 5 seconds I was traveling North and it looked to have been moving from up downwards Light/bright blue with a white flashing border Very bright, it was a cloudy night so there was nothing to compare to. None noticable It appeared to have one large flash before I lost track of it

23FEB2014 Leia St. Johnsbury, VT USA 20:50:00 1-3 secs nnw Green ball with a red tail sme as the moon not sure no

23FEB2014 gayle mason plattsburgh, ny 20:46:00 10 LEFT TO RIGHT BRIGHT WHITE WITH FIRE SUN BRIGHT DON'T KNOW INCREDIBLE

23FEB2014 Brad j st. catharines, ontario, canada 20:44:00 5 seconds North East Green sun burning then burnt out No photo happened to quick. It was a green ball flying to earth, then burnt out and disappeared 

23FEB2014 Maxime Montreal, Canada (hwy 30 near exit 62) 2044 /EST 3-4 sec I was driving westward green moon fragmented, parts falling off no

23FEB2014 Daniel Royer Waterloo,Quebec,Canada 20:43 EST 2 or 3 seconds From East to West. Traveled through the lower part of the constelation Taurus. Started green to a flash of orange then gone Perhaps as bright as Venus No frag.that i could see. Was standing near the living room window...flash caught my eye.. saw the meteor approximately 2 seconds. One of the "greenest 
"meteor i've seen in quite some time.

23FEB2014 Tom Berriman Lyndonville, Vermont 20:40:00 6 seconds E-W yellow/Green moderate no bright and seemly falling towards the west

All 42 meteor sighting reports can be seen here
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24FEB2014


Breaking News: New Found Asteroid 2014 DH6 Very Close Encounter With Earth
Posted on YouTube by nemesis maturity 1,806 views

Rock around the clock: zircon crystal is oldest piece of Earth
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 3 hours
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem. Scientists using two different age-determining techniques ...

Australian gem is 4.4 billion years old
Otago Daily Times - 1 hour
To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem. read more

NASA takes major step in hunt for asteroids
SpaceDaily - 2 hours
NASA's mission to reel in an asteroid took an important step forward when the agency recently established a new "rapid response system" ...

Oldest piece of Earth’s crust is 4.4 billion years old
Toronto Sun - 1 hour
To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem.

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23 February 2014

NEO Asteroids Close Encounters With Earth FEB2014

9  12 13 14 Known NEO Asteroids to Pass Earth FEB2014

2014 CE , 2014 BX43 , 2014 BM62 , 2014 BW32 , 2014 BP43 ,
 2006 DP14 , 2014 BT43 , 2000 EM26 , 2014 BR57 2014 DC 1995 CR 2014 CR
2014 DH6 2014 DK10

 updated 26FEB2014  added after the fact
(2014 DK10) 2014-Feb-210.00170.77.3 m - 16 m27.812.01

 updated 23FEB2014 
(2014 DH6) 2014-Feb-230.00522.018 m - 41 m25.817.14

 updated 19FEB2014 
*I have been absent for past 30 days so list may be incomplete for whole month.*
(2014 DC) 2014-Feb-160.01465.712 m - 27 m26.78.07
(1995 CR) 2014-Feb-210.01977.7130 m - 300 m21.529.36
(2014 CR) 2014-Feb-240.02138.378 m - 180 m22.712.03


RECENT 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)
(2014 CE) 2014-Feb-010.00361.410 m - 23 m27.113.16
(2014 BU43) 2014-Feb-010.031712.313 m - 28 m26.68.85
(2012 LA11) 2014-Feb-010.116345.316 m - 36 m26.13.26
(2014 BX43) 2014-Feb-020.02329.018 m - 41 m25.816.63
(2014 BM62) 2014-Feb-020.00813.223 m - 52 m25.38.60
(2013 YM70) 2014-Feb-030.193775.4190 m - 430 m20.712.27
(2014 BW32) 2014-Feb-030.00481.914 m - 32 m26.37.14
(2013 BZ45) 2014-Feb-030.068826.8110 m - 250 m21.98.98
(2014 BS57) 2014-Feb-040.053720.922 m - 50 m25.418.37
(2014 BQ8) 2014-Feb-040.186172.4130 m - 300 m21.515.07

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)
(2014 BJ25) 2014-Feb-050.096537.532 m - 71 m24.65.69
(2009 CG) 2014-Feb-050.131151.070 m - 160 m22.912.93
(2014 BS43) 2014-Feb-060.183271.3150 m - 330 m21.325.21
(2011 MW1) 2014-Feb-060.101739.692 m - 210 m22.311.06
348306 (2005 AY28) 2014-Feb-070.039415.3130 m - 300 m21.517.06
(2014 BP43) 2014-Feb-080.01425.513 m - 30 m26.57.45
(2004 AS1) 2014-Feb-090.128650.0210 m - 470 m20.512.85
(2006 DP14) 2014-Feb-100.01606.2460 m - 1.0 km18.827.13
(2013 BS45) 2014-Feb-110.031712.318 m - 39 m25.93.76
(2014 BT43) 2014-Feb-110.02539.820 m - 44 m25.711.30
(2007 BG) 2014-Feb-140.147657.5330 m - 750 m19.57.99
(2014 BQ43) 2014-Feb-150.054821.360 m - 140 m23.215.38
(2008 BP16) 2014-Feb-170.167265.1120 m - 270 m21.719.78
(2000 EM26) 2014-Feb-180.02278.8120 m - 270 m21.712.37
85953 (1999 FK21) 2014-Feb-180.191074.3590 m18.024.29
(2014 BR57) 2014-Feb-200.01124.443 m - 96 m24.011.01
(2014 BX2) 2014-Feb-200.164063.8120 m - 260 m21.818.89
(1999 SK10) 2014-Feb-210.183871.5320 m - 710 m19.611.48
(2014 BB3) 2014-Feb-210.116045.148 m - 110 m23.73.86
(2012 DY43) 2014-Feb-210.040315.767 m - 150 m23.019.41
(2001 EB18) 2014-Feb-220.116145.2370 m - 820 m19.326.33
(2006 DS14) 2014-Feb-230.164464.0220 m - 490 m20.414.41
(2009 EC1) 2014-Feb-260.124648.573 m - 160 m22.88.07
Source- NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

updated and reposted 20FEB2014
reposted 05/02/2014 22:57 Japan Standard Time
posted 05FEB2014
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MN WI IA ND Fireball Meteor 22FEB2014

MN WI IA ND Fireball Meteor approx. 22:30 CST 22FEB2014
MN WI IA ND Fireball Meteor approx. 22:30 CST 22FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
22FEB2014 David Maki Iron River, WI 22:30:00 at least 4 seconds Facing N, it was Left to Right Orange/Red Spectrum Between moon and Sunday. Very bright. Yes. At least 3 or 4 pieces. Observed from hot tub! I'm 47 and my friend is 53 and it's the biggest one we've ever seen.

22FEB2014 Susan c Lino lakes, mn, USA 22:30:00 5 to 10 sec West to east, facing north White Moon Yes Longest I have ever seen

22FEB2014 Roger Elk River Mn USA 22:20:00 10 seconds Started NW traveling left to right White color no sound Moon or brighter Some fragmentation Was still visible when disappeard over forested horizon which limited view

22FEB2014 Nicole Duluth, MN, USA 22:15 central time, PM 17 seconds West going East fire ball with a huge tail venus yes, lots tail was extremely long

Ruben Ruiz wrote-
Saw fireball that lasted long time moving west to east as I was driving north in Siren,WI about 10:20 pm Saturday night February 22, 2014. Looked like it was on fire and falling apart.
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NY NJ MD PA Fireball Meteor 22FEB2014

NY NJ MD PA Fireball Meteor approx. 22:10 EST 22FEB2014
NY NJ MD PA Fireball Meteor approx. 22:10 EST 22FEB2014
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 Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
22FEB2014 erick a copiague ny united states 10:13:00 it was in the sky and in my sight for about 20 seconds then i saw a piece brake off and then it vanished right no accurate direction but it was moving real fast, just like in the movies a bright white flashy color sun yes i saw one piece brake off and dissapear it was crazy i never thought id actually see a shooting star got online to see if anyone else saw it so i found this site and decided to post this amazing i was actually paused and shocked i actually saw it..

22FEB2014 Jon Riecke New York 22:10 EST (roughly) 2 S-N, facing S None Venus Yes Very bright, easily visible in Manhattan

22FEB2014 Reese Central , NJ 22:08:00 20 south to north-northeast white moon y fantastic, bright, big and broke off into 2 parts

22FEB2014 Anoopinder Singh White Plains, NY, USA 2205 (approximate) Approximately 2 seconds object was following a S - N projectile path, I was facing west and object was approximately at 60 degrees elevation in the SW sky Blue - White light comparable to a low airplane lights fragmented into 3 pieces .

22FEB2014 Andrea and Rodney Asbury, NJ 08802 10:05 PM EST 7-10 seconds South to NorthEast White to orange, then it broke up brighter than Regulus, dimmer the Sirius Yes 3 or 4 large portions broke off Very nice bolide, long tail and large portions broke off

dreamhost-code wrote-
While driving northbound of Whitehall, NY on 22, I saw one that came close to hitting last night, I would guess between Clemons, NY and Ticonderoga, NY. Came straight down, and I heard it explode.
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23FEB2014

NASA NPP Sees Aftermath of the Chelyabinsk Meteor - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 03:50
NASA NPP Sees Aftermath of the Chelyabinsk Meteor ... Most Mind-Blowing Video of 2013: Chelyabinsk Meteor - Science on the Web by Stuff to Blow ...

More people spotted fireball falling from sky
Oxford Mail
A NUMBER of people have said they also saw a fireball falling from the sky in Oxfordshire. The Oxford Mail reported on Thursday that Alexandre Legis ...

NASA Retired Astrobiologist Confirms Alien Life Exists [Video]
Guardian Liberty Voice
And on February 13, Hoover confirmed that alien life exists, as he discovered through his work on meteorites that have previously struck Earth. ????

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22 February 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22FEB2014

Meteor Expolsion Over North Arkansas Around 11:00 p.m. on 02-20-14
ATS posted by derek_m24
I live around 50 miles from where I work and while driving home I saw a bright green fire ball. I've seen a few in my life but this one was seemed to come straight down into the atmosphere. It was traveling extremely fast ...

Fireball in Puerto Rico caught on camera -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
Signs of the Times
The fireball was seen from several towns in Puerto Rico and even from the Dominican Republic. Google+ FB Share. The Sociedad de Astronomía del ...

Brasil BRAMON Allsky Camera Network Captures First Fireball Meteor 12FEB2014
blogspot.com
Sao Paulo Brasil, BRAMON Allsky Camera Network Captures First Fireball Meteor Brasil's second allsky network, BRAMON, has been established in ...

Fireball Explodes Above Argentina: Quake Feared
Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
A meteor exploding over northern Argentina caused such a loud noise and strong shaking that many residents feared they had been hit by an ...

'Jelly Doughnut' Mars Rock Not Caused by Meteorite, Pictures Show
NBC NEWS - 17 hours
New photos of the Martian landscape further rule out a meteorite impact as the culprit behind the "jelly doughnut" rock that mysteriously ...

Tunguska meteorite came from Mars?
Pravda - 15 hours
The origin of the famous Tunguska meteorite is still fiercely debated. If, however, we suggest that this was a meteorite and not a spaceship, ...

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21 February 2014

Brasil BRAMON Allsky Camera Network Captures First Fireball Meteor 12FEB2014

Sao Paulo Brasil, BRAMON Allsky Camera Network Captures First Fireball Meteor

  Brasil's second allsky network, BRAMON, has been established in Sao Paulo State and has had it's first sucessful capture by two of its three allsky cameras of a fireball meteor on 12FEB2014.
  The BRAMON Allsky Network is Brasil's second allsky network.  Brasil"s first all sky network, Sandia Sentinel Brasil, was established in R.J. State in 2012 at Campos dos Goytacazes by the Clube de Astronomia Louis Cruls.

 
M20140212 055029 MCZ SP BR SS
Posted to YouTube by Marco Mastria 94, 792 views


BOLA DE FOGO NO CÉU DE SÃO SEBASTIÃO / SP
Posted to YouTube by EpsSpBramon 213,116 views

Today first BRAMON bolide captured. Two stations *as shown by the two YouTube videos above*:
MCSZ_SP_BR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWdFXKj95I&feature=youtu.be
EPS_SP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grYsN1EgmTc&feature=youtu.be
Bolide trajectory and orbit analysis in progress. Possibly meteorite generated.
Best
Andre M.
Thank you Andre for your kind report! -LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21FEB2014 -Final

How Worried Should We Be That Our Best Asteroid-Spotting Telescopes Are 50% Useless?
The Huffington Post UK - 12 hours
Today in terrifying news about our total inability to spot incoming asteroids, we have a reality check for you. For while the existence of ...

Did you see 'fireball' light up sky?
Oxford Mail
Alexandre Legris, 41, was driving from Banbury to Woodstock with his 16-year-old son Isaac when he saw the object descending over Deddington Hill ...

Rocks around the clock: asteroids pound tiny star
Asteroids hit the Earth, the Moon and even, it seems, distant stars.
CSIRO press release- 20 February 2014
Scientists using CSIRO's Parkes telescope and another telescope in South
Africa have found evidence that a tiny star called PSR J0738-4042 is being
pounded by asteroids - large lumps of rock from space. ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest WorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News 20FEB2014
blogspot.com
A meteor hit Santa Fe today and caused an earthquake. This clearly was a fragment or product of the bigger asteroid NASA said not to worry about, ...

Fireball Explodes Above Argentina: Quake Feared
Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
Fireball Explodes Above Argentina: Quake Feared February 21, 2014. Meteor streaking across the sky. Cloud cover prevented people on the ground ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 22-28, 2014 | American Meteor Society
amsmeteors.org
The one-half illuminated moon will interfere with meteor observing, but not as badly as with a full moon in the sky. The glare of the moon can be ...
A Meteor recorded near M3 - Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets - Stargazers Lounge
SGL New Topics
A Meteor recorded near M3 - posted in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets: Hi there, Felt it is worth to share that during a regular session ...

'Jelly Doughnut' Mars Rock Not Caused by Meteorite, Pictures Show
NBCNews.com
This image was taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Feb. 14. The red ...

Scientific ComputingNo Meteorite Behind 'Jelly Doughnut' Mars Rock, Pictures Show
Space.com
New photos of the Martian landscape further rule out a meteorite impact as the culprit behind the "jelly doughnut" rock that mysteriously appeared in ...

Did a meteorite smash a roof in Sri Lanka?
EarthSky
At least one scientist, Professor Athula Senarathna of the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, said today that the stone was a meteorite, or rock from ...

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20 February 2014

Sri Lanka Meteorite Hits Roof 17FEB2014 ????

Sri Lanka Meteorite Hits Roof??? 17FEB2014

Video : Update : Ragala stone identified as a meteor - say Peradeniya University scientists. 17FEB2014
...Professor Athula Senarathna of the University of Peradeniya says that the stone that fell on a house in Ragala yesterday was a meteor. ...
NOTE -NOT likley that a fire was cause by a meteorite hitting their roof. Story sounds doubtful as does the mystery meteorite. -LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

Ragala Unidentified stones to Peradeniya University.
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20FEB2014

The third best place to find meteorites
Oman Daily Observer
Of 48,163 official meteorites found worldwide, 3,274 meteorites were found in Oman alone, making up 6.8 per cent of the world's meteorites, and ...

Small meteorite bang spreads fear of mini earth tremor in central Argentina
MercoPress
Argentine space expert Jorge Coghlan said that the huge bang heard on Tuesday and that scared many people in central Santa Fe province was ...

Trackers lose asteroid passing by Earth
Malaya - 10 hours
An asteroid the size of three football fields – about 300 meters in diameter -- whizzed past Earth Tuesday morning – and went missing in deep ...

Huge Meteor Link to Argentina Explosion - A Fragment of the Large Asteroid 2000 EM6? | Space
beforeitsnews.com
A meteor hit Santa Fe today and caused an earthquake. This clearly was a fragment or product of the bigger asteroid NASA said not to worry about, ...

Meteorite falls in Argentina Cause Earthquake (2/18/2014) - Videos - MetaTube
metatube.com ⋅ 03:40
Astronomical Observatory of Santa Fe, and explained that it is a "sporadic phenomenon."

Meterorite hunters look to the skies, ground
Sahuarita Sun
With a sonic boom and a ground-shaking thud, the meteorite came to ground somewhere in Southern Arizona on Dec. 11, 2013, at about 7:11 p.m.....

Treasures from afar are TCU crown jewels
TCU 360
Treasures from afar are TCU crown jewels. Multimedia. Visitors to the Monnig Gallery can touch a one hundred year old meteorite found in Arizona....

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19 February 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19FEB2014

Scientists probe meteor link to Argentina explosion
Scientists said Tuesday that a meteor crashing to earth could explain reports of an explosion in the Argentine countryside some 350 kilometers (250 miles) northwest of Buenos Aires....

Argentina: Reports of explosion from falling meteor in Santa Fe region - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com
Authorities are yet to find any fragments of the meteor, but Coghlan said that any pieces found would likely only be the size of pebbles and noted that if ...

Strange explosion in Argentina, scientists probe meteor link
The Voice of Russia
Authorities have not yet found any meteor fragments, but "it is possible that the orb disintegrated in the air," astronomer Jorge Coghlan of the Santa Fe ...

Scientists probe meteor link to Argentina explosion
AFP
Buenos Aires — Scientists said Tuesday that a meteor crashing to earth could explain reports of an explosion in the Argentine countryside some 350 ...

Earth is prepared enough for the next asteroid strike
New Scientist
The next Russian-style meteor strike may come as a complete surprise, and maybe that's OK. A study of a potential early-warning system has found ...

Meteor spotted over Epping, England not part of recognised shower -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
sott.net
A stargazer has described spotting "huge green fireball" in the sky over Epping as a meteor flew close to the earth. Daniel Bagan-Jones, 45, was ...

Apocalypse fear as cosmic rock spotted
East London and West Essex Guardian Series
A father has described spotting "huge green fireball” in the sky over Epping as ameteor flew close to the earth. Daniel Bagan-Jones, 45, was driving in ...

Space Dust Is Filled with Building Blocks for Life
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - 12 hours
A study of teeny-tiny meteorite fragments revealed that two essential components of life on Earth as we know it, could have migrated to our ...

Smaller is better: Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., discover new technique to ...The Daily Free Press - 4 hours
“Space dust” might sound like something out of a 1950s-era science fiction novel, but such particles actually may hold some of the greatest ...

A Big Asteroid Just Flew By, And Guess What? More Are Coming
NPR - 7 hours
A rock the size of three football fields passed relatively close to Earth. It wasn't a surprise, and neither will be the arrival of others. ...

REPLAY: Watch Giant 'Life Threatening' Asteroid 2000 EM26 Zip Past Earth
IB Times via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 13 hours
Stargazers are invited to watch a giant asteroid described as "potentially dangerous" wizzing past Earth at 12.37km/s through a webcast ...

new meteorite-related video series: OSIRIS-REx presents 321Science
a new series of monthly YouTube
videos from the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission that are
related to meteorites and their parent bodies. They are short,
informative, and entertaining videos meant to illustrate a particular
concept. ...

Fire in the Sky News / Giant meteor! Over England - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQipGW5O2Tk

2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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18 February 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18FEB2014


Argentina Fireball Explodes Causing Earthquake.
Posted to YouTube by BPEarthWatch 24,825 views
UPDATE 1-Earth marks close encounter with enormous asteroid
Slooh Space Camera tracked the approach of the asteroid as it raced past the planet at about 27,000 mph (43,000 kmph), starting at 9 p.m. EST (2 a.m. GMT, Feb. 18), the robotic telescope service said in a statement on Slooh.com. The Dubai Astronomy Group provided Slooh photos of the part of the sky ...

Watch Tonight's Near-Earth Asteroid Fly-By Live, February 17, 2014 - San Diego Science ...
examiner.com
Interestingly enough, tonight's scheduled asteroid flyby arrives almost exactly one year after the February 2013 explosion of a meteor over Russia last ...

Huge Asteroid Heads Toward Earth Tonight: Where To Watch Its Journey Live
ibtimes.com
The big event comes almost one year after a meteor unexpectedly exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. This caused mass chaos, destruction and ...

Huge Asteroid to Fly Safely By Earth Monday: Watch It Live - SKYE on AOL
aol.com
The approximately 65-foot-meteor (20 m) exploded 18 miles (29 km) above the ground, and it released the energy equivalent of about 20 atomic ...

Space Dust Is Filled with Building Blocks for Life
Space.com
A study of teeny-tiny meteorite fragments revealed that two essential components of life on Earth as we know it, could have migrated to our planet on ...

Russia wants to hand out meteorites to Olympians
CBS News
February 17, 2014, 8:23 AM |Meteorite medals are being reserved for Olympians who win gold on the anniversary of the meteor strike over Russia last ...

Bright meteor or Fireball at 20:08 on 16 Feb - Observing - Widefield, Special Events and Comets ...
stargazerslounge.com
Bright meteor or Fireball at 20:08 on 16 Feb - posted in Observing - Widefield, Special Events and Comets: I was wondering if anyone had seen the ...

Meteor Strike Over England! Huge Daytime Fireball Brighter Than The Sun Lights Up England ...
beforeitsnews.com
Meteor Strike Over England! Huge Daytime Fireball Brighter Than The Sun Lights Up England Skies. Monday, February 17, 2014 13:34. % of readers ...

Bright meteor or Fireball at 20:08 on 16 Feb - Observing - Widefield, Special Events and Comets ...
SGL New Topics
I was already looking to the west for the ISS when I saw A really bright meteor/fireball in a WSW direction. It was quite low and headed diagonally ...

2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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SANTA FE- ARGENTINA Bolide Detonation at High Altitude 18FEB2014

SANTA FE- ARGENTINA Bolide Detonation at High Altitude 18FEB2014

Initial Sighting Report-
18FEB2014 SANTA FE- ARGENTINA Between 9:40 y 9:50 am local time 30-40 SECS SOUND SAW A LIGHT disintegrated NO COMMENT

Press Release-
A meteorite rattled central and western cities of Santa FeDiario Panorama [2/18/2014]
Residents of different localities of the province of Santa Fe were caught at mid-morning with a loud roar. While initially spoke at a social media explosion, Fire Deputy Chief Walter Valeri Infobae told that it was a meteor that passed near the earth. ...

Study still pending.

2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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