11 May 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11MAY2014

Meteor Storm May 23 and 24 With Up To 1000 Shooting Stars An Hour! - Ontario Stargazing ...
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Sky watchers look up for potential meteor storm May 23 and 24. When and where to see it!...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News- Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil Fireball ...
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Breaking News- Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil Fireball Meteor 09MAY2014 ... New 'Meteor Storm' from Comet May Light Up Night Sky This Month ...

Scandinavian Scientists Believe Meteorites Linked to Martian Crater
E Canada Now
Oslo, Norway – A type of meteorite known as a shergottite is now believed to have originated from a specific crater on the surface of Mars.

Fallen 51.1 KG meteorite recovered - India
Demotix.com
A fallen meteorite that blasted on 21'st Feb, 2007 at Wathoi village of Pengeri ... Please note: the text contained in "Fallen 51.1 KG meteorite recovered ...

Biggest observed meteorite impact' hits Moon - 24 February 2014 - YouTube
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Recently, scientists in Spain reported that last September they observed the 'largest' and 'brightest' meteorite impact with the moon in recorded history ...

Meteor shower predicited | Today in Kansas
todayinkansas.com
New meteor shower predicted later this month ... Meteor experts Esko Lyytinen of Finland and Peter Jenniskens of the NASA Ames Research Center ...

Pupils get hands on a little piece of space
Lancashire Evening Post
Included in the educational pack is a 1.2 billion year old piece of Mars and a 4.3 billion year old nickelmeteorite – the oldest object ever to be held in ...

Catch the meteor shower on May 23 and 24
fz.com
KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): Malaysians can get to see for themselves a meteor shower caused by the Comet 209P/Linear on May 23 and 24.

May Camelopardalids – Possible New Meteor Shower – 24th of May | Portal to the Universe
portaltotheuniverse.org
There is a possibility of a potential new meteor shower this year. The May Camelopardalids are predicted for the night of May 23-24. This possible ...

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10 May 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10MAY2014

On View | Meteorite Falls on Car, Car Becomes Artwork
New York Times (blog)
The car soon became famous in meteorite-collecting circles (yes, they exist) and has since traveled all around the world. It will go on view tomorrow for ...

Malaysian can see meteor shower on May 23, 24 - Latest - New Straits Times
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"The meteor shower will be from the constellation Camelopardalis in the northern sky and it is expected to peak at 6UTC to 8UTC which is from 2pm to ...

Ancient crater points to massive meteorite strike
SpaceDaily - 12 hours
This is a map showing the structure and contour of the Bow City crater. Color variation shows meters above sea level. Image courtesy Alberta ...

ScienceCasts: NASA on the Lookout for a New Meteor Shower - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com
Published on May 5, 2014. Sky watchers in North America could witness a new meteor shower on May 24th when, for the first time, Earth passes ...


Reportagem - Bom Dia DF sobre o bólido do dia 07/05/2014
Posted to YouTube by BRAMON 3 views

Infrasonic Detection of Meteorites
Space Safety Magazine
The meteorite was calculated to have a source energy equivalent to about 1.14 tons of TNT, where source energy is the kinetic energy when the shock ...

Ancient Meteorite Carved Out Giant Crater In Canada, Researchers Say
Huffington Post
An ancient ring-shaped structure in southern Alberta, Canada, likely formed when a meteoritesmashed into Earth, producing a 5-mile-wide (8 ...

1000 years of meteorite impacts in 30 SECONDS: Interactive animation reveals startling number of ...
Daily Mail
Created by Simon Rogers, for MailOnline, the incredible animation below lets you scroll and zoom around the world as meteorite impacts from ...

Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil Fireball Meteor 09MAY2014 | Portal to the Universe
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Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil Fireball Meteor 09MAY2014 - BRAMON All Sky Network Brasil. Bólido em Mogi das Cruzes Posted to YouTube by Marco ...

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09 May 2014

Breaking News- Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil Fireball Meteor 09MAY2014

Breaking News- Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil Fireball Meteor 09MAY2014 - BRAMON All Sky Network Brasil
Bólido em Mogi das Cruzes
Posted to YouTube by Marco Mastria 0 views
Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil,
23˚27 S / 46˚16 W, allsky with North on top, few moments ago, at 09-may 05:31:39 UTC
BRAMON All Sky Network Brasil

Thank you Marco!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09MAY2014

Colin Pillinger dies after brain haemorrhage
By Jonathan Amos- BBC News- 8 May 2014
"A man with a mission". Pallab Ghosh reports on the life of Colin Pillinger
British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger, best known for his 2003
attempt to land a spacecraft on Mars, has died aged 70, his family have
said. ...

WGN - Journal of the International Meteor Organization
Volume 42, Number 2, April 2014, pages 35-86
The new issue of this Journal is now in print. It will be posted
shortly; subscribers should receive it soon. Subscribers can also access
the Journal in PDF format immediately through the IMO's web site ...
<http://www.imo.net/imo/wgn>

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08MAY2014 - Early
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Sky watchers in North America could witness a new meteor shower on May 24th when, for the first time, Earth passes through a cloud of dust from ....

Kanada'ya meteor düştü - YouTube
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Skywatch: Where Meteorites Do — and Don't — Come From
Twin Falls Times-News
Most meteorites found on Earth appear to have originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. One in five can be traced to the third largest ...

Southern Alberta meteorite crater discovered – 2.5 Km deep, 8 Km wide
Beacon News (blog)
Doug Schmitt, a University of Alberta researcher, says some time between 50 million and 70 million years ago, a huge chunk of space debris at least ...

Infrasonic Detection of Meteorites
Space Safety Magazine
The meteorite was calculated to have a source energy equivalent to about 1.14 tons of TNT, where source energy is the kinetic energy when the shock ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 10-16, 2014 | American Meteor Society
amsmeteors.org
This will allow a brief period of complete darkness between moon set and dawn to view meteoractivity under dark skies. The estimated total hourly ...

[1405.1783] Confirmation and characterization of IAU temporary meteorshowers in EDMOND ...
cornell.edu
Abstract: The European viDeo MeteOr Network Database (EDMOND) is a database of video meteor orbits resulting from cooperation and data sharing ...

Ancient meteorite crater found in southern Alberta
CTV Calgary News - 10 hours
A vast, ancient meteorite crater discovered in southern Alberta was likely formed some time between 50 million and 70 million years ago, ...

One of the 6 Biggest Ecological Disasters in the last 4.5 Billion Years is Happening Right NowWired News - 9 hours
When a 10 km-wide meteorite slammed into the Earth roughly 65 million years ago, megatsunamis sloshed across the oceans and a front of ...

Eta Aquarid Meteors Streak By in Stunning Astrophotos
Universe Today
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower has graced the skies this week and while this hasn't been an exceptionally active shower, here are a few beautiful ...

Comet 209P/LINEAR Meteor Shower: Arizona - May 23, 2014 | Slooh
slooh.com
It's not every day that we experience a brand new meteor shower. After all, the most reliable showers, like the famous Perseids every August 11, have ..

Meteor Storm Alert May 23-24. And Aquarids still active tonight! - Page 9 - Godlike Productions
godlikeproductions.com
METEOR SHOWER UPDATE: The eta Aquarid meteor shower, caused by debris from Halley's Comet, is still active on May 7th. Incoming data from the ...

Huge, ancient meteorite crater found in southern Alberta
CBC.ca
Scientists have discovered a vast, ancient meteorite crater in southern ... crater, complete with a central peak where the meteorite would have struck.

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08 May 2014

Southern Alberta Canada - Bow City Impact Crater Discovery Announced!

Southern Alberta Canada - Bow City Impact Crater Discovery Announced!
Bow City impact crater, Alberta, Canada
Map Credit- University of Alberta / Alberta Geographic Survey
Killer Ancient Meteor Strike Carved Out Giant Crater, Evidence Suggests
LiveScience.com
An ancient ring-shaped structure in southern Alberta, Canada, likely formed when a meteorite smashed into Earth producing a 5-mile-wide (8 ...

Massive Meteor Strike In Canada, 8 Kilometer Ancient Crater Found | Space - Before It's News
beforeitsnews.com
The discovery of an ancient ring-like structure in southern Alberta suggests the area was struck by a meteorite large enough to leave an ...

Ancient meteorite crater found in southern Alberta
The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News - 3 hours
EDMONTON - Scientists have discovered a vast, ancient meteorite crater in southern Alberta.Doug Schmitt, a University of Alberta researcher, ...

Massive Meteorite Killed Everything after Striking Canada 70 Million Years Ago
IB Times via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 7 hours
Canada experienced a massive meteorite strike some time in the last 70 million years that killed everything in the near vicinity. Published ...

Ancient meteorite crater found in southern Alberta
Brandon Sun - 3 hours
EDMONTON - Scientists have discovered a vast, ancient meteorite crater in southern Alberta. Doug Schmitt, a University of Alberta researcher, ...

Southern Alberta meteorite crater discovered – 2.5 Km deep, 8 Km wide
Beacon News (blog)
Doug Schmitt, a University of Alberta researcher, says some time between 50 million and 70 million years ago, a huge chunk of space debris at least ...

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Breaking News- Distrito Federal, Brazil Meteor 07MAY2014

Distrito Federal, Brazil - Meteor Bólido "Earth-Grazing" - 07-05-2014 08:26:31UT (05:26:31 Hora Local) BRAMON

Likely Produced a Meteorite!  - LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo, Japan

Bólido "Earth-Grazing" - 07-05-2014 08:26:31UT (05:26:31 Hora Local) BRAMON
Posted to YouTube by Marcelo Domingues 6 views
Published on 7 May 2014
Bólido "Earth-Grazing" - 07-05-2014 08:26:31UT (05:26:31 Hora Local) BRAMON
Distrito Federal

Carina Observatory
City: Sobradinho
State: DF
Coordinates...
Latitude: -15.6569
Longitude: -47.8675
Alt: 1220m

Bellatrix Observatory
City: Samambaia
State: DF
Coordinates...
Latitude= -15.8758
Longitude= -48.0874
alt=1263.0m

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Reportagem - Bom Dia DF sobre o bólido do dia 07/05/2014
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Astrônomos tentam localizam meteorito que teria caído em Planaltina
As câmeras da rede brasileira de monitoramento de meteoros captaram o momento em que a estrela caden...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08MAY2014

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Distrito Federal, Brazil Meteor07MAY2014
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Distrito Federal, Brazil - Meteor Bólido "Earth-Grazing" - 07-05-2014 08:26:31UT (05:26:31 Hora Local) BRAMON Likely Produced a Meteorite! ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest WorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News 07MAT2014
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Peter Brown, a professor in the University of Western Ontario's Department of Physics and Astronomy and part of the meteor physics group, confirmed . ...

A New Meteor Shower in May?
Space Daily
Two years ago, meteor experts Esko Lyytinen of Finland and Peter Jenniskens at NASA Ames Research Center announced that Earth was due for an ...

Air Force to award ‘Space Fence’ contract to track orbital debris
washingtonpost.com
Space: so vast, so open. And yet, so littered with junk.
Hundreds of thousands of pieces of man-made debris are floating around out there, the detritus of more than 50 years of spaceflight. There have been chunks of dead satellites and spent rocket booster ...
NASA - Sky Watcher Special: New Meteor Shower due 24th May 2014 - YouTube
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Sky watchers in North America could witness a new meteor shower on May 24th when, for the first time, Earth passes through a cloud of dust from ...

Meteor Lights Up Night-Sky in Murmansk | Storyful - Yahoo Screen
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Meteor Lights Up Night-Sky in Murmansk.  . A suspected meteorite explosion reportedly lit up the night-sky over the city of Murmansk, early ...

Top Ten Meteor Impacts : About Astrophysics & Outer Space - YouTube
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Find out about the top ten meteor impacts with help from an experienced education professional in this free video clip. Expert: Eylene Pirez Filmmaker: ...

Meteor 'left huge crater in Canada'
Irish Examiner
A giant meteor struck Canada within the last 70 million years, creating a crater five miles (8km) wide, scientists believe. The force of the blast in ...

Hunting the eta aquarid meteor shower
ABC Local
A meteor streaks through the sky during the eta aquarid meteor shower on 7/5/14 at 4:30am, as seen from Jamberoo on the New South Wales South ...

What is a Meteor? - Today's Picks Videos - redOrbit
redorbit.com ⋅ 01:52
A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that has entered the Earth's atmosphere. A meteoroid is debris in our solar system that ranges in size from a ...

Skywatch: Where Meteorites Do — and Don't — Come From
Twin Falls Times-News
Mercury, while lacking an atmosphere, is even deeper in the sun's gravity well than Venus, which may prevent any escaping meteorite from ever ...

Southern Alberta meteorite crater discovered – 2.5 Km deep, 8 Km wide
Beacon News (blog)
Doug Schmitt, a University of Alberta researcher, says some time between 50 million and 70 million years ago, a huge chunk of space debris at least ...

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07 May 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07MAY2014

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: NEOs Close Approach to Earth May 2014 -ALERT ISSUED
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Object Name, Close Approach Date, CA Distance* (AU), CA Distance* (LD), Estimated Diameter**, H (mag), Relative Velocity (km/s). (2014 HP132) ...

Meteoroid lands in Stirling area
Belleville Intelligencer
Peter Brown, a professor in the University of Western Ontario's Department of Physics and Astronomy and part of the meteor physics group, confirmed ...

Meteor likely landed in southern Taney County
Branson Tri-Lakes news
Steve Arnold, who owns a meteorite shop in Arkansas, is on the hunt for anyone who might have video footage of a meteorite that probably landed in ...

Communications via Meteor Bursts, July 1958 Radio-Electronics - RF Cafe
rfcafe.com
Long distance communications (DX) thrives on ionized atmosphere. It causes boundary layers at various altitudes that function as reflecting surfaces ...

Non-specular meteor trails from non-field-aligned irregularities: can they be explained by presence ...
wiley.com
Non-specular meteor trails from non-field-aligned irregularities: can they be explained by presence of charged meteor dust?†. J. L. Chau1,*,; I.

New 'meteor storm' from comet may light up night sky this month | MNN - Mother Nature Network
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Skywatchers have something exciting to look forward to this month: a possible new meteor shower!

Falling Meteor in the sky north of Toronto, captured by police dashboard camera 4/5/2014 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:30
Falling Meteor in Ontario, Canada Footage of what is believed to be ameteor falling is captured by the dashboard camera of a police car in Ontario, ...

Spring Meteor Fireballs....They're Heeere! (Video) | Space - Before It's News
beforeitsnews.com
This interesting video has even captured an asteroid breaking into pieces, bringing us themeteor shower and fireballs. It's forecasted to be quite the ...

Telescope Reviews: Possible large meteor shower coming in May... - Cloudy Nights
cloudynights.com
Here are two articles from Space.com and Earthsky.org regarding a possible shower on the nights of May 23 and 24. The shower is caused caused by ...

Police Dash Cam Video Of May 4 Ontario Meteor Fireball - Ontario Stargazing Astronomy
ontariostargazing.ca
The American Meteor Society is confirming it was a meteor fireball seen over southern Ontario on the afternoon of May 4th. On their website they say ...

'New' Meteor Shower"Camelopardalids" Could Hit Earth in May 24 « THE COSMOS NEWS
THE COSMOS NEWS ⋅ tap taru
Meteor showers are fairly regular events in the annual astronomy calendar, but Earth could be in for a surprise on May 24 when it encounters a ...

Meteor (possibly) near Toronto, Ontario, Canada - YouTube
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Saw this Meteor (possibly) on my drive at 4:17pm Sunday, May 4th, 2014. Canada, Toronto, Meteor, Ontario, Meteorite (Taxonomy Subject),meteor, ...

Is that a METEOR? Reports of 'fireball' over New York and Canada | Mail Online - Daily Mail
dailymail.co.uk
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is created as the Earth passes through the debris trail of Halley's Comet, according to Nasa, and this year it peaks ...

VIDEO: Moment police dashcam catches meteor falling from the sky | Mail Online - Daily Mail
dailymail.co.uk
See the moment a police dashboard camera in Toronto catches ameteor falling from the sky.

“Tea, Earl Grey, Hot”… How Scientists Replicated a Mars Meteorite
Universe Today - 5 hours
Captain Picard orders tea “Tea, Earl Grey, hot.” Who doesn’t remember that famous command by Captain Picard’s of TV’s “Star Trek: The Next ...

Meteorite sighted in Peterborough
CityNews - 20 hours
A ground search for meteorites was underway in Peterborough after a flash of light was seen by some over the skies on Sunday afternoon.

Lighting up the sky: Canada’s history of meteorites
Global Toronto - 19 hours
Canada has had its brush with some pretty big rocks falling from the sky. Here's a look at just a few.

A New Meteor Shower in May? - Astronomy and Astrophysics - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion ...
unexplained-mysteries.com
May 6, 2014: The head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, Dr. Bill Cooke, often lets cameras do his sky watching for him. He and his colleagues ...

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06 May 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06MAY2014

New 'Meteor Storm' from Comet May Light Up Night Sky This Month
SPACE.com
Skywatchers have something exciting to look forward to this month — a possible new meteor shower that could send up to 1,000 shooting stars per hour streaking through the sky. On May 23 and May 24, Earth should plow through debris shed by Comet 209P/LINEAR, astronomers say. "This potential new…

Extraterrestrial vitamins smash into Earth
The Columbiachronicle
The team at NASA's center for Astrobiology crushed meteorites with a mortar and pestle before beginning vitamin B-3 analysis, according to the study. ...

Meteor Shower Peaks Pre-Dawn Tuesday
CBS Local
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is the first of two meteor showers that occur each year as a result of Earth passing through dust released by Halley's ...

How To Watch The Meteor Shower Created By Halley's Comet Tonight
Business Insider
The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak on Monday night through the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 6. The Eta Aquarid happens every May as Earth passes through a string of space debris, including dust, rock, and ice, that comes from Halley's comet. ...

25-foot asteroid comes within 186,000 miles of Earth
UPI
A 25-foot asteroid passed between Earth and the moon over the weekend, coming within 186,000 miles of Earth's surface. ...

“Tea, Earl Grey, Hot”… How Scientists Replicated a Mars Meteorite
Universe Today
The rover made a 360-degree study of the meteorite five years ago taking measurements and many stereo images. But because Opportunity couldn't ...

Meteor lights up the sky in western NY, Canada
New York Post
A bright fireball lit up the skies of western New York state and Canada on Sunday as a meteor burned up in the atmosphere above. Dashcams across ...

Rare meteor sighting reported across GTA
Toronto Star
A flash of light was spotted by dozens of GTA residents on Sunday evening as a meteorweighing several tonnes streaked across the city sky.

Meteor shower to peak this week
UPI.com
That litter comes close to Earth twice each year: once in May, called the Eta Aquarid meteorshower and once in October, called the Orionid meteor ...

A New Meteor Shower in May? - NASA Science - Science@NASA
nasa.gov
Sky watchers in North America could witness a new meteor shower on May 24th when, for the first time, Earth passes through a cloud of dust from ...

Lighting up the sky: Canada's history of meteorites
Globalnews.ca
It only becomes a meteorite once it hits the ground. ... While driving home, he picked up the pieces of the meteorite with a plastic bag around his hand, ...

Brilliant Daytime Fireball Streaks Over Canada, New York (Video) | Space.com
space.com
A well-placed dashboard video camera captured the light of the brightmeteor, which could be seen from parts of Canada and New York on May 4. ...

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05 May 2014

THe Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05MAY2014

Meteor confirmed by Meteor Physics Group at Western | VIDEO
Hamilton Spectator
PETERBOROUGH -- Data gathered by the Meteor Physics Group at Western University in London, Ont., shows a meteor did enter the atmosphere ...

Asteroid the size of a bus grazes past Earth - coming even closer than the moon - just days after astronomers ...Daily Mail - 7 hours
The recently-detected asteroid HL 129 was closer to Earth than the Moon on its closest approach at 4.13am on Saturday.

Extraterrestrial vitamins smash into Earth
The Columbiachronicle
Smith said her team examined a type of meteorite called a CM-2 carbonaceous chondrite. These meteorites have been shown to contain amino acid ...

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks the Night of May 5-6,2014 « THE COSMOS NEWS
THE COSMOS NEWS ⋅ tap taru
Actually, the Eta Aquarids, as the meteor shower is called, are visible from about April 21 to about May 20 each year, with peak activity on or around ...

Meteor sighting? Videos show strange bright light streaking across sky over southern Ontario
National Post
Dozens of Ontario residents say they think they saw a meteor streak across the sky Sunday afternoon, and an expert says there is little doubt that is ...

Toronto meteor sends shockwave over southern Ontario amid speculation meteorites reached the ...
National Post
How skydiver Anders Hekstrup recorded first-ever video of meteorite in ... to check their backyard for space rocks after meteorite crashes down near St.

Meteor strike in Ontario? Flash of blue light, loud boom reported on social media
CTV News
Just saw a meteorite falling in Oakville, Ontario. From my pov 63• NE. APPX 1-3 kms away. No boom. #meteorite #meteor #oakville. — Simon D. Scott ...

Meteor Shower Spawned by Halley's Comet Peaks This Week - Yahoo News
yahoo.com
Early Tuesday morning (May 6), just before dawn begins to light up the eastern sky, stargazers have an opportunity to see a meteor shower made up ...

Did a meteor strike Ontario? - Video | The Loop
theloop.ca
Official have not confirmed it, but several people in Ontario have reported seeing something resembling a meteor trail fall from the sky.

Rare meteor sighting reported across GTA | CHFI
chfi.com
A flash of light was spotted by dozens of GTA residents on Sunday evening as a meteor weighing several tonnes streaked across the city sky.

Bright meteor lights up the sky over Toronto, eastern Ontario
Globalnews.ca
TORONTO – Dozens of people from Toronto, Oshawa, Peterborough, and surrounding areas reported seeing a bright fireball in the sky Sunday ...

Daylight Fireball over Ontario and NE USA May 4, 2014 | American MeteorSociety
amsmeteors.org
An extremely bright daylight fireball was seen from Ontario and the state of New York earlier today. Preliminary reports place the time of the event near ...

Video: Meteor spotted over Toronto?
MetroNews Canada
Social media sites were abuzz with reports of a meteorite sighting on Sunday evening, with several users on Twitter claiming they saw trails of white ...

Meteor sighting reported across the GTA
Toronto Star
Social media sites were abuzz with reports of a meteorite sighting on Sunday evening, with several Twitter users across the GTA claiming they saw ...

Meteor sighting - Bright light seen streaking across sky over southern Ontario -- Fire in the Sky ...
sott.net
Dozens of Ontario residents say they think they saw a meteor streak across the sky Sunday afternoon, and an expert says there is little doubt that is ...

Streaking fireball a meteor? | Brockville Recorder
recorder.ca
Streaking fireball, loud blast may have been meteor 0. By Joelle Kovach. Sunday, May 4, 2014 9:29:22 EDT PM. (Fotolia). Tweet · Bookmark and ...

Bright meteor lights up the sky over Toronto, eastern Ontario - Free Republic
freerepublic.com
The American Meteor Society received several reports from Toronto, Ajax, Caledon, Port Perry, and Richmond Hill. “I have watched meteor showers ...

Halley's Comet-linked meteor shower to peak Tuesday morning - Breitbart
breitbart.com
WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- A meteor shower made up of debris from Halley's Comet should peak just before dawn Tuesday morning. Though the ...

Social Media Reports of Meteor Over Greater Toronto Area - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 01:17
Mary Greeley ☛https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPGJXgbwBmkIp291W0PCMw Social Media Reports of Meteor Over Greater Toronto Area ...

Apparently there was a meteor hit near Peterborough originating from Toronto tracking eastward ...
inagist.com
... was a meteor hit near Peterborough originating from Toronto tracking eastward. Many felt a big bang #meteor by wwxchaser 463068468967784448.

Bright Meteor Seen Over Eastern Ontario Sky May 4th - Ontario Stargazing Astronomy
ontariostargazing.ca
Reports are coming in that a bright meteor was seen coming down over parts of Eastern Ontario including eye-witness accounts from Toronto, Whitby, ...

Meteor sighting reports in Ontario probed after social media buzz - News - MSN CA
msn.com
The American Meteor Society is investigating dozens of reports from residents in Ontario who described hearing and seeing what might have been a ...

Meteorite chaser scours area after fireball reported
Springfield News-Leader
Bill Mattison (left) and Steve Arnold, who owns a meteorite store in Eureka Springs, Ark., unsuccessfully scan the parking lot of the Diamond City Fire ...

Meteor strike in Ontario? Flash of blue light, loud boom reported on social media
CTV Calgary News - 1 hour
A meteor may have made a fiery entrance into the earth's atmosphere on Sunday after a number of people in Ontario reported seeing a flash of ...

BREAKING: Unconfirmed Reports Of A Meteor — PtboCanada
ptbocanada.com
A fireball seen in the sky—blue light, then a loud boom, possibly a meteor. Epicentre appears to be in Oshawa/Scarborough/GTA/Peterborough area, ...

Meteorite chaser scours area after fireball reported
Springfield News-Leader
Friday night eyewitness reports of fireballs and sonic booms in the Ozarks prompted Arnold to leave his home in Eureka Springs, Ark., where he owns ...

Meteor sighted over Missouri -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
Signs of the Times
... late Friday night. We may now have an answer to the question, "What was that?" Local astronomers say it was a meteor associated with the Eta...

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MBIQ Detects- DAYTIME Ontario, Canada Meteor 04MAY2014 - Breaking News

MBIQ Detects- DAYTIME Ontario, Canada Meteor Approx. 1615 Eastern 04MAY2014 - Breaking News

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04MAY2014 Lauren F S Webster NY, United States 4:16 PM eastern time about 3 seconds SW - NE white/orange fireball streak same as sun not really, it was kind of streaky Fireball in the sky, pretty sure it went into lake ontario thats where it was over. The craziest thing I've ever seen! And it was during broad daylight. Kinda freaked me out, really makes you wonder.

04MAY2014 jim ross Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada 16:15:00 5 sec North East Bright Red-Orange Moon N/A no

04MAY2014 Aneta Lekawski Oshawa, ON, Canada 1615 max 3 sec W-E Bright flash of light, orange and blue A little brighter than the moon No parts falling off We were driving along Conlin Road. There was a bright flash of light followed by a vapour trail. I imagine if there was anything that fell to the ground, it would have fallen between Townline and Liberty - hard to judge the actual projectory.

04MAY2014 Aneta Lekawski Oshawa, ON, Canada 1615 max 3 sec W-E Bright flash of light, orange and blue A little brighter than the moon No parts falling off We were driving along Conlin Road. There was a bright flash of light followed by a vapour trail. I imagine if there was anything that fell to the ground, it would have fallen between Townline and Liberty - hard to judge the actual projectory.

04MAY2014 RON CAHILL NEWMARKET. ONTARIO. CANADA 16:15:00 1/2/2014 W-E BRIGHT WHITE BRighter 2 separate flashes 2 balls with searing white trailers

04MAY2014 Denise Herd Enniskillen, Ontario, Canada 16:14PM 3 sec W-E Facing East Orange turning bright white Venus None Noticed that it left a contrail

04MAY2014 Graham Collingwood, Ontario, Canada 16:18 Eastern Time 10 In Eastern sky very bright flames very bright unsure Friends also witnessed in Whitby area and Caledon area.

04MAY2014 Dave North York 16:15 PM 2-3 seconds Canada- Eastbound Flame (didn't hear anything) flame in the sky in broad daylight no that I could tell Looked like something burning up in the sky, bright enough to be clearly seen in broad daylight, left what looked like the trail from a jet leading up to the point where we saw the fireball.

04MAY2014 Shari Brockport, NY 16:20 EDT approx 1 second high in northern sky... from west to east whitish yellow ball w long bright as sun, clearly visible in broad daylight none noticed it looked like a night time meteor amplified...seemed very close....traveled downward at 45 degree angle

Dave Battson wrote:
Meteor strike near Toronto Ontario on the afternoon of April 4th. Impact felt as far as Peterborough Ontario. Meteor was spotted as it flew over the 401.
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Meteor strike in Ontario? Flash of blue light, loud boom reported on social media
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Did a meteor strike Ontario? - Video | The Loop
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Official have not confirmed it, but several people i
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Video: Meteor lights up sky in Southern Ontario - The Globe and Mail
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The Globe's Affan Chowdhry takes a look at a footage of a meteor the was visible above Toronto and Peterborough Sunday afternoon.

Brilliant Daytime Fireball Streaks Over Canada, New York (Video) - Yahoo News UK
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04 May 2014

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Meteor sighted over Missouri -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
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What was the flash of light in the sky Friday night? Local astronomers explain
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Halifax Planetarium Show: "The Early Summer Sky 2014 -- and a NEWMeteor Shower???" - Dal ...
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South African Vredefort Crater May Have Once Been Filled By A Sea Of Magma
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Meteor sighted over New Zealand -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
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American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
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AMS received 22 reports about a fireball seen over AR, KS, MO, OK, TN and TX on May 3rd 2014 around 03:12 (UTC)

Astroblog: eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 7-9 May, 2014
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Morning sky on Wednesday May 7 looking east as seen from Adelaide at 5:00 am ACST. The radiant of the eta Aquariid meteor shower is shown.

eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 7-9 May, 2014 | Science and Technology - Before It's News
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Compare meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite? - Yahoo Answers
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The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called ameteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star.

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Telescope Reviews: M51 and meteor - Cloudy Nights
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03 May 2014

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'Meteor' sighted over New Zealand
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'Meteor' sighted over New Zealand
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Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is Next! Watch in the Predawn Hours on May 5, 6 and 7 | Space
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May 5, 6 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower in Stargazing & Telescopes is being discussed at Physics Forums.

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Buzz Aldrin, Elon Musk Lead List of Luminaries at NSS International Space Development Conference in Los AngelesSpaceRef - 9 hours
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Finding ET May Be Harder Than Thought
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NICK STROBEL: Look closely for meteor shower early next week
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02 May 2014

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Are these the earliest remains of the world's oldest crater?
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Buzz Aldrin, Elon Musk Headline International Space Development Conference
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Chance to view Saturn at its best and a new meteorshower
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Ballarat Municipal Observatory Museum » Possible New Meteor Shower
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01 May 2014

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Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks May 6 - Astronomy Magazine - Interactive Star Charts, Planets ...
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NASA Scientists Have 3D-Printed A Replica Of AMeteorite On Mars
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Captan Meteoros en Japón. Meteor Captured. - YouTube
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What's Up for May Sky 2014 - A Possible New Meteor Superstorm Expected
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30 April 2014

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Gorgeous Astrophoto: Meteor Over Chile
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May Meteor Storm Alert: All Eyes on the Sky! Earth to be SANDBLASTED?! - Page 4
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Phoenix Astronomical Society - Meteor Shower
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Possible "Cameloperalids" Meteor Shower of Comet Linear. No PAS Event set up for this event. Best viewing is after midnight into the morning hours.

Vancouver's The Ring Finders get a job out of this world — locating a lost meteorite ringThe Province - BC - Victoria - 22 hours
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meteor shower | The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh Journal
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Posts about meteor shower written by ASE. ... There may also be a spectacular meteor shower that has never been seen before. Look overhead at ...

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