23 May 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23MAY2014

Potential Weekend Meteor Shower Will Pelt the Moon Too!
by Bob King- Universe Today - May 21, 2014
If the hoped-for meteor blast materializes this Friday night / Saturday
morning (May 23-24) Earth won't be the only world getting peppered with
debris strewn by comet 209P/LINEAR. The moon will zoom through the comet's
dusty filaments in tandem with us....


Earth to Experience a Never-Before-Seen Meteor Shower May 23-24
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10 Tips For Photographing Meteor Showers (Get Reay For Tomorrow's Shower!) - DIY Photography
DIYPhotography.net -Hacking Photography, One Picture At A Time ⋅ Guest Author
Photographing a meteor shower is more like photographing a time-lapse than traditional still photos. You can never anticipate where or when a ...

How to hear tomorrow night's meteor shower - Holy Kaw!
Holy Kaw! ⋅ Kate Rinsema
Just in case it's cloudy where you are tomorrow night when the new Camelopardalis meteor shower is set to hit, check out how you can still tune into ...

NASA Mars Weathercam Helps Find Big New Crater
Researchers have discovered on the Red Planet the largest fresh meteor-impact crater ever firmly documented with before-and-after images. ...

NASA finds fresh Mars meteor crater, likens it to Chelyabinsk impact
Los Angeles Times
We keep such careful tabs on Mars that scientists have pinpointed, to the day, when a meteor smacked into the Red Planet, leaving a crater about half ...

Video: Meteor caught on camera during fireworks display - Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk
A Meteor is unexpectedly caught on film in the middle of a fireworks display in the US.

Cemelopardalid Meteor Shower May Be Storm of Fireballs; When to Watch, Where to Find It  -Leesburg Patch News ⋅ Greg Hambrick
Astronomers are united in their assessment of whether the spakin' new May Cameloparid meteor shower, due this weekend, will be the best celestial ...

Possible New Meteor Shower May 24th…Will it Sizzle or Fizzle? | The Quad-Cities Daily
The Quad-Cities Daily ⋅ Ronald Blake
FLORENCE-Astronomers are predicting a possible new meteor shower for the night of May 23rd/24th.Meteor showers occur when the Earth enters a ...

A once-in-a-lifetime meteor shower may be on its way -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net - Signs of the Times
sott.net
Skywatchers in North America may be in for a once-in-a-lifetime meteor shower this weekend if the May Camelopardalis light up the night sky early ...

Weekend Meteor Shower | SkyNews
skynews.ca
This coming Friday night/Saturday morning (May 23/24), sky watchers may get to witness a new meteorshower resulting from debris shed by the faint ...

Comet 209P/LINEAR Meteor Shower | Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute
nasa.gov
A new meteor shower, called May Camelopardalis, is expected to peak in the early morning hours on Saturday, May 24, with some forecasters ...

New Meteor Shower Friday Night: How to See It | Space.com
space.com
Learn about how you can prepare to see the new meteor shower Friday (May 23) night.

Russian Meteor: Chelyabinsk Asteroid Had Violent Past
MAY 22, 2014 02:39 PM ET // BY IRENE KLOTZ
Shock veins typically form when the parent body of a meteor or asteroid collides with a larger object in space. Heat and pressure from the impact cause rock to melt. It later reforms bearing vein-shaped patterns. ...

The awesome forces behind the Chelyabinsk fireball
Southland Times
Most of the 20-metre wide asteroid that blazed over Chelyabinsk in southwestern Siberia on February 15, 2013, was incinerated in a bright fireball, the ...

Chelyabinsk Meteorite Collided With Asteroid Before Hitting Earth
Discover - 8 hours
The chunk of space rock that streaked across a Siberian sky in February 2013 left its mark via tweets and viral videos shared around the ...

Dazzling meteorite shower to be seen in Israel
Haaretz Daily - 6 hours
Shower expected on Friday morning; best to watch it before dawn, as earth passes through tail of comet discovered in 2004.

NASA 'Go' to Start Building 2016 Mars Lander
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - 8 hours
The next NASA robot to touch down on the surface of Mars will soon begin taking shape. NASA's InSight Mars lander, which is scheduled to ...

Earth to Experience a Never-Before-Seen Meteor Shower May 23-24 (Video) See n Share ...
beforeitsnews.com
(Before It's News). Earth to Experience a Never-Before-Seen Meteor Shower May 23-24. May 22 2014. Are you geared-up for this show in the sky?

What Are Meteor Outbursts & Why Do They Occur? : Planets, Stars & More - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 02:46
A meteor outburst are meteor showers that we are not expecting. Find out aboutmeteor outbursts and why they occur with help from an experienced ...

Major meteor shower could delight N. America May 23-24
GlobalPost
Skywatchers in the United States and Canada could see a one-of-a-kind meteor shower late Friday night and early Saturday, astronomers say.

Meteor Shower Could Be Meteor Storm
KWTX
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (May 22, 2014) A meteor shower that should be visible, weather permitting, from around 9:30 p.m. Friday to around 6 a.m. ...

Catch the meteor at LIGO
KEPR 19
Catch the meteor at LIGO ... Science buffs and stargazers have a chance to check out LIGO during an upcoming meteor shower. The facility is home to ...

Meteor Shower Expected Fri Night to Sat Morning
1340 WJOL
The weather forcast is looking great for the holiday weekend, and means great viewing in the skies for Friday night's meteor shower, scheduled to run ...

Meteor shower may dazzle South Florida - Sun Sentinel
sun-sentinel.com
South Florida stargazers may be treated to a veritable meteor storm early Saturday and Sunday as the Earth passes through debris left by a newly ...

New meteor shower, the Camelopardalids, expected Friday - News - MSN CA
msn.com
A meteor shower that has never been seen before is expected to hit Friday night and into Saturday; and it could be spectacular.

NASA Teams with Web Tech Company Slooh to Bring Universe to Everyone and Help Protect Earth Too
The live astronomy events on which NASA and Slooh will partner include the
LINEAR comet meteor shower, occurring Friday, May 23, and Saturday, May 24.
Slooh will provide live feeds of the event from 6 p.m. EDT Friday to 3 a.m.
Saturday on the company's website and the UStream feed for NASA's Marshall
Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, at:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc

Psychedelic Meteor Storm THIS weekend! - The Psychedelic Experience - Shroomery Message ...
shroomery.org
So who else is planning on tripping to the potential meteor storm this weekend!? They say there could be up to 1k meteors and hour (~15 per minute)! YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING; NOW I HAVE HEARD OF EVERYTHING!

Meteor strike hits Plymouth...but don't worry, it was in 1623.
Plymouth Herald
It is one of only a dozen officially recognised meteorites to have hit England in the last 1,000 years. The strike is detailed in a book from the 1820s, ...

Telescope Reviews: Fireball Meteor Shower May 23rd/24th - Cloudy Nights
cloudynights.com
I remember being at a shower when I was just a kid, I am thinking around 1982. It was summer and we were in Vantage, WA at a boat race. That night ...

SPECTACULAR: A meteor shower is going to be seen early Friday morning in Israel, sort of like ...
JEWSNEWS ⋅ admin
SPECTACULAR: A meteor shower is going to be seen early Friday morning in Israel, sort of like this from 2013. Posted on 5/22/2014 by admin. Tweet.

NASA: New Meteor Shower Could Rival Perseids « CBS Sacramento
cbslocal.com
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It could rival the famed Perseid meteor shower from later in the summer, or it could be a dud. But, NASA scientists are ...

10 Tips - How To Photograph A Meteor Shower - Shutter Muse
shuttermuse.com
These 10 simple tips will show you how to photograph a meteor shower and capture amazing photos of showers such as Perseids, Geminids and ...

Meteor shower - The Homestretch - CBC Player
cbc.ca
Astronomy author and photographer Alan Dyer tells us about a meteor shower happening this weekend.

Interview Alert - Wayne State astronomy professor available to discuss raremeteor shower ...
Wayne State University Public Relations ⋅ Wayne State University
A rare meteor shower is expected to light up the night sky Saturday, May 24 as Earth passes through streams of cosmic debris produced by the faint ...

The Camel-what? Your guide to viewing the one-time-only Camelopardalis meteor shower ...
catholic.org
Friday night could offer the most spectacular meteor shower of their lives with as many as 1,000 meteors per hour between 1 A.M. and 3 A.M. Eastern ...

Chelyabinsk Meteorite Was Struck By An Asteroid Before Hitting Earth
io9
Scientists studying the fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteorite have concluded that the object was separated from its parent body after being struck by ...

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22 May 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22MAY2014 -Final

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22MAY2014 - EARLY
blogspot.com
Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 21MAY2014 - Meteor Across the Moon ... Queensland Australia Meteor ~22:50 21NOV2012 If you witnessed this meteor .

Martian mineral could be linked to microbes
Australian National University- May 20, 2014
Scientists have discovered that the earliest living organisms on Earth
were capable of making a mineral that may be found on Mars.
The clay-mineral stevensite has been used since ancient times and was
used by Nubian women as a beauty treatment, but scientists had believed
deposits could only be formed in harsh conditions like volcanic lava and
hot alkali lakes. ...

2015 IAA Planetary Defense Conference - CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN !
International Academy of Astronautics
2015 IAA Planetary Defense Conference
April 13-17, 2015
Frascati, Roma, Italy
Call for papers
<http://iaaweb.org/iaa/Scientific%20Activity/callpdc2015.pdf> soon
available. ...

Stardust in Meteorites
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 21MAY2014
blogspot.com
Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 21MAY2014 - Meteor Across the Moon ... Queensland Australia Meteor ~22:50 21NOV2012 If you witnessed this meteor ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest WorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News 20MAY2014
blogspot.com
He said the debris trail from comet 209P/Linear, discovered in 2004, is the originator of this meteor shower and the Earth will cross the comet path on .

'Once in a lifetime' meteor shower
gulfnews.com
DUBAI Dubai residents will get to experience a once in a lifetime meteor shower this weekend as the shower could turn to a meteor storm providing ...

Michigan Will Have the Best View of Weekend Meteor Shower - 97.5 NOW FM
975now.com
Okay, try to process this one: According to NASA, a meteor shower that will occur late Friday night will be of dust that a comet “ejected” in the 1800s.

Meteor Shower Coming To Mid-Michigan This Weekend - 100.7 WITL
witl.com
Get out those fishing net, kids - Uncle Banana's paying TEN BUCKS a meteor!

[Space] New meteor shower.. - Kerbal Space Program Forum
kerbalspaceprogram.com
We have a new meteor shower on its way! YAY I present the Camelopardalids! https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/b5bad1d9f4d9.

Potential weekend meteor shower will also affect the moon
Phys.Org
The speckled area shows where on the moon impacts from meteoroids from the new Camelopardalidmeteor shower could occur. Telescopic ...

Meteor strike hits Plymouth...but don't worry, it was in 1623.
Plymouth Herald
Two new realtime maps have now been created, one which follows the position of meteors in the sky using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR).

The violent history of the Chelyabinsk meteorite
The Hindu (blog)
With the second largest air burst recorded in history, a meteorite exploded over the southern Ural region of Russia in February 2013 and crashed near ...

Dazzling meteorite shower for Israel on Thursday
Haaretz
Most meteorite showers occur when the tail of a comet intersects with the Earth. “Comets are part of the solar system and are the remains of its creation ...

meteor shower Archives - DIY Photography
diyphotography.net
Photographing a meteor shower is more like photographing a time-lapse than traditional still photos. You can never anticipate where or when a ...

Camelopardalid Meteor Shower: You can hear shooting stars!
Delhi Daily News
The stargazers in the United States and Canada could witness as well as hear (on radio) the impressive Camelopardalid meteor shower late Friday ...

Meteor Shower Star Party | Calendar | UND: University of North Dakota
und.edu
The first public star party of the season will be held at the UND Observatory on Friday May 23, 2014 starting at 9:30pm (right around sunset.) ...

Astro-Alert: Possible meteor storm Friday-Saturday, May 23-24! | The Manitoba Museum Science ...
manitobamuseum.ca
UPDATES to this story are listed at the bottom of the page! On the early morning of Saturday, May 24, we may see a brand-new meteor shower.

Meteor Storm History Data? - Astronomy Magazine - Interactive Star Charts, Planets, Meteors ...
astronomy.com
Does anyone know of a source of data on previous meteor shower storms? I'm interested in going back abour 50 years. And if not quite storm ...

Qatar to witness meteor shower tonight | Qatar Living
qatarliving.com
Qatar residents will be able to witness a meteor shower tomorrow night, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported, quoting Qatari astronomer Sheikh Salman ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Dubai Astronomy Group Event 23/24MAY2014 
blogspot.com
Predictions suggest that a new meteor shower will be seen on the 24th May as Earth is expected to cross the debris trail left by comet 209P/Linear.

Utahns could witness history-making meteor shower this weekend :: The Salt Lake Tribune
sltrib.com
From midnight to 2 a.m., Earth is set to pass through a dust cloud left by a comet, and it could result in the Camelopardalid meteor shower, which many ...

Into The Night Photography: Photographing Meteor Showers
blogspot.com
Written by Muench Workshops Guest Pro, Thomas O'Brien: Photographing a meteor shower is more like photographing a time-lapse than traditional ...

Another meteor shower to happen tomorrow
Khaleej Times
Dubai Astronomy Group spokesman Keith Cobby said the shower could last up to several days, depending on how widely dispersed the meteor trail is ...

Mysterious fireball may have landed in western Qld
ABC Local
An amateur astronomer says a mysterious fireball seen in Queensland skies last week may have landed in the small outback town of Jericho.

Telescope Reviews: Brightest meteor I have ever personally seen - Cloudy Nights
cloudynights.com
All of a sudden I saw a meteor start at about the zenith, just due north of Leo, and travel west to about the level of Jupiter. It started at about the ...

Camelopardalid meteor shower targets the moon too – watch for impact flashes | Astro Bob
areavoices.com
To monitor the moon for possible impacts from the Camelopardalid meteor shower, focus your attention on the speckled area in the darkened upper ...

Ready for May's Surprise Meteor Shower?
By: Kelly Beatty - Sky & Telescope- May 21, 2014
Dim, obscure periodic comet 209P/LINEAR is about to pass close to Earth
- and bring with it a trail of debris that could make for an exciting
meteor shower in May, during the predawn hours of the 24th....

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21 May 2014

Dubai Astronomy Group Event 23/24MAY2014 Camelopardalis Meteor Shower

Dubai Astronomy Group Event 23/24MAY2014 Camelopardalis Meteor Shower

Location: Bab Al Shams Desert Resort, Click Here for Location map.
Event start: 21.00pm of Friday 23rd May Event ends: Sunrise on Saturday 24th May


Join us to witness a potentially ‘once in a lifetime’ event. Predictions suggest that a new meteor shower will be seen on the 24th May as Earth is expected to cross the debris trail left by comet 209P/Linear. Based on professional forecasts this meteor shower could turn out to be a unique meteor storm. A meteor storm could see dense outbursts of bright multiple meteors and provide in excess of 1000 shooting stars an hour during its peak. Lowest expectation would be 60-100 meteors an hour. You won’t want to miss this…

This Dubai Astronomy Group event will also provide visitors an opportunity to look through the club telescopes at other celestial objects including; Saturn, Mars, double stars, globular clusters, nebula and other deep sky objects. In addition, the Moon rises in the morning, just before sunrise, in a close conjunction with the planet Venus. The event will feature live presentations and videos about the night sky plus featured online broadcasts to the wider international astronomy community.

The event is working in collaboration with Astronomers without Borders and will feature live links between Dubai and California.

The event is also supporting a global broadcast from Slooh Telescopes. Slooh operate a network of robotically controlled telescopes which are used by its worldwide membership for Astronomy imaging and observing. Slooh is a major worldwide outreach facilitator of public astronomy and hosts regular online events. Dubai Astronomy Group is a listed partner.

The event will also include periodic Live Google+ Hangouts On Air and will be available on YouTube for those unable to attend in person;

Google Hangout Part 1

Google Hangout Part 2

Google Hangout Part 3

Google Hangout Part 4

Dubai Astronomy Group YouTube


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Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 21MAY2014

Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 21MAY2014 - Meteor Across the Moon
BRAMON - Tiro na Lua
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21MAY2014

Phil Plait promises us a spectacular meteor shower on Friday! » Pharyngula - Freethought Blogs
freethoughtblogs.com
Experts are predicting we may be in for quite a show: a brand spanking new meteor shower that will peak on the evening of Friday, May 23, 2014!

Night sky spotting: Meteor shower expected - CBS46 News
cbs46.com
As for the upcoming meteor shower, NASA says the best viewing time will be from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. on Saturday. The comet 209P/LINEAR is leaving a ...

Telescope Reviews: Fireball Meteor Shower May 23rd/24th - Cloudy Nights
cloudynights.com
People do not seem to be taking this possible/probable new fireball meteor shower seriously. And it starts on Sunday morning EDT at 1:40 AM!

meteorite du 18/05/2014 a 3h52 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:13
meteorite du 18/05/2014 a 3h52 cam bosch ltc0498/51.

Meteor shower due Friday night/Saturday morning; see photos from last big one over Alvord Desert
The Oregonian
The Alvord Desert is a 400-mile drive from Portland, but you may not have to go that far to see this year's biggest meteor shower. Weather forecasts ...

Meteor shower expected to dazzle Valley
KTAR.com
The Camelopardalis meteor shower is expected to be visible overnight Friday into early Saturday morning, said Carl Hergenrother, a science team ...

Possible meteor shower night of May 23-24 | Pine Mountain Observatory
uoregon.edu
Story about possible new meteor shower due to comet 209P/LINEAR.

Live webcast of Comet LINEAR and new meteor shower, 23-24 May
Phys.Org
On the night of May 23rd, a new meteor shower, now named the Camelopardalids, will appear in the night sky with potential to become a full meteor ...

FM radio will pick up sounds from upcoming meteor shower "Camelopardalis ... - the cosmos news
THE COSMOS NEWS ⋅ tap taru
It's one thing to see a meteor shower. But did you know that you can “hear” one, too? Just turn on the radio this coming Friday after-hours, and you will ...

National Space Centre - Spectacular new meteor shower expected.
spacecentre.co.uk
Spectacular new meteor shower expected. 20-05-14: Written by Josh. This weekend we are going to be going a little comet crazy here at the National ...

Society for Popular Astronomy - Meteor and Fireball News
popastro.com
As you may be aware, there are predictions that significant meteor activity may be seen from North America on the morning of May 24th 2014 when the ...

Meteor shower of the decade this Friday: When and where to watch in Dubai
Emirates 24/7
UAE residents are promised spectacular meteor showers this weekend, with sky-watchers set for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness a brilliant ...

Meteor Shower Expected Friday Night
KMPH Fox 26
Sky watchers across the country and right here in the Valley could be in for a real treat this Friday. Astronomers are anticipating a new meteor shower.

Comet 209P/Linear US and Canada on Alert A New Meteor Superstorm Expected May 23-24 (+ ...
beforeitsnews.com
Comet 209P/Linear US and Canada on Fire – A New Meteor Superstorm on May 23-24. Two years ago,meteor experts Esko Lyytinen of Finland and ...

Meteor Fireball Boom over West VA May 16th 2014 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 04:37
Meteor Fireball Explosion over West VA May 16th 2014 & Mystery Booms http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/140515_25475.shtml ...

Could largest-in-century meteor have been stopped? - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 03:13
Despite the huge size of the Russian meteor, its appearance in the skies was a surprise. It entered Earth's atmosphere completely unnoticed by ...

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

20 May 2014

"UFO-nonsense" - Russian Spacecraft Debris Fall in China 16MAY2014 - Photos!

"UFO" - Russian Spacecraft Debris Fall in China 16MAY2014
"UFO" - Russian Fuel Cell / Spacecraft Debris Fall in China 16MAY2014
Photo Credit- http://weibo.com/
生活 · 坑爹一號 · 發表於 2014-05-16 22:32
16日13時,黑龍江省依安縣雙陽鄉孟常村村民聽到了巨大的破空聲,然後有村民目擊看見一個大火球劃過天空,墜落在農戶家菜園內。隨後,中新社記者從村民處拍攝的照片上看到,該物體為圓形金屬物,外圍有鋸齒狀包圍物。...

Three UFO crashed in Heilongjiang cited arguments
(CNA Taipei 16 (Xinhua)) CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee Propaganda Department confirmed Yian, three unidentified flying object (UFO) fell from the sky today, has plunged into Yian and Baiquan municipal territory under Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province. ... HINT- USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE

三個UFO 墜落黑龍江引議論
(中央社台北16日電)中共黑龍江省依安縣委宣傳部證實,三個不明飛行體(UFO)今天從天而降,先後墜入黑龍江省齊齊哈爾市轄下的依安縣和拜泉縣境內。...

三个“UFO”坠落黑龙江 现场已封锁
16日6时许,三个不明飞行物体从天而降,先后坠入黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市下辖的依安县和拜泉县境内。
16日13时,记者经黑龙江省依安县委宣传部证实,依安县双阳乡孟常村村民今晨听到了巨大的破空声,然后有村民目击看见一个大火球划过天空,坠落在农户家菜园内。随后,中新社记者从村民处拍摄的照片上看到,该物体为圆形金属物,外围有锯齿状包围物。 ...

Web Report in English-
Update: Eight Mysterious Spheres Now Found in China After Russian Rocket Gets Hit By UFO, May 16th, 2014 ~ Video Updated-Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:06
... shot down by UFO... B.S.!

Related video-  Sorry skip the UFO shoot-down Nonsense! Rocket Failure!!!

8 Spheres Fall Over China
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20MAY2014

Can You Say Camelopardalids? Observing, Weather Prospects and More for the May 24th Meteor Shower
Universe Today - 8 hours
It could be the best of meteor showers, or it could be the… Well, we’ll delve into the alternatives here in a bit. For now, we’ll call upon ...

UAE to be dazzled by once-in-a-lifetime Camelopardalids meteor shower
Al-Bawaba
He said the debris trail from comet 209P/Linear, discovered in 2004, is the originator of this meteor shower and the Earth will cross the comet path on ...

Meteor Shower in Dubai in May - What's On
whatson.ae
What's On has details of the meteor shower Camelopardalids over the UAE, as revealed on NASA website space.com. Find out the best place to see it.

The sky is falling! Surprise meteor shower may strike Saturday morning | Astro Bob
areavoices.com
A brand new meteor shower shooting 100-400 meteors an hour may radiate from the dim constellation Camelopardalis below the North Star Saturday ...

Saitama, Japan Fireball Meteor 16MAY2014 - 2014年5月16日3時9分29秒のー4等? - Blogger
blogspot.com
SonotaCo Meteor Forum with more information on the event- http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3273 2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty"

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest WorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News 19MAY2014
blogspot.com
The York County Astronomical Society will offer free public observing meteor watch sessions, 11 p.m. Friday and 4:30 a.m. Saturday at its John C.

Meteors at the rate of 400 per hour to light up sultanate's skies on Friday night
Muscat Daily
Astronomy enthusiasts in Oman are looking forward to the Camelopardalis meteorshower which will be visible on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Meteor shower this Friday night to be “astronomical experience of a lifetime” | InvestmentWatch
InvestmentWatch ⋅ InvestmentWatch
Al Ain: Stargazers in the UAE will get a nature's treat next week by witnessing a never-before-seenmeteor shower called Camelopardalids. The s.

Possible Meteor “Storm” Friday Night
Fox17
The comet 209P/Linear is expected to pass close to the Earth, and the resulting meteor shower, known as the Camelopardalids, could be fairly ...

New meteor shower could be spectacular this weekend
York Daily Record
The upcoming meteor shower, which is coming from the Camelopardalis constellation, could be a good show or a dud — it just depends on how much ...

The meteor storm and an all night star party to view it - Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog - WordPress.com
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog ⋅ Bob Moler
The reason is the predicted meteor storm Saturday morning from Comet 209P/LINEAR, discovered in 2004. Near a I can tell no one has seen a single ...

209P/LINEAR Meteor Shower, Bob Piekiel At Baltimore Woods, And CNYO's Public Viewing ...
cnyo.org
Greetings fellow astrophiles! This coming weekend will be a busy one for CNYO, amateur astronomers, andmeteor shower hopefuls alike.

New meteor shower could turn into a meteor storm « New Haven Bulletin
New Haven Bulletin ⋅ bob
Coming to a circumpolar constellation near you: An all-new, never-before-seen, awkwardly named meteor shower that just might knock your ...

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19 May 2014

Saitama, Japan Fireball Meteor 16MAY2014 - 2014年5月16日3時9分29秒のー4等?の火球

Saitama, Japan Fireball Meteor 16MAY2014 - 2014年5月16日3時9分29秒の火球
Saitama, Japan Fireball Meteor 16MAY2014 - 2014年5月16日3時9分29秒の火球
Image Credit- ts007 / SonotaCo
SonotaCo Meteor Forum with more information on the event-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3273

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19MAY2014

Audioboo / May 19 Meteor Shower in Dubai -Dubai Astronomy Group - DAG
audioboo.fm
We gave you inside gossip about where you can watch the meteor shower in the UAE this weekend...Dubai Astronomy Group - DAG

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest WorldwideMeteor/Meteorite News 18MAY2014
blogspot.com
Next 23/24 May comet 209P/Linear, discovered in Feb. 2004, may possibly put an amazing show in the sky with an exceptional meteor shower.

Get ready to witness meteor shower next week | GulfNews.com
gulfnews.com
Al Ain: Stargazers in the UAE will get a nature's treat next week by witnessing a never-before-seenmeteor shower called Camelopardalids.

Free meteor shower watch at Rudy County Park
York Dispatch
The York County Astronomical Society will offer free public observing meteor watch sessions, 11 p.m. Friday and 4:30 a.m. Saturday at its John C.

Astronomy event Friday to highlight meteor storm
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Expected to be unique to that night is a meteor storm with hundreds of meteors per hour. The Sci-Tech center said the show is “due to an obscure ...

This Week in Ozarks History: May 19-25
Springfield News-Leader
May 19, 1910: The Springfield Republican reported a meteor, about 6 inches in diameter and weighing several pounds, crash-landed on the Webster ...

New meteor shower could turn into a meteor storm - Democratic Underground
democraticunderground.com
A never-before-seen meteor shower is set to light up the night sky May 23. ... It's called the Camelopardalidmeteor shower, and unlike annual showers ...

Carmelopardalis Meteor Shower Could be Spectactcular - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 05:35
Associate Professor Paul Wiegert of Western University's Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) discusses the Carmelopardalis meteor ...

Meteorite Times Magazine May Issue Now Up
The May issue of Meteorite Times is now up and we're excited to show you
our new mobile friendly update. ...

Will New Meteor Shower This Weekend Sizzle or Fizzle? | Space.com
space.com
How dramatic Saturday's meteor shower will be depends on just how effectively Jupiter's gravity has shepherded Comet 209P/LINEAR's shed ...

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18 May 2014

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Comet 209P Linear possible Camelopardalids meteor shower online event
The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 ⋅ Gianluca Masi
Next 23/24 May comet 209P/Linear, discovered in Feb. 2004, may possibly put an amazing show in the sky with an exceptional meteor shower.

Meteor Crater Star Party is Sunday night
Prescott Daily Courier
Meteor Crater, the meteorite impact site located 35 miles east of Flagstaff and 20 miles west of Winslow on I-40, exit 233 will be hosting a "Star Party" ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17MAY2014 - Early
blogspot.com
While meteor showers vary in intensity, astronomers expect the Camelopardalidmeteor shower to produce hundreds of meteors per hour and can be .

Prehistoric Meteor Causing Water Woes
KGAN TV
MANSON, Iowa (AP) -- The small central Iowa city of Manson is having a big problem drilling a new well, and the reason could date back millions of ...

Passing Meteor Startles West Virginia Residents
WCHS-TV8
The National Weather Service said a meteor was responsible for a loud boom reported across the southern part of the state Thursday night.

Last Night's Fireball Meteor In Our Area Was VERY Rare! An Explanation & If We Could See More ...
typepad.com
There was a fireball meteor last night that flashed across our sky and it traveled a very long distance in the atmosphere of the earth. This was not a ...

Reports of fireball sightings explained
WKRC TV Cincinnati
Fireball sightings were reported in parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia. A fireball is a very bright meteor, burning as it hits Earth's ...

Brilliant Fireball Streaks Over Southeastern US (Video, Photos) | Space.com
space.com
"This fireball was not part of any meteor shower and belongs to a class of meteors called Earthgrazers," Cooke wrote in the statement. "These meteors ...

Camelopardalid Meteor Shower: Earth to Intercept 'Dust Trails' Comet 209P/LINEAR For First Time
International Business Times UK
A previously unobserved celestial event called the Camelopardalid meteor shower is set to take place for the first time on the night of 23 May. Although ...

Meteor group investigates W.Va. fireball reports » Latest news » Cumberland Times-News
times-news.com
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The American Meteor Society is investigating reports of a fireball in the sky over parts of southern West Virginia. ...

Meteor shoots across Tennessee sky -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
sott.net
Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, said the very bright meteor entered the atmosphere over Columbia, S.C. at 9.38 p.m.

We had a very rare meteor in Tennessee last night, - Godlike Productions
godlikeproductions.com
Did anyone else see this meteor? pretty cool to see. Pikeville is my neighbor, live in Crossville Cumberland county, this was huge and fast, got a good ...

Watch Earthgrazer meteor streak through night sky - USA Today
usatoday.com
This basketball-sized meteor that streaked through the skies of the southern United States Friday night is called an Earthgrazer, according to NASA.

Pennsylvania Starwatch: Meteor storm or a dud? We'll see - News - Republican Herald
republicanherald.com
Early next Saturday morning, May 24, our skies could be ablaze with one heck of a meteor shower between 2 and 3 a.m. It may be even close to ...

Camelopardalids Meteor Shower Peaks On May 23, 2014 (VIDEO) | Environment - Before It's News
beforeitsnews.com
A new, and possibly spectacular, meteor shower will be gracing the skies on the night of May 23, 2014 (early morning of May 24, 2014). Predictions ..

Can NASA Save Us from an Asteroid Ready to Slam into Earth?
Cleveland Leader
We've seen the destruction that even a small meteorite entering the Earth's atmosphere can cause when it impacts our planet, a la the Chelyabinsk ..

Meteor shower predicted to be spectacular
Leader-Telegram
It will be the first time we pass through this stream, and the prediction is that we will have a meteorshower so spectacular it will qualify as a meteor ..

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 17-23, 2014 | American Meteor Society
amsmeteors.org
The moon will interfere with meteor observations as the glare will obscure fainter meteors. This weekend the waning gibbous will seriously ...

Telescope Reviews: Is this meteor storm happening next Friday?
cloudynights.com
Pages: 1. panhard Moderator It's All Good * Reged: 01/20/08. Loc: Markham Ontario Canada. Is this meteorstorm happening next Friday? #6529906 ...

Fireball seen streaking through nighttime sky
WXIA-TV
11Alive heard from several people who thought they saw something. What was it? A UFO? A drone? Well, according to NASA, a basketball-sized ...

ANCIENT PROBLEM: City’s Water Woes Out Of This World
WHO-TV 13 Des Moines - 21 hours
About 74 million years ago, when dinosaurs still walked the Earth, and long before humans, a meteorite more than a...

Exploding Meteor Startles Appalachian Area Residents All Across the Region : Appalachian Area ...
appalachianareanews.com
A meteor brighter than the planet Venus moved across the sky creating a panic across the Appalachian Area Thursday night, a meteorologist with the ...

American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
amsmeteors.org
AMS received 46 reports about a fireball seen over AL, GA, NC and SC on May 16th 2014 around 01:43 (UTC)

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17 May 2014

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UPDATE: Meteorite Likely Cause of Large Boom and Quake
WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia - 21 hours
Officials are investigating reports of a large boom that was heard and felt across numerous counties.

Australians report mystery flaming object falling from sky
Daily Telegraph - 8 hours
Mystery flaming object plummets from space to Earth in northeast Australia - meteorite or falling satellite blamed

Officials identify source of boom felt across region
The Register-Herald - 19 hours
The National Weather Service says a window-shaking boom felt across much of southern West Virginia brought hundreds of calls to 911 centers ...

Australians report flaming object falling from sky
Sin Chew Jit Poh - 20 hours
SYDNEY, May 16, 2014 (AFP) - Residents of northeastern Australia have reported seeing a flaming object plummeting to Earth, police said ...

Camelopardalid Meteor Shower Date and When to Watch: Rare Cosmic Event to Bring Hundred of ...
Latin Post
While meteor showers vary in intensity, astronomers expect the Camelopardalidmeteor shower to produce hundreds of meteors per hour and can be ...

Meteor streaks through the sky
WKYT
According to NASA a basketball sized meteor entered the earth's atmosphere above South Carolina travelling at around 78,000 mph and eventually ...

Long-Lasting Fireball Streaks Over Southeast US (Video, Photos)
Space.com
"This fireball was not part of any meteor shower and belongs to a class of meteors called Earthgrazers," Cooke wrote in the statement. "These meteors ...

"Earthgrazer" Meteor Over Southern USA - Astronomy and Astrophysics - Unexplained Mysteries ...
unexplained-mysteries.com
"Earthgrazer" Meteor Over Southern USA - posted in Astronomy and Astrophysics: Earthgrazer Seen In The Southern Sky At 8:38:30 PM CDT, ...

Brilliant Fireball Streaks Over Southeastern US (Video, Photos)
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - 22 minutes
A rare, long-lasting fireball streaked through the skies of the southeastern United States Thursday night (May 15), putting on a show for ...

Fireball over Kentucky and West Virginia – May 15, 2014 | American MeteorSociety
amsmeteors.org
A large and bright fireball was seen and reported by approx. 95 witnesses across Kentucky and West Virginia (May 15th 2014, 9:38pm EDT – May ...

Q&A: How life might expand in the universe
Phys.Org
I have been studying samples of these asteroids in meteorites to evaluate their soil fertilities and the responses of microorganisms and plant tissue ...

A Giant Ball Of Fire Fell From The Sky In North Queensland
Gizmodo Australia
Astronomer Owen Bennedick told ABC that while most of the meteorite would have been burned up in its entry through Earth's atmosphere, any part ...

Ball of light flashes through sky in central Queensland
Gladstone Observer
REPORTS of a large meteorite or other object lighting up the sky in central Queensland and hitting the earth are starting to flood Facebook. There are ...

Possible meteor sighted in Tenn., eight other states
TriCities.com
Fireballs are meteors that generally are brighter than Venus, and "the brighter the fireball, the rarer the event," a posting on the American Meteor ...

Iowa city blames meteor that hit 74 million years ago for current difficulty drilling well
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The difficulty apparently is due to a meteor that struck an estimated 74 million years ago, creating what's known as the Manson impact crater.

Rare meteor shoots across Tennessee sky
WBIR-TV
Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, said the very bright meteor entered the atmosphere over Columbia, S.C. at 9.38 p.m. The ...

Loud and Glowing
WCHS
"I looked up and flames were coming across and I thought, 'Oh, it was a meteor.' It was just this round ball with flames coming out of it." Harmon said ...

Phoenix Astronomical Society - Meteor Shower & Star Party in Carefree
pasaz.org
Meteor Shower & Star Party in Carefree "Cameloperalids" Meteor Shower of Comet Linear. Everyone Welcome. Bring a chair, jacket, & your family ...

Meteor Lights up Tennessee - Earth Gazing Fireball Burns Bright For 250 Miles | Space
beforeitsnews.com
Not part of any meteor shower, entered Earth's atmosphere at 78,000 mph above Columbia, South Carolina and burned up just north of Chattanooga, ...

American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
amsmeteors.org
AMS received 53 reports about a fireball seen over IN, KY, NC, OH, SC, TN and WV on May 16th 2014 around 02:15 (UTC)

Huge fireball seen over Qeensland might have hit t... - The Watchers
The Watchers » Latest articles
A giant fireball was seen falling from the sky over central and northern Queensland on May 15th. According to eyewitnesses, a massive ball of fire had ...

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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News- GA TN SC Meteor15MAY2014
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"click on image to enlarge" GA TN SC Meteor Apprx. 21"41 Eastern 15MAY2014 v.1 c2014 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth ...

MBIQ Detects - Queensland Australia Meteor 15MAY2014 | Portal to the Universe
portaltotheuniverse.org
MBIQ Detects - Queensland, Australia Meteor Approx. 1850 AEST 15MAY2014. Report your meteorsightings please

National Weather Service believes "boom" caused by meteor
WOWK
UPDATE: National Weather Service believes "boom" caused by meteor. Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:07 PM EDT. Updated: Thursday, May 15 ...

Meteor seen in West Virginia skies
Charleston Gazette
A meteor moving across the sky created panic across the southern part of the state Thursday night, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service ...

Loud "boom" in West Virginia, meteor suspected. - Godlike Productions
godlikeproductions.com
Many reports of a loud boom last night around 10:30.

Boone County, WV 911 says NASA reports a meteor strike in Tennessee. Perhaps an explanation ...
inagist.com
BREAKING: The NWS is looking into the possibility of a meteor hitting the atmosphere, causing a sonic boom. 13News is following the latest.

Giant Fireball Seen in the Sky Over Most of North Georgia | 92.1 WLHR
92.1 WLHR ⋅ MJ Kneiser
It was a giant fireball and it wasn't going that fast. It was traveling kind of low as well. Our first thought was that someone was shooting off fireworks.”.

Meteor group investigates W.Va. fireball reports
WKYT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The American Meteor Society is investigating reports of afireball in the sky over parts of southern West Virginia.

ScienceCasts: NASA On The Lookout For A New Meteor Shower [Video] - Disclose.tv
disclose.tv
Visit for 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 ...

To catch a falling star
ABC Local
"I only know of one other witnessed meteorite fall in Australia where people have actually gone out and picked up the meteorite off the ground and that ...

Meteorite Likely Cause of Large Boom and Quake
WSAZ-TV
(WSAZ) -- NASA says a meteorite is likely to blame for a loud boom and ground shake felt across several West Virginia counties. 911 centers in Boone ...

Meteorite lights up central and western Queensland
Fraser Coast Chronicle
"I was on the phone to a friend in Charters Towers when I saw the giant fireball with a trail (meteorite) come through the clouds and hit the ground, then ...

Telescope Reviews: Is this meteor storm happening next Friday? - Cloudy Nights
cloudynights.com
Have any meteor storm predictions come true? Even once in recent years? To me these predictions are like the comet of century hype we get every ...

Space rocks stolen from Portland meteorite expert
kgw.com
PORTLAND – A meteorite expert is hoping to get a box full of rare space rocks back after it was stolen from his truck. “I've been looking at meteorites ...

May meteor shower set to light up night sky
VietNamNet Bridge
VietNamNet Bridge – One of 2014's best meteor showers, with radiants reaching a zenithal hourly rate or ZHR of 1,000 per hour makes its appearance ...

Lessons from the Russian meteor burst | EARTH Magazine
earthmagazine.org
15, 2013, many of those cameras recorded the explosion of a large meteor 23 kilometers above the city. As was widely reported at the time, the air ...

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16 May 2014

Cheshire, England, UK Meteor 15/16MAY2014

Cheshire, England, UK Meteor 15/16MAY2014

Seeking More Information!
Report your meteor sightings please
-http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

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Initial Meteor Sighting Report-
joanna wilding wrote Meteor 15MAY2014":
we saw this break up! it was by far the largest we had ever seen. actually seeing huge parts breaking away. sighting Cheshire, England - 4 second duration
----- no time of the event given

related event?
16MAY2014 Hugh Roberts Maenaddwyn, Anglesey, United Kingdom 00:30 (roughly) 2/3/2014 S-NE Yellow/ Pale Orange Brighter than Venus. No None

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here
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Breaking News- GA TN SC NC AL KY Meteor 15MAY2014

Breaking News- GA TN SC NC AL KY  Meteor Apprx. 21"41 Eastern 15MAY2014
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GA TN SC NC AL KY Meteor Apprx. 21"41 Eastern 15MAY2014
v.4 c2014 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
Report your meteor sightings please
-http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
Please help get the word about this event so that we might recover security camera video or cell phone captures; spread the word about this website via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, GLP, SOTT and your favorite forums; contact your local news outlets; thank you!
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
15MAY2014 Mark Rigge Greenville, SC, USA 21:53/EST,pm 10 seconds East to West White ball with a tale fairly low to the ground Moon + No East heading due West

15MAY2014 Dan V Riceville, Tennessee, USA 21.41 approx 15 secs covered all sky e - W bright white with trail venus yes awesome!

15MAY2014 Gary Harrison Royston, GA, USA 21:38:00 @ 15-20 ? Moving from SE to NW Bright white, long tail, no sound Brighter than Venus No I have never seen a comment of this magnitude, whose tail was still visible after it had traversed half the night sky. It seemed orbital, as if it was not actually coming into the atmosphere, e.g., it did not fall, but made a complete pass.

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