07 June 2015

Campos dos Goytacazes, Brasil Daytime Bolide Meteor 26MAY2015

Campos dos Goytacazes, Brasil Daytime Bolide Meteor 1341 Local / 1641 UTC 26MAY2015

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Campos dos Goytacazes, Brasil Daytime Bolide Meteor 1641 UTC 26MAY2015
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Campos dos Goytacazes, Brasil Daytime Bolide Meteor 1641 UTC 26MAY2015
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Camera operators Guilherme Ferreira Franco, Marwyn Souza and Phâmela Lopes
captured the daytime bolide detected by the Campos dos Goyatacazes All Sky Camera on May 26th, 2015, at 16:41h UT.

Um brilhante bólido detectado durante o dia!!! Registro feito pela câmera All Sky de Campos dos Goytacazes no dia 26 de Maio às 16:41h Tempo Universal (13:41h no horário de Brasília).

- Prof. Marcelo Souza

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Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 05JUN2015

Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 0756 Local / 2256 UTC 05JUN2015

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Sao Paulo, Brasil Meteor 0756 Local / 2256 UTC 05JUN2015
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Estação, Sao Paulo, Brasil 12 Meteor Captures One Day 05JUN2015

Estação, Sao Paulo, Brasil 12 meteor captures one day 05JUN2015

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Estação, Sao Paulo, Brasil
12 Meteor Captures One Day 05JUN2015
Ricardo Cavallini‎ / BRAMON - Brazilian Meteor Observation Network
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Sobradinho, DF, Brasil Fireball Meteor 06JUN2015 w/ video

Sobradinho, DF, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0034 UTC 06JUN2015 w/ video

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Sobradinho, DF, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0034 UTC 06JUN2015
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Marcelo Domingues / BRAMON

Fireball Libridas-Lupidas do Sul entre Nuvens
Posted to YouTube by Carlos Bella 3 views
Published on Jun 6, 2015
Capturado pela estação MAD em Sobradinho, DF. Administrador Marcelo Domingues
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Minas Gerais, Brasil 19 Meteors 05JUN2015

Minas Gerais, Brasil 19 Meteors One Night 05JUN2015

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Minas Gerais, Brasil 19 Meteors 05JUN2015
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Minas Gerais, Eleven Meteors One Night 05JUN2015

Minas Gerais, Eleven Meteors One Night 05JUN2015
11 Capturas essa noite WSR Maria da Fé MG

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11 Capturas essa noite WSR Maria da Fé MG
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William Siqueira / BRAMON
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Estação CAV 1/SP, Brasil 16 Meteor Captures One Night 04JUN2015

Estação CAV 1/SP, Brasil 16 Meteor Captures One Night 04JUN2015

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Ricardo Cavallini‎ BRAMON - Brazilian Meteor Observation Network
Estação CAV 1/SP
16 meteoros captados no dia 04JUN2015
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06 June 2015

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Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin of May 2015 (57 K) is available now as
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Menard, Texas "Crater" that Wasn't an Impact Crater 1938

Origin of the Menard "Crater"
by  Emmett Blakemore
 On August 30, 1938, the foreman of the Wilkerson Ranch twelve miles southwest of Menard, Texas, reported that a meteorite fell on the ranch and created a large crater. The story, widely publicized by newspapers, caused the writer, accompanied by Professor J. D. Boon of Southern Methodist University, to in- Fig. 1. Location of Menard sink. vestigate this phenomenon. The reported crater was found by following the Menard-Ft. McKavett highway west nine 8 FIELD AND LABORATORY miles from Menard to the intersection of a cross-road, thence north three miles to a point 100 yards east of the "crater". Approximate location is shown on map (Fig. 1). Fig. 2. The j\1(cnard sink, reported erroneously as a mereor i[c Crater. The hole reported to be a meteorite crater was found to be roughly circular in plan with a diameter approximately twenty-five feet and a depth of about thirty feet (Fig. 2) . The bedrock of the region is one of the limestone beds of the Fredericksburg group. About five miles south, the San Saba River has eroded through the Fredericksburg and developed its valley on the Trinity group. In the walls of the pit a cobble conglomerate is exposed, the cobbles being fragments of the Fredericksburg limestone with an impure limy matrix which gives poor cementation. This conglomerate resembles very closely the piles of gravel in the bed of the nearby San Saba River. Similar conglomerates with interbedded silt and clay fill numerous abandoned stream channels exposed in road cuts in the area. The distinct horizontal bedding in the conglomerate is best shown near the edge of the pit, where the rock contains less water. Apparently the bottom of the hole is composed of the same material as the enclosing walls except that the MENARD CRATER south side is covered by slumped soil containing traces of grass. The depth of the bedrock at this point, could not be determined. It is difficult to see any relationship between this pit and craters known to be of meteoritic origin. There is no rim of ejected material. There is no evidence of distortion in the beds exposed at the brink; grasses grow to the margin, and at one place a mesquite tree hangs precariously over the hole with its roots dangling. The mesquites growing close to the pit and the one which hangs partially over it show no signs of the intense heat which would be associated with a falling meteorite.! The cobbles in the bottom of the pit are unfractured, as are those of the conglomerate composing the walls. Some fracturing and pulverization would be expected should a meteoritic origin be assumed. A magnet used in the area did not gather iron fragments. The Menard crater is a limestone sink. It is situated in a region of soluble limestones and marls in which numerous caverns have been excavated. The month preceding the formation of the sink was one of heavy rains and floods; subsurface erosion should have been at a maximum. All of the material which once filled the hole appears to have moved downward to fill a collapsed cavern. This pit is neither unusual nor fundamentally different from the innumerable sinks that dot the Edwards Plateau. This paper is designed to correct a popular fallacy regarding the origin of the Menard "crater", one which might cause future investigators of meteorite craters unnecessary travel and expense. 'Rogers, A. F., (1930) "A Unique Occur,nce of Lech,l elier;le or Silica Glass", American /ollrnlll of Science, 51h Series, Vol. XIX, pp. 195 -202 .

reprinted from- See two photo images of the "crater"-
https://sites.smu.edu/shulermuseum/publication_pdfs/field_lab/Blakemore1939a.pdf

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04 June 2015

Tasmania, Australia Bolide Meteor 03JUN2015 w/ Fragmentation and Sonics

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Bolide Meteor 0455 Local 03JUN2015 w/ Fragmentation and Sonics

This one, 3rd June 0455 local time, +10UT, directly over Brighton Tasmania. Fragmented directly overhead as well, 5-6 pieces with main mass continuing on almost to horizon.
Sonics heard only 30 seconds after fragmentation. Duration of fireball: 10 seconds.
-David Finley, Australia

IF this occurred over land time to scramble the MeteorRats!
-LunarMeteoriteHunter, Japan

Initial Meteor Sighting Report-
03JUN2015 andrew tasmania, Hobart 455 1 minute NW traveling to SE white yellow bright like fireworks 3 distinct objects till dissapeared no pics

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Tasmania, Australia Bolide Meteor 03JUN2015
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Osaka, Japan Twin Meteors 03JUN2015 - 2015年6月3日21:34:23 JSTに2連発

Osaka, Japan Twin Meteors 03JUN2015
2015年6月3日21:34:23 JSTに2連発


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Osaka, Japan Two Meteors 03JUN2015
2015年6月3日21:34:23 JSTに2連発
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Paraíba, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0552 UTC 03JUN2015

Paraíba, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0552 UTC 03JUN2015
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Paraíba, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0232UTC 03JUN2015

Paraíba, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0232UTC 03JUN2015
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Paraíba, Brasil 0232UTC 03JUN2015
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Austria Fireball Meteor 03JUN2015 w/ fragmentation

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This event was likely also seen in Germany and perhaps the Czech Republic.
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Austria Fireball Meteor 2130 Local 03JUN2015 with Fragmentation
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If you saw this event file a meteor sighting report-
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

Initial meteor Sighting Report-
03JUN2015 Pete Spivey Mondsee, Upper Austria, Austria 09.30PM 30 sec E-W red at first than white vapor trails splitting into four pieces brighter than venus yes four parts falling off vertically down wards starting off as a red dot going very fast and turning into a white vapor trail going down wards before splitting off into 4 equal synchronized parts. Main body appeared to carry on past the earth ... amazing

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Minas Gerais, Brasil Earth-Grazer Fireball Meteor 02JUN2015

Minas Gerais, Brasil Earth-Grazer Fireball Meteor 0020 UTC 02JUN2015

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Minas Gerais, Brasil Earth-Grazer Fireball Meteor 02JUN2015c2015 Cristovao Jacques / BRAMON
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Almeria, Spain Fireball Meteor 01JUN2015

Breaking News - Almeria, Spain Fireball Meteor 2220 Local 01JUN2015
Updates pending.

Almeria, Spain
Time: 22:20 (local time) or 20:20 (UTC+0).
Route: South (a 190º) to North (a 10º).
Height to appear: A 50º
Height to disappear: A 10º
Brightness: -3 to -4
Shape: Ellipse. Larger diameter: A 15'.
Duration (time): 5 sec.
Place: 36.8389N, 2.4497W

Reported by-
José Luis Ruiz, Spain

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