09 March 2018

Washington, Oregon Bolide Fireball Meteor 08MAR2018

US NW Coast -Grays Harbor, Washington Bolide Meteor 19:10 Pacific 08MAR2018
w/Sonics and Fragmentation- Meteorites Likely Produced Falling into the Pacific Ocean -- w/ Videos



Possible Meteorite Lights Up The Night Sky Over Grays Harbor
Posted on YouTube by wwwMOXNEWScom
Published on Mar 8, 2018 1,182 views
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKb_KVMz4B0

Fireball off the Washington coast was likely a meteor
Seattle Times
Thousands of meteors of fireball magnitude occur every day, but most are never seen because they hit during the day or over uninhabited areas, according to the American Meteor Society. One of the most spectacular fireballs in recent history was the superbolide near Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Feb.

Mysterious boom, light in Grays Harbor County could be bolide meteoroid
KING5.com
A bolide is a special type of fireball, or very bright meteor, that explodes in a bright flash at its end, according to the American Meteor Society. ... If a fireball explodes as a bolide below an altitude of 30 miles, there's a chance people on the ground could hear sonic booms, which are noises that occur when ...

NASA Identifies Mystery Noise
750 KXL
Portland, Or. – NASA says a loud boom that was heard from Portland to Seattle last night was a meteor. NASA's Karen Northon says it was first spotted 51 miles above Tacoma, Washington moving at a speed of 31,000 miles per hour. She says it then fragmented over Skykomish, Washington. She says ...

Bright flash in the sky, loud boom, ground shaking reported in Grays Harbor County
KOMO News
"It took up the entire horizon, so it wasn't like it was a fireball, although the color was similar to what you would see with something like that." Grays Harbor County Emergency Management said it has contacted the National Weather Service in Seattle about the reports. The NWS said it there were no ...

NASA says 'fireball' that shook Washington coast about the size of minivan
kfor.com
SEATTLE – The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told KCPQ. Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management ...

Big Boom, Flash Likely Exploding Meteor, Say Oregon Scientists
Oregon Coast Beach Connection
Big Boom, Flash Likely Exploding Meteor, Say Oregon Scientists; Video - Experts are pointing to what is a bolide meteor: essentially a fireball that explodes.

MINIVAN SIZED METEOR HITS WASHINGTON
YouTube
Last night, March 8th 2018, A bolide (large meteor crash landed near Grays Harbor Washington. It created a sonic boom strong enough to shake houses and bust a...

Big boom, light in the sky was likely from a meteoroid
North Coast News
A bolide is a special type of fireball, or very bright meteor, that explodes in a bright flash at its end, according to the American Meteor Society. If a fireball explodes as a bolide below an altitude of 30 miles, there's a chance people on the ground could hear sonic booms, which are noises that occur when ...

NASA: 'Fireball' that shook Washington coast about the size of minivan
wtvr.com
SEATTLE -- The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told KCPQ. Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management ...

What was that giant flash, boom over Wash. coast?
seattlepi.com
"If a very bright fireball...penetrates to the stratosphere, below an altitude of about 50 km (30 miles), and explodes as a bolide, there is a chance that sonic booms may be heard on the ground below. This is more likely if the bolide occurs at an altitude angle of about 45 degrees or so for the observer, and ...

Fireball the size of a minivan shakes Washington coast
fox5sandiego.com
SEATTLE – The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told KCPQ. Around 7:10 p.m., Washingtonians reported a bright light in the sky, a boom and shaking. Grays Harbor Emergency Management ..

Big boom, flash likely an exploding meteor
KATU
Big boom, flash likely an exploding meteor. by KATU and KOMO Staffs. The sky lights up in Washington in this still image from video by ... A bolide is an extremely bright meteor that explodes in the atmosphere. Astronomers say it's about as bright as the full moon. Jim Todd at OMSI said it appeared the ...

NASA says 'fireball' that shook Washington coast about the size of minivan
Q13 FOX
SEATTLE -- The fireball hundreds of people reported over the Washington coast Wednesday night was a meteor entering our atmosphere, NASA scientists told Q13 News. Not just a meteor. A fireball. A big fireball. Around 8:10 p.m., Washingtonians from Aberdeen to Port Orchard reported a bright light ...

Mysterious boom, light in Pacific NW could be bolide meteoroid
kgw.com
A bolide is a special type of fireball, or very bright meteor, that explodes in a bright flash at its end, according to the American Meteor Society. What about that loud boom some people heard? If a fireball explodes as a bolide below an altitude of 30 miles, there's a chance people on the ground could hear ...

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08 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08MAR2018

Loud boom, bright flash in sky reported over Western Washington
Q13 FOX
MONTESANO, Wash. — Numerous people along the Washington coast and as far inland as Montesano on Wednesday night reported a loud boom and a flash in the sky, Grays Harbor Emergency Management said. “Some report their home shaking,” the agency said. “Grays Harbor Emergency ...

"meteor" exploded over Aberdeen, WA, and it was silent, except for the
Reddit
Hi all, I didn't know where else to write about this, but something is up. I go to Grays Harbor College, in Aberdeen. Tonight, I was walking...

This Stadium-Size Asteroid Just Zipped Safely by Earth (Video)
Space.com
An asteroid the size of a sports stadium zoomed close by Earth Wednesday (March 7) and eagle-eye stargazers captured it all on camera. The asteroid won't be back again until 2026, according to NASA.

Meteor Turned Night Into Day Over Russian Urals. March 6, 2018
YouTube
Residents of the Russian Urals have reported a colorful fireball lighting up the night sky before hearing loud booms. The meteor is said to have emitted red,...

Meteor Lights Up Night Sky With Brightly Glowing Fireball
CBS Chicago - CBS Local
A fireball lit up the night sky across the Midwest as a meteor fell to Earth. CBS 2's Susanna Song reports.

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 10-16, 2018
American Meteor Society
This weekend the nearly half illuminated moon will rise near 02:00 local standard time and will interfere with meteor viewing if it lies within your field of view. With each passing night the moon will become a bit thinner and will rise later in the morning providing the meteor observer with a better view of the ...

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07 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07MAR2018

Night turned into day: Dazzling 'meteor' blazes across sky in Russian Urals (VIDEOS)
RT
The people of the area are no strangers to such phenomena – this is the second spectacular meteor residents have witnessed in a week. On Saturday, a bright blue-and-white meteor traveled through the night sky of Sverdlovsk and the neighboring Chelyabinsk region. One of the witnesses described ...

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Night turned into day: Dazzling 'meteor' blazes across sky in Russian Urals
Cetusnews
Residents of the Russian Urals have reported a colorful fireball lighting up the night sky before hearing loud booms. The meteor is said to have emitted red, yellow and orange light as it was falling.

Meteor in sky over Cumbria captured on dashcam footage
Whitehaven News
A STUNNING flash of light was captured on camera as a meteor passed over Cumbria. Roads police officers from Cumbria Constabulary were driving through Flookburgh near Grange when they spotted a dazzling stream of light shooting across the night sky. The display was captured by the police ...

Event 857-2018
Fireball event
AMS received 42 reports about a fireball seen over Wisconsin, IN, Michigan, OH, MI, IL, WI, Illinois, NJ, Indiana and KY on Monday, March 5th 2018 around 09:29 UT.

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06 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06MAR2018

Meteor fireball flashes across the sky of Newcastle, Australia (VIDEO)
Sott
This is a rare type of meteor flashing across the sky above Newcastle. Graeme Challen's dashcam captured the moment, as he was driving east along the New England Highway towards Hexham Bridge. "It had this incredible electric blue-green colour,"...

A suspected meteor flashes across the sky of Newcastle
Newcastle Herald
A suspected meteor flashes across the sky of Newcastle ... Meteor video: The date is incorrect because it hadn't been set. When he saw the initial flash and ... The American Meteor Society says nickel appears in meteors as green, magnesium as blue-white and sodium produces a bright yellow color. (Note: Event was Mar 1, 2018)

Reports of meteor sighting across Michigan, upper Midwest
Fox17
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The American Meteor Society has several reports from Michigan and other spots in the Midwest of a meteor or fireball sighting early Monday morning. The reports stretch from Illinois and Wisconsin, across Michigan, to Ohio, at about 4:30 a.m. Monday. Pending reports are listed ...

Five years after Chelyabinsk meteorite the sky over Milwaukee has been lit with its minor brother
Wisconsin State Journal
The most spectacular meteor sighting in newest history has been observed five years ago. Big meteor has exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The light from the meteor was brighter than the Sun. It has been observed over a wide area of the southern Ural region. The explosion generated a ...

Mysterious Celestial Ball of Fire Detected in Russia's Urals Skies (VIDEO)
Sputnik International
... looked like a massive falling ball of fire, local media outlets have reported. According to him, a blue flash in the footage indicates that the celestial body was flying at a high speed when a car's dashboard camera captured the moment of the alleged meteor falling from the skies in the Russian Urals city.

Calibration-free quantitative elemental analysis of meteor plasma using reference laser-induced ...
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Calibration-free quantitative elemental analysis of meteor plasma using reference laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of meteorite samples. Martin Ferus1, Jakub Koukal2, Libor Lenža1,2, Jiří Srba2, Petr Kubelík1,3, Vojtěch Laitl1, Ekaterina M. Zanozina1,3, Pavel Váňa1, Tereza Kaiserová1, Antonín ...

Meteorite burns up in skies over Romania
YouTube
A remarkable video has emerged of a meteorite lighting up the skies over Dej, Romania on Wednesday 7th Jan. The footage, captured on CCTV, shows the meteorit...

AMS event #869-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 869-2018 KML. AMS received 65 reports about a fireball seen over KY, TN, AL, GA, SC, NC, MS and MO on Sunday, March 4th 2018 around 05:28 UT. D. Sound. 3 yes. 49 no. C. Sound. 52 no. Frag. 20 yes. 36 no. Twitter0. 65 Reports. a - Joel C. Level 3. aa - Tom T. Level 3. ab - Laura G.

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05 March 2018

IN WI IL MI OH NJ KY Fireball Meteor 05MAR2018 w/ Videos

IN WI IL MI OH NJ KY Fireball Meteor 04:20 CDT 05:20 EDT 05MAR2018 w/ Videos

Numerous reports of meteor over southeast Wisconsin Wednesday night
WDJT
WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- Citizens all across southeast Wisconsin reported seeing a meteor streak across the sky Wednesday night. Viewers reported seeing a green streak across the sky moving from northeast to southwest. There were 67 reports of the fireball according to the American Meteor Society ...

Watch: Possible meteor spotted over southern Wisconsin Wednesday night
fox6now.com
MILWAUKEE -- FOX6 News received several phone calls and emails Wednesday night, Feb. 28 from viewers -- saying they saw what looked like a meteor in the sky. It was spotted around 8:45 p.m.. One viewer sent us dash cam video of the flash of light. It's very subtle -- but if you look closely you can ...

Video: Meteor caught on camera in Greenfield
YouTube
A driver in Greenfield caught dashcam video showing a meteor flash across the sky on Wednesday night. Subscribe to WISN on YouTube for more: http://bit.ly/1e...

Video: Meteor caught on camera in Greenfield
MSN.com
A driver in Greenfield caught dashcam video showing a meteor flash across the sky on Wednesday night.

Meteor over Indiana 4:20 am 3/5/18
YouTube
Large meteor coming down at 4:21am March 5th 2018 caught on my dash cam.

Event 857-2018
Fireball event
AMS received 42 reports about a fireball seen over Wisconsin, IN, Michigan, OH, MI, IL, WI, Illinois, NJ, Indiana and KY on Monday, March 5th 2018 around 09:29 UT.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05MAR2018

A meteor flashes across the sky of Newcastle
Newcastle Herald
Meteor video: The date is incorrect because it hadn't been set. When he saw the initial flash and fireball, he thought “oh yeah, meteor”. “It got brighter as it came in,” he said. “I've seen meteors and meteor showers in the atmosphere before. They had a big white flash and looked like sparklers going off.

Meteorite in the skies of Newcastle.
YouTube
Meteorite in Newcastle, near the Hexham Bridge. Video by Graeme Challen's dashcam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcGhoe4ZpwY

851a
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Leroy S. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, Haven't been stargazing since December meteor shower. Saw this tonight. Awesome! Location. Address, Lenexa, KS. Latitude, 38° 57' 35.36'' N (38.96°). Longitude, 94° 44' 38.21'' W (-94.74°). Elevation, 321.89m. Time and Duration ...

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04 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04MAR2018

Event 851-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 851-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over KS on Saturday, March 3rd 2018 around 04:55 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 no. Frag. 1 yes. 1 Report. a - Leroy S. Level 4. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With observation ...

Event 850-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 850-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over MI on Saturday, March 3rd 2018 around 02:45 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 no. Frag. 1 no. 1 Report. a - Susan U. Level 3. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions, With observation ...

AMS event #848-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 848-2018 KML. AMS received 22 reports about a fireball seen over IL, KY, MO, KS, AR, IN and Illinois on Saturday, March 3rd 2018 around 00:41 UT. D. Sound. 18 no. C. Sound. 19 no. Frag. 9 yes. 10 no. Twitter0. 22 Reports. a - Roger J. Level 1. b - Kyle H. Level 2. c - tony j. Level 1.

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03 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03MAR2018

Hamburg, Michigan Meteorite Official
The first meteorite fall of 2018 is now official
Hamburg Michigan. I have updated the Catalog of Witnessed Falls page to reflect this new
data : http://galactic-stone.com/pages/falls

807a
Report a Fireball
Location. Address, , Pernambuco (BR). Latitude, 8° 23' 33.95'' S (-8.39°). Longitude, 34° 57' 56.82'' W (-34.97°). Elevation, 4.27m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-02 03:43 -3 time zones. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-02 06:43 UT. Duration, ≈7.5s. Direction. Moving direction, From up right ...

Event 807-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 807-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Pernambuco on Friday, March 2nd 2018 around 06:43 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 no. Frag. 1 no. Twitter0. 1 Report. a - Terence B. Level 2. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation directions ...

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02 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02MAR2018

Unconfirmed meteor seen throughout Midwest, technically qualifies as a 'fireball'
fox6now.com
Surrounded by the magazine she helps edit, Alison Klesman on Thursday tallied the number of people who reported seeing a bright meteor on Wednesday night. "Technically, a fireball is anything that is brighter than Venus -- which is about a -4 on our magnitude scale, so this would technically qualify ...

Meteor in Wisconsin
YouTube
Meteor in Wisconsin Subscribe to WISN on YouTube for more: http://bit.ly/1emE5YX Get more Milwaukee news: http://www.wisn.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1vqTRirhZc

Apparent Meteor Lights Up Skies Over Parts Of Michigan
CBS Chicago - CBS Local
CBS 2 News Digest ...

A possible meteor was spotted over... - FOX6 News Milwaukee
Facebook
A possible meteor was spotted over southern Wisconsin Wednesday night. Take a look:

FOX6 News Milwaukee
Facebook
The possible meteor -- caught on camera in Madison Wednesday night. This video is courtesy UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)/...

Meteor fireball reported over Wisconsin, US
Sott
Citizens all across southeast Wisconsin reported seeing a meteor streak across the sky Wednesday night. Viewers reported seeing a green streak across the sky moving from northeast to southwest. There were 67 reports of the fireball according to...

Meteor Over Greenfield, WI
Trendolizer
Spotted a meteor over Greenfield, WI on February 28th on my dash cam. (via: trendolizer.com)

Hundreds report sighting of east coast meteor
WFSB.com
WFSB.

Bus-sized asteroid will fly between the Earth and the moon TOMORROW at 11600mph just days ...
Daily Mail
However, not all asteroids do pass safety from our planet. In February 2013 a 19-metre meter (62-feet) meteor exploded in the skies above Chelyabinsk in Russia. The meteorite broke up into multiple pieces as it entered the atmosphere, scattering space debris and creating a shock wave estimated to be ...

ANOTHER MOON FORMATION THEORY
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/moon-how-made-origin-vaporised-rock-cloud-astrophysics-science-harvard-a8233006.html?utm_source=quora

Michigan meteor
YouTube
Meteor Michigan. VIDEO HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED- LMH

OT: What are Avangard and Sarmat? Russia's hypersonic, nuclear missiles Putin is so proud of
International Business Times, India Edition
Simply put, Avangard "heads to target like a meteorite, like a fireball," Putin said describing the weapon's unmatched capabilities during Thursday's address. Putin's "fireball" remark isn't without context. Avangard is built to withstand temperatures of up to 2,000 Celsius (3,632 Fahrenheit), which can be ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 3-9, 2018
American Meteor Society
As seen from the northern hemisphere, March is the slowest month for meteor activity. No major annual showers are active and only a few very weak minor showers produce activity this month. The sporadic rates are also near their annual minimum so there is not much to look forward to this month ...

Event 797-2018
American Meteor Society
Events in 2018 797-2018 KML. AMS received 68 reports about a fireball seen over WI, MN, IL and IA on Thursday, March 1st 2018 around 02:46 UT. D. Sound. 1 yes. 48 no. C. Sound. 54 no. Frag. 12 yes. 36 no. Google+0. Twitter0. Stumbleupon0. 68 Reports. a - julia l. Level 2. aa - Casper B. Level 1.

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Newcastle, Australia Fireball Meteor 01MAR2018 w/ Videos

 Newcastle, Australia Fireball Meteor 01MAR2018 w/ Videos

Meteor fireball flashes across the sky of Newcastle, Australia (VIDEO)
Sott
This is a rare type of meteor flashing across the sky above Newcastle. Graeme Challen's dashcam captured the moment, as he was driving east along the New England Highway towards Hexham Bridge. "It had this incredible electric blue-green colour,"...

A suspected meteor flashes across the sky of Newcastle
Newcastle Herald
A suspected meteor flashes across the sky of Newcastle ... Meteor video: The date is incorrect because it hadn't been set. When he saw the initial flash and ... The American Meteor Society says nickel appears in meteors as green, magnesium as blue-white and sodium produces a bright yellow color.

Meteorite in the skies of Newcastle.
YouTube
Meteorite in Newcastle, near the Hexham Bridge. Video by Graeme Challen's dashcam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcGhoe4ZpwY

 (Note: Event was Mar 1, 2018; both news reports failed to post the date of the event, only stating that the date shown in video is incorrect because the date/time had not been set.) (There are 4 or five videos in all of this event- this is a note for anyone wishing to followup. More info on FB Page- Australian Meteor Reports)- LMH

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01 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01MAR2018

First meteorite identified Japan in 15 years
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180301_27/

Green meteor last night
Hoop Kart – Hoopkart
Green meteor last night. Witnesses have described the object as a green flash moving south to north for a few Flash boom. 'Last night at 9:57 PM Eastern Standard Time (8:57 PM Central), eyewitnesses in the southeastern United States reported seeing a bright meteor, which was also observed by 4 ...

Scientists detect 'fingerprint' of first light ever in the universe
CNN.com
Scientists have detected traces of the earliest light in the universe thought to emanate from the first stars formed after the Big Bang, billions of years ago.

Meteor seen in sky over Madison area Wednesday night
WVVA.com
MADISON (WKOW) -- A meteor was unofficially sighted over the Madison area Wednesday night.

Meteor in Newcastle prompts X-Files investigation
Newcastle Herald
This is Mulder and Scully striding with purpose to investigate a strange unidentified flying object seen in the skies of Newcastle on Wednesday night. To be honest, it was actually reported as a bluey-green meteor. But Topics reckons one shouldn't assume a flying object in the night sky is necessarily a ...

A description of the University of Illinois meteor radar system and some first results
ScienceDirect.com
A brief system description of the University of Illinois meteor radar system is given. The data processing algorithms used in this system are presented and their performance discussed. Example of data recordings are shown illustrating the high data rate of the system. Some observations of wave ...

Impact Cratering on Porous Asteroids -- Experiments and modeling show how large-scale impacts into
highly porous targets form craters mostly by compaction.
--- READ: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/CosmoSparks/Feb18/compaction-cratering.html

ANSMET 2017-2018 Field Season -- 263 meteorites collected for scientific study from the icefields
surrounding Grosvenor Mountains and in the headwaters of Amundsen Glacier, Antarctica.
--- READ: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/CosmoSparks/Feb18/ANSMET-2017-2018.html

Watch This 500-Pound Meteor Light Up the Pennsylvania Sky
NBC News
Watch This 500-Pound Meteor Light Up the Pennsylvania Sky NASA says the fireball that ignited the skies in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio was a meteor flying at 45000 miles per hour.

Physicist offers theories about mysterious flying object in Trinidad sky
KRCRTV.COM
Looking more closely, a flashing object can be seen gliding through the sky. Professor C.D. Hoyle, a physics teacher at Humboldt State University with a background in astronomy, has some theories on what the object could've been. "It could be a meteor based on what I understand and other videos I've ...

The Big Boom Theories
wnep.com
But an object coming from space may not be so far-fetched. According to Mayor Cooney, about 25 years ago, a meteor flew over this area and made a similar noise. "I saw it, and then we heard a huge bang. That bang kind of traveled through the whole Buffalo Valley," Cooney said. But for now, the boom ...

Asteroid 2018 DU is the 17th known to pass between the Earth and Moon so far
News.com.au
The Chelyabinsk event was the explosion of a 17m large meteor over the southern Ural region in Russia. While it detonated in the atmosphere, the shockwave it produced damaged some 7200 buildings, with flying debris — mainly broken glass — injuring more than 1500 people. Near-Earth Asteroid ...

Was, wenn ein Meteor mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit auf die Erde trifft
YouTube
Was, wenn ein Meteor mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit auf die Erde trifft? Unterstützt mich auf: Steady: https://goo.gl/5qPDr3 Flattr: https://goo.gl/8H7NLy.

Video: Three views of the meteor over western Canada
YouTube
A meteor flew over Calgary and western Canada Tuesday night, and Herald readers have been sending in their videos of the event. Here are three views of them,...

Watch an experimental space shield shred a speeding bullet
Science News (blog)
Earth is surrounded by a cloud of debris, both natural — such as micrometeorites and comet dust, which create meteor showers — and unnatural, including dead satellites and the cast-off detritus of space launches. Those pieces of flotsam can damage other spacecraft if they collide at high speeds, and ...

Fireball event
American Meteor Society
AMS received 9 reports about a fireball seen over Flanders, Bayern, Zuid-Holland, Overijssel, Drenthe and Gelderland on Sunday, February 25th 2018 around 05:45 UT.

Photos
American Meteor Society
30 minute image stack between 20:30EST and 23:00EST August 29th, 2016. Taken using a Moonglow AllSky Camera in North Chili, NY. Did not witness event. North to the top of the photo, South to the Bottom. Uploaded by. Eschmann David © David Eschmann. Uploaded by ...

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27 February 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27FEB2018



Fireball streaks across night sky of Chile
MSN.com
A meteor was seeing flying across the night sky in Antofagasta, Chile on February 25.

Event #2018-754
Fireball event
AMS received 13 reports about a fireball seen over Región de Antofagasta, Arica e Parinacota and Antofagasta on Sunday, February 25th 2018 around 23:49 UT.

Events in 2018 756-2018 KML
Fireball event
Events in 2018 756-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Región de Arica y Parinacota on Monday, February 26th 2018 around 00:30 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. n/a. Frag. 1 no. Twitter0. 1 Report. a - Nielsen saindt A. Level 1. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map.

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Yoshihide Kozai, Astromoner (1928 – 2018) R.I.P.

Yoshihide Kozai, Astromoner (1928 – 2018) R.I.P.
Yoshihide Kozai died this month, his celestial mechanics research when applied to earth-orbiting objects is embedded in the early work on the SGP algorithms used by all of us to predict satellite positions. Applied in increasingly larger contexts, his theory contributes to stellar system orbital dynamics and the merging of black holes.

Review: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2018/0227-yoshihide-kozai-1928-2018.html

2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

26 February 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26FEB2018

Events in 2018 752-2018 KML
Fireball event
Events in 2018 752-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Minas Gerais on Sunday, February 25th 2018 around 04:05 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 no. Frag. 1 no. Twitter0. 1 Report. a - EDUARDO A. Level 5. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map. Without observation ...

Event 751-2018
Fireball event
AMS received 9 reports about a fireball seen over Overijssel, Île-de-France, England, Bretagne, Zuid-Holland, Pays de la Loire, Brandenburg and Friesland on Saturday, February 24th 2018 around 19:44 UT.

Event #2018-586
Fireball event
AMS received 10 reports about a fireball seen over England, Grand Est, Vlaanderen, Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Hauts-de-France on Tuesday, February 13th 2018 around 05:01 UT.

2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

25 February 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25FEB2018

Fireball February 24, 0h11m over Belgium
Meteor News
The messages started to appear in the meteor news groups as well as on Facebook. Below we give an overview of the first images we collected for this fireball from CAMS and from the EN All-sky cameras. Both Koen Miskotte at Ermelo (Figure 6) and Klaas Jobse at Oostkapelle (Figure 7) registered this ...

Mining for asteroids will be the next gold rush
New York Post
(Asteroids usually remain in stable orbit in the asteroid belt, but when one breaks off into space and hits the Earth's atmosphere, it burns up as a meteor — and often we can see them in the night sky as shooting stars.) C-type asteroids — the most common type, making up 75 percent of asteroids ...

Scientists examine potential meteorites at ASU Open House event
ABC15 Arizona
TEMPE, AZ - Is that weird rock you found a meteorite from outer space or just a regular rock found on Earth? People traveled to Arizona State University's Tempe campus Saturday afternoon for the ASU Open House to have their discoveries analyzed by scientists from the Center for Meteorite Studies.

Scientists test for meteorites at ASU
YouTube
Scientists tested people's mysterious rocks they've found at ASU's Tempe campus to see if they might be meteorites from outer space.

NASA historian Erik Conway to speak on missions to Mars
Islands' Sounder
Planetary scientists have sought to collect and examine rock samples from Mars since the beginning of the space age over 50 years ago. They did so even before that using rocks blasted off the red planet by meteor impacts. But these ancient artifacts, usually collected in Antarctica, are insufficient.

Kids dig Rock-n-Fossil Day at USU geology department
The Herald Journal
Families were invited to browse dozens of samples, from regular exhibits at USU's Geology Museum such as dinosaur fossils and a meteor fragment, to a collection of impressive geodes, trilobites and more brought by world-renowned collector Val Gunther. Gunther's father and now his sons are ...

HUGE METEOR? Check it
YouTube
To clarify the first clip was taken tonight the second was taken febuary 9th. Credit Goes to Jasmin Original video and channel https://youtu.be/A0bJQlTH2x0 N...

March looming as a weak month for meteor showers
New Jersey Herald
March is a poor month for meteor showers. We have 10 of them, all weak. Remember, the days listed are peak time, and they have a few days before and after these times that they may also have some stragglers. The Rho Leonids peak March 1-4. Pi Virginids pea March 3-9 at two to five per hour.

Local TV News Station Captures What Appears to Be a Meteor Flying Over Trinidad In Broad Daylight
Lost Coast Outpost
North Coast News reports that their videographer Halcyon Simmons recorded the above video while filming a weather shot. But it wasn't until viewers started calling in after the station's evening broadcast that they realized what Simmons captured. “WATCH: What appears to be a meteor swept through ...

Events in 2018 690-2018 KML
Fireball event
Events in 2018 690-2018 KML. We received 35 reports about a fireball seen over Bahia, State of Bahia, Sergipe and Alagoas on Wednesday, February 21st 2018 around 01:30 UT. For this event, we received 8 videos. The trajectory displayed on the map and the KML file has been automatically ...

Photos
American Meteor Society
Fireball recorded on my All Sky Camera. Motion detection software timed the event at 11:08:46 PM local time. I have a 5-minute stacked image of the fireball that I'm including with this report. Uploaded by. Baalke Ron © Ron Baalke. Uploaded by ...

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Antofagasta, Chile Fireball Meteor 25FEB2018

Antofagasta, Chile Fireball Meteor ~23:49 UT 25FEB2018

Fireball streaks across night sky of Chile
MSN.com
A meteor was seeing flying across the night sky in Antofagasta, Chile on February 25.

Event #2018-754
Fireball event
AMS received 13 reports about a fireball seen over Región de Antofagasta, Arica e Parinacota and Antofagasta on Sunday, February 25th 2018 around 23:49 UT.

Events in 2018 756-2018 KML
Fireball event
Events in 2018 756-2018 KML. AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Región de Arica y Parinacota on Monday, February 26th 2018 around 00:30 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. n/a. Frag. 1 no. Twitter0. 1 Report. a - Nielsen saindt A. Level 1. Show Trajectory. Observers map, Heat map.

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24 February 2018

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Meteor crossing sky in Bahia, Brazil - 02-22-2018
Steemit
A fireball seen in the sky in several cities of Bahia intrigued residents on Tuesday night (20/2). A glare in the sky… by e-101.

METEOR Hound
Nugget Shooter Forums
Micro Meteorite. METEOR Hound posted a topic in METEORITE HUNTING and COLLECTING. Hey I have a large collection of these space rocks I really like them and will start photographing them. I am going to sell necklaces with micro meteorites in little jars. I hope you guys have some ideas for me.

The Chelyabinsk Meteor Was A Superbolide
MGTOW.com
According to NASA, the Siberian meteor exploded with the power of 30 Hiroshima bombs and was the largest object to burst in the atmosphere since the Tunguska event of 1908, which was also in Siberia and left few eyewitnesses or clues. This time, the event was captured by digital dashboard ...

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Observer. Name, Will B. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, The fireball looked at first like a firework - indeed I waited for it to explode before it flew completely overhead. There were actually two fireballs right next to each other. Was it a satellite exploding? Or two comets traveling together? It was amazing.

Meteor flashes - AMS event #168-2018
YouTube
Surveillance video facing south from my brother's house on Cass Lake. It shows two bright flashes as the meteor explodes. . Credit:Eric N.

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23 February 2018

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Winslow meteorite sells for record price at auction
White Mountain Independent
Many people may not know that a meteorite from the meteor that created the famous Meteor Crater natural historic landmark site just west of Winslow was recovered and weighs 70 pounds. The artistic-looking meteor just sold at auction for a whopping $237,500 according to Space.com contributor, ...

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, , Bahia (BR). Latitude, 12° 36' 19.03'' S (-12.605287°). Longitude, 38° 57' 47.21'' W (-38.963115°). Elevation, 8.148337m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-02-20 22:30 -3 time zones. UT Date & Time, 2018-02-21 01:30 UT. Duration, ≈3.5s. Direction. Moving direction ...

Bob Trembley, Vatican Observatory blogger joins the crew
Astronomy.FM
Duck! Incoming meteors! Tonight we interview Bob Trembley, Vatican Observatory blogger, meteorite collector, NASA Solar System Ambassador and all around nice guy. Here are the links from tonight's program: Meteor Terminology – American Meteor Society:.

Is an Urban Legend About Meteors Causing People to Kill Themselves In Indonesia?
VICE
It's unknown if Aan saw the meteor streak across the sky himself, but plenty of others in his rural coastal district of Gunung Kidul had. And they all knew what it meant—someone was about to die. The next day Aan, 18, was pale and listless. He walked into the kitchen, took a short knife his grandmother ...

NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover Exceeds All Expectations: Reaches 5000 Sols
Science Trends
Spirit also landed in a crater caused by a meteor named Columbia Memorial Station, named after the astronauts who died when the shuttle Columbia blew up. Colombia Memorial Station was possibly a lake bed at some point, so it was of great interest to NASA. Both Spirit and Opportunity's mission was ...

The Hubble Space Telescope: 28 Years of Scientific Contributions
WUWM
A meteor shower is always a good excuse to get outside and look into the night sky. But it's not the only time when you can see a streak of light overhead. Astronomy contributor and Manfred Olson Planetarium director Jean Creighton says that while people generally know shooting stars have something ...

In One Ear: Did you see it?
Daily Astorian
Did you see what looked like a fireball streak across the clear night sky around 9:20 p.m. on Valentine's Day? Oregon Museum of Science and Industry astronomer Jim Todd “checked reports from various sources” according to BeachConnection.net (tinyurl.com/ORfireball), and it was seen from Oregon ...

Photos
American Meteor Society
Valentine's Day Meteor. Image from McCarthy Observatory All-Sky Camera. Uploaded by. Robson Monty © McCarthy Observatory Marc Polansky. Uploaded by ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 24 -March 2, 2018
American Meteor Society
This weekend the waxing gibbous moon will set shortly after midnight allowing the meteor observer to view under dark conditions the remainder of the night. This window of opportunity will shorten by about an hour with each passing night until the moon lies above the horizon all night long later in the ...

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22 February 2018

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Meteor lights up the sky over Georgia and Alabama
NBC News
A baseball-sized meteor lights up the sky. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

Meteor confirmed
St. Paul Journal (press release) (blog)
Furthermore, some eyewitness reports indicate that the meteor did fragment on its flight through the atmosphere, indicating that pieces of it may be found ... Shortly after the meteor was noted, Tarah Feland decided to look through some of the footage on the security camera she has installed at the ...

Meteor fireball seen over South Carolina (VIDEO)
Sott
'Last night at 9:57 PM Eastern Standard Time (8:57 PM Central), eyewitnesses in the southeastern United States reported seeing a bright meteor, which was also observed by 4 NASA all sky meteor cameras in the region. The video data enable us to establish that the fireball was first spotted 55 miles ...

Meteorite in Brazil Sky 2018 It's happening worldwide
YouTube
At approximately 10:45 pm in the vicinity of the city of Savior a flash could be seen in the sky. Many people saw the night turn day by seconds. I saw it, bu... (video may be from 20FEB2018)

fireball shocks
Vox Charta
We have empirically estimated how often fireball shocks produce overpressure at the ground sufficient to damage windows. Our study used a numerical entry model to estimate the energy deposition and shock production for a suite of 23 energetic fireballs reported by US Government sensors over the ...

Meteor Art
Amanda Riffo
ink chromatography on plaster, 2015 Meteor. Congratulations Amanda!-LMH, Tokyo

Event 692-2018
Fireball event
ID, UT Date & Time, Local Date & Time, City, State, Dur. Magn. D. Sound, C. Sound, Frag. Observer, Exp. a, 2018-02-21 05:40 UT, 2018-02-20 21:40 PST, La Mesa, CA, ≈3.5s, -7, -, -, -, Laura M, 3. b, 2018-02-21 04:50 UT, 2018-02-20 20:50 PST, Lakewood, CA, ≈3.5s, -7, -, - ? Jerome S, 1.

Event 690-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 690-2018 KML. AMS received 15 reports about a fireball seen over Bahia and State of Bahia on Wednesday, February 21st 2018 around 01:31 UT. D. Sound. 1 yes. 14 no. C. Sound. 15 no. Frag. 13 no. 15 Reports. a - Victor O. Level 1. b - CAMILA ...

Event 677-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 677-2018 KML. AMS received 32 reports about a fireball seen over TN, AL, NC, KY, GA and SC on Tuesday, February 20th 2018 around 03:00 UT. D. Sound. 27 no. C. Sound. 2 yes. 26 no. Frag. 2 yes. 23 no. 32 Reports. a - Megan M. Level 1.

Videos : American Meteor Society
Videos : American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 168-2018, Report (168apj-2018). Uploaded by. © E. Noffz. Credit E. Noffz. Date 2018-01-16 20:10:00 EST ...

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21 February 2018

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Take a look inside Arizona State University's meteorite vault
ABC15 Arizona
TEMPE, AZ - They light up the night sky. Filling those who witness them with jubilation and can fill the pockets of those who find them. It turns out there's no better place to learn about what makes meteorites so special than this highly secured vault at Arizona State University. "This is the largest ...

Take a look inside ASU's meteorite vault
YouTube
It turns out there's no better place to learn about what makes meteorites so special than the highly secured vault as Arizona State University.

Bright meteor fireball reported over Bahia, Brazil (VIDEOS)
Sott
Residents of Salvador, the capital of Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia, reported a bright meteor fireball streaking through the night sky around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday 20th February according to A Tarde On Line. Sightings of the event were...

Taylor Observatory hosts Feb. 24 'Window to the Universe'
Lake County News
The mission of ATLAS is to protect or at least warn earthlings of potentially damaging impacts such as the Chelyabinsk meteor impact in Russia in 2013, which injured 1,500 residents. Had ATLAS been operational, even this relatively small 20-meter diameter asteroid could have been detected a day in ...

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
We don't exactely know the trajectory of the object and we are not sure about It's nature but we suspect it was a meteor. We heard a sound around 8min after the explosion. We don't know if it was related to the explosion. However if it is the case, the meteor should have crashed around150km ...

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