04 April 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04APR2018

GLENN K. ROBERTS: Lyrid meteor showers active between April 14-30
The Guardian
Lyrid meteor showers active between April 14-30. Glenn K. Roberts (groberts@isn.net). Published: 6 hours ago. Watch for Venus in the western twighlight this month. On April 17, look for the two-day-old crescent moon to the left of Venus, says astronomy columnist GLENN K. ROBERTS.

The two spectacular meteor showers in Kent skies you won't want to miss this month
Kent Live
What is the best way to see the meteor showers? Best viewing will be from a dark location after midnight, so give yourself plenty of time to allow your eyes to adjust. You don't need any equipment - you will be able to see the showers with the naked eye.

Hull's skies to be set alight with 'firework display' of meteors this month
Hull Daily Mail
From April 16 to 25, the meteor shower, known as the Lyrids, will see shooting stars and their amazing trail dusts make their way across the skies. This year, the peak of this spectacle is expected to happen overnight from April 22, into the following morning. Lyrids meteors shower passing near the Milky ...

Watch out for some shooting stars, and a double-act featuring Venus, says Argus astronomer
South Wales Argus
THIS month, watch out for some April shooting stars and for an evening double-act featuring Venus and the Seven Sisters. First though for any early risers, the Moon, Mars, and Saturn group together to form a wonderful sight in the spring dawn sky on Saturday, April 7. Later this month, the Lyrid meteor ...

In Tonight's Sky: April Flowers and a Meteor Shower
NewsDakota
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The following is an article written and provided by Dr. Timothy Bratton, U.J. Prof. Emeritus of History and Amateur Astronomer. Venus is the only “evening star” this month; the remaining naked-eye planets rise after midnight. There is one decent meteor shower in ...

Lowell Observatory researcher discovers 'runaway' star 200000 light years from Earth
AZCentral.com
NASA decided this bowl-shaped cavity — 700 feet deep and more than 4,000 feet across — east of Flagstaff was the most lunarlike surface on Earth. Astronauts trained in the crater to prepare for the first moon landing. | Meteor Crater continues to serve as a research facility for space-bound humans and ...

'Scientists Around the World Trying to Solve Space Debris Problem' - Astronomer
Sputnik International
Unlike a meteor, where a meter comes into the Earth and it is travelling very fast and it leaves an impact crater space debris, space junk doesn't do that; so the risk to humans was next to zero and ultimately it did land eventually where it should've and it was the Southern Pacific ocean, where most other ...

Retrieving horizontally resolved wind fields using multi-static meteor radar observations
AMTD
Retrieving horizontally resolved wind fields using multi-static meteor radar observations. Gunter Stober1, Jorge L. Chau1, Juha Vierinen2, Christoph Jacobi3, and Sven Wilhelm1 1Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Schlossstr. 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany 2The Artic University of Norway, ...

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03 April 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03APR2018

Physics of meteor flight in the atmosphere. By EJ Opik. Interscience tracts on physics and ...
Wiley Online Library
Physics of meteor flight in the atmosphere. By E. J. Opik. Interscience tracts on physics and astronomy. No. 6. Ed. by R. E. Marshak. London, (Interscience Publishers), 1958. Pp. viii, 174; 14 Figs.; 55 Tables. $1.95. First published: July 1959. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49708536526. About. Related ...

NASA comes to Venice to inspect a potential meteor strike
The Scoop News by Francesco Abbruzzino
The Scoop News giving you all the news and scoop for Venice, Sarasota, Englewood, and North Port.
??? REALLY? We are close to April 1st!




An update on UHF radar meteor observations and associated signal processing techniques at ...
Science Direct
Over the past 8 years UHF radar meteor observations made at Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico) have evolved significantly while several long-standing meteor science issues have been solved and new ones raised. We start with a review of the current signal processing approach that includes ...

New fish lineage makes a splash
Yale Daily News (blog)
Millions of years ago, the dinosaurs were forced into extinction after a meteor crashed into the Earth. But while it was bad news for the dinosaurs, Yale researchers have discovered that the meteor strike did produce one surprising result in its immediate aftermath: a period of flourishing fish diversification.

Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
Lowell Observatory
Come and talk to one of our educators under the night sky (weather permitting) about the meteor shower from 7 – 10pm! Get viewing tips about the best way to vie.

Two meteor showers set to take place in skies over Derby in April
Derby Telegraph
One of the greatest shows not on Earth takes place over Derby this month in the form of a meteor shower dubbed 'nature's firework display'. The Lyrids shower sees shooting stars with amazing dust trails produced for several days later this April. And there's a second meteor shower getting underway ...

Eyes to the skies as TWO meteor showers take place this month
Nottingham Post
Eyes to the skies as TWO meteor showers take place this month. The Lyrids displays will be followed by the Eta Aquarids shower. Share; Comments. By. Isaac AsheDeputy Social Media Editor. 13:53, 3 APR 2018. ...

Upstate NY Stargazing in April: The Lyrid meteor shower
NewYorkUpstate.com
Upstate NY Stargazing in April: The Lyrid meteor shower. Posted April 2, 2018 at 10:31 AM. The good, the bad, and the potentially ugly things that fall from space. Micrometeorites (IFLScience.com), a SkyLab fragment (from wikipedia), and the Chelyabinsk meteor trail (Alex Alishevskikh).( File photos ).

Meteor and Jupiter Light Up the Night Sky Over a Glistening Lagoon
Space.com
Meteor and Jupiter Light Up the Night Sky Over a Glistening Lagoon (Photo). by Miguel Claro, Space.com Contributor | April 2, 2018 07:21am ET. Meteor and Jupiter Light Up the Night Sky Over a Glistening Lagoon (Photo). A single-exposure image shows a bright meteor and the planet Jupiter shining ...

China's first space station was decimated in a fireball over the South Pacific - here's how it went ...
Business Insider India
It would have been a sudden stop, however - moving that quickly into thicker air is a recipe for a fireball. Most likely, the drag would have quickly ripped off solar panels and antenna. Superheated plasma would have melted and disintegrated much of what was left. And finally, a rain of whatever remained ...

Most distant star ever detected sits halfway across the universe
ZAWYA Most distant star ever detected sits halfway across the universe. Researchers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to spot the star. Image used for illustrative purpose. A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above Leeberg hill during the Perseid meteor shower in Grossmugl, Austria, August 13, ..

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02 April 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02APR2018

China says space station re-enters atmosphere over South Pacific
The Sydney Morning Herald
"It wouldn't be like a meteor in the sky; you would have time to react and get some footage of it," Dr Tucker said. "It's the sort of thing where, even in daylight, you're going to notice it." Re-entry would have taken between 10 and 20 minutes, and would have created pieces of debris no larger than an A4 ...

Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth over Pacific
The Times of Israel
Space officials had promised the atmospheric disintegration would offer a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. But the remote location likely deprived stargazers of a spectacle of fireballs falling from the sky. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, ...

Spring Meteor Shower, and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in April
MSN.com
Photographs by Nasa Mars and Saturn are seen up close in a composite image. As the seasons shift here on Earth, the celestial realm will deliver a planet bonanza, a wandering moon, and an early morning meteor shower. So pull out your binoculars and mark your cosmic calendar.

When and where you can see the spectacular Lyrid meteor shower
Gloucestershire Live When and where you can see the spectacular Lyrid meteor shower. It is thought to be one of the oldest meteor showers and there could be up to 20 shootings stars an hour.

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Name, Dean H. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, The meteor was flashing in pulses, and the body continued to glow after its tail dissipated. Facing due west, meteor was moving south to north.

Event 1179-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1179-2018 KML. AMS received 13 reports about a fireball seen over OK, TX, MS, AR and MO on Sunday, March 25th 2018 around 04:06 UT. D. Sound. 8 no. C. Sound. 9 no. Frag. 9 no.  13 Reports. a - Penelope R. Level 3. b - Joshua P. Level1.

Meteor detection frequencies in Europe.
RTL-SDR.com
Hi i want to ask on which frequency i must tune in Europe when i want to detect meteor i know it is stupid question but i searched on internet and i cant find only one transmitter which is good. Please i need help i live in central Europe so if somebody have an idea on which frequency i must tune in please ..
Eta Aquariid meteor shower starts
Pear Tree Observatory
Eta Aquariid meteor shower starts. Calendar. When: April 18, 2018 all-day. 2018-04-18T00:00:00-05:00. 2018-04-19T00:00:00-05:00. Meteor Shower. Posted by admin at 10:41

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01 April 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01APR2018

'Out of control' space lab to become celestial fireball on Monday: China
Times of India
BEIJING: A defunct space laboratory is set to become a celestial fireball as it re-enters earth's atmosphere in the next 24 hours, China's space authority said today, hitting speeds of over 26,000 kilometres an hour before disintegrating. The Tiangong-1 is expected to make an uncontrolled earthbound ...

'Splendid' fireball: China's Tiangong-1 space lab to hit Earth on Monday
The Guardian
A defunct Chinese space laboratory is set to become a 'splendid' meteor shower as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere on Monday, Chinese authorities maintain. Hitting speeds of over 26,000 kilometres an hour before disintegrating, the Tiangong-1 is expected to make an uncontrolled earthbound plunge ...

'Out of control' space lab to become celestial fireball Monday: China
Phys.Org
The Tiangong-1 is expected to make an uncontrolled earthbound plunge Monday Beijing time, China Manned Space said in a statement, an estimate roughly in line with European Space Agency projections. A defunct space laboratory is set to become a celestial fireball as it re-enters earth's atmosphere ...

Meteor Fireball's Bright Flash, Loud Bang Captured by Sky-watcher in NE Alberta, Canada
BendedReality
What he captured on video at his spot near Anzac, Alta. was what Smith thinks was a meteor. “The biggest, brightest thing I've ever seen,” he said. In the video, the fireball can be seen moving through the sky, bright green in colour, before flashing bright white and orange in succession before flaming out.

NASA's InSight mission will use seismology to peer deep below Mars' surface
Astronomy Magazine
Luckily, this isn't NASA's first time conducting seismic testing. The Apollo missions used seismometers to measure manmade vibrations on the Moon, as well as observe naturally occurring meteor impacts and moonquakes. The Viking landers also attempted seismology on Mars in the 1970s, but since ...

What's Up in April: Lyrid meteor shower graces us on Earth Day
Press Herald
There will be a very close conjunction of Saturn and Mars in the morning sky, and then a nice conjunction of the slender waxing crescent moon with Venus and the Pleiades in Taurus by the middle of April. To top it off, the first good meteor shower since the Geminids last year will happen on Sunday night ...

Spring Meteor Shower, and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in April
National Geographic
This annual meteor shower will reach its peak in the predawn hours of April 22. This year, the quarter moon will set soon after local midnight, creating great viewing conditions just before the shower kicks into high gear. Under dark skies away from city lights, sky-watchers can expect to see between 15 ...

Event 1155-2018
YouTube
Went back and checked my video and found the meteor it was low on the horizon that is why i did not see the first time. Credit:J Gresham.

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Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Meteorite Fall- UWO -Alien Fireballs Documentary

Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Meteorite Fall- UWO -Alien Fireballs Documentary Video

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31 March 2018

Tiangong 1 expected to Crash to Earth Producing Meteors on 01APR2018

Update- Fall now predicted for Monday.
 
China space lab may fall to Earth on Monday: European Space Agency
Hindustan Times
Chinese authorities have said the roughly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 is unlikely to cause any damage when it comes down and that its fiery disintegration will offer a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. The abandoned craft is expected to make its plunge between the afternoon of Sunday and early ...

Chinese space station hurtling towards Earth won't hit for another day
Telegraph.co.uk
A spokesman said that such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said the country would step up ...

Chinese space lab may fall to earth later than expected: European Space Agency
The Straits Times
Such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth", it said. Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - was placed in orbit in September 2011 and had been slated for a ...
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Chinese space station falling toward earth, expected to hit Sunday
9News.com KUSA
Phil Plait, an astronomer, says if you see it you may think it's a meteor show - but meteors are a little different. They're pieces of rock and ice and sometimes metal, and they're moving at very high speeds – think 20, 30, or 40 miles per second. “So when they burn up and burn across the sky they zip ...

Earth-bound space lab to be 'splendid' show, China says
Taipei Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that is to plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities said, but would offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency on Thursday said that the nearly 8-tonne Tiangong-1 would re-enter ...

China space station will offer 'splendid meteor shower' as April 1 crash date CONFIRMED
Daily Star
Instead, CMSEO said the spacecraft will “turn into a splendid [meteor shower] and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". China's space agency lost control of the space lab on March 16, 2016, when it entered the “final phase” of its five-year lifespan. Since then experts using ...

Out-of-control 9-TONNE Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will give 'splendid show' when it ...
The Sun
THE out-of-control Chinese space station heading for Earth this weekend is expected to put on a "splendid show", according to experts. The Tiangong-1 space craft is expected to tear across the sky - similar to that of a meteor shower - once it plummets into the Earth's atmosphere somewhere between ...

Earth-bound space lab won't cause damage, says China
The Straits Times
BEIJING • An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, the Chinese authorities said, but will instead offer a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 ...

China says Earth-bound space lab to offer splendid show like meteor shower
Hindustan Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will re-enter the ...

Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend
Popular Mechanics
If you are lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time, you could see parts of the spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere, similar to a meteor shower. Astronomers and national space agencies are closely tracking the station, though in the final days leading up to reentry, it is impossible to say ...

Defunct Chinese space lab to plummet from sky this weekend
NEWS.com.au
But there is “no need for people to worry”, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said on its WeChat social media account. Such falling spacecraft do “not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as ...

Space Station Debris Could Hit Parts Of Indiana
Indiana Public Media
“It'll be a melted mangle of metal and you won't know what part of the spacecraft that came from” McCauley says. “It's just best to leave it alone.” He advises everyone to pay attention and stay alert and believes that the crash will be similar to a meteor shower, so there is no need to prepare in advance.
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31MAR2018

Sky-watcher catches big, bright and loud fireball near Anzac on video
CBC.ca
Paul Smith was falling asleep while watching the Aurora Borealis when the bright light of a fireball woke him up. 0:16. Paul Smith was nodding off in his vehicle at 2 a.m. on March 19 while watching and taking photos of the aurora borealis when he awoke to a bright light. The 39-year-old thought he was ...

NASA's InSight mission will use seismology to peer deep below Mars' surface
Astronomy Magazine
The Apollo missions used seismometers to measure manmade vibrations on the Moon, as well as observe naturally occurring meteor impacts and moonquakes. The Viking landers also attempted seismology on Mars in the 1970s, but since the seismometers were placed on top of the landers, they ...

Super Dual Auroral Radar Network observations of meteor echoes
AGU Publications - Wiley
We show that these unusual short‐range HF echoes are due to scattering off meteor trails. This explains why, among other things, the Doppler shift from the short‐range echoes taken from the SuperDARN Saskatoon antenna are consistent with the mesospheric winds observed by the Saskatoon MF ...

April Astronomy: The Month Brings a Meteor Shower, Brilliant Planets and a Constellation Framing ...
Coachella Valley Independent
The two brightest “stars” in the April evenings are really planets. Venus continues to gain altitude in the west to west-northwest at dusk, as the time of its setting shifts from 1.6 hours after sunset on April 1, to 2.2 hours after on the 30th. Jupiter doesn't appear on our evening mid-twilight chart until almost ...

Terrifying interactive map reveals millions of Londoners would die if a nuclear bomb was dropped ...
Evening Standard
A new interactive map has shown the devastating effect a nuclear bomb blast could have on London. The tool highlights the extent of the fireball, radiation, shockwave, and heat produced by different nuclear weapons, and how they could impact any given area. People can enter their postcode and learn ...

Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Charles S. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, I was in bed and a bright light shone in my window. I sa a circle of light seem to descend behind the trees to the east. Location. Address, San Rafael, CA. Latitude, 38° 0' 49.93'' N (38.01°). Longitude, 122° 33' 50.83'' W (-122.56°). Elevation

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Anzac, Alberta, Canada Fireball Meteor 19MAR2018 w/ Video

Anzac, Alberta, Canada Green Fireball Meteor 02:00 MDT 19MAR2018 w/ Sonics-  w/ Video

Sky-watcher catches big, bright and loud fireball near Anzac on video
CBC.ca
In the video, the fireball can be seen moving through the sky, bright green in colour, before flashing bright white and orange in succession before flaming out. Smith said he could hear a bang while it flamed out. He shared his experience with some Facebook groups of local aurora borealis watchers.

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30 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30MAR2018

Scientists set to scour Antarctica for rare space rocks
News.com.au
SCIENTISTS are set to scour the frozen lands of Antarctica in an audacious attempt to uncover lost meteorites.

Image: Testing InSight
Phys.Org
China says Earth-bound space lab to offer 'splendid' show. March 30, 2018. An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower.

Chinese space lab set to fall from sky
The Japan Times
Such falling spacecraft do “not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth,” it said. Anyone lucky enough to be looking at the right part of the sky when Tiangong 1 starts its fiery descent ...

Chinese space station set for fiery re-entry
RTE.ie
An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will re-enter the atmosphere ...

Earth-bound space lab to offer 'splendid show' akin to meteor shower
Times of India
BEIJING: An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will ...

China Focus: Tiangong-1 unlikely to cause damage to ground
Xinhua
During a meteor shower, about 1,000 to 20,000 meteorites fall to Earth per hour, and the probability of a person being hit by a meteorite of more than 200 grams is one-700 millionth, it said. The CMSEO announced earlier that Tiangong-1 has seen its orbit decay since it ended its data service on March ...

Out of control Earth-bound spacelab to offer 'splendid' show akin to a meteor shower
The Express Tribune
BEIJING: An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a 'splendid' show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will ...

Australia in impact zone for falling Chinese space station
Herald Sun
“You are more likely to be hit by a meteor than this thing,” Dr Tucker said. Present forecasts predict the station will begin to break up as it re-enters atmosphere anywhere from latitude +43 degrees to -43 degrees, a huge cross-section of the planet, sometime between 1.15pm tomorrow and 12.15pm ...

Four New Programs Dot April Planetarium Schedule at UW
University of Wyoming News
“The days are getting longer; a new set of constellations appear just after sunset; and our first visible meteor shower of the season all occur this month,” says Samantha Ogden, the planetarium's coordinator. “Additionally, we have enjoyed creating new and exciting live planetarium shows for our Friday ...

Night sky – April 2018: Welcome to your local galaxy association
Telegraph.co.uk
Although the rates from this shower aren't spectacularly high, the shower's radiant - the area of sky where the shower meteors appear to emanate from - is optimally positioned from the UK. A Lyrid meteor will appear to come from a location west of the bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra the Lyre.

The Wonder of Lonar
The Hindu
There are some old stone temples around the lake, many of them ruined and abandoned, some of them partially submerged. The lake itself is a sanctuary for many kinds of birds. Lonar is unique because it's the world's only high-velocity meteor crater in hard basalt: it doesn't erode or change its qualities ...

Interactive map shows the terrifying effects of a nuclear bomb blast on YOUR town
The Sun
This interactive map shows scope of a nuclear blast for any given area, demonstrating the extent of the fireball, radiation, shockwave, and heat spawned by a raft of different atomic weapons. The 15 Kiloton (KT) “Little Boy” dropped on Hiroshima all the way up to the Soviet Union's 50,000 KT Tsar Bomba ...

Terrifying interactive map reveals what would happen if a nuclear bomb were dropped on YOUR ...
Daily Mail
... largest USSR bomb ever detonated. If a W-87 were dropped over New York City, for example, the effects would be catastrophic. The tool calculates the fireball would span .42 square miles and send a 26.87 square-mile shock wave. Radiation would extend .25 square miles, stretching into New Jersey.

D3 Mapping meteor landings on map. Unable to redraw points on zoom
freeCodeCamp Forum
I am trying to plot meteor landings on a projection of world map. I am scaling the map while zooming. But I am not sure how to redraw the points to the correct scale. I tried multiplying the projection result with the …

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 31- April 6, 2018
American Meteor Society
Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as the Lyrids become active during the month. They are active from the 14th through the 30th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. Sporadic rates during April are steady as seen from both hemispheres with southern observers enjoying twice the activity that ...

Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Emily B. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, I have seen many strange anomalies in the sky.... This one blew my mind. Location. Address, Schomberg, Ontario (CA). Latitude, 44° 0' 13.04'' N (44°). Longitude, 79° 40' 34.31'' W (-79.68°). Elevation, 240.72m. Time and Duration. Local Date & ...

Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Persistent train. Observation, Yes. Duration, -. Length, 5°. Remarks, The train was more akin to a glowing light spike that trailed after the fireball and also ended where the fireball meteor disappeared. The trailing end was thinner than what was following right behind the meteor body and glowed nearly as ...

Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Mehdi B. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, I saw few meteors/fireballs in the past. This one was really impressive. reported on twitter as well. Location. Address, Toronto, Ontario (CA). Latitude, 43° 45' 17.06'' N (43.75°). Longitude, 79° 29' 40.09'' W (-79.49°). Elevation, 181.68m ...

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29 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29MAR2018








Surprising meteorite discovery points to early solar system chaos


http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/surprising-meteorite-discovery-points-early-solar-system-chaos
Meteor over Japan 27/03/2018 - Haneda Airport
YouTube
Evidence of sightings of "fireball" in various parts of the Kanto region On the 27th, a light like a fireball appeared in the night sky, and sighting information...

Meteor hunters take to Antarctica
Fox News
Why scientists are heading to Antarctica to hunt for meteors. ...


Tech trials to find Antarctica's 'missing' iron meteorites
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43567617

'Marsquakes' Could Shake Up Planetary Science
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars.
That's when NASA will send the first robotic lander dedicated to exploring the planet's subsurface. InSight, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, will study marsquakes to learn about the Martian crust, mantle and core....

Crashing Chinese Space Station Will Go Down Shooting — Fireballs
Live Science
"Fireballs are almost certain," Harvard University astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell told Live Science in an email. McDowell is a frequent media commentator on Tiangong-1's descent, and he also works on NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. [In Photos: A Look at China's Space Station That's Crashing ...

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Name, Kayla S. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, A meteor appeared immediately after the fireball traveling from the opposite direction; fireball was traveling north to south.

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Corpus Christi, TX. Latitude, 27° 47' 3.87'' N (27.784408°). Longitude, 97° 25' 21.69'' W (-97.422691°). Elevation, 11.801m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-19 20:00 CDT. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-20 01:00 UT. Duration, ≈3.5s. Direction. Moving direction, From up ...

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Japan Green Fireball Meteor 27MAR2018

 Haneda, Tokyo, Japan Green Fireball Meteor 20:42 JST 27MAR2018
A green fireball meteor was captured by video cameras at Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan at 20:42 JST.  The meteor was seen from many locations in the Kanto Plain.

Posted to YouTube by
Exoss Citizen Science Published on Mar 28, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shISkdTgwGQ


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28 March 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28MAR2018

Dash cam captures meteor fireball's flight across Colorado sky
Sott
The filmer said they suspected the object was a meteorite. "I was driving my truck north on I-25 in Colorado when I saw this flash from what I presume is a meteorite. It was 5:20 a.m. local time just past the exit for the USAF Academy," the filmer wrote. The American Meteor Society noted multiple fireball ...

Tiangong 1 track RADAR: Chinese space station to hit Earth in FIREBALL this weekend
Express.co.uk
Markus Dolensky, of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Australia told CNN: “There is a chance of a series of fireballs streaking across the sky. “It is now nearing its fiery demise as it gradually gets slowed down by the fringes of the Earth's upper atmosphere.” The spacecraft could ...

Why Scientists Aren't Fans Of Creating On-Demand Meteor Showers
NPR
A Japanese company is proposing a venture to create on-demand meteor showers using small spheres dropped from a satellite. Scientists aren't really keen to the idea...

Scientists Have Overestimated Meteor Sizes
DOE Office of Science - Department of Energy
Scientists simulated what happens when a meteor hits the Earth's crust generating shocked glass. In the past, scientists have tried to estimate the amount of pressure needed to cause this transformation. They did so by examining debris from meteor impacts and squeezing mineral samples in pressure ...

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27 March 2018

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Meteorite spotted in Colorado
MSN.com
This truck driver was going along the highway in Colorado, United States, when he saw a meteorite. The natural phenomenon was filmed at 5.20 am.

Dash Cam Captures Fireball in Colorado
Sputnik International
An early morning motorist on a Colorado highway caught a video of a fireball he labeled as a "meteorite," streaking across the sky near the US Air Force Academy. The footage, recorded at about 5:20 a.m. last Saturday on Interstate 25 in Gleneagle, shows a bright flash of light appear to drop toward the ...

Dash cam captures fireball's flight across Colorado sky
UPI.com
Dash cam captures fireball's flight across Colorado sky. By Ben Hooper | March 26, 2018 at 1:41 PM ... March 26 (UPI) -- An early morning driver on a Colorado road captured video of a fireball streaking across the sky near the U.S. Air Force Academy. The video, recorded about 5:20 a.m. Saturday on ...

On-Demand Meteor Showers Are Coming Soon to a Sky Near You
Popular Mechanics
ALE hopes to market their technology to cities, companies, or rich individuals who want a custom meteor shower for a cost that ALE claims will be less than that of a municipally-sponsored fireworks show. Their plan is to launch a pair of small satellites each equipped with a few hundred small metal ...

What you need to know about China's space station falling to Earth
41 NBC News
“We won't have a firm idea of precisely when — or any clue of where — until several hours prior to reentry,” he said. “There's still a fair amount of uncertainty.” Here's everything you need to know about Tiangong-1 and its impending fall.

China spacecraft may crash into Australia
Newcastle Herald
"The thing that would be really nice, if it re-enters over Australia at night, is that we'll get to see a spectacular sight of the spacecraft breaking up and lighting up as it comes in like a meteor shower." The temperature and density of different parts of the atmosphere, the Sun's activity and what parts are ...

PMN-Portuguese Meteor Network and OLA-Observatório do Lago Alqueva agreem
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: PMN-Portuguese Meteor Network and OLA-Observatório do Lago Alqueva agreement. Authors: Saraiva, C. Affiliation: AA(PMN- Portuguese Meteor Network, Rua Aquilino Ribeiro, 23 – 1° Dto, 2790-028 Carnaxide, Portugal. ) Publication: eMeteorNews, eZine, ISSN 2570-4745 Online publication ...

Altitudinal dependence of meteor radio afterglows measured via optical counterparts
AGU Publications - Wiley
Utilizing the all‐sky imaging capabilities of the first station of the Long Wavelength Array along with a host of all‐sky optical cameras, we have now observed 44 optical meteor counterparts to radio afterglows. Combining these observations, we have determined the geographic positions of all 44 ...

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26 March 2018

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Meteorite in Colorado || ViralHog
YouTube
Occurred on March 24, 2018 / Gleneagle, Colorado, USA "I was driving my truck north on I-25 in Colorodo when I saw this flash from what I presume is a meteor...

Astronomy for April: See Lyrid meteor shower, star cluster
Akron Beacon Journal
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on the night of April 22 and the early morning hours of April 23. This shower is the debris trail shed by comet Thatcher, C/1861 G1. Under clear, dark skies, you may see up to 20 meteors an hour. his shower is one of the oldest celestial events known, and was likely ...

China's space station is falling to Earth. Here's everything you need to know.
NBCNews.com
Will I be able to see anything? It might be possible to see streaks across the sky — similar to a meteor shower — at the time of reentry. But that depends, of course, on how close you are to the falling debris as well as the time of day and the amount of cloud cover, according to Abraham.

Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk
http://www.newsgram.com/
A meteor streaks across the sky in the early morning as people watching during the Perseid meteor shower in Ramon Carter near the town of Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel, August 13, 2015. The Perseid meteor shower is sparked every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris ...

Falling space debris poses no risk to UAE, says Space Agency
The National
The network successfully provides reports and studies on meteor traffic over the UAE,” he said. Three stations across the UAE are part of this network that was a joint venture launched by the UAE Space Agency and the IAC. The stations record astronomical phenomena with cameras that automatically ...

Coming soon, on-demand meteor showers from Japanese aerospace entertainment company
International Business Times, India Edition It may soon be possible to order a custom meteor shower for special occasions. If things go according to plan, arcs of blue, green, and orange could light up the sky wherever needed, any place on Earth, emulating actual shooting stars. The "meteor shower" will come courtesy falling metallic pebbles ..

Artificial Meteor Showers Will Soon Be Available For Under $40000
Tech Times
Japan is witnessing the world's first artificial meteor shower in spring 2020, thanks to technology being developed by private space company Astro Live Experience or ALE. The spectacular display will be seen over a 200-kilometer area on the sky of the Setouchi Region, which covers the cities of ...

Tiangong-1: Chinese space station predicted to crash somewhere on Earth around Easter
NZCity
Space experts predict the Tiangong-1 space station, or "Heavenly Palace", will turn into a spectacular fireball as it enters Earth's atmosphere sometime during the Easter long weekend. According to the latest predictions, it will begin its fiery descent into Earth's atmosphere somewhere in a window ...

Meteor crater map
Draper NDT
Meteor crater map. Eugene M. Start. Less Impressive than Informative. Your internet browser does not support the HTML5 features required for Crater Impact. For GPS users, the coordinates of the new entrance to Tswaing are Latitude 25. Download the free, full-sheet USGS 7. The effects of Map of ...



This meteor that struck the land of Saudi Arabia 52 years ago
Life in Saudi Arabia
Some five decades ago a meteorite struck the land of Saudi Arabia. The meteorite is a solid piece of debris from a comet, asteroid or meteoroid that originate in the outer space and found its way to enter in the atmosphere around the earth. However, now this news is highlighted again after 52 years.

Rtl sdr meteor detection
morph
Use the RTL-SDR as a meteor detector/counter. Joined May 2013 7 Jan 2014 YouTube user Tim Havens has uploaded two videos showing his meteor detection results with an RTL-SDR dongle. GitHub. Bakul das. There is now also an app bundle available from GitHub or SourceForge. For a few years ...

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Wabar Impact Crater Empty Quarter Saudi Arabia

A meteor that struck the Empty Quarter four centuries ago
Saudi Gazette
NEARLY 52 years ago, a National Geographic team visited a meteorite site called Wabar in the Empty Quarter, one of the most desolate places on earth, and documented the remnants of the spatial object that struck Saudi Arabia some four centuries ago

PICTURES: Remains of meteor that struck Saudi Arabia four centuries ago
Al-Arabiya
The top section of the space-matter is currently on display at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia. (Supplied). Mohammed al-Harbi, Al Arabiya.net Saturday, 17 March 2018. The National Geographic team has visited a meteorite's site, called “Wobar,” in the Empty Quarter of the Saudi ...

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25 March 2018

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Meteor showers to watch: Pi Puppids, Lyrids
New Jersey Herald
According to one source, they are the oldest known meteor showers. The Pi Puppids come from a comet named Grigg-Skjellerup and occur April 18-25, peaking the night of April 23-24, and may have a rate of 18-42 per hour. Moonrise is somewhat after midnight, so moonlight might be less of a concern.

Fireball meteor uk
warszowka.pl
4339 tweets • 1365 photos/videos • 8538 followers. The UK Meteor Network described the fireball, which was visible at 5. It was reported up and down the east coast of England and Scotland. The American Meteor Society's website record of everyone who reported the fireball. More than 400 ...
Meteor over uk today
arbj.be
Clarifying what the phenomenon was, UK Meteor network described the “flashing light” as a bright fireball. protected night sky, it was awarded gold tier designation by the International Dark Sky Association, making it officially the best place in England for people to go to enjoy the heavens. 25pm in ...

Uk meteor network
El Postre
The UK Meteor Observation Network's monochrome camera in Church Crookham, Hampshire also recorded the spectacular event, which lasted for several seconds and was seen for hundreds of miles. The data from UKMON (UK Meteor Observation Network, United Kingdom) UK Meteor Network in ...
Live meteor cam
Beton design
See the latest meteor camera captures here: Meteor Camera Images. 676K likes. The Quadrantids 2018 meteor shower is currently active. 5 Jan 2017 - 511 min - Uploaded by SG Star Gazing Night Sky & Meteor Cam Live from North London UK. During daylight hours in Huntsville the camera will either ...

Meteor radar live
suedpfalzlerchen.de
Earth is subject to a constant influx of many tonnes of this dust and it provides us with an opportunity to study the outer reaches of our atmosphere. com Video. It was Hankey's idea to have the AMS host a citizen science site to report meteor sightings. The receiver is located near Valladolid (Spain) BEST ...
Improving Photometric Calibration of Meteor Video Camera Systems
nasa.gov
We present the results of new calibration tests performed by the NASA Me- teoroid Environment Office (MEO) designed to help quantify and minimize systematic uncertainties in meteor photometry from video camera observa- tions. These systematic uncertainties can be categorized by two main sources:.

[AGU taxonomy: Ionosphere] AND [AGU taxonomy: Meteor-trail Physics]
AGU Publications - Wiley
An FDTD model of scattering from meteor head plasma · R. A. Marshall · S. Close · Journal of Geophysical Research: Space PhysicsVolume 120, Issue 7First published: 29 June 2015. Abstract ..
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Astronomy for April: See Lyrid meteor shower, star cluster
Akron Beacon Journal
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on the night of April 22 and the early morning hours of April 23. This shower is the debris trail shed by comet Thatcher, C/1861 G1. Under clear, dark skies, you may see up to 20 meteors an hour. his shower is one of the oldest celestial events known, and was likely ...

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.

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 24-30, 2018
American Meteor Society
The actual rates will also depend on factors such as personal light and motion perception, local weather conditions, alertness and experience in watching meteor activity. Evening rates are reduced during this period due to interfering moonlight. Note that the hourly rates listed below are estimates as ...
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24 March 2018

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Chinese Space Station Will Fall Back To Earth Around Early April, Scientists Predict
The Daily Caller
The crash may be visible as a meteor as it enters Earth's atmosphere, “although the location of the re-entry is as difficult to predict as its timing,” Forbes explains. “However, given how orbits work, [points of contact with earth] could be anywhere in a band a few hundred kilometers wide that crosses over ...

30 amazing things to see in the night sky in 2018
Liverpool Echo
Active between April 19 and May 28 every year, in 2018 it will peak on May 6. The best time to see shooting stars from the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is in the early morning just before sunrise. It is caused by the earth passing through dust from Halley's Comet and comes from the direction of Aquarius in ...

The demise of (the) Humanity (Star)
Astronomy Magazine
Early this morning, the Humanity Star satellite burned up as an artificial meteor in the sky. pxhere. The Humanity Star, launched in January by New Zealand company Rocket Lab, met its end earlier than planned, after just a few weeks of circling the globe. On March 23, The New Zealand Herald reported ...

Measurements of winds in the upper atmosphere by means of drifting meteor trails I
Science Direct
The paper describes some new radio techniques for the measurement of upper atmosphere winds by means of drifting meteor trails. A continuously recording doppler-radar system operating on 27 mc is described and some typical records are analysed. An accompanying paper deals with the ...

A meteor that struck the Empty Quarter four centuries ago
Saudi Gazette
NEARLY 52 years ago, a National Geographic team visited a meteorite site called Wabar in the Empty Quarter, one of the most desolate places on earth, and documented the remnants of the spatial object that struck Saudi Arabia some four centuries ago. During their visit in 1966, the team took rather ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 1142-2018, Report 139929 (1142d-2018). Uploaded by. © b. s. Credit b. s. Date 2018-03-22 22:21:00 EDT ...

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23 March 2018

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Meteor lights up the night sky
NBC News
A bright meteor was caught on cameras across Michigan as it swept over parts of the Midwest and Canada.

Meteor captured on video over Madison
ABC21
A meteor was seen over the Madison area Thursday night.

When is the 2018 Lyrid meteor shower? All you need to know about stargazing event
Coventry Telegraph
... and are named after constellation Lyra. The Lyrid Meteor Shower is classed as an “average” shower, usually producing about 20 meteors per hour at its peak. ... This year the annual meteor shower will start April 16 and end April 25, but will peak April 21-22. The meteors blaze through the sky from ...

Delta Aquarids meteor shower 2018
MSN.com
Stargazers could be treated to a meteor spectacle later this year as the Delta Aquarids makes an appearance. The meteor shower favours the Northern Hemisphere - where it is likely to be more visible. An annual astronomical event, the Delta Aquarids displays as many as 10 to 20 shooting stars per ...

China's Tiangong-1 Space Lab Could Produce Fireball Streaks Upon Re-Entry, Debris Unlikely To ...
The Inquisitr
... there has been no report of accidents related to the re-entry of these space junk. If the space lab enters a populated area, there is no need to worry. In fact, people living close by can look forward to a spectacular sight as the space lab burns up during re-entry. There's a high probability that the fireball ...

Only 117 years 'til this asteroid (possibly) hits us
CNN
In 2013, a meteor about 60 feet (20 meters) across hit the Earth near Chelyabinsk in Russia. This relatively small rock still did considerable damage. It released about 30 times as much energy as the nuclear explosion at Hiroshima, blowing out glass windows and causing 1,500 people to seek medical ...
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22 March 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 over los angeles today
Escola Nacional de Judô
5s, -8 Green Light Seen Over Southern California Believed To Be MeteorA green light that streaked across the night sky that was seen from the Mexican border to Central California was apparently a meteor or some other heavenly body falling to Earth. 1052c, 2018-03-17 12:58 UT, 2018-03-17 05:58 ...
Delta Aquarids meteor shower 2018: Best times, where to see it, weather forecast and everything ...
Liverpool Echo
Stargazers could be treated to a meteor spectacle later this year as the Delta Aquarids makes an appearance. The meteor shower ... Although it is not one of the most spectacular meteor showers, you are still in with a good chance of catching a glimpse at a shooting star. The shower runs annually from ...

Tiangong-1: China's out-of-control space station to fall back to earth soon
The Talking Democrat
According to ESA, the impact of the Chinese space laboratory, of which the Chinese lost control in 2016, is not comparable to what a meteor would make. In this sense, ESA specifies that from the 30 kilometers of altitude, the debris has a normal speed of fall that, in no case, would cause a crater on Earth ...

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21 March 2018

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Analysis of the formation of Meteor Crater, Arizona: A preliminary report
AGU Publications - Wiley
A theoretical study is made of the cratering process accompanying the impact of a 12,000‐ton iron projectile on a semi‐infinite half‐space of soft rock at a velocity of 30 km/sec. The constituents and velocity approximate those involved in the formation of Meteor Crater, Arizona. The assumption is made ...

Giant meteorite lifted from lake in Russia
NBC News
The giant meteor fragment weighed more than 1200 pounds. It broke into pieces as scientists removed it from Lake Chebarkul in central Russia where it landed in February. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

There's a small chance an asteroid will hit Earth in 2135. NASA is working on a plan
The Sydney Morning Herald
A century later in 2013, a 10-ton, 15-metre-wide meteor streaked over Russia's Ural Mountains at hypersonic speeds, shattering windows and injuring 1,100 people, Fox News reported. (Most were injured by shattered glass as they watched the meteor cross the daytime sky.) The meteor broke up before ...

Satellite? Meteor? Something else?
Cloudy Nights
Hey everyone,. This weekend, I just caught my first photons in quite a while due to house projects and cloudy evenings. Since my last time imaging, I added plate solving, and sort of figured out phd2 on the second night, so I went from throwing out about half my subs on the first night, to only one out ...

Events in 2018 1076-2018 KML
Fireball event
ID, UT Date & Time, Local Date & Time, City, State, Dur. Magn. D. Sound, C. Sound, Frag. Observer, Exp. a, 2018-03-19 21:30 UT, 2018-03-19 16:30 CDT, Baton Rouge, LA, ≈3.5s, -23, -, - ? Leroy S, 1. b, 2018-03-19 21:30 UT, 2018-03-19 16:30 CDT, Napoleonville, LA, ≈3.5s, -26, -, -, -, Ginger R, 3.

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