17 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17JUN2018

Uit heel Nederland meldingen van grote vuurbal: 'Zo gaaf en zo groot'
RTL Nieuws
Op de website International Meteor Organization kwamen 71 meldingen binnen. Vooral uit Nederland, maar ook enkele uit België en Duitsland.

The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Happening In Massachusetts August 2018
Only In Your State
The annual Perseids meteor shower is returning to the Bay State this season and it's shaping up to be one of the brightest displays yet.

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16 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16JUN2018

Adler Team Searches For Space Rocks In The Lake
WBEZ
Pieces of that meteor are sitting at the bottom of the lake, and the Adler Planetarium is on a mission to find those fragments in a mission called the ...

'It pierced the clouds': Fireball spotted blazing over Europe (VIDEO, PHOTO)
RT
The celestial ball of light is thought to have been the same phenomenon observed in dozens of reports to the International Meteor Organization (IMO).

Scientists Found New Evidence About Water's Presence On Moon
I4U News
In total, the research team analyzed 13 different meteor samples that were collected from the same region but only one of the sample contained ...

Meteorites recovered in Yunnan, China, following spectacular meteor fireball event
Sott
A recent test reveals that the chondrites - stony nonmetallic meteorites - that hit Xishuangbanna, Southwest China's Yunnan province, about two ...

DTIC ADA476971: Theoretical and Observational Studies of Meteor Interactions with the Ionosphere
Internet Archive
An intense flux of small-mass meteors has been seen in large-aperture radar scattering for many years. At high altitudes, these meteoroids routinely ...

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15 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15JUN2018

A Meteoroid Smashed Into the Side of a Crater on Mars and Then Started a Landslide
Universe Today
In this case, however, the dry dust on the slope was destabilized by the meteor's impact, which exposed darker material beneath. The impact that ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Photographs an Avalanche Caused By a Meteor Strike
Outer Places
That impact crater toward the top of the photo, only about 16.5 feet (5 meters) across, was naturally created by a meteor striking the Martian surface ...

Thuraya Astronomy Center- Dubai Meteorite, Space and Astronomy Museum Video
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Posted: 14 Jun 2018 07:49 AM PDT
Thuraya Astronomy Center (Dubai Astronomy Group)- Dubai Meteorite, Space and Astronomy Museum. Dubai center seeks to create awareness about space, astronomy. Thuraya Astronomy Center is the place where people can come down and experience astronomy, Hasan Ahmad al-Hariri, the center’s Director and chief ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JUN2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JUN2018. Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: experts. China.org.cn. Xu Weibiao, chief scientist at .

Meteor Activity Outlook for June 16-22, 2018
American Meteor Society
This will cause interference with evening meteor viewing but the more active morning hours will be free of moonlight. This weekend the waxing ...

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14 June 2018

Thuraya Astronomy Center- Dubai Meteorite, Space and Astronomy Museum Video

Thuraya Astronomy Center (Dubai Astronomy Group)-
Dubai Meteorite, Space and Astronomy Museum- Video

Posted on YouTube by Al Arabiya English  276 views
Published on May 9, 2018
Dubai center that seeks to create awareness about space, astronomy
Thuraya Astronomy Center is the place where people can come down and experience astronomy, Hasan Ahmad al-Hariri, the center’s Director and chief executive of the Dubai Astronomy Group, has said.
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JUN2018

New ESA infographic on asteroid risks
New infographic illustrates how ESA will use first-ever ‘flyeye’ telescopes to support the UN and international efforts to respond to asteroid risks
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/06/Flyeye_telescopes_infographic

Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD]
Meteorite Evidence for a Complicated Protoplanetary Disk --
A striking dichotomy in isotopic compositions of meteorite groups appears to be consistent with
Jupiter and Saturn migrating to and fro during planet formation.
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June18/complicated-disk.html

Secret missile-launch or lens flare? Bizarre streak over naval station triggers conspiracy theories
RT
A missile launch? Or just a meteor flash? A mysterious object has been spotted over an air base in Washington state. The puzzle has led to a of ...

UFO blasted off on West Coast skies is not military vessel, confirms top official
International Business Times, India Edition
This feature does not look like a meteor, nor are there any meteor reports for the area that I could find online," wrote Cliff Mass on his blog page dated ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JUN2018
Lunar Meteorite Hunters
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JUN2018. Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: experts. China.org.cn. Xu Weibiao, chief scientist at ...

the observed characteristics of radio-echoes from overdense meteor trains
ScienceDirect
data relating to the duration of radio-echoes from overdense meteor trains are presented and discussed, with particular reference to the differences ...

The anisotropy of turbulence at the meteor level
ScienceDirect
meteor level of the ionosphere (say 90 km in height) cannot be regarded as “turbulence” of the kind studied in the laboratory; nor can the theory of ...

asteroid day
American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is 3 as seen from mid-northern latitude (45N) and 4 from the southern tropics ...

Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Persistent train. Observation, Yes. Duration, 5s. Length, 15°. Remarks, Different pieces flew through air after fireball, disappearing after 5 seconds.

Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Persistent train. Observation, Yes. Duration, 2s. Length, 20°. Remarks, glowing train that followed along the tail end of fireball and train was white with ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13JUN2018

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: experts
China.org.cn
Xu Weibiao, chief scientist at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, examined a sample and concluded the meteor ...

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: experts
People's Daily
A meteor found in Yunnan Province [File Photo: Yunnan.cn] Experts have determined that a me.

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun
Belarus News (BelTA)
BEIJING, 13 June(BelTA - People's Daily) - Experts have determined that a meteor that landed in southwest China's Yunnan Province is as old as the ...

Meteorite that hit China as old as the solar system, says expert
GBTIMES
A meteor slammed into southwest China's Yunnan Province on June 1, with an expert now claiming it could be as old as the solar system. Xu Weibiao ...

Secret missile-launch or lens flare? Bizarre streak over naval station triggers conspiracy theories
RT
“I ran this image by Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society and he said it was definitely not a meteor. It looked like a missile launch to him as ...

Iridium flare or meteor?
Cloudy Nights
The top image I originally ignored as some of the other shots had less clouds, but I saw I captured a shooting star Iridium or meteor? Mars and Saturn ...

Perseid Meteor Shower
Eventbrite
Eventbrite - Northumberland National Park Authority presents Perseid Meteor Shower - Monday, August 13, 2018 at The Sill: National Landscape ...

UFO news: Was UFO sighting on American west coast a rogue missile?
Express.co.uk
“This feature does not look like a meteor, nor are there any meteor reports for the area that I could find online. “The lightning networks did not show a ...

Nasa reveals pic of Mars meteorite impact crater which looks a lot like a crashed UFO
Metro
Nasa has spotted something strange on Mars which looks a bit like a crashed UFO but was actually caused by a meteor strike. The stunning images ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 2009-2018, Report 142664 (2009af-2018). Uploaded by.

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12 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12JUN2018

Meteor showers of comet C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)
Astronomy & Astrophysics
We intend to map the meteor complex of the long-period comet C/1964 N1 (Ikeya), which ... July ξ-Arietids, the meteor shower 533 in the IAU MDC list.

A secret missile launch? Mystery streak of light spotted over Whidbey Island leaves locals baffled
Daily Mail
Mr Johnson said he contacted a number of experts about the strange sighting, including Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society who said it ...

'Secret missile launch' MYSTERY object spotted flying close to a US military base
Express.co.uk
While Mr Lunsford ruled out the object was a meteor, he said he too believed it looked like a missile launch. Two more experts weighed in with his ...

Mystery Object in Washington Sky Wasn't Missile, Military Says
Newsmax
This feature does not look like a meteor, nor are there any meteor reports for the area that I could find online. "The lightning networks did not show a ...

60. Il A Shooting Star Is Actually The Track Of A
Chegg
Answer to 60. Il A shooting star is actually the track of a meteor, typically a small chunk of debris from a comet that has entere...

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11 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11JUN2018

Measurements of winds in the upper atmosphere by means of drifting meteortrails I
ScienceDirect
measuring upper atmosphere winds from the drift of meteor trails. The purpose of the present paper is to describe a continuously recording method for ...

effect of rotation on the initial radius of meteor trains
Oxford Journals - Oxford University Press
Abstract. We propose that the observed variation of the initial radius of meteor trains with height is largely the result of the rapid rotation (∼ 5 × 103 rad/

Planetary perturbations on the Geminid meteor stream
Oxford Journals - Oxford University Press
The behaviour of the Geminid meteor stream is affected by gravitational perturbations. The evolution over 5000 yr, 500 yr forward and 4500 yr back ha.

A Meteor
Space Weather Gallery
A Meteor Taken by BORNET Patrick on June 10, 2018 @ Saint Martin sur ... Meteor with my allsky cam asi224mc at 00h51h14s TU (10s exposure).

Event 1996-2018
Fireball event
ID, UT Date & Time, Local Date & Time, City, State, Dur. Magn. D. Sound, C. Sound, Frag. Observer, Exp. a, 2018-06-10 03:13 UT, 2018-06-09 21:13 ...

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10 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10JUN2018

Large meteor last night
Reddit
Did anyone else happen to see the fireball type meteor last night around 2am? It was going slow enough that it could have been something...

'Meteor Festival' brings international stars to Israel's North
The Jerusalem Post
But the Meteor Festival, bringing closed to 100 international and local acts, is sure to bring a significant crowd to a sleepy kibbutz near the Jordan ...

Analysis of British Meteor Data | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | Oxford ...
oup.com
Abstract. 1. With a view to a complete statistical analysis of the true paths of meteors, a collection of 1253 accordances has been made, and these ...

Meteor Detection with Rtl-Sdr
Stargazers Lounge
Hello. I've been trying to receive radar meteor reflections with an SDR and a 3 element homemade Yagi-Uda antenna. My antenna is designed for the ...

Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Remarks, This was about the largest and brightest meteor I've observed in many years, if not my brightest ever! If this one burned out near the edge of ...

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

09 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09JUN2018

Astronomy Summer Series - Perseid Meteor Shower
The Astronomical League
Discover the night sky from Assateague Island! The event will begin with auditorium presentations followed by stargazing with telescopes.

Close encounters
Heavens-Above
The following table lists the upcoming close encounters with all other known orbiting objects for which orbital elements are available (over 16000).

Experts confirm Ramgarh Crater's origin as a meteor
Moneycontrol.com
Since the 19th century, Ramgarh Crater has evoked the interest of geologists and now a team of scientists is in Rajasthan's Baran district to solve the ...

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08 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08JUN2018

Asteroid burning above Africa, NASA spotted it moving towards Earth
News Heads
A meteor enlightened the sky over Botswana in Africa, at just 6-feet across. NASA US space agency, however, mentions that the asteroid was just ...

Source of sonic boom may have been identified
Ozark Radio News
... boom from a jet breaking the sound barrier overhead, to earthquakes or dynamite, to the possibility of a meteor exploding high in the atmosphere.

Ozarks shaken by massive boom, meteor explosion suspected
The Event Chronicle
A massive boom was heard and felt over much of the Ozarks shortly after noon (local time) on June 6, 2018. The National Weather Service said their ...

Ancient novae and meteor showers.
WorldCat
Get this from a library! Ancient novae and meteor showers.. [Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,;]

A Meteor Is Falling Straight Down Earth And It Is
Chegg
A meteor is falling straight down earth and it is going to land 20 miles away from you. You are watching it fall and during a two second period of time ...

Perseid Meteor Star Party
San Diego County News Center
We'll provide the hot chocolate, you bring your camp chairs... Join preserve staff for a chance to see one of summer's best nighttime shows. Arrive at ...

Expert knows how soon killer asteroid will wipe out life from earth's surface
International Business Times, Singapore Edition
As per Glockner, the object which was spotted in the South African skies might be a UFO making a close flyby. He added that there was no meteor ... (Nonsense! - LMH)

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07 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07JUN2018

A New Glimpse Into the Martian Past
The Atlantic
They could have crash-landed on Mars inside a meteor that blew apart into bits, scattering debris and mixing with indigenous material. Or they might ...

China Had A Meteor / Meteorite Event
DetectorProspector.com
Fragments of meteorites fell in southwest China's Yunnan Province on June 1 and two pieces fell through villagers' house roofs while one fell on the ...

The Chinese village was hit by a rain of meteor fragments
The Siver Times
Chinese treasure hunters in the confusion raked and sell fragments of a meteorite after a fireball lit up the sky on the border between China and Burma ...

Image: Tunguska devastation
Phys.Org
Fallen trees at Tunguska, Imperial Russia, seen in 1929, 15 km from epicentre of aerial blast site, caused by explosion of a meteor in 1908 (Photo ...

Ancient novae and meteor showers
Stanford SearchWorks - Stanford University
Ancient novae and meteor showers. Publication: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1958. Physical description: 1 online resource (iii, 109-144 ...

Crazy footage of a meteor flashing across the night sky is caught on camera—the whole sky lights up
The Epoch Times
If you see a light flashing through the night sky, and it's as bright as this, you'll immediately wonder what it could be. People in this town in Russia, had ...

Orbit
Heavens-Above
View from above orbital plane, View from above satellite. Ground track. The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

Jangan Lewatkan Momen Langka Peristiwa Langit di Bulan Juni 2018 Ini, Ada Hujan Meteor!
Tribun Manado
Disebutkan bahwa selama satu bulan ke depan ini, akan ada peristiwa mulai dari konjungsi planet, hujan meteor, hingga dekatnya Saturnus dengan ...

Nocturnal Nature: Perseids Meteor Shower and Greek Star Tales
Harris Center for Conservation Education
We'll also scan the night sky for shooting stars during one of the prime nights for viewing the Perseid meteor showers. Bring a blanket, and meet at 10 ...

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06 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06JUN2018

NASA's priorities appear to be out of whack with what the public wants
Ars Technica
A little more than half a day at 2012 DA 14's closest approach a meteor measuring about 20 meters across broke apart in Earth's atmosphere above ...

Treasure hunters seek to make a fortune after meteorites hit China
Telegraph.co.uk
... a huge fireball streaking across the sky, while reports have described how villagers watched pieces of the meteor tear through the roofs of their rural ...

Epic meteorite lights up night sky over Yunnan, fragments crash into villagers' homes
Shanghaiist
Video footage shows a fiery meteorite cutting an epic path through the night's sky above the city of Jinghong. The meteor eventually burned up, ...

Massive FLAMING meteor streaks over China skies
MSN.com
Massive FLAMING meteor streaks over China skies.

Meteorites for sale at US$8000 per gram after fireball near China-Myanmar border sparks treasure ...
Yahoo Singapore News
The fireball, or meteor, was seen about 9:40pm, when a ball of flame arched across the sky near Xishuangbanna, an autonomous prefecture in ...

Meteorites Crash into China, Pieces Now Selling for $7800 a Gram
NextShark
Citizens of southern China's Yunnan province were startled last week when a fiery meteor lit up their night sky with fragments crashing into the homes ...

WATCH: Incredible Footage of a Falling Meteor in North West Province.
MyCityByNight
Last week two meteors were seen lighting up the sky in near the North West province. One meteorite fell between Lichtenburg and Mafikeng, and the ...

Surveillance video shows meteor in sky over farm in South Africa
WFLA
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked their security video for proof. Sure enough, there in the middle of the sky is a bright light ...

Why NASA Stayed So Chill As an Asteroid Blew Up In a Fireball Over Africa
Inverse
For comparison, the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 and injured 950 people, was 65 feet wide; as a 2017 study on the ...

Watch Video: Asteroid Explodes Above Africa Caught On Camera
Dailyaddaa (press release)
New Delhi: The NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey, located near Tucson, Arizona discovered on Saturday morning June 2, a boulder-size asteroid ...

Security camera catches small meteor over South Africa
NBC2 News
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked their security video for proof. Sure enough there in the middle of the sky is the bright ...

Meteor spotted over South Africa
newsvideo.su
Eyewitness News – A meteor was caught on a surveillance camera in the Kalahari Desert on Saturday.

MUST SEE: A METEOR IS SPOTTED IN SOUTH AFRICA
WQOW TV News 18
South Africa (CNN)- Surveillance video in south Africa captured a unique sight in the night sky Saturday. Melissa Delport says her husband was ...

Did you feel it? Massive boom heard in Ozarks and northern Arkansas
Springfield News-Leader
It may have been a meteor exploding high in the atmosphere. At least that's a working theory at the National Weather Service in Springfield, which ...

Incredibly bright fireball lights up night sky in South Africa
WUSA9.com
Incredibly bright fireball lights up night sky in South Africa. An asteroid was caught on this surveillance camera lighting up the sky as it crashed down to ...

What's the minimum to start meteor detecting?
Stargazers Lounge
4 minutes ago, Merlin said: Some years ago, I made a similar binoviewer, which I still have, using a 50/50 mirror beam splitter and three first surface ...

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05 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05JUN2018

NASA- South African Small Asteroid
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/tiny-asteroid-discovered-saturday-disintegrates-hours-later-over-southern-africa

AMS Ghanzi, Botswana Meteorite Fall KMZ here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ 04x31z949834bbm/Botswana-2018- LA.kmz/file

Six foot wide asteroid discovered, then it strikes Africa
Malaysia Sun (blog)
On Tuesday, scientists revealed that the meteor that lit up the sky over Botswana, Africa, early on Saturday evening, was named 2018 LA. When it was ...

An Asteroid was Discovered Just Hours Before it Exploded over Africa
Universe Today
On Saturday, June 2nd, skywatchers in Botswana reported an extremely bright fireball in the sky. A 2-meter-sized spacerock smashed into the ...

Asteroid lights up night sky as it breaks up over Earth
NBC2 News
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked out their security video for proof. Sure enough, there in the middle of the sky, a bright ...

Asteroid Filmed Exploding Above Africa Hours After NASA Spotted It Charging Towards Earth
India Times
A meteor lit up the sky over Botswana, Africa just hours after US space agency NASA detected it. According to NASA, the asteroid was determined to ...

Meteor spotted over South Africa
WPEC
A meteor lit up the night sky over the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. A surveillance camera captured the unique sight on Saturday. Melissa Delport ...

WATCH: CCTV captures moment crashing meteorite lights up the night sky
Independent.ie
The farmer said he was driving home from his neighbours when he saw the “huge fireball” in the sky. “The advantage I had was I saw it in colour and it ...

Eyewitness accounts of fireball continue to trickle in
ofm.co.za
According to EarthSky, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) , the meteor disintegrated at a height of 50 km over South Africa on Saturday.

WATCH: Tiny, Earth-bound asteroid disintegrates over Africa
India Today
... second at about 6:44 pm local Botswana time and disintegrated several miles above the surface, creating a bright fireball that lit up the evening sky.

Meteorites for sale at US$8000 after fireball near China-Myanmar border sparks treasure hunt
South China Morning Post
The fireball, or meteor, was seen at around 9:40pm on Friday, when a ball of flame arched across the sky near Xishuangbanna, an autonomous ...

Meteorite hunting business emerges as it clashes in Yunnan Province
CGTN (press release)
Since the landing location has been disclosed, numerous locals and various out-of-towners, approximately 70-80 people including meteor enthusiasts ...

Villagers worship meteorite after it crashes down to Earth
Metro
The meteor, known as a bolide or superbolide depending on its brightness, was seen by residents in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in ...

The Geminid Meteor Shower as observed by the CILBO Double Station Network
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: The Geminid Meteor Shower as observed by the CILBO Double Station Network. Authors: Zender, J. J.; Rudawska, R.; Koschny, D.

Spatial distribution of errors associated with multistatic meteor radar
Earth, Planets and Space - SpringerOpen
Spatial distribution of errors associated with multistatic meteor radar. W. K. Hocking

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

04 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04JUN2018

Asteroid 2018 LA Explodes Over Botswana Hours After Discovery
SkyandTelescope.com
Meteor 2018 LA (ZLAF9B2) seen from a farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein, North West South Africa. Video captured by Barend Swanepoel ...

Hours after it was discovered, an asteroid heading for Earth disintegrated over Africa
Sun Sentinel
Meteorite/ ZLAF9B2 /2018 LA Video is taken near my dads farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein. #Meteorite #Meteor #Swanepoelmeteorite ...

Flaming METEOR smashes into Earth in terrifying scenes
Daily Star
Meteor ZLAF9B2 was spotted as it zipped across the sky between Ottosdal and Hartebessmontein in the country's north-west. Stills taken of the ...

Small asteroid on collision course with Earth discovered only hours before impact
CBC.ca
... often than many may realize, according to Peter Brown, a physics and astronomy professor at Western University who specializes in meteor science.

Boulder-size asteroid, on collision course with Earth, disintegrates into fireball
Orlando Sentinel
A boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa, just hours after its weekend discovery. It's only the third time scientists have spotted an ...

VIDEO: Boulder-Sized Asteroid Approaches Earth, Disintegrates Over South Africa
SpaceCoastDaily.com
ABOVE VIDEO: Meteor 2018 LA (ZLAF9B2)seen from farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein North West South Africa. (barend swanepoel ...

JPL Alerts Astronomers Worldwide to Small Asteroid on an Impact Trajectory with Earth Hours ...
Pasadena Now
At about 6:44 p.m. in Botswana, Africa, observers reported a huge fireball in the night sky. This matched up with the predicted trajectory for the asteroid ...

Webcam captures asteroid hitting Earth just HOURS after being detected by Nasa
The Sun
... Meteor: If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it begins to vapourise and then becomes a meteor. On Earth, it'll look like a streak of light in the ...

Meteor spotted over South Africa
KTVZ
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Meteorite sighting 'once in a lifetime experience' for North West farmer
SowetanLIVE Sunday World
Meteorite/ ZLAF9B2 Video is taken near my dads farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein. #Meteorite #Meteor #Swanepoelmeteorite ...

Watch: Did a meteorite strike South Africa on Saturday night? [video]
The South African
Luckily for our astronomical enthusiasts, there was nothing fake about this: A meteordid indeed land on the South African-Botswanan border. Physicist ...

Asteroid spotted hours before impact with atmosphere over Botswana
American Meteor Society
The American Meteor Society, Ltd. is established to inform, encourage, and support the research activities of people who are interested in the field of ...

Asteroid 2018 LA hit the atmosphere over Botswana on June 2
International Meteor Organization
On June 2nd, 2018, around 16h44 UT (18h44 CAT), asteroid 2018 LA (previously numbered: ZLAF9B2) impacted the Earth atmosphere over ...

Asteroid Crashes Into Earth Atmosphere Just Hours After It Was Discovered
Tech Times
The asteroid disintegrated several miles over the surface somewhere over Botswana, Africa, lighting up the night sky with a bright fireball. The final ...

Asteroid Ini Sempat Diprediksi Jatuh di Indonesia
Tribun Jogja
Dalam istilah astronomi, fireball adalah jenis meteor yang terangnya ... Sementara superfireball adalah fireball yang sangat terang setara dengan ...

Meteorite fragments found in Yunnan after shower damages village homes
Shine News (press release)
A number of residents in Yunnan filmed the meteor shower on June 1 as it lit up the night sky. Jiang Wei, executive deputy director of the Professional ...

Incredible moment falling meteor lights up the night sky over China before 'smashing into a ...
Daily Mail
People in south-west China were left stunned as a blazing meteorite illuminated the night sky of Yunnan Province on Friday night. Footage of the ...

Dramatic footage shows flaming meteorite turning night into day as it blazes across the sky
Mirror.co.uk
Onlookers were left terrified after a gigantic meteor flamed through the sky in southwest China last week, turning the dark skies as bright as daytime.

Fireball lights up southwest China sky before meteorite impact
GBTIMES
A bright meteor - or bolide - streaked across skies above Jinghong city in the southwest Chinese province of Yunnan on June 1, startling onlookers.

Video: New Theory Suggests Octopus DNA Comes From Space
OutdoorHub
While it's highly unlikely that octopuses are actually space aliens that arrived on Earth aboard a frozen meteor, octopuses are among few animals on ... (Pseudo-science via Sri Lankan pseudo-scientist- Total BRAVO SIERRA!- LMH)

Event 1924-2018
Fireball event
AMS received 8 reports about a fireball seen over South-East District, Gauteng, North West, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape on Saturday, June 2nd ...

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03 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03JUN2018

A small asteroid disintegrated into a fireball over South Africa
Science Examiner
A small and least likely to harm asteroid recently disintegrated over the regions of Africa and extending to Papua New Guinea, just hours after it was ...

6-Feet-Wide Asteroid Disintegrates In Atmosphere Over Botswana Hours After Discovery
- International Business Times

Small asteroid, first spotted hours earlier, disintegrates over Africa
USA TODAY
It was much smaller than the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013, which was an estimated 60 feet wide. That meteor ...

"Strong infrasound detection of a bolide at station I47 in South Africa today at 1730 UT.
Origin time between 1645-17 UT over Botswana. Yield 0.3-0.5 kT, corresponding to 2m diameter asteroid."
From Peter Brown‏ - @pgbrown - of the U. Western Ontario.
https://twitter.com/pgbrown/status/1003099923233976320

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 1 - Youtube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yxeDMWN21Zs

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 2 - Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Idnabnqyvc

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 3
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1224

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 4
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1222

Tiny Asteroid Discovered Saturday Disintegrates Hours Later Over Southern Africa
Space Ref (press release)
Reports of a bright fireball above Botswana, Africa, early Saturday evening match up with the predicted trajectory for the asteroid. The asteroid entered ...

Meteorites rock North West
Times LIVE
Swanepoel/Van Zyl Meteoriet By my pale op plaas kamera naby Ottosdal. Die meteoriet het naby deelpan geval volgens ooggetuies. #Meteor ...

A Meteor Lit Up The Sky in China on Friday Evening, Passing With a Thundering Noise
Advocator
According to experts, the bright meteor is called a bolide. It was so bright because it entered the earth's atmosphere, causing intense friction and ...

WATCH - #BreakingNews: '#MeteoriteZLAF9B2' falls in North West
ofm.co.za
On the video it appears to be more like a meteor that has fallen. ... The Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said it was a meteor.

NATIONAL NEWS: [WATCH] Meteorite strikes near Ottosdal in the North West
Rekord North
According to the farmer, Barend Swanepoel, the meteor struck at around 18:40 on Saturday evening, 2 June. People as far as Mahikeng and ...

[WATCH] Meteorite strikes near Ottosdal in the North West
Bosveld Review
POLOKWANE – According to the farmer, Barend Swanepoel, the meteor struck at around 18:40 on Saturday evening, 2 June.

Video Captures The Exact Moment A Bright Meteorite Lit Up The Night Sky In China
Tech Times
The Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed that this was a bolide, which is a very bright meteor. The fire on the meteor ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 1923-2018, Report 142357 (1923c-2018). Uploaded by.

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Botswana and South Africa Bolide Meteor 02JUN2018 w/ Videos Produces Meteorites

Botswana and South Africa Bolide Meteor 02JUN2018 w/ Videos - Asteroid 2018 LA falls to Earth
Meteorites on the ground to be found! MeteorRats Scamble!

A small asteroid disintegrated into a fireball over South Africa
Science Examiner
A small and least likely to harm asteroid recently disintegrated over the regions of Africa and extending to Papua New Guinea, just hours after it was ...

6-Feet-Wide Asteroid Disintegrates In Atmosphere Over Botswana Hours After Discovery
- International Business Times

Small asteroid, first spotted hours earlier, disintegrates over Africa
USA TODAY
It was much smaller than the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013, which was an estimated 60 feet wide. That meteor ...

"Strong infrasound detection of a bolide at station I47 in South Africa today at 1730 UT.
Origin time between 1645-17 UT over Botswana. Yield 0.3-0.5 kT, corresponding to 2m diameter asteroid."
From Peter Brown‏ - @pgbrown - of the U. Western Ontario.
https://twitter.com/pgbrown/status/1003099923233976320

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 1 - Youtube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yxeDMWN21Zs

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 2 - Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Idnabnqyvc

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 3
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1224

South Africa Bolide Event Asteroid 2018 LA Video 4
https://www.amsmeteors.org/ videos/?video_id=1222

Tiny Asteroid Discovered Saturday Disintegrates Hours Later Over Southern Africa
Space Ref (press release)
Reports of a bright fireball above Botswana, Africa, early Saturday evening match up with the predicted trajectory for the asteroid. The asteroid entered ..

Asteroid 2018 LA Explodes Over Botswana Hours After Discovery
SkyandTelescope.com
Meteor 2018 LA (ZLAF9B2) seen from a farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein, North West South Africa. Video captured by Barend Swanepoel ...

A small asteroid disintegrated into a fireball over South Africa
Science Examiner
A small and least likely to harm asteroid recently disintegrated over the regions of Africa and extending to Papua New Guinea, just hours after it was ...

6-Feet-Wide Asteroid Disintegrates In Atmosphere Over Botswana Hours After Discovery - International Business Times

WATCH: Incredible Footage of a Falling Meteor in North West Province.
MyCityByNight
Last week two meteors were seen lighting up the sky in near the North West province. One meteorite fell between Lichtenburg and Mafikeng, and the ...

Surveillance video shows meteor in sky over farm in South Africa
WFLA
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked their security video for proof. Sure enough, there in the middle of the sky is a bright light ...

Why NASA Stayed So Chill As an Asteroid Blew Up In a Fireball Over Africa
Inverse
For comparison, the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 and injured 950 people, was 65 feet wide; as a 2017 study on the ...

Watch Video: Asteroid Explodes Above Africa Caught On Camera
Dailyaddaa (press release)
New Delhi: The NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey, located near Tucson, Arizona discovered on Saturday morning June 2, a boulder-size asteroid ...

Security camera catches small meteor over South Africa
NBC2 News
Neighbors reported seeing a meteor, so the Delports checked their security video for proof. Sure enough there in the middle of the sky is the bright ...

Meteor spotted over South Africa
newsvideo.su
Eyewitness News – A meteor was caught on a surveillance camera in the Kalahari Desert on Saturday.

MUST SEE: A METEOR IS SPOTTED IN SOUTH AFRICA
WQOW TV News 18
South Africa (CNN)- Surveillance video in south Africa captured a unique sight in the night sky Saturday. Melissa Delport says her husband was ...

Incredibly bright fireball lights up night sky in South Africa
WUSA9.com
Incredibly bright fireball lights up night sky in South Africa. An asteroid was caught on this surveillance camera lighting up the sky as it crashed down to ...

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

02 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JUN2018

Epic meteorite illuminates skies over China (VIDEO)
RT
According to the Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the fireball was a bolide, which is an extremely bright meteor, CCTV ...

WATCH Huge Meteorite Burns Away in Sky Over Chinese City
Sputnik International
... the Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the object in the sky was a bolide, a bright meteor which explodes in the atmosphere.

Shock as meteor streaks across sky over China
Sky News
Video: A meteorite has been filmed lighting up the night sky as it entered the earth's atmosphere over Yunnan, China.

Fireball lights up the sky in China
Newshub
The spectacular moment happened around 21:41pm local time. According to residents out in the streets of the province's Dai Autonomous Prefecture ...

Watch: Blazing meteorite illuminates night sky in southwest China
TVNZ
The fireball was in fact a bolide, that is, an extremely bright meteor, according to the Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Blazing METEOR lights up night sky as locals terrified by thunder-like BOOM
Daily Star
It was, in fact, a bolide — an extremely bright meteor — caused by intense friction generated as the lump of rock entered the earth's atmosphere.

Videos: Suspected meteor shower lightens up night sky in Northern Thailand
ThaiVIsa
It happens in the early part of the video followed my much conjecture from the vehicle occupants as to whether it was a meteor or a bit of a satellite.

Meteor Shower Over Chiang Rai, Thailand
LiveLeak.com
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Meteor Trail Hike
California State Parks - State of California
Meteor Trail Hike. Friday, June 22 at 10:30am. Join Docent Peggy O'Shea on one of our most diverse hikes—by mountain streams, oak woodlands, ...

NEOWISE Thermal Data Reveal Surface Properties of Over 100 Asteroids
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7146

Event 1912-2018
Fireball event
AMS received one report about a fireball seen over Queensland on Thursday, May 31st 2018 around 16:29 UT. D. Sound. 1 no. C. Sound. 1 yes. Frag.

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Yunnan, China Bolide Meteor 01JUN2018 w/ Videos Produces Meteorites- Hits Village

Meteorite fragments found in Yunnan after shower damages village homes
https://www.shine.cn/viral/1806045767/

Treasure hunters seek to make a fortune after meteorites hit Chinahttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/06/treasure-hunters-seek-make-fortune-meteorites-hit-china/

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: expertsChina.org.cn
Xu Weibiao, chief scientist at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, examined a sample and concluded the meteor ...

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun: experts
People's Daily
A meteor found in Yunnan Province [File Photo: Yunnan.cn] Experts have determined that a me.

Yunnan meteors older than the Sun
Belarus News (BelTA)
BEIJING, 13 June(BelTA - People's Daily) - Experts have determined that a meteor that landed in southwest China's Yunnan Province is as old as the ...

Meteorite that hit China as old as the solar system, says expert
GBTIMES
A meteor slammed into southwest China's Yunnan Province on June 1, with an expert now claiming it could be as old as the solar system. Xu Weibiao ...

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

01 June 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JUN2018

Earths Craters And Meteor Impact Events mp3
vtgmp3.live
Meteor Slams Moon, Creates 59 - Foot - Wide Crater: Before and After ... Meteor Crater - The world's best preserved meteorite impact site on Earth.

New Research Upsets Current Theories Of Evolution On Earth
I4U News
Fossil records and carbon dating proves that life existed on earth millions of years ago, we also know that dinosaur age ended due to a meteor ...

Meteor Plasmas
OpenAIRE
Title: CEDAR: Meteor Plasmas--Theory, Simulations and Observations; Funding: NSF | Directorate for Geosciences | Division of Atmospheric and ...

Videos: Suspected meteor shower lightens up night sky in Northern Thailand
ThaiVisa News
It happens in the early part of the video followed my much conjecture from the vehicle occupants as to whether it was a meteor or a bit of a satellite.

Videos
American Meteor Society
This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 1915-2018, Report (1915c-2018). Uploaded by. © K. Palivec.

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