06 December 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 6DEC2011

Viewing the Geminid meter shower in Pittsburgh
Examiner.com
The Gemind meteor shower will be visible in the local sky. According to the Carnegie Science Center (2010) in Pittsburgh, the Geminid meteor shower “is second only to the Perseid meteorshower” (para. 2). With clear skies, viewers may see 50 or more ...



Suspected Meteor / Ulka Fall in Chand mohalla of Gandhi nagar, In East Delhi.


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News break by B S Vohra on Delhi AajTak about a suspected Meteor / Ulka Fall in Chand mohalla of Gandhi nagar, In East Delhi. With thanks to Delhi AajTak TV Channel.

05 December 2011

The Latest Worlwide Meteor/Meteorite News 5DEC2011

At the bottom of the world, a controversial search for cosmic leftovers
Washington Post
Meteorite hunter Ralph Harvey simply calls it work. For the 35th year, the United States is mounting its annual campaign to gather space rocks from the wind-hammered icefields of Antarctica. “We'll be living two to a tent for six weeks, and everybody's ...




Lunar Eclipse to Be Seen in December
ThirdAge
A lunar eclipse and meteor shower are expected to occur this month, according to weather-watch bureaus. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) confirmed that total lunar eclipse will take place on...

04 December 2011

The Latest Worlwide Meteor/Meteorite News 4DEC2011

Teacher trainees at Palm Beach Atlantic get moon rock certified
Sun-Sentinel
By Scott Travis, Staff writer Students studying to be elementary school teachers at Palm Beach Atlantic University have been trained by NASA to use lunar rocks and meteorite samples in classroom instruction. Astronauts collected the moon rocks during ...



Meteor program to be held at Correctionville
Sioux City Journal
14 for an outdoor program about the Geminids Meteor Shower. There will be a discussion aboutmeteor showers and how they get their names and a viewing of the shower. The group will meet at the school house in the Little Sioux Park, 1746 O'Brien Ave. ...



Lunar eclipse on Dec. 10
Philippine Star
By Helen Flores (The Philippine Star) Updated December 04, 2011 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - A total lunar eclipse and meteor shower will be seen this month, the weather bureau said yesterday. In its monthly astronomical diary, the Philippine ...



Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Tonight while on assignment near Linden I and several folks around me witnessed a bright meteor in the southwestern sky. The object, which was I watched for 2-3 seconds, appeared to traveling from east to west. Greenish is color, I could see ...



elp allsky: Oregon Meteor Fireball 02DEC2011
By elp allsky
Oregon Meteor Fireball 02DEC2011. Email From: James B.-Canby,OR: I saw a very large bright low streaming light pass across the sky about 5:15pm or so from Canby, Oregon 97013. It was headed Westward. Just looked to see if there was ...

La chute d'une météorite en bretagne - France Bolide Video Resurfaces 19JUL2011 3DEC2011

La chute d'une météorite en bretagne - France Bolide 19JUL2011 


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Mardi 20 juillet 2011, une météorite est tombé en Bretagne.

Voici la vidéo prise par un amateur.

03 December 2011

NJ / MD Meteors 3DEC2011

NJ / MD Meteors 3DEC2011

03DEC2011 Robert Wright Chester, Kent Island, MD USA 00:53 EST 3 - 5 sec start just below Leo Minor down through Alula Borealis (alt 30 deg) ENE Yellow/Orange no sound large fireball broke-up at about 10 deg Alt, many smaller pieces, then extinguished -1 Magnitude yes - several large and small pieces Very bright, no variability in color, shape was amorphous at break-up point, appearance of a short debris trail.

03DEC2011 Valerie Cesare Piscataway, NJ, USA 1:24 am EASTERN TIME (-5) 3 sec right to left green Really Bright like neon green yes, like tiny particles falling coolest thing I ever saw !!


Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? See the Report Button at the top sidebar. Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 3DEC2011

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: North Carolina, South ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News. Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls & Related News. Make a meteor report. ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News


Space Pictures This Week: Cosmic Pinwheel, Mountain Meteor
National Geographic
A comet-like body gets torn apart by a neutron star in an illustration of what might have caused an unusual gamma-ray burst spotted by NASA's Swift satellite last December 25. It's thought so-called long gamma-ray bursts happen when massive stars 
...


Super fireball lights up evening sky in N China
China Daily
Astronomers said it was a super fireball that is rarely seen. Ma Qiang is an amateur astronomer living in Tianjin who witnessed the flying fireball. He said the fireballglittered and flew from northwest to the west around 5:25 pm and disappeared after ...

Bright meteor Friday night…
Fayetteville Observer (blog)
Tonight while on assignment near Linden I and several folks around me witnessed a bright meteor in the southwestern sky. The object, which was I watched for 2-3 seconds, appeared to traveling from east to west. Greenish is color, I could see smaller 
...

Viewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2011 | American Meteor ...
The Geminid meteor shower normally provides the strongest display of meteor activity each year. Unfortunately, this year, like many of the other major annual ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../viewing-the-geminid-meteor-shower-...

Visitor from outer space.. | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
By nobody@flickr.com (etgeek (Eric))
I did not notice this until I view the photos on a larger screen, but during this time exposure shot, I captured a meteor !! (meteor tagged in photo) This photo was shot in near total darkness. Some distant streetlights and a moon in the western sky ...

NEOs Close Approach to Bring Green Fireballs 2DEC2011

NEOs Close Approach to Bring Green Fireballs 2DEC2011
NEOs (Near-Earth Objects) (2000 YA),(2003 XV),(2011 WU74),(2011 WV74) will be making close approaches in December 2011.  Increased Meteor/Fireball activity is projected just prior (2-3 days), on, or just after their passing. If you have a chance to get out in the early early morning you just might see one of these wonders!  Have your cameras ready.  Please get the word out to your friends by facebook, twitter, youtube, and your favorite forums; and please include a link to this site; thank you: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter -Tokyo, Japan

To report a meteor/fireball please check:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

for The Latest Worldwide Meteor Reports:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object
Name
Close
Approach
Date
Miss
Distance
(AU)
Miss
Distance
(LD)
Estimated
Diameter*
H
(mag)
Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2011 WR69) 2011-Dec-020.042616.631 m - 70 m24.613.00
(2011 WV74) 2011-Dec-020.00582.38.1 m - 18 m27.618.25
(2011 KG4) 2011-Dec-030.092135.967 m - 150 m23.012.52
(2002 VU114) 2011-Dec-040.059823.372 m - 160 m22.88.63
(2011 WS74) 2011-Dec-040.029011.345 m - 100 m23.911.90
(2011 WU74) 2011-Dec-040.01084.215 m - 32 m26.317.66
(2011 WW95) 2011-Dec-040.190274.062 m - 140 m23.219.10
(2010 TK7) 2011-Dec-050.199177.5200 m - 450 m20.614.62
(2011 WR41) 2011-Dec-070.103940.427 m - 61 m25.07.49
(2003 XV) 2011-Dec-070.00271.112 m - 28 m26.611.93
(2011 WP69) 2011-Dec-080.107241.770 m - 160 m22.98.35
170502 (2003 WM7) 2011-Dec-090.122447.61000 m - 2.2 km17.128.54
(2003 SS84) 2011-Dec-090.172367.0120 m - 260 m21.810.96
(2011 WU4) 2011-Dec-090.084032.786 m - 190 m22.410.04
190491 (2000 FJ10) 2011-Dec-090.121347.2170 m - 390 m20.94.90
(2011 WK5) 2011-Dec-100.082031.954 m - 120 m23.56.31
(2011 WQ46) 2011-Dec-100.115645.041 m - 93 m24.05.82
(2011 WR46) 2011-Dec-110.043016.7270 m - 600 m20.033.51
(2009 VO24) 2011-Dec-120.149158.0300 m - 680 m19.714.33
(2011 UV158) 2011-Dec-130.098038.2110 m - 240 m22.010.20
(2004 BG41) 2011-Dec-140.033513.035 m - 77 m24.48.36
(2011 GD60) 2011-Dec-150.189273.7120 m - 270 m21.74.92
137671 (1999 XP35) 2011-Dec-200.199177.5600 m - 1.3 km18.211.15
(2008 YQ27) 2011-Dec-200.099138.681 m - 180 m22.612.74
(2011 OV18) 2011-Dec-200.049519.3320 m - 710 m19.612.09
(2008 AF3) 2011-Dec-240.091535.614 m - 31 m26.46.01
(2000 YA) 2011-Dec-260.00742.949 m - 110 m23.713.62
(2001 YE4) 2011-Dec-260.066826.0210 m - 460 m20.610.79
(2009 WK1) 2011-Dec-260.112643.89.5 m - 21 m27.27.41
(2011 SL102) 2011-Dec-280.194975.9630 m - 1.4 km18.16.02
(2003 AK18) 2011-Dec-280.057022.2310 m - 700 m19.611.67
(2011 WV95) 2011-Dec-290.053720.942 m - 93 m24.07.53
(2004 XK50) 2011-Dec-290.134652.4390 m - 870 m19.226.38
(2000 CH59) 2011-Dec-290.115845.1320 m - 710 m19.69.59
(2011 ON24) 2011-Dec-300.185872.368 m - 150 m23.09.36
263976 (2009 KD5) 2011-Dec-310.151659.0590 m - 1.3 km18.38.83
(2011 WB39) 2011-Dec-310.163063.458 m - 130 m23.36.70
data subject to update!!
Source: NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

North Carolina, South Carolina Bright Green Fireball 2DEC2011

North Carolina, South Carolina Bright Green Fireball ~6:05 am EST 2DEC2011
Meteor / Fireball Sighting Reports NOV2011-DEC2011
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/

Form Format:
DATE of Event? DATE/MONTH/YEAR (example 11NOV2011) Observer NAME LOCATION (where seen; city/town) TIME 24hr clock/ please include YOUR Time Zone Duration (sec) Start / Stop location in sky -- Direction of travel? Right to Left or Left to Right? Any COLOR(s)/Sound (specify what you saw/heard) Brightness?  Same as the sun?  moon? venus? Fragmented? Comments or other observations?
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02DEC2011 Steve Shonts Charlotte, NC 6:05 Eastern Time Zone 4 Sec. Left To Right Greenish Blue Very Bright Long Tail Like Flume NO Very Large And Bright

02DEC2011 H Clement Sedalia, NC 06:10 EST 4-5 sec Started in Northeast Sky and traveled left to right  bending towards the ground on its way white ball with slight triangular tail yellow/orange Sun no size was much larger than any star, but not as big as the moon.

02DEC2011 Ed Hillsborough, NC 06:10 EST 1 sec left to right white streak with rainbow burst moon no no

02DEC2011 Angela Hearst Irmo, SC 06:20 EST 4 sec going northeast, left to rigt BOLD GREEN very bright (a little less than the son) no I have never seen anything like this before, it almost looked like it could have been a ufo.

02DEC2011 Michael Smith Gilbert, SC 06:00 EST ~5 sec SE to NW Green - no sound, giving into bits of yellow in tail don't know no I've corrected the date of observation of this siting.ever seen. Falling From upper SE to lower NE - appeared to be size of a truck

02DEC2011 Tony Duque Raleigh, NC 06:04 EST 2 sec (long duration) looking due south, travelled straight down, from 70 to 30 degrees above the horizon green tail, narrow, long brighter than Venus no bright green, orange head, wavering tail

02DEC2011 Christine Willoughby Bath, North Carolina 06:05 EST 15 sec Right to left Green , Blue , Red and white moon It appeared to have parts falling off Biggest thing I have ever seen. I actually put my window down to see if i could hear it land


Any other sighting reports? Please report: Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? See the Report Button at the top sidebar. Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

02 December 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 2DEC2011

Unidentified fireball crosses sky over Beijing
People's Daily Online
According to the astronomy expert, the object may be a fireball meteor. One amateur astronomer who witnessed the fireball in Tianjin said that the huge flying object appeared at about a quarter past 5 pm. in the northeastern region. ...



吉林降落罕见陨石
吉林降落罕见陨石雨. shìjiànjìngguò: 1976 nián 3 yuè 8 rì, jí lín dì qū jiàng luò liǎo yī cì shì jiè lì shǐ shàng hǎn jiàn de yǔn shí yǔ。 yǔn shí yǔ shì yóu yī kē yǔn ...
yizitong.com/time/event.php?rand_id...event_id...l=4



CF man discovers meteorite, again
Cannon Falls Beacon
The curious young kid did some encyclopedia research and suspected he had discovered ameteorite. He saw an article on meteorites in the farming magazine "The Furrow" and, as suggested in the article, sent a sample of the rock to the American Meteorite ...



Rainbow-colored, exploding meteor appears just south of DC
WJLA (blog)
meteor that was hoisted with its own petard, you say? Go on! The next account of Monday's space shenanigans comes from an unnamed observer in Stafford, Va., at approximately the same time of evening. This witness also says the object flamed out in a ...



elp allsky: Tennessee Meteor Fireball 30nov2011
By elp allsky
Tennessee Meteor Fireball 30nov2011. Email From: Lannie R.-Morrison, TN-5:29 P.M. CST: seen what looked like a bottle rocket shooting across the sky from south to north, at about 40 deg. above horizon, looking east. at approx. 35.5739 ...



Meteor with Persistent Train - National Geographic Photo Contest ...
Submit your entry online to the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest in any of these three categories: People, Places, and Nature. Prizes include $10000 ...
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/2011/.../view...



December's Lunar Eclipse and Mystery Meteor Shower « Clark ...
December's Lunar Eclipse and Mystery Meteor Shower. Robert Bigelow. Posted by: Robert Bigelow November 28th, 2011. On the morning of December 10, the ...
www.clarkplanetarium.org/.../december’s-lunar-eclipse-and-m...



Meteor Crater Sample Collection | USGS Astrogeology Science Center
USGS Astrogeology Science Center Meteor Crater Sample Collection lithologies, impact melts, meteoritic fragments, alluvium, and organic debris…and ...
astrogeology.usgs.gov/Page/.../MeteorCraterSampleCollection



American Meteor Society | Astronomy.FM
Tonight we welcome a special guest – Bob Lunsford of the American Meteor Society, on the occasion of their centenary! Bob talks about observing, recording, ...
astronomy.fm/tag/american-meteor-society/



Catch the winter solstice and a Christmas comet
The Guardian Charlottetown
As fortune dictates, viewing of December's Gemind meteor shower (peak on the night of Dec. 14) will be dramatically reduced due to the gibbous moon. However, as the moon does not rise until around 9 pm that night, there is about a two-hour window of ...




01 December 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 1DEC2011

Flight Over Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA 24NOV2011- video

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Flying from Winslow Az to Meteor Crater in a 1991 Bonanza 36TC.