12 June 2012

NEOs Close Calls June 2012

NEO Activity and Accompanying Debris May Produce Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors in June 2012.

(2012 LJ) 2012-Jun-10 00042  1.6LD  20m-46m 25.6  18.84
Data in table below subject to update as more NEOs are discovered yet this month; check back or check NASA`s site. Thanks!  LunarMeteorite*Hunter - Tokyo


UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object
Name
Close
Approach
Date
CA
Distance*
(AU)
CA
Distance*
(LD)
Estimated
Diameter**
H
(mag)
Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2012 LT) 2012-Jun-110.01335.217 m - 38 m26.08.13
(2012 KM11) 2012-Jun-140.094336.732 m - 70 m24.65.93
(2012 HN40) 2012-Jun-150.118246.0220 m - 490 m20.413.79
329395 (2002 AC) 2012-Jun-160.159862.2740 m - 1.7 km17.826.71
137120 (1999 BJ8) 2012-Jun-160.176968.8670 m - 1.5 km18.014.88
(2011 KR12) 2012-Jun-190.131851.3140 m - 310 m21.410.10
(2004 HB39) 2012-Jun-200.160562.577 m - 170 m22.78.88
(2008 CE119) 2012-Jun-210.181170.521 m - 46 m25.53.22
308242 (2005 GO21) 2012-Jun-210.044017.11.4 km - 3.1 km16.413.27
(2012 LU) 2012-Jun-230.01465.729 m - 64 m24.85.53
(2011 AH5) 2012-Jun-250.167065.017 m - 39 m25.95.84
(2012 FA14) 2012-Jun-250.032212.575 m - 170 m22.75.28
(2004 YG1) 2012-Jun-250.089034.7140 m - 310 m21.411.34
(2010 AF3) 2012-Jun-250.119046.316 m - 36 m26.16.54
(2008 YT30) 2012-Jun-260.071527.8370 m - 820 m19.310.70
(2010 NY65) 2012-Jun-270.102339.8120 m - 270 m21.715.09
(2008 WM64) 2012-Jun-280.144956.4200 m - 450 m20.617.31
(2010 CD55) 2012-Jun-280.197576.864 m - 140 m23.16.33
(2004 CL) 2012-Jun-300.111343.3220 m - 480 m20.520.75
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

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11 June 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11JUN2012

07.06.2012 Russian Missile Test Launch over Caucasus very bright

Uploaded to YouTube by zevuart 2012/06/07 30,339 views
 At first this was reported as a meteor seen over Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel.  Later it was confirmed that it was a Russian ICBM test launch.

Methane on Mars could come from meteorites, not life
Tempo
Mainz, Germany (dpa) – The methane found on Mars derives largely from meteorites that have collided with the red planet and thus not from life, according to the results of a study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in the German city ...

Lower Midwestern USA Fireball June 5, 2012 | American Meteor ...
The American Meteor Society has received 35 reports of a bright fireball over much of the lower Midwestern states including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../lower-midwestern-usa-fireball-june-5...

Meteor Activity Outlook for June 9-15, 2012 | American Meteor Society
This weekend the moon will pose a problem to meteor observers but this can be overcome if you observe during the evening hours before the moon rises or face ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-june-9-1...

Meteor Crater to get updated security system | meteor, crater ...
Just because the Odessa Meteor Crater has been estimated to be about 63500 years old doesn't mean the museum's technology has to match the main ...
www.oaoa.com/articles/meteor-88368-crater-updated.html

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10 June 2012

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MBIQ Detects Meteor California / Nevada 30MAY2012
Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) bot just detected a meteor event in California and Nevada. No sighting reports at this time, only computer detected event which ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../mbiq-detects-meteor-ca...

The black market for meteorites
Boston Globe
Writing at the website of the excellent BBC Radio program “The Naked Scientists,” Audrey Tempelsman looks at the global trade in meteorites, and finds a shadowy, globe-spanning gray market. The price for a meteorite can reach $1000 per gram, ...

بقايا نيزك شكل غريب في سماء المناطق السورية 7 6 2012‎ - YouTube
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Unidentified shining object's speed was too slow for meteor – Lebanese expert
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
“Judging from what you see in the YouTube clips it does not appear to be a meteor or any astrological phenomenon. For example, the speed at which the object was traveling was too slow for a meteor,” the newspaper quotes the expert.

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

09 June 2012

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Worldwide asteroid warning system urged
msnbc.com
Craters serve as a Martian chronicle Scientists to hold bake sale for NASA Saturday "Meteorologists in some countries already present astronomical information (eg,meteor showers, space station sightings), as well as information on pollen and ...

Meteor in the skies of Lebanon: Thursday, June 7, 2012 - Earth ...
http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/Multimedia/Photos/PhotoAlbum.htm?AID=27272 The same ...
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Red tomatoes thanks to meteorite
PhysOrg Fri, 08 Jun 2012 05:26 AM PDT
(Phys.org) -- The meteorite which crashed into the Earth 60 to 70 million years ago, wiping out dinosaurs, had probably given us nice red tomatoes as well. This can be deduced from a tomato genome analysis, published on 30 May in Nature.

Strange bright object spotted over Saudi
Emirates 24/7
Some said it could be a UFO while others believed it a meteor. The spotting came amidst reports that Russia was testing an intercontinental rocket. A U-Tube film lasting more than two minutes showed the bright white object was travelling at high speed ...

Mysterious spiral of light prompts speculation over its nature
The Daily Star
“Luminous objects and meteor bursts appeared over north Lebanon, Marjayoun, the Bekaa and the Syrian-Turkish border,” the LBCI network reported that. The trail of light was also reported in Armenia, Turkey and Cyprus. Coming only a day after Venus' ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08JUN2012
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
A prominent Israeli astronomer said the object flew above Lebanese territory and is not a meteor. The UFO was also clearly visible in Palestinian territories. A similar sighting in Norway three years ago turned out to be a failed missile test.
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Space science expert discusses alleged meteor shower
NOW LEBANON
“According to the latest analyses, the luminous objects and [presumably] fiery meteors which appeared on Thursday evening… are not the fire balls that usually accompany meteor showers,” Saad told LBC television station. He added that the radiation ...

What people saw in sky cannot be clearly determined – Armenian expert (VIDEO)
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
“It could have been a meteor, or a UFO,” Hovhannisyan maintained. According to him, and despite the absence of official information, what was seen is characteristic of a ballistic missile. To note, the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday successfully ...

Meteor that carved 30mile crater on Mars reveals buried layers ...
The find, by the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, has lent weight to the idea that Mars was once very different to the dead orb we see now.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Meteor-carved-30-mile-crater-Mars-r...

بقايا نيزك شكل غريب في سماء المناطق السورية 7 6 2012‎ - YouTube
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08 June 2012

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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News , نيزك ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
7JUN2012- شهابسنگ ,, نيزك. Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) bot just triggered on a possible event seen in Lebanon, Cyprus and Turkey. Confirmed "Event" at 20:50 Beirut Local Time. Appears to be a fuel dump from a rocket launch!
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Astronomy Association chief: 'UFO' spotted in Lebanon
Ynetnews
... which was seen throught Israel's skies on Thursday night was spotted at an altitude of 80 kilometers dozens of kilometers north of the Lebanese border. The object has not been identified but it has been stated that it is not a meteor. (Yaron Druckman)

Police lines flooded with reports of unidentified object
Jerusalem Post
Meanwhile, Lebanese news website Naharnet reported glowing objects spotted over the Lebanese-Israeli border and the Lebanese-Turkish border. The Israeli Astronomical Association said the object was 80 kilometers high and was not a meteor.

Israelis nationwide report seeing UFO
WND.com
A prominent Israeli astronomer said the object flew above Lebanese territory and is not a meteor. The UFO was also clearly visible in Palestinian territories. A similar sighting in Norway three years ago turned out to be a failed missile test.

Sentry cameras pick up asteroid impacts for astro–geology study
Science Network Western Australia
Speaking at a public lecture on the origin of meteorites at Curtin University recently, applied geology Professor Philip Bland says expanding the existing Desert Fireball Network could help create a geological map of the solar system.

Israelis nationwide report seeing UFO
Ynetnews
Hundreds flood police with reports of UFO in nation's skies; Astronomical Association chairman says object isn't a meteor, flew above Lebanon. Similar sighting in Norway in 2009 turned out to be failed missile test Mystery in Israel's skies: Hundreds ...

Lebanon: Unidentified objects – meteors
Ynetnews
They quoted scientists who claimed the "explanation was scientific" and that the object was most likely a "large meteorite." The LBCI network reported that: "Luminous objects and meteor bursts appeared over north Lebanon, Marjaayoun, the Bekaa and the ...

Henbury Meteorite Craters - YouTube
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OK, it's a meteor, science concedes 56 years later
Arizona Daily Star (blog)
Daniel Barringer, subject of today's "100 Days of Science," died in 1929, long before science accepted his claim that a big round hole in the ground in Northern Arizona was caused by a meteor. Definitive proof did not come until 56 years after ...

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Breaking News , نيزك -MBIQ Detects Lebanon / Israel / Turkey / Cyprus Bolide Meteor Fireball? or Failed Missile Launch? 7JUN2012

Breaking News -MBIQ Detects Lebanon/ Israel / Turkey / Cyprus Bolide Meteor Fireball?- NOT  .... Failed Missile Launch!!! 7JUN2012- شهاب‌سنگ ,
Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) bot just triggered on a possible event seen in Lebanon, Cyprus and Turkey.  Confirmed "Event" at 20:50 Beirut Local Time.

Appears to be a fuel dump from a rocket launch!!!
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter - Tokyo
Kapustin Yar Test Site to Beirut, Lebanon distance is approximately 1800km.
Exact flight path is not known.
(CLICK on image to enlarge)
(c) LunarMeteorite*Hunter / Google Earth
This has been identified as a Russian Topol ICBM test from the Kapustin Yar test site.
Dr Marco Langbroek 
 - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com


Initial Sighting Reports:
07JUN2012 Sietske Galama Beirut  20:50 BEIRUT TIME A good 15 seconds before it ;fizzled out in a spiral movement In the northern sky, a little under the Big Dipper Mainly a white wedged shaped cloud with a light at the point. Like the light of a landing plane (we thought intially it was a plne as we are on a landing route) No, left smoke (we assume) It was a wedge shaped cloud, with a light at the point. We thought initially it was a landing plane entering a cloud. It lit that wedge-shaped cloud fomr some 10 seconds,and then suddenly the light tunred a couple of spirals and disappeared. A smoke ring appeared.

07JUN2012 Eric Northern Afghanistan 2300 AFT 60 sec left to right direction. I was facing north west white light and blue tint light moon brightness no Just wanted to report that this was NOT a meteor. It looked almost 100% identical to the incident in DEC 2009 of the failed Russian missle. It was a light with a trail, moving fast, then started a small swirl and shortly turned into a bright light, starting small and growing bigger. The light formed a cone on the west side, and a ball on the east side of the center point. My guess, failed missle.

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NEWS REPORTS:

Iran News:
http://khabaronline.ir/detail/219088/science/astronomy

English translation from Farsi by Google Translate:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fa&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkhabaronline.ir%2Fdetail%2F219088%2Fscience%2Fastronomy

http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/219097/science/astronomy

English translation from Farsi by Google Translate:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fa&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khabaronline.ir%2Fdetail%2F219097%2Fscience%2Fastronomy

Israel News Report with photo:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4239796,00.html

Glowing Objects, Fiery Meteors Appear in Sky above Lebanon
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/42759-glowing-objects-fiery-meteors-appear-in-sky-above-lebanon 



MBIQ Data (Lebanon confidence level 85+%):
Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteorite today.
03:51:31 -- 20 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for turkey sky asteroid.
03:52:22 -- 19 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for falling meteroid.
03:52:36 -- 20 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 16OCT2011" by searching for lebanon meteor.
03:53:00 -- 19 minutes ago

Bahrain arrived from google.com.bh on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 16OCT2011" by searching for lebanon meteor .
03:58:50 -- 14 minutes ago

Al Akoura, Mont-Liban arrived from google.com.lb on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 16OCT2011".
04:01:04 -- 12 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 16OCT2011" by searching for lebanon meteror.
04:01:48 -- 12 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteors in the sky tonight.
04:07:06 -- 7 minutes ago

Avgorou, Famagusta arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for something in the sky tonight 7 june 2012.

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07 June 2012

Vesta Video in "Color" - NASA/JPL 6JUN2012

Vesta in "Color" - NASA/JPL
video:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=1085


Vesta's Coat of Many Colors
06.06.12
This animation of Vesta is made from images taken with Dawn's framing camera. Many of the images were taken at different viewing angles to provide stereo for use in determining the topography.Video from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology

We have found samples of Vesta from meteorites found here on Earth, including Howardites, Eucrites, Diogenites and others.

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Meteorite hunters donate rare rock specimen to university for research
Arizona Daily Wildcat Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:13 AM PDT
Meteorite hunter Robert Ward has donated a piece of one of the rarestmeteorites ever found to the UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory to possibly help answer questions regarding the earliest forms of life.

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Ray Bradbury Dies at 91
Hollywood Reporter
His story The Meteor, about aliens who landed in the Arizona desert, was filmed as It Came from Outer Space, and was an inspiration to Steven Spielberg when he was creating Close Encounters of the Third Kind. With his eclectic imaginative energies, ...

Pre-dawn eclipse "swallows" part of the moon
U-T San Diego
And in a bit of sweet luck, Lee says, "My wife serendipitously snapped a photo with her iPhone and caught a meteor streaking below the Full Moon." Liz Phillips caught a photo of a meteor flashing by during Monday's eclipse. Liz Phillips.

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

06 June 2012

Breaking News MBIQ Detects - Bolide Meteor Fireball Over TX KS OK AR MO 5JUN2012

Breaking News MBIQ Detects - Bolide Meteor Fireball Over TX KS OK AR MO 10:11:00 CDT 5JUN2012 - Meteorites Produced; let the hunting begin!!!
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YouTube uploaded by desertengineer1  2012/06/05 121 views
A FEW MINUTES OFF THE CAMERA! Big event over Western Oklahoma, visible from Oklahoma City. Time was recorded as 03:11:00 Z (10:11:00 Central)

Hawley, TX Sandia Sentinel Allsky OK Meteor 5JUN2012 / Kevin Palivec (c) 2012 

Hawley, TX Sandia Sentinel Allsky OK Meteor 5JUN2012 Video / Kevin Palivec (c) 2012

Hawley, TX Direct View Camera OK Meteor 5JUN2012 Video / Kevin Palivec (c) 2012


05JUN2012 brent Douglass, KS, USA 22:15:00 2 secs E-W Green/in car, no sound brighter than moon did not see any very bright green color

05JUN2012 Brenna Moore, OK USA 2213 around 10 seconds I was facing north it was falling from the west to the east A Blue/white trail with a b=red ball on the end Moon I didn't see any I have never seen anything like it!

05JUN2012 Jon Bailey Fort Worth, TX 22:08 Central 5 sec E-W yellow-white moon no none

05JUN2012 Christina Moore, OK United States 22:10pm 5 sec From southwest to Northwest Bright green ball with no sound Bright as a full moon No parts falling off No time to get a picture or video, but I saw a bright green ball falling to the earth to the north with fading green tail behind. No explosion or sound following, but I did notice an Ospry(military mix between airplane and helicopter) following afterwards.

05JUN2012 Elizabeth Baur denton, TX 10:19 central 15 second United States blue moon no none

05JUN2012 Adam Sherman, Texas, USA 22:15 Central Time 3sec E-W Bright Green/Silent >Venus <Moon (Christmas Light) No I wasn't able to see it for it's whole duration.  I just caught a glimpse of it between trees.

05JUN2012 Scott OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, USA 22:25 CST 3 Sec WEST, left to right, falling Green brighter than moon no fragmentation diagonal path as i looked west, traveling left to right, and falling

05JUN2012 Gregory Eberhard Tulsa, OK, USA about 2210 Central 4 sec Left to Right facing West Green round objet with a tail Like the moon. No The size was rather large. If I were to hold a dime out at arms distance it would not completely cover the object.

05JUN2012 stormy mcbride Wichita, Kansas USA 2210 central time zone 30 - 40 seconds left to right facing south bright lime green kinda orangish or reddish trail was green as well a little dimmer than the moon no fragmentation no noise trail remained for at least 10 seconds before disappearing, before passing the trees

05JUN2012 Jerry Headley Sapulpa,Oklahoma-USA 22:15:00 5-10 sec S-W from left to right at arounda 45 degree angle Green same as green GO light no my Girl friend saw thing same things

05JUN2012 Rebecca Land Norman, Oklahoma, United States About 22:30 CT about 10 sec SE to NW Hear a Booming noise then saw a green light cross to sky slightly dimmer than the moon but it was cloudy out no fragmentation that I could see NA

05JUN2012 Glen Alvis Andover, KS 22:10 DCST 2-3 Seconds S-SW Bright White Tail, Very Bright Green Head Moon No Fragmentation Elevation about 30 Degrees South

05JUN2012 Casey Edmond, Ok, USA 10:30pm Central 10 sec S-W->N-W Bright white/blue moon towards end yes Heading out for my fiance and I's 5 year anniversary I spotted this in the sky as I was closing the house door.

05JUN2012 Stacy El Reno, OK 2200 approximately 4 seconds South East to North West no sound large and blue sun but blue for the few seconds it was going no Just excited I was blessed to see this event.

05JUN2012 Emma DeVaul Dallas, TX USA 2213 3-5 seconds 2213/ east to west. I was driving North Bright Green Pretty Bright Not that I saw Bright Green ball falling from sky.

05JUN2012 Johny Ayala Fayetteville, AR, US 2215 2 secs Facing West, Traveling North Shooting Diagonally Downwards Green and Yellow/ No Sound A firework Very Long Tail It was amazing, we had just left a city council meeting where they passed a motion to limit the free speech rights of corporations! Win!

05JUN2012 Tom Reed Flower Mound, Texas, USA 22:11 hours Central Time 3 seconds max. Seemed fairly slow moving compared to other meteors witnessed. Traveling NorthWest, Facing North Large fireball and long tail visable through wispy cloud cover, no sound Road Flare brightness No Fragmentation but seemed to extinguish at approx 10deg above horizon. First observed while looking almost true North. Meteor was falling towards NW at approximately a 45 degree angle. It was bright enough and large enough to be seen through the wispy cloud cover in our area. Also witnessed by my daughter at the same time.

05JUN2012 Steve Norman, OK, USA 2210 CDT/0310Z duration was roughly 4 seconds Facing west, meteor traveled from w to wnw, ended a few degrees above the horizon color was blue much brighter than Venus, not as bright as the moon, but it was viewed through thin cirrus cloud... did not see any Meteor was almost due west of my location, very bright, and disappeared/burned up a few degrees above the horizon...

05JUN2012 Sean McLellan Derby, Kansas 22:06 CENTRAL/STANDARD 6-7 seconds Started across the sky from E-W, or Left to Right as I was headed South brilliant GREEN color extremely bright same as Sun but mostly green Not that I could see I was traveling South in my car when I saw it. From my view I could also see an airplane to the east so I could see the difference in speeds, which the green streak was moving much faster.

NOW 70+ sighting reports!
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MBIQ Data:

Norman, Oklahoma arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor falling june 5 2012.
14:32:31 -- 15 minutes ago

Saint Louis, Missouri arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News -MBIQ Indicates Midwest USA - IL, IA, MO, IN, MN Large Meteor 2JUN2100" by searching for fireball over st louis.
09:00:40 -- 5 hours 48 mins ago

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Breaking News- MBIQ Detects Meteor Fireball PA OH ONT 05JUN2012

Breaking News- MBIQ Detects Meteor Fireball PA OH ONT 05JUN2012
Meteor Fireball PA OH ONT 05JUN2012
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Initial Sighting Reports:

05JUN2012 Matt Erie, PA 940PM EDT 6 S-N. Facing W greenish bright green streak no Very close and was falling down to Earth

05JUN2012 Tara Valis Dublin, Oh 43016 9:15 EST 10 sec right to left green bright as moon no pretty cool

05JUN2012 Stephanie powell, ohio 21:21:00 approximately 2-3 seconds facing north, direction went east to west bright light just came from nowhere and "flew through the sky" venus...it was bright not that i saw I've seen "shooting stars", but this happened when there was still a little light in the sky, that's why I was so surprised.

05JUN2012 Mike Burrows Stow, OH. USA 21:10:00 5 seconds from southeast heading northwest white fireball with cone shaped tail same as a star It disintegrated into the horizon It was very bright

05JUN2012 utopaline Thorold Ontario Canada 21:20 EST 5 seconds max North to South stil la bit of daylight out, almost looked blue and yellow not as bright as the sun not that I could see I've seen meteor showers before, but I've never seen something movng that slow and seemed like it was lower than normal. almost like it was actually heading to the ground

05JUN2012 bob cameron harpersfield,oh 2130 1 to 1.5 sec trav w left to right fac s orange with green tail sun like none seen by myself and by brother our location aprox 3 mi south rt 307 & rt 534 object was headed in direction of cleveland,oh i never seen nothing like it before?

05JUN2012 Rich Surrena Harrisville, PA USA 21:30 Eastern 5-8 sec S-N Right to Left facing West red fire yellow, looke like wing or large flat piece of metal brighter than moon couldn't tell looked like vertical flat triangular piece above the flame

05JUN2012 kathy philbrick willard, ohio 9 pm. est 15 sec. from right to left. not sure of directions... bright fire ball. strangest thing ever saw. orange, and bright white sun nothing falling off. very small trail/tail it moved so fast i couldnt get a picture. but was faster than anything ive ever seen in the sky

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2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06JUN2012

Meteorite hunters donate rare rock specimen to university for research
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Meteorite hunter Robert Ward has donated a piece of one of the rarest meteorites ever found to the UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory to possibly help answer questions regarding the earliest forms of life. The meteorite fell on April 22, and was found ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News MBIQ ...
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Saint Louis, Missouri arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News -MBIQ Indicates Midwest USA - IL, IA, MO, IN, MN Large Meteor 2JUN2100" by searching for fireball over st louis. 09:00:40 -- 5 ...
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UC Davis Professor Searches For Space Secrets In Meteorite
CBS Local
The meteorite, called Rick's after the guy who donated it to UC Davis, came from that mini van-sized meteor that made a crash landng into the tiny town of Coloma in El Dorado County. “Very exciting. Imagine how long it's been out there,” the professor ...

Stargazer calls for Caloundra meteorite witnesses
ABC via Yahoo!7 News Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:56 PM PDT
Sunshine Coast astronomer Owen Bennedick is urging anyone who saw a meteorite near Caloundra last night to contact him.

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 5JUN2012
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
The Alamo Impact Event is so named because of a large meteor strike in southeastern Nevada about 367 million years ago, in the Devonian period, when shallow seas covered much of the state. The impact crushed the ocean floor and threw ...

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Venus Transit AWB LIVE Webcast 5/6JUN2012

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Transit of Venus, 5/6 June

On 5/6 June 2012 a celestial takes place that is so rare that it will not be seen again by anyone now living. On June 8, 2004 Venus crossed the face of the Sun for the first time since the 19th century. This spectacle will be repeated again on 5/6 June for the last time until 2117. Astronomers Without Borders has some special plans for this rare event, which will be seen by most of the world's population.

VenusTransit Phone App

Owners of mobile devices using the Apple and Android operating systems can now take part in the largest effort ever to emulate the scientists who sailed around the world to observe transits of Venus.  The free app was developed by Steven van Roode of the Transit of Venus Project in conjunction with AWB.

VenusTransit Web App

Learn more about the transit of Venus, find out what to expect from where you are, see what others are doing and share your own experiences, and more.  Use the web app from any web browser.

Live Webcast of the Transit of Venus from Mount Wilson Observatory

Astronomers Without Borders will be webcasting live from world-famous Mount Wilson Observatory during this rare event, along with top experts in the history of astronomy, authors, and others will gather at the best location for seeing the Venus transit on the North American continent.

Mauna Loa, Hawaii Live
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The Kwasan Observatory airing livestream the transit from Japan.

Live stream by Ustream

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 5JUN2012

Stargazer calls for Caloundra meteorite witnesses
ABC Online
By Jo Skinner Sunshine Coast astronomer Owen Bennedick is urging anyone who saw a meteoritenear Caloundra last night to contact him. Mr Bennedick runs the Wappa Falls Observatory at Yandina. He says he was with a group of people who saw a bright ...

STAR TRAK: June 2012
Phys.Org
The Bootid meteor shower will peak on the night of June 27, when Earth will pass through part of the debris trail of the comet that caused the meteor shower. Meteors will appear to be coming from a point in the constellation Bootes (pronounced ...

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全集:http://vtwtv.info/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=15424.
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Alamo Impact Event Presentation Set for June 15
Mesquite Citizen Journal
The Alamo Impact Event is so named because of a large meteor strike in southeastern Nevada about 367 million years ago, in the Devonian period, when shallow seas covered much of the state. The impact crushed the ocean floor and threw it into the air, ...

What ever happened to those Clovis hunters?
Arizona Daily Star (blog)
Nobody truly knows why but the consensus seems to be that the changing climate combined with the hunting technology of the Clovis to do them in. There is another theory that posits a big meteor, but we won't go into that.

100 days of science: Massive hole ID'd as meteor crater
Arizona Daily Star
Geologist and mining entrepreneur Daniel Moreau Barringer presented evidence for this site in Northern Arizona as a meteor impact crater in 1906, but it was not recognized as one until years after his death. The crater, about a mile wide and 570 feet ...

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04 June 2012

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Inside the International Meteorite Market
Boston.com
Writing at The Naked Scientists, Amy Tempelsman offers up an overview of the market inmeteorites. Apparently, when a meteorite falls to earth, it sets off a "feeding frenzy": According to Ralph Harvey, a geologist at Case Western Reserve University, ...

Meteor explosion sets off modern-day Gold Rush | UCLA Planets
The excitement in the Earth and Space Sciences geochemistry seminar on April 24 was palpable as UCLA Professor John Wasson announced to students that a ...
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Billion-year old meteorites, found in Canada, go on auction Monday
The Province
By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News June 3, 2012 2:52 PM A slice of one of Canada's most famousmeteorites is to be sold for up to $8000 on Monday at a Bonhams auction in New York. The Abeemeteorite, believed to have been catapulted into space by an ...

Mars missions may learn from meteor Down Under
Edinburgh UK (SPX) May 31, 2012 - A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life there.
www.marsdaily.com/.../Mars_missions_may_learn_from_mete...

Weekly SkyWatcher's Forecast: June 4-10, 2012
Universe Today
We start off with a partial lunar eclipse of the Strawberry Moon, head into the historic Venus Transit, study some Herschel objects, catch both the Scorpid and ArietidMeteor Showers, practice some binocular astronomy and even take on some challenge ...

NEW Finding meteorites topic of library program
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Scientists believe there is, on average, at least one meteorite on every square half-mile in Oregon. MILTON-FREEWATER - A free program about meteorites and what to look for when trying to find them will be presented 7 pm Thursday at the ...

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03 June 2012

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Look Up, Stargazers: June 5 Is The Transit Of Venus
WFSU
By NPR Staff It's been a good season for stargazers, a veritable meteor shower of astronomical goodies, from a supermoon to a solar eclipse. Next up? On Tuesday, June 5, astronomy enthusiasts can witness the Transit of Venus — one of the rarest ...

Methane made from meteors may explain Mars mystery
Ars Technica
Any methane it held would have been lost during its trip through the Earth's atmosphere, but the chemicals remaining in the meteor could potentially break down into methane under the right conditions. The authors of the new paper, based in labs ...

Arizona achievements in science go way back
Arizona Daily Star
Mining engineer Daniel Mo- reau Barringer was just trying to make a buck from nickel-iron ore when he found evidence that a depression in Northern Arizona was formed by a massive meteor. The discovery of Meteor Crater was not recognized by geologists ...

Fireball Blazes Over Paris -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
NEW! E-book available on Amazon Kindle. · Riding the Wave: The Truth and Lies About 2012 and Global Transformation by Laura Knight-Jadczyk. No Kindle?
www.sott.net/articles/show/246258-Fireball-Blazes-Over-Paris

Canada's cutting-edge meteorite research may soon be on the rocks
Vancouver Sun
Rocks do fall from the sky, and Canada's meteorite experts have built themselves into a world power in the specialized field of studying them. Samson is one of these people, a professor of earth sciences at Carleton University.

Meteorite fragment donated to UCD prof
The Daily Democrat Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:40 AM PDT
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation Wednesday, of a meteorite piece that fell beside his driveway.The meteorite, a rare carbonaceous chondrite, contains the dust and grains that helped form the Earth and other planets more than four and a

Meteorite research puts Canada in higher orbit
Ottawa Citizen Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:48 PM PDT
One of Claire Samsonâs favourite objects is a thumb-sized lump of (mostly) iron from a distant part of the solar system, its surface pitted and scoured by its super-hot fall through Earth`s atmosphere.

Meteor Crater to get updated security system
Odessa American
BY NATHANIEL MILLER Just because the Odessa Meteor Crater has been estimated to be about 63500 years old doesn't mean the museum's technology has to match the main attraction's age. Wanting to update the security system, the nonprofit group Meteor ...

Venus Transits the Sun for the Last Time This Century
Voice of America
We began the year with the Quandrantid Meteor Shower in January. At the time, sixty to two hundred meteors fell toward Earth every hour. In February, a large number of unusual fireballs were reported in skies over the United States.

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02 June 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 2JUN2012

Meteor gives clues to Mars atmosphere - UPI.com
Scientists say a study of a meteorite that fell in Australia could give clues to the atmosphere on Mars and help inform future missions looking for life there.
www.upi.com/Science_News/.../UPI-53971338413406/

Sutter's Mill Meteorite Fall (HD) - YouTube
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The fall : In the morning of 2012 April 22, at 7:51 PDT, a 2-4 meter sized near- earth asteroid ...
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Meteorite fragment donated to UCD prof
Daily Democrat
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation Wednesday, of a meteorite piece that fell beside his driveway. The meteorite, a rare carbonaceous chondrite, contains the dust and grains that helped form the ...

Canada's cutting-edge meteorite research may soon be on the rocks
Ottawa Citizen
By Tom Spears, The Ottawa Citizen June 1, 2012 7:41 PM Earth sciences student Chris Fry with a section of the Toluca, nickel and iron meteorite at the Carleton University Herzberg Laboratories. OTTAWA — One of Claire Samson's favourite objects is a ...

Mars Methane Lessons in a Meteorite
Astrobiology Magazine (press release)
They found that meteorites, which continually bombard the surface of Mars, contain enough carbon compounds to generate methane when they are exposed to sunlight. Researchers say their findings give valuable insights into the planet's atmosphere.
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Rare meteorite fragment donated to UC Davis geologist
PhysOrg Thu, 31 May 2012 05:51 AM PDT
UC Davis alumnus Gregory Jorgensen â90, Ph.D. â95, presented UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin with a donation today, May 30, of ameteorite piece that fell beside his driveway in Coloma, Calif.

Meteorite reveals clues in search for life on Mars
MSNBC Wed, 30 May 2012 17:31 PM PDT
A meteorite that fell to Earth 42 years ago is helping scientists unlock clues regarding the makeup of Mars' atmosphere and its potential implications to help shape future missions to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet, a new study finds.

Video of the daylight California fireball | Bad Astronomy | Discover ...
Astronomy | fireball | On April 22, 2012, a chunk of asteroid one or two meters across burned up in Earth's atmosphere. It came in over California and was seen ...
blogs.discovermagazine.com/.../video-of-the-daylight-californ...

Mars missions may learn from meteor Down Under
A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life there.
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/.../uoe-mmm053012.php

Video of California Daytime Fireball Surfaces
Universe Today
by Nancy Atkinson on May 31, 2012 Video footage has finally surfaced of the daytimefireball that illuminated the sky over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California back in April. NASA and the SETI Institute had asked the public to submit any amateur ...

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