26 February 2013

Canada Meteor Events 25FEB2013

Canada Meteor Events 25FEB2013

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Initial Sighting Reports
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25FEB201 Kristine Waverley, Nova scotia 21:45:00 5 Seconds Right to Left Facing North Blue Sun no It was very low in the sky

25FEB2013 Nadia Porters Lake, Nova scotia 10:00 pm Atlantic Std. Time ~ 3 seconds South to North No sound. Yellow fire ball, bright yellow with green flame tail. Sun/moon, mix yes, burned up before my eyes. no photo. fast low, and burned up.

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25FEB2013 Christine Kristen VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA 18:25 PST 3 sec or so Big bright streak straight down. Facing West White. Very bright no seemed very big considering how far away it appeared (perhaps over Pacific coast?).  Sky was still light.

25FEB2013 Darragh Courtenay, BC, Canada 18:30 pacific i saw it for 2 sec, but i was driving through town i was facing it and it was heading north at a sharp enough angle downwards Bright White with white tail and trail of smoke into the hills It was bright, cause it was still a clear sky and still daylight there was a long trail of smoke. i tried to track it down, cause it looks like it went to the ground, there was a vretical smoke stream.


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25/26FEB2013

Russia proposes anti-asteroid plan following Chelyabinsk meteor incident
The Voice of Russia
The idea was voiced by the Secretary of the Federal Security Service Nikolay Patrushev at a session in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg. The Chelyabinsk meteorwasn't detected by any telescope, which creates a potential threat of larger bodies going ...

Photo Surfaces Capturing SoCal's "Green Fireball"
NBC Southern California
NOTE: The authenticity of the still photographed used to illustrate this story could not immediately be verified. However, people up and down Southern California did see afireball lighting up the sky Thursday night. Gordon Tokumatsu reports from ...

Russians believe meteor strike could have been UFO or God's message
Times of India
WASHINGTON: A recent newspaper poll found that nearly half of its readers believe that the meteor strike in Russia could be anything from a divine message to UFOs to a US weapons test. A survey published by the fairly staid Moscow daily Noviye Izvestia...

Russian meteor blast heard around the world
Gizmag
When the Chelyabinsk meteor exploded high over Russia on February 15, it was a blast heard around the world. This isn't just a figure of speech. Though too low-frequency for human hearing, sound waves from the 500-kiloton detonation of the 17-meter ...

Bosnia 'meteor' intrigues new generation
Telegraph.co.uk
The meteor - estimated to weigh about 10 tonnes - entered the Earth's atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of at least 33,000 mph and shattered into pieces about 18 to 32 miles above the ground, the Russian Academy of Sciences said in a statement.

Huge Meteor Appears Above Los Angeles, California February 21, 2013
YouTube
Yet another unusually large, bright, and slow-moving meteor appeared on February 21, 2013. This time along the California coast, with the majority of the sightings being reported in the Los Angeles area. This only days after very similar "meteors ...

Report: Injured Russians leave hospital, analysis of meteorite fragments begins
CNN
(CNN) -- Twenty-five people were discharged from hospital Friday, state media reported, a week after a meteor exploded in spectacular fashion in the skies above Russia's Urals region, shattering glass in thousands of buildings. Eleven children were ...

Russian Fireball Inspires Journey into the World of Meteorites
Universe Today
Ah, but the Russian fireball didn't get off the hook that easy. The overwhelming air pressure at those speeds combined with re-entry temperatures around 3,000 degrees F (1,650 C) shattered the original space rock into many pieces. You can see the dual ...

Some Russians Think Chelyabinsk Meteor Wasn't A Meteor
Escapist Magazine
A Moscow newspaper has revealed a poll that says around half its readers believe last week's exploding Chelyabinsk meteor wasn't actually a meteor at all. The paper in question is Noviye Izvestia, which the Christian Science Monitor reports is a ...

Russian Meteor Generates 100 Million Video View ...
Video of the meteor that recently crashed in Russia has arisen as the biggest video sensation ...
technewsdaily.com

Russia's Chelyabinsk recovers from meteor crash
Zee News
Moscow: Emergency services have repaired most of the damage caused by a meteor that shook Russia's Chelyabinsk region. A flaming meteorite streaked across the sky and slammed into the region in central Russia on February 15 with a massive boom that ...

Smartphones offer unique view of Russian meteor impact
Journalism.co.uk (press release)
Some of our favourite viral videos have been shot using Russian 'dash cam' cameras! Smartphones and dash-cams have also provided some of the most exceptional footage of a meteor striking the earth ever recorded by regular folks getting on with their ...

Chelyabinsk Meteor Shockwave Compilation - YouTube
3 min
This footage from multiple locations thru the Chelyabinsk city suddenly hit by the shockwave of ...
youtube.com

Meteorites from Russian fireball possibly found | MNN ...
A group of Russian scientists has reported finding small meteorites from the fireball that ...
mnn.com

LiveLeak.com - Russian Reaction To Meteorite
Tags: russian, reaction, meteorite, dash, cam. Marked as: approved, featured. Views: 138481 ...
liveleak.com

New video of Russian meteorite emerges | Video ...
1 min
Feb. 18 - New amateur video of the meteorite that exploded over Russia's Ural mountains ...
reuters.com

After meteor strike, push for detection grows
China Daily
The meteor that rattled Siberia on February 15, injuring hundreds of people and traumatizing thousands, has suddenly brought new life to efforts to deploy adequate detection tools, in particular a space telescope that would scan the solar system for ...

'Meteor threat wasn't expected for another 2,000 ...
The meteorite explosion over Russia's Urals region was an extraordinary, unexpected event ...
rt.com

 Реакция на метеорит - YouTube
10 sec
Russian Reaction To Meteorite. ... Meteorite Explosion - Russia Chelyabinsk 2/15 /2013 ...
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'Russian meteor fragments' auctioned online in China for £10000
Telegraph.co.uk
Since the meteor crashed to earth over the Ural Mountains on February 15, at least four different sellers have put supposed fragments up for sale on Taobao, China's answer to Amazon. "This is something you don't come across everyday," boasts the sales ...

Meteor strike topic of talk
North Adams Transcript
On Feb. 15 the Earth (and Russia, in particular) had a rude awakening. A rare and frightening meteorimpact releasing 30 atom bombs of energy occurred over the city of Chelyabinsk and reminded the world that our vulnerability lies in more than just our ...

Company requests to register brands in honor of fallen meteor
RAPSI
MOSCOW, February 25 - RAPSI. Patent Group, a company from Chelyabinsk in the eastern Urals, has filed a request with the Russian patents agency to register Mysterious Meteor, Urals Meteorand Chebarkul Meteor as their trademarks in honor of meteor ...

Dashboard cams capture Russian meteor - CBS News Video
CBS News video: Dashboard cams capture Russian meteor - CBS News' Terrell Brown ...
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Russia Meteor Not Linked to Asteroid Flyby - NASA Jet Propulsion ...
Preliminary information indicates that a meteor in Chelyabinsk, Russia, is not related to asteroid 2012 DA14, which is flying by Earth safely today.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-061

Russian Meteor Shower Linked to DA14 Asteroid? Alex Jones ...
The meteor shower, which was dramatically captured by numerous people on cell phone ...
www.infowars.com/russian-meteor-linked-to-da14-asteroid/

Officials say they are not certain this ice-hole is where the largest ...
BBC News
Russia's Chelyabinsk region is gripped by a kind of meteor fever, with thousands combing through fields trying to find meteorite fragments. Near the villages of Deputatsky and Pervomaysky, an hour's drive from Chebarkul city, whole families of ...

Meteor fragments on sale likely to be fakes
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
FRAGMENTS said to be from the meteor that plunged over Russia's Ural region are being sold online in China at prices ranged from 8,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan (US$16,040). However, scientists warned yesterday that most of them could be fake.

Couple film 'UFO' above Oregon on the same day as Russian meteor strikes
Daily Mail
A couple in Oregon believe that they recorded footage of a UFO hovering and zigzagging across the sky on the very same day that a huge meteor blast injured over 1,000 people in Russia. Flying saucer skeptics Heather Scherffius and Gregory Soldner were ...

After meteor blast in Russia, Laurel lab plans to smack an asteroid
Washington Post
A meteor blast over Russia is putting new focus on a transatlantic effort to crash a spacecraft into a far-flung asteroid in a bid to prove that incoming objects from space can be knocked from their path. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University's ...

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25 February 2013

Japan Earthquake 6.2 MAG ~01623 JST 25FEB2013

Japan Earthquake ~6.2MAG ~01623 JST 25FEB2013
Update soon as just occurred.

No damage reported.  Please ALWAYS see the JMA website for the most up-to-date and accurate information:
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/

Occurred at (JST) Latitude
(degree) Longitude
(degree) Depth Magnitude Region Name
16:23 JST 25 Feb 2013 36.9N 139.4E 10 km 6.2 Tochigi-ken Hokubu


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24 February 2013

Japan Bolide Fireball 23FEB2013 2013年2月23日 火球のスペクトル

Japan Bolide Fireball  23FEB2013  2013年2月23日 火球のスペクトル

There was a fireball that exploded at a high elevation south of Tokyo on 20130223_033043,

http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2967&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
Some fantastic videos and pictures!

20130223_033043 に 東京の南側高仰角で爆発火球があり、スペクトルカメラの視野に入りました。
このスペクトルカメラは 6mm(水平60度FOV)レンズの前に500lpmの透過型回折格子を装着したもので、中央が0次光で、左右に1次光がでます。
WATECの感度範囲であるおよそ 350nmから900nm程度までのスペクトルを見ることかできます

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24FEB2013 Webnews Resume

BBC News - Russian meteorite hunters search for ...
3 min
Scientists and members of the public are hunting for tiny fragments of themeteorite which is ...
bbc.co.uk

Russian Meteor Produces Largest Infrasonic Waves ...
Infrasound, or extremely low frequency sound waves, from the meteor that broke up over ...
space.com

Russian meteor strike: why your wedding ring was ...
Almost all of us own a piece of space rock. Or at least, almost all of us us who are married do. It ...
blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Russian meteor sheds light on culture of mistrust
Kennebec Journal
The meteor, or possibly small asteroid, that exploded over the Ural Mountains city of Chelyabinsk on Feb. 15 illustrated this as few other events could. The world saw the meteor thanks to the dashboard cameras that are so common in Russian cars.

Another massive green meteor fireball blazes over California
DigitalJournal.com
According to NBC Los Angeles, about 50 people contacted the American MeteorSociety on Thursday, saying they saw a "green fireball" streaking across the sky. The sightings were reported in Ventura, Anaheim, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Paso Robles, San ...

ロシア隕石落下 2013215ウラル地方に隕石落下し4人が負傷mp4 YouTube
ロシアに隕石落下か=4人負傷の情報 時事通信 2月15日(金)14時31分配信 インタファクス通信によると、ロシア非常事態省は15日、ウラル地方に隕石(いんせき)とみ ...
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Meteorite fragments found in Russia up for sale - SlashGear
After last week's meteor fly-by in Russia, many people have been searching for fragments of the rock that eventually made its way onto the Earth's surface. A.
slashgear.com

Could new Canadian satellite have detected the destructive Russian meteorite?
Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 02:26 PM PST
There’s a lot riding on NEOSSat and Sapphire, two Canadian satellites scheduled to be launched Monday from India.

Russian meteorite cleanup “almost completed”
Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 05:47 AM PST
More than 1,500 people were injured due to the meteorite’s passing; damages from themeteorite hail were estimated at 1 billion rubles ($33 million).

The Only Woman Who Ever Got Hit By a Meteorite Survived
Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 01:50 AM PST
# pastperfect Imagine going about your day like the people in Russia only to be smacked against a wall by a meteorite's shockwave . That's already crazy. But imaging being in your home, napping on your couch and actually getting hit by an actual meteorite. That actually happened to Ann Hodges in 1954. She survived. More »

Russian Meteorite Clean-Up ‘Two-Thirds Complete’
Sat, 23 Feb, 2013 01:40 AM PST
Almost 10,000 windows were mended and 1,500 psychological consultations provided as part of the meteorite hail recovery effort in Russia’s Urals, the country's Emergency Situations Ministry said on Saturday.

Brown Univ. experts say Russian meteor "rare"
WPRI.com
... Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to add WPRI's video to your playlist. Sign in. Statistics Report. Published on Feb 17, 2013. A meteor from outer space crashed into Russia's Rural Mountains. Sharp explosions from the meteor's rocky fragments injured at ...

Could A Solar-Powered Death Star Prevent The Next Meteor Attack?
EarthTechling
Remember that massive meteorite that crashed down in Russia last week? Well, it arrived a couple thousand years before scientists had predicted, sparking worldwide scientific debate over the possibility of building a meteor warning/prevention system.

Cleanup from Urals meteor at 65 percent
UPI.com
MOSCOW, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Russian officials said Saturday about 1,500 people sought psychological counseling after a giant meteor left a path of destruction in the Urals. The spectacular fireball lit up the sky Feb. 15 and was followed by a huge shock ...

Russian Meteor PICTURED: First fragments of ...
1 min
Experts have been scouring a 50-foot hole in a frozen lake on the outskirts of Chelyabinsk, in ...
dailymail.co.uk

The aftermath of Russian meteor crash
Christian Science Monitor
Advertisements. The aftermath of Russian meteor crash. About video ads. Related content. Was Chelyabinsk meteor actually a meteor? Many Russians don't think so. (+video). Most viewed. Why is Wal-Mart worried? Payroll tax could cut consumer spending.

Massive green 'fireball' blazes across California sky in yet another meteor shower
Daily Mail
Hundreds of Californians reported seeing a bright light streak across the sky late Thursday in what officials believe was a meteor shower. Several witnesses described the 10:35 p.m. sighting as a 'green fireball,' while others said it appeared white ...

نيزك سقط وانفجر في روسيا 2013 - Russian Meteor Explosion ...
место падения метеорита под челябинском-оригинал. Время американское, т.к ютуб сервер в США Meteor Crater in Russia Footage! SHOCKING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWVGI8DaD7s

Explosions de météorite - انفجار نيزك في روسيا - YouTube
Explosions de météorite - انفجار نيزك في روسيا Explosions de météorite - انفجار نيزكفي روسيا Explosions de ...
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نيزك يقترب من الأرض بمسافة غير مسبوقة‎ - YouTube
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نيزك خطير يضرب روسيا ويخلف 400 إصابة‎ - YouTube
Meteor Meteorite Hits Russia - دش نيزك يضرب روسياby XMissAtleastX 11,166 views; 4:56 ... نيزك ...
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شاهد : نيزك يضرب روسيا يخلف 400 جريح‎ - YouTube
1:18. Watch Later Meteor Meteorite Hits Russia - دش نيزك يضرب روسياby XMissAtleastX 9,501 views ...
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لحضة سقوط نيزك كبير في روسيا !‎ - YouTube
1:07. Watch Later حادث تفحيط شنيع للعبرهby 5rfshh 71 views · 1:24. Watch Later سقوط نيزك شرق روسيا الذي ...
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سقوط نيزك في روسيا‎ - YouTube
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لحظة تصوير سقوط نيزك ضخم في روسيا 15-02-2013‎ - YouTube
فيديو سقوط نيزك ضخم في الاورال روسيا 15-02-2013 HDby عدنان الهاشمي ... BBC Space 2of6 Staying Alive سقوط نيزك على الأرضby ...
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Video - Hunting for More of the Massive Meteorite ...
The meteorite that hit Russia last week may have been 55 feet long but the largest fragment ...
live.wsj.com

Russian meteor exploded with force of 30 Hiroshima bombs
Telegraph.co.uk
The 55 foot wide rock, said by Nasa to have a mass of 10,000 tonnes, lit up the sky above the Urals region on Friday morning, causing shockwaves that injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes in an event unprecedented in modern times.

Was Chelyabinsk meteor actually a meteor? Many Russians don't ...
A recent newspaper poll found nearly half of its readers believe that the event could be anything from a divine message to UFOs to a US weapons test.
www.csmonitor.com/.../Was-Chelyabinsk-meteor-actually-a-m...

Meteor injures at least 1,200 in Russia - Washington Post
MOSCOW — A meteor streaked across the sky and broke up Friday morning over the Ural Mountain city of Chelyabinsk, unleashing a tremendous shock wave ...
articles.washingtonpost.com/.../37110266_1_meteor-bright-fla...

Russian Meteor Strike - The Colbert Report - 2013 ...
After an unexpected, cataclysmic 10-ton meteor strike, NASA scrambles to improve its asteroid ... 10,000- ton not 10-ton; the media got it wrong!
colbertnation.com

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23 February 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23FEB2013

Russians Share Bizarre Explanations behind Meteor Strike
French Tribune
While there is so much buzz about the meteor strike in Russia, it has been claimed that there could be some divine message hidden in that incident. Strange it may sound, but that's what has been reported recently. It has been said in a survey published ...

Meteor Streaks Over Russia, Explodes (Photos) | Feb. 15, 2013 ...
See photos of an apparent meteor that lit up the Russian sky on Feb. 15, 2013, and created a massive blast.
www.space.com/19802-russian-meteor-blast-photos.html

Fireballs in the Sky Are Not Exclusive to Siberia
New York Times (blog)
1936: Dr. Clyde Fisher (left) of the American Museum of Natural History The New York Times 1936: Dr. Clyde Fisher (left) of the American Museum of Natural History and Abram M. Decker of Red Bank, N.J., examined an object believed to be a meteorite that ...

Dashboard cams capture Russian meteor - CBS ...
CBS News video: Dashboard cams capture Russian meteor - CBS News' Terrell Brown ...
cbsnews.com

Hear The Russian Meteor Blast's Infrasound ...
Sped up for human ears, hear the largest infrasound blast ever detected by the world's nuclear ...
livescience.com

Ilya Bryzgalov concerned about 'space danger' after meteor strike
CBS sports.com (blog)
Also, if you didn't know, he's Russian. So that makes him just about the perfect person for a Philadelphia sports talk radio station to ask about last week's stunning meteor strike near Chelyabinsk, Russia. In an interview with WIP, Bryzgalov shared ...

'Meteor threat wasn't expected for another 2000 years' – Russian Emergency ...
RT
The meteorite explosion over Russia's Urals region was an extraordinary, unexpected event, says the emergency minister. The incident triggered worldwide scientific debate over the possibility of building a meteor warning/prevention system. The ...

Russian meteor fragments listed for sale on eBay
Siliconrepublic.com
Image via eBay. Enterprising citizens are heading to eBay to sell for hundreds of dollars what are purportedly fragments of the meteor that fell over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk last week. The meteor that produced a sonic boom that shattered glass ...

Meteorite display set up at Waynesburg University museum
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 02:10 PM PST
WAYNESBURG – Scientists are now beginning to recover the fragments of a large meteor that exploded last Friday over Russia’s Ural Mountains.

NASA Says Russian Meteorite 1000 Times Larger Than Originally Estimated
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 01:11 PM PST
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Initial reports put last Friday’s (Feb 15) Chebarkul meteorite that exploded over Russia’s Urals region at about 10 tons. But after careful analysis, NASA released new information that puts the meteorite closer to 10,000 tons—1,000 times larger than the estimated size reported by the Russian Academy of Sciences ( RAS ). “My guess is that ...

THE SKY THIS MONTH: Maybe a comet in March
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 12:58 PM PST
If the recent Russian meteorite hit downtown Hamilton, everything within a 25 kilometre radius would be wiped out. That would include Burlington, Waterdown, Dundas and Stoney Creek.

Medvedev Discusses Meteorite Strike with Fidel Castro
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 12:58 PM PST
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro early on Friday as part of his official visit to Cuba and discussed various issues, including the recentmeteorite strike in Russiaâs Urals.

Online database a treasure trove of Baker’s history
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 10:57 AM PST
I learned recently that a meteorite landed in Baker County during the Great Depression. Or maybe it didnt. The surviving records on the matter fall somewhat short of conclusive.

Chelyabinsk Governor Presents Awards for Heroic Deeds During Meteorite Blast
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 06:30 AM PST
Chelyabinsk region Governor Mikhail Yurevich gave out awards on Friday to those who courageously helped to mitigate the consequences of the Feb. 15 meteorite explosion.

Injured from meteorite leave hospital
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 04:54 AM PST
Twenty-five people were discharged from hospital Friday, state media reported, a week after a meteor exploded in spectacular fashion in the skies above Russia's Urals region, shattering glass in thousands of buildings.

Report: Injured Russians leave hospital, analysis of meteorite fragments begins
Fri, 22 Feb, 2013 04:24 AM PST
Twenty-five people were discharged from hospital Friday, state media reported, a week after a meteor exploded in spectacular fashion in the skies above Russia's Urals region, shattering glass in thousands of buildings.

Treasure hunt: Russian scientists claim meteorite ...
Scientists have confirmed the extra-terrestrial origin of dozens of tiny fragments found near ...
rt.com

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HD 1080p Falling Meteorite. Russia. Метеорит. Челябинском نيزك ...
A meteor shower has caused explosions in the lower atmosphere above central Russia and the ...
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The aftermath of Russian meteor crash
Christian Science Monitor
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THE WEEK Feb 22: Meteor slams Russia
China Daily
A giant fireball from space crashed in Russia. Late last week, a meteor entered Earth's atmosphere at a rate of 30 kilometers per second, crashing into the country's Ural Mountain region. Experts said the meteorite's impact was exponentially stronger ...

Fireball highlights need for R&D, lawmaker says
Austin Business Journal (blog)
Lamar Smith, R-Texas, views things after a fireball streaked through the sky and debris from that meteor explosion damaged buildings and injured hundreds of people in the country's Chelyabinsk region. Russian officials estimated the strike caused $33 ...

Meteorite shower causes mass casualties in Russia ...
world news - A meteorite streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday ...
euronews.com

Attack By Chondrite: Scientists ID Russian Meteor
NPR (blog)
The meteor that caused at least 1,000 injuries in Russia after a startling and powerful daytime explosion one week ago has been identified as a chondrite. Russian scientists who analyzed fragments of the meteor, whose large size and well-documented ...

LA Meteor Creates Bright Light Across Southern California Sky, According To ...
Huffington Post
Dozens of witnesses submitted accounts to the American Meteor Society that they saw what appeared to be a fireball, which is a very bright meteor, at about 10:30 p.m. The reports came in from across the LA area, including Alhambra, Anaheim, Burbank, ...

Caveat Emptor: Meteor Advisory
Huffington Post (blog) (satire)
"All a perp has to do is scoop the leftovers from a fireplace into little containers and slap on a label that says 'Genuine Russian Meteor Particles.' It makes astronomers crazy to hear that people still fall for this. They say it's more evidence that ...

On Nuclear Weapons as Units of Measurement
The Atlantic
Perhaps you saw the reports last week, as the world tried to wrap its collective mind around the piece of outer space that had arrived at our small piece of inner space, that the Russian meteorexploded "with the force of 30 Hiroshima bombs." And, wow ...

David Letterman - Meteor Top Ten
CBS News
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A piece of meteor worth 40 times the price of gold
IndiaTV
A piece of meteor worth 40 times the price of gold. IndiaTV·19,927  ...

Video - Amateur Video Captures Blast from ...
27 sec
A meteorite streaked across the sky and exploded near Chelyabinsk, Russia early Friday ...
live.wsj.com

Russian meteor strike that injured 1,200 people was ...
A meteor that rained down on central Russia last week, injuring up to 1200 people, was in fact ...
independent.co.uk

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【台視新聞】是台灣第一個電視新聞節目。 官網:http://www.ttv.com.tw/news/ YouTube頻道:http://www.youtube.com ...
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New Meteor Fireball Sightings in Florida :
theintelhub.com | The video at the bottom of the page began to go viral sometime in the past few ...
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Meteorites from Russian Fireball Possibly Found ...
Scientists with Russia's Ural Federal University say they've found 53meteorite fragments ...
space.com

BBC News - Russia sends clean-up team to ...
A big clean-up operation is going on in Russia's Ural region after Friday's spectacular meteor ...
bbc.co.uk

Was Chelyabinsk meteor actually a meteor? Many Russians don't think so.
Christian Science Monitor
Moscow. They say that Russia is the motherland of conspiracy theories, and public reaction to the sudden meteor strike a week ago that stunned people in the Ural mountains, and injured more than 1,200, seems to be proving that true. Skip to next...

Astronomer Sleuths Find Clues to 100-Year-Old Meteor Mystery
Space.com
It may be the ultimate cosmic cold case, but the 100-year-old mystery of a huge group of fireballs flying in formation through Earth's atmosphere is finally a bit closer to being solved, scientists say. By sifting through the archival records from the ...

Russia Meteor Renews Focus on Asteroid Threats
NPR
A week after a meteor exploded over Russia on the same day that an asteroid swung closely past Earth, experts discuss how the potential threats posed by near-Earth objects should be addressed. Astronomers Donald Yeomans and John Tonry weigh in on ...

Mother Earth: Chelyabinsk meteor, DA14 warns of mother of all disasters
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EARTH mother As human civilizations collectively contemplated their navels about those issues that matter most to them: wars, society, religion, economics, and international relations, several reminders about our true insignificance recently, suddenly ...

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Tokyo Japan Bright RED Moon at Moon Set 23FEB2013

Tokyo Japan Bright RED Moon at Moon Set 23FEB2013
26FEB2013 Red Moonset, Tokyo, JAPAN
(c) 2913 -LunarMeteorite*Hunter

Sorry I didn`t have my camera in time. Anyone else in Tokyo happen to see or photograph the bright red Moon set at about 4:00 am JST, 23FEB2013?
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter. Tokyo, JAPAN

Leave a comment if you happened to see it; it was spectacular!

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22 February 2013

California Nevada Bolide Fireball Meteor 21FEB2013

California Nevada Bolide Fireball Meteor 21FEB2013
CA NV Fireball Meteor 21FEB2013
v.1 (c) 2013 LunarMeteorite*Hunter / Google Earth
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Sandia National Laboratories Sentinel Allsky Camera
Riverside, CA  Sentinel Allsky Station
http://skysentinel.nmsu.edu/allsky/node/node39

If you witnessed this meteor event please do file a meteor sighting report on this website; thank you!

Initial Meteor Sighting Reports:

21FEB2013 Brittney Mcconnell Pleasanton 22:30:00 between 5-10 sec United States Lime green with orange trail Sun white hot but lime green No just the flaming trail behind it. It wasnt heading straight down but angled about 30 degrees. Estimated landing in the Pleasanton/Sunol area

21FEB2013 Mark S. Dobkin Costa Mesa, CA USA Approx. 22:30 PST 2-3 seconds Facing West; E-W Bright white ball of fire, then broke up.  Was stationary in my car, did not hear any sound. As bright as moon, but not as large.  Considerably larger than Venus. Yes.  Fragmentation observed. Fairly large.  One of the largest I have seen.

2/21/2013 Chloe Michaels Thousand Oaks, CA, USA 10:30 pm PST 2-3 seconds - could only view from window NW White ball and streak of light, with tail Bright as moon No No
21FEB2013 Rejean Hebert Lydia Lake, Ontario, Canada 23:40  EST 3 sec S;S-W no same as moon no got it on my sky cam

21FEB2013 Kris Los Angeles, Cali 22:50:00 2/3/2013 N-W green Venus No im curious as to what that was

21FEB2013 Jasmine Brown los angeles, ca, U.S 2235 7 secs WEST Went from Orange to bright Blue heading straight down, couldn't har sound Bright Blue The piece itself looked as though it was off of something It went so fast, I was pulling out of the parallel driving spot to head for work, I turned and went the other way in case it hit the ground.  I've seen a few fly across but this was heading straight to the ground without disappearing in mid-air

21FEB2013 Nick Bishop Sacrament, California, United Stated Approx 2250 2 Seconds Was looking south in a vehicle. Meteor started at approx 165 degrees and moved nearly directly vertically downwards. Maybe 5 degrees of horizontal movement to the west. Green (Exact color of burning copper)  with orange/red debris trailing behind that rapidly (<1/4 second) burnt out Brighter then Sun less then moon, Yes. Very rapid movement, hard to judge size but it seemed to be quite small. Object totally disintegrated before reaching the horizon.

21FEB2013 Joe Fresno, CA  USA 22:31 PST 3 seconds. I was driving, traveling west.  I was looking forward, but something suddenly caught the corner of my eye out my driver's side window, which was facing outward south. The meteor appeared to be coming from the east/southeast, headed west/northwest. Fluorescent green, no noise. As bright as the moon. Didn't appear to be. Long tail. Very large object, equivalent to approximately 1/6 the size of the moon.

~40 Reports! See all sighting reports:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

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