Asteroid Impacts Moon Event 17MAR2013

Meteoroid Impact on the Moon Caught on Video 17MAR2013

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NASA's lunar monitoring program has detected hundreds of meteoroid impacts. The brightest, detected on March 17, 2013, in Mare Imbrium, is marked by the red square. Source- NASA

May 17, 2013: For the past 8 years, NASA astronomers have been monitoring the Moon for signs of explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. "Lunar meteor showers" have turned out to be more common than anyone expected, with hundreds of detectable impacts occurring every year. ScienceCasts: Bright Explosion on the Moon

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CT NY NJ MA ONT Meteor 16MAY2013

CT NY NJ MA ONT Meteor approximately 22'10 EDT 16MAY2013

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CT NY NJ MA ONT Meteor 16MAY2013
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16MAY2013 anonymous Windsor Locks, CT USA 22:10 (approx) 2ish seconds south east red/orange/yellow very bright close to sun's brightness no no

16MAY2013 John Burger Hamden, CT, USA 2210 4 or 5 seconds North, from West to East Bright Yellow Like a torch I think so None

16MAY2013 N Piperis Yorktown, NY, USA 22:00 Eastern maybe 3 seconds S-E Heard sound, breaking up on fire similar to the moon but was breaking up and burning Yes Moving very fast and low in the sky.

16MAY2013 Sarah WILBRAHAM MA 10:15PM EST 5 SEC SOUTH EAST ORANGE NO SOUND SUN NO IT BURNT OUT SO FAST BUT WAS REALLY COOL.

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Kentucky Meteorites Map

Meteorites Found In Kentucky, USA Map

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Meteorites Found In Kentucky
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26 records found for meteorites with places that contain "Kentucky"
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Bath Furnace	Official	Y	1902	KY, USA	L6	86 kg
Burnwell **	Official	Y	1990	KY, USA	H4-an	1504 g	82
Campbellsville	Official		1929	KY, USA	Iron, IIIAB	15.4 kg
Casey County	Official		1877	KY, USA	Iron, IAB-MG	723 g
Clark County	Official		1937	KY, USA	Iron,  IIIF	11.3 kg
Cumberland Falls	Official	Y	1919	KY, USA	Aubrite	17 kg
Cynthiana	Official	Y	1877	KY, USA	L/LL4	6 kg
Eagle Station	Official		1880	KY, USA	Pallasite, PES	36 kg
Edmonton (Kentucky)	Official		1942	KY, USA	Iron, IAB-sLM	10.2 kg
Frankfort (iron)	Official		1866	KY, USA	Iron, IIIAB	10.9 kg
Franklin	Official		1921	KY, USA	H5	9.06 kg
Glasgow	Official		1922	KY, USA	Iron, IIIAB	20.4 kg
Kenton County	Official		1889	KY, USA	Iron, IIIAB	194 kg
La Grange	Official		1860	KY, USA	Iron,  IVA	50.8 kg
Louisville **	Official	Y	1977	KY, USA	L6	1300 g	55
Marshall County	Official		1860	KY, USA	Iron, IIIAB	6.8 kg
Middlesboro **	Crater		<300 Ma	KY, USA	Impact Crater
Monticello **	Official		1982 or 1985	KY, USA	Howardite	210 g	80
Mount Vernon	Official		1868	KY, USA	Pallasite, PMG	159 kg
Murray **	Official	Y	1950	KY, USA	CM2	12.6 kg	8
Nelson County	Official		1856	KY, USA	Iron,  IIIF	73.03 kg
Providence	Official		1903	KY, USA	Iron, IIIAB	6.8 kg
Salt River	Official		1850	KY, USA	Iron,  IIC	3.6 kg
Scottsville	Official		1867	KY, USA	Iron,  IIAB	10 kg
Smithland	Official		1839	KY, USA	Iron,  IVA	5 kg
Walltown **	Official		1956	KY, USA	L6	1600 g	54

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Connecticut Meteorites Map

Connecticut Meteorites Map

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Meteorites Found in Conneticut, USA
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5 records found for meteorites with places that contain "Connecticut"
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Newtown	Pseudo		1925	Conn, USA	Pseudo  meteorite	216 g
Stratford **	Official	Y	1974	Conn., USA	L6	50 g	53
Weston **	Official	Y	1807	Conn.,USA	H4	150 kg
Wethersfield (1971) **	Official	Y	1971	Conn., USA	L6	350 g	62
Wethersfield (1982) **	Official	Y	1982	Conn., USA	L6	2.76 kg	62

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Meteorites Found in Yemen Map

Meteorites Found in Yemen Map

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Meteorites Found in Yemen
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3 records found for meteorites with places that contain "Yemen"
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Kaidun **		Official	Y	1980	Hadhramaut, Yemen	CR2	2 kg	60
Uruq al Hadd 002 **	UaH 002	Official		1996	Al Mahrah, Yemen	H3	3.7 kg	88
Yafa **		Official	Y	2000	Abyan, Yemen	H5	5.7 kg	86

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Meteorites found in Maine, USA Map

Maine Meteorites Map

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Meteorites Found in Maine, USA
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5 records found for meteorites with places that contain "Maine"
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Andover	Official	Y	1898	Maine, USA	L6	3.2 kg
Castine	Official	Y	1848	Maine, USA	L6	94 g
Nobleborough	Official	Y	1823	Maine, USA	Eucrite-pmict	2.3 kg
Searsmont	Official	Y	1871	Maine, USA	H5	5.4 kg
Walnut Hill **	Official		1978	Maine, USA	OC	220 g	75

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Kansas Meteorites Map

Meteorites Found in Kansas Map

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Meteorites Found in Kansas, USA
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162 records found for meteorites with places that contain "Kansas"

Achilles	Official		1924	Kansas, USA	H5	16 kg
Admire **	Official		1881	Kansas, USA	Pallasite,  PMG	180 kg	37
Almelo Township **	Official		1949	Kansas, USA	L5	3.18 kg	47
Anson **	Official		1972	Kansas, USA	L6	3.9 kg	56
Anthony	Official		1919	Kansas, USA	H5	20 kg
Argonia	Official		1940	Kansas, USA	Pallasite,  PMG-an	84 g
Attica **	Official		1996 or 1997	Kansas, USA	H4	5.62 kg	84
Beardsley	Official	Y	1929	Kansas, USA	H5	16 kg
Beeler **	Official		1924	Kansas, USA	LL6	11.62 kg	47
Belle Plaine **	Official		1950	Kansas, USA	L6	78.8 kg	30
Bison **	Official		1958	Kansas, USA	LL6	11 kg	62
Blakeman **	Official		1983	Kansas, USA	L4	113.7 g	101†
Brenham	Official		1882	Kansas, USA	Pallasite,  PMG-an	4.3 MT
Brewster	Official		1940	Kansas, USA	L6	17 kg
Brownell **	Official		1971	Kansas, USA	L6	2 kg	63
Bunker Hill **	Official		2002	Kansas, USA	L6	28 kg	100†
Burdett **	Official		1940 or 1948	Kansas, USA	H5	8.6 kg	40
Cabin Creek	Official	Y	1886	Arkansas, USA	Iron, IIIAB	48.5 kg
Caldwell **	Official		1961	Kansas, USA	L-imp melt	12.9 kg	81
Calico Rock **	Official		1938	Arkansas, USA	Iron, IIAB	7.28 kg	33
Cedar (Kansas)	Official		1937	Kansas, USA	H6	4.9 kg
Cimarron **	Official		1948	Kansas, USA	CM2		87
Coffeyville	Official		2006	Kansas, USA	H5	35.9 kg	98
Colby (Kansas)	Official		1940	Kansas, USA	H5	2.4 kg
Coldwater (iron)	Official		1923	Kansas, USA	Iron	18.4 kg
Coldwater (stone)	Official		1924	Kansas, USA	H5	16 kg
Coolidge	Official		1937	Kansas, USA	C4-ung	4.5 kg
Covert	Official		1896	Kansas, USA	H5	61 kg
Cullison	Official		1911	Kansas, USA	H4	10 kg
Delaware **	Official		1972	Arkansas, USA	L4	8.35 kg	86
Densmore (1879)	Official		1879	Kansas, USA	L6	37.2 kg
Densmore (1950) **	Official		1950	Kansas, USA	H6	11.3 kg	47
Densmore (c)	Official		1956	Kansas, USA	OC	3.9 kg	83
Dispatch **	Official		1956	Kansas, USA	H	220 g	30
Dresden (Kansas) **	Official		1953	Kansas, USA	H5	6.76 kg	40
Dwight	Official		1940	Kansas, USA	L6	4.1 kg
Edmond	Official		1983	Kansas, USA	H6	4 kg
Elkhart	Official		1936	Kansas, USA	H5	573 g
Ellis County **	Official		1948	Kansas, USA	H6	4.69 kg	56
Elm Creek	Official		1906	Kansas, USA	H4	7 kg
Elyria **	Official		1971	Kansas, USA	Iron, IIIAB	10.9 kg	52
Farmington	Official	Y	1890	Kansas, USA	L5	89.4 kg
Fayetteville	Official	Y	1934	Arkansas, USA	H4	2.36 kg
Franklinville	Official		1888	Kansas, USA	L6	108 g
Galatia **	Official		1971	Kansas, USA	L6	23.9 kg	56
Garnett	Official		1938	Kansas, USA	H4	4.79 kg
Gaylord **	Official		1983	Kansas, USA	H4	8.48 kg	66
Goodland	Official		1923	Kansas, USA	L4	3.63 kg
Goose Creek	Official		1999	Kansas, USA	H5	2.13 kg	85
Grant County	Official		1936	Kansas, USA	L6	2.3 kg

Great Bend **	Official		1983	Kansas, USA	H6	28.77 kg	62
Gretna	Official		1912	Kansas, USA	L5	82 kg
Hardtner **	Official		1972	Kansas, USA	L6	13 kg	53
Harrison Township	Official		1945	Kansas, USA	L6	3.26 kg
Hatfield	Official		1941	Arkansas, USA	Iron, IAB complex	21 g
Haven **	Official		1950	Kansas, USA	H6	6.1 kg	8
Haviland (a)	Official		1937	Kansas, USA	H5	1035 g
Haviland (b) **	Official		1976	Kansas, USA	H5	2.09 kg	62
Haviland [crater] **	Crater		<1000 a	Kansas, USA	Impact Crater
Hesston **	Official		1951	Kansas, USA	L6	12.9 kg	8
Hill City	Official		1947	Kansas, USA	Iron, IVA	11.7 kg
Hope **	Official		1955	Arkansas, USA	Iron, IAB-MG	6.8 kg	8
Horace	Official		1940	Kansas, USA	H5	19.7 kg
Hoxie **	Official	Y	1963	Kansas, USA	OC	266 g	29
Hugoton	Official		1927	Kansas, USA	H5	350 kg
Ingalls	Official		1937	Kansas, USA	H6	226 g
Inman **	Official		1966	Kansas, USA	L/LL3.4	7.25 kg	41
Jerome (Kansas)	Official		1894	Kansas, USA	L4	29.6 kg
Joe Wright  Mountain	Official		1884	Arkansas, USA	Iron, IIIAB	42.6 kg
Johnson City	Official		1937	Kansas, USA	L6	10.4 kg
Kackley	Official		2006	Kansas, USA	H4	1368 g	93
Kalvesta **	Official		1968	Kansas, USA	H4	10 kg	47
Kansas State Univ.	Official		2004	Kansas, USA	H4	301 g	89
Kansas Univ. **	Official		1900	Kansas, USA	L6	2.8 kg	81
Ladder Creek	Official		1937	Kansas, USA	L6	35.1 kg
Lamont **	Official		1940	Kansas, USA	Mesosiderite	38.69 kg	81
Larned **	Official		1977	Kansas, USA	Aubrite-an	28.1 kg	97
Lawrence	Official		1928	Kansas, USA	L6	515 g
Leon **	Official		1943	Kansas, USA	H5	30 kg	39
Leoville **	Official		1961	Kansas, USA	CV3	8.1 kg	49
Leoville (b)	Official		1969	Kansas, USA	OC	2.5 kg	83
Little River (a) **	Official		1967	Kansas, USA	H6	4.4 kg	49
Little River (b)	Official		1965	Kansas, USA	H4/5	11.7 kg
Long Island	Official		1891	Kansas, USA	L6	564 kg
Lost Creek **	Official		1916	Kansas, USA	H3.8	4.02 kg	86
Luray	Official		1976	Kansas, USA	OC	861 g
Marion (Kansas) **	Official		1955	Kansas, USA	L5	2.89 kg	30
Mayday **	Official		1955	Kansas, USA	H4	6.9 kg	5
Mayfield **	Official		1972	Kansas, USA	H4	38.4 kg	53
McCracken **	Official		1980	Kansas, USA	H4/5	1530 g	69
Melvern Lake **	Official		1950	Kansas, USA	H5	7.75 kg	65
Miller (Arkansas)	Official	Y	1930	Arkansas, USA	H5	16.7 kg
Miller (Kansas) **	Official		1950	Kansas, USA	H4	970 g	8
Modoc (1905)	Official	Y	1905	Kansas, USA	L6	35 kg
Modoc (1948)	Official		1948	Kansas, USA	H6	1800 g
Morland	Official		1890	Kansas, USA	H6	295 kg
Nashville (stone)	Official		1939	Kansas, USA	L6	25 kg
Ness County (1894)	Official		1894	Kansas, USA	L6	82 kg
Ness County (1938)	Official		1938	Kansas, USA	H4	652 g
Ness County (c)	Official			Kansas, USA	OC	399 g	83

New Almelo	Official		1917	Kansas, USA	L5	8 kg
Newport	Official		1923	Arkansas, USA	Pallasite,  PMG	5.6 kg
Norcateur	Official		1940	Kansas, USA	L6	3.2 kg
Norfork	Official	Y	1918	Arkansas, USA	Iron,  IIIAB	1050 g
Northbranch **	Official		1972	Kansas, USA	H5	76 kg	81
Norton County	Official	Y	1948	Kansas, USA	Aubrite	1.1 MT
Oakley (stone)	Official		1895	Kansas, USA	H6	27.7 kg
Oberlin	Official		1911	Kansas, USA	LL5	2.5 kg
Otis	Official		1940	Kansas, USA	L6	2.6 kg
Ottawa	Official	Y	1896	Kansas, USA	LL6	840 g
Overland Park	Official		1998	Kansas, USA	H4	1374 g	85
Page City **	Official		1980	Kansas, USA	Iron,  IVA	13.63 kg	83
Paragould	Official	Y	1930	Arkansas, USA	LL5	408 kg
Park **	Official		1969	Kansas, USA	L6	13 kg	59
Penokee	Official		1947	Kansas, USA	H5	3.58 kg
Phillips County (stone) **	Official	Y	1901	Kansas, USA	L6	57.9 kg	47
Pierceville (iron) **	Official		1917	Kansas, USA	Iron,  IIIAB	100 kg	8
Pierceville (stone)	Official		1939	Kansas, USA	L6	2.13 kg
Pleasanton	Official		1935	Kansas, USA	H5	2.3 kg
Portis	Official		1959	Kansas, USA	L	30 g
Prairie Dog Creek	Official		1893	Kansas, USA	H3.7	2.9 kg
Ransom **	Official		1938	Kansas, USA	H4	15 kg	47
Reager **	Official		1948	Kansas, USA	L6	230 g	30
Richfield **	Official		1983	Kansas, USA	LL3.7	40.8 kg	80
Rolla (1936)	Official		1936	Kansas, USA	H5	440 g
Rolla (1939)	Official		1939	Kansas, USA	H4	208 g
Rolla (1941)	Official		1941	Kansas, USA	H5	435 g
Rolla (d)	Official		1942	Kansas, USA	H	50 g	83
Rolla (e)	Undocumented		1950	Kansas?, USA	OC	50 g
Roundsprings **	Official		1986	Kansas, USA	H5	6 kg	82
St. Peter **	Official		1957	Kansas, USA	L5	6.8 kg	5
Saline	Official		1901	Kansas, USA	H5	30.8 kg
Sand Creek **	Official		1986	Kansas, USA	H5	2.44 kg	82
Sandtown	Official		1938	Arkansas, USA	Iron,  IIIAB	9.35 kg
Sappa **	Official		1983	Kansas, USA	L6	5.95 kg	82
Sawyer **	Official		2006	Kansas, USA	H4	8.1 kg	100†
Scott City	Official		1905	Kansas, USA	H5	2.14 kg
Seguin **	Official		1956	Kansas, USA	H6	750 g	30
Selden **	Official		1960	Kansas, USA	LL5	1560 g	47
Seneca	Official		1936	Kansas, USA	H4	1900 g
Sharon Springs **	Official		1983	Kansas, USA	L6	23.4 kg	81
Shawnee **	Official		2010	Kansas, USA	Iron,  IAB-MG	8.18 kg	99
Shields	Official		1962	Kansas, USA	H5	9.78 kg
Slovak **	Official		1962	Arkansas, USA	H5	8.22 kg	63
Smith Center	Official		1937	Kansas, USA	L6	1585 g
Sublette **	Official		1952	Kansas, USA	L6	1300 g	30
Success **	Official	Y	1924	Arkansas, USA	L6	3.5 kg	5
Tonganoxie	Official		1886	Kansas, USA	Iron,  IIIAB	11.8 kg
Tribune (b)	Official		1981	Kansas, USA	OC	1470 g
Ulysses	Official		1927	Kansas, USA	H4	3.9 kg

Vermillion **	Official	1991	Kansas, USA	Pallasite,  ungrouped	34.36 kg	80
Waconda	Official	1873	Kansas, USA	L6	50 kg
Waldo	Official	1937	Kansas, USA	L6	1300 g
Wathena	Official	1939	Kansas, USA	Iron, IIAB	566 g
Western Arkansas	Official	1890	Arkansas, USA	Iron, IVA	1750 g
Wichita	Official	1971	Kansas, USA	H6	2.37 kg	88
Wilburton	Official	1940	Kansas, USA	H5	208 g
Wilburton (b)	Undocumented	1941	Kansas?, USA	H5	256 g
Willowdale **	Official	1951	Kansas, USA	H4	3 kg	30
Wilmot	Official	1944	Kansas, USA	H6	2 kg
Yocemento **	Official	1966	Kansas, USA	L4	5.92 kg	47
Zenith	Pseudo	1901	Kansas, USA	Pseudometeorite	20 kg

^†Information deriving from MetBull 100 or later is still subject to change by the Meteorite Nomenclature Committee.
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