12 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12JAN2017

Fireball seen over Lansing and around Midwest
Lansing State Journal
The American Meteor Society received 145 reports of a fireball seen over seven states and Ontario, Canada around 6:15 a.m. Sunday. Observers from ...

An Unexpected Asteroid Just Zoomed Very Close Past Earth
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When a meteor struck near Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013, the shockwave from the impact rocked the city. Surprise asteroid fly-bys aren't as rare as you ...

Upward-moving low-light meteor. I: Observation results
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Abstract. The results of TV-detecting an earth-atmosphere-grazing low-light meteor are presented. The meteor was registered near Kyiv, Ukraine, ...

Satellite images show Flagstaff's dark-sky success, National Park Service says
AZCentral.com
A meteor can be seen behind a saguaro cactus near the First Water Trail. ... The 2010 Perseid meteor shower came to the Valley with a show lasting ...

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11 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11JAN2017

Asteroid 2017 AG13 zoomed terrifyingly close to Earth and we didn't see it coming
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He said the asteroid was roughly the same size as a meteor which exploded in the sky above Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013. This blast shattered ...

Huge meteors spotted hurtling towards Earth by Russian observers
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The fireballs from above are thought to be part of the annual Quadrantids meteor shower which is usually visible in the Northern Hemisphere between ...

Blazing meteorite caught on camera hurtling through eerie night sky towards Earth
Mirror
Fireball filmed by Russian motorist appearing from night sky in a flash of light.

UFO Sighting: Corroborating Witnesses Could Confirm New Year Fireball Event In Texas
The Inquisitr
A UFO sighting in San Antonio, Texas, could provide key information that could confirm a fireball UFO event in Texas, shortly after midnight on New ...

انفجار نيزك في سماء روسيا
AVA360 News
انتشرت على شبكة الانترنت مقطع فيديو يظهر لحظة انفجار نيزك فوق مقاطعة أرخانغلسك شمالي روسيا. التفاصيل: الاشتراك في فيديوهات قناة "RT" من خلال...

Introducing the Global Effort to Map the Night Sky
Smithsonian
At 8:16 pm on September 30th, a bright fireball raced through the sky above the United Arab Emirates. In the desert below, cameras winked to life, ...

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10 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10JAN2017

Sneaky asteroid spotted whizzing between Earth and moon
CNET

Newfound Asteroid Gives Earth a Close Shave
Space.com

An asteroid just flew by Earth about 50% closer than the moon, and we barely saw it coming
Business Insider

Blazing Meteorite Spotted in the Sky Above Arkhangelsk (VIDEO)
Sputnik International
According to regional media, the meteor above Arkhangelsk burned up in the atmosphere at an altitude of about 50 kilometers above the earth's ...

Incredible footage shows large meteor shooting across sky in Russia
Daily Mail
Two massive meteors falling in the first major meteor shower of 2017, called the Quadrantids, have been caught on camera by lucky car drivers in ...

Two large meteors caught on camera in northwestern Russia (VIDEO)
RT
Two massive meteors falling in the first major meteor shower of 2017 – the Quadrantids – have been caught on camera by lucky car drivers in ...

Astronomical events in 2017 you don't want to miss
KABC
From solar eclipses to meteor showers and the planets making shapes in the night sky, there's plenty to look forward to in 2017 for stargazers.

Introducing the Global Effort to Map the Night Sky
Smithsonian
Each point is direction from which a meteor was measured to approach, with red showing faster meteors and blue slower ones. (Cameras for Allsky ...

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09 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09JAN2017

Killer Asteroid Defense Plan Released By The White House: Report Says Threat Is 'Real'
The Inquisitr
... when a potentially hazardous object (read: asteroid, meteor, comet) intersects the orbit of the Earth in what could be a world-altering incident.

Tang Lung Elementary Allsky Captures First Meteor 24DEC2016
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Tang Lung Elementary School is Taiwan:s FIRST school to launch a meteor allsky camera system program that will eventually involve students grades ...

Meteor over Brazil January 7, 2017
Mysterious Space
Bright meteor registered north of Rio de Janeiro-RJ, on January 7, 2017 by the Exoss network monitoring cameras in the cities of São Jose de Ubá ...

Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 08JAN2017 w/ Video
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Double Click on PLAY BUTTON to view video. Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 07:38:05 EST 08JAN2017 c 2017 Rejean Hebert 2017 The FOURTH ...

Kirk Neely: Stargazing and Epiphany
Spartanburg Herald Journal
I knew it would be the perfect time to witness the impressive display of a meteor shower. The moon was in the first phase. On Sunday night, I walked to ...

State-of-the-art backyard observatory honors namesake's vision
The Daily Progress
Then another meteor shot by, resembling a firework as it lit up the ground. Over several hours, they witnessed hundreds of bright fireballs during what ...

Eye doctor spies sky from state-of-the-art observatory in backyard
Richmond.com
17, 1998, the two staked out a spot to photograph the annual Leonid meteor shower, Wasiuta recalled. Around 2:30 that morning, he remembers ...

Top 10 celestial events of 2017 to eclipse them all
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#The annual Perseid meteor shower is among the best of the year. We experience this shower of “falling stars” every August, because Earth plows ...

Sanford programs announced
Chronicle Times
This August meteor shower, called the Perseid Meteor Shower, will be viewed from the high school baseball field. A movie will also be shown and ...

Videos
American Meteor Society
Reupload of AMS_Event_37 captured on 01_06_2017 at 10:32pm This event was captured on 2 Swann 2k cameras at different angles.

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Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 08JAN2017 w/ Video

Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 07:38:05 EST 08JAN2017 w/ Video
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Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 07:38:05 EST 08JAN2017
c 2017 Rejean Hebert


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Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 07:38:05 EST 08JAN2017
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Ontario, Canada Fireball Meteor 07:38:05 EST 08JAN2017
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08 January 2017

Tang Lung Elementary Allsky Captures First Meteor 24DEC2016

Tang Lung Elementary School Allsky, PingTung, Captures First Meteor 24DEC2016

  TAIMON's first Sandia Sentinel Allsky Camera System at Tang Lung Elementary School Allsky, PingTung (Node 41), Taiwan has captured its first meteor 24DEC2016.  Although a very minor meteor event, this marks the beginning of success for the new system installed at the school.

 Tang Lung Elementary School is Taiwan's FIRST school to launch a meteor allsky camera system program that will eventually involve students grades 3-6 in maintaining the camera and computer, and processing data.

  Principal Shi Shi has one of Taiwan's finest astronomy programs, taught at Tang Lung Elementary School, PingTung, Taiwan.  My thanks to Principal Shi, Richard Spaulding formerly of Sandia Natl. Labs who made possible the allsky camera on loan, and Dwayne Free of GoSky Sentinel, USA, for maintaining the computer nodes and worldwide meteor capture data.
 
  I had the pleasure of presenting this allsky camera equipment to the Tang Lung Elementary School as a gifted prototype for Taiwan schools. -Dirk Ross, Tokyo

Other Schools interested in purchasing allsky cameras please contact me by email at- Dirk Ross-
drtanuki@gmail.com  Thank you.

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First Meteor Capture- 24DEC2016 19:39:46.224UTC
Tang Lung Elementary School, PingTung, Taiwan
Sandia Allsky Network / TAIMON
c2016 TAIMON / Dirk Ross

Video of  TAIMON's PingTung, Taiwan first meteor capture- Event 20161224_193946_224

To view video requires a DOUBLE CLICK on play button to begin.
First Meteor Capture- 24DEC2016 19:39:46.224UTC
Tang Lung Elementary School, PingTung, Taiwan
TAIMON / Sandia Sentinel Allsky Network 
c2016 TAIMON / Dirk Ross

To view all video captured by this station (Node 41) see LINKhttp://goskysentinel.com/node/node41

Main website for all Nodes maintained- http://goskysentinel.com/

Tang Lung Elementary School is "SETTING the PACE NOW for the FUTURE!"
Tang Lung Elementary School cares-TLC!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08JAN2017

A meteorite recently slammed into Mars and left this giant black stain of a crater
Business Insider
Like Earth, planet Mars is a shooting gallery for rogue space rocks that zip around at tens of...

Not All that falls from the Sky is a Meteorite! B-52 Engine falls off Bomber over North Dakota!
One engine weighs over 2 tons. -LMH
- Popular Mechanics

Your Home Planet, as Seen From Mars
NASA/JPL
From the most powerful telescope orbiting Mars comes a new view of Earth and its moon, showing continent-size detail on the planet and the relative size of the moon.

The K7RA Solar Update
ARRL
Jon Jones, N0JK wrote: “Nice activity on 6-meter meteor scatter in the Quadrantids Meteor Shower Jan. 3, 2017. “I set up portable on 50 MHz at about ...

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07 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07JAN2017

Risk of catastrophic asteroid impact 'real' – White House
RT
The US government has proposed an increased global effort to locate 300,000 or so Earth-impact risks and prepare for potential future meteor ...

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Posted: 05 Jan 2017 04:42 AM PST
NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017 NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017...

NASA's NEOWISE Mission Spies One Comet, Maybe Two
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
December 29, 2016
NASA's NEOWISE mission has recently discovered some celestial objects
traveling through our neighborhood, including one on the blurry line between
asteroid and comet. Another--definitely a comet----might be seen with binoculars
through next week....

NASA Selects Two Missions to Explore the Early Solar System
NASA/JPL January 4, 2017
NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar system - a time less than 10 million years after the birth of our sun. The missions, known as Lucy and Psyche, were chosen from five finalists and will proceed to mission formulation, with the goal of launching in 2021 and 2023, respectively....

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06 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06JAN2017

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017
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The White House finally reveals its plan to deal with a doomsday asteroids - and admits we're still ...
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Now the White House has released an official document describing the plan if a meteor or asteroid was to head our way, and it shows we are ...

IN PICTURES: Meteor shower lights up the Isle of Wight sky
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A METEOR shower was caught on camera by Isle of Wight County Press reader Richard O'Sullivan this week. Richard was travelling on the 4.15pm ...

Meteor
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quadrantid meteor shower
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January the perfect month to start stargazing says Greenwich astronomer
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Meteor Crater Winslow, AZ
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05 January 2017

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017

NEO Asteroids Close Approaches JAN 2017
c 2017 Dirk Ross
Please report your meteor sightings to this website for posting- Remember IF you are looking for a report and no one reports then everyone lacks information; thank you.
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

There are currently 1 known NEO Asteroids discovered that will pass within approximately 10LD or less (LD stands for "Lunar Distance"), in the month of January 2017. I expect that 10 NEOs or more, 10LD  or less, will be discovered before month end. Expect some spectacular bolides, fireballs, and meteors this month and especially large ones 3-5 days before and following the passing of  the less than 10LD NEOs and 13 small mountain-sized NEO asteroids, diameters ranging from 400m-3.8km, that will safely pass this month.

Be ready for some bolide, fireball, and meteor activity!
Cameras Ready!
If you capture a video or photo of a meteor please email to - LunarMeteoriteHunteATgmail.com
- LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

ObjectClose-Approach (CA) Date
(TDB)
YYYY-mmm-DD HH:MM ± D_HH:MM

CA Distance
Minimum

(LD/AU)




(2016 YC8)2017-Jan-18
9.35/0.02404



Date 05JAN2017
Source: NASA/ JPL  http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/neo_ca

Original Table

RECENT 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)
(1998 YW5) 2017-Jan-010.134952.5270 m - 590 m20.021.43
226514 (2003 UX34) 2017-Jan-020.048919.0270 m - 590 m20.020.65
(2004 FG29) 2017-Jan-020.177269.017 m - 38 m26.010.84
(2007 AM) 2017-Jan-020.189473.7130 m - 280 m21.611.36
(2016 BQ) 2017-Jan-020.117945.912 m - 26 m26.83.36
(2016 YB8) 2017-Jan-040.030011.734 m - 77 m24.412.43
(2016 SD) 2017-Jan-040.114944.7480 m - 1.1 km18.712.06
(2016 XK) 2017-Jan-040.043316.960 m - 140 m23.27.82
(2016 XW17) 2017-Jan-040.120546.9230 m - 510 m20.424.68
(2016 UE101) 2017-Jan-040.147557.4160 m - 370 m21.07.08
Close Approach (CA) Distance is the distance between the Earth center and asteroid center.
** Diameter estimates based on the object's absolute magnitude.

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)
(2001 SQ263) 2017-Jan-050.190874.292 m - 210 m22.310.57
(2016 QN11) 2017-Jan-050.167165.0180 m - 390 m20.914.88
(2016 YJ8) 2017-Jan-060.156460.954 m - 120 m23.45.94
(2017 AH3) 2017-Jan-060.167565.258 m - 130 m23.39.59
(2016 XJ2) 2017-Jan-060.071427.837 m - 83 m24.36.68
85990 (1999 JV6) 2017-Jan-070.069126.9450 m20.211.67
(2016 YK) 2017-Jan-080.034813.549 m - 110 m23.79.83
(2017 AJ3) 2017-Jan-080.110743.136 m - 82 m24.313.86
(2014 QD364) 2017-Jan-080.121147.19.7 m - 22 m27.24.86
(2014 LQ25) 2017-Jan-080.163263.5940 m20.029.29
(2012 NO) 2017-Jan-090.137653.5250 m - 570 m20.126.09
(2016 ND1) 2017-Jan-090.101339.424 m - 54 m25.24.70
(2017 AF3) 2017-Jan-110.038715.120 m - 44 m25.79.21
(2013 AS76) 2017-Jan-130.088934.656 m - 120 m23.410.74
(2016 YF11) 2017-Jan-140.142155.3180 m - 400 m20.912.20
438955 (2010 LN14) 2017-Jan-140.060323.5160 m - 360 m21.112.92
265482 (2005 EE) 2017-Jan-150.068426.6150 m - 330 m21.38.23
(2003 CR1) 2017-Jan-150.124348.4200 m20.010.92
(2016 AG166) 2017-Jan-150.169065.842 m - 94 m24.017.17
(2010 UY7) 2017-Jan-170.134852.55.3 m - 12 m28.58.21
(2016 YC8) 2017-Jan-180.02429.433 m - 73 m24.66.63
(2015 BB) 2017-Jan-180.035413.828 m - 62 m24.915.85
(2013 QC11) 2017-Jan-190.185772.3130 m - 280 m21.624.85
(2015 BG4) 2017-Jan-210.068626.715 m - 33 m26.33.87
(2016 YM1) 2017-Jan-220.106141.3100 m - 220 m22.17.19
(2011 CO14) 2017-Jan-240.059023.025 m - 57 m25.15.73
(2002 LS32) 2017-Jan-240.138453.9610 m - 1.4 km18.221.34
(2016 RM20) 2017-Jan-250.185972.315 m - 34 m26.24.68
7341 (1991 VK) 2017-Jan-250.064725.21.2 km - 2.7 km16.78.73
(2016 YZ) 2017-Jan-250.157661.4140 m - 320 m21.311.47
106589 (2000 WN107) 2017-Jan-260.160262.31.7 km - 3.8 km16.016.72
(2017 AK3) 2017-Jan-260.029311.430 m - 67 m24.710.86
(2016 YP4) 2017-Jan-260.032512.711 m - 23 m27.02.33
(2008 CM20) 2017-Jan-290.112143.6140 m - 310 m21.412.86
(2016 UU80) 2017-Jan-300.111443.4200 m - 440 m20.68.45
(2008 ER7) 2017-Jan-310.163863.7270 m - 590 m20.014.19
(2003 EZ16) 2017-Jan-310.168365.580 m - 180 m22.63.56
Source: NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

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Venus, Mars and the moon will get close over Toronto tonight
Toronto Star
At around 4 a.m. Tuesday there will be a relatively short meteor shower, the Quadrantids, with about 120 meteors per hour, Schipper said. The sky ...

The mystery behind the extinction of dinosaurs is finally solved!
International Business Times, India Edition
It is believed that the Cretaceous meteor strike is the reason behind the mass extinction of dinosaurs, but on the contrary, other species of birds and ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower and other astronomical wonders to look out for this year
Young Post - South China Morning Post
The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak tonight at midnight, and at its height there will be 120 meteors per hour crossing the sky. Hong Kong Joint ...

First meteor shower of 2017 to fall
People's Daily Online
[File photo] On the night of Jan. 3, the earth will see its first meteor shower of 2017: the.

Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Jan. 3-4: Best places to see first shooting stars of 2017
AL.com
The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak during the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, with prime viewing from late night Tuesday into early Wednesday as ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Astronomy Forums
I plan to start my "Meteor Shower Marathon" for 2017 tomorrow night, January 3-4, with the Quadrantid Meteor Shower. You can get the details on this ...

Rare dinosaur egg embryo hints at 6-month incubation times
SlashGear
If correct, then the cards were really stacked against the dinosaurs' survival, meteor or no meteor. Long incubation periods translated to slow ...

Quadrantids Meteor Shower – January 3, 4
Irene W. Pennington Planetarium - WordPress.com
The Quadrantids is an above average meteor shower averaging about 40 meteors per hour at its peak. It is thought to be produced by dust grains and ...

Researchers Found Concentric Rings in the Debris Disk of a Young Nearby Star
Latinos Health
In this NASA handout, a 30 second exposure of a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower August 12, 2016 in Spruce ...

Events in 2017
American Meteor Society
ID, # of Rep. UT Date & Time, Local Date & Time, Countries, States, D. Sound, C. Sound, Frag. Jan. Event 2-2017, 3, 2017-01-01 18:08 UT ...

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02 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JAN2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JAN2017
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Did a meteor come crashing through the earth's atmosphere over northern Alberta overnight? Peace River residents took to social media Friday to ....

Meteor Streak Across Sky Above Costa Rica's Volcano Turrialba
Noticas Today
A meteor danced across the night sky at precisely the same time. The shooting star traveled across the top of the Turrialba Volcano at 10:22pm local ...

Meteor shower peaks Tuesday; Olympia Mountaineers host open house
The News Tribune
The Quadrantids meteor shower is considered an above-average shower, producing up to 40 meteors per hour at its peak. The shower is thought to ...

Space News: New Year's fireworks from a shattered comet
Lake County News
According to the International Meteor Organization and other forecasters, Earth will pass through a stream of debris from the comet on Jan. 3, 2017 ...

What's Up in January 2017: 2016 was a splendid year for astronomical discoveries
Press Herald
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Jan. 3. There will be ideal conditions since the waxing crescent moon will have set by 10 p.m. We can expect up ...

Viewing the 2017 Quadrantids
American Meteor Society
With the waxing crescent moon limited to the early evening skies, conditions will be nearly perfect for viewing the 2017 Quadrantid meteor shower.

Early Quadrantid Meteor
Spaceweather.com Realtime Image Gallery
This is an early Quadrantid meteor (radiant near the end of the Big Dipper) that peaks Jan 3-4, 2017. Details: Meteor captured with a Nikon D800 ...

9 Meteors every 5 minutes (Geminid Meteor Shower)
Luton Astronomical Society - WordPress.com
The Geminid meteor shower can be annually observed between December 4 and December 17, with its peak activity being around December 14....

Quadrantid meteor shower to peak on Tuesday
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) Astronomy buffs in Taiwan may soon have a chance to spot shooting stars as the annual Quadrantid meteor shower nears its ...

2017's First Major Meteor Shower.
Stargazers Lounge
Anyone planning on observing the Quadrantids shower? I have to admit to only ever having observed this shower once in 28 years of observing!

Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2017: How, When And Where To Watch Peak Activity
International Business Times
MeteorShower The Perseid meteor shower is pictured in the sky over Las Machotas in San Lorenzo of Escorial, Madrid, Aug. 13, 2016.

Pinoys can witness first meteor shower of 2017
Satellite PR News (press release)
MANILA, Philippines – The first meteor shower in 2017 is about to dazzle Filipinos from tomorrow night to early Wednesday morning, website ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower, One of the Year's Best, Is Peaking Now
Space.com
Early each January, the Quadrantid meteor stream provides one of the most intense annual meteor displays, with a brief, sharp maximum lasting only ...

Mysterious noise, bright flash of light over Alberta: Meteor explosion?
Strange Sounds
Did a meteor crash through the Earth's atmosphere over northern Alberta on December 31, 2016? Strange noise and bright flash of light in the sky ...

Meteor
University of Michigan
Title: Meteor. Original Title: Météore. Volume and Page: Vol. 10 (1765), p. 444. Author: Denis Diderot. Translator: Krystyna Piechura [University of ...

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American Meteor Society
Location. Address, West Liberty, KY. Latitude, 38° 2' 2.9'' N (38.034138°). Longitude, 83° 22' 38.64'' W (-83.377401°). Elevation, 324.354m. Time and ...

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01 January 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JAN2017

Peace River residents report possible meteor in northern Alberta
Montreal Gazette
Did a meteor come crashing through the earth's atmosphere over northern Alberta overnight? Peace River residents took to social media Friday to ...

Meteor Streak Across Sky Above Costa Rica's Volcano Turrialba (Video)
The Costa Rican Times
A meteor danced across the night sky at precisely the same time. The shooting star traveled across the top of the Turrialba Volcano at 10:22pm local ...

Stunning moment a meteor flies past an erupting volcano in Costa Rica
The Sun
THIS is the incredible moment a meteor was caught on camera flying over an erupting volcano. Footage shows the Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica ...

Meteor flies over erupting volcano
InvestmentWatch
TURRIALBA, COSTA RICA – In Costa Rica, officials monitoring a volcano eruption got a bigger surprise. A large meteor flew by, right on top of the ...

New Year's comet: How to watch
Vox
Sorry, fans of “Sweet Meteor O' Death.”) NASA's scientists don't yet know if the comet will be visible to the naked eye “because a comet's brightness is ...

NJ Night Sky: Fireworks for the new year
NJ.com
The full moon spoiled the Geminid meteor shower in mid-December. Over the past two weeks, the moon waned, was new on Thursday and now is ...

Meteor fireball or falling plane? Social media in Japan puzzled by mysterious fireball in the sky
Russia News Feed
Russian social media users were similarly confounded earlier in December, when people in Siberia witnessed a large meteor exploding in the sky that ... Likely an aircraft contrail! -LM*H

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