31 August 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30/31AUG2012

Green fireball meteor spotted over Asheville last night
See a big, bright, green meteor over Asheville last night? A rare green fireball was spotted over our city on Wednesday night at about 10:48 p.m. ...
http://www.ashvegas.com/green-fireball-meteor-spotted-over-asheville-last-night

Photo: Meteor/fireball spotted over North Carolina
My Fox 8
A website that tracks meteor and fireball sightings reports several people reported the meteor/fireball on Wednesday. The website lists reports from Lexington, Asheville, Chapel Hill, Weaverville, Boone and Charlotte. Most people reported seeing a ...

Meteor/fireball reported over North Carolina | JournalNow.com
www2.journalnow.com/.../2012/aug/.../meteorfireball-reported-over-...4 hours ago – A meteor/fireball was spotted over parts of North Carolina around 10 ...Updated: August 30, 2012 - 11:13 AM ... GALLERY: Flooding 8-29-12 ...

Western North Carolinians, Some from High Country, Report Meteor ...
www.hcpress.com/news/39616.html?utm_source=rss&utm...5 hours ago - Aug. 30, 2012. Last night, a few dozen people, mostly folks from WesternNorth Carolina and the Piedmont, reported a meteor/fireball zooming across Western ...

FREE meteorite-related public lecture at UA - Lunar & Planetary Lab 05SEP2012Did you ever wonder about aqueous alteration in primitive meteorites and the source of that water? This upcoming _free_ public lecture might be of interest especially to those in the Tucson area. ...

Rare Pallasite Meteorite Discovered in Crawford County, Ohio
Bucyrus Online
A meteorite is material left over from the creation of our solar system that has entered earth's atmosphere and fallen to the earth. Most meteorites come from the Asteroid Belt located between Mars and Jupiter. Most meteorites are stony and contain iron. ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: NC Green Fireball Meteor ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News. Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, Recent Meteorite Falls & Related News. Make a meteor report. *.blogspot...
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Meteor spotted over England and explodes over South Wales setting ...
Amateur astronomers watched its progress as it sped over North West England and North Wales.
www.mirror.co.uk/.../meteor-spotted-over-england-and-explo...

Meteor explodes above Cwmbran in Wales and wakes families with 'sonic boom'
Daily Mail
its not a meteor its a meteorite. and it can be soon for a couple of hundred miles? your words not mine, as for the headline golf size? what size is a golf? gizza job cos you lot cant do it properly. while im here a meteor becomes a meteorite as soon ...

NASA - NASA ER-2 Collects Perseids Meteor Shower Dust
NASA's ER-2 is using underwing Large Area Collectors to collect cosmic dust during the Perseidsmeteor shower the second week of August.
www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/.../ER-2_status_08_14_12.html

Beechwood man stunned by meteor sighting over Windmill Hill in Runcorn
Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
A RUNCORN resident reported spotting a flying object he believes to have been a meteor. Matthew Hayes, 21, said the sparkling body flew overhead as he parked his bike in his girlfriend's garden in Windmill Hill at about 11.10pm on Monday. Mr Hayes, of ...

Louisiana METEOR STRIKE- NEWS REPORT OF THE IMPACT CRATER ...
Heart of Louisiana Meteor Crater New Orleans News, Breaking News, FOX 8... with Paul V. Heinrich...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JieYI9675PI

Meteor Hunt : Article : Scientific American (subscription)
Scientific American is the world's premier magazine of scientific discovery and technological innovation for the general public. Readers turn to it for a deep ...
www.nature.com/.../journal/.../scientificamerican0912-23.html

Meteor Activity Outlook for August 25-31, 2012 | American Meteor ...
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near four for observers located at mid-northern latitudes and three for observers in ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-august-2...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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