28 November 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28NOV2011

Piece Of Burnt Meteorite Falls On East Delhi Housetop
indiatvnews.com
New Delhi, Nov 28: A burning piece of space debris, probably a meteorite, fell on the roof of a house in East Delhi's Gandhinagar area on Sunday evening. The house owner immediately poured water on the burnt piece after which it broke up into small ... 
[Story sounds dubious and material does not appear to be meteorite!]




US: A Thanksgiving predawn meteor over North Carolina? -- Fire in ...
At least one person was watching the sky before dawn on Thanksgiving morning. And..he had a view to be thankful for. Around 4:30 AM today Ty in Grimesland, ...
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Starwatch: The December night sky
The Guardian
To Orion's left is Gemini where Castor stands above Pollux and close to the radiant of the Geminidsmeteor shower. Slow bright meteors diverge from this point from the 7th to the 16th, with the highest rates on the morning of the 14th as Gemini sails ...



Meteorites contain fossil remains
Deccan Chronicle
27: Two American scientists have found what are believed to be remains of tiny water-dwelling organisms in samples from two well known meteorites. The scientists are Dr George Claus of New York University and Professor B. Nagy, of Fordham University, ...



Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: California Meteor ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Camarillo, CA Saw Meteor! between 8:00- 8:30 p.m. 26NOV2011 I had just parked my car and collected mail from the mailbox, then walked up the driveway to enter my home and looked to my left which is west facing toward the Pacific Ocean. ...
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elp allsky: Large Iowa, Missouri Meteor Fireball Captured By Iowa ...
By elp allsky
Large Iowa, Missouri Meteor Fireball Captured By Iowa All Sky Camera 23nov2011. Below is an apparently large meteor fireball captured by Tim Cline at the Dusk Observatory Southeast of De Moines, Iowa. Tim Writes... " Jim...I caught some ...

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What's Up in the Sky: Astronomy for December
Akron Beacon Journal
Two meteor showers occur this month. The Geminids peak on Dec. 14-15, but a large waning gibbous moon will wash out a good number of them. The Geminids are one of only two meteorshowers caused by an asteroid rather than a comet. On Dec. ...



Season is right for night sky's timeless show
San Francisco Chronicle
This is most true with meteor showers. This past summer, the Perseids, the most anticipatedmeteor shower of the year, seemed pretty much like a dud, with a full moon overwhelming the sky. Yet in 1988, while camped at Mount Shasta, I happened to look ...




What's Up in December: Five major planets will put on show
Press Herald
All five of the brightest planets will be well placed in the morning or evening sky, the Geminid meteor shower will peak the morning of Dec. 14, and there will even be a penumbral lunar eclipse. Brilliant Venus will double its height in our evening sky 
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Two Clips from Japan - A Meteor and a Mystery ...
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These clips were recorded from Japan on November 21, 2011. sources: clip 1 - sonotaco.jp clip 2 ...

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11/25/2011 -- BRIGHT meteor and two large ...
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In this series of shots from Sakurajima Volcano in Japan -- we see a brightmeteor, and two ...

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Piece Of Burnt Meteorite Falls On East Delhi Housetop
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A burning piece of space debris, probably a meteorite, fell on the roof of a house in East Delhi ... [Story sounds dubious and material does not appear to be meteorite!]
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