28 August 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28AUG2012

Meteor Breaking News - Massachusetts Fireball Meteor Detected
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Wilmington, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News -NY NJ CT MA NH DE PA RI Bright Fireball 23AUG2012" by searching for green shooting stars in ma. 10:14:13 -- 17 minutes ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Wales / UK Fireball ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
27AUG2012 latimer rainhill, united kingdom 23:17gmt 3 seconds right to left bright blue and orange brighter than moon none visible blue fireball with orange centre and long blue tail. 27AUG2012 Adam Barry Town South Glamorgan Wales ...
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Big late-night boom shakes homes
BBC News
I wondered if it was a meteor or something." Sally Bramald, from Staunton, Gloucestershire, said it was a mystery when she heard the noise at about 23:30 BST while lying in bed. Former BBC website science editor Dr David Whitehouse was contacted by ...

A meteor has exploded above Wales causing a sonic boom which shook ...
Telegraph.co.uk
"I'm just glad none of it landed on my roof." Police and coastguards in South Wales had dozens of reports of a bright flash in the sky followed by a loud bang. Witness Nathan Jones, 34, who lives in nearby St Athan, said: "I've never seen something so ...

CWMBRAN BIG BANG: Astronomer says meteorites are commonplace
South Wales Argus
Dr North said the bright light you see when you spot a shooting star or meteor shower, is caused by immensely hot air being created just in front of the rubble because the speed the rubble is travelling at. Even though the atmosphere generally protects ...

Meteorite 'size of golf ball' believed to have exploded over South Wales
WalesOnline
Police said they were not aware of the incident, but dozens of Twitter users and people on meteor forum Meteorite News said the bright light stayed within view for between three and eight seconds as it travelled. Nathan Jones from St Athan, writing on ...

Fireball Lights up the Sky in the Park!
CTV News (blog)
The next night, just after 9pm, they saw, in the western sky, what appeared to be another fireballburning up in the atmosphere and it lasted about 10 seconds. What a weekend for the gang in the park. Viewing from the city is not usually quite as good ...

Fireball Lights up the Sky in the Park Fire in the Sky Sottnet
The summer of 2012 will go down as one of the best! The days have been incredible but so have the nights. Backyard astronomers have been over the moon with ...
www.sott.net/.../250306-Fireball-Lights-up-the-Sky-in-the-Par...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

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