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Post by clone on Nov 5, 2010 9:26:55 GMT -8
Great balls of fire over Canada, NASA investigates Published On Thu Nov 04 2010 MONTREAL—Great balls of fire have been reported swooping over Eastern Canada and several U.S. states. Even NASA’s on the case. There are different theories about what was behind the sighting of those fireballs. A NASA spacecraft got a closer look at one of the possible sources today. The spacecraft flew past Hartley 2 — taking closeup pictures after the comet made one of its closest passes by Earth this week. But one expert is skeptical of reports that any fireballs came from Hartley — which is roughly 1.2 kilometres wide and spews deadly cyanide gas. Scientist Peter Brown says his meteor group at the University of Western Ontario tracked one of two fireballs while the other was tracked by NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. But Brown adds that their orbits were only in a vague sense similar to Hartley 2. Brown says we shouldn’t worry about the cyanide gas emitted by the comet which can be detected with instruments on the ground. He stresses that even if the Earth was to go right through the comet’s gassy tail there would be absolutely no effect. But Brown admits there would be very deleterious effects if the small comet were to collide with the planet. www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/886011--great-balls-of-fire-over-canada-nasa-investigates
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Post by clone on Jan 2, 2012 15:51:12 GMT -8
SW USA Fireball December 31st, 2011 www.amsmeteors.org/2012/01/sw-usa-fireball-december-31st-2011/The American Meteor Society has so far received approximately 50 reports of a bright fireball over much of the southwestern states of the USA, from Colorado to California. Most of the reports have come from Arizona and New Mexico. This event occurred at 8:15pm MST Saturday evening December 31st. NASA scientists were able to capture this event on video cameras located in Las Cruces and Mayhill, New Mexico and calculate that the object, only two inches in diameter, entered the atmosphere between Las Cruces and Albuquerque, New Mexico, and traveled a short distance to the northwest toward the Arizona border. The calculated magnitude was -8, which is slightly inferior to the light produced by a half moon. The entry velocity was also calculated to be 16.2 miles per second and the ending altitude was 51 miles. This object was a random fireball as it did not belong to any known meteor shower. Many thanks to Bill Cooke of NASA for providing these figures so soon after the event. Links to videos of this event are available at: ... Also thanks to Thomas Ashcraft for his two videos obtained near Lamy, New Mexico. Fireball over Catron County New Mexico seen across west - Posted: Sunday, January 1, 2012 10:16 pm www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/fireball-over-catron-county-new-mexico-seen-across-west/article_290a7be2-3501-11e1-b150-0019bb2963f4.html
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Post by Quadrantids on Jan 4, 2012 17:15:46 GMT -8
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Post by orionids on Nov 12, 2012 13:50:08 GMT -8
Many in Bay Area heard and saw bright meteor on October 17 Oct 18, 2012 Looking for info on this weekend’s Orionid meteor shower? Click here. A bright fireball, reportedly with hues of red and orange, streaked across the night sky visible from San Francisco’s Bay Area on Wednesday, October 18, around 8 p.m. local time (3UTC on October 18). Many say they heard a boom, which was so loud it “shook their homes,” some residents said, making them think it may be an earthquake. If you observed it, you might want to tell someone what you saw. Here’s a place to report your meteor sighting. earthsky.org/space/many-in-bay-area-heard-and-saw-bright-meteor-on-october-17Autumn is in full force in the Northern Hemisphere, and that can only mean that the peak of the Orionids meteor shower is quickly approaching. This annual celestial event is the most prolific meteor shower associated with Hailley’s Comet and the second of two showers (the first being ETA Aquarids) that occur due to the Earth passing through the dust of the famed comet. www.spacedex.com/orionids/
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Post by AR on Dec 14, 2012 9:41:29 GMT -8
On Dec. 13th, Brian Emfinger photographed an epic Geminid fireball from the crest of Mount Magazine, the highest point in Arkansas: www.spaceweather.com/
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Post by clone on Sept 26, 2013 3:44:09 GMT -8
RCMP dashcam captures meteor - Video On Saturday, September 21, 2013, shortly after 9:30 pm, an RCMP officer on patrol on a dark highway in northern Alberta couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a very bright fireball crossing the sky. The unusual sighting was capture on the officer's patrol camera which was recording at the time. The RCMP officer had been patrolling along Highway 35 approximately 20 kilometres north of Manning near the Hawk Hills hamlet. www.vancouversun.com/RCMP+dashcam+captures+meteor/8959143/story.html
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Post by anon on Nov 19, 2013 17:34:13 GMT -8
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Post by anon on Dec 1, 2013 16:16:29 GMT -8
Researchers confirm meteor as source of flash and boom west of Montreal Sat, 30 Nov, 2013 There's still no video or photos of the meteor, due to the cloud cover from the snowstorm that was passing through the area at the time. However, according to CBC News, researchers from the University of Western Ontario used sonic data collected from sensors on the ground to trace the path of the meteor from north to south, and estimate the size of the rock at around 20 centimetres in diameter. If it belonged to the most common type of meteor (ordinary chondrites), at that size it probably tipped the scales at around 14 kilograms, and would have been a fireball or possibly even a bolide. ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/researchers-confirm-meteor-source-flash-boom-west-montreal-050208502.html
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Post by equinox on Mar 10, 2014 10:11:38 GMT -8
For reasons astronomers don’t understand, the rate of fireballs – or bright meteors – goes up by as much as 30% for several weeks around every March equinox. Spring is fireball season earthsky.org/space/spring-is-fireball-season
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Post by Mis on Jun 1, 2014 22:02:48 GMT -8
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Post by Weinfelden on Mar 17, 2015 19:43:20 GMT -8
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Post by guest on Aug 3, 2015 19:58:51 GMT -8
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