14 January 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JAN2012

Castro Valley man finds possible meteorite in backyard
Monterey County Herald
Mitch Medeiros of Castro Valley holds a 2-pound rock that may be a meteorite. Medeiros found the rock in his backyard Wednesday. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is helping him identify it. It wasn't exactly pennies from heaven, ...

Possible meteorite discovered in Castro Valley back yard
San Jose Mercury News
"We get these kinds of calls maybe a couple of times a month and, more often than not, it turns out not to be a meteor," said Lynda Seaver, a lab spokeswoman. reports of meteorites are frequent, but like any valuable mineral, finding the real deal ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: UK Major Meteor Outburst ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
12JAN2012 Roy Duggan Virginia Water, UK 18:17 +/- 3min GMT 3 secs E-W I was syiing in on the A30 traffic facing South West and the meteor appeared to go left to right at about 30deg above horizon one bright and light and string of smaller ...
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Meteorites? In Castro Valley?
San Jose Mercury News
If, that is, it is a verifiable meteorite. Whatever it is has turned life upside down for the retired truck driver. Medeiros said his phone has been ringing off the hook since he told friends his dog -- an energetic 2-year-old Black Labrador retriever ...

Stolen New Mexico meteorite worth $20K-$40K found
Art Daily
Meteorite collector Tim Heitz shows a picture of the meteorite on his computer, in Fenton, Mo., Wednesday afternoon Jan. 11, 2012, that he owned briefly before he found out it was stolen from the University of New Mexico. The Meteorite Museum at UNM ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 7-13, 2012 | American Meteor ...
This is the worst time to try and view meteor activity as the glare from the bright moon will obscure all but the brightest meteors. As the week progresses a small ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-january-...

Bright white light flashes through Edmonton sky
iNews880.com
Our newsroom was getting calls, emails, and tweets from listeners, and some are convinced they saw a meteor at around 7:30am. "I saw this huge flash come right across the sky going west to east," says James, who was driving near Thorsby at the time. ...

Picture of the Day: The First Meteor Shower of 2012 - Rebecca J ...
A composite image of the night sky during the Quandrantid meteor shower last week.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/.../251022/

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: UK ...
12JAN2012 Roy Duggan Virginia Water, UK 18:17 +/- 3min GMT 3 secs E-W I was syiing in on ...
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FIREBALL IN THE SKY - FINLAND 3.1.2012 ...
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3.1.2012 Finland http://hukka1974.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Tulipallot+ja+tahdenlennot/3.1. 2012 ...
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