13 April 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13APR2012

Lyrid meteor shower to light up April skies - Technology & science ...
Skywatchers are in for a treat in late April: An annual meteor shower will peak when the moon's absence leaves the night sky dark and great for viewing.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../lyrid-meteor-shower-light-dark-april-...

Reports Abound of Meteor in Night Sky | NBC Chicago
Enthusiast websites light up about something bright, green streaking across the Midwest shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday.
www.nbcchicago.com/weather/.../illinois-meteor-147103475.h...

ANGEO - Abstract - A meteor head echo analysis algorithm for the ...
A meteor head echo analysis algorithm for the lower VHF band ... We have developed an automated analysis scheme for meteor head echo observations by the ...
www.ann-geophys.net/30/639/2012/

Meteor Photo - Chicago Weather Center
Mike Frankowski of St. Charles tells us, Sometimes you just get lucky!! Last evening while I was out doing a photography project in St Charles, a meteor streaked ...(Photo of Chicago event 12APR2012)
blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/2012/04/meteor-photo.html


Meteor dazzles stargazersThis thing just split the sky Chicago Tribune
Dan Joyce was headed west with a buddy and a big telescope, hoping to take advantage of the "beautiful night" when a slash of brilliant green shot across ...
articles.chicagotribune.com/.../chi-meteor-or-not-20120411_1...

Meteor streaks across the Chicago sky, ushers in ...
A very bright meteor streaked across the Chicago sky Wednesday night, ushering in peak ...
chicagotribune.com


Likely Meteor Lit Up Midwestern Skies, Caused ...
Chicago - A lot of people reported seeing a bright light in the skies Wednesday night. It was likely ...
myfoxchicago.com



Update: Texas Fireball was Real After All, NASA Says | Texas ...
A bright object that streaked across the daytime sky in Texas was actually a meteor, not a jet contrail.
www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2341-daytime-fireball-texas-real...

The Green Fireball Phenomenon
The green fireball phenomenon came to prevalence in the late 1940s, and no one in the scientific world knew what to make of it. The fireballs would shoot ...
www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-green-fireball-phenome...

Did you see the meteor Wednesday?
Capital Times
It was a meteor, said Mark Hammergren, an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and director of the Astro-Science Workshop. "People see a fireball in the sky and think the worst," he said Thursday. "I caught it out of my left eye," said Mount ...

Wisconsin Meteor
WGBA-TV
An observatory at UW-Madison caught the meteor on long-range video. It was only visible for about 12 seconds but it left an impression on those who saw it. They described it as a yellow and red ball that sparkled like a firecracker.

'Amazing' meteor dazzles stargazers across Midwest
The Republic
It's probably safe to say interest in the Lyrids — and in the upcoming prime stargazing season — is building after the meteor burned brighter and longer than most others. “That would be a big plus,” said Dan Joyce, an astronomer at Triton College in ...

Sky Watch: Lyrid meteor showers
Newsday
Click here Print Aa Sky Watch: Lyrid meteor showers Published: April 12, 2012 9:42 PM By DENNIS MAMMANA. Creators Syndicate With springtime well under way, stargazers are beginning to retreat from the blinding lights of large cities to enjoy the sky in ...

Likely Meteor Lit Up Midwestern Skies, Caused Hundreds to Call National ...
MyFox Chicago
It was likely a meteor and witnesses said it was the brightest they'd ever seen. The National Weather Service in Romeoville received calls about a streak of light across the sky. Whatever it was, people reported it was bright and glittery, ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking Meteor News ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
meteor spotted above Madison, WI on evening of April 11, 2012. Meteor enters picture at about 20:21:24. AOSS West Rooftop Camera Videos provided courtesy of SSEC and the AOS Department, UW-Madison More info and real-time videos: ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

Hundreds report seeing fireball in the sky
The Courier News Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:56 AM PDT
Skywatchers across the Chicago area reported seeing a streaking fireball in Wednesday nightâs sky so intense that some thought they had witnessed a fiery plane crash on the cityâs southeast side.Reports of the fireball began coming in about 8:25 p.m., according to a meteor andmeteorite sighting blog, lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com, with more than 100 people from Illinois, Wisconsin ...

'Intense' meteor dazzles stargazers across Midwest
The Republic
Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteorite Environment Office, said the agency is working to find video of the “fireball” on a network of skyward-facing cameras to determine the trajectory of the object, which will allow him to figure the orbit from which it ...

Meteor spotted in four states
msnbc.com
lights in the skies last night over at least four states. a lot of people witnessed the same meteor. there it is, across parts of illinois, wisconsin, michigan, and iowa. most people saw a green tint with a white tail, but due to atmospherics, ...

Meteor dazzles stargazers: 'This thing just split the sky'
WSBT-TV
He was on Route 30 near DeKalb when the meteor streaked ahead of him around 8:15 pm "Oh my God, this thing lit up the sky real good," Joyce said. "It went below Venus. I think it was six times brighter. It was an intense green color.

NASA: Meteor was size of basketball doing about 36000 mph
WLS
CHICAGO (WLS) - The meteor that blazed across the sky in the Chicago area Wednesday night was probably about the size of a basketball and moving about 36000 mph, according to a NASA scientist who said they are not all that uncommon.

Daylight Texas fireball was real
Examiner.com
Last week, witnesses in Texas reported seeing a meteor so bright that it was easily visible in broad daylight. Some witnesses said tat the object was so bright tat it “looked like a piece of the Sun.” Unfortunately, local news reporters ran footage of ...

Texans were amazed by flaming meteor as it streaked across the sky...but ...
Daily Mail
Local news stations reported that the golden flying object was an especially brightmeteor and Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, confirmed that the incredible video footage was a fireball. But now the footage has been revealed by ...

Meteor Spotted Over Wisconsin Wednesday Night
WISN Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE -- Residents in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan reported seeing a meteor streak across the sky Wednesday night. Several blog posts on the Internet describe seeing it in a south-southeastern sky between Venus and the moon.

2012 April 11 - Meteor (West view)
YouTube
Meteor spotted above Madison, WI on evening of April 11, 2012. Meteor enters picture at about 20:21:24. AOSS West Rooftop Camera Videos provided courtesy of SSEC and the AOS Department, UW-Madison More info and real-time videos: ...

Lyrids meteor shower to be visible in Vietnam
Thanh Nien Daily
The Lyrids meteor shower can be observed in Vietnam from April 15 to 26, VnExpress quoted an astronomer as saying on Wednesday. It will peak on April 21 with some 20 meteors every hour until the next morning, Nguyen Duc Phuong of the Vietnam ...

Mystery Fireball in Texas? NASA Scientists Revise Opinion- It Wasn'ta Jet!
The Inquisitr
NASA has weighed in on the mystery fireball in Texas that made an appearance on April 4th, with one of their scientists saying that the strange object in the sky “originally believed to be a meteor burning up as it entered Earth's atmosphere, ...

Meteor shot across the sky at 20000kph - Story - National - 3 News
Experts believe the flaming ball that lit up the night skies from Wellington to Christchurch tonight was a meteor.
www.3news.co.nz/Meteor-shot-across-the.../Default.aspx

Yes, that fireball you saw last night was a meteor
Chicago Daily Herald
By Lee Filas That large, green fireball in the sky that was reported Wednesday evening is a confirmed meteor, according to lunarmeteoritehunters.com. Meteor trackers from the Chicagoland suburbs who saw the space rock said it was an extremely bright ...

Scientist searches for elusive meteorites
East Oregonian
A meteor explosion rocked northeast Oregon skies on the morning of Feb. 19, 2008, and Richard Pugh couldn't have been more delighted. Pugh, a field scientist from Portland State University's Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, has spent a fair amount of ...