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Small asteroid entered our atmosphere, just hours ago

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Earthsky.org -1/2/14, Deborah Byrd

Map of the possible impact points of 2014 AA, produced by astronomer Bill Gray. The asteroid could have impacted Earth's atmosphere anywhere along this line. Most likely landing place is off the west coast of Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean.

Map of the possible impact points of 2014 AA, produced by astronomer Bill Gray. The asteroid could have impacted Earth’s atmosphere anywhere along this line. Most likely landing place is off the west coast of Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean.

This is only the second time that astronomers spotted an asteroid before it struck Earth’s atmosphere. It underscores the need to be watching for these objects.

SoCal Residents Report Meteor Sighting

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By Christina Cocca and Jonathan Lloyd|  Thursday, Nov 7, 2013

A meteor shower may have been spotted in Southern California skies Wednesday night.

NBC4 viewers flooded the newsroom with phone calls of reported sightings of a meteor shower that looked like a "fireball" and "exploding stars" from as far as San Diego. The National Weather Service also received reports, starting at about 8 p.m.

"I saw it while I was driving," viewer AnnMarie said via Twitter. "I thought it was a firework!"

NBC4 received reports of sightings in Temecula, San Diego, Coachella Valley, Palmdale, Tustin, Ontario, Palm Springs, Brea, Malibu, Pomona, Chino, Redlands, Seal Beach, Fresno, Long Beach, Anaheim, San Bernardino and Los Angeles.

A viewer from Los Angeles sent a video of what he described as a fireball over a parking lot.

 

Fireball explodes over Sarajevo at 30km above the ground

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Scott.net - 11/02/13

Bolide entering the atmosphere photographed from SarajevoMultiple explosions were registered last night at 00:36:59 as bolide penetrated the atmosphere. Its fragments could have hit the ground.

This is the brightest meteorite event every since the Meteorite Network commenced with its experimental activities in tracking the sky activity.

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Large Fireball Meteor Over New Jersey

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Amsmeteors.com - 10/26/13,

Heat Map – AMS Event #2595-2013

Over 95 (so far) witnesses reported a large fireball over New Jersey on October 24th around 7:15am EDT (11:15 UT). The fireball was seen from primarily New Jersey and Maryland, but witnesses from Connecticut, Washington D.C., North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia also reported seeing the fireball.

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Orionid Meteor Shower: Leftovers of Halley's Comet

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Space.com - 10/21//13, Elizabeth Howel

Orionid meteor Over Summit County, CO

The Orionid meteor shower takes place in October and November each year, peaking in mid-October. The Orionids are noted for being bright and fragments, according to NASA, with an average speed of about 148,000 mph (238,000 kph).

The Orionids, like all meteor showers, are named after the constellation in which they appear to come from, which in this case is Orion the Hunter. While the constellation is best visible in the Northern Hemisphere, the meteor shower is visible in both the northern and southern hemispheres.

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Halley's Comet Peppers Earth's Atmosphere With Debris (video)

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Space.com - 10/21-13

 

Published on Oct 21, 2013

Even with the Moon obscuring the view, NASA's All-Sky Fireball network captured Orionid Meteor Shower's fireballs slam into the Earth's atmosphere. The two seen in this video were captured by several cameras in the United States on Oct. 20, 2013. Read more about it here: http://goo.gl/XwOqLe

Credit: NASA All-Sky Fireball Network
Music: Mark Peterson, Loch Ness Productions
Mash Mix: SPACE.com

Comet ISON is doing just fine!

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Isoncampaign.org- 10/9/13, Karl

Comet ISON is doing just fine! It continues to behave like a fairly typical, if somewhat smaller-than-average, Oort Cloud comet. It has given no indication that it has fragmented and while such an event can never be ruled out, we see no evidence or hint that the comet is in any imminent danger of doing so. Any reports to the contrary are just speculation.

How can we be so sure? Because we can see the comet! Opposite is just one more recent example of an extremely high-quality image of ISON taken by Nick Howes, Ernesto Guido and Martino Nicolini as part of a series of daily imaging sequences they have been recording to help study the morphology (shape, size, etc) of comet ISON.

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Draconid Meteor Shower Lights Up The Night Monday, Tuesday: Watch For Dragon's Breath

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By: Roxanne Palmer, 10/07/2013

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Tonight, Draco will breathe a little fire in the sky. It’s time again for the Draconids, the meteor shower that appears to spew from the dragon-shaped constellation. Meteors should be visible starting at nightfall in the northern latitudes on Monday and Tuesday night – but only if you manage to get away from the lights of a city. The Draconids’ real origin point is the comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. The comet is partially named after the French astronomer Michel Giacobini, who first discovered the comet in 1900; in his honor, the meteor shower is sometimes referred to as the Giacobinids. The comet makes one circuit of its orbit – which takes it out past Jupiter -- every 6.6 years. When Earth passes through the material left in its wake, the debris falls through our atmosphere as burning meteors.

 

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Baseball-sized meteor blows up spectacularly over Alabama (video)

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NBCnews.com -  9/11/13, Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A baseball-sized meteor blasted over the southeastern United States on Monday night, creating a bright streak of light, a sonic boom and a ruckus on Twitter.

The meteor appeared at 9:18 p.m. ET over Alabama, traveling at about 76,000 mph (122,300 kilometers per hour). It exploded 25 miles (40 kilometers) above Woodstock, Ala., located about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Birmingham.

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