31 August 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31AUG2011


Meteor hunt for Irish stargazers
BBC News
Stargazers across Ireland are on the hunt for a meteor that could have landed earlier this month. Astronomy Ireland has received several reports of a fireball blazing across the skies over the west of Ireland on the night of Monday 22 August. ...


Was that a shooting star?
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The meteor, traveling at a whopping 52800 mph, was so dazzling NASA has released a video of the show. The shooting star, caught by a new NASA camera in Cartersville, Ga. was first spotted at night traveling at an altitude of about 65 miles above Duluth ...




Meteor hunt begins after fireball lands 'on west of Ireland'
thejournal.ie
ASTRONOMERS ARE appealing for eyewitness accounts of the fireball that blazed across Irish skies last week, as it emerged it is likely to have landed somewhere in the north-west. The meteorite was spotted over Ireland last Monday night. ...


Appeal after meteorite falls on Ireland
RTE.ie
An appeal has been launched for help in locating a meteorite after a fireball was seen blazing across Irish skies last week. An appeal has been launched for help in locating a meteorite that fell on Ireland last week. Astronomy Ireland says it has ...



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Brilliant meteor lights up the night over Atlanta
msnbc.com
This view from a NASA all-sky camera located at Cartersville, Ga., shows a brilliantmeteor as it streaked over the Atlanta area on Sunday night. By Tariq Malik Managing editor A bright meteor lit up the night sky above Atlanta on Sunday in a dazzling ...



Brilliant Meteor Lights Up Sky Over Atlanta
Space.com
NASA's network of all-sky cameras, which monitors the sky for meteor and fireballevents, caught several views of the "shooting star" from different cities, including a video recorded from Cartersville, Ga., though it was difficult to pinpoint the ...