19 August 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 19AUG2011

Eastern OH, 08 Aug 2011 0522 UTC

Eastern OH, 08 Aug 2011 0522 UTC

mfries01 | 17 August 2011 at 21:23 | Categories: Uncategorized |
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Here's the text I sent in a conversation about the fireball in eastern Ohio recently, with the email addresses redacted. Howdy all I've just finished analyzing radar data from the KCLE and KPBT radars in the NEXRAD long-range weather radar network, as well as from the short-range airport radars at the Cleveland and Pittsburgh airports. [...]



Fireball Leads to Midwest Meteorite Alert, NASA Warns
Fox News
By Denise Chow Ohio residents should be on the lookout for potential smallmeteorites that may have been created by a bright fireball that streaked over southern Ontario, Canada, last week, NASA said. The fireball was detected by all-sky cameras from ...


Fireball Over Montenegro : Science & Technology
Folks, what do you think about this? Fireball over Becici August 16, 2011, Becici, country of Montenegro, Eastern Europe Article from a Daily newspaper: All ...
www.disclose.tv/forum/fireball-over-montenegro-t57301.html

Meteorites Possible From Midwest US Fireball - Yahoo! News
Read 'Meteorites Possible From Midwest US Fireball' on Yahoo! News. Ohio residents should be on the lookout for potential small meteorites that may have ...
news.yahoo.com/meteorites-possible-midwest-us-fireball-1128...



Meteorites may have landed in the region
Warren Tribune Chronicle
The International Astronomical Union defines a fireball as "a meteorite brighter than any of the planets." In essence, the mass and speed of the meteor increase its visibility, Cooke said. Cooke said the fragments are about two to three inches in ...



Meteorites may have fallen in Northeast Ohio yards
WKYC-TV
CLEVELAND - NASA's meteor expert says a meteor that broke up over Lake Erie last week likely produced small meteorites. The pieces may be as small as a thumbnail, or slightly larger. On August 8, around 1:22 am, four Canadian sky cameras captured the ...



Boom Goes the… We Don't Know
KHQ Right Now
Hobbs saw a meteor in Oregon several years ago and said the sound he heard last night was similar to the one he heard then leading him to the big bang theory that last night's explosion was a meteor. "It might have been that (a meteor)," he said. ...



On This Day ... August 18
Patch.com
In 1783, a huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom. In 1868, the gas helium is discovered by Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen. In 1891, 700 people die in a major hurricane in Martinique. In 1920, women gain the right to vote with the passage ...




Bright Fireball Leads To Meteorite Search In Ohio
Irish Weather Online
By Mark Dunphy - Thu Aug 18, 4:00 pm Composite of Lake Erie fireball meteor, as seen by the Orangeville, Ontario camera. (University of Western Ontario) NASA's Meteoroid Office has confirmed a fireball meteor entered the atmosphere above Lake Erie, ...


Fireball Meteorite Alert Issued for Ohio
Gather.com
NASA has issued a fireball meteorite alert, and the potential impact area is east of Cleveland. Afireball was pinpointed by cameras in Ontario on August 8th, and its path was tracked, leading Bill Cooke of NASA's head of NASA's Meteoroid Environments ...



NASA tells Cleveland area residents to be on lookout for fallen meteorites
Examiner.com
NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office has issued an alert for residents in Northeast Ohio, specifically those East of Cleveland, to be on the lookout for meteorites after a bright fireball was captured on camera coming in over Lake Erie and heading ...