04 January 2011

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 4JAN2011

Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight: How to See 2011 Quadrantids
National Geographic
If your New Year's resolution is to catch more sky shows, you're in luck: The 2011 Quadranitds—which peak tonight—are slated to be one of the best meteor ...



Stargazing View Quadrantid meteor shower tonight
One of the most intense and briefest meteor showers of the year the Quadrantids will peak overnight tonight Because the show is usually only a few hours ...



Fireball in the Sky | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking ...
Tonight I was out at the jetty at Westport taking pictures of the sunset. I caught a 'fireball' in the sky out of the corner of my eye. ...(likely a plane!)




Oneindia
Among that, the first set of the two major events will take place on Tuesday, Jan 4, a meteor shower and a solar eclipse. The annual Quadrantid shower is ...

Jodrell Bank goes live for BBC2 show
Knutsford Guardian
The final night will showcase the Quadrantid meteor shower, where more than 100 meteors per hour fall from near the North Star. ...

Stargazing and dark sky tourism
BBC News
The Quadrantid meteor shower will be visible to the naked eye. And Jupiter, Uranus and Saturn are all closer than usual. Little wonder this is an ideal time ...


Here comes the First Solar Eclipse (Surya Grahan) of 2011
News Downtown (blog)
The partial solar eclipse with aa meteor shower will begin at 12:10:11 IST and end at 16:30:54 IST. Some parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, UP, Delhi, ...


elp allsky: Meteor News...Another Large Bright UK Meteor Reported ...
By elp allsky
Meteor News...Another Large Bright UK Meteor Reported to ELPALLSKY JAN01, 2010. Single report from Scotland... Jan 3 2011, 12:38 AM Guest548 (guest): We saw bright large meteor breaking up traveling west to east low in the north for ...


China verifies its first meteor crater in Liaoning [People's Daily ...
By Zuo Shou / 左手
meteor crater is the pit left behind after a meteorite's impact on a planet, and there are generally two kinds of evidence used to verify it. First, the pit is usually shaped in a ring or a bowl and has a layer of gravel in it. ...


The Lowell Observatory Blog » Blog Archive » See Quadrantid Meteor ...
By Kevin Schindler
Join us at 7 PM tonight (January 3) as Lowell staff present an indoor program about meteor showers, focusing on the upcoming Quadrantids. Learn about meteor shower origins, composition and method of viewing. ...

Meteor shower arrives Monday night
CBC.ca
One of the best meteor shows of the year will peak Monday night, with the Quadrantids possibly producing as many as 100 an hour. ...

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