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Dec. Comae Berenicids
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Dec. Comae Berenicids Meteor Maximum in the constellation Leo. The stream active from 12. December to 15. January ZHR=3.2 Velocity=65.0km/s Radiant: RA=11.7h/176° Dec=24.7°
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Epsilon-Geminids
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Epsilon-Geminids Meteor Maximum in the constellation Gemini on the 19th October, 2011. The stream is active from 14. to 27. October ZHR=3.0 Velocity=69.7km/s Radiant: RA=6.8h/102° Dec=26.7° 2010 epsilon Geminids
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Delta-Aurigids
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The Oct. Delta-Aurigids meteor maximum in the constellation Auriga is on the 4th October, 2011. The stream is active from 29. September to 18. October. ZHR=3.0 Velocity=65.8km/s Radiant: RA=5.6h/83° Dec=50.4°
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South Omega-Scorpiids meteor shower
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South Omega-Scorpiids meteor shower peak, in the constellation Scorpius, on the 31st May, 2012. ZHR: 5.0 Velocity: 25.5km/s The stream is active from the 23rd May to the 15th June Radiant: RA=16.7h/244° Dec=-22.1°
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Bald Hills meteor
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Somewhere in the Bald Hills is a meteorite waiting to be found[url=http://blogs.redding.com/dsmith/archives/20...
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Southern Ontario Meteor
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Meteor streaks across southern Ontario[url=http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/638384--meteor-streaks-across-sou...
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Nov. Iota-Aurigid Meteor Shower
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Nov. Iota-Aurigids Meteor Maximum in the constellation Auriga on the 16th November, 2011. The stream is active from the 1st to the 23rd November. ZHR=8.2 Velocity=35.8km/s Radiant: RA=5.1h/76° Dec=33.3°
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Radio Meteor Detection
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The detection of meteors by radio is most readily accomplished by a method known as "forward scatter". This technique usually exploits the existence of a VHF radio transmitter intended for some other purpose (such as radio or TV broadcasting) and which is preferably situated some way...
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Great Meteor of August 18, 1783
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The Great Meteor of August 18, 1783 was an unusually bright bolide observed from the United Kingdom at a time when such phenomena were not well understood. Read more
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Beta-Cassiopeids meteor shower
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Beta-Cassiopeids meteor maximum in the constellation Cassiopeia on the 30th July, 2011. The shower is active from 3rd July to 19th. August. ZHR=10.0 Velocity=51.6km/s Radiant: RA=23.7h/353° Dec=59.1°
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South June Aquilids
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Maximum of the South June Aquilids meteor shower in the constellation Aquila on the 17th June, 2011. The shower is active from the 9th June to the 2nd July. ZHR=3.0 Velocity=38.6km/s Radiant: RA=19.5h/293° Dec=-4.9° During June 13-19, 1961, C. S. Nilsson (Adelaide, South Australia) detected...
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The Eastern Mediterranean Event
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The Eastern Mediterranean Event was a high-energy aerial explosion over the Mediterranean Sea, around 34°N 21°E (between Libya and Crete, Greece) on June 6, 2002. This explosion, similar in power to a small atomic bomb, has been related to an asteroid undetected while approaching the Earth. The o...
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Delta-Leonid meteor shower
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Delta-Leonid meteor shower peak at 11:00 UT, 25th February, 2012. ZHR=2
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meteor found
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I have a meteor found in so. cal. in the early 70ies. It is magnetic. and pot marked. It weighs aprox. 1.5 lbs. 3.5" long 2.5' w. and is 2.75 h. It was found in the desert on a sand dune Dad said it just didn't belong there. so he put it in the shed and just found it again. If anybody can help me get a value on t...
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Sextantid Meteor Shower
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The Sextanids are active September 29 through October 9. Though, this one is more of a radio/radar shower as it occurs during the daytime with minimal activity. The radiate is in the constellation Sextans. The Sextanid meteor shower was first reported by Weiss (1960), who matched theoretical enve...
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