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Amateur Crimean astronomer discovers new comet in solar system: C2019V1 (Borisov)


RT
Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:08 UTC
New Comet Borisov
© NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Gennady Borisov has been contacted by the International Astronomical Union about his latest discovery.
Not content with leading NASA to detect water from an alien star system on board an interstellar visitor, Crimean amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov has discovered another comet.

The new comet, traveling at roughly 30km per second in the patch of sky between the Lynx and Cancer constellations, marks the ninth stellar object Borisov has discovered. Unlike his previously discovered comet, dubbed 2I/Borisov, this one is a resident of our solar system.

"I discovered a new comet in early November. I have just received a letter from the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union. This is not an interstellar comet. It's an ordinary one, which is a solar system object. It got the name C2019V1 (Borisov). This is a confirmed discovery," Borisov told TASS news agency.
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Fireball

Spectacular meteor fireball caught on camera above St. Louis, Missouri - Event seen from across US Midwest


Sputnik
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:03 UTC
Fireball over St.Louis
© Screenshot/AMS American Meteor Society
Earthcam footage captures the moment in which a fireball streaks across the Missouri nighttime sky near St. Louis' Gateway Arch.
Hundreds of local residents across the US state of Missouri were given front row tickets to a meteor show late Monday after a flaming rock streaked across the nighttime sky.

Local news station KMOV reported that the jaw-dropping meteor was spotted "from Columbia to St. Charles County and into St. Louis County and south St. Louis City," before disappearing into the night over Wellsville.

Reports of a fireball - a bright, slow-moving meteor - began to emerge at roughly 8:45 p.m. local time, with some residents reporting that the flashing rock was accompanied by the sound of a loud boom.

Comment: No, no, no. You CANNOT predict these things.

These are NOT the teensy-weensy flits you see during meteor showers. Those are 'shooting stars'.

These other things are LARGE CHUNCKS OF SPACE ROCK EXPLODING IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

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Fireball 2

Meteor fireball reported over France; seen in Switzerland, Germany


Sott.net
Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:22 UTC
Fireball over Switzerland
© YouTube/AMS/Alexandre M.
On November 6, 2019, the American Meteor Society (AMS) received 14 reports of a fireball over southeastern France. The meteor was also seen in Switzerland and Germany.
Fireball over Switzerland
© AMS
AMS member Alexandre M. caught the event on his dashcam as it flew over Lausanne, Switzerland:

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Fireball

Fireball lights up the skies over St. Louis during Northern Taurid meteor shower

Tom McKay
Gizmodo
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:21 UTC
fireball st louis
Make a wish: Cameras in St. Louis, Missouri caught what appeared to be a meteor falling from the skies on Monday night, KSDL and KMOV reported.

Both stations reported that local residents saw a flash of light and loud noise at about 8:55 p.m. local time (9:55 p.m. ET). Twitter user David Vergel posted footage from an EarthCam aimed at the city's iconic Gateway Arch of the object streaking through the atmosphere, while other locals appear to have picked up the event on home security cameras. The Northern Taurid meteor shower, which is known for brighter-than-usual meteors called fireballs, was expected to peak on Monday night into the early hours of Tuesday with St. Louis just on the eastern edge of the highest visibility region on the map, KSDK reported.
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Fireball 2

They just keep coming: Skyscraper-sized asteroid due to pass Earth this week


RT
Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:52 UTC
Asteroid approaching Earth
© urikyo33 / Pixabay
An asteroid measuring almost the height of New York's Rockefeller Center is due to make a flyby of Earth this week. The good news, however, is that thankfully the rock poses no immediate threat to life on our planet.

Asteroid 2019 UN12 is estimated to measure between 110m-250m (360-820.21ft), or roughly five Statues of Liberty standing on top of each other, and will whizz past the Earth on Wednesday at a whopping 64,467mph.

Thankfully, it will speed by at a relatively safe distance of 892,294 miles (1,436,008km), farther than many of the more recent close asteroid flybys in recent weeks.

Comment: Notice the shift in the article to how useful near earth objects could be. Why isn't more attention being paid to the sheer number of NEOs, along with what should be the alarming increase in the number of "moons" being discovered around Jupiter and Saturn. The outer planets, especially the gas giants are capable of vacuuming up space rocks, but not all of them. We appear to be entering a region of space with a much higher density of cosmic debris. Dangerous times.

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Fireball 2

Bright meteor fireball streaks across the US East Coast


Inside Nova
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:40 UTC
Stock meteor
The American Meteor Society received more than a dozen reports of a bright fireball streaking across the sky along the East Coast Sunday evening.

The meteor was seen about 7:40 p.m. from New York to North Carolina, with several reports from the D.C. area, including Leesburg and Vienna.

The fireball (another term for a very bright meteor), is likely part of the annual Taurid meteor shower, which peaks this week.

Every year from September to November, the Earth passes through a broad stream of debris left by Comet Encke, according to NASA.
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Flash of light, loud boom shakes up Cabarrus County, North Carolina residents

Tina Terry
WSOC-TV
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:48 UTC
Mystery boom in Cabarrus Cty, NC
© WSOC-TV
Residents in Cabarrus County flooded the 911 call center after they said there was a loud boom and bright flash in the sky overnight Friday.

"I didn't see anything," a resident said. "(I) just heard the loud explosion sound and then, we started seeing sirens."

Channel 9's Tina Terry talks to residents about the disruption and asks officials where it came from.

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Mystery bang, flash of light rocks homes in Coventry, England

Laura Hartley
Coventry Telegraph
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:17 UTC
Mystery boom (stock)
© Coventry Telegraph
Social media was rife last night after 'loud bangs', an 'explosion' and a 'massive flash' were seen and heard over the city.

People living across the north of the Coventry were shocked when they heard the loud bangs in the early hours.

Residents in Coundon, Allesley and even in Radford and Keresley were woken and startled by the noise.

Across social media, more than one bang was heard, with people saying it sounded louder than a firework.

One said: "I've just heard a massive bang", while another said "what the hell was that."
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Fireball

Meteor fireball lights up sky in metro Atlanta, Georgia


WSB-TV2
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:39 UTC
Fireball over Atlanta, GA
© WSB-TV2
People in East Cobb witnessed a special sight Wednesday night.

Former Channel 2 reporter and now Cobb County spokesperson Ross Cavitt shared a video of a flash in the sky Wednesday night, from his dashboard camera.

He said it was even more impressive in person.

It was a shooting star. Basically, what that is is a meteor.

"What happens in the atmosphere in space is you have all these space rocks, debris just kind of orbiting around Earth's atmosphere. Then sometimes they get pulled down into the atmosphere,"​Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan said.


Comment: The American Meteor Society received 39 reports of this fireball. It was also seen in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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Fireball 5

Meteor fireball soars over Germany, the Netherlands


Sott.net
Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:57 UTC
Fireball over Germany and the Netherlands
© YouTube/AMS/Stefan F.
On November 4, 2019, the American Meteor Society received 25 reports of a meteor over Germany and the Netherlands. There were two reports of the fireball being seen from northeastern France.

AMS member Stefan F. caught footage of event from Viernheim, Hesse, Germany:

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