23 September 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 23SEP2011


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Oregon Meteor Fireball ...
I have seen many many meteor showers and odd things in the sky before; this is the topping on the cake for the shows and wonders I have witnessed in the sky! ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../oregon-meteor-fireball...

Fireball Streaks Through SkyKEZI TV
By Kate Renner A fireball streaked across the Oregon sky with sightings in Portland, Bend, Medford and Eugene. It moved through so fast it doesn't look like anyone got a picture of it. "It looked like a giant large blue softball just flying through the 
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Fireball seen over Western Oregon | kgw.com Portland
fireball streaked across the Oregon sky Wednesday evening. Described as blue or green with a small tail, the object appeared shortly after 8 p.m. Reports of ...
www.kgw.com/.../Fireball-reported-over-Oregon-Wednesday-...



Bright Fireball Blazes Across High Desert, Oregon
KTVZ
A bright fireball streaking across the sky Wednesday night was seen by dozens, likely hundreds or more Oregonians as it blazed a west-to-east trail over the Cascades and apparently well out over the Pacific Ocean. But an expert in such matters said it ...



A Falling Satellite Catches the Popular Imagination
New York Times
A dead hulk of a NASA satellite the size of a bus is skimming the top of the atmosphere, and as air molecules bounce off, its orbit is decaying until gravity will finally pull it down as a fiery meteor. To be specific, 26 large pieces of the Upper ...