January 3, 2007: Another meteor shower, another bunch of lunar impacts...

A day late and a shower short - once again I don't know what hit us or the
Moon.

Just bits of rock out there waiting for us to plow through the debris.
If they aren't hitting us we are hitting them.
- LRK -

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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03jan_lunargeminids.htm
January 3, 2007: Another meteor shower, another bunch of lunar impacts...

"On Dec. 14, 2006, we observed at least five Geminid meteors hitting the
Moon," reports Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in
Huntsville, AL. Each impact caused an explosion ranging in power from 50 to
125 lbs of TNT and a flash of light as bright as a 7th-to-9th magnitude
star.

The explosions occurred while Earth and Moon were passing through a cloud of
debris following near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon. This happens every year
in mid-December and gives rise to the annual Geminid meteor shower: Streaks
of light fly across the sky as rocky chips of Phaethon hit Earth's
atmosphere. It's a beautiful display.

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While watching the news this morning they showed a video of streaks in the
sky from meteors or space debris.  Impressive.  No holes in my roof, so no
worry.  They seldom hit you unless it is your car parked out front.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021118.html
- LRK -

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http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=4210
Look northeast to catch falling star tonight
Article published on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
By SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN
Mirror Writer

Clear skies are expected over Kodiak tonight. That's good news for
stargazers as Earth's orbit is in the midst of an annual crossing of a band
of rock, ice and dust known as the Quadrantid meteors.

Quadrantids put on a notoriously short show, one most astronomers say peaks
with just about four to six hours of action.

"Meteor showers are actually bands of debris that orbit the sun," Denver,
Colo. astronomer Larry Sessions said, "In the case of the Quadrantids, we
pass through on a perpendicular path."

Sessions' prediction for the peak viewing time falls at 4 p.m. Alaska
Standard Time. Kodiakans could catch the tail end of the Quadrantids' peak
over two to three hours following tonight's 4:37 sunset. Stargazers should
look northeast for a chance to see the show.

Local resident Carolyn Heitman reported two meteors sighted early Tuesday
morning. Heitman said she awoke at about 4:30 and got out of bed for a glass
of water, eventually deciding on water, chocolate and a bit of stargazing.

She saw two distinct streaks across the sky bright enough to be visible even
with city lights and the full moon.

"Of course they were passing over Earth, but they were in that area where it
looked like they were passing right over Pillar Mountain," Heitman said.

Sessions said it's possible, but not likely, that Heitman saw the first of
the Quadrantids arriving.
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WHAT, ME WORRY, WHAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT CAN'T HURT ME --- RIGHT!

What I don't know about, can't hurt me, hurt me.

Here we have a cushion of air to help slow the missiles.  Best prepare for
an exciting time on the Moon or your orbiting home away from home.  Would
help to know what is out there and a personal force field might be nice too.

And GOOGLE says to [meteor protection force field] ---
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http://www.buddhistinformation.com/a_protective_force_field_emitted.htm

http://quest.nasa.gov/lunar/outpostchallenge/prelim/jamison.html

http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/meteor.html

http://www.kitsune.addr.com/Rifts/Rifts-PW-Vehicles/Elven_Celebrimbor_Cruiser.htm

http://www.dcmstarships.com/site%20map.html

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Hmmmm. Need to work on that force field.  Looks like there would be a good market
for one.
- LRK -

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=meteor+shower+denver&ie=UTF-8
Key words search - meteor shower Denver -
- LRK -
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http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_004101829.html
Meteor Shower Or Space Junk Fly Across Denver Sky
cbs4denver.com, CO - 1 hour ago
(CBS4) DENVER Brilliant streaks of light raced across the sky over Denver
Thursday morning as either a meteor shower or space junk entered the Earth's
...

http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1961501&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
Watch Spectacular Video of A Meteor Shower
My Fox Colorado.com, CO - 2 hours ago
DENVER -- Here is something you do not get to see everyday. Absolutely
amazing video of a meteor shower in the predawn sky. ...
Spectacular Video of A Meteor My Fox Colorado.com
all 3 news articles >

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5256178,00.html
Meteors light up morning sky, or was it something else?
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 50 minutes ago
Chris Peterson, an astronomer and research associate with the Denver Museum
of Nature and Science, told CBS 4 News the event was most likely a meteor
shower.
Bright meteor a sight for Coloradans The Coloradoan
all 2 news articles >
Look northeast to catch falling star tonight
Kodiak Daily Mirror, AK - 16 hours ago
The Quadrantid shower is one of the strongest meteor showers of the year,
producing between 50 and 120 meteors per hour. One report from 1909 recorded
200 ...

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http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-impact/
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IMPACT ALERT 4 JANUARY 2007
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Go to:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03jan_lunargeminids.htm
for more details (I am stressing this part: "Soon,
they plan to release software that will help amateur
astronomers see these explosions for themselves")

The next earthshine campaign runs from January 9 to
16, and any interested parties are encouraged to
participate on at least one or two of these mornings
(yes...they are predawn). I will probably only have
time for a handful myself, but if we can get many
doing a night or two, we can easily cover the
interval...

So far 5 lunar geminid impacts have been reported. I
have not yet checked my videotape from the morning of
the 14th and may not have a chance until after I
return from the American Astronomical Society /
American Association of Physics Teachers conference in
Seattle, Washington 5 to 10 January.

What follows are the times of impact from lunar
Geminids, each occurring on 14 December. The number in
parenthesis after the UT is the magnitude of the
impact candidate. 8:12:40 (TBD), 8:50:36 (8.5),
8:56:43 (TBD), 9:03:33 (TBD), 10:56:42 (8.7), 11:28:08
(7.5). If you happened to have videotaped the moon
during the Geminid run, please check your tapes...I
was videotaping during part of this time.

Cheers...Brian Cudnik

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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#0701
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# Jan 01 -Hot[Dec 28] International Lunar Decade Begins
# Jan 01 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC 6388-00675-1 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
# Jan 01 - Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (0.380 AU)
# Jan 02 - Comet P/2006 HR30 (Siding Spring) Perihelion (1.226 AU)
# Jan 02 - Asteroid 2006 UQ17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
# Jan 02 - Asteroid 2006 YD12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
# Jan 03 -Updated[Jan 02] Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/301206_happy_perihelion.html
# Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/quadrantids.html
# Jan 03-06 - Chapman Conference on Mid-latitude Ionospheric Dynamics and
Disturbances, Yosemite National Park, California
http://www.agu.org/meetings/cc07acall.html
# Jan 04 - Comet C/2005 EL173 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.310 AU)
# Jan 04 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 4972-00313-1 (10.6 Magnitude Star)
# Jan 04 - Asteroid 2001 YE4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
# Jan 04 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (1.662 AU)
# Jan 04 - Wilhelm Beer's 210th Birthday (1797)
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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