Posted on 07/31/2015 8:21:24 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
Iran has confirmed that a meteor has hit somewhere in the northern part of the country.
The meteor landed in Avaj in the province of Qazvin, Mohammad Ali Ahani, director of Qazvin Crisis Management Staff said, Mehr news agency reported July 31.
Also, there have been reports that some pieces of rock have hit areas in Eshtehard, Alborz Province, Arsalan Qasemi, governor of Boeen Zahra, county in Qazvin Province, said.
Another local governor of Takestan County, Qazvin Province, said that the area witnessed the passing of the meteor, but nowhere in the district under his supervision had been hit.
Hehehe,,the Almighty is knocking on Iran’s door...hehehehe
It’s just God doing the zotting that Obama won’t do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolide
BOLIDE
A bolide is an extremely bright meteor that often explodes in the atmosphere. In astronomy, it refers to a fireball approximately as bright as the full moon, and it is generally considered a synonym of a fireball. In geology a bolide is a very large impactor.
One definition describes a bolide as a fireball reaching an apparent magnitude of -14 or brighter, which is brighter than the full moon.[2] Another definition describes a bolide as any generic large crater-forming impacting body whose composition (for example, whether it is a rocky or metallic asteroid, or an icy comet) is unknown.
SUPERBOLIDE
A superbolide is a bolide which reaches an apparent magnitude of -17 or brighter.[2][4] Recent examples of superbolides are the Sutter’s Mill meteorite and the Chelyabinsk meteor.
They’ll find it and build a mosque on it and proclaim it a holy site.
Andromeda Strain may be on the loose. It should mutate into a harmless virus before it gets outside Iran. Meanwhile???
“Hehehe,,the Almighty is knocking on Iran’s door...hehehehe”
I’m thinking a claim for a new Mecca.
Knocked out four goats, a dozen clay pots, and one mud hut.
Bibi has been doing interesting WMD experiments, and sending an appropriate message? He he he
Related...
Great ball of fire! Incredible footage captures bright green meteor with an orange trail soaring across the sky over Buenos Aires
31JUL2015
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3181462/Great-ball-fire-Incredible-footage-captures-bright-green-meteor-orange-trail-soaring-sky-Buenos-Aires.html
It’s probably related to the Delta Aquarid meteor shower going on right now.
Delta Aquarid meteor shower: Watch spectacular shooting stars live online
26JUL2015
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/delta-aquarid-meteor-shower-watch-spectacular-shooting-stars-live-online-1512443
The Delta Aquarid meteor shower is set to peak next week (28-31 July 2015), lighting up the night sky with a display of shooting stars.
For those wishing to see the meteor shower from the comfort of their own home, the Slooh Community Observatory is set to host a live stream from various sites around the world. The shower is due to peak on 28 July, with a maximum hourly rate of 10 to 12 meteors. Occasionally, between 15 and 20 meteors are expected to be seen an hour.
All skywatchers should be able to see the display, although the event favours observers in the Southern Hemisphere and southerly latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
The meteors appear to radiate from a point near the Delta Aquarii star in the constellation Aquarius. Because of their angle into the atmosphere, the meteors leave long trails, which differentiates them from other meteors.
The Delta Aquarids are believed to originate from the comet 96P/Machholz. But while the short-period comet was only discovered in 1986, the shower has been observed since at least the 1870s. It is still, however, a bit of a mystery as to how the Delta Aquarids came about.
According to Slooh, a waxing gibbous moon will be out until after midnight, so the best time to try and spot the shower is a few hours before dawn.
To maximise your chances of spotting the shower, find an area with little light pollution and lie flat on your back for the best view of the sky. You can find a dark area using our guide.
A meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through the path of a comet. The particles of comet debris disintegrate and burn up as they collide with our planet’s atmosphere. The pieces of debris that enter the Earth’s atmosphere are called meteors.
In Arizona and Nevada we used to sit out in the back yard and view the Milky Way and meteor showers. Here in Oregon the sky is seldom so viewable. Tonight the smoke from several wildfires obstructs any viewing.
The next meteor shower will be the Perseids which peaks between 9-13AUG2015.
http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/perseid.html
When Can I See the Perseids?
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the brighter meteor showers of the year, occur every year between July 17 and August 24. The shower tends to peak around August 9-13.
The best time to view the Perseids, or most other meteor showers is when the sky is the darkest. Most astronomers suggest that depending on the Moon’s phase, the best time to view meteor showers is right before dawn.
Outta be worth $200 up to the college!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN0ucCc8TfA
just don’t break it...
Understand about meteor showers. Astronomy geek. I was just ‘speculating’ :)
Is that a young Stephen King???
This is a golden opportunity to nuke Mecca and say it was a small asteroid.
God firing a warning shot.
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