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new app helps NASA keep track of

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meteoroids by science at NASA surprising

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but true every day on average more than

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40 tons of meteoroids strike our planet

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most are tiny specks of Comet dust that

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disintegrates harmlessly high up in the

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Earth's atmosphere producing a slow

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drizzle of meteors in the night sky

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bigger chunks of asteroid and comet

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debris yield dozens of nightly fireballs

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around the globe some are large enough

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to pepper the ground with actual

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meteorites with so much stuff zeroing in

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on our planet NASA could use some help

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keeping track of it all enter the meteor

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counter a new iPhone app designed to

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harness the power of citizen scientists

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to keep track of meteoroids using our

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app people from all walks of life can

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contribute to authentic NASA research

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says bill Cooke of NASA's meteoroid

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environment office which sponsored the

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project the data will help us discover

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new meteor showers pinpoint comet debris

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streams and map the distribution of

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meteoroids around Earth's orbit whenever

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you go outside for a bit of stargazing

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take your iPhone iPad or iPod touch with

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you advises cook start the meteor

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counter lie down in a safe dark place

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and be alert for shooting stars the

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meteor counter operates using an

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intuitive piano key interface every time

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you see a meteor simply tap the key

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corresponding to its brightness keys on

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the Left correspond to dim meteors

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barely visible to the naked eye he's on

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the right denote jaw-dropping fireballs

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the kind you never forget with each key

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tap the meteor counter records critical

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data such as the time you saw the meteor

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the meteors magnitude and your location

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you can even turn on an optional voice

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recorder to capture your own description

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of events experts could comment on the

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trajectory and radiant to the meteor

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while novices might prefer to simply

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shout out wow afterward these data are

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automatically uploaded to NASA

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researchers for analysis the meteor

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counter is designed for all kinds of

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observers

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from experts with experience in science

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grade meteor observations to first time

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sky watchers who might never have seen a

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meteor before the beauty of our app is

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that it gradually transforms novices

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into experts as cook as an observer

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gains experience we wait their data

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accordingly in our analyses the meteor

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counter also acts as a meteor shower

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alert when an own shower is in the

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offing the app pops up a reminder for

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observers a newsfeed and events calendar

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is routinely updated by professional

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scientists to keep users informed the

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latest meteor happenings cook encourages

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citizen scientists everywhere to try it

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out the app is available free of charge

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in Apple's App Store he says just search

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for meteor counter and let the observing

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begin for more information about citizen

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science and how you can get involved in