20 November 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 20NOV2010


Govt to give funds for Lonar, HC told

Times of India - ‎2010年11月18日‎
NAGPUR: Lonar lake, created by meteorite impact about 50 million years ago, is finally getting the attention it deserves. Three petitioners who approached ... (Lonar Impact Crater, India)




EDITORIAL: Itokawa asteroid dust

Asahi Shimbun - ‎22 時間前‎
Analysis has confirmed that the minerals contained in the particles are different from the elements found on Earth in terms of their composition and are ...


Ancient Volcano Holds Clues to Earth's Deeper Mysteries

NewsHour - ‎5 時間前‎
Some say it was an asteroid or meteorite. The more likely theory, Johnson says, is that it was caused by fractures in the earth, created by tectonic ...

Meteorite Crater on Mount Ararat
Armenian Weekly
18, titled “Unrecorded Meteorite Crater Found on Mount Ararat?” The article reveals that two physicists, Vahe Gurzadyan from the Yerevan Physics Institute ...  (unlikely story - poor science)



Leonid showers light up the Midland skies
Birmingham Mail
BIRMINGHAM stargazers are out in force to watch the famous Leonid meteor shower which is lighting up the night skies – when it isn't full of clouds. ...



Brian Marsden, Eminent Astronomer and Comet/Asteroid Tracker, Dies
Cambridge, MA - Dr. Brian Geoffrey Marsden passed away today at the age of 73 following a prolonged illness. He was a Supervisory Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Director Emeritus of the Minor Planet Center. ...



NS fireball likely a meteor 
Kelowna.com
A fireball spotted in the sky above Nova Scotia's South Shore that triggered fears of a plane crash was probably just a meteor, officials say. ... (Halifax Nova Scotia Fireball 18NOV2010)



Reports of 'huge ball of fire' in sky turn out to be meteor shower
TheChronicleHerald.ca
By EVA HOARE and PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Staff Reporters They feared it was a plane crash, but it turned out to be a meteor shower lighting up the night ...
(Halifax Nova Scotia Fireball 18NOV2010 )


Moderate Leonid Meteor Shower Doesn't Disappoint Skywatchers ...
The Leonid meteor shower of 2010 may not have dazzled, but it still caught the eyes of die-hard skywatchers who awoke before dawn today to catch the ...
news.yahoo.com/.../moderateleonidmeteorshowerdoesntdisapp...

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