05 June 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04JUN2013

Perseid meteor shower set to put on a great show - Astronomy ...
August's top attraction is 2013's best meteor shower, the Perseids, which peaks under Moon-free skies before dawn August 12.
www.astronomy.com/News.../News/.../Perseids%202013.aspx

Meteor Impacts of North America | Visual.ly
This is simply a revisualization of Dr. David Rajmon's Global Impact Crater GIS project. If you wish to lean more about Dr. Rajmon's work please visit.
visual.ly/meteor-impacts-north-america

Meteor Crater « Geology Field Course
The Meteor Crater at Winslow is located near the highest point in AZ. which is San Francisco Peak. The crater was created in the Pleistocene period about 2.5 ...
geologyfieldcourse.eduweb20.com/2013/05/27/meteor-crator/

meteorobs : Message: (meteorobs) Nice meteor in NJ - Groups - Yahoo!
I was viewing from Riker Hill in Livingston, NJ. The meteor came straight down towards the north west horizon. It was like a tear drop slowly falling down the sky.
groups.yahoo.com/group/meteorobs/message/42602

Highlights From Naveen Jain's Meteorite Collection
Tue, 04 Jun, 2013 07:07 AM PDT
A look at one of the most valuable private meteoritecollections in the world.
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Solving a 3.5 billion-year-old mystery: Team determines life-producing phosphorus was carried to Earth by meteorite
Tue, 04 Jun, 2013 06:08 AM PDT
(Phys.org) —Scientists may not know for certain whether life exists in outer space, but new research from a team of scientists led by a University of South Florida astrobiologist now shows that one key element that produced life on Earth was carried here on meteorites.
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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Friday Night's Meteor | Video ...
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Friday Night's Meteor. WUSA9 Photojournalist got video of a meteor ...
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Did A Meteor Bring The Bling To Ancient Egyptian? | Video | Space ...
New research on a bead from a burial ground in Egypt finds that it dates back to ~ 3350 BC (prior to the Egyptian iron age) and is rich in nickel, indicating a ...
www.space.com/21402-ancient-egyptians-might-have-worn-m...

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