Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News- 28AUG09

Fiery' meteor sighted

Stuff.co.nz
By SHAHRA WALSH - The Press A fiery meteor blazed a trail through the skies this morning, with sightings reported from Christchurch to Rotorua. ...

Meteor lights up NZ sky

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:01a.m. If you thought you were experiencing a Close Encounters moment this morning, the bright light in the sky was not aliens - it was a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere.

Residents of cities as far apart as Rotorua and Christchurch saw the display. ... (more)
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'Moon rock' in Dutch museum is just petrified wood

By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press Writer Toby Sterling, Associated Press Writer – Thu Aug 27, 11:35 am ET

AMSTERDAM – It's not green cheese, but it might as well be.

The Dutch national museum said Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by U.S. astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.

Rijksmuseum spokeswoman Xandra van Gelder, who oversaw the investigation that proved the piece was a fake, said the museum will keep it anyway as a curiosity. ... http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20090827/4a9612d0_3426_1335020090827-1890578962

Providence Journal

Block Island surfaces on Mars

Providence Journal
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. The largest meteorite ever found on Mars, discovered by the Mars Rover Opportunity, has been dubbed Block Island. ...



EarthSky: Look for Sporadic Meteors any Clear Evening

Berthoud Recorder
There is so much you can observe in the sky even without a telescope, and of course meteors –– also called shooting stars –– are high on the list. ...

Meteors put on impressive show

NZ City
A witness says she saw a meteor land near South Eyre Rd in North Canterbury at around 6am. She initially thought the bright light was a flare but changed ...