18 September 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- 18SEP09

Un meteorito basáltico replantea el origen de estas rocas

EL LIBREPENSADOR - Zaragoza,Aragón,Spain
Un equipo internacional de científicos ha confirmado que el meteorito basáltico Bunburra Rockhole, que cayó en Australia en 2007, presenta una trayectoria y ...

Nullarbor fireball cameras find rare meteorite

Insciences Organisation
Meteorites discovered with known orbits are incredibly rare, so the achievement is a remarkable breakthrough in planetary science. ...

Recovered meteorite points to an unusual origin

Scientific American
By John Matson in 60-Second Science Blog Meteorites can reveal a lot about the composition and formation of their parent bodies, but such postcards from ...

Researchers make rare meteorite find using new camera network in ...

PhysOrg.com
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered an unusual kind of meteorite in the Western Australian desert and have uncovered where in the Solar System it ...

Pope holds meteorite during visit to Vatican astronomers' headquarters

Catholic News Service
In order to prevent contamination, the pope used a white handkerchief to hold the specimen, which, according to Father Coyne, was the Nakhla meteorite -- a ...

Meteorite hit
BBC News Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:53 AM PDT
60th anniversary of striking of Beddgelert hotel


Rare meteorite find in Australian outback

ABC Science Online
Scientists have discovered a rare kind of meteorite in outback Western Australia, which could hold clues about the origin of our solar system. ...

火星陨石坑地面龟裂痕迹暗示或曾有湖泊存在

六安新闻网 - Liu'an,Anhui,China
NASA火星勘测轨道飞行器拍摄到的照片显示,数百个陨石坑表面布满了巨大的多边形裂痕。多年前科学家们就曾注意过这个现象,但是当时推测,这些裂痕是由陨石坑表面的热胀 ...

火星陨石坑地面龟裂痕迹暗示或曾有湖泊存在

网易 - Beijing,China
据国外媒体报道,NASA火星勘测轨道飞行器拍摄到的照片显示,陨石坑内的龟裂痕迹可能是干涸湖泊。本周二,在德国波茨坦举行的欧洲行星科学大会上,艾尔·玛丽公开发表了 ...

La procedencia de un meteorito, un misterio para los científicos

ABC.es - Madrid,Madrid,Spain
Un meteorito hallado en el desierto de Australia trae de cabeza a Watching the sky from a “fireball observatory” in the desert of Australia, researchers say ...

Soyuz rocket launches Russian weather satellite

Spaceflight Now
The mission's primary payload was the Meteor M1 weather satellite, a new Russian observatory designed to monitor the Earth's climate from its perch in polar ...

Russia launches Soyuz rocket with Meteor-M weather satellite

RIA Novosti
The launch of the Meteor-M satellite and five mini-satellites had been delayed twice for weather and technical reasons. Meteor-M weighs about 2700 kilograms ...

Space Hand-Me-Downs

Astrobiology Magazine
Molecules vital to life have been detected in outer space and isolated in meteorites and comets. Some of this material that rained down on Earth may have ...

Readers Write for Thursday, Sept. 17

Minneapolis Star Tribune
... improbabilities (extra-terrestrial aliens), and well-founded science (global climate change and the long-term risk of a catastrophic meteor impact). ...

Sumbandila rocket looking good to go

Creamer Media's Engineering News
The primary payload on the rocket is a Russian Meteor M weather satellite, the first of a new generation of Russian meteorological satellites, equipped with ...

Exotischer Meteorit in der Kamerafalle

scienceticker.info - Germany
Astronomen ist in der australischen Wüste ein außergewöhnlicher Meteorit in die Falle gegangen. Mit einer Reihe von Kameras während seines Falls beobachtet, ...


Más de 10.000 personas vieron los 'Meteoritos' del museo minero

La Crónica de León - León,León,Spain
El Museo de la Siderurgia y la Minería de Castilla y León, con sede en Sabero, finalizó el pasado domingo la exposición temporal 'Meteoritos', cuyo balance ...

Pope tours new Vatican Observatory headquarters

Catholic Culture
The offices of the Vatican Observatory at Castel Gandolfo house an important library and a collection of meteorite samples. The Observatory also operates a ...

New Reality Show Filming in Odessa

NewsWest9.com
"Odessa is one of two meteorites in the Country. One is in Arizona. It seems like a logical place for 'Meteorite Men' to come," Meteor Expert, ...


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