16 October 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- 16OCT09

Nan at Night by Nancy Hoyt

Sierra Mountain Times
-Tuesday the 20th: The Orionid meteor show lights up the skies the next night or two. There is no moon to get in the way, so this should be a good year for ...

Vermeintlicher Einschlagsort Shiva - Bassin : " Wenn wir richtig liegen , ist das der größte bekannte Krater unseres Planeten . "
Massentod-Debatte Meteoritentreffer vor Indien soll Dinosaurier ...

Spiegel Online - Hamburg,national,Germany
Doch in den vergangenen Jahren waren immer mehr Zweifel daran aufgekommen, ob dieser Meteorit tatsächlich für das Ende der Saurier verantwortlich war - oder ...






Small meteorite broke windshield of SUV

Hamilton Spectator
Scientists say a golf ball-sized rock that smashed through the windshield of an SUV is a meteorite, possibly from a spectacular fireball that streaked ...

Weird news/Good news briefs

24 Hours Vancouver
METEORITE FOUND The Grimsby, Ont. meteorite has been found. But the space race is far from over, said Phil McCausland, an astrophysicist at the University ...

Observing podcast: Orionid meteor shower, open cluster NGC 7789, and the ...

Astronomy Magazine
October 16-23, 2009, the Orionid meteor shower makes a great event for beginning observers, while open cluster NGC 7789 and the Bubble Nebula provide nice ...

Geology Museum celebrates new meteorite exhibit
Anderson Independent-Mail Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:01 PM PDT
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY â In celebration of Earth Science Week, the Bob Campbell Geology Museum will host an open house from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday with tours of the museum at Clemson University and family activities to learn more about the earth. All the activities are free. A new exhibit opens Sunday featuring meteorites from around South Carolina with explanations of how these space objects ...

Meteor hunters hit paydirt
Hamilton Spectator Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:55 AM PDT
GRIMSBY â Scientists believe a golf ball-sized rock found in Grimsby is a meteorite from a spectacular fireball that streaked through the skies above Hamilton three weeks ago.

Grimsby meteorite found
St. Catharines Standard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:26 AM PDT
The Grimsby space rock has been found. A fragment of meteorite the size of a golf ball smashed in the windshield of a Grimsby family's sport utility vehicle on Sept. 25, according to a media release from the University of Western Ontario.[...]

Far out! Meteorite found in Grimsby
St. Catharines Standard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:55 AM PDT
The Grimsby meteorite has been found. But the space race is far from over, said Phil McCausland, an astrophysicist at the University of Western Ontario.[...]

Geology Museum celebrates new meteorite exhibit

Anderson Independent Mail
A new exhibit opens Sunday featuring meteorites from around South Carolina with explanations of how these space objects originate and how to spot them in ...

“Wild Things” isn't just child play — Children's book takes a more ominous turn

Osceola News-Gazette
At school, his science teacher talks about global warming, pollution, the possibility of a mass extinction meteor and lots of other “end of the world as we ...

Western astronomers locate meteor

Western News
By Communications Staff A golf ball-sized fragment of the meteorite that lit up the skies of southern Ontario three weeks ago has been recovered in Grimsby, ...

Grimsby meteorite found

St. Catharines Standard
A fragment of meteorite the size of a golf ball smashed in the windshield of a Grimsby family's sport utility vehicle on Sept. ...

Going the full 15 rounds

Estherville Daily News
Chamber Executive Director Dusty Embree was ecstatic about the chamber's acquisition of a portion of the Estherville meteorite. ...



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