Meteor/Meteorite News- 19OCT09

Mammoet stierf niet uit door buitenaardse inslag

Het Laatste Nieuws - Belgium
Dat de inslag van een meteoriet 12.900 jaar geleden de aarde zo ernstig deed afkoelen dat onder meer de mammoet en reuzenwolf uitstierven, ...

На Марсе найдено месторождение метеоритов

ГАЗЕТА.GZT.ru - Москва,Russia
Марсоход Opportunity нашел на Марсе очередной метеорит. Причем это уже третья находка за последние несколько месяцев работы робота – ученые считают, ...

Оpportunity нашел на Марсе < метеоритную долину >

Оpportunity нашел на Марсе «метеоритную долину»

СЕГОДНЯ - Киев,Ukraine
Новый метеорит получил наименование Mackinac (в честь острова Макино на озере Гурон). ... Размер этого метеорита составляет около 47 сантиметров. ...

Daily Mail

Indian mega meteor may have wiped out dinosaurs

Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter The dinosaurs may have been wiped out by a meteor four times bigger than the one previously thought to have caused their extinction. ...

We're all doomed in 2012! (Or not)

The Huntsville Times - al.com
This alignment supposedly would set off a series of storms, meteor showers and tsunamis that would doom us all. However, it appears that Western culture's ...

Space Daily

Opportunity Finished With 'Shelter Island'

Space Daily
by Staff Writers Opportunity completed its survey of the meteorite called "Shelter Island". On Sol 2029 (Oct. 8, 2009), the rover completed the in-situ ...

Метеорит Mackinac . Фото NASA / JPL / Stuart Atkinson

Метеорит Mackinac. Фото NASA/JPL/Stuart Atkinson

Lenta.ru - Москва,Russia
Марсоход Opportunity нашел на Марсе третий метеорит за три месяца. Исследователи полагают, что аппарат наткнулся на своего рода "метеоритную долину" ...


Second meteorite found near site of first space rock

Hamilton Spectator
Scientists have discovered a second golf ball-sized meteorite in the western part of this town, and say there could be many more pieces of a Sept. ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Dinosaurs 'could have been wiped out by 25 mile wide meteor'

Telegraph.co.uk
Dinosaurs may have been wiped out by a massive 25 mile wide meteor - four times bigger than the asteroid previously though to be behind their extinction. ...
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Hundreds in Netherlands and Germany see 'exploding fireball' in sky

DailyIndia.com
... disintegrated shortly after hitting Earth's atmosphere, according to experts, who speculate that pieces of the meteor may have landed in the North Sea. ...

Meteorite smashes windshield
SpaceDaily Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:10 PM PDT
by Staff Writers Grimsby, Ontario (UPI) Oct 17, 2009 An Ontario man thought vandals had smashed his mother's car windshield with rocks but it turned out the rocks came from a meteorite, officials in Canada said.

Opportunity Discovers Still Another Meteorite! Find It on Google Mars Universe Today Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:28 PM PDT Mackinac on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/ colorization by Stuart Atkinson Opportunity must be driving down Meteorite Alley on Mars. The rover has come across still another meteorite, the third space rock it has found the past few months, and fourth overall since 2005. This one is called Mackinac, which continues the "island" theme by [...]

Meteorite From September 25 Fireball Recovered
redOrbit Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:06 AM PDT
Image Caption: Composite all-sky camera image of the end of the fireball as seen from Hamilton (Camera #3, McMaster). Available below are movies of the event as seen by several of the SOMN cameras, as well as animations of the object's arrival at Earth.

Opportunity Discovers Still Another Meteorite! Find It on Google Mars

Universe Today
Opportunity must be driving down Meteorite Alley on Mars. The rover has come across still another meteorite, the third space rock it has found the past few ...

HULIQ

Orionid Meteor shower to dazzle viewers Wednesday Oct 21st

HULIQ
There will be unusually good conditions for viewing the Orionid meteor shower this Wednesday night because of a lack of competing light from the moon. ...
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Did Mumbai Meteor kill the dinosaurs?

Pune Mirror
By Mumbai Mirror Bureau Imagine a meteorite more than 40 kilometres wide hurtling toward Earth at 58000 kilometres per hour. The impact would create mass ...

Examiner.com

Orionid meteor showers October 2009

Examiner.com
Stargazers are looking up, searching the skies for this month's Orionid meteor showers. Occurring from October 17th through October 25th, the showers will ...
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Ontario Now

Meteorite Hits Family SUV In Ontario

Ontario Now
“Who thinks a meteorite is going to crash-land on your car?” However, the stone was very unusual in it's immense density and odd coloring, prompting the ...