Meteor/Meteorite News- 27OCT09

Meteoriten-Scherz wird teuer

20minuten - Zürich,Switzerland
Der medienwirksame PR-Aktion einer lettischen Telefongesellschaft über einen angeblichen Meteoriten-Einschlag findet die Regierung des baltischen Landes gar ...

Krater wykopano w pobliżu miasta Mazsalaca na północy Łotwy , Ints Kalnins , Reuters

Drogi dowcip z meteorytem

eFakt.pl - Poland
Operator sieci komórkowej Tele2 wymyślił akcję z meteorytem na Łotwie. Teraz drogo za to zapłaci Akcja, która miała być genialną reklamą, ...





Blast in Bone a result of falling meteorite: Experts

Jakarta Post
Lapan expert Thomas Djamaluddin said the meteorite struck the atmosphere at a speed of 20.3 kilometers per second, causing a major blast that equaled an ...

Meteorit: Lettischer Mobilfunker Tele 2 wird Strafe zahlen

Baltische Rundschau - Vilnius,Lithuania
Kein Meteorit bzw. kein Teil eines Erdsatelliten sei entdeckt worden. “Diese ganze Geschichte hat sich als eine Ente erwiesen. Der 'Meteorit' ist eine ...

Meteorit entlastet russische Kampfjets in Indonesien

RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
Wie ein Sprecher der indonesischen Raumfahrtbehörde am Dienstag erklärte, war ein Meteorit mit zehn Metern Durchmesser am 8. ...

Smuggler carried snakes in clothes

Herald.ie
A meteorite-like crater found in northern Latvia is probably man-made and a hoax, experts said. The nine-meter wide and three-meter deep crater wasn't ...

Είδηση «μαϊμού» ο μετεωρίτης στη Λετονία

Ελευθεροτυπία - Greece
Η λετονική εταιρεία κινητής τηλεφωνίας Tele2 παραδέχθηκε το απόγευμα της Δευτέρας ότι σκηνοθέτησε για διαφημιστικούς σκοπούς την «πτώση μετεωρίτη» σε χωριό ...

Harri Koposen telekonserni pudotti meteoriitin Latviassa

Digitoday - Finland
27.10.2009 10:10 Ruotsalainen telekonserni myönsi olevansa Latviassa kohua herättäneen meteoriitti-iskun takana. Meteoriitti oli osa Tele2:n mainoskampanjaa ...

Lettland: Meteorit von Mobilfunkfirma inszenierter Gag

russland-aktuell.ru - Moscow,Russia
Der angeblich auf einem Feld in der lettischen Provinz eingeschlagene Meteorit war ein Gag einer Mobilfunkfirma. Janis Sprogis, der Marketing-Chef von ...

Experts diuen que la caiguda del meteorit va ser un engany

Diari de Girona - Girona,Girona,Spain
Geòlegs van confirmar ahir que la suposada caiguda d'un meteorit d'abans-d'ahir a la nit en una granja de Letònia va ser un ?engany escenificat per persones ...

Meteorite is a flash in the pan

Independent Online
Riga - A remote field in northern Latvia briefly became the site of a media feeding frenzy on Monday after local media reported a meteor strike on Sunday ...

Baltic 'meteorite' a flaming hoax

USA Today
In a nationalistic publicity stunt to "inspire Latvia" to be all it can be, telephone company Tele2 staged a phony meteorite impact near the near the ...

Meteorite expert Mike Reynolds chats about falling stars

Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy Contributing Editor Mike Reynolds presented a talk at the 2009 Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show about meteorite collecting. ...
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SkyCenter Hosts Special Leonid Meteor Program Nov. 17

University of Arizona News (press release)
(Credit: David Harvey) If you've never experienced a Leonid meteor shower at the 9157-foot summit of Mount Lemmon, here's your chance. ...

Day in pictures

BBC News
Latvian authorities at first suspected a meteorite was the cause of a 15m (49ft) crater which appeared near the northern town of Mazsalaca, but some experts ...

BBC News

The hole was too tidy to have been caused by a meteorite, he said.

BBC News
It would be unusual for such a large meteorite to hit the Earth, as most objects burn up in the atmosphere and never reach the surface. In 2007, a meteorite ...
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RT

Latvian UFO revealed to be PR trick

RT
Fire fighters and police worked at the scene, where the crater was first believed to be the result of a meteor strike. Later the owner of the property ...



Krater na północy Łotwy nie powstał od uderzenia meteorytu

Gazeta Wyborcza - Warszawa,Poland
Ryga (PAP/AP) - Naukowcy badający w rejonie miasta Mazsalaca na północy Łotwy krater, o którym początkowo myślano, że powstał w wyniku upadku meteorytu, ...

Latvian meteoriitti olikin kännykkäoperaattorin julkisuustemppu

YLE - Finland
Maailmanlaajuisesti uutisoitu Latvian meteoriitti on paljastunut kännykkäoperaattorin julkisuustempuksi. Uutistoimistot ja useat tiedotusvälineet ehtivät ...

Day in Photos

Washington Post
Oct. 26: Officials stand next to a 49-foot wide crater near the Latvian town of Mazsalaca, where a suspected meteorite crashed into the earth. ...

Lotyšsko: Kráter po údajnom meteorite je v skutočnosti dielom človeka

DNES.sk - Slovakia
Odborníci skúmajúci neďaleko lotyšsko-estónskych hraníc rozsiahly kráter, o ktorom sa tvrdilo, že ho spôsobil meteorit, dospeli po podrobnejšej analýze k ...

Einschlag von Himmelskörper nur inszeniert

WELT ONLINE - Berlin,Germany
Berichte über den „gewaltigen Meteoriten“ aus dem All hatten zuvor auch international ... Einschläge von Meteoriten sind ausgesprochen selten, in der langen ...

„Gewaltiger Meteorit“ über Lettland nur ein Scherz

Bild.de - Germany
Nachwuchsbands haben die Chance auf einen Auftritt in der RTL-Soap „Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten“. Talente zwischen 18 und 30 Jahren können sich ab sofort ...

Łotwa: Meteoryt czy zwykły dół?

Polskie Radio - Warszawa,Mazowieckie,Poland
Krater, który powstał rzekomo po uderzeniu meteorytu w rejonie miasta Mazsalaca na północy Łotwy, to zwykła dziura wykopana przez człowieka - donoszą media. ...

Experts: Latvian Meteor Crater Probably a Hoax FOXNews That's the question Monday as geologists study a 30-foot wide crater that some claim was caused by a 3-foot meteorite, and others say is just the work of ... See all stories on this topic

Latvian meteorite impact: fake Discover Magazine I have been getting email from people talking about a possible meteorite impact in northern Latvia yesterday. I had a blog post all ready to go saying this ...

BBC News

Doubts over Latvia 'meteor crash'

BBC News
Scientists investigating a large crater in a field in northern Latvia, believed to have been caused by a meteorite, now suspect it was a hoax. ...

Wielki krater = wielka ściema

TVN24 - Warsawa,Poland
Wcześniej sądzono, że krater powstał po tym, jak w ziemię uderzył sporej wielkości meteoryt. W poniedziałek rano łotewscy strażacy poinformowali o tym, ...

Media duped again? Latvia meteor strike likely fake

INDenverTimes.com
Russian blogs claimed this image was taken from a video filmed on a mobile phone just after the meteor crashed to earth In the aftermath of the recent ...

Co to spadlo na Lotyšsko? Vědci zkoumají obří kráter

ČT24 - Czech Republic
Vědci začali pátrat po jeho původu, podle prvního dojmu jde o meteorit. ... Podle odborníků je ale neobvyklé, aby na Zemi dopadl tak velký meteorit. ...