16 November 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- 15NOV09

Examiner.com
Leonid meteor shower 2009 (video, photo slideshow)

Examiner.com
Astronomer observes the night sky for Leonids meteor shower near the village of Avren east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. ...


Ex-fishing buddy charged with stealing rare space rock from Sequim man

Peninsula Daily
Michael Pimentel holds a slice of rare imilac pallasite meteorite up to the light in his Dungeness area home on Saturday. The slice is part of a larger ...
An eye on the sky, one on the ground

Denver Post
By Christopher Cokinos Meteorite expert Harvey Nininger. (Courtesy of the American Meteorite Laboratory Photo Collection, Collections Research for Museums, ...
Ten apocalyptic theories on 'The End of the World' on December 21, 2012

Momento 24
“ * Donald Yeomans, director of the NEO Program, NASA – Impact of a meteorite, “In a very large time scales, the risk of dying as a result of the impact of ...

Examiner.com
Leonid Meteor Showers from November 13-20, 2009

Examiner.com
AP Photo/Kevin Clifford The 2009 Leonid meteor shower can be seen from November 13-20, and for United States watchers the most Leonid meteor shower activity ...

Meteor Shower: The Leonid meteor shower of 2009 [video included]

Examiner.com
Space.com reports that the Leonid Meteor shower of 2009 to peak early on Tuesday morning on November the 17th and is said to be going to offer a better than ...


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Leonid Meteor Shower 2009

Examiner.com
This year's Leonid Meteor shower is expected to peak on Tuesday, November 17th. The shower is expected to be small, but should produce a sprinkling of ...


Houston Chronicle
Vatican's eye on the heavens

Houston Chronicle
By ERIC BERGER Brother Guy Consolmagno, the curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory, will give a free public lecture at 7:30 pm Thursday at the ...


Meteor shower set to sparkle

Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Unabated by the brightness of a full moon, a major meteor shower has sky watchers excited to see as many as 30 shooting stars an hour over the Americas ...

Stargazers take note: meteor shower on Tuesday

Daily Comet
By Nikki Buskey The annual Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak about 3 am Tuesday morning, said Ken Stage, a local astronomy buff and curator of the ...

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