29JAN2010

Smashes Through Roof of Doctor's Office (video)
www.universetoday.com A meteorite came through the roof of a doctor's office in Lorton, Virginia, USA. No one was hurt, but a hole was punched ...

Possible fireball sighted in night sky
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
But while no fiery jetliner ever touched down at Gallatin Field airport, a white fireball, a type of meteor, was reported over Torrance, Calif., ...

Ownership battle brews over Virginia meteorite
Washington Post By Neely Tucker
Today's episode of Everybody's Favorite Meteorite brings the nation disturbing news: That spunky bit of chondrite that plummeted into a ...

Putting the moon in the state's orbit
Los Angeles Times
... and meteorite impacts; a laser-reflection device to make precise distance measurements between Earth and the moon; a US flag and commemorative plaque. ...

Searching for Cadmium in the Ocean: Marine Scientists Investigate Micro ...
Science Daily (press release)
Martin Frank from the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences in Kiel, Germany, the German research vessel METEOR will embark for one of the first expeditions ...

Biggest Full Moon of the Year
FULL MOON AND MARS: Friday night's full Moon is the biggest and brightest full Moon of the year. It's a "perigee Moon," as much as 14% wider and 30% brighter than other full Moons you'll see later in 2010. But that's not all. Mars is having a close encounter with Earth, and on Friday night, Jan. 29th, it will join the Moon for an all-night-long conjunction. Don't miss it! Sky maps and images may be found at http://spaceweather.com/ ...


Fireball Triangulaiton Network newly established in Northern California.
A formal multi-station Fireball Tracking & Triangulating Network with graphics has been newly established by Prof. Dave Kenyon of Sierra College, Rocklin, Calif.Professor Kenyon's website will offer unusual graphic details of recent events which may be of interest to the Professional Community. Typical graphics are shown.Prof. Kenyons website is:
http://astronomy.sierracollege.edu/Department/MeteorCamera/MeteorCamera.htm
YCSentinel

See meteors, Moon and more at annual open house
Arizona State University9 am –
Center for Meteorite Studies, located in Bateman Physical Sciences Center C wing, room 139. Touch a meteorite, and see ASU's renowned collection. ...

January 28th: A Series of Spectacular Events
By kortney.hogan Description: Colm Ryan talks about some key moments during the last 10 years: a spectacular auroral display, an intense meteor storm and strange moving lights in the sky, that convey to him the wonder and delight of amateur astronomy. ...
365 Days of Astronomy - http://365daysofastronomy.org/