04 June 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 4JUN2010

Jupiter Impact Event Caught on Video
Space Weather News for June 3, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

SOMETHING HAS JUST HIT JUPITER: Veteran amateur astronomers Anthony Wesley of Australia and Christopher Go of the Philippines have independently observed an impact event on Jupiter. The strike occurred at 20:31 UT on June 3rd and produced a bright flash of light in the giant planet's cloudtops. Visit http://spaceweather.com
for images and video.

Jupiter impact - June 03, 2010

The full report is at http://www.iceinspace.com.au/70-592-0-0-1-0.html

with more discussion at:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=61965

(and readers of German can go to for more links on Wesley's role in Jupiter monitoring).
http://skyweek.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/hat-anthony-wesley-einen-einschlagsblitz-auf-dem-jupiter-aufgenommen


A fireball impact has been imaged within the last two hours on Jupiter by Anthony Wesley in Australia.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=77409


See: http://jupiter.samba.org/
for more images!

PhysOrg.com
Large Meteor Tracked over Northeast Alabama

PhysOrg.com
Composite photo of the meteor as seen from the Marshall Space Flight Center. Image credit: NASA/MSFC On the evening of May 18, NASA all-sky meteor cameras ...

Raw Video: Meteor Caught on tape over Huntsville and Scottsboro

WAFF
This meteor was first picked up at an altitude of 47 miles over northwest Huntsville, moving at a speed of 8 miles per second towards the southeast. ...


Missing moon rock? Ex-governor had it
$5 million specimen was given to Colorado during Nixon administration
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37454964/ns/technology_and_science-space/?GT1=43001

SPACEcom Walt Whitman Meteor Mystery Solved by Astronomer Sleuths

A unique case of forensic astronomy uncovers the historic reality of a celestial event forgotten in time yet referenced in a poem by Walt Whitman.
www.space.com/.../walt-whitman-meteor-mystery-solved-100...



Ancient Meteorite Discovered In Oregon
redOrbit Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:23 AM PDT
Image 1: A closer view of the Morrow County meteorite, showing the sculpted surface texture caused by passage through the Earthâs atmosphere. The meteorite has a distinctive yellowish color caused by mild weathering on Earth. A portion of the meteorite at bottom right has been removed for study. At the top, another portion is missing, which was removed before Mr. Wesson found the rock, possibly ...

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