01 August 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 1AUG2010

撒 哈拉沙漠发现数千年前陨石坑撞击痕迹仍清晰_网易新闻中心

核心提示:今年2月,一个由 埃及和意大利的专家组成的研究小组在使用谷歌地球时意外发现了位于撒哈拉沙漠偏远地区的巨大陨石坑。近日,研究小组抵达陨石坑 现场。...

ROM acquires world's largest piece of Springwater pallasite
Canoe Travel Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:51 PM PDT
The Royal Ontario Museum has acquired the world's largest piece of Springwater pallasite, a rare and scientifically important meteorite that was first discovered in Springwater, Sask. in 1931....

Humboldt Amateur Radio Club meets Tuesday

Contra Costa Times
... Fire Department Training Center classroom and will feature a presentation on meteor scatter propagation -- the Perseid shower is coming up on Aug. ...

Perseid meteor showers will light up mid-August skies, weather permitting

Washington Post
The International Meteor Organization suggests observing these shooting stars after midnight, but any time after dark should suffice to catch a few. ...

Find out about endangered species at McHenry County program

Chicago Daily Herald
Have you ever seen a meteor shower? Would you like to learn more about what meteor showers are and when they occur? This is a good time of the year for ...


Meteorite Crater Found in Egypt

OverTheLimit.info (blog)
Vincenzo de Michele, a former curator for the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale, found a previously unknown meteorite crate in a remote part of the Saraha ...

How meteor showers emerge | INFOgraphics | RIA Novosti

How meteor showers emerge. 11:04 31/07/2010 Emergence of meteoroids is caused by destruction of cometary nucleus>> · Other news of the day ...

Meteor Crater Discovered With Google Earth - Physical Science

Meteor Crater Discovered With Google Earth - Researchers poring over Google Earth images have discovered one of Earth's freshest impact craters — a ...

Perseid meteor shower a summer pleasure for star gazers

Palm Beach Daily News
By MIKE LYNCH Depending who you talk to, there are six to eight decent meteor showers in any given year around Palm Beach. Without a doubt, the upcoming ...


Summer Scenes We Love: The War of the Worlds (1953)

Cinematical (blog)
A meteor falls from the sky. The local authorities turn to Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry), a celebrity astrophysics and nuclear science professor at the ...
Asteroid on Collision Course With Earth

OverTheLimit.info (blog)
The 560 meter in diameter meteor posed to make its threat 172 years from now was first detected in 1999 by Spanish scientists and was named 1999 RQ-36. ...

148 Foot Wide Meteorite Crater Found In Egypt

Thaindian.com
As per reports, the Google Earth images have helped researchers to discover a well preserved meteor crater in Egypt. The crater was noticed by Vincenzo de ...


Perseids meteor shower midnight to dawn Aug. 12-13 across sky

Enid News & Eagle
12 and 13 will be the peak of the Perseids meteor shower. These typically fast and bright meteors radiate from a point in the constellation Perseus the Hero ...

August brings annual celestial firework show

Splash
Submitted photo The month of August marks the arrival of the Perseid Meteor Shower, our best annual celestial fireworks show. The peak viewing night will be ...


Best places to watch the Perseid Meteor Shower

Splash
E very year in the month of August, nature puts on an amazing celestial firework show know as the Perseid Metor Shower. The annual show of “shooting-stars” ...

Train ride across Canada provides glimpse of glorious views

Gadsden Times
The nearby town of Capreol has a 12-ton meteor fragment displayed in the local park. We were in the middle of Ontario when we passed the area of the ...

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