31 October 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 31OCT2010

Moments in Time
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
On November 12, 1799, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, an early American astronomer born in Vermont, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys. ...

What's up in November: Venus, meteor showers are stars of this month's show
Press Herald
The two meteor showers this month are the Taurids, which peak on Nov. 12, but will last throughout the first half of this month, and the Leonids, ...

Scientists Have Discovered 62 Previously Unknown Meteor Showers ...
Our planet is regularly exposed to meteor showers, which are in the review of the night sky we call shooting stars. ...
NASA Professional Development Workshops
FOX 24 Macon Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:29 PM PDT
A meteorite simulation, a do it yourself planetarium, and a cloud in a bottle. These are just a few of the hands on projects Georgian teachers are tackling Saturday at the Educator Resource Center. Professional development workshops being held at the museum of aviation in Warner Robins allow teachers to take a step outside the box, and learn creative teaching tools.  ...

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