19 February 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News Catch-up 16-19FEB2011

Land Deals, Meteorites & Money with VIDEO
KWCH
In 2008, meteorite hunter 
Steve Arnold came to Lyon County to look for meteorites. Certain locations in Kansas contain meteorites that fell from the sky thousands of years ago. Many are found by farmers as they work the land. Arnold made deals with 19 ... video

Hands-On Science Center can now track fireballs
Tullahoma News and Guardian
A fireball is described as an “extremely brilliant meteor streaking across the night sky, as bright as or brighter than Venus.” Fireballs are tracked and photographed with a highly automated "Droid" camera system, which has been installed on the roof ...



Middlesbrough meteorite on show
BBC News
Because Middlesbrough had no museum at the time, the 'Middlesbrough Meteorite' was handed to York Museum. To mark the anniversary of its landing on March 14, the rock is currently on loan to Middlesbrough's Dorman Museum. The rock is unusual in that it ...



American Meteor Society - Search a Fireball Report
It moved much too quickly to be anything but either an optical illusion, or a fireball. I spotted it as it came into my windshield field of view ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../public.php?start...



Streaking asteroid fireball sets morning skyline alight over Calgary
Calgary Herald
The fireball as recorded lasted for approximately three seconds occurring from 6:55:20 to 6:55:23 AM MST on Monday February 14th. Space gave Canada a Valentine's Day rock on Monday when a piece of asteroid lit up the Calgary morning skyline. ...



Huge Meteor Misses East Coast Space rock caused rare daytime fireball
meteor big enough to have ruined a lot of people Valentine's Days streaked over the East Coast earlier this week, creating a rare daytime fireball.
www.newser.com/story/.../huge-meteor-misses-east-coast.html



Rare daytime fireball lights up East Coast skies ...
A rare daytime fireball lit up the sky over much of the eastern United States on Monday, causing necks to crane and jaws to drop from Maryland to ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/technology_and_science-space/




Meteor Streaking Over New York City Yesterday Afternoon Caused Alarm
Gather.com
New York City avoided a big disaster yesterday when a meteor made an appearance over Manhattan. Luckily it kept moving until it crashed into the ocean. Meteors aren't often seen in the daylight hours. Yesterday, however, numerous people spotted a ...
Rare Daytime Fireball Lights Up Sky Over Eastern US
Space.com
Rao said he could only remember one other event like yesterday's, when a daytime meteor was widely seen across a broad swathe of land — and that happened in 1972, over the central US and Canada. The cause of yesterday's fireball was most likely a ...

Meteor Streaks Across Sky Over Long Island
Long Island Press
meteor was spotted streaking across the sky on Long Island and beyond, although the fate of the earthbound space rock remains unknown. ...
Moon rocks, meteorite samples a hit at Trinity Academy
Republican & Herald
There were also samples of meteorites. Joseph Coddington, Pottsville, was a high school sophomore when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. ...




Ruben Garcia and Neil Degrasse Tyson on NOVA ...
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My Website: www.MrMeteorite.Com My Articles www.meteorite.com My Jeep Stars in this Neil Degrasse Tyson (NOVA Science NOW ...
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 Silver Streaks in the Sky Likely a Meteor
1 min
Silver Streaks in the Sky Likely a Meteor
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