20 March 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 20MAR2011

Man Wants Montrose Recognized as the Meteorite Capitol of the World
KKCO-TV
"Probably several thousand fragments of that meteormeteorite here on this Mesa," says Steve Curry. But what someone sees a random rock, Steve Curry sees as a stone from space, "We're just trying to be real good stewards of what we find here given the fact that ... (sorry rocks!)



Smithsonian keeps meteorite that fell in Va.
Boston Globe Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:06 PM PDT
A small meteorite that crashed through the roof of a Virginia medical office last year is becoming part of the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History in Washington....



Smithsonian Keeps Meteorite That Fell in Va.
ABC News
AP A small meteorite that crashed through the roof of a Virginia medical office last year is becoming part of the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History in Washington. The Smithsonian paid $10000 for the meteorite to Marc Gallini and Frank Ciampi, ...



中日新聞隕石の一部故郷は小惑星イトカワ微粒子分析で確認社会CHUNICHI Web
探査機「はやぶさ」が小惑星「イトカワ」から持ち帰った微粒子の分析を進める宇宙航空研究開発機構は11日、大きめの微粒子約50個の元素組成が地球で見つかる「LL ...
www.chunichi.co.jp/article/.../CK2011031102000009.html



隕石から地球外バクテリア発見NASA研究者| 世界のこぼれ話| Reuters
[ワシントン 6日 ロイター] 米航空宇宙局(NASA)の宇宙生物学者リチャード・フーバー氏は、3つの隕石(いんせき)から小さな化石化したバクテリアが見つかっ ...
jp.reuters.com/article/.../idJPJAPAN-19847920110307



On the road: Tunisia, in search of ancient meteorites
Astronomy Magazine (blog)
Despite the conflict, I'll be accompanying more than 30 Astronomy readers on a Tunisian tour to see the Sahara Desert, the ruins of Carthage, and the famous area of Tataouine, where in 1931 an unusual meteorite fell. We'll be joined by Melita Thorpe of ...



はやぶさイトカワの微粒子組成隕石と似た特徴 毎日jp毎日新聞
組成は地球上で見つかる隕石の大部分を占める普通コンドライトと一致した生命の起源 ... 的な特徴が地球で見つかった隕石の一部と似通っていたという結果は従来の隕石 ...
mainichi.jp/select/science/.../20110311k0000m040135000c.ht...

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