31 July 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 30-31JUL2011

Shooting satellites, new and old
Discover Magazine (blog)
That's a collection of four cameras in the US southeast looking for bright meteors; the idea being that if one is caught by more than one camera the path can be calculated in three dimensions, and a location of any potential meteorite found. ...

meteorobs : Message: Re: (meteorobs) Radio Meteor listening dies ...
meteorobs: Amateur meteor astronomy. ... Of course, whether the remaining analog stations would be of any use for meteor listening is open to debate. ...
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/meteorobs/message/40111

Northwestern USA Fireball July 25, 2011 | American Meteor Society
In the AMS fireball table, refer to event #724 for 2011. ... the east in the cascades. then i noticed a mostly blueish fireball going from the southwest to ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../northwestern-usa-fireball-july-25-201...

W&M Law students study "space law"
The Virginia Gazette Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:54 PM PDT
WILLIAMSBURG - William & Mary Law School students Brittany Law and Lillian McManus are now experienced in âspace lawâ after a rare property case involving the Lorton Meteorite fell out of the sky and into an examining room of Doctors Marc Gallini and Frank Ciampiâs Williamsburg Square Family Practice in Jan. 2010. ...

Trail of crumbs discovered from potentially hazardous comet
Astronomy Magazine
By SETI Institute, Mountain View, California — Published: July 29, 2011 This +2 magnitude February Eta Draconid was filmed by Peter Jenniskens with one of the low-light-level video cameras of the Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) station ...

Delta Aquarids and Perseids meteor showers coincide this week
Examiner.com
“In the great meteor shower of August, the Perseid, I wail all day for the shooting stars I miss. They're out there showering down, committing hara-kiri in a flame of fatal attraction, and hissing perhaps at last into the ocean. ...

Texas UFO: Is it unknown flying object or just a meteor
TimesWireService
Many people wonder if Texas UFO was really an unknown flying object or just a meteor? UFO sighting in the sky of Texas has made sky enthusiasts and experts anxious. Early risers in the city were lucky to watch the reported UFO on the local breakfast TV ...

Holbrook - 99th Anniversary Meteorite Hunt
5 min
A quick video I did of the 99th anniversary meteorite hunt that Ruben Garcia ( mrmeteorite.com ) organized. This video documents ...
youtube.com

VIDEO:Images of a Meteorite Flying Over France
31 sec
A cultural centre for the study of space located in the French city of Rennes published CCTV exclusive images of a meteorite flying ...
online.wsj.com


Charles Q. Choi, Astrobiology Magazine Contributor
Any sulfurous molecules that astronomers spot on alien worlds might be a way to reveal whether or not those distant planets host life, researchers suggest.

Meteorite crashed in France (Bretagne)CCTV
11 sec
meteorite has crashed in Bretagne (France) on july 19 2011. The stone hasn't been found yet. The sound has been heard 300km ...
youtube.com

1908 Mystery in Tunguska, Russia. Caretakers ...
75 min
George Carey uncovers the mystery behind the massive explosion that shook Tunguska, Siberia in 1908 which has been variously ...
youtube.com