24 August 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 24AUG2011

Another jaw-dropping time lapse video: Tempest
Discover Magazine (blog)
There's lots to see, but keep your eyes open at 1:57 for the silhouette of a whitetail deer on the horizon, and at 3:24 for a meteor that pops into view… and is reflected in the lake! It's a breath-taking shot, isn't it? ...



Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Quebec, Canada Meteor ...
Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../quebec-canada-meteor-...




Meteorites Possible From Irish Fireball
Irish Weather Online
By Mark Dunphy - Tue Aug 23, 1:28 pm Astronomy Ireland (AI) has confirmed that afireball meteor entered the atmosphere above Ireland in the early hours of Tuesday morning (23 August 2011). The organisation added that meteor fragments are likely to...
Unidentified Falling Object seen over Loch Ness
Gadling
Possibly a meteor. Meteors often cause UFO flaps. Large ones called "fireballs" or "bolides" can light up the sky and even change color as their various minerals get ionized from the heat of entering our atmosphere. Since they streak across the night ...




Kiumwiri Fall (Thika) - Kenya 16 Jul 2011

Other possible locality names for Thika: Kilimambogo, Yatta, Kakuzi, Kangundo
> From the University of Nairobi scientific note:
"He says already scientists have so far concluded that it has components typical to those of other rocks on the earth's surface."
Well - you might not think much of this comment, but you'd think if chondrules were evident it might be mentioned.  Remembering, of course, that rocks on Earth's surface are essentially all achondrites as long as your aren't near meteorite collections ...
http://allafrica.com/stories/201107210527.html