08 November 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 8NOV2011

又有陨石靠近我们了
By 生抽
英国时间周二,一颗航母大小的太空陨石比月球更靠近我们,但专家说无需惊慌。 这颗名为2005YU55的陨石宽约1300英尺宽,将....
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News & Notes: U. scientists pinpoint meteorite destruction
The Daily Princetonian
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y Daily Princetonian Staff University researchers have discovered new ways to pinpoint the amount of destruction that might be brought by a giant meteorite slamming into the Earth. “We have developed the first model to account for how Earth's surface ...



Space News: Close encounter with an asteroid; 520-day solitude experiment ends ...
The Philippine Online Chronicles
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n the Philippines, stargazers will be able to watch a meteor shower between late November 17 and dawn of November 18. “One of the most prolific meteor showers is the Leonids. Its radiant is in the constellation Leo and meteors from this shower can be ...




Asteroid 2005 YU55: Harbinger of future catastrophe?
DigitalJournal.com
It is now widely accepted that the planet-wide extinction of dinosaurs about 65 million years ago was the result of a meteor impact with global catastrophic consequences. A few astronomers have argued that objects of greatest risk to us in the short ... 


Fireballs, Sunspots, and a Space Station in the Night Sky
NBC Washington
This weekend, a viewer in Sterling noticed a bright orange fireball streaming across the sky. News4's Tom Kierein says that fireball was part of the Taurid meteor shower, which takes place when the Earth passes through a debris field left by a passing ...



The end of the world might not be that bad, as new model predicts fallout from ...
Daily Mail
By Ted Thornhill It's well known that a large meteorite hitting the Earth would not be good news, as it would cause earthquakes, tsunamis and firestorms. However, scientists have created a new model for predicting the impact of such collisions that ...