07 March 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 7MAR2012

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Sightings of meteor reported across the UK
The Independent
The Met Office tweeted: “Hi All, for anyone seeing something in the night sky, we believe it was ameteorite.” The Kielder Observatory also reported the sighting of a “huge fireball” travelling from north to south over Northumberland at 9.41pm.

Soil in Central Mexico Supports Theory of Meteorite Impact
Latin American Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON – An international scientific team has identified in Lake Cuitzeo, in central Mexico, unusual materials in the sediment that support the theory of a meteorite impact some 12900 years ago, according to an article published in the Proceedings ...

Only in Print Exeter find puts meteorite spotlight on NH town
New Hampshire Union Leader Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:14 PM PST
Meteorite hunters are descending on Exeter after a local man found rocks believed to have come from a meteorite that zipped across the night sky last week.

Man claims to find meteor pieces in NH
7 News Boston Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:30 PM PST
EXETER, N.H. -- A man in Exeter, New Hampshire said he found a piece of a meteorite that apparently struck Earth last Tuesday.

Meteor Struck Mexico Almost 13000 Years Ago, Experts Say
Fox News
AP An international scientific team has identified in Lake Cuitzeo, in central Mexico, unusual materials in the sediment that support the theory of a meteorite impact some 12900 years ago, according to an article published in the Proceedings of the ...

'We saw fireball' say residents
Champion Newspapers
by David Raven A BRIGHT fireball lit up the sky for around 20 seconds on Saturday as many people saw their first ever glimpse of a shooting star. Southport grandmother Diane Gillon, 69, was looking out the window when she saw what appeared to be a huge ...

Victorian witnesses thought meteor was crashing aircraft
Ninemsn
The meteor — seen at Anglesea, Frankston, Berwick, Cairnlea, Tullamarine and Dandenong about 10.45pm — prompted calls to Tullamarine Airport with locals concerned a plane had crashed, the Herald Sun reports. It was also spotted in the UK where ...

New evidence that asteroid hit Earth 13000 years ago
msnbc.com
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Dog walker spots meteorite in Warrington sky
This Is Cheshire
IT was a sight that shocked sky watchers as a bright orange meteorite streaked across the sky. And a dog walker out in Lingley Mere spotted the object as it darted across the Warrington skyline. Barry Sinnott, aged 63, of Lathom Avenue, Orford, ...

What color is the Vesta asteroid?
TG Daily
The impact that formed Rheasilvia may have produced some of the meteorites found on Earth. To be sure, Dawn's Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer firmly confirms the link between Vesta and three classes of meteorite found on Earth - the HED ...
 
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