10 March 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10MAR2012

Fireball Spotted Over North Georgia -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net
Cartersville - Scientists at the Tellus Science Museum said they observed a fireball in the sky over north Georgia Wednesday evening. The NASA Meteoroid ...
www.sott.net/.../242727-Fireball-Spotted-Over-North-Georgia

Rocks' origin still unclear
The Union Leader
By JASON SCHREIBER EXETER – An Exeter man who believes he recovered rocks from ameteorite last week still doesn't know what he found after geology professors at the University of New Hampshire were unable to determine their origin.

Nuclear safety upgrade planned
News & Observer
... Progress Energy's chief nuclear officer announced this week that every US nuclear plant will add an extra layer of emergency equipment this year to deal with unforeseen natural disasters - such as earthquakes, tornadoes and even meteor strikes.

BBC News - Meteor sightings across Britain
Reports of a "bright light" and an "orange glow" were received by police across Scotland and the north of England.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17249086

Meteor Shower Dazzles Victorians Lucky Enough to See It -- Fire in ...
The meteor was seen across Victoria at about 10.45pm, including at Anglesea, Frankston, Berwick, Cairnlea, Tullamarine, Dandenong. The fireball even cau...
www.sott.net/.../242515-Meteor-Shower-Dazzles-Victorians-L...

Time-Lapse and Meteor Photography
Have you ever wondered how they catch still photos of extremely fast meteorites falling down from the sky? Well, I have. I always thought about the ca...
www.instructables.com/.../Time-Lapse-and-Meteor-Photograp...

'Meteor shower' dazzles the Victorian sky, page 1
Hot on the tails (pun intended) of the British meteor of last night www. abovetopsecret.com... some lucky Victorians got to catch a glimpse of a meteor over our ...
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread815972/pg1

Fireball Bright Over North Georgia
Patch.com
The meteor was first recorded southeast of Tunnel Hill at an altitude of 51.5 miles, and was moving slightly south of west at approximately 33500 mph. It was last seen 16.9 miles above State Route 95 southeast of Rock Springs. Scientist are working to ...

Meteorites reveal another way to make life's components
R & D Magazine
In the study, scientists with the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., analyzed samples from fourteen carbon-richmeteorites with minerals that indicated they had experienced high temperatures—in ...

CARTERSVILLE | Fireball spotted over north Georgia
WXIA-TV
A fireball seen over parts of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee Wed. evening, as seen from the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville A fireball seen over parts of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee Wed. evening, as seen from the NASA Marshall Space Flight...

Meteorites reveal another way to make life's components
PhysOrg.com
A meteorite is analyzed in the study at its collection site in Antarctica. Credit: Antarctic Search for Meteorites program, Case Western Reserve University (PhysOrg.com) -- Creating some of life's building blocks in space may be a bit like making a ...

Exeter Man May Have Found Meteorite
Patch.com
"I thought it was a spaceship," Ulery told Boston-based Channel 7 News. Ulery went back the next morning and found small chunks of rocks that he believes are meteorite pieces. He said he wants to get them tested at Harvard University.

Meteor: Space Rock Search In Devon After ...
A hunt is under way for the remains of a suspected meteor that was seen shooting across ...
news.sky.com