17 May 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17MAY2012

Chicago Field Museum's New Meteorite, Sutter's Mill, California
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Chicago Field Museum's New Meteorite, Sutter's Mill, California

Medians are cool, rewriting history & meteoritesReno Gazette Journal
While visiting daughter Sheri Millhollin, Stony joined throngs of folks searching for meteoritefragments near Coloma where California's first gold was first discovered in 1848. Son-in-law Dave, and grandson Tyus, 14, hoping to earn a few dollars, ...

Largest Meteorite Hunt in History Yields Treasure for UA
UA News (press release)
Robert Ward with the largest piece of the Sutter's Mill Meteorite recovered so far. (Photo: Patrick McArdle/UANews) Its edges rounded during its violent entry into Earth's atmosphere, this meteoritewas splattered with dirt upon impact.

Meteorite Hunters Contribute to Future UA-NASA Asteroid Study
Arizona Public Media
Three meteorite hunters are donating fragments from a meteorite that hit the Earth in late April to the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. The donation will help local scientists prepare for a joint NASA mission to study an ...

METEOR CRATER HOSTS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR ANNULAR SOLAR ...
Tucson Citizen
Flagstaff, AZ May 14, 2012 – Meteor Crater, the meteorite impact site located 35 miles east of Flagstaff and 20 miles west of Winslow on I-40 will be hosting an outreach program this weekend in conjunction with a group of Astronomy students from the ...

Trapped in the Past, Scientists Must Race to Save Earth
PR Web (press release)
In GV Chillingsworth's thrilling new science fiction novel “Moonshaker” (published by Trafford Publishing), scientists must rush to save the Earth when the moon is shoved out of its orbit by a meteor strike. Dr. Raul Western creates a satellite – the ...

Meteorite discovery spurs hunt for more pieces
(Phys.org) -- Meteorite fragments were recently scattered around Sutter's Mill in California ...
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By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Flagstaff, AZ May 14, 2012 – Meteor Crater, the meteorite impact site located 35 miles east of Flagstaff and 20 miles west of Winslow on I-40 will be hosting an outreach program this weekend in conjunction with a group of Astronomy students ...
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默奇森陨石| Asian Scientist Magazine | Science, Technology and ...
陨石内提炼出地外氨基酸,能使老鼠癫痫症痉挛发作率减半. 奥尔巴尼医学中心的 科学家们发现,从默奇森陨石中提取的一种地外氨基酸可能完全预防或降低癫痫症 ...
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Ancestral tree's branches proliferate
OneNewsNow
On April 22, sonic booms announced the arrival of a minivan-sized meteorite into earth's atmosphere practically in the SETI backyard, breaking up with high heat and dropping its remains over the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sacramento, California.

A remote control mining Inside the world 2nd largest ...
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A remote control mining Inside the world 2nd largest meteorite. The Big Nickle Mine at Sudbury ...
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2012 THE Year of Meteors!