04 March 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04MAR2013

Russia Meteor Fragments Found Near Chelyabinsk Suggest Space ...
MOSCOW -- Scientists have found more than 50 tiny fragments of a meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains, and preliminary tests are turning up ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../russian-meteor-fragments-chelya...

Another asteroid similar to Russian meteor zooming past us harmlessly
NBCNews.com (blog)
Named 2013 EC, the asteroid is roughly the size of the space rock that exploded over Russia two and a half weeks ago, measuring somewhere between 10 and 17 meters (33 to 55 feet) wide. The asteroid that sparked the Russian meteor is estimated to have ...

Newly Found Asteroid to Pass Within Moon`s Orbit on March 4, 2013 
Sun, 03 Mar, 2013 03:00 PM PST
A newly found asteroid will pass just inside the orbit of the Moon, with its closest approach on March 4, 2013 at 07:35 UTC. Named 2013 EC, the asteroid is about the size of the space rock that exploded over Russia two and a half weeks ago, somewhere between 10-17 meters wide (the Russian meteorite [...]

Antarctic Scientists Discover 18 kg Meteorite
Sun, 03 Mar, 2013 01:13 PM PST
Posted: Mar 03, 2013 03:58 pm EST (Press release Brussels, Belgium) An international team of scientists, working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station, has discovered a meteorite with a mass of 18kg embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet, the largest such meteorite found in the region since 1988.

Wayne's World: Make the most of science behind meteorites
Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 11:16 PM PST
Okay, what were the odds of the 10,000 pound meteorite unexpectedly plowing into the Russian City of Chelyabinsk at 43,000 mph on Feb. 15, smashing glass, injuring 1,500 people and damaging buildings?

麻辣直通車20130225 太空隕石撞地球神秘碎片現預兆?! part3 ...
麻辣直通車20130225 太空隕石撞地球神秘碎片現預兆?! part3. vmsbox002·1,156 videos. Subscribe ...
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Fire ball falls from sky, scorches field
UPI.com
CLAREMONT, Australia, March 3 (UPI) -- Officials on the Australian island of Tasmania said they have received several reports from people who saw a beam of light fall from the sky and start a fire. Concerned residents of Claremont began reporting ... (The Fire could NOT has been caused by a meteor!)

中国新闻2013-02-26 俄罗斯专家找到大块陨石碎片- YouTube
中国新闻2013-02-26 俄罗斯专家找到大块陨石碎片. 2909TianGong2011·2,236...
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Meteor Capable Of Destroying Nuclear Reactors
French Tribune
There are a number of things that are capable of destroying nuclear reactors. Currently, supersonic rocks and that too from outer space are acting as a threat for the survival of nuclear reactors. Meteor shower took place on February 15 in Russia and ...

2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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