28 October 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28OCT2015

Halloween Asteroid 2015 TB145 Could Include Spooky Meteor Shower
International Business Times
While the idea of a Halloween meteor shower is exciting, the researchers do not expect much of a show. "If, due to different ejection conditions or ...

Rocket Booster Will Burn Up Safely in Earth's Atmosphere Nov. 13
Slate Magazine (blog)
When it happens, it'll be moving faster than a satellite would across the sky, but slower than a typical meteor, and may actually look like it's shedding ..

VSU Planetarium explores things that go bump in the night
Valdosta Daily Times
"The dust and dirt that Earth bumps into produce meteor showers, like the recent Orionidmeteor shower, Oct. 21-22." What else goes “bump” in the ...

Australia To See Meteor Shower In 6 Days
The Adelaide Current
Australia will be in view of a meteor shower in 6 Days, Meteor shower 'Leo' Will pass over all of Australia roughly 10:00PM Sydney time. Meteor ...

The Taurid Swarm is Upon Us!
NASA Blogs
Given the behavior of past Taurid swarms, increased fireball activity may be seen during the last week of October and the first two weeks of November.

Geologist rates Cranbourne South strip a hotspot for scientific treasuretrove of undiscovered meteorites
CRANBOURNE SOUTH landowners could be sitting on a goldmine of
undiscovered meteorites, a Devon Meadows geologist says. Tom Kapitany believed it was only a matter of time before more meteorites were unearthed a ...
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Jose Ildefonso
October 28 at 7:24am
[1510.07422] New and updated convex shape models of asteroids based on optical data from a large...
arxiv.org

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[1510.02095] Growing the terrestrial planets from the gradual accumulation of sub-meter sized...
http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.02095
ARXIV.ORG

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