Showing posts with label Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's Midcourse Space Experiment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's Midcourse Space Experiment. Show all posts

09 April 2010

9APR2010

Astro Cast: 2010 Major Meteor Showers

By AstroCastBlog
The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's Midcourse Space Experiment satellite imaged this peak of the 1997 Leonid Meteor Shower from above 29 meteors over a 48 minute period entering the Earth's atmosphere. Image credit: BMDO/APL ...
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Rock's history is out of this world

Express & Echo
Meteor means 'shooting star' or 'falling rock'. A large number of meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere each day amounting to more than a hundred tons of ...