Showing posts with label Canada Meteorite News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada Meteorite News. Show all posts

10 April 2010

Canada Meteorite News: Car Struck by Meteor/ite in Kitchener, Ontario Canada ???

Car Struck by Meteor/ite in Kitchener, Ontario Canada 7:30am ???

Gift from the heavens

Orillia Packet & Times
"It really does look like a meteor ite," said Tom Stiff, a NASA consultant who teaches at Lakehead University's Orillia campus. The object, which appears to ...


Orillia Packet & Times

Gift from the heavens

ASTRONOMY: Jack Steenhof is just glad he wasn't being shot at

Posted By NATHAN TAYLOR, Orillia Packet & Times

Posted 1 hour ago

Phew! It was only a meteorite. "I thought someone shot at me," Jack Steenhof said of his close encounter with an otherworldly kind.

The Oro-Medonte Township resident was on his way to a meeting in Kitchener when something shattered his sunroof. "...

text: http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2528812

30 April 2009

Search Begins for Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Newmarket, Ont. Meteorite 30APR09

Search on for Toronto-area meteorite bits
TORONTO, April 29 (UPI) -- Canadians living north and northeast of Toronto are being asked to help search for meteorite fragments from a fireball last month.
UPI - Apr 29 8:29 AM

Search on for Toronto-area meteorite bits
Canadians living north and northeast of Toronto are being asked to help search for meteorite fragments from a fireball last month.In a release, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the University of Western Ontario in London said analysis of a network of sky camera footage shows a slow-moving fireball swept eastward on March 15 at 8:37 p.m. near the small city of Newmarket.The museum is ...
Moldova.org - Apr 29 9:16 AM

Search on for Newmarket meteorite
Small meteorites may have been dropped on southern Ontario by a fireball that streaked through the sky north of Toronto last month.
Toronto Star - Apr 29 7:32 AM

Search on for meteorite that fell in Newmarket
Small meteorites may have been dropped on southern Ontario by a fireball that streaked through the sky north of Toronto.
Toronto Sun - Apr 29 8:37 AM

The meteorite hunt is on
Researchers anxious to recover possible fragments after fireball appeared in March over Newmarket, Ont.
The Globe and Mail - Apr 29 7:32 AM

Scientists on lookout for meteorites south of Lake Simcoe
Ontario scientists are looking for help in tracking down meteorite fragments they believe fell to Earth last month in an area just south of Lake Simcoe.
CBC.ca Ottawa - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

INTERACTIVE MEDIA:
A chunk of space rock might have found it’s way into your back yard. The Royal Ontario Museum and University of Western Ontario are asking for your assistance in finding a meteorite that fell in the Newmarket area.
YorkRegion.com - Apr 29 7:49 AM

Is Your Backyard Housing Some Meteor Fragments?
If you’re in Newmarket, scientists want you to have a close look at the rocks around your home.
CityNews - Apr 29 10:09 AM

ROM, university wants you to look for meteorite pieces in your ...
Georgina Advocate - ‎5 hours ago‎
A chunk of space rock might have found it's way into your back yard. The Royal Ontario Museum and University of Western Ontario are asking for your ...