Students search for space rocks
Meridian Booster, Lloydminster
The kids found their first meteorite before the search even started, right by the road while they were lining up in a straight line. (more)...
Showing posts with label Canadian Meteorite News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canadian Meteorite News. Show all posts
26 May 2009
23 May 2009
New insights from Canadian meteorites 22MAY09
American Geophysical Union
2009 Joint Assembly
The Meeting of the Americas
24–27 May 2009
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja09/
Press conference on "New insights from Canadian meteorites" to be held on Sunday, 24 May at 1400h.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/agu-aja052109.php
New insights from Canadian meteorites
Meteorites, being rocks from space, are solid samples of places in the Solar System to which we cannot easily go. The study of their physical and mineralogical characteristics provides insights into the diversity of processes involved in their origin. Likewise, the conditions under which they fall to Earth provide links to their asteroid or planetary parent bodies. Speakers will discuss new results regarding detection of organic molecules important for life in the unique Tagish Lake, B.C. meteorite (Herd), special conditions of formation of the 1000-year old Whitecourt, Alberta impact crater (Kofman), and the spectacular November 20, 2008 fireball that resulted in the fall of the Buzzard Coulee, Saskatchewan meteorite (Hildebrand).
Participants:
Alan Hildebrand Canada Research Chair in Planetary Science, Coordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Randolf Kofman Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Christopher Herd Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Sessions: MA11B, MA12A, MA13A, MA13C
2009 Joint Assembly
The Meeting of the Americas
24–27 May 2009
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja09/
Press conference on "New insights from Canadian meteorites" to be held on Sunday, 24 May at 1400h.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/agu-aja052109.php
New insights from Canadian meteorites
Meteorites, being rocks from space, are solid samples of places in the Solar System to which we cannot easily go. The study of their physical and mineralogical characteristics provides insights into the diversity of processes involved in their origin. Likewise, the conditions under which they fall to Earth provide links to their asteroid or planetary parent bodies. Speakers will discuss new results regarding detection of organic molecules important for life in the unique Tagish Lake, B.C. meteorite (Herd), special conditions of formation of the 1000-year old Whitecourt, Alberta impact crater (Kofman), and the spectacular November 20, 2008 fireball that resulted in the fall of the Buzzard Coulee, Saskatchewan meteorite (Hildebrand).
Participants:
Alan Hildebrand Canada Research Chair in Planetary Science, Coordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Randolf Kofman Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Christopher Herd Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Sessions: MA11B, MA12A, MA13A, MA13C
15 May 2009
Dr. John Spray, Impact Researcher in the News 15MAY09
Professor's love of space turning him into a star
Daily Gleaner - May 15, 2009
He was asked to talk about how the impact of meteorites creates metal deposits and can ultimately benefit humans. "The impact crater in Sudbury is now the (more)...
Daily Gleaner - May 15, 2009
He was asked to talk about how the impact of meteorites creates metal deposits and can ultimately benefit humans. "The impact crater in Sudbury is now the (more)...
01 April 2009
Fireball streaks across the morning sky
Fireball streaks across the morning sky
660NEWS Radio Calgary, Alberta
Dominic Terry & Alicia Hope-Ross Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 8:30 am
A fireball cruised over our city this morning, surprising early-morning commuters.
Our 660News line has been inundated with callers saying they saw a fireball streak across the sky.
Callers tell us the bright green, yellow and blue streak beamed across the heavens, and then broke apart into six or seven pieces, before disappearing.
The fireball apparently streaked from east to west across, and lit up the sky for about ten seconds.
The last time a meteorite lit up the sky was in November, when a massive space rock came through our atmosphere. Researchers later found fragments of the debris in northwestern Saskatchewan.
http://www.660news.com/more.jsp?content=20090331_102033_5444
660NEWS Radio Calgary, Alberta
Dominic Terry & Alicia Hope-Ross Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 8:30 am
A fireball cruised over our city this morning, surprising early-morning commuters.
Our 660News line has been inundated with callers saying they saw a fireball streak across the sky.
Callers tell us the bright green, yellow and blue streak beamed across the heavens, and then broke apart into six or seven pieces, before disappearing.
The fireball apparently streaked from east to west across, and lit up the sky for about ten seconds.
The last time a meteorite lit up the sky was in November, when a massive space rock came through our atmosphere. Researchers later found fragments of the debris in northwestern Saskatchewan.
http://www.660news.com/more.jsp?content=20090331_102033_5444
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