The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28JUL2012

Star-gazers treated to meteor showers
WRAL.com (blog)
As Earth makes its way around the sun, it encounters a number of comets each year, passing through debris in the comet tails. Those sand-sized particles enter the Earth's atmosphere, creating a fiery trail over 50 miles up, creating a meteor shower.

Astroblog: Southern Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower, 28-29 July, 2012
By Ian Musgrave
Location of the radiant of the Southern Delta meteor shower. Left; location of radiant at 10:00 pm ACST on 28 July. Right; location of radiant at 3:00 am ACST 29 July (it is almost due north at this time), similar views will be seen a similar local ...
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Delta Aquarid meteor shower fires up for the weekend | Astro Bob
Meteors from southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower radiate from near the star Delta Aquarii (hence the name) not far from the bright star Fomalhaut in the ...
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This Week: Two Meteor Showers | Farmers' Almanac
Sunday night will see peak activity for not just one, but two meteor showers.
www.farmersalmanac.com/.../this-week-two-meteor-showers/

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Village meteorite at Tate Britain
BBC Oxford Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:17 AM PDT
A meteorite that fell to earth in an Oxfordshire village in 1830 is being displayed at Tate Britain.

Summer Streakers How to Catch the Upcoming Meteor Showers | Spacecom
The late summer will feature a number of notable meteor showers to delight skywatchers. Here's how to view them.
www.space.com/16805-summer-meteor-showers-viewing-tips....

Watch out for meteor showers this weekend
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - Residents of Mindanao can watch out for meteor showers this weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said yesterday. “The Southern Delta Aquarids meteor shower will be ...

Launton meteorite at Tate Britain
BBC News
A meteorite that fell to earth in an Oxfordshire village in 1830 is being displayed at Tate Britain. The cricket-ball sized rock is part of an exhibition by the Oxford-based artist and filmmaker Patrick Keiller. His installation called The Robinson ...

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Cunnamulla rock at centre of dispute declared a meteorite

Courier Mail - ‎2 分前‎

by Sophie Elsworth SPACE rock: Cunnamulla Constable Ashley Thompson with the rock. it has now officially been declared a meteorite. Source: The Courier-Mail ...

Phoenix Lander Discovers Mars' History of Water

DailyTech - ‎22 分前‎

One meteorite in particular crystallized about 170 million years ago, which is considered recent in Mars' geological time, and contains carbonates with ...

Aristotle described comet centuries ago

eWorld Post (blog) - ‎6 分前‎

He mentioned in the work that around the same time the meteorite fell “a comet was visible in the west.” Aristotle was also the teacher of Alexander the ...

First sighting of Halley's comet pushed back two centuries

PhysOrg.com - ‎2 時間前‎

Graham suggests Anaxagoras probably actually predicted that rocks might fall from the sky rather than a particular meteorite. Anaxagoras made the prediction ...

How microbes could help colonize Mars

Mother Nature Network - ‎14 分前‎

One acid-loving, iron-oxidizing microbe proved capable of perhaps using material from a Murchison meteorite, according to a 2009 study by Gronstal and ...

Today In History

eTaiwan News - ‎11 時間前‎

2007 - Peruvian astronomers say that a meteorite crashed near Lake Titicaca over the weekend, a rare occurence that left an elliptical crater and magnetic ...

"Patagonia Meteor" by Stephane Guisard (TWAN)

The photographer was lucky enough to capture a fireball (very bright meteor) above the mountains and right below Sirius, the brightest star of the entire ...

Astro Bob blog: Researcher finds new meteor crater without leaving ...

An Italian researcher makes the discovery of a lifetime. Check out the newly- found meteor crater from your desktop. ...

Asteroids & Earth

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from meteor and asteroid dust. Today is the 51st anniversary of the 1st man-made object to impact the moon Luna 2. All this and more on this week's Sky Talk ...

What is "shocked quartz"?

Helium
When new meteors hit or when older locations are scouted, this rarest of phenomena is one of the more prized trophies that meteor hunters and scientists ...

El cometa Halley veraneó en la Tierra en el siglo V a.C.

Publico.es - ‎1 時間前‎

Cinco siglos antes de Cristo algunos escritores clásicos aseguran que un gran meteorito se estrelló en el norte de Grecia, según dejaron patente en sus ...

Gregos terão visto o Halley em 466 a. C.

Diário de Notícias - Lisboa - ‎12 時間前‎

O Norte da Grécia terá sido atingido por um meteorito no período temporal entre os anos de 466 e 468 a. C. e, segundo um artigo publicado no Journal of ...