The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16AUG2024

Dazzling photo shows Perseid meteor shower's "ancient fireworks" raining down on Stonehenge
CBS News
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most highly anticipated celestial events every year, just took place — and at Stonehenge, one photographer ...

The Chicxulub Impactor Was A Carbonaceous-type Asteroid From Beyond Jupiter
the Astrobiology Web
... meteorites and black solid symbols indicate their averages. All plotted terrestrial and meteorite data are listed in Table 1 and table S3 ...

Crater formed from Earth's extinction event produced by carbon-rich 'C-type' asteroid ...
Guardian
Instead the ruthenium isotope findings tally with the average composition of meteorites from carbonaceous (C-type) asteroids – carbon-rich space rocks ...

We just learned where the asteroid that ended dinosaurs came from - National Geographic
National Geographic
Geological clues suggest that the space rock that created Chicxulub crater was a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite ... meteorites and asteroids.

Dino-killing asteroid came from beyond Jupiter | Science | AAAS
Science
They find the samples have the same mixture of isotopes seen in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. “It really bolsters the work that's been done ...

Dinosaur-killing Chicxulub meteorite came from the edge of the solar system
Natural History Museum
The prime suspect in the extinction of the dinosaurs was no ordinary meteorite, researchers have revealed. Comparisons between the chemical record ...

Exploring stellar Charlevoix: Come with me to quaint Quebec - Canada.Com
Canada.Com
Around 450 million years ago a massive meteor crashed on Earth leaving a large crater, which we now call Charlevoix, Quebec. Charlevoix (pronounced, ...

Richard Jefferies' meteor - NASA/ADS - Astrophysics Data System
Astrophysics Data System
Richard Jefferies' meteor. Denning, W. F.. Abstract. Publication: The Observatory. Pub Date: October 1922; Bibcode: 1922Obs....45..316D. full text ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03JUN2020

Scientist captures new images of Martian moon Phobos to help determine its origins
Phys.Org
Perhaps it's from a big meteorite impact that ejected material into the orbit, and the material grouped together to form Phobos. So that's why we're ...

Nasa says FOUR asteroids moving at 50000mph will make close passes of Earth today
The Sun
At that point, it becomes a meteorite; Comet: Like asteroids, a comet orbits the Sun. However rather than being made mostly of rock, a comet contains ...

This Saturday, The Meteor Body Will Pass Through The Earth, Passing At A Speed ​​Of 5.2 Km ...
OBN
This meteorite physique will move close to the Earth's orbit this week. NASA has named this meteorite rock Rock-163348 (2002 NN4). It is rising at a ...

Oural : une nouvelle méthode pour traquer les chutes de météorites
Le Courrier de Russie
... espagnols et finlandais, a mis au point une méthode permettant de prévoir et de détecter les impacts de météorites avec une plus grande précision,...

Monday Night Fireball
WTAJ - www.wearecentralpa.com
A fireball is another name for a bright meteor that is visible in the sky. Thanks to everyone who sent us photos and videos! ...

Another disaster on Earth amid Corona epidemic: The Biggest Asteroid to Fly by This Year
World-Wire (press release)
According to NASA, this meteorite will pass close to the Earth on Sunday. Now, four years after this meteorite passes through the Earth, no meteor will ...

Fireball booms over Britain in 'once in a lifetime' phenomenon
Express.co.uk
RESIDENTS of the UK were stunned when a fireball exploded over the British isles in what witnesses described as a "once in a lifetime" opportunity.

Possible meteor explodes in the sky
Fort Smith/Fayetteville News
Possible meteor explodes in the sky. Home security footage recorded the moments a large ...

A meteor observed from Morbihan to Switzerland
World Today News
It was 4:35 am Friday May 29 when a meteor streaked the sky of Vannes, under the eyes of a resident of the city of Morbihan, reports West France.

आज पृथ्वी से गुजरेंगे 4 बड़े उल्कापिंड, जानिए क्या पृथ्वीं पर मंडरा रही ...
Bharat Khabar
इन दिनों धरती पर कोरोना का कहर टूट रहा है तो वहीं दूसरी तरफ आसमान पर कुछ ऐसी अजीब घटनाएं घट रही हैं। जिससे ...

EPSC–Session SB4: Surface and Interior Dynamics of Asteroids and Meteorite Parent Bodies
Planetary News (press release)
We welcome contributions on the studies of the processes on and the evolution of specific parent bodies of meteorites, investigations across the ...

New study says dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck Earth at 'deadliest possible' angle
EarthSky
Artist's concept of the fiery meteor that struck Earth 66 million years ago, bringing the age of dinosaurs to an end. Image via Imperial College London.

The Meteor Impact that Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Created a Vast Underground Hydrothermal System
Universe Today
The Meteor Impact that Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Created a Vast Underground Hydrothermal System. The Chicxulub impact event was an enormous ...

L'angolo letale del meteorite che ha ucciso i dinosauri
Everyeye Tech
Nuove simulazioni, provenienti dall'Imperial College di Londra, rivelano come l'asteroide che ha determinato la fine dei dinosauri abbia colpito la ...

Misteriosa sfera rossa compare sui cieli dell'Emilia Romagna. Zone colpite
Centro Meteo Italiano
Enorme meteorite precipita dal cielo in Ecuador: si attendono conferme dall'agenzia spaziale civile ecuadoriana. A proposito di oggetti misteriosi ...

Season's first 'night shining' clouds make appearance over Western Washington
KOMO News (blog)
... disperse over time and then, as the northern hemisphere heats up in late spring, ice crystals begin forming around those meteor smoke particles.

Tesla Model 3 catches meteor falling across the sky
Motor1.com UK
While it is rare that we actually get the meteor recording from a TeslaCam, this isn't the first time we've seen it. Last year, Teslarati reported on a ...

Enorme palla di fuoco ha illuminato il cielo ed è caduta poco fa: tantissime segnalazioni – VIDEO ...
Centro Meteo Italiano
Meteorite attraversa i cieli delle Hawaii: lo spettacolare evento ripreso in video grazie alla telecamera di una Tesla Model 3. Il meteorite si è schiantato ...

Une Tesla Model 3 filme quelque chose d'absolument terrifiant dans le ciel ! (vidéo)
Tribunal Du Net
Après avoir envoyé sa première fusée habitée dans l'espace, le PDG de Tesla a accidentellement filmé une météorite en feu dans le ciel. Pour ce ...

A Typical Meteor That Hits The Earth's Upper Atmos...
Chegg
Answer to A typical meteor that hits the earth's upper atmosphere has a mass of only 2.0 g, about the same as a penny, but it is m...

What is a meteor?
ABC Education
Brianna and Professor Jonti Horner look up into the night sky to find out more about shooting stars. What is a shooting star made of and why do they ...

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Binary Asteroid May Have Wiped out Dinosaurs

Binary Asteroid May Have Wiped out Dinosaurs

Double asteroid trouble may have wiped out dinosaurs
(The asteroid theory of dinosaur extinction gets a new
twist as scientists look into what may have been a
twin asteroid impact) by Amanda Kooser Feb. 4, 2013
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57567486-1/double-asteroid-trouble-may-have-wiped-out-dinosaurs/

Dinosaur-killing asteroid was a twin terror by Colin Barras,
New Scientist, February 2013
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23126-dinosaurkilling-asteroid-was-a-twin-terror.html

Research group suggests Chicxulub crater may have
been caused by binary asteroids, Phys.org, Feb. 2013
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-group-chicxulub-crater-binary-asteroids.html

The paper is:

Miljkovic, K., G. S. Collins, S. Mannick, P. A. Bland, 2013,
Morphology and population of binary asteroid impact
craters. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. vol. 363,
pp. 121–132. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.033
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X12007194

A related paper is:

Bottke, H. J., and H. J. Melosh, 1996, Binary Asteroids
and the Formation of Doublet Craters. Icaerus.
vol. 124, pp. 372–391. PDF file at:
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~bottke/Reprints/Bottke_Binary_Icarus_1996.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

For this writing and All of The E-Pistles of Paul by Paul Heinrich see:
http://theepistlesofpaul.blogspot.jp/

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