The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 9APR2012

Kamil meteorite crater site becomes latest protected area
Egypt`s Gebel Kamil meteorite crater is now a protect site...

http://www.egyptindependent.com/node/735806

Impressive meteor
Just saw the most impressive meteor I've ever seen in my 65 years. ... walk around outside the house and tractor barn and saw a meteor about 45 degrees off of ...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2869197/posts

Two South students take top spots at NH Astronomy Bowl
Nashua Telegraph
NASHUA – Cameron Steckler grew up watching the night sky, searching for stars and waking early to watch meteor showers. Philip Mansfield received a telescope in sixth grade from his Uncle Mark, who worked at NASA and told him all about space.

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 7-13, 2012 | American Meteor Society
This week is the worst time to try and view meteor activity during the month. Conditions will improve when the moon reaches its last quarter phase and continues ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-april-7-1...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Egypt Meteor/Meteorite News - Kamil Crater Discovery: New Video 19JAN2010

Kamil Impact Crater, Egypt
(c) 2011http://www.zerzuraclub.org 

Kamil_video.avi

posted on YouTube by tartare4 | July 23, 2010  261 Views

New Video Announced Below!

Approaching the second anniversary of the Kamil Crater Discovery (19 February 
2009) I put online a new video about this important finding:
Website:
http://www.zerzuraclub.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120:il-kamil-crater&catid=35:contenuti





The 2010 expedition is described at the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide website.

A video clip (Quicktime, 9MB) of the expedition kindly provided by Mario di Martino.

And:

Movie Download:http://www.zerzuraclub.org/images/stories/kamilweb/kamil_find_20090219.mov

Giancarlo Negro, http://www.zerzuraclub.org 

نيزك Meteor/Meteorite News 8DEC2010

Egypt-Sudan Border Meteor Crater to be Declared World Heritage Site

تقوم وزارة الدولة لشئون البيئة حاليا بإتخاذ إجراءات إعلان منطقة ( نيزك جبل كامل ) كمحمية طبيعية والتى تقع على الحدود المصرية السودانية خط عرض 22 و شرق جبل العوينات بحوالى 120كم تمهيدا لإعلانه على مواقع التراث الفلكي العالمى فى إطار اتفاقية التراث العالمي التابعة لمنطقة اليونسكو. ... The Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs is taking action declaration of the zone (meteor whole mountain) as a nature reserve, which lies on the Egyptian-Sudanese border line width of 22 and east of Mount Owainat about 120 km in preparation for the announcement of the heritage sites astronomical world in the framework of the World Heritage Convention of the UNESCO. ... (original story in Arabic) البيئة تستعد لإعلان منطقة (نيزك جبل كامل) محمية طبيعية

http://dostor.org/society-and-people/variety/10/november/14/31959


Wikipedia article about Gebel Kamil impact crater: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamil_Crater

Where, How Astronomers Could Find Alien Life
ABC News
Scientists could find life that came aboard a meteorite or comet. They also could find life — deep in the sea or beneath Antarctica's ice — that is so ...

Man catches sky fireball on camera
UPI.com
7 (UPI) -- A Georgia man who used his video camera to record what appears to be a fireball rocketing across the sky said he does not know what the object ...  (NOT a meteor or fireball!  a jet contrail!; bad reporting!)

Meteor/Meteorite News 24JUL10

Southern Cross Stargazer
MiamiHerald.com
Midnight through dawn, the South Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower will be most visible radiating from Aquarius in the south. The bright moon will reduce the ...

Will chip off an old rock yield secrets of the universe and our planet
Kitchener - Waterloo Record Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:18 PM PDT
TORONTO - Researchers are hoping a fresh slice of a rare 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite will yield new information about our planet. ...

Meteor Crater Discovered With Google Earth
Wired News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:03 PM PDT
Researchers poring over Google Earth images discover one of Earthâs freshest impact craters -- a 45-meter-wide pock in southwestern Egypt that probably was excavated by a fast-moving iron meteorite no more than a few thousand years ago. ...

Meteorite Impact Crater Found with Google Earth
Discovery News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:56 AM PDT
The massive pock in southwestern Egypt was created no more than a few thousand years ago. ...

Impact Crater Found In The Sahara Desert
redOrbit Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:11 AM PDT
Researchers sifting through Google Earth images have discovered what may be the worldâs best-preserved small impact crater in a remote area of the Sahara desert in southwestern Egypt. The immaculate, 148 ft. wide crater was likely excavated by a fast-moving iron meteorite, a few thousand years ago, scientists said Thursday.Dubbed Kamil, the crater is remarkably preserved when compared with most ...

Royal Ontario Museum Acquires World's Largest Mass of Rare Meteorite
Art Daily Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:34 PM PDTIan Nicklin, Mineralogy Technician, holds the meteorite. © Royal Ontario Museum, 2010. TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has acquired the worldâs largest piece of the Springwater pallasite, a rare and scientifically important meteorite that was first discovered near Springwater, Saskatchewan in 1931. The new discovery of the almost 53 kilogram (117 pound), 4.5-billion-year-old specimen ...

Summer meteor shower season in full swing
msnbc.com
This table shows a list of the minor summer meteor showers for 2010 and the best times to view them. by Joe Rao For skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere, ...

Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Gebel Kamil
History: A total of about 1600 kg of iron meteorite shrapnel (thousands of pieces), ranging in mass from < 1 to 35000 g, plus a single 83 kg individual ...
tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=52031

Perseids 2010 International Meteor OrganizationThe Perseids are one of the most exciting and dynamic meteor showers; producing fast-moving shooting stars throughout July and August. ...

Meteor Crater Discovered With Google Earth Wired Science Wiredcom
Researchers poring over Google Earth images have discovered one of Earth's freshest impact craters — a 45-meter-wide pock in southwestern Egypt that. ...

Meteorite Impact Crater Found with Google Earth
Discovery News
During expeditions to the site early in 2009 and again this year, scientists found more than 5000 iron meteorites that together weigh more than 1.7 tons. ...

Scientists Use Google Earth to Spot a Meteor Crater in Egypt
Discover Magazine (blog)
Earth's weather quickly erodes a crater's structures, making it difficult to determine how exactly a meteorite struck. The Kamil crater, study leader Luigi ...

New Trove of Iron Meteorites
Sky & Telescope
The largest known piece from the Gebel Kamil meteorite field, found 750 feet north of the crater, weighs 183 pounds (83 kg). The characteristic dimples on ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 23JUL10

Summer Meteor Shower Season in Full Swing
Space.com By Joe Rao
For skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere, late summer is usually regarded as the prime "meteor-viewing season," with one of the best displays ...

"Fresh" Crater Found in Egypt; Changes Impact Risk?
National Geographic
on their calculations, the team thinks that a 4.2-foot-wide (1.3-meter-wide) solid iron meteor weighing 2267 to 4535 pounds (5000 to 10000 kilograms) ...

Royal Ontario Museum Acquires World's Largest Mass of Rare Meteorite
Art Daily
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has acquired the world's largest piece of the Springwater pallasite, a rare and scientifically important meteorite that was ...

Delta Aquarid meteor shower begins July 21, peaks July 30, 2010
Examiner.comThe 2010 Delta Aquarid meteor shower will last from July 21 to August 23. This year's Delta Aquarids will peak on July 30, 2010. The Delta Aquarid meteor ...

Chip Off An Old Rock - 4.5 Billion Years Old - Could Deliver A World Of Information
Free Internet Press Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:46 PM PDT
Canadian r esearchers are hoping a fresh slice of a rare 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite will yield new information about our planet. ...

Rare meteorite lands at ROM
Dose Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:51 AM PDT
The Royal Ontario Museum is the new home of the world's largest piece of the Springwater pallasite, a rare meteorite that was discovered in Saskatchewan in 1931. ...

4.5-billion-year-old meteorite sliced
CNews Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:41 AM PDT
It came from out of this world to Toronto -- via Saskatchewan. ...

Trekkie inspired sculpture decoded
Borders Today Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:08 AM PDT
THE world is to be taken over by a warrior race, if a mysterious inscription carved on a meteorite in the Glentress Forest is to be believed. (22/07/2010) ...

ScienceShot A WellPreserved Meteor Impact ScienceNOW
ScienceShot: A Well-Preserved Meteor Impact - ScienceNOW. ...

APOD 2010 July 22 The Meteor of 1860
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. ...

NASA Chat: Crumbling Comets Create Marvelous MeteorsRedOrbitFinally, sit back and enjoy the show as bits of leftover comet burn up in our atmosphere, creating the celestial displays that we call meteor showers. ...