Meteor/Meteorite News 11JUN2010

Jupiter Impact: Mystery of the Missing Debris
NASA Science News
June 11, 2010: On June 3rd, 2010, something hit Jupiter. A comet or
asteroid descended from the black of space, struck the planet's
cloudtops, and disintegrated, producing a flash of light so bright it
was visible in backyard telescopes on Earth. ...
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/11jun_missingdebris/

Space.com

NASA Sends Aircraft to Watch Asteroid Probe's Fiery Re-entry

Space.com
... sample will be only 6500 feet ahead of the rest of the spacecraft, which will break into numerous pieces, essentially making it a man-made meteor. ...


New Model Is Proposed to Explain Absence of Organic Compounds on Surface of Mars
New Rochelle, June 10, 2010 - The ongoing search for evidence of past or
present life on Mars includes efforts to identify organic compounds such
as proteins in Martian soil, but their absence to date remains a
mystery. A new theory to explain what happens to these carbon-based
molecules is presented in an article published in Astrobiology, a
peer-reviewed journal published by *Mary Ann Liebert, Inc ...
http://cl.exct.net/?qs=97fedff095471e983a892ac0dc3aad36dafafbb1325782a25edc67ddec013666

The article is available free online
http://cl.exct.net/?qs=97fedff095471e98ccccc9761f9002c96987c594a653787d99cfa30a353d28cd

Extreme Life on Earth Could Survive on Mars, Too
space.com
08 June 2010
A new discovery of bacterial life in a Martian-like environment on Earth
suggests our neighboring red planet could also be hospitable to some
form of microbial life.
Researchers found methane-eating bacteria that appear to be thriving in
a unique spring called Lost Hammer on Axel Heiberg Island in the extreme
north of Canada....

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars-hospitable-life-earth-100608.html

June Meteorite-Times Now Online
The June issue of Meteorite-Times is now up.
A huge thank you to all the writers for their contribution of talent and time each month.
http://www.meteorite-times.com/meteorite_frame.htm

Enjoy! Paul and Jim

Rec center is rocking place during annual gem show

Delta County Independent
A display of blue petrified wood from Wyoming and a meteor fragment from Delta were among the hundreds of interesting and educational exhibits at the show. ...

NASA flying observatory to track return of Japanese asteroid sampling spacecraft

The Canadian Press
The group will study the meteor-like plunge of the Hyabusa spacecraft, which visited the asteroid Itokawa during a seven-year mission and is carrying a ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 4JUN2010

Jupiter Impact Event Caught on Video

Space Weather News for June 3, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

SOMETHING HAS JUST HIT JUPITER: Veteran amateur astronomers Anthony Wesley of Australia and Christopher Go of the Philippines have independently observed an impact event on Jupiter. The strike occurred at 20:31 UT on June 3rd and produced a bright flash of light in the giant planet's cloudtops. Visit http://spaceweather.com

for images and video.

Jupiter impact - June 03, 2010
The full report is at http://www.iceinspace.com.au/70-592-0-0-1-0.html

with more discussion at:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=61965

(and readers of German can go to for more links on Wesley's role in Jupiter monitoring).
http://skyweek.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/hat-anthony-wesley-einen-einschlagsblitz-auf-dem-jupiter-aufgenommen

A fireball impact has been imaged within the last two hours on Jupiter by Anthony Wesley in Australia.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=77409

See: http://jupiter.samba.org/

for more images!

PhysOrg.com

Large Meteor Tracked over Northeast Alabama

PhysOrg.com
Composite photo of the meteor as seen from the Marshall Space Flight Center. Image credit: NASA/MSFC On the evening of May 18, NASA all-sky meteor cameras ...

Raw Video: Meteor Caught on tape over Huntsville and Scottsboro

WAFF
This meteor was first picked up at an altitude of 47 miles over northwest Huntsville, moving at a speed of 8 miles per second towards the southeast. ...

Missing moon rock? Ex-governor had it
$5 million specimen was given to Colorado during Nixon administration
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37454964/ns/technology_and_science-space/?GT1=43001

SPACEcom Walt Whitman Meteor Mystery Solved by Astronomer Sleuths

A unique case of forensic astronomy uncovers the historic reality of a celestial event forgotten in time yet referenced in a poem by Walt Whitman.
www.space.com/.../walt-whitman-meteor-mystery-solved-100...

Ancient Meteorite Discovered In Oregon
redOrbit Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:23 AM PDT
Image 1: A closer view of the Morrow County meteorite, showing the sculpted surface texture caused by passage through the Earthâs atmosphere. The meteorite has a distinctive yellowish color caused by mild weathering on Earth. A portion of the meteorite at bottom right has been removed for study. At the top, another portion is missing, which was removed before Mr. Wesson found the rock, possibly ...