Meteor/Meteorite News 14AUG2010

Perseid meteor showers: Ancient sky show plays again tonight

Seattle Times
Stargazers gather to watch the Perseid meteor showers this week. The showers coincide not only with beautiful summer weather and weekend viewing ...

Was it really a meteorite?
The Daily Jeffersonian Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:24 AM PDT
QUAKER CITY -- A Quaker City man continued his quest Thursday for answers as to the nature and origin of a rock that he believes may be a meteorite. That quest led him to Columbus on Wednesday, ... [same swimming pool rock...hoax]

Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight—How to See Perseids

A moonless night and the chance we're passing through a meteor clump make this year's Perseids extra promising, experts say.
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Perseid meteor shower returns on Thursday night

Perseid meteor shower returns on Thursday night, Shower is one of the most reliable of the year. ...

Meteor shower lights up the sky

Reuters
A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky over El Torcal nature park reserve in the southern Spanish town of Antequera, near Malaga, early August 13, ...

Perseid meteor shower lights up the night sky Washington Post The annual Perseid meteor shower brightened up the night sky, creating a spectacle for stargazers all over the globe. ...

Perseid meteor shower probably won't pelt spacewalking astronauts, says NASA

Christian Science Monitor
The Perseid meteor shower poses minimal risk to spacewalking astronauts trying to repair the International Space Station, and might even offer them a ...

Perseid Meteor Shower Lights Skies With Shooting Stars ABC News By NED POTTER If you went outside between midnight and dawn this morning, and the Perseid meteor shower of 2010 was good to you, you could see the sky ...

Images from around the world, including the Perseid meteor shower, the Vintage ... Washington Post A meteor streaks across the starry sky over Stonehenge, in Salisbury Plain, England. The Perseid meteor shower is sparked every August when the Earth passes ...

Star parties this weekend Salt Lake Tribune (blog) In addition to the meteor showers, you can see Venus, Mars and Saturn really well right now. We saw them the other night without a telescope! ... Perseid meteor shower lives up to its promise msnbc.com The 2010 Perseid meteor shower lived up to its promise of a meteor per minute just before dawn Friday, providing an excellent celestial spectacle for people ... Space Photos This Week: Meteor, Epic Iceberg, and More National Geographic While an electric-lighted line of mountain climbers snakes toward it, a meteor streaks over Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro in a photograph released Monday. ... How To See The Meteor Shower - Easily! News Fire Anyone who missed this week's Perseid Meteor display due to Britain's cloudy summer skies and city haze can take solace in Explorers' newest astronomy tour, ... Perseid Meteor Shower 2010: Last Chance to View in the Sky Tonight Keen Observers Perseid Meteor Shower August 2010 Tonight – People might wonder during the month of August, when they are on vacation in the country where skies are dark, ... See meteor shower light up skies over Surrey BBC News UK star-gazers have reported seeing dozens of shooting stars as the Perseid meteor shower reached its climax overnight. The Royal Astronomical Society says ... NASA video explains the Perseid meteor shower and viewing opportunities Examiner.com Tonight is the night for a display that only comes once a year – the Perseid meteor shower. With the moon down and out of the way, places with clear skies ... Heads up, Israel! Annual meteor shower promises spectacular show Ha'aretz By Asaf Shtull-Trauring The annual Perseid meteor shower, which is expected to peak late Thursday night, promises to be the one of the best displays of the ... Wish Upon a Meteor Boone Mountain Times by Lauren K. Ohnesorge The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak Thursday and, according to astronomer and Appalachian State University professor Dan ... Perseid meteor shower tonight may be spoiled by rain, clouds The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Meteors of the Perseid meteor are often seen in these days most. If the sky remains clear the conditions are ideal - the moon does not affect the ...

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 ...