| Reason for zodiac glow in the eastern night sky identified
Daily News & Analysis
This result confirms what meteor astronomer Jenniskens of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., had long suspected. An expert on meteor showers, ...
Meteor Lights Up Upper Midwest
KIMT
The first video of the meteor was from Howard County Sheriff's Department dashboard camera. It shows the meteor as it moves forty-two-thousand miles per ...
Midwest meteor sighting goes above, beyond
Jacksonville Journal Courier
What she saw was a meteor coming into the atmosphere, which was seen Wednesday night across the Midwest, from the southern part of Wisconsin to St. Louis, ...
Wisconsin meteor blazes as annual Lyrid shower looms
The Tech Herald
by Stevie Smith - Apr 16 2010, 05:53 The amazing moment a blazing meteor momentarily turned night into eerie day over the Midwest skies of the United States ...
| Meteorite hunters rush to Wisconsin
Chicago Tribune
By Thursday night, no discovery of meteor fragments had been reported, but if they are found, far more meteorite hunters will likely pour into the area, ...
| | NASA And Other Experts Provide Explanation Of Meteor
WISN Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE -- The meteor that lit up the Milwaukee sky Wednesday night is now being investigated nationally by expert organizations, including NASA. ...
| | Meteor matter
Peoria Journal Star
By Anonymous Meteor enthusiasts say the annual Lyrids meteor shower should occur during the early morning hours from Friday to April 28. ...
| | Meteor Generates Stellar Buzz In Iowa
KCCI Des Moines
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A meteor lit up the sky over Iowa late Wednesday and sparked discussions at homes, schools and offices. Dick Ogdaard was driving back to ...
| | Area High School Student Captures Meteor Picture By Accident
WISN Milwaukee
Alf told 12 News he didn't know there was supposed to be a meteor shower. He was taking pictures of grass at night while working on a project for his ...
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Real-time video of the meteor flying by last night, as seen from a security camera at Electronic ...
| Woman who saw meteor go over her apartment last night says it was colorful ...
WEAU-TV 13
She thought it may have been a comet or a meteor going from Southwest to Northeast over her apartment on La Crosse's Southside. “It was totally circular, ...
| | Area Residents React To Meteor Spectacle
WISN Milwaukee
Residents of Milwaukee and the surrounding areas are reacting to the large meteor that passed over Wisconsin Wednesday night. ...
| | North Winneshiek camera captures meteor flash
Decorah Journal
A camera at North Winneshiek School captured this photo of the Gamma Virginids meteor shower Wednesday evening. Ashley Sears, a meteorologist with the ...
| | Sight of meteor causes stir across area, Midwest
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
It was a meteor that crossed the Midwest. Some communities reported houses rattling from sonic booms and ground shaking, according to The Associated Press. ...
| | Wednesday's possible meteor stuns Rock River Valley at first
Rockford Register Star
By Anonymous ROCKFORD — A large fireball believed to be a meteor lit up the sky late Wednesday night, and sightings were reported in five different Midwest ...
 UH Scientist on New Mars Research
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Lapen and his colleagues data showed that the true age of Mars meteorite ALH84001 is 4.091 billion years old, about 400 million years younger than ...
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COURTESY KWWL-TV bit.ly Video of Midwest Meteor seen over the skies of several Midwestern states on the evening of Wednesday, April 14th. Courtesy ...
| Meteor in Wisconsin a Conspiracy Theory?
Gather.com
The meteor in Wisconsin has caused quite a stir among residents as well as people all over the world. Last night at 10pm the meteor caused sonic booms and ...
| | What was that? A 'mighty' meteor
KARE
A meteor lit up the night sky, causing hundreds to phone local law enforcement officers and weather observers. "It was just a big, huge orange thing until ...
| | Mars meteor gets a boost of youth
Chemistry World
A Martian meteorite that has played a pivotal role in our understanding of the Solar System has been found to be half a billion years younger than ...
| | Caught on tape: April 14 meteor
WQAD
The University of Wisconsin Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences caught an image of the meteor as well, and has uploaded it to its site. ...
| | Greater Minnesota Residents Report: Giant Meteor Streaks Through Sky
KSAX
The meteor streaked through the sky and also caused a sonic boom. It's not known if the meteor landed or burned up. It was flying at an altitude of about ...
| | Possible meteor looked like large ball of light
The Reporter
Molly Soblewski said the dispatch center received numerous calls from residents who witnessed the meteor passing over Dodge County around 10:15 pm last ...
Famous Martian meteorite younger than thought
Science News
By Lisa Grossman Fallen rock The Allan Hills meteorite, named for the site where it was found in Antarctica, was once thought to contain fossil traces of ...
| Fireball in sky: meteor in Wisconsin rattles homes, nerves
Christian Science Monitor
The meteor in Wisconsin seen Wednesday night appeared as a fireball in the sky, shaking the ground with its accompanying sonic boom. ...
| | Meteors, fireball or UFO seen in northern sky of 6 states: Watch for more on ...
Examiner.com
Officials according to the Northwestern, think a meteor shower with an unusually large area was the cause of a huge fireball in the sky that was visible ...
| | Meteor in Wisconsin: New clues about the Martian meteorite which NASA seeks life
News Provider (blog)
Meteor in Wisconsin: Allen Hills meteorite 840001, from Mars and discovered in an expedition to Antarctica in 1984, became world famous twelve years later, ...
| | Tom Loewy: Local woman and nephew witness meteor
Galesburg Register-Mail
Bushnell and her 16-year-old nephew Tyler Fox saw what the National Weather Service later confirmed Thursday morning to be a meteorite. ...
| | Paper wants to talk to meteor-watchers
Jacksonville Journal Courier
Law enforcement agencies reported several sightings of what appears to have been a meteor. If you were one of the witnesses, contact reporter Jake Russell ...
| | Flash! Fireball passes by Madison skyline
NECN
What is believed to be a part of the Gamma Virginids meteor shower drew the attention of many in the upper midwest Wednesday night. ...
| Midwest meteor 'looked like daylight' but likely didn't hit ground
Chicago Sun-Times
The flash of what may have been a meteor over Madison, Wis., about 10 pm Wednesday night, as seen from a weather observatory at the University of ...
| | Meteor clearly visible to Vernon County residents Wednesday night
Westby Times
“Then we could see the meteor streaking by,” Judy Millikin continued. “It was blue and green and looked sort of like the hot spot where a weld comes ...
| | Last night's meteor show was spectacular, for those who were up to see it
DesMoinesRegister.com
A television station in Madison, Wis., has received pictures from a viewer that purport to be fires started by an exploding meteor that streaked across the ...
| | Meteor showers in south WI
NewsoftheNorth.Net
There are showers in southern Wisconsin , as in meteor showers, according to people who reported seeing them in Milwaukee , Kenosha , Madison and Waukesha ...
| | Wisconsin Meteor (VIDEO, PHOTOS) Dazzles Residents
Post Chronicle
by Mitch Marconi Wisonsin residents were told that meteor showers in the area would peak around the 14th of April, but they never expected the sight they ...
Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky
CNN
"A large meteorite could have caused the brilliant fireball that has been reported," the National Weather Service said. The NWS in Quad Cities said that it ...
| Spectacular meteor lights up the Midwest
msnbc.com
"A large meteorite could have caused the brilliant fireball that has been reported," the National Weather Service's Milwaukee office said in statement. ...
| | Soaring meteor lights up skies across the Midwest
The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — A large meteor streaked across the Midwestern sky momentarily turning night into day, rattling houses and causing trees and the ground to shake, ...
| | Jay Talking: Meteor spotters, moving funnel cakes and Idol chat
Galesburg Register-Mail
Today's topics include last night's meteor, gas prices on the rise again, “toaster trivia," moving funnel cakes and an American Idol recap. ...
| | Milwaukee Sees Meteor Shower, Expected Through Weekend
Newsradio 620
It was a meteor, and the show isn't over until after this weekend. One couple watched it in the 5th ward near South 5th and West Walker Streets in Milwaukee ...
| | Lyrid meteors will light up the darkness
Astronomy Magazine
by Michael E. Bakich, senior editor The Lyrid meteor shower peaks April 22. After midnight, an observer at a dark site may spot as many as 20 meteors each ...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16635-first-tracked-space-rock-recovered-after-impact First tracked space rock recovered after impact-0246 GMT on 7 October-Sudan (Asteroid 2008 TC3) by David Shiga New Scientist February 19, 2009 The discovery of meteorites from an asteroid that exploded over Sudan in October completes an astronomical trifecta. For the first time, scientists have detected a space rock ahead of a collision with Earth, watched it streak through the atmosphere, and then recovered pieces of it. Analysis of the meteorites could shed light on conditions in the early solar system more than 4 billion years ago. When the asteroid, called 2008 TC3, was discovered on 6 October last year, it was just 20 hours away from hitting Earth. Though the warning period was short, it was the first time a space rock had been found before it impacted the planet. Orbital calculations predicted the object would plunge into the atmosphere above Sudan at 0246 GMT on 7 October, and it arrived right ontime. Observations suggested it was no more than 5 metres across, too small to survive intact all the way to the ground and cause damage. The brilliant fireball it made as it descended through the atmosphere was seen far in the distance by the crew of a KLM airliner, and was observed by various satellites, including a weather satellite called Meteosat-8. Now, a team of meteorite hunters has found fragments of the object. The meteorites are a unique group in that they come from an object seen hurtling through space before its plunge into Earth's atmosphere. Numerous fragments Students from the University of Khartoum, led by Dr Muawia Shaddad, found the first fragments using data provided by NASA to home in onwhere fragments were likely to be found. Scientists involved with the discovery, including Peter Jenniskens ofthe SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, have reportedly submitted a study about the find to a scientific journal, and have not responded to interview requests. But Lindley Johnson, head of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program office atthe agency's headquarters in Washington, DC, reported the find on Mondayin Vienna, at a United Nations meeting discussing near-Earth object (NEO) impacts. < http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/oosa/en/COPUOS/stsc/2009/index.html> An image of the first fragment found is included in the slides from Johnson's presentation (pdf) < http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/pres/stsc2009/tech-25.pdf> (see slide 19). Donald Yeomans, who manages NASA's efforts to find and track NEOs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, confirmed that"quite a few" fragments have been found but declined to discuss them further. Weak material? Before the fragments were found, meteorite expert Peter Brown of the University of Western Ontario in Canada said the asteroid was likely made of relatively weak material, given that 2008 TC3 broke up unusually quickly once it hit the atmosphere, exploding about 37 kilometres above ground. Another object known to have broken up at about this height scattered fragments over Tagish Lake in Canada in 2000. The Tagish Lake meteorites turned out to be made of a very crumbly material, and fall into a class of meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites, which have been modified little by heat or other processes since the solar system formed more than 4.5 billion years ago. "I would caution making direct compositional comparisons [with the Tagish Lake meteorites], but it does certainly underscore the global weakness of [2008 TC3]," Brown said in comments posted on the JPL website in November. He added that observations of the rock's quick breakup "all but rule out" a composition rich in iron. < http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2008tc3.html> Point of origin When the analysis of these rock fragments does come out, what is it likely to tell us? Meteorites in general provide a valuable record of conditions in the early solar system, such as temperature and chemical composition. And the 2008 TC3 meteorites could be especially illuminating because the parent object was observed in space before the breakup, allowing scientists to calculate its former orbit around the Sun. This provides precious information connecting the meteorites to their place of origin in the solar system. For most other meteorites, such calculations involve a lot of guesswork. Meteorites had previously been recovered after about 10 "fireball" events, where parent space rocks were observed streaking through the sky. But in those cases, scientists had to try to reconstruct the object's orbit based on its path through the atmosphere. "It's often very difficult to get from a streak in the sky to what theorbit was," says Allan Treiman of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Tucson, Arizona. "But if they've got its location before it hit the atmosphere, they're far better off - that's really wonderful."
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