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. ...