Showing posts with label Vesta surface images. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vesta surface images. Show all posts

03 August 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 2-3AUG2011


Asteroid Vesta surface stuns scientists
CBS News Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:02 AM PDT
Images turn up giant crater formed by collision eons ago that pelted Earth with meteorite barrage ...
W&M Law students study "space law"
The Virginia Gazette Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:43 PM PDT
WILLIAMSBURG - William & Mary Law School students Brittany Law and Lillian McManus are now experienced in âspace lawâ after a rare property case involving the Lorton Meteorite fell out of the sky and into an examining room of Doctors Marc Gallini and Frank Ciampiâs Williamsburg Square Family Practice in Jan. 2010 ...



Upper Mid-Western USA Fireball July 26, 2011 | American Meteor Society
In the AMS fireball table, refer to event #735 for 2011. Clear Skies! ... my wife and I did see twofireballs on tues. night 7/26/11 about ten min. apart. ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../upper-mid-western-usa-fireball-july-2...




Evidence found for unseen comet that may threaten Earth
msnbc.com
This February Eta Draconid meteor streak was filmed by Peter Jenniskens with one of the low-light-level video cameras at the Cameras for All-sky Meteor Surveillance station in Mountain View, Calif., at 07:59:24 GMT on Feb. 4, 2011. ...
“OBSERVING METEORS” AT THE AUGUST 13TH CAAS MEETING « CAAS
By Jim
They will also present a short history of meteor observing, how to draw meteor trails, and earning the Astronomical League Meteor Award. Rocky also recently visited the Meteor Crater in Arizona and will give a report on his visit. ...
CAAS



elp allsky: BREAKING METEOR/FIREBALL NEWS...LARGE, BRIGHT Oregon ...
Obviously, we cannot respond individually to each of you who took your valuable time to send in your reports on this major meteor event, so we say to you ...
elpasoallsky.blogspot.com/.../large-oregon-meteor-fireball-rep...




New Impact Rate Count Lays Nemesis Theory to RestUniverse Today
by Nancy Atkinson on August 1, 2011 Barringer Crater, also known as Meteor Crater, in Arizona. This crater was formed around 50000 years ago by the impact of a nickel-iron meteorite. Near the top of the image, the visitors center, complete with tour 
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