Showing posts with label Wetumpka Alabama impact crater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wetumpka Alabama impact crater. Show all posts

23 January 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 24JAN2011

Crater lecture, tours planned
Wetumpka Herald
University of New Orleans geology professor Dr. Mark A. Kulp explains to his students how a prehistoric meteor impact created Wetumpka's unique geography. ...



Meteorites take center stage at Bluedorn Science Imaginarium
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Special guest Michael Sibbernsen, a former Grout employee, taught children all about meteorites. Sibbernsen is an outreach coordinator with the NASA ...



Alberta/Montana meteor indicated 23JAN2011
Internet Queries for meteor 23JAN2011::
(Timestamp given in Tokyo Local Time)

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Reader of Meteor/Meteorite News writes:
Leon County, TX 22JAN2011 glowing ball falling westward
Guest933 (guest): 1-22-2011 at approx.23:45 saw glowing ball with purple trail falling westward of IH45 in Leon County Tx

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16 March 2010

16MAR2010

Boom baffles region
The Daily Star Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:41 AM PDT
The source of an enormous boom heard by some across parts of Mississippi on Sunday afternoon remains a mystery. James Hill, director of the Rainwater Observatory in French Camp, said the the loud, long noise Grenada County residents heard could be anything from a jet sonic boom to a meteorite exploding. ...

Miss. Residents Report Seeing Flashes In Sky

WAPT Jackson
The National Weather Service in Jackson said the flashes were from the Gamma Normid Meteor Shower, which was active in the area until Monday and peaked in ...


Loud boom heard in area last week likely a "meteor"

Jena Times
A meteor hurtling through the atmosphere faster than the speed of sound likely caused the sonic like boom that startled many residents in LaSalle Parish and ...


Wetumpka seeks money for meteor crater visitor center | al.com

Scientists say a meteor struck near Wetumpka about 83 million years ago, creating a crater that's still visible today. A group started working on a master ...

Q-fire in the sky

03:29
Fireball A fireball is a brighter-than-usual meteor. The International Astronomical Union defines a ...
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collision

07:37
Japanese animation of asteroid hitting the Earth.
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15 March 2010

15MAR2010

Funding sought for visitor center at Alabama meteor crater

WHNT
(AP) — Officials are seeking money to build a visitor center at the site of a crater created when a meteor hit central Alabama more than 80 million years ...

La Suceava „plouă“ cu meteoriţi marţieni
Adevărul - ‎7 時間前‎
O expoziţie cu obiecte extraterestre în miniatură este deschisă până pe 14 aprilie la Observatorul Astronomic. Răzvan Andrei, singurul român membru al Asociaţiei Internaţionale a Colecţionarilor de Meteoriţi, a adunat peste 1.000 de pietre cosmice. ...
In Suceava "rain" with meteorites Martians
An exhibition of miniature alien objects is open until April 14 at the Astronomical Observatory. Razvan Andrei, Romanian only member of the International Association of meteorite collectors, gathered over 1000 cosmic rocks. ...

Zem ohrozuje meteorit. NASA vyšle sondu
HNonline.sk - ‎2010年3月13日‎
Vedci z NASA predložili koncepciu sondy na let k planétke, ktorá môže prezradiť okolnosti zrodu slnečnej sústavy, ale sa aj zraziť so Zemou. ...

10 Ways to Participate in Global Astronomy Month This April. New Global ... >
PR-USA.net (press release) - ‎2 時間前‎
Lyrids Watch – (physical event) 21st and 22nd April Meteor showers are one of nature's great displays: dozens of “falling stars” that scratch the night sky. ...