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18 April 2018

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18APR2018

Diamonds in Almahata Sitta Meteorite
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/meteorite-diamonds-planet-1.4619284

Außerirdische Diamanten aus der Urzeit
Tagesspiegel
... fand eine eilig entsendete Forscherexpedition schließlich fast 300 der Bruchstücke im Wüstensand. Insgesamt vier Kilogramm gibt es seitdem von dem Meteoriten, genannt „Almahata Sitta“ nach einer nahe gelegenen Bahnstation. Jetzt gibt das Gestein Einblick in die Anfänge des Sonnensystems.

Diamonds from meteorite may be from lost planet, study says
CBS News
BERLIN -- Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar system, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers from Switzerland, France and Germany examined diamonds found inside the Almahata ...

These diamonds are tiny, flawed, and may come from a long-lost planet
Popular Science
In 2008, a rock laced with tiny diamonds hurtled through miles of thickening nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide, its exterior heating up as it raced through the thick air. A telescope tracked its progress, watching as the asteroid-turned-meteor exploded. The violent burst 23 miles above the ground sent ...

Diamonds found in mysterious meteorite originated from a lost planet from the early Solar System
- Mirror.co.uk

Scientists Say Diamonds From A Meteor Prove The Existence Of a Long-Lost Planet
Advocator
The Nubian Desert has holding a surprise for scientists that were looking for a meteor fallen north of Sudan. Inside that meteor, there are specks of diamonds! A new scientific report argues that these diamonds were formed inside a planet that was alive at the beginning of the solar system. Looking at the ...

Stunning space diamonds discovery: Mysterious meteorite came from 'lost planet'
Fox News
In January, a meteor made headlines when it flashed across the sky in Michigan. The blazing fireball sent meteorite hunters scrambling to find fragments of ... When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere it is known as a meteor. Earlier this week an asteroid the size of a football field made a “surprise” ...

meteor head radio echoes
Vox Charta
Comments: International Meteor Conference 2017. Originally posted 04/16/2018. EP. The French FRIPON (Fireball Recovery and Interplanetary Observation Network) programme relies on a video cameras network associated to radio sensors running in a radar multistatic configuration to observe ...

An Unexpected Asteroid Buzzed by Earth Last Sunday
Smithsonian
A meteor that blew up over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013, for example, resulted in nearly 1,500 injuries and thousands of buildings damaged. But the fragments of space rock didn't directly hit anyone. Rather, as Katherine Hignett reports for Newsweek, experts believe the explosion caused a shockwave, ...

The Lyrid Shower Kicks Off Year of Great Meteor Watching
Sky & Telescope
Most meteor showers originate with comets, and the Lyrids are no exception. Its parent is the long-period Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1), which orbits the Sun every 415 years. New York amateur A. E. Thatcher discovered it with his 4.3-inch refractor on April 6, 1861. Six years later, Johann Gottfried Galle ...

Qatar's Sky Witnesses Lyrid Meteor Shower
OANA NEWS
Doha, April 18 (QNA) - Qatar Calendar House announced that residents of Qatar and the rest of the countries of the northern part of the Earth will witness Lyrid Meteor Shower this year, next Sunday, and until the dawn of the next day. Astronomer at the Qatari Calendar House Dr. Bashir Marzouk said that ...

The 2018 Australian Lyrid Meteor Shower, Morning 23 April
Astroblog
Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The 2018 Australian Lyrid Meteor Shower, Morning 23 April. The morning sky looking north as seen from Brisbane at 5:00 am AEST on April 23. The Lyrid radiant is marked with a starburst. It is quite close to the obvious bright star Vega low above the northern horizon.

Lunar influence on meteor rates
AGU Publications - Wiley
Lunar influence on meteor rates. D. M. Brierley · Search for more papers by this author · J. G. Davies · Search for more papers by this author · D. M. Brierley · Search for more papers by this author · J. G. Davies · Search for more papers by this author. First published: 15 November 1963.

Arizona's Meteor Crater Interactive Discovery Center Updated With Alcorn McBride
Live Design
While Arizona is well known for the spectacular Grand Canyon, there's another natural phenomena that attracts visitors from around the world to the northern Arizona desert. Meteor Crater is the best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth. The result of the collision between an asteroid and Earth ...

2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

26 December 2016

Big Diamonds Bring Scientists A Message From Superdeep Earth

Big Diamonds Bring Scientists A Message From Superdeep Earth

Big Diamonds Bring Scientists A Message From Superdeep Earth
NPR
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/15/505386423/big-diamonds-bring-scientists-a-message-from-superdeep-earth

Large, rare diamonds offer window into inner workings of Earth's mantle
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/gioa-lrd120716.php
http://phys.org/news/2016-12-biggest-diamonds-deep-mantle-metallic.html
http://www.livescience.com/57222-biggest-diamonds-form-in-liquid-metal-pools.html

Diamonds: Huge, rare precious stones form 750km underground in
Earth's mantle, International Business Times UK
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/huge-rare-diamonds-are-born-pools-liquid-metal-deep-below-earths-surface-1596725

the paper is:

Smith, E. M., S. B. Shirey, F. Nestola, and others, 2016, Large gem
diamonds from metallic liquid in Earth’s deep mantle. Science.
Vol. 354, Issue 6318, pp. 1403-1405. DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1303
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6318/1403

Yours,

Paul H.

2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

19 September 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19SEP2012

Morasko Craters Panoramas
...photo panoramas of three largest Morasko impact craters.by Marcin Cimala....(more)

Naysayers of Clovis-age Meteor-Impact Ignored Key Protocols
Laboratory Equipment
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from seven U.S. institutions says a disregard of three critical protocols, including sorting samples by size, explains why a group challenging the theory of a North American meteor-impact event some 12,900 years ...

Massive Diamond-Filled Meteor Crater Worth 'Trillions' Of Pounds Found In ...
Huffington Post UK
A massive field of diamonds worth trillions of pounds has been discovered underneath a meteorite crater in Russia, scientists have announced. The industrial-quality diamonds have the potential to revolutionise the tech and manufacturing industry - if ...

Did a Pacific Ocean meteor trigger the Ice Age
(Phys.org)—When a huge meteor collided with Earth about 2.5 million years ago in the southern Pacific Ocean it not only likely generated a massive tsunami ...
phys.org/news/2012-09-pacific-ocean-meteor-trigger-ice.html

Russia Reveals It Has Massive Diamond Field
The Epoch Times Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:02 PM PDT
Russia revealed that in the 1970s, the country discovered a gigantic diamond field underneath a meteorite crater in Siberia that is thought to contain trillions of carats.

Russia says it's found huge diamond deposit in crater
Brisbane Times Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:26 PM PDT
Russian scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could revolutionise industry.

Meteorite crater diamonds could revolutionise industry
3news Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:13 PM PDT
Russian scientists claim a gigantic deposit of diamonds found in ameteorite crater could revolutionise industry.

It's the biggest moon rock ever auctioned
MSNBC Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:14 PM PDT
If you have some serious cash lying around, a chunk of the moon could be yours. A piece of lunar meteorite is on sale at auction, and experts estimate the final price will tally at least $340,000. The rock, called Dar al Gani 1058, is the largest piece of the moon ever to be auctioned.

Wham! How Russia's Trove of 'Impact Diamonds' Was Created
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:03 PM PDT
A flashy claim from Russian scientists, that a Siberian meteorite crater holds "trillions of carats" of diamonds, may be far-fetched but it's not outside the realm of scientific possibility.

Largest Moon Rock Ever Auctioned Could Fetch $380,000
SPACE.com Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:02 PM PDT
A lunar meteorite that fell to Earth is now on sale to the highest bidder.

Diamond field with trillions of carats found in Siberia
Daily Telegraph Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT
A diamond field containing trillions of carats has been discovered hidden under a giant meteorite crater in Siberia, Russian scientists have disclosed.

Secret Diamond Crater Revealed By Russia
Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:32 AM PDT
Russian scientists have revealed that they kept secret a huge deposit of diamonds beneath a gigantic meteorite crater in Siberia for decades.They claim that the 60-mile wide Popigai crater in eastern Siberia ...

Russia boasts of huge diamond field
MSNBC Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:14 AM PDT
Russian scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could revolutionize industry.

Starting and finishing with a bang: Did a giant meteorite KICKSTART the age of the dinosaurs?
Daily Mail Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:44 AM PDT
Paleontologist Paul Olsen and geologist Dennis Kent of Columbia University have been exploring this theory and looking for evidence that an asteroid did strike the Earth, causing the Triassic-Jurassic extinction.

Huge diamond field discovered in Russian meteorite crater
New York Daily News
A gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater could revolutionize industry, Russian scientists say. The Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences said the Popigai crater in eastern Siberia contains “many ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!