The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 7-8SEP2011

Kenya's Rain of Meteorites
SkyandTelescope.com
Statistically, every year roughly 1400 meteorites of pebble size and larger fall somewhere on Earth's lands. But few of these are ever found — and even fewer (about 3%) are actually seen as they arrive. Because they're rare, these witnessed falls are ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Indicates NE ...
Colorado east of Greeley and Northeast of Kersey Colorado Bright Blue/Green Meteor Fireball 4:00 am 2SEP2011 My friend and I were at work out at 70 Ranch ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../mbiq-indicates-ne-colo...

Meteors Delivered Gold to Baby Earth, New Study Hints National GeographicBased on analysis of some of the world's oldest rocks, scientists have the first direct evidence that a cataclysmic meteor shower changed early Earth's chemical composition. The presence of precious metals in Earth's mantle and crust poses a puzzle, ...

Ancient Acidic Ocean a Killer
Discovery News
There is, for instance, not convincing evidence for a major meteor impact like the one that killed the dinosaurs. Scientists do know that gigantic volcanic eruptions were spitting large amounts of methane and CO2 into the air at the time. ...


Meteorites Pummeled Earth, Delivering Gold
Discovery News
A slew of meteorites pelted Earth some 3.9 billion years ago -- delivering that gold you may be wearing on your finger. By Jessica Marshall Gold, platinum and other precious metals were brought here by meteorites, new research suggests. ...


September Meteor Showers | American Meteor Society
Tag Archives for: September Meteor Showers. 2 ... Meteor Activity Outlook for September 3-9, 2011... Meteor Activity Outlook for August 27- September 2, 2011 ...
www.amsmeteors.org/tag/september-meteor-showers/


Meteorite storm showered planet in gold
New Scientist
A storm of meteorites slammed into it, delivering gold and other new metals to the planet. Earth's crust and mantle should not contain metals like gold, because while the planet was molten they would have sunk into the core. ...

Meteor, 31.08.2011, 02.09.2011 30 sec Meteor 1: 31.08.2011 - 04:17:55 CEST Meteor 2: 02.09.2011 - 03:56:12 CEST Direction: South Position: 51.05°N, 14°E ... youtube.com

Meteor/Meteorite News 4JUL2011

Meteorite hunter: My two months in an Omani jail
New Scientist
On 31 December last year I went on my 20th meteorite hunting expedition in Oman with my fellow hunter Robert Ward. I have studied the law there since the arrest of Russian and American hunters back in 2005 and I understand the practice to be legal. ...


July Meteor Showers | American Meteor Society
Meteor season finally gets going in July for the northern hemisphere. The first half of the month will be much like June. After the 15th though, ...
www.amsmeteors.org/tag/july-meteor-showers/


PhysOrg.com - meteor impacts
Science and technology news stories tagged with keyword: meteor impacts. All science news aboutmeteor impacts.
www.physorg.com/tags/meteor+impacts/


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking Meteor News- MBIQ ...
Texas /Arkansas Green Meteor 20JUN2011 ~11:45 pm v.3 (c) LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo / Google Earth All Rights Reserved - No Copy without written ...
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Ecuador Meteor/Meteorite News- Daule, Ecuador Meteorite Fall Recovered 23MAR08 5NOV09

The Daule (provisional name) meteorite fell at approximately 9:00 am on 23 March, 2008 near the city of Daule in Ecuador. This is Ecuador`s first meteorite on record.
Mike Farmer and Hans Koser have recovered a second stone of 6,580 grams from the fall. In all, three stones were witnessed to have fallen, but only two have been recovered to date.

NEWSPAPER links to articles about the Daule meteorite fall Click here for article.

Mike Farmer (left) and Hans Koser (right) holding the second mass of Daule that they recently recovered.
For more details and photos:
http://www.meteoritehunter.com/