Meteor/Meteorite News 16JUL2010

Meteorite master finds
19 La Crosse Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:06 PM PDT
VIROQUA, Wisconsin (WXOW)- The meteorite which hit western Wisconsin last April captured some attention. In some cases, it also attracted meteorite hunters. When the meteorite appeared on scene, Bill ...

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"Aus heiterem Himmel": Eisbrocken stürzt in Vorgarten

Volksblatt Würzburg - ‎2010年4月27日‎

Polizei: Vielleicht ein Meteorit? Dass es sich bei dem gefrorenen Substanz um Toilettenfäkalien handeln könnte, schließt Anwohner Pfetscher aus: „Das Eis ... 20-30kg ice falls from sky in Bavaria

德国天降一块40多斤冰块

大河网 - ‎5 時間前‎

据悉，这块不明来历的冰块白里透蓝，色泽纯净，警方估计有可能是比陨石还 要罕见的陨冰。目前冰块已经被保存起来等待有关专家的进一步分析。 版权所有：河南日报、河南 ...
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Falling stars: Northeast Astronomy Forum 2010 recap

Astronomy Magazine (blog) - ‎16 時間前‎

Steve Arnold (left) and Geoffrey Notkin, from the Science Channel's program Meteorite Men, presented a talk at NEAF and later signed autographs. Mike ...

Some Craters on the Moon May Be Electrified

Space.com - ‎2010年4月27日‎

The Lunar Ejecta and Meteorite Experiment left by the Apollo 17 astronauts detected impacts from dust at terminator crossings where the solar wind is nearly ...

El meteorito sin nombre de Eslovaquia

La Vanguardia - ‎19 時間前‎

"Los fragmentos de este meteorito se han hallado aquí y por eso es lógico que lleve el nombre de nuestro pueblo", dice Ondrej Jusko, el alcalde de Vysny ...

These Rocks Are No Space Junk: Meteorite Hunters, Scientists ...

Hundreds of professional and amateur meteorite hunters have converged on a small farming town in Wisconsin seeking the charred remnants of a meteor that ...

Fireball crashes: Search underway for meteorite fragments

Galena Gazette
"Anyone that had the opportunity to see or hear this meteorite has witnessed an event of a lifetime," said Paul Sipiera, Planetary Studies Foundation ...

Fragment skrzydła prezydenckiego samolotu będzie umieszczony w nowej sukni ...

Katolicka Agencia Informacyjna - ‎21 時間前‎ W tych gwiazdach umieszczone są trzy niezwykłe materiały - meteoryty planetarne. W centralnej części jest meteoryt z Księżyca, obok z Marsa i Merkurego, ...

Hillsboro meteorite hunter is a rock star

Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com - ‎17 時間前‎

By Kurt Eckert A Hillsboro meteorite hunter was able to grab the biggest piece of rock that fell to the earth after a fireball streaked across the Midwest ...

Дым и пепел Эйяфьятлайокудля

Независимая газета - ‎16 時間前‎

Нет никаких оснований связывать внутреннюю энергию Земли с распадом радиоактивных элементов, поскольку, исходя из состава метеоритов, в породах мантии и тем более в железном ядре практически нет ни тория, ни урана, ни калия. Видимо, континенты перемещаются под действием энергии жидкого ядра ...

陨石山公园蓄势“蝶变”

凤凰网 - ‎10 時間前‎

宁省7大奇观之一、国家级森林公园、存有世界上最大的“陨石王”， 欲申报国家级地质遗迹自然保护区，被称为“自然博物馆”的沈阳陨石山森林公园已经悄然停业。 ...

地球面临众多自然灾害威胁 火山灰只算小儿科

中国国家地理网 - ‎10 時間前‎

大约每隔1000年就会有直径50米左右的小行星撞击地球，虽说和恐龙时代直径6英里的巨型陨石相比微不足道，但小行星依然会对地球产生巨大冲击。1908年6月30日，直径30米 ...

德國天降20多公斤冰塊 被疑是罕見隕冰

NOWnews - ‎15 分前‎

警方猜測這有可能是一塊罕見的隕冰。 根據新華社報導，住戶發現後立即報告了警方。這塊冰塊落在花圃邊上，砸裂了一塊20多釐米厚的石板。據悉，這塊不明來歷的冰塊白裡透藍，色澤純凈，警方估 計有可能是比隕石還要罕見的隕冰。目前冰塊已經被保存起來，等待有關專家的 ...

鉱物･化石･隕石･宝石の“ミネラル”が大集合！

MSN エンターテイメント - ‎3 時間前‎

鉱物や化石、隕石、宝石など、自然界に存在する“ミネラル”の展示即売会「第23回 東京国際ミネラルフェア」が6月に開催される。 毎年2万人以上の来場者を誇る日本最大級のミネラルイベント。アンモナイトをはじめ、アメリカ･アーカンソー州で採取された水晶、特異な形状で ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 22APR2010

Meteor scorches the sky over Platteville,Wisc

Exponent Online
According to police, what Mikulecky saw was a meteor, and he was by no means the only one to see it. Platteville Police reported that the meteor streaked ...

Berthoud Recorder

Earthsky Tonight — April 22, Lyrid meteors may still be flying before dawn

Berthoud Recorder
This constellation rises over your north-northeastern horizon around 10 to 11 pm tonight and marks the radiant point of the Lyrid meteor shower. ...

Marvel at the Meteors Thursday Morning

KPSP Local 2
The Lyrid Meteor Shower will decorate the skies just before dawn on Thursday. Every year near the end of April, the earth passes through debris from Comet ...

Meteor Hunters Follow the Trail to Southwestern Wisconsin

WBAY
They report seeing license plates from as far away as Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico as people hunt for fragments from the meteor. ...

Meteorite capsule to crash
thewest.com.au Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:56 PM PDT
A basketball-size capsule containing the first meteorite sample taken from space will crash to Earth at Woomera in mid-June after a journey of more than two billion kilometres.

Search Continues For Meteorite Pieces In Livingston

WISC Madison
Searchers are continue to look for pieces of the meteorite that lit up the sky over parts of Wisconsin on April 14. The latest fragments were found on ...

Wisconsin's meteor: 'They're going to tell their grandchildren about this' Wisconsin State Journal Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:35 PM PDT The meteorite fragments that fell in southwestern Wisconsin April 14 have brought meteorite hunters to the area and provided a science lesson from the heavens for local students.

Searchers traipse through farm fields in search of meteorite fragments Norwalk Reflector Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:12 PM PDT LINDEN, Wis. â Billions of years before April 14, two asteroids collided somewhere in outer space, sending a rock on a path that ultimately led to Kevin Wasleyâs farm field.

Meteorite hunters flock to southwest Wisconsin The Sauk Prairie Eagle Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:29 AM PDT When Ruben Garcia saw video of the meteorite that streaked across the Wisconsin sky on Wednesday night, it might as well have been the Bat-Signal.

Meteorite crashes through North Georgia home WRCB Chattanooga Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:56 AM PDT A meteorite older than Earth itself, traveling millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia, was unveiled Tuesday morning at the Tellus Science Museum.

Howard man finds potentially valuable meteorite Fond du Lac Reporter Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:41 AM PDT A Howard family may have discovered a meteorite from last week's fireball that could be worth thousands.

Scientists discover true age of meteor The Daily Cougar Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:24 AM PDT The UH Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, in collaboration with NASA, has made recent discoveries that mark the oldest and most well known Martian meteorite as younger than previously presumed. After 15 months of continuous study of meteorite ALH84001, assistant professor of Geology and Isotope Geochemistry, Thomas Lapen and his team determined that the meteorâs [...]

News : Campus The Badger Herald Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:28 AM PDT Wisconsin residents saw a spectacular display of color and light in the sky when a meteor blazed through the atmosphere the night of April 14. Days later, individuals from Livingston, Wis., where the meteorite landed, loaned the six fragments to the UW Geology Museum for display.

Meteorite hunters descend on Iowa County farms
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:48 PM PDT
Billions of years before last Wednesday night, two asteroids collided somewhere in outer space, sending a rock on a path that ultimately led to Kevin Wasley's farm field. It took much less time to nudge the orbits of meteorite hunters careening to southwestern Wisconsin.

Norwalk Reflector

Searchers traipse through farm fields in search of meteorite fragments

Norwalk Reflector
Ruben Garcia holds a 21-gram meteorite found by a member of his group, April 20, 2010 in Iowa County near Livingston, Wisconsin. ...


Rocking out, meteorite hunters make rare find in Wisconsin ...

LIVINGSTON, Wis. — As dozens of meteorite hunters converged on southwest Wisconsin on Friday, a Lake Forest man and his two teenage sons stumbled upon what ...

Meteorite Hunters Comb Wisconsin Farms

MyStateline.com
(Linden, WI) -- Last week's fireball in the skies over southwestern Wisconsin is proving quite a draw for meteorite hunters from around the country. ...

Tellus Museum to Display Cartersville Meteorite

Coosa Valley News
A meteorite that hit a home in Cartersville will be displayed at the Tellus Science Museum. The meteorite hit the home in March of last year with what a ...

Scientists discover true age of meteor The Daily Cougar After 15 months of continuous study of meteorite ALH84001, assistant professor of Geology and Isotope Geochemistry, Thomas Lapen and his team determined ...

Meteorite hunters descend on Iowa County farms

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Visitors to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Geology Museum on Tuesday view fragments of the meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week. ...

Howard man finds potentially valuable meteorite

Green Bay Press Gazette
A Howard family may have discovered a meteorite from last week's fireball that could be worth thousands. Shea Gorzelanczyk was fascinated after he saw video ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 21APR2010

These Rocks Are No Space Junk Meteorite Hunters, Scientists Jockey to Find ...

Wall Street Journal
Mr. Farmer is among hundreds of professional and amateur meteorite hunters who have converged here seeking the charred remnants of a meteor that burst ...

Tellus Museum to display meteorite that hit Bartow home last year
Rome News-Tribune Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:55 PM PDT
Finding a meteorite is rare, and finding a meteorite after it crashes through your roof is rarer still. In fact, there has been only one documented case of a meteorite striking a house in Georgia â...

Meteorite That Hit Cartersville House to be on Display at Tellus Science Museum PR Newswire via Yahoo! News Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:29 AM PDT CARTERSVILLE, Ga., April 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A meteorite recently discovered in Georgia has a new home at Tellus Science Museum. Meteor shower lights up night sky in Iowa A meteoroid the size of a Volkswagen streaked across the Midwest Wednesday. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News) msnbc.msn.com

Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled Chattanooga Times Free Press Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:23 AM PDT A 4.6 billion year old meteorite that traveled millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia was unveilled by staff at the Tellus Science Museum this morning.

Illinois teens may have found pieces of last week's meteorite KSDK St. Louis Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:55 AM PDT Illinois teens may have found pieces of last week's meteorite

Possible meteorite discoveries popping up in Illinois, Wisconsin WREX-TV Rockford Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:54 AM PDT Claims of meteorite discoveries are starting to surface, just days after the spectacular light show that raced across the Midwest.

Meteorite fragments on display in museum CBS 5 Green Bay Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:48 AM PDT At least 5 fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will go on display today.

Search continues for meteorites; farmers losing patience Chicago Tribune Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:37 AM PDT To protect landowners' privacy, meteorite hunters like Terry Boudreaux simply refer to them by number: Farmer No. 1. Farmer No. 2. Farmer No. 3. The Wisconsin farmers were happy to oblige when the Lake Forest collector and others began asking to wade through their cornfields Thursday. But by Monday, after four days of searching, some farmers were losing patience with the scientists and amateur ...

Meteor Chunks to be Displayed at Museum 620 WTMJ Milwaukee Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:58 AM PDT At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be displayed for several days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.

Farmers not happy with meteor hunts
Times Leader Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:14 PM PDT
CHICAGO â To protect landownersâ privacy, meteorite hunters like Terry Boudreaux simply refer to them by number: Farmer No. 1. Farmer No. 2. Farmer No. 3.

UW-Madison Showing Meteor Fragments Through Sunday

WTAQ
At least 5 fragments from last week's meteor will be shown Tuesday through Sunday at the UW Geology Museum. Folks throughout the Upper Midwest saw the big ...

WOOD-TV

Dad and teen sons find meteor fragments

WOOD-TV
CHICAGO (NBC/WMAQ) - Two Illinois teens and a man from Southwestern Wisconsin said they believe they've recovered fragments from a meteor that lit up ...


Odd Wisconsin: Previous meteors amazed Wisconsinites

Madison.com
Last Wednesday night a dramatic meteor crashed in southwestern Wisconsin, igniting the wonder of everyone who watched it pass overhead. ...

Meteorite pieces on display Fox11online.com MADISON - Five pieces of the meteorite that fell in Wisconsin last week are on display in Madison. UW-Madison's Geology Museum is open for extended hours ...

Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled Chattanooga Times Free Press A 4.6 billion year old meteorite that traveled millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia was unveilled by staff ...

Astro Bob blog: Brix the dog finds his first meteorite Duluth News Tribune It's true -- dogs can be trained to find meteorites. Space station flyover photos from Lyle Anderson plus what's to see in tonight's sky. ...

Grad student wins national award for meteorite research Arizona State University Greg Brennecka, a graduate student in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration, has been awarded the prestigious 2009 Nininger Meteorite Award, ... WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderPossible meteorite discoveries popping up in ... WREX-TV AP News UNDATED (WREX) - Claims of meteorite discoveries are starting to surface, just days after the spectacular light show that raced across the Midwest. ... Midwest meteorite fragments to be shown at University of Wisconsin Geology Museum Green Bay Press Gazette AP • April 19, 2010 MADISON — At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be dipslayed for several days at ...

Wisconsin - METEORITE HUNTER MICHAEL FARMER IS A "METEORITE MAN"

METEORITE HUNTER, MICHAEL FARMER, FINDS FOUR OR MORE FROM THE APRIL 14, 2010 FIREBALL!




























Michael Farmer finds his fourth meteorite from the fireball of April 14, 2010. 17 grams. Found April 20, 2010. (c) Mike Farmer 2010
posted by Michael Johnson of rocksfromspace.org
ROCKS FROM OUTER SPACE

Wisconsin Meteorite Hunting Video 19APR2010

Wisconsin Meteorite Hunting Video- Terry Boudreaux


Terry Boudreaux, who recovered a fragment of meteorite in the area, describes his search.

Mike Farmer - Wisconsin Meteorite Find 19APR2010

Michael Farmer finds yet another meteorite from the fireball of April 14, 2010. 20 grams.
(c) Mike Farmer 2010 Mike Farmer Meteorites
posted by by Michael Johnson of rocksfromspace.org
ROCKS FROM OUTER SPACE

20APR2010 Wisconsin Meteorite Hunt & other News

Listen, look for shuttle overhead early Tuesday

Rockford Register Star
By Chris Green If you missed mother nature's phenomena last week when a meteor lit up the night sky sailing over Iowa, northern Illinois and Wisconsin, ...

Search for meteorites continues, but farmers are losing patience

Chicago Tribune
By Duaa Eldeib and William Mullen, Tribune reporters To protect landowners' privacy, meteorite hunters like Terry Boudreaux simply refer to them by number: ...

Meteor chunks to be displayed at museum
La Crosse Tribune Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:51 PM PDT
MADISON -- At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell insouthwestern Wisconsin last week will be displayed for several daysat the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.

Meteorite Fragments On Display At UW-Madison Geology Museum WISN 12 Milwaukee Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:16 PM PDT At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be displayed for several days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.

Midwest meteorite fragments to be shown at University of Wisconsin Geology Museum Green Bay Press-Gazette Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:00 PM PDT At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be dipslayed for several days at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum in Madison.

Meteorite Fragment Heads to Field Museum NBC Chicago Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:41 PM PDT Four-billion-year-old chunk of rock streaked across Midwestern sky last week.

Today's Top Stories 5 Eyewitness News St. Paul Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:39 PM PDT MADISON, Wis. (AP) - At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be dipslayed for several days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.

Meteor chunks to be displayed at UW Geology Museum WXOW 19 La Crosse Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:23 PM PDT Associated Press - April 19, 2010 4:05 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be dipslayed for several days at the...

Meteorite Chunk Donated To Field Museum Chicagoist Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:54 AM PDT The fireball/meteor captured on a University of Wisconsin-Madison webcam Remember last week's meteorite that created a giant fireball seen across multiple states in the Midwest? It seems one man has found a chunk of the space rock and has now donated it to the Field Museum. The Trib has the story of Terry Boudreaux, the man who, with his sons, hunted for the meteorite remains in a Wisconsin ...

Wisconsin meteorite shards on display at UW Geology Museum University of Wisconsin - Madison Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:52 AM PDT At least five pieces of the meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be on display at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum for public viewing Tuesday, April 20 through this weekend.

Wisconsin meteorite donated to Field Museum WGN Radio Chicago Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:11 AM PDT A piece of the meteorite found in Wisconsin. What looks like an old backyard rock could be a piece of the puzzle to unlocking the origins of the solar system.

Meteorite donated to Field Museum
Chicago Tribune Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:06 AM PDT
A piece of the meteorite found in Wisconsin. What looks like an old backyard rock could be a piece of the puzzle to unlocking the origins of the solar system. Before Terry Boudreaux handed over the black-encrusted meteorite to Lance Grande, the Field Museum's senior vice president, the two men put on a pair of gloves and cracked matching smiles. "So, I shouldn't drop it?" Grande joked ...

Meteor chunks to be displayed at UW Geology Museum Janesville Gazette (blog) The meteor lit up the skies last week in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa and as far south as Missouri. The pieces to go on display Tuesday are about the size of an ...

April Showers means Meteor Showers The Tribune On the morning of May 6, the Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak. Although these are major meteor showers, the peaks may only get up to one meteor per ...

Meteor piece found in Wis. Arizona Daily Star MILWAUKEE - Scientists say an apparent fragment from a meteor that lighted up Midwestern skies has been recovered in southwestern Wisconsin. ...

Meteorite hunter gives rock to Field

ABC7Chicago.com
April 19, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Scientists at Chicago's Field Museum are examining a rock that might be linked to last week's meteor shower. ...

National Geographic

Meteor Shower to Peak on Earth Day

National Geographic
A meteor streaks across the moonlit sky over Banff National Park in Canada (file photo). For the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, nature will be setting off ...


'A feeding frenzy' for meteor hunters

Dubuque Telegraph Herald
This past weekend, the meteor researcher with the Planetary Studies Foundation and Chicago's Field Museum was one of hundreds estimated to be searching for ...

Hunters Gather to Look for Pieces of Last Week's Meteor

WTAQ
(WTAQ) - Professional and amateur meteorite hunters have flocked to southwest Wisconsin, to look for pieces of last week's meteor that lit up the night sky ...

MyFox Chicago

Meteor Hunters Recover Pieces of Midwestern Fireball

MyFox Chicago
The first chunk of the meteorite was found by a man from Chicago who rushed to Wisconsin with his two sons. "The main mass could be fifty to sixty kilos, ...

Wisconsin Meteorite Hunters Find First Meteorite Not "The Meteorite Men" 15APR10

Meteorite Hunter Mike Farmer saying, "Wisconsin Meteorite Found!"





















---------Photo by Terry Boudreaux (c) 2010; Source: Mike Farmer, telephone interview.
Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - April 16, 2010 Meteorite Photo of the Day (link)
posted 2:30pm 16APR10 Tokyo, Japan
reposted 4/17/10 10:25

Meteorite Hunter Mike Farmer of Tucson, Arizona reports that the first fragment of the Wisconsin Iowa meteorite fall of 14APR22010 has been found. Two boys, Christopher and Evan Boudreaux found their first stone within 22 hours after the fall. According to Mike Farmer, a professional meteorite hunter, the meteorite appears to be an H chondrite. The meteorite is now undergoing laboratory study and soon the type classification will be officially announced.

Got more meteorite finds? Have you found a meteorite? Contact me at: drtanuki@gmail.com Thank you!


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More Videos of Wisconsin Iowa 14APR10 Event

Meteor Witness: 'Bright Ball of Fire'

Posted on YouTube by uforeport2009 — April 16 2010

An Eye witness recalls her encounter with a massive fireball flying over the Great Lake region. WTMJs Chris Papst reports.

Wisconsin Iowa Event 14APR2010 Video

The meteor debris train is above the circular radar sweep noise and appears a a streaking blue line on the image.


















US Weather Service NOAA Doppler Image

Wisconsin Iowa Large Meteor Fireball - Bolide 14APR2010 Video

Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois Large Meteor Fireball Video - Bolide 14APR2010
Howard County, Iowa Sheriff`s Dashcam Fireball Video

kimtweather — posted on 14 April 2010 — YouTube
This is video of the large meteor/fireball that flew across the Midwest on the night of 4/14/2010 around 10:06 PM. About 28 seconds in is where the best part of the video is.

The video was taken from the dashboard camera of a sheriff office vehicle in Howard County, which is in Iowa along the Minnesota border.

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