The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24JAN2012

Geologists uncover how meteorites struck moon
Zee News
Sydney: A wealth of evidence, provided by lunar rock samples, shows how meteoritesstruck the moon. The study, headed by microstructural geology experts Nick Timms and Steven Reddy, professor, Western Australian School of Mines (WASM), documents the ...

隕石から判明した小惑星の形成時期と水の存在
東京大学の研究により太陽系の初期に形成した隕石の炭酸塩は太陽系の形成から480万年後にできこれらの隕石の素になった小惑星は太陽系の形成から350万年後にできたこと ...
www.astroarts.co.jp/news/2012/01/19carbonate/index-j.shtml

Meteorite motherlode: Scientists collect hundreds of space rocks in Antarctica
Tecca
Every year since 1976, members of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program have scoured the frozen wastes at the bottom of our world for interstellar debris, and have just wrapped up their latest month-long expedition.

NASA launches quest to reclaim long-lost astromaterials
Knovel
The New York Times reports that scientists have transformed themselves into a different kind of researcher as they search for missing moon rocks, meteorite samples and a number of other pilfered and long-lost astromaterials. Their origins vary, but the ...

Hundreds of meteorites uncovered in Antarctica
Fox News
Extreme Living: Scientists at the End of the Earth * Fallen Stars: A Gallery of Famous Meteorites * Spectacular Perseid Meteor Shower Photos of 2011 Copyright 2011 Space, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved.

Exclusive one night viewing of exquisite gemstone paintings by Fareen Butt
Art Daily
Not your typical oil or acrylic paintings, the entire medium used is a combination of crushed gold, silver, sapphires, rubies, onyx and rare geological minerals such as witherite (phosphorescent mineral) or muonionalusta (mineral from a meteor), ...

Video
National Geographic
When a Swediesh geologist stumbles upon a massive crater lake, he can't help but see an ancientmeteor shower. Plane Full of Sled Dogs - Zaz hauls 14 dogs through the Alaskan skies just in time for their sled race. Potato Chips Galore!

The Flavor in That Cabernet? It's Meteorite
Forbes Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:13 PM PST
When Dom Perignon first created sparkling champagne, he supposedly said, "I'm tasting stars." But for those who drink Meteorito, a Cabernet Sauvignon, it's close to truth: this Chilean red has been aged with a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite that came from the Asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter.

Cosmic Cabernet: Meteorite-Aged Wine Debuts in Chile
TIME
Dubbed Meteorito, it was made in the Cachapoal Valley's Tremonte Vineyard, which Hutcheon bought in 2009. Through a process called malolactic fermentation, ...

Meteorite is from Mars, landed in Morocco last year
KOLD News 13 Tuscon Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:31 AM PST
Astronomers think millions of years ago something big smashed into Mars and sent rocks hurtling through the solar system.

Hundreds of Meteorites Uncovered in Antarctica
Space.com
They are participants in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program, or ANSMET for short. Since 1976, ANSMET researchers have been recovering thousands of According to the ANSMET website, the specimens are currently the only reliable, ...

Meteorites definitely struck Moon
ScienceAlert
The presence of zircon in rocks collected during the Apollo missions provides unequivocal evidence that meteorites have collided with our Moon. Research led by Curtin University geologists has uncovered a wealth of new evidence in the mineral zircon ...

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Stunning Quadrantid Meteor | meteorwatch.org
Quadrantid meteor Credit Sarah Loughlin. I would like to share one of my Quadrantid meteorshowers photographs with Meteorwatch.org. My name is Sarah ...
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Bright green ball, like a meteor flies overhead!!, page 1
Bright green ball, like a meteor flies overhead!!, page 1. privacy. Pages: ATS Members have flagged this thread 0 times. Topic started on 20-1-2012 @ 04:29 AM ...
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Fireball/Meteor Recorded Over 42-Seconds Long from New Mexico ...
From Thomas Ashcraft: "On January 21, 2012, during the 0636 am MST minute ( 1326 UTC) my .www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDuEdxZHoqs

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23JAN2012

Tanzania: Karatu - Arusha's Own Red Planet
AllAfrica.com
Speaking of planets, a Meteorite fell onto Karatu on September 11 in 1963. It was one of the threeMeteorite falls documented in Tanzania with other two recorded in Mbeya earlier on. Whether the piece of the planet which landed in Karatu about 50 years ...

$5 million a kilo for Meteorite? Astronomy with Dr ...
Meteroites from Mercury, Comet Lovejoy, A piece of Mars falls to earth in Morocco, the latest ...
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Postcolonial politics threatens integrity of Documenta 13 art exhibition
Art Threat
El Chaco is the largest fragment from a meteor that exploded 4000 years ago over north-central Argentina and Moqoit ancestral territory. The remains of the explosion are and have been significant sacred artifacts in local aboriginal cosmology. ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News -Newly ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
will be passing from 23JAN until 30JAN2012 and I expect that we will see a marked increase inMeteor/Fireballs from accompanying debris and yet undetected other NEOs. Asteroid 433 Eros (EROS) will pass 30JAN far away but may be ...
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Fireball/Meteor Recorded Over 42-Seconds Long ...
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From Thomas Ashcraft: "On January 21, 2012, during the 0636 am MST minute ( 1326 UTC) my ...
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Breaking News -Newly Discovered NEOs Close Approach Meteor Activity to Continue to Increase 23JAN2012

UPDATE!  NEW ONE FOUND!

Breaking Asteroid News- NEO Close Pass 27JAN2012

 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2012/01/breaking-asteroid-news-neo-close-pass.html

Breaking News -NEOs Asteroids (Near Earth Objects) Close Approaches - Meteor Activity to Increase 23JAN2012
Just discovered NEO (2012 BS1), (2012 BY1), (2012 BW13), (2012 BD14) 
will be passing from 23JAN until 30JAN2012 and I expect that we will see a marked increase in Meteor/Fireballs from accompanying debris and yet undetected other NEOs.  Asteroid  433 Eros (EROS) will pass 30JAN far away but may be visible with a telescope. Remember, you read it here first! So, Please kindly cite my site WITH link http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/

Get out and observe, cameras ready, hone your observation skills; and REPORT please.  The reporting link is on the top of the site.  Get the word out via News Media, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, your favorite forum and tell your friends.
Best Always, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

-LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo, Japan

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date Miss Distance (AU) Miss Distance (LD) Estimated Diameter* H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) (2012 AY)  2012-Jan-22 0.0907 35.3 86 m - 190 m 22.5 12.74 (2012 AC3)  2012-Jan-23 0.0724 28.2 68 m - 150 m 23.0 5.88 (2012 BG11)  2012-Jan-23 0.0337 13.1 93 m - 210 m 22.3 9.20 (2012 BS1)  2012-Jan-23 0.0080 3.1 5.4 m - 12 m 28.5 8.86 (2012 BY1)  2012-Jan-24 0.0052 2.0 19 m - 42 m 25.8 18.44 (2009 BO58)  2012-Jan-24 0.1795 69.8 110 m - 250 m 21.9 20.32 (2010 LN14)  2012-Jan-24 0.1499 58.3 160 m - 350 m 21.1 19.19 7341 (1991 VK)  2012-Jan-25 0.0650 25.3 1.2 km - 2.7 km 16.7 8.73 (2012 BW13)  2012-Jan-26 0.0044 1.7 10 m - 23 m 27.1 11.80 (2011 FC29)  2012-Jan-26 0.1720 67.0 170 m - 380 m 20.9 17.47 (2008 CL20)  2012-Jan-28 0.1168 45.4 23 m - 52 m 25.3 9.96 (2010 WU8)  2012-Jan-30 0.0776 30.2 39 m - 86 m 24.2 7.91 (2012 BD14)  2012-Jan-30 0.0149 5.8 12 m - 27 m 26.7 7.16 433 Eros  2012-Jan-31 0.1787 69.5 17 km 11.2 5.95

Source: NASA/JPL

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22JAN2012

Mars Meteorites Fall in Morocco
Astrobiology Magazine (press release)
Arizona State University's (ASU) Center for Meteorite Studies has acquired a significant new sample for its collection: a rare martian meteorite that fell in southern Morocco in July 2011. It is the first martian fall in about 50 years. ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News -Texas ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
20JAN2012 Dan Collins Granbury, TX 20:12 CDT 5 sec Start NNW abt 30deg above horiz; end NNE abt 20deg, Bright white; small orange near endflight; was not where I could hear any sound Brighter and closer looking than meteor shower ...
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Kyoto, Japan Meteor Fireball 17JAN2011

Kyoto, Japan Meteor Fireball 23:30 (GMT+9) 17JAN2011

1/22/2012 20:50:05 17JAN2012 Maruta KYOTO, JAPAN 23:30 GMT+9 3-5 sec N-S Orange/yellow, like fire moon yes It looked like a big fireball, with a long orange tail and fragments breaking off

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Greece/Macedonia Meteor Breaking News - Greece Bolide Meteor 22JAN2012

Greece/Macedonia Meteor Breaking News - Greece Bolide Meteor ~00:30/23:20 local time 22JAN2012

Greece/Macedonia Bolide Meteor 22JAN2012
Neon Markers=Sighting Reports
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22JAN2012 16:36:05 22JAN2012 Elizabeth Kolindros, MACEDONIA, GREECE ~00:30 local time about 8 sec W Really big light green tail but dark core Sun In the atmospheric layers First time we saw something like that, really light, big and remaining over 6 seconds on the atmosphere
Thank you Elizabeth!

21JAN2012 Ena Resen, Macedonia 23:20:00 5 sec E-W Yellow Very bright something between the Sun and Moon It was far behind some houses, so I don't know I didn't have time to take a photo but made a drawing.  I am from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a neghbour country to Greece. It could have been 23:30 according to our time ( Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ), which would be 00:30 Greek time. So it should be the same meteor. Resen is Close to the Macedonian - Greek border , and so is the town of Kolindros.  I hope I helped And please tell me if we saw the same meteor. This is my first experience of this kind for me. And it means to me a lot. Thank you

Thank you Ena!

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Breaking News -Texas/Oklahoma Meteor 20JAN2012

Breaking News -Texas/Oklahoma Meteor 20JAN2012

Texas/Oklahoma Meteor ~ 22:10 CST 20JAN2012
(c) Hawley, TX Sentinel Allsky, Kevin Palivec

Texas/Oklahoma Meteor  ~ 22:10 CST  20JAN2012
(c) Hawley, TX Sentinel Allsky, Kevin Palivec

20JAN2012 Bill and Nancy Vernon, Texas 22:10 CST 4 seconds 80 degrees from vertical straight down.  It was in the eastern part of the sky. White to light yellow.  No sound. Brighter than Venus Yes. There was no variation in the size.  It started wide and it ended wide.  It started bright instantly, then dimmed, and then was bright again.  Then it was gone.

20JAN2012 Dan Collins Granbury, TX 20:12  CDT 5 sec Start NNW abt 30deg above horiz; end NNE abt 20deg, Bright white;  small orange near endflight; was not where I could hear any sound Brighter and closer looking than meteor shower debris generally is;  brighter than Venus I saw at least one piece burn off with different color (orange) but did not see any trajectory. drawing on request

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Oman Meteorite News - Scientists index Oman's galaxy of meteorites 20JAN2012

Scientists index Oman's galaxy of meteorites

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 20 Jan 2012 305 views
Deep in the heart of the Omani desert, the search is on for rocks worth millions of dollars: not diamonds but rubble that has fallen from the sky.
A group of German and Swiss scientists are working with the Omani government to catalogue the vast number of meteorites that lay strewn across the desert - famed as the place with the world's second largest cache of heavenly rocks.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Hopkins reports from Oman.
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/01/20121218512667164.html

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21JAN2012

2012 Meteor Shower List | American Meteor Society
The 2012 Meteor Shower List is presented in four separate parts. The showers are broken down by intensity with major, minor, variable, and weak showers ...
www.amsmeteors.org/2012/01/2012-meteor-shower-list/

PSK2K – a new meteorscatter mode by DJ5HG
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
PSK2K is a meteor scatter mode that enables multiple contacts to take place on a single frequency. PSK2k is high speed meteor scatter software written by Klaus DJ5HG (Prof. of Computer Science at University Hamburg). It allows 2 way MS QSO's to be ...

2012 promises to be exciting for astronomy buffs: museum
Focus Taiwan News Channel
The lineup of events stretches from January to December, with highlights such as the very rare transit of Venus across the sun on June 5 and 6 and some prolific meteor showers, the museum said. The transit of Venus as it passes between the Earth and ...

A lifetime pressed to a telescope building an archive of epic discoveries
Globe and Mail
Over the course of half a century, Mr. Levy grew from mildly autistic boy to man and followed up with more than 16000 entries about sightings from novas to meteorstorms; made discoveries of a near-record 23 comets, notably Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 that ...

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Slow, Odd Fireball Recorded from Japan - 17 January 2012 -- Fire in ...
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Newly Fallen Meteorites Offer Fresh Look At Mars
NPR Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:10 AM PST
Scientists have confirmed that rocks collected recently in the Moroccan desert came from the Red Planet. University of Alberta meteorite expert Chris Herd, who has acquired one of the chunks, talks about how scientists analyze space rocks, and whether organic compounds might be found inside.

The chemistry of exploding stars
uniprotokolle Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:42 AM PST
Meteorite contains evidence of formation of sulfur molecules in the ejecta of a supernova explosion Fundamental chemical processes in predecessors of our solar system are now a bit better understood: An international team led by Peter Hoppe, researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, has now examined dust inclusions of the 4.6 billion years old meteorite Murchison, which had ...

Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
WABC-TV New York Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:43 AM PST
Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.

Visitor from Mars
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:10 PM PST
It is not often that someone finds a meteorite from the planet Mars. It is even rarer for someone to see a Mars meteorite falling from the sky.

Meteorite found in Callisburg?
KXII Sherman Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:26 PM PST
CALLISBURG, TX-- A panel of international scientists has confirmed that about 15 pounds of meteorites that fell in Morocco last summer came from Mars.

UT Professor Honored by National Academy of Sciences
Tennessee Today
McSween is being awarded the J. Lawrence Smith Medal for his pioneering studies of the parent planets of meteorites and his work on the geological history of Mars using studies of Martian meteorites and spacecraft missions to the planet. ...

Update - Alert- Newly Discovered NEOs to Pass Activity of Meteors Projected 20-21JAN2011

Update - Alert- Newly Discovered NEOs to Pass
- Increased Activity of Meteors Projected
Cameras, Observers Alert Standby  (2012 BV1)
LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo (Dirk Ross)

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date Miss Distance (AU) Miss Distance (LD) Estimated Diameter* H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) (2012 AX)  2012-Jan-20 0.0749 29.1 49 m - 110 m 23.7 7.20 (2012 BV1)  2012-Jan-20 0.0021 0.8 1.7 m - 3.8 m 31.0 8.65

Source: NASA/JPL

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Tulsa, Oklahoma Daytime Meteor Event? 18JAN2012

Tulsa, Oklahoma Daytime Meteor Event? 18JAN2012

Anyone else see this event please contact me drtanuki@gmail.com  Thank you!

18JAN2012 mike tulsa, ok, usa 1400 cst 15 sec sw-ne yellow, explosion, smoke cloud daytime, but still very visable no happened during the day. exploded about 500ft above the ground, probably about 1 mile from location. the explosion was powerful enough to felt in delivery truck, also rattled windows of near by businesses


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Florida Launch Tonight Florida ~7:38 EST 19JAN2012 NOT Meteor!

Report of launch:

19JAN2012 Shane and Rebecca Hayes MELBOURNE BEACH, FLORIDA, USA 20:03:00 18 seconds W-E RED and ORANGE/LOW RUMBLING THUNDER MOON YES we have a picture from a cell phone, it was bright enough at that far distance to be picked up on the cell

Possible artificial nebula tonight
If the 0:38 UTC (7:38 EST) scheduled launch goes off as scheduled or even
somewhat later in the launch window from Cape Canaveral, there's
a very good chance for an artificial nebula or "comet" around 2:00
UTC south of Israel to ENE of South Africa, perhaps directly over
Madagascar. It would be within several degrees of the celestial
equator from an observing site. Sorry I don't have more detailed
information. Here's a page for reference:
http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jan-2012/0253.html

"WGS 4" is "Wideband Global SATCOM 4", a US military
communications satellite.

Here's a projected ground-track map of the launch events:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d358/track.html

With good weather, it could be worth looking for.
Ed Cannon -- Texas
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WGS 4 is scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral in about 8 hours, on 2012 Jan 20, between 00:38 and 02:11 UTC.

I offer the following rough TLE of the orbit after the final burn of the 2nd stage, assuming launch at window-open: 

SECO-2                                                 440 X 66991 km
1 78901U          12020.04833333  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    00
2 78901  24.0048 307.4191 8299446 177.8402   1.4113  1.08160032    02

Following spacecraft separation, observers within range should look for the following 2nd stage events:

    T+       UTC
00:45:00  01:23:00  CCAM Start (Collision and Contamination Avoidance Manoeuvre)
00:47:20  01:25:20  CCAM End
00:54:41  01:32:41  H2 Depletion End
00:56:40  01:34:40  O2 Depletion End
01:18:33  01:56:33  N2H4 depletion End

The fuel dump could produce a spectacular comet-like phenomenon.
Ted Molczan

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20JAN2012

The chemistry of exploding stars
PhysOrg.com
Scientists from Germany, Japan and the US now provided evidence to substantiate the theory with the help of isotope analyses of stardust from meteorites. The team around the Mainz Max Planck researcher Peter Hoppe initially isolated thousands of about ...

Visitor from Mars
Bangkok Post
It is not often that someone finds a meteorite from the planet Mars. It is even rarer for someone to see a Mars meteorite falling from the sky. The Martian meteorite''Tissint'' at the Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque, ...

Today's Interesting Facts
Gather.com
(1799) The first recorded meteor shower Occured in North America. The shower was recorded by an American astronomer, Andrew Elliot Douglass, who reported that the "whole heaven appeared as if illuminated with sky rockets." Astronomers now know he was ...

Meteorite Possibly Found in Callisburg, TX
KXII-TV
CALLISBURG, TX-- A panel of international scientists has confirmed that about 15 pounds ofmeteorites that fell in Morocco last summer came from Mars. NASA scientists were included in the group that performed extensive tests on the space rocks. ...

Now, savour 4.5 billion yrs old 'meteorite' flavoured extra-terrestrial wine
New Kerala Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:45 AM PST
Washington, Jan 18 : An Englishman now working in Chile has created world's first wine aged with a meteorite that fell to Earth from space.

Middle East Online
Middle East Online Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:01 AM PST
Rare and expensive fragments of a Mars meteorite fell from the sky in July over Morocco, a team of international scientists confirmed on Wednesday.

Morocco: Meteorite Fell From Mars - Scientists
AllAfrica.com Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:48 PM PST
RNW Africa (Hilversum)-Rare and expensive fragments of a Marsmeteorite fell from the sky in July over Morocco, a team of international scientists confirmed on Wednesday.

AP etc: The big meteor fall in Morocco last year now confirmed to be ...
AP etc: The big meteor fall in Morocco last year now confirmed to be rocks from Mars. We'll round up some more tomorrow, but the morning cannot pass without ...
ksjtracker.mit.edu/.../ap-etc-the-big-meteor-fall-in-morocco-la...

Meteor confirmed to be a piece of Mars - UPI | e! Science News
RABAT, Morocco, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A meteor that broke into fragments before falling to Earth in Morocco was a rare chunk of the planet Mars, scientist say.
esciencenews.com/sources/.../meteor.confirmed.be.a.piece.mar...

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meteorite maps - YouTube
8 min
i know of three different meteorite spots here in alaska one area you can see from the road one ...  (Goofy ideas about impact craters!!!; Appears to be a scam)
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19JAN2012

Meteorite from Mars fell in Morocco
AFP
WASHINGTON — Rare and expensive fragments of a Mars meteorite fell from the sky in July over Morocco, a team of international scientists confirmed. A fireball in the sky was observed in a remote region of southern Morocco by nomads who tracked down ...


Meteorite from Mars fell in Morocco: Scientists
Canada.com Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:07 PM PST
Rare and expensive fragments of a Mars meteorite fell from the sky in July over Morocco, a team of international scientists confirmed on Wednesday.


Pure Martian Meteorite Found in Morocco, Fetches "10 times more than gold"
International Business Times Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:26 AM PST
Scientists have confirmed that a piece of rock which fell into Tissint, Morocco on July 18, 2011 was a pure Martian meteorite. The fireball was spotted in the North Africa sky last summer but discovered six month later.


Meteorite-infused wine launched in Chilean observatory
CBC.ca Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:56 AM PST
Meteorito wine, a brand of Cabernet Sauvignon, is thought to be the world's first meteorite-infused wine. The cosmic fragment was submerged in the grape juice during the fermentation process. Would you drink a glass?


Martian meteorites fetch astronomical prices
The New Zealand Herald Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:22 AM PST
They came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces.Scientists are confirming that 7kg of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.This is only the fifth time that scientists...


ASU has chunk of Mars rock that fell in July
East Valley Tribune Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:58 AM PST
Arizona State University says it has acquired a rare and large meteoritechunk that fell from Mars in Morocco last July.


Mars attacks! Morocco pelted with rocks from the Red Planet
The Register Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:29 AM PST
Ochre space bonanza worth ten times its weight in gold Excited boffins have confirmed that a meteorite shower over Morocco last July dumped about 7kg of Martian rocks on our planet


Meteorite is from Mars, landed in Morocco last year
KOLD News 13 Tuscon Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:34 AM PST
Astronomers think millions of years ago something big smashed into Mars and sent rocks hurtling through the solar system.


'Space Junk' explores orbital debris
Alton Telegraph
"Space Junk" harnesses the immersive imagery captured on giant screen, full dome and digital theater, directed by Butts, who takes the audience soaring from the stunning depths of MeteorCrater in central Arizona to an unprecedented, digitally enhanced ...


Sanford Museum announces 2012 programs
Chronicle Times
11, at 9 pm the "Perseid Meteor Shower" program will held at Sam Doupes Field in Cherokee. Don't miss this night of watching for meteors and looking through the museum's telescopes at other night sky objects. This year should be dazzling. ...


Morocco fireball yields rare Mars meteorites
Nature.com (blog)
A meteorite that fell to Earth last July in Morocco has proven to be a rare chunk of Mars. Only a handful of Martian meteorites are known, and only five (counting the new find) come from meteorites whose fall was witnessed. That's important because it ...


Meteorites in Morocco confirmed to be Martian in origin
Christian Science Monitor
The meteorites fell in the Moroccan desert in July and were recovered a few months later. By Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer / January 18, 2012 This handout photo provided by Darryl Pitt of the Macovich Collection shows an external view of a Martian...


Streak of meteor lights up the Milky way | NowPublic Photo Archives
Streak of meteor lights up the Milky way by r3i on flickr.com. Tags: Environment, Science, Australia, Astronomy, Meteor, Milky Way, wilson promontory ...
www.nowpublic.com/.../streak-meteor-lights-milky-way


Meteor Composite (NASA, Marshall, 1/3-4/12) - Flickr
This false-color composite image shows meteors streaking through the skies over NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., on the night of Jan.
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Meteor confirmed as piece of Mars - UPI.com
A meteor that broke into fragments before falling to Earth in Morocco was a rare chunk of the planet Mars, scientist say.
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NASA Live Video Chat: Let's Talk About Meteors, Meteorites and Comets
Space Ref (press release)
Join Dr. Bill Cooke and Rhiannon Blaauw, two meteor experts, during this video Web chat at noon EST on Jan 12, 2012, and get answers to your questions about meteors, meteorites and comets and their potential danger to spacecraft. ...


Mars meteorite fell to Earth in Morocco in July
Mother Nature Network
Pieces of the meteorite are selling for incredibly high prices, often 10 times the price of gold or more. By Mike Wall, SPACE.comTue, Jan 17 2012 at 4:36 PM EST MARTIAN ROCK: A sample of a Mars rock from the Tissint meteorite fall, which dropped chunks ...


Large Texas Fireball from Multiple Angles - January 16, 2012 ...
"Large bolide over North Central Texas @ 1:14CST [that's 1:14 A.M.] Jan 16, 2012" sources ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18JAN2012

Namibia: Did Locals See Falling Russian Mars Probe?
AllAfrica.com
PIERRE van der Westhuizen of Swakopmund was having dinner with a friend on Friday evening when he saw "a spectacular meteorite" streaking across the sky for about three seconds. "I've seen manymeteorites in my life, but never anything like this," he ...

asahicom朝日新聞社火星からの隕石半世紀ぶり モロッコに落下学会認定 ...
昨年７月に北アフリカのモロッコに落ちてきた隕石（いんせき）が火星から来たとみられることがわかった。国際隕石学会が１７日、認定した。地上に落ちてくるところが ...
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Meteorites from Mars Confirmed
TIME
17, 2012 (WASHINGTON) — Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars:meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July. This is only the fifth time scientists have confirmed chemically Martian meteorites that ...

US: Fireball Report Prompts Search of Island Marsh -- Fire in the Sky ...
Brunswick, Georgia. -- Authorities say they turned up nothing after Georgia State Patrol and U.S. Coast Guard crews searched a marsh off Jekyll Island for a ...
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Meteor confirmed as piece of Mars
UPI.com
17 (UPI) -- A meteor that broke into fragments before falling to Earth in Morocco was a rare chunk of the planet Mars, scientist say. The meteor was seen as a fireball over the African nation in July but the landing site was not discovered until ...

Hawley, Texas Allsky Meteor Fireball 15JAN2012 - Latest ...
Fireballs, Meteors, Bolides, Meteorites, Comets, Asteroid Impact,Meteorite Quest, ... Breaking News - NM AZ CO Bolide Meteor Fireball approximately 8:15 pm ...
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Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
The Associated Press
Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July. This is only the fifth time in history scientists have chemically confirmed Martian meteorites that people ...

Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
Seattle Post Intelligencer
This handout photo provided by Darryl Pitt of the Macovich Collection shows a view of the internal structure of the first Martian meteorite (specimens of the planet Mars) known to have struck Earth in 49 years. Recovered in December 2011 near Foumzgit, ...

Rare Mars rocks fell in Africa
Fox News
The fireball was spotted in the sky six months ago, but the rocks were not discovered on the ground in North Africa until the end of December. This is an important and unique opportunity for scientists trying to learn about Mars' potential for life. ...

Confirmed: Martian rocks landed in Morocco
CBS News
A view of the internal structure of the first Martian meteorite (specimens of the planet Mars) known to have struck Earth in 49 years. (Associated Press) Updated: 12:05 PM: WASHINGTON - Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: ...

The diamonds that are born in supernovae
io9
A meteor of the surviving material drifted from the nova to earth, possibly in a chunk as much as a mile wide, broke up as it hit earth's atmosphere, and landed over South America and Africa. Those chunks of meteor were chewed into pieces by the earth ...

Martians land in Morocco... sort of
GlobalPost (blog)
A meteor streaks across the sky against a field of stars during a meteorite shower last summer in southern Spain. Scientists today confirmed that rocks from Mars landed just south of Spain in Morocco in July. (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images) NASA ...

Forget Space Beer, Order Meteorite Wine Instead
Discovery News
He even launched his own observatory in 2007, the Centro Astrononomica Tagua Tagua, currently the only place you can buy Meteorito wine -- at least for now. ...

Scientists: Mars rocks fell in Africa last July
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars:meteorite chunks that fell from the red planet over Morocco last summer. By Darryl Pitt, Macovich Collection, via AP A Martian meteorite was recovered in December last...

APNewsBreak: Mars Rocks Fell in Africa Last July
ABC News
The small rock refugees were seen in a fireball in the sky six months ago, but they weren't discovered on the ground in North Africa until the end of December. Scientists and collectors of meteorites are ecstatic and already the rocks are fetching big ...

Martian Rocks Land In Morocco
Slashdot Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:32 PM PST
Hugh Pickens writes "Scientists have confirmed chemically a recent and rare invasion from Mars with 15 pounds of fresh Martian rocks falling in Morocco last July. A special committee of meteorite experts, which includes some NASA scientists, confirmed the test results Tuesday certifying that the meteorites recently collected came from Mars. The biggest rock weighs more than 2 pounds. Astronomers ...

Scientists confirm meteorite rocks fell from Mars
The Post-Standard Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:45 PM PST
The rocks are fetching big bucks because they are among the rarest things on Earth -- more than one million times rarer than gold.

Mars meteorite shower in Morocco yields 15 pounds of rocks 10 times as valuable as gold
Daily Mail Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:33 PM PST
Scientists have confirmed that Martian meteorites fell in Morocco in summer last year. It's the first batch found 'fresh' since 1962 - and could be crucial for our search for life on Mars.

Scientists: Meteorites from Mars fell in Morocco
Florida Today Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:26 PM PST
Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars:meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July.

Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
Denver Post Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:22 PM PST
WASHINGTONâThey came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces. Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.

Scientists confirm recent meteorite came from Mars
Guelph Mercury Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:45 PM PST
Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars:meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July.

Forget Space Beer, Order Meteorite Wine Instead
SPACE.com Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:38 PM PST
This wine is aged with an actual meteorite that fell to Earth.

Scientists confirm Martian rock shower over Morocco
New Haven Register Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:22 PM PST
WASHINGTON â Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars â meteorite chunks that fell from the red planet over Morocco last summer.

Mars meteorite chunks fall from sky
Daily Telegraph Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:21 PM PST
SCIENTISTS are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars:meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July.

Mars meteorite chunks fall to Earth
CBC via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:49 PM PST
Meteorite chunks from Mars fell over Morocco last summer â the first time in 50 years such an event has occurred, scientists confirmed Tuesday.