Meteor/Meteorite News- 8OCT09

Caught on camera: meteorite hundred times brighter than full moon EITB Canadian astronomers, surprised by the meteorite, short this short video two weeks ago in the skies above Ontario. A meteorite lit up the night sky in ... See all stories on this topic

Morning Brew: Exhibition Place Hotel Plans, TTC Airport Shuttle Route ... blogTO Astronomers have great video footage but are skill trying to track down people who saw a meteorite rip through the Southern Ontario sky on September 25th. ... ASTEROID 2008 TC3 REVEALED SETI Institute We found many different looking meteorites, slightly south of the calculated impact trajectory. We now have a gigantic jigsaw puzzle on our hands, ... See all stories on this topic Scientists find new reserves of water on Mars iEncyclopedia Observations of five new Martian craters carved by meteorites have revealed large quantities of water ice, exposed when soil and rock were blown away by the ... Зонд Opportunity обнаружил на Марсе метеорит РИА Самара - Russia Американский марсоход Opportunity обнаружил на Марсе ещё один крупный метеорит. Об этом сообщается на официальном сайте миссии. ... Ученые сообщили о падении на Землю крупного метеорита Amic.ru - Барнаул,Алтайский Край,Russia ... что системой камер, которые круглосуточно наблюдают за небом, было зафиксировано падение крупного метеорита, - передает сегодня, 8 октября, Lenta. ... Scientists seek meteorite in Ontario Canoe.ca University of Western Ontario scientists need help finding a meteorite that fell to Earth on Sept. 25 after 9 pm -- something that happens only once every ... Canadian Astronomers Capture Spectacular Meteor Footage And Images Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (Oct. 7, 2009) — Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter ... Китай отправит в Антарктику гигантскую экспедицию Lenta.ru - Москва,Russia Это позволяет находить даже небольшие метеориты, которые затерялись бы на любом другом ... Например, именно в Антарктике был найден метеорит ALH 84001, ... White House aims local students' sights high WGME The White House had also set up an inflatable dome and a three-dimensional video tour of the universe, along with meteorite and moon rock displays. ... Astronomers want your help after meteor sighting CTV.ca Two weeks ago a meteor streaked across the sky over southern Ontario, and now astronomers want to contact anyone within 10 kilometres of Grimsby who may ... Free telescope viewing on the UA Mall tonight Arizona Daily Star Participants will also have an opportunity to view the Flandrau facility's meteorite collections and speciminsfrom the UA Mineral Museum. ... Nullarbor fireball cameras find rare meteorite SpaceRef Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:37 PM PDT Using cameras which capture fireballs streaking across the night sky and mathematics, a world-wide team of scientists have managed to find not only a tiny meteorite on the vast Nullarbor Plain, but also its orbit and the asteroid it came from. ... EARTH SCIENCES Scientists track source of unusual meteorite EUROPA When meteorites land on Earth, it is often impossible to say where exactly in our Solar System they originated. Out of nearly 1 100 documented meteorite ... An Evening of Astronomy at the White House CBS News Even more unusual, NASA brought along a chunk of rock it claims is part of a meteorite from Mars. Yes, Mars! "It was discovered in Antarctica," said another ... WHAT: Star Party Tucson Weekly In addition, the Flandrau facility will be open to view its meteorite collections, as well as specimens in the UA Mineral Museum. “We're very excited that ... Astronomers believe meteorites landed near Grimsby St. Catharines Standard Astronomers are on the hunt for hunks of a meteor they believe fell to earth near Grimsby in a fiery light show two weeks ago. ... Падение метеорита было снято на видео Компьюлента - Москва,Russia «Поиск метеоритов в данном случае особенно важен, поскольку событие прекрасно документировано, — говорит один из исследователей Фил Маккосленд (Phil ... Special meteor watching at Kitt Peak Explorer News Kitt Peak invites the public to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy during a special "Meteor Mania" program on Tuesday, Oct. 20. ... Astronomers ask for help in finding meteorites fallen in southwestern Ontario The Canadian Press 25 at 9:03 pm A postdoctoral fellow at the university's Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration says the meteorite fall is important because its ... Meteorite hunters looking to Grimsby Hamilton Spectator The researchers say the fireball probably dropped meteorites as large as several kilograms south of Grimsby. They are hoping to hear form anyone who finds ... Western astronomers capture spectacular meteor footage and images R & D Magazine By EurekAlert Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times ... See all stories on this topic “If the Earth is only 6000 years old, then why…?” Question number 43. The Moderate Voice There are a few exceptions, such as Meteor Crater in Arizona. So, what happened to the evidence of the rest of the impacts that the Earth must have ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward Earth 7OCT09

NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward Earth

PASADENA, Calif. -- Using updated information, NASA scientists have
recalculated the path of a large asteroid. The refined path indicates
a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter with
Earth in 2036.

The Apophis asteroid is approximately the size of two-and-a-half
football fields. The new data were documented by near-Earth object
scientists Steve Chesley and Paul Chodas at NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. They will present their updated
findings at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division
for Planetary Sciences in Puerto Rico on Oct. 8.

"Apophis has been one of those celestial bodies that has captured the
public's interest since it was discovered in 2004," said Chesley.
"Updated computational techniques and newly available data indicate
the probability of an Earth encounter on April 13, 2036, for Apophis
has dropped from one-in-45,000 to about four-in-a million."

A majority of the data that enabled the updated orbit of Apophis came
from observations Dave Tholen and collaborators at the University of
Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy in Manoa made. Tholen pored over
hundreds of previously unreleased images of the night sky made with
the University of Hawaii's 88-inch telescope, located near the summit
of Mauna Kea.

Tholen made improved measurements of the asteroid's position in the
images, enabling him to provide Chesley and Chodas with new data sets
more precise than previous measures for Apophis. Measurements from
the Steward Observatory's 90-inch Bok telescope on Kitt Peak in
Arizona and the Arecibo Observatory on the island of Puerto Rico also
were used in Chesley's calculations.

The information provided a more accurate glimpse of Apophis' orbit
well into the latter part of this century. Among the findings is
another close encounter by the asteroid with Earth in 2068 with
chance of impact currently at approximately three-in-a-million. As
with earlier orbital estimates where Earth impacts in 2029 and 2036
could not initially be ruled out due to the need for additional data,
it is expected that the 2068 encounter will diminish in probability
as more information about Apophis is acquired.

Initially, Apophis was thought to have a 2.7 percent chance of
impacting Earth in 2029. Additional observations of the asteroid
ruled out any possibility of an impact in 2029. However, the asteroid
is expected to make a record-setting -- but harmless -- close
approach to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, when it comes no closer
than 18,300 miles above Earth's surface.

"The refined orbital determination further reinforces that Apophis is
an asteroid we can look to as an opportunity for exciting science and
not something that should be feared," said Don Yeomans, manager of
the Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL. "The public can follow
along as we continue to study Apophis and other near-Earth objects by
visiting us on our AsteroidWatch Web site and by following us on the
@AsteroidWatch Twitter feed."

The science of predicting asteroid orbits is based on a physical model
of the solar system which includes the gravitational influence of the
sun, moon, other planets and the three largest asteroids.

NASA detects and tracks asteroids and comets passing close to Earth
using both ground and space-based telescopes. The Near Earth-Object
Observations Program, commonly called "Spaceguard," discovers these
objects, characterizes a subset of them and plots their orbits to
determine if any could be potentially hazardous to our planet.

JPL manages the Near-Earth Object Program Office for NASA's Science
Mission Directorate in Washington. Cornell University operates the
Arecibo Observatory under a cooperative agreement with the National
Science Foundation in Arlington, Va.

For more information about asteroids and near-Earth objects, visit:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch

For more information about NASA, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

LCROSS Lunar Impact Site Scheduled for 9OCT09- 8OCT

New Impact Site Selected for LCROSS

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/lcross/090928crater/

New impact site for LCROSS water-hunting mission
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
September 28, 2009

Officials have shifted the target for next week's smash into the moon by
the LCROSS lunar impactor mission after a new analysis showed ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- 7OCT09

Discovery presents three new docs

Hollywood Reporter
The "Dinosaurs" series will feature tsunamis, meteor showers, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions leading up to the extinction of the ancient reptiles. ...

New Ring

AccuWeather.com
Don't forget that it is Wednesday; check out the new astronomy video and get ready for the Orionid Meteor Shower! The Spitzer Space Telescope made a ...

Science sleuths release a composite sketch of asteroid 2008 TC3

Astronomy Magazine
Last December, Jenniskens and Sudan astronomer Muawia Shaddad went to the crash site and recovered 300 fragments in the Nubian Desert (called meteorites) by ...

Строительная компания «Метеорит» заявила о переносе срока сдачи ...

УралБизнесКонсалтинг - Екатеринбург,Russia
Строительная компания «Метеорит» в очередной раз перенесла срок сдачи жилого комплекса «Ясная поляна», на этот раз — на II квартал 2010 года. ...

A Fall to Earth, One Year Later

Sky & Telescope
A small sample of the meteorite Almahata Sitta draws an admiring gaze from a planetary scientist. That should have been the end of 2008 TC 3 's story — but ...

Earth and Space school reaches community with meteorite dig
The State Press Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:27 PM PDT
Devin Creer Monday, October 5, 2009 More than 500 eager children and parents skittered into Christown Spectrum Mall in Phoenix Saturday morning to eat freeze-dried ice cream, do a meteorite dig and view The World at Night, an internatio More than 500 eager children and parents skittered into Christown Spectrum Mall in Phoenix Saturday morning to eat freeze-dried ice cream, do a meteorite dig and ...

Next apocalypse? Mayan year 2012 stirs doomsayers

Newsday
Archaeologists, astronomers and modern-day Mayas shrug off the popular frenzy over the date of 2012, predicting it will bring nothing more than a meteor ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- Inspecting Asteroid that hit Earth 6OCT09

Inspecting an asteroid that hit Earth

Body looked like a loaf of bread, contained amino acids and may have
been blasted off a larger objectBy Ron Cowen Web edition : Monday,
October 5th, 2009

Scientists have recreated what the asteroid 2008 TC3 looked like just
before it slammed face-first into Earth on October 7, 2008 ....

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/48063/title/Inspecting_an_asteroid_that_hit_Earth_

Meteor/Meteorite News- 6OCT09

Opportunity се натъкна на метеорит

HiComm - София,Bulgaria
Американският марсоход Opportunity откри на Марс още един метеорит със значителна големина. Това става ясно от прес съобщение на официалния сайт на мисията. ...

Inspecting an asteroid that hit Earth

Science News
Planetary scientists tracked the intact asteroid as it fell to the ground as meteorites (SN: 4/25/09, p. 13). As observed through a telescope during the ...

Almahata Sitta-meteoriet was 'tuimelend rozijnenbrood'

Alles over sterrekunde - Amersfoort,Utrecht,Netherlands
De Almahata Sitta-meteorieten (genoemd naar de dichtstbijzijnde nederzetting) zijn de eerste die afkomstig zijn van een kosmisch projectiel dat al vóór de ...

Space Traffic, Meteor Showers Threaten Next Shuttle Launch Date

Space.com
The annual Leonids meteor shower will peak on Nov. 17; the Geminids will peak Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. The showers will produce hundreds of meteoroids per hour. ...

Зонд Opportunity повстречал на Марсе метеорит

LiveStream.Ru - Russia
Американский марсоход Opportunity, путешествующий по Красной планете, обнаружил еще один крупный метеорит. Фотография находки в высоком разрешении доступна ...

USGS Meteorite Classification Quiz- 6OCT09

Meteoritical Bulletin Database

Meteorite Classification Quiz

These photographs mostly come from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites (many of the images are copyrighted). Your challenge is to attempt to classify the meteorites visually, You will get full marks for a correct answer, partial credit for being close, 0 points for no answer, and you will lose points for an incorrect answer.

Select level: Easy Medium Hard
To access the quiz (link) :
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/NameThatMeteorite.php

Source:
Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman
US Geological Survey
954 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA
Meteoritical Bulletin Database

Pennsylvania Meteor/Meteorite News- York Meteor Video Recovered -6OCT09

new video of the Mason Dixon Meteor. Its
technically not really new, but it was new to me and never published
to my knowledge. This video was taken by the York Water Company. I
recently contacted Jeff Hines, the president of York Water, about
doing a calibrated stellar survey of his original video. Through the
course of the conversation he let me know about his 2nd video. Its not
as sensational as the first but it does show a shadow cast from a tall
flag pole as well as several other smaller shadows. If you are
interested in more info or the high res version please contact me off
list.

http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/baltimore-pa-meteor/newly-acquired-meteor-video/

Source:
Mike Hankey
http://www.mikesastrophotos.com

IMC 2009 in Porec, Croatia Photos- 6OCT09

IMC 2009 in Porec, Croatia Photos

International Meteor Conference
that took place in Porec, Croatia to
http://www.orion-drustvo.si/MBKTeam/meteors/imc2009.htm

It was again a nice and enjoyable conference and it was great to meet
many friends in meteor astronomy after a year.

Source:
Javor Kac
Editor-in-Chief
WGN, Journal of the International Meteor Organization
http://www.imo.net/imo/wgn

Meteor/Meteorite News- 5OCT09

Earth and Space school reaches community with meteorite dig

Web Devil
ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration participated in the event by putting together a meteorite dig that used pieces of meteorite billions of years ...

Зонд Opportunity обнаружил на Марсе метеорит

Aviation EXplorer - Москва,Russia
5 октября 2009 г., Aviation Explorer – Американский марсоход Opportunity обнаружил на Марсе еще один крупный метеорит, сообщает Lenta.ru. ...

A dinoszaurusz pusztító meteor alig érintette az algákat?

Híradó - Budapest,Hungary
A korábbi vizsgálatok azt mutatták, hogy a mély óceánban az élet a meteorit becsapódás után évmilliókig nem tért magához. „A dán Fish Clayből származó ...

Opportunity обнаружил на Марсе метеорит

СЕГОДНЯ - Киев,Ukraine
Предположительный размер метеорита составляет около 47 сантиметров. Находка была сделана на 2022 день миссии Opportunity на Марсе. Новый метеорит получил ...

Star Gazer: Orange Mars ushers in month devoted to pumpkins NRToday.com The Orionids meteor shower will peak on the morning of Oct. 21. This year the moon won't interfere, and experts are forecasting a robust shower with perhaps ... See all stories on this topic

The mighty Planet King visible this month The Coloradoan Orionid meteor shower: It will peak the morning of Oct. 21. As their name suggests, the Orionid meteors appear to radiate from Orion's starry club at the ...

обнаружил на Марсе метеорит

Lenta.ru - Москва,Russia
Американский марсоход Opportunity обнаружил на Марсе еще один крупный метеорит. Об этом сообщается на официальном сайте миссии. Фотография находки в высоком ...

Opportunity Finds Another Big Meteorite

Universe Today
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found a rock that apparently is another meteorite. Less than three weeks ago, Opportunity drove away from a ...

Jelle Zeilinga de Boer reflects on "how geology influenced ...

Connecticut Plus
And how Connecticut has a long history of welcoming unexpected guests from outer space-that is, meteorites that have crashed into homes, onto farmland and ...

Jak kamień w błoto

Gazeta.pl - Poland
XIX wieku doniesienia o obserwowanych upadkach meteorytów sąsiadowały z pisanymi ... Specjaliści zaliczają meteoryt białostocki do rodziny achondrytów ...

Ziemia bezbronna wobec groźnych asteroidów-hiszpański naukowiec

Gazeta Wyborcza - Warszawa,Poland
Są to komety, asteroidy i meteoryty, przed którymi Ziemia nie ma dziś żadnej ... W zeszłym roku na pustyni w Sudanie spadł meteoryt, ale na szczęście był ...

オポチュニティ、また隕石を発見、今年2回目

sorae.jp
アメリカ航空宇宙局（NASA）は10月2日、火星で探査活動を続けているマーズ・エクスプロレーション・ローバー（MER）のオポチュニティが、また新しい隕石を発見したと ...



Chris de Freitas: The high cost of being unprepared

New Zealand Herald
Australian geographer, Ted Bryant, reminds us of the role of meteorite impact with the ocean, when, on February 22, 1491, a meteorite strike caused tsunami ...

The 'War' the world heard

Kenosha News.com
... flaming object, believed to be a meteorite, fell on a farm in the neighborhood of Grovers Mill, New Jersey, 22 miles from Trenton. ...

SKY WATCH 3-Planet Monte, Meteors and the Mall

Washington Post
Thanks to a new moon, we get a dark sky and good viewing conditions for catching Orionid meteors that appear to emanate from the Orion constellation. ...

Opportunity Finds Another Big Meteorite
Universe Today Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:48 PM PDT
It's amazing what a rover can find laying by the side of the road. The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found a rock that apparently is another meteorite. Less than three weeks ago, Opportunity drove away from a larger meteorite called "Block Island" that the rover examined for six weeks. Now, this new [...]

Meteor/Meteorite News- Moon Festival 4OCT09

Mochi Pounding - photo by Dirk Ross, Tokyo (c)2009

月兔- Moon rabbit

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit

The Moon rabbit, also called the Jade Rabbit, is a rabbit that lives on the moon in East Asian folklore. The legends about the moon rabbit are based on the traditional pareidolia that identifies the markings of the moon as a rabbit pounding in a mortar. In Chinese folklore, it is often portrayed as a companion of the moon goddess Chang'e, constantly pounding the elixir of life for her; but in Japanese and Korean versions it is just pounding mochi.

Folklore

In the Buddhist story "Śaśajâtaka", a monkey, an otter, a jackal, and a rabbit resolved to practice charity on the Uposatha, believing a demonstration of great virtue would earn a great reward.

When an old man begged for food, the monkey gathered fruits from the trees and the otter collected dead fish from the river bank, while the jackal wrongfully pilfered a lizard and a pot of milk-curd. The rabbit, who knew only how to gather grass, instead offered its own body, throwing itself into a fire the man had built. The rabbit, however, was not burnt. The old man revealed himself to be Śakra, and touched by the rabbit's virtue, drew the likeness of the rabbit on the moon for all to see. It is said the lunar image is still draped in the smoke that rose when the rabbit cast itself into the fire.

A version of this story can be found in the Japanese anthology Konjaku Monogatarishū, where the rabbit's companions are a fox and a monkey.

Interestingly, similar legends occur in Mexican folklore, where people also identified the markings on the moon as a rabbit. According to an Aztec legend, when the god Quetzalcoatl lived in Earth as a man, he started a journey. After walking for a long time, he became hungry and tired. With no food or water around, he thought he would die. Then, a rabbit grazing nearby offered himself as food to save his life. Quetzalcoatl, moved by the rabbit's noble offering, elevated the rabbit to the moon, then lowered him back to Earth, and told him, "You may be just a rabbit, but everyone will remember you; there is your image in light, for all men and for all times."

Another Mesoamerican legend tells of the brave and noble sacrifice of Nanahuatzin during the creation of the fifth sun. Humble Nanahuatzin sacrificed himself in fire to become the new sun, but the wealthy god Tecciztecatl hesitated four times before he finally set himself alight to become the moon. Due to Tecciztecatl's cowardice, the gods felt that the moon should not be as bright as the sun, so one of the gods threw a rabbit at his face to diminish his light. It is also said that Tecciztecatl was in the form of a rabbit when he sacrificed himself to become the moon, casting the shadow of a rabbit. ... (more)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit

Meteor/Meteorite News- 3OCT09

Another Mars meteorite, and more msnbc.com PLEASE READ: All comments must be approved before appearing in the thread; time and space constraints prevent all comments from appearing. ...

NASA Opportunity Finds Another Meteorite NASA nasa's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found a rock that apparently is another meteorite, less than three weeks after driving away from a larger ... Eye on October skies Broomfield Enterprise On the morning of Oct. 21, the Orionid Meteor Shower will peak. With no moon to interfere with viewing these meteors, one can expect to see 30 meteors per ... Space Rocks Emporia Gazette When a meteorite crashes to the earth it will generally break up in the atmosphere, spreading its pieces over a certain area in what is known as a strewn ... STAR TRAK Indiana University The Orionid meteor shower will peak before the first light of dawn on Oct. 21. Moonlight will not interfere, so observers with a dark sky may see up to 30 ... Dinosaur-Killer was Soft on Algae Astrobiology Magazine As for the cause, geologic evidence incriminates a meteorite that landed off of the Yucatan peninsula – although some debate continues over just how lethal ...

Pacific Ocean Meteor 28SEP09 Update- 2OCT09

Images by YC Sentinel (c) 2009
Pacific Ocean "Bright as the Sun Meteor" -- Update
first reported by YC Sentinel on 28SEP09.

Calculations have been made by YCS on the estimated detonation over the Pacific Ocean of the small asteroid recorded on video on Sept. 28.

Video of the event: http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/v20090928_0226.mov
(let the video loop several times to see the whole flash)

Yuba City Sentinel--
"This event was at 0226:56 PDT in the Morning hours of Sept. 28th, 2009.

Fireball origin was about 6 degrees above horizon, and descended to about 2
degrees above my horizon. (Roughly estimated).

Initial azimuth was 311 degrees. Detonation occured at 314 degrees.
Follow-up burn out took 0.6 seconds and appeared to go to my horizon limits.

Peak light intensity exceeded Sandia Sentinels 30,000 pixel scaling limit."

"Using the rough elevation & azimuth data(West & 45 deg.) of the Oregon
observers Sept. 28th posting on AMS, and my accurate azimuth only,
disregarding my visual horizon estimate....it appears that the detonation
point is ~250 miles off
of the coast of lower Oregon and ~425 miles from Yuba City on a bearing of
314 degrees True North.

I believe the Oregon observer is likely near Medford(from my past memory),
and I have done a rough pictorial triangulation.

Given the great distance and the brightness from the two observation
points....Is it likely that this event is not a meteor, but rather a
small asteroid which detonated?

"Tungustita" of sorts....????

YCSentinel reported on MeteorObsList

http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/0928_Bolide

Meteor/Meteorite News- 2OCT09

Коллекционер подарил музею в Днепропетровскую коллекцию метеоритов

proUA.com - ‎2009年9月29

Один из немногих украинских коллекционеров метеоритов Александр Ковалев передал часть своей коллекции метеоритов геолого-минералогическому музею Национального горного университета в Днепропетровске. Свой подарок коллекционер приурочил к 110-летию университета и Году астрономии, передает Радио ...

The collector has presented a museum in the Dnepropetrovsk collection of meteorites
proUA.com -
One of few Ukrainian collectors of meteorites Alexander Kovalev has transferred a part of the collection of meteorites to a геолого-mineralogical museum of National mountain university in Dnepropetrovsk. The collector has dated the gift for the 110 anniversary of university and Year of astronomy, transfers Radio...
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What's in the skies?

Lake County News Chronicle
The Orionid meteor shower peaks at approximately 5 am on the 21st, with up to 30 meteors per hour visible from dark sites. Among the faster meteors, ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- 1OCT09

Controversy Erupts Over Supposed Meteorite That Fell in Argentina

Latin American Herald Tribune
However, astronomer Beatriz Garcia denied that it was space trash and said that it was a meteorite due to the “bluish-white color that it left in sight. ...
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Popular Science

Meet the Asteroid Hunters

Popular Science
Back in Sudan, the pebble-like meteorites formed by the explosion in the atmosphere had scattered miles over the desert, lost on the rocky plain. ...

Latest news and analysis from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral

Florida Today
18; the peak of the Leonids meteor shower on Nov. 17; the peak of the Geminids around Dec. 13 or Dec. 14; and the Russian launch of new crewmates to the ...

Scientific American

Meteorite impacts turn up nearly pure water ice in Mars's mid ...

Scientific American
By John Matson Now a team of researchers has let meteorite impacts do the digging for them—a paper in this week's Science presents observations of fresh ...

Meteors, traffic jeopardize Atlantis launch

The News-Press
9:49 AM — CAPE CANAVERAL -- Two planned rocket launches, short shuttle launch windows, traffic congestion at the International Space Station and two meteor ...

The meteorological freak week of 1926

York County Coast Star
Professor Charles Hutchins of the physics department at Bowdoin College confirmed to the press that a meteor had exploded over the crook in the Androscoggin ...

Argentina Meteor/Meteorite News- Mendoza Meteor 27SEP09 29SEP09

Sitios especializados recogen la caída del meteorito en Mendoza
Mundo

29 de Septiembre de 2009 07:43

por Medios

Se trata de los sitios Airlines y Lunarmeteoritehunters, donde en idioma inglés levantaron la novedad que hoy sorprendió al país luego de que cayera sobre el cielo de Mendoza y La Pampa un meteorito que se desintegró antes de tocar tierra. Medios internacionales también recogieron la noticia. Aquí los detalles. ... [more]
http://www.mdzol.com/mdz/nota/162744-Sitios-especializados-recogen-la-ca%C3%ADda-del-meteorito-en-Mendoza/

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Un meteorito cayó en General Alvear
Por Ulises Naranjo	Fue cerca de las 19 del domingo. Decenas de testigos vieron un meteorito. MDZ consultó varias fuentes y todas coinciden en sus versiones generales. Se vio una gigantesca bola de fuego, se escucharon tres fuertes explosiones y en zonas como Carmensa tembló reciamente el piso. Hay movimiento de policías y bomberos que investigan la naturaleza del fenómeno. ...

Confirmado: el fenómeno de Alvear fue un meteorito y se desintegró en el cielo Por Rodrigo Nuñez La astrónoma del Observatorio Pierre Auger, Beatriz García, confirmó a MDZ que se trató de un objeto bastante particular porque fue visto por muchas personas en varios lugares y además tuvo una impactante imagen visual. ...

Siguen las repercusiones por la caída de un meteorito cerca de General Alvear

Primer video del meteorito que se vio en el cielo del sur de la provincia
	El fenómeno fue capturado por un espectador casual y ya se puede ver en You Tube. Esta noticia fue primicia de MDZ en la noche de ayer. ...

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Meteorite strikes Indian village

CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/09/28/india.meteorite/

Sunday, September 28, 2003 Posted: 1108 GMT ( 7:08 PM HKT)

BHUBANESWAR, India -- Two people have been injured and several homes badly damaged by a suspected meteorite crashing into a village in eastern India, reports said Sunday.

The fiery object crashed to earth shortly after sunset Saturday in the coastal state of Orissa, the Press Trust of India reported.

Witnesses reported a bright fireball briefly lighting up the night sky and causing panic among local residents, the PTI report said.

Reports from several districts described an ear spitting noise that shattered several windows as the object sped overhead.

At least one part of the fireball came down in a village in Mayurbhanj district, setting several homes alight and lightly injuring at least two people.

The report said other parts of the suspected meteorite may have crashed into another village, also setting at least one thatched house ablaze.

Officials in the area have been asked to collect any remaining samples of the object for scientific analysis.

The PTI quoted local meteorological and space experts as saying the object was most likely a meteor.

Hundreds of small objects strike the Earth's atmosphere every day, creating what are commonly known as shooting stars or, more properly, meteors.

However, all but a few burn up or explode well before they hit the ground as a result of the friction caused by entering the Earth's atmosphere at speeds in excess of 10,000 kilometers an hour.

Those few rocks that do survive the fiery journey are known as meteorites.

Last Updated: Sunday, 28 September, 2003, 17:39 GMT 18:39 UK



BBC
Meteorite wrecks houses in India



At least 20 people are reported to have been injured after a meteorite crashed to Earth in eastern India.

Reports say hundreds of people in the state of Orissa panicked when the fireball streamed across the sky.

Burning fragments were said to have fallen over a wide area, destroying several houses.

An official in Orissa said the authorities were assessing the damage and trying to recover what was left of the meteor.

Reports from Kendrapara district in Orissa, where the meteor came to Earth, said windows rattled as it passed overhead.

"It was all there for just a few seconds but it was like daylight everywhere," one resident said.

Rarity

Experts estimate about 100 tons of extraterrestrial dust grains fall to earth each day.

Occasionally, a dark pebble or fist-size object will rain down, with boulder-sized objects or bigger being a historical rarity.

The only recorded fatality from a meteor was an Egyptian dog that had the bad luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time in 1911.

Seven decades later, scientists recognised the dog had been struck by a meteorite from Mars.

Kendrapara, formerly also known as Orissa.

An H4-5.

Bolide News- Fireball as "Bright as the Sun" Seen 29SEP09

"Pacific" Fireball as "Bright as the Sun" Seen
Distant event on horizon occured at 0226 hrs., the morning of Sept. 28,
2009.

Will marshal the Sentinel facts & measures and post composite with movie.
Could be over the Pacific Ocean off the North Coast of California at the
maximum range of this station.
(No evidence that this Bolide had spin or rotation too....)

Update pending.
Source and report: YCSentinel

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