04 June 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 5JUN2010

Australians surprised by a bright light
Radio Australia News - ‎2 時間前‎
Astronomer Simon O'Toole says there's no need for alarm and that it was not a UFO. He says the phenomenon was probably caused by a meteor or space junk...

隕石クレーター:きょう飯田でシンポ 発見者ら、わかりやすく解説 /長野
毎日新聞 - ‎50 分前‎
飯田市の南アルプスの御池山(1905メートル)の山頂付近で発見された国内初の隕石(いんせき)の衝 突跡(クレーター)について、専門家がわかりやすく解説するミニシンポジウム「世界から見た御池山隕石クレーター発見の意義」が5日、同市 美術博物館で開かれる。 ...
Meteor Crater: We discovered today Iida Symposium on, easy to understand
explanation / Nagano
Mainichi Shimbun - 50 minutes ago
Iida 御池山 Southern Alps (1905 m), the nation's first meteorite found near the summit (Inseki) opposition 突跡 (crater), by mini-symposium experts clearly explain "the significance of meteorite craters discovered 御池山 from the world" five days, the city Held in museums. ...

NASA's on hunt for bit of meteor

The Huntsville Times - al.com
NASA thinks at least one meteorite hit the ground there last month. "Very rare," Dr. William Cook of Marshall Space Flight Center said Wednesday while ...

Meteorite man

ConnectTriStates.com powered by KHQA
He's a meteorite hunter and collector. He has quite a collection. Some of them he's found, others he bought on E-bay. He even has a piece of the moon that ...


Hobbyist tracks 'cosmic collision,' collects large chunk of meteorite that lit up Midwest sky
Quincy Herald-Whig Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:35 AM PDT
When Karl Aston saw a fireball in the sky, his first thought was of chasing it. The St. Louis research chemist, whose in-laws live in Quincy, hunts for and collects meteorites in his spare time. ...


Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem

Seattle Times
The heavenly display is described in the poem "Year of Meteors (1859-1960)," in which Whitman writes of the tumultuous period leading up to the Civil War. ...

Noctilucent Clouds Sighted over Europe

The 2010 noctilucent cloud season has just begun in the northern hemisphere, with sightings over Russia, Scotland and Denmark. Although noctilucent clouds were once a phenomenon of high latitudes only, in recent years they have been sighted in the United States as far south as Colorado and Utah. Visit http://spaceweather.com
for photos and observing tips. ...

Mars On Earth: Astrobiologists look for places here to practice for missions ...
PhysOrg.com - ‎12 時間前‎
Other analogous sites scheduled for scrutiny are the Popigai meteorite crater in Siberia and Rio Tinto in Spain, which are thought to mimic other parts of ...

Terpecahkan, Misteri Badai Meteor 1859

Inilah.com - ‎3 時間前‎
COM, Jakarta- Lebih dari seabad gambaran Walt Whitmen mengenai badai meteor menjadi misteri yang tidak terungkap. Tapi peneliti kini sudah mendapat ...

Jupiter dostal ďalšiu ranu. Zachytil ju amatér

DNES.sk - ‎20 時間前‎
Neprítomnosť pozorovateľnej stopy po náraze a krátky čas dopadu viedli vedcov k dohadu, že do Jupitera narazil meteor. "Nikdy sme ešte nevideli, ...

Rare rocks identified on Mars

Astronomy Now Online - ‎20 時間前‎
... of astronomy for the year ahead, with a complete 30-page guide to observing the planets, moon, meteor showers, two solar eclipses, and the deep sky in 2010...

Jupiter Kembali Dihantam Benda Asing

Vivanews - ‎11 時間前‎
"Kami belum pernah melihat suatu meteor menghantam Jupiter," kata peneliti dari Badan Antariksa Amerika Serikat (NASA), Glenn Orton. ...

Jupiter Kembali Dihantam Benda Asing

Vivanews - ‎11 時間前‎
"Kami belum pernah melihat suatu meteor menghantam Jupiter," kata peneliti dari Badan Antariksa Amerika Serikat (NASA), Glenn Orton. ...

Un astronom amator a observat cum Jupiter a fost lovita de un meteorit

Ziare.com (Comunicat de Presă) - ‎17 時間前‎
Planeta Jupiter a fost lovita de un corp strain, care sa aprins in atmosfera, iar impactul a fost observat de un astronom amator. ...

Karbonatgestein auf dem Mars nachgewiesen: Warmes und feuchtes Klima war ...

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (Pressemitteilung) - ‎17 時間前‎
Der Allan-Hills-Meteorit sorgte Ende der 90er Jahre für Aufsehen, nachdem Wissenschaftler bestimmte Strukturen als biologische Signaturen gedeutet hatten. ...

Museum of Natural History Celebrates its Reopening

Canada Views - ‎16 時間前‎
Téo the astronaut and his dog, Laïka, guide “space travelers” as they explore fragments of meteorites that fell in Canada in 1960, 1963 and 1994. There is a ...

Júpiter recibió un impacto que dejó una huella similar al océano Pacífico

Diario de Navarra - ‎12 時間前‎
No es por criticar, pero que coj... importará si cae un meteorito en Jupiter o si los anillos de Saturno han decidido instalar un peaje para los plutonianos ...

Kamienie prosto z nieba

Zycie Warszawy - ‎8 時間前‎
Każdy fragment małego ciała niebieskiego, którego orbita przecina się z orbitą Ziemi, i które przebije się przez naszą atmosferę to meteoryt. ...
The stones from heaven
Zycie Warszawy - 8 时间 前 Each fragment of a small celestial body whose orbit intersects the orbit of the Earth, and which penetrates through our atmosphere is a meteor. ...

कहां से आई थी वो रोशनी?

दैनिक भास्कर - ‎2010年6月1日‎
वहां की प्रेसीडेंशियल पेनल का सुझाव था कि उस समय कोई उल्का पिंड सैटेलाइट से टकराया होगा। उस समय सैटेलाइट ने रिपोर्ट दी थी कि उसने दो बार चमकीली रोशनी देखी है। पहली रोशनी बहुत ज्यादा चमकीली थी। वहीं दूसरी ज्यादा देर तक दिखी थी लेकिन इसकी चमक कम थी। ये दो से तीन किलोटन न्यूक्लियर एक्सप्लोशन के बराबर थी। इसे हिंद महासागर में बोउवेट आईलैंड और प्रिंस एडवर्ड आईलैंड के बीच देखा गया था। ये जानकारी मिलते ही एयरफोर्स के विमान इस ...
Where came the light?
Times of India - 2010 年 6 月 1 日 These events are detected by U.S. satellite had Aaila hotel. The U.S. satellite on September 22, 1979 Two shining lights in the sky saw. According to experts, it was like a light nuclear Ckasploshne. May be the result of this test a nuclear weapon. Yet this fact could not find out until today there is. There Preesideanshiyal panel suggested that the time would be a meteorite hit the satellite. ...

野 狸岛上发现陨石

长寿网 - ‎3 時間前‎
本报讯记者靳碧海报道:“我认为这些石头是陨石。”昨天,对石头颇有研究的市民曾女士,向记者展示了她在野狸岛上发现的两种特别的石头:一种为暗绿 色,外形与普通石头无 ... [not meteorite]

Meteor/Meteorite News 4JUN2010

Jupiter Impact Event Caught on Video
Space Weather News for June 3, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

SOMETHING HAS JUST HIT JUPITER: Veteran amateur astronomers Anthony Wesley of Australia and Christopher Go of the Philippines have independently observed an impact event on Jupiter. The strike occurred at 20:31 UT on June 3rd and produced a bright flash of light in the giant planet's cloudtops. Visit http://spaceweather.com
for images and video.

Jupiter impact - June 03, 2010

The full report is at http://www.iceinspace.com.au/70-592-0-0-1-0.html

with more discussion at:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=61965

(and readers of German can go to for more links on Wesley's role in Jupiter monitoring).
http://skyweek.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/hat-anthony-wesley-einen-einschlagsblitz-auf-dem-jupiter-aufgenommen


A fireball impact has been imaged within the last two hours on Jupiter by Anthony Wesley in Australia.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=77409


See: http://jupiter.samba.org/
for more images!

PhysOrg.com
Large Meteor Tracked over Northeast Alabama

PhysOrg.com
Composite photo of the meteor as seen from the Marshall Space Flight Center. Image credit: NASA/MSFC On the evening of May 18, NASA all-sky meteor cameras ...

Raw Video: Meteor Caught on tape over Huntsville and Scottsboro

WAFF
This meteor was first picked up at an altitude of 47 miles over northwest Huntsville, moving at a speed of 8 miles per second towards the southeast. ...


Missing moon rock? Ex-governor had it
$5 million specimen was given to Colorado during Nixon administration
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37454964/ns/technology_and_science-space/?GT1=43001

SPACEcom Walt Whitman Meteor Mystery Solved by Astronomer Sleuths

A unique case of forensic astronomy uncovers the historic reality of a celestial event forgotten in time yet referenced in a poem by Walt Whitman.
www.space.com/.../walt-whitman-meteor-mystery-solved-100...



Ancient Meteorite Discovered In Oregon
redOrbit Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:23 AM PDT
Image 1: A closer view of the Morrow County meteorite, showing the sculpted surface texture caused by passage through the Earthâs atmosphere. The meteorite has a distinctive yellowish color caused by mild weathering on Earth. A portion of the meteorite at bottom right has been removed for study. At the top, another portion is missing, which was removed before Mr. Wesson found the rock, possibly ...

03 June 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 3JUN2010

Cosmic Log 150yearold meteor mystery solved

Academic sleuths have used fine art and old newspapers to figure out exactly which meteor Walt Whitman was talking about in his poem "Year of Meteors ...

Niningers Museum - Where It All Started
00:58 Video
Niningers Meteorite Museum - Where It All Started by Ruben Garcia
youtube.com



Mr- and The Men - How to Chase

03:10 Video 22 views
Meteor Chasing with Mr-Meteorite (Ruben Garcia ) and The Meteorite Men
youtube.com



Space.com
Ancient 40-pound Meteorite Pulled From Ditch in Oregon

Space.com
It is the fifth meteorite to be found in the northwestern state. The space rock, which sat anonymously on the planet's surface for a few hundred to a ...

Rare Meteorite Discovered on the “Side of a Road”: How Much Is It ...

Busy Buzz Blogging
Rare Meteorite Discovered on the “Side of a Road” - Eleven years ago, Oregon native Don Wesson picked up an odd-looking rusty-colored rock from the side of ...

That big rock sitting in the garden? Meteorite.

Christian Science Monitor
A rock picked up in a ditch along a stretch of road in north central Oregon by a couple in 1999 turns out to be a rare, ancient meteorite. ...

Children welcome unusual visitor

Malvern Gazette
Headteacher Debbie Langston explained: “Children were involved in making their own mini aliens, de-coding cryptic messages, making meteorite and moon rock ...

Nature.com (blog)
Meteor painting dates Walt Whitman poem

Nature.com (blog)
In the July issue of Sky & Telescope magazine, Olson and colleagues reveal that the event was indeed a "meteor progression" – something that occurs when a ...

02 June 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 2JUN2010

hits house!

01:38
A rock was found in the side of Jerry's house that could very well be a meteorite. This video shows the Q6 News cast of this amazing story and ...
youtube.com

Video footage from KHQ Q6 TV Spokane [My comment--Not a meteorite!]

Walt Whitman meteor mystery solved

Sify
It was an Earth-grazing meteor procession," said Donald Olson, who conducted the study with Russell Doescher, English professor Marilynn S. Olson and ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 1JUN2010

San Marcos Mercury
Texas State astronomers say they've solved Walt Whitman meteor mystery

San Marcos Mercury
In his landmark collection Leaves of Grass, famed poet Walt Whitman wrote of a “strange huge meteor-procession” in such vivid detail that scholars have ...





APOD 2010 June 2 A Twisted Meteor Trail Over Tenerife

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. ...

Oregon Man Adds To Rock Collection
Video
The rock is the first meteorite found in the state since 1981, Portland State University researchers said. KPTV FOX 12 Portland, OR May. 31, 2010 ...
clipsyndicate.com

01 June 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 1JUN2010

El Paso, Texas Meteor Event
- May 26th, 2010 05:21:08hrs

ELP Sentinel Allsky Camera recorded a meteor event in our west-southwest sky. Visual magnitude calculated to be -10.4 (very bright "shadowcaster"). ... [Photo and More]
http://elpallskycamera.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53:jagamblesbcglobalnet&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50#addcomments

The Nevada Fireball

UFODigest
by Scott Holloway On April 18, 1962, an unidentified flying object , most commonly referred to by witnesses as a "fireball" or a "meteor", crashed in Nevada ...

ESA Science & Technology: Fireball meteor over Groningen, the ...

A bright, fireball meteor (seen here in a photograph taken by Robert Mikaelyan) was spotted on 17 October 2009 by many in the Netherlands, including Maria ...

Ensisheim 2010 show latest news

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 4:06 AM
Those asking for more news on 2010 Ensisheim meteorite show dates and organization, please look at this site:
http://meteorite.ensisheim.free.fr/site/fr/news/news.php

Click on "2010 flyer.pdf"
More info on how to reach the show, accommodation and other details can be found on the other links on that page.

31 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 31MAY2010

01:30 - cnn.com
A man from Oregon got a big surprise when he took his favorite rock to a scientist. KGW's Wayne Havrelly reports. ... Watch this video on cnn.com

Meteorite found along Ore. road estimated at 4.5 billion years old

kgw.com
by KGW Staff An extremely rare and pristine meteorite was found on the side of the road in Eastern Oregon and experts say it's 4.5 billion years old. ...

Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater

Meteor Crater The LPI-JSC Center for Lunar Science and Exploration is excited to announce a new student field camp opportunity coming this fall! ...

How to Bounce Amateur Radio Signals Off Meteors | eHow.com

How to Bounce Amateur Radio Signals Off Meteors. Radio astronomy does not necessarily require huge radio telescopes. Get your amateur radio operators ...

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

The Free Press
One of the first things he discovered was a meteorite. He was hunting bears in the Flathead when he noticed a large crater in a landslide; it was a circle ...

30 May 2010

Canada Meteor/ite News Past

The Kitchener Daylight Fireball of November 4, 1977

by AA Griffin - 1978
THE KITCHENER DAYLIGHT FIREBALL OF NOVEMBER 4, 1977 BY A. A. GRIFFIN AND I. HALLIDAY Herzberg Institute ofAstrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, ...
adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1978JRASC..72..189G

The daylight fireball of January 20, 1988

by GCL Aikman - 1989
For comparison, a sun-rivalling daylight fireball comparable to the present one was seen in Canada a decade ago as the Kitchener fireball of November 4, ...
adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1989JRASC..83..232A

29 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 29MAY2010

Looking Back: Pioneer used meteorite as washstand

Plainview Daily Herald
CROSS SECTION: A slice of the Estacado Meteorite, magnified 40 times, shows the interesting composition of the space rock. By DOUG McDONOUGH Herald Managing ...

Meteorite hunter combs the land for extraterrestrial rubble

Arizona Republic
The Phoenix resident is a meteorite hunter, making his living by finding and selling the rocks from space that litter the Earth. He monitors the Internet ...

Тайна падения Карпатского болида в 2001 году будет разгадана ? (ФОТО)

Ua-Reporter.com - ‎16 時間前‎
Уже состоялось семь экспедиций украинских ученых на Закарпатье в поисках этого метеорита. Ученые обыскали территорию в 85 кв. км, «вооружившись» для более эффективного поиска миноискателями. Но, увы, этот метеорит до сих пор не найдено. Большой интерес к нему проявляют и так называемые «черные» ...

「50年目」の再オープン 明石・天文科学館

神戸新聞 - ‎2010 年5月28日‎
開館前から天文ファンや親子連れら約100人が行列をつくり、地球に落下した隕石(いんせき)や宇宙開発の歴史など、新しい展示を興味深げ に眺めていた。本来休館日の31日と6月7、8日は開館し、時の記念日は入館無料となる。TEL078・919・5000....
"50 years" Akashi Planetarium re-opening
神戸新聞 - ‎2010 年5月28日‎
About 100 people make the matrix space enthusiast and parents and children before they opened, the meteorite fell to Earth (Inseki) and the history of space development, a new exhibit curiously was looking into. Closed June 31 and the original open seven or eight days, when the anniversary of the admission will be free. TEL078 · 919.5000 ...

27 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 27MAY2010

Cops investigate NT UFO invasion

ntnews.com.au
Astronomers and police say that the flares seen across a 360km-long stretch of the Top End coast were probably caused by a meteor shower. ...

A significant event in the night sky

Cranbrook Daily Townsman
By GERRY WARNER Reports are still trickling in about the massive meteor shower seen over the Kootenays May 12. The shower is believed to be part of the ...

Sighting - Orange Ball of Glowing Light Over Livingston West Lothian UK

Before It's News - ‎49 分前‎
We didn't think it was an aeroplane, or a meteorite and could not come up with a rational explanation of what it was? What are all these glowing balls of ...

Sighting - Orange Ball of Glowing Light Over Livingston West Lothian UK

Before It's News - ‎49 分前‎
We didn't think it was an aeroplane, or a meteorite and could not come up with a rational explanation of what it was? What are all these glowing balls of ...

Research station out of this world

Northern News Services (subscription) - ‎18 時間前‎
Lee said 39 million years ago, a meteorite impact created the Haughton Crater which is approximately 1.6 kilometres deep and 20 kilometres wide. On the ...

Den Sternen so nah - Das Night Skies Program im Shenandoah Nationalpark bringt ...

openPR.de (Pressemitteilung) - ‎16 時間前‎
... in die unendlichen Weiten des Universums schauen und erfahren, welche Bedeutung Sterne, Planeten, Monde, Asteroide, Meteoriten und Galaxien haben. ...
To the stars so near - the Night of ski program in Shenandoah national park brings ... open PR.de (press release)-
‎16 時間前‎ ... in the infinite width of the universe look and find out, which meaning stars, planets, moons, Asteroide, meteorites and galaxies have....

Meteoryt z Marsa wyjaśni zagadkę marsjańskiej wody?

Onet.pl - ‎25 分前‎
Brytyjska Agencja Kosmiczna poinformowała, że naukowcy badają fragmenty meteorytu pochodzącego z Marsa w nadziei, że pomoże to ustalić kiedy na Marsie ...
Meteorite from Mars mystery explained Martian water? Onet.pl - 25 分 前
British Space Agency announced that scientists examine the meteorite fragments
derived from Mars in the hope that this will help determine when to Mars ...


高清图:土星探索

红网 - ‎22 時間前‎
2009年11月26日拍摄的卡西尼号飞船捕捉到这张带有著名的奥德修斯陨石坑的土卫三(直径1062公里)在土星最大的卫星土卫六(直径5150公里)后面滑动的图像。 ...
HD Photo: Saturn to explore Red Net - 22 hours ago November 26, 2009 shooting Cassini spacecraft captured this with the famous Odysseus crater of the Tethys (diameter 1062 km) in Saturn's largest moon Titan (diameter 5150 km) behind the slide images. ...

专访中国稀土界泰斗苏锵院士 揭开稀土资源价值面纱

中国武汉 - ‎14 時間前‎
苏院士介绍,稀土元素并不稀有,稀土元素的分布很广,根据获得的陨星、陨石、太阳和太阳系的 光谱分析数据,发现宇宙中存在稀土。地球上稀土资源很丰富,但分布不均, ...
Interview with the Chinese Academy of rare earth industry leading authority Su Qiang veil lifted the value of rare earth resources in Wuhan, China - 14
Time before
Su Yuanshi introduction, rare earth elements are not rare, rare earth elements is widely distributed, according to access to the meteorite, meteorites, the sun and the solar system's spectrum, is found to exist in the universe of rare earth. Rare earth resources are abundant, but unevenly distributed, ...







26 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 26MAY2010

Colorado Fireball of May 16, 2010
The meteor was very slow, and did show some small fragmentation events.
Witnesses reported seeing debris shedding. The later part of the ground path
is over private ranch land in South Park (cattle and buffalo), and is
potentially searchable. The central part of the path, where most of the
fragmentation was observed, is over mountainous area that will make finding
anything very unlikely.
by Chris Peterson Cloudbait Observatory
released May 25, 2010 pm
http://www.cloudbait.com

Navy plane drops buoy on Florida house
MANDARIN, Fla. (AP) - A north Florida man is glad his daughter didn't sleep in on Friday.
http://www.wdtn.com/dpps/military/Navy-plane-drops-buoy-on-Florida-house_3378473

Meteorite? Piece of Icelandic volcano? Rock?
KLTV 7 Tyler
Tue, 25 May 2010 14:23 PM PDT
Imagine sitting in your backyard when all of a sudden, an object comes hurling out of the sky! That's what happened to a Tyler woman Monday afternoon.... [not a meteorite]

Search launched off NT coast

ABC Local
Police are organising a search after a flare was seen off the coast of the Northern Territory last night, but they suspect it was a meteor. ...

Martian meteorite may hold clues to water on the Red Planet
PhysOrg Mon, 24 May 2010 04:03 AM PDT
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are examining fragments of a Martian meteorite to try to establish when water was freely flowing on the red planet.
...

Atlantis: Damage survey ahead
Straits Times Mon, 24 May 2010 02:02 AM PDT
CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) - THE Atlantis astronauts have some surveying work ahead of them, now that they're flying free of the International Space Station. The six shuttle astronauts will pull out their newly repaired inspection boom on Monday to check for any micro-meteorite damage that might have occurred during the past week and a half. A snagged cord prevented them from conducting a proper ...

25 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 25MAY2010

International Meteor Organization.pdf

The International Meteor Organization (IMO) was founded in 1988 and has several ...

Unconfirmed Recent Searches:

Westminster, Colorado searching for meteor may 17 colorado.

San Diego, California searching for meteor 5-23-10.

Sun City, California searching for meteorite may 23.

Columbus, Ohio searching for Ohio meteor, May 22 2010.

Olmsted Falls, Ohio searching for fireball in the ohio sky on May 23rd.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania searching for meteor philadelphia may 24.

Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK
searching for fireball may 24 2010.

24 May 2010

The 33rd Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites

The 33rd Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites (June 8 and 9, 2010)

National Institute of Polar Research,
Tachikawa City, Tokyo, Japan

The abstract papers are released and downloadable; please visit their website for more details.
http://yamato.nipr.ac.jp/AMRC/symposium/2010/symposium3rd.html

23 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 23MAY2010

Meteor Crater Field Camp

The Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater is a week long field class and research project based at Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona, ...

'Big boom' mystery: Source of widespread noise remains unidentified

Williamsport Sun-Gazette
Some say the noise was reminiscent of a sonic boom heard in July 2001 when a meteor crashed into a cornfield near Williamsport. ...

Astronomy night series to begin tonight

YourArlington.com (blog)
12 (8:30 pm): The Perseid Meteor Shower begins this evening. Come to the park to watch the show. The moon will set at dusk, making good conditions for ...


Australian scientists find Timor Sea meteorite crater

PhysOrg.com
Australian scientists have discovered a crater deep beneath the Timor Sea made during a heavy meteor storm which may have altered the Earth's climate, ...


Lonar and its Martian namesake

Indian Express - ‎11 時間前‎
Lonar Lake in Buldana district of Maharashtra, the only meteor-impact crater in the world in basaltic rock that contains salt water, is uniquely important ...

Timor Sea metorite altered Earth s climate, say Scientists

Before It's News - ‎14 時間前‎
Australian scientists have discovered a crater deep beneath the Timor Sea made during a heavy meteor storm which may have altered the Earth's climate, ...

Polisi Masih Selidiki Ledakan di Penggilingan

Media Indonesia - ‎16 時間前‎
"Kalau dari meteor seperti tempo hari, tapi kerusakan tidak ada dari atas. Kerusakan juga tidak begitu parah," ujar Yudi, Sabtu (22/5). ...

Skeptical Inquirer, mai-juin 2010

AFIS science - ‎10 時間前‎
Les mammouths se sont-ils éteints suite à une chute de météorite ou de comète pendant le Dryas récent (il ya 13 000 ans) ? Cette théorie, généralement ...

Пензенский планетарий хранит множество эксклюзивных экспонатов

Телеканал Экспресс - ‎17 時間前‎
... в планетарии, который работает без выходных, можно увидеть и объемные модели космических кораблей, а также первый искусственный спутник Земли в натуральную величину. Или, например, фрагмент настоящего метеорита. И старинный телескоп, который до сих пор сохраняет свою работоспособность. ...

稀土界泰斗:大陸稀土資源長期被大量賤賣出口

中央日報 - ‎3 時間前‎
蘇院士介紹,稀土元素並不稀有,稀土元素的分佈很廣,根據獲得的隕星、隕石、太陽和太陽系的 光譜分析資料,發現宇宙中存在稀土。地球上稀土資源很豐富,但分佈不均,主要集中在中國、美國、印度、前蘇聯、南非、澳大利亞、加拿大、埃及等幾個國家, 其中中國的佔有率最高。 ...
RE sector leading authority: China has long been a large number of rare earth resources or cheap exports of Central Daily News - 3 hours before
Su Yuanshi introduction, rare earth elements are not rare, rare earth elements is widely distributed, according to access to the meteorite, meteorites, the sun and the solar system's spectrum, they found the existence of the universe, earth. Rare earth resources are abundant, but unevenly distributed, mainly in China, the United States, India, the former Soviet Union, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Egypt and other countries, China's share of which the highest. ...

22 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 22MAY2010

Stargazer: Halley's Comet 100 Years Ago

Blanco County News
Twice each year we pass through Halley's path, producing the Eta Aquarid meteor shower in May and the Orionid shower in October. But when Halley came by in ...


Meteorite that struck Ala. house in 1954 to return
Montgomery Advertiser Thu, 20 May 2010 02:04 AM PDT
OAK GROVE -- The meteorite that crashed through the roof of a house in 1954 and struck a woman is coming back to Oak Grove, and this time its arrival is welcome.
...

20 May 2010

Mount Ashmore Impact Crater Discovered Meteor/Meteorite News 21MAY2010

Australian scientists find Timor Sea meteorite crater

PhysOrg.com
Australian scientists have discovered a crater deep beneath the Timor Sea made during a heavy meteor storm which may have altered the Earth's climate, ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 20MAY2010

Giant meteor found to have struck Appalachia CSMonitor.com

Some 200 million to 300 million years ago, an asteroid struck the heart of what is now Appalachia, creating a four-mile-wide crater.

Meteorite that struck Alabama woman in 1954 returning home
Birmingham News Wed, 19 May 2010 09:32 AM PDT
Space rock fell in Talladega County's Oak Grove


Meteorite that struck Ala. house in 1954 returns
WSFA 12 Montgomery Wed, 19 May 2010 09:21 AM PDT
Associated Press - May 19, 2010 12:04 PM ET OAK GROVE, Ala. (AP) - The meteorite that crashed through the roof of a house in 1954 and struck a woman is coming back to Oak Grove, and this time...

The Grand Tetons, Wyoming Daylight Super Bolide 1972 (Video)
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This is Linda Baker's footage of the meteoroid. From Wikipedia: The Great Daylight 1972 Fireball (or US19720810) is an Earth grazer meteoroid ...
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19 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 19MAY2010

Astro Bob blog: The pleasures of satellite watching

Duluth News Tribune - ‎1 時間前‎
If you've ever been out and seen a short, bright flash that didn't look like a meteor it was likely a brief glint from a tumbling satellite. ...

Asteroids and satellites swim through Tadpole Nebula

Astronomy Now Online - ‎5 時間前‎
... of astronomy for the year ahead, with a complete 30-page guide to observing the planets, moon, meteor showers, two solar eclipses, and the deep sky in 2010. ...

Rusia desarrollará nave espacial para estudiar el asteroide Apophis y prevenir ...

RIA Novosti - ‎5 時間前‎
"Las destrucciones que podría ocasionar tal impacto serían varias veces más graves que las producidas por la caída del meteorito de Tunguska (Siberia)", ...

Россияне решили спасти планету от астероида «смерти»

Комсомольская Правда в Украине - ‎8 時間前‎
«Повреждения, которые могут произойти в результате такого удара, в несколько раз больше тех разрушений, которые были вызваны падением Тунгусского метеорита», - говорит академик. По мнению Зеленого, для того, чтобы предотвратить столкновение необходимо дальнейшее изучение астероида. ...

В столицу зачастили НЛО. Зачем?

Правда.Ру - ‎2010年5月17日‎
Кстати, 27 октября, через два дня после того, как исследователи выступили с докладом об этом на 14-й Уфологической конференции, в СМИ, со ссылкой на NASA, появилась запоздалая информация от 8 октября о взрыве над островом Сулавеси метеорита мощностью 50 килотонн… А вечером 21 декабря 2009 года ...

Росія зайнялася вивченням астероїда, який загрожує Землі

Kореспондент - ‎8 時間前‎
Пошкодження, які можуть відбутися в результаті такого удару, в кілька разів більші від тих руйнувань, які були викликані падінням Тунгуського метеорита ...

18 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 18MAY2010

隕石が落ちてきた? 夕刊フジ記者も遭遇“オレンジの尾”

livedoor - ‎21 時間前‎
16日午後6時40分ごろ、東京都心部や多摩地区、千葉県など関東地方の各地の空で、隕石のような物体 が落下する様子が目撃された。 インターネット上のミニブログ「ツイッター」などには「隕石っぽいものを見た」といった書き込みがあふれ、 中には手持ちのデジタル ...
Meteorite has been falling? Yukan Fuji reporters come across "orange tail"
livedoor - ‎21 時間前‎
7:40 to 18:00 July 16, and the Tama district in central Tokyo in the Kanto region around the sky and Chiba Prefecture, was seen to look like a meteorite falling objects. Microblog on the Internet "Twitter" and is "seen a meteor-like" full of writing and, in the handheld digital ... (no confirmation)
http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/4774028/

Lubang di Bima Bukan Tumbukan Meteor

KOMPAS.com - ‎1 時間前‎
"Tidak terbukti jatuhnya meteor di Bima," kata pakar astronomi dari Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (LAPAN) Prof. Dr. Thomas Djamaluddin di ...
Non-punch holes in the Milky Meteor
KOMPAS.com -
'Not proven fall of meteors in Bima,' said astronomers from the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) Prof. Dr. Thomas Djamaluddin in ...

Members of Khagol Vishwa who conducted the summer survey

Ahmedabad Mirror - ‎15 時間前‎
The lake in Lonar village of Buldhana district in the Marathwada region was created by a meteor hitting the Earth during the Pleistocene epoch. ...

Meteorite expert will speak at Apple River Fort

Dubuque Telegraph Herald - ‎14 時間前‎
The expert who was consulted by the national news media regarding the meteorite "fireball" last month in Wisconsin will appear for an evening skies program ...

Celestial marvel

Cranbrook Daily Townsman - ‎14 時間前‎
By GERRY WARNER Two more reports have come in about a meteorite seen over the Cranbrook-Kimberley area around 9:45 pm May 12, but it's no longer sure if the ...

A Marine Chemist Studies How Life Began

New York Times - ‎7 時間前‎
What was really interesting was the Murchison meteorite, which fell to earth in 1969, was originally thought to contain maybe 75 amino acids. Three years ...

Contemporary Work On The Origin Of Life

NPR (blog) - ‎20 時間前‎
Some meteorites are rich in organic compounds. The famous Murchison meteorite, which fell in Australia about 40 years ago has recently been analyzed and ...

Vulkanasche und Wind sind auch auf dem Mars enge Verbündete

Welt der Wunder - MSN - ‎12 時間前‎
Auf den Bildern seien Ascheflächen in mächtigen Einschlagkratern von Meteoriten oder Asteroiden zu sehen und in deren Windschatten, teilte die DLR am ...
Volcano cinder and wind are also on Mars confines formed an alliance
Welt der Wunder -MSN - ‎12 時間前‎ in the pictures are to be seen cinder surfaces in mighty impact craters by meteorites or asteroids and the DLR in shared into their lee...

España completa una red para capturar y analizar meteoritos

El Periódico de Catalunya - ‎2010年5月16日‎
El ingeniero Carlos Rodríguez Arango lo identificó como un meteorito, lo cortó en trozos y lo distribuyó entre varios centros de investigación para su ...
Spain completes a network to capture and to analyze meteorites
El Periódico de Catalunya - ‎2010年5月16日‎
The engineer Carlos Rodríguez Arango identified it as a meteorite, cut it sliced and it distributed between several centers of investigation for his...

16 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 16MAY2010

$15,000 meteorite reported stolen
Lincoln Journal Star Sat, 15 May 2010 14:28 PM PDT
A meteorite rock, valued at $15,000, was reported stolen from a Lincoln, Nebraska apartment Friday evening....


The Amazing Museum Race 5/15/10

KOSA
... Museum of the Southwest, Ellen Noel Art Museum, the Petroleum Museum, the Odessa Meteor Crater Museum, the Presidential Museum, and the Parker House. ...

Members of Khagol Vishwa who conducted the summer survey
Pune Mirror - ‎4 時間前‎
The lake in Lonar village of Buldhana district in the Marathwada region was created by a meteor hitting the Earth during the Pleistocene epoch. ...

Activity in the skies over Cranbrook
Cranbrook Daily Townsman - ‎10 時間前‎
However the website of the American Meteor Society said some weak meteor showers including the Nu Cygnids, the Eta Lyrids, and the Antihelion radiant were ...

Astronomy night series to begin May 22
YourArlington.com (blog) - ‎3 時間前‎
The moon will set at dusk, making good conditions for meteor watching. Bring a blanket or a beach chair so you can lie down and look up to see the whole sky ...

AMNH Announces Their Public Programs For May
Broadway World - ‎32 分前‎
Learn about the current positions of the moon, planets, and stars, as well as visual spectacles like meteor showers, eclipses, and conjunctions. ...

Setiap Tahun Bumi Kejatuhan 25.000 Ton Meteor
Harian Analisa - ‎2010年5月14日‎
... 1.600 derajat Celcius di sekitarnya bisa meleleh. Juga ada indikasi sifat magnetik yang menunjukkan adanya unsur besi di meteorit tersebut," katanya. (Ant)

Young Astronauts Get a Lesson on Space
13wmaz - ‎25 分前‎
The young astronauts also went inside a C-141 cargo plane and examined real meteorite samples brought back from an actual NASA mission. Houston County high ...

Múzeá očakávajú v noci nával ľudí
SME.sk - ‎2 時間前‎
Do hlavnej budovy Slovenského národného múzea počas dňa záujemcov lákala najmä prednáška o meteorite, ktorý nedávno dopadol na územie Slovenska. Okrem toho ...

Sonderöffnung im Museum der Uni am 16. Mai
Südwest Presse - ‎20 時間前‎
Zu sehen sind an diesem Tag die wichtigsten Minerale, Gesteine, Erze, Edelsteine und Meteoriten, historische Blasinstrumente und Reste menschlicher Skelette ...

Meteoryty na Nocy Muzeów w Koszalinie
Gazeta Wyborcza - ‎2 時間前‎
Ogromnym zainteresowaniem odwiedzających w sobotę w nocy Muzeum w Koszalinie (Zachodniopomorskie) cieszył się pokazywany tu po raz pierwszy zbiór meteorytów ...

УЧЕНЫЕ ПЕРЕСМОТРЕЛИ ТЕОРИЮ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ ЗЕМЛИ
president.org.ua - ‎6 時間前‎
"При этом "первобытные" метеориты содержат большие объемы летучих веществ, что нехарактерно для Земли", — отмечает участник работ Ричард Карлсон (Richard Carlson). Данные по изотопам серебра также свидетельствовали о том, что ядро Земли сформировалось через 5–10 миллионов лет после зарождения ...

शुक्र मनाएं! यह सिर्फ 'ऐश'है
दैनिक भास्कर - ‎23 分前‎
लगभग प्रति हजार वर्ष बाद पृथ्वी से औसतन 50 मीटर चौड़ा कोई न कोई उल्कापिंड टकराता है। 30 जून 1908 को साइबेरिया की तुंगुस्का नदी में 30 मीटर आकार वाला उल्कापिंड गिरा था। इस टक्कर से दो मेगाटन टीएनटी की क्षमता के बराबर विस्फोट हुआ था। इसके प्रभाव से 400 वर्ग मील क्षेत्र में फैले वन पूरी तरह से तबाह हो गए थे और हजारों की संख्या में जानवर मारे गए थे। अगर इसी आकार का उल्कापिंड पृथ्वी के किसी आबादी वाले हिस्से से टकरा जाए तो विध्वंस की ...

科学岛上将模拟“登月探宝”
中安在线 - ‎4 時間前‎
这个面积约20多平米的沙盘上,用煤矸石堆出不少环状的陨石坑,还有高山、河流的纹理。工作人员告诉记者,这是模拟月球表面。 在中国月球探测计划——“嫦娥工程”中,位于 ...

子どもに宇宙への夢 79歳のアマ天文家・関さん
読売新聞 - ‎4 時間前‎
「今日は直接持てる天体があります」と、旧ソ連で47年に落下した赤褐色の隕石(いんせき)のかけら(重さ190グラム)を初めて披露。友 人から13年前にもらったもので、親子連れらが手に取って重さや感触を確かめた。また、同館近くで撮影した天の川や彗星の写真を紹介 ...

二酸化炭素濃度
愛媛新聞 - ‎20 分前‎
原始地球に隕石の衝突が相次ぎ、熱エネルギーで過熱。その 温度は千数百℃に達したとされ、マグマオーシャンと呼ばれる溶けた岩石で表面が覆われていた▲ やがて隕石の衝突はおさまり地球は冷えてゆ く。核とマントルができ、表面に薄い地殻が形成された。 ...

15 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 15MAY2010

How a rogue satellite may impact cable TV in the United States

Helium - ‎7 時間前‎
In other words this is not Armageddon with a huge meteor heading to earth to wipe us out. As mentioned above, the best estimate by the company is that any ...

Múzeá ukážu meteorit aj pivnice

SME.sk - ‎13 時間前‎
Návaly sa očakávajú aj v Slovenskom národnom múzeu na Vajanského nábreží, kde bude k dispozícii prvý slovenský meteorit s rodokmeňom, čiže so svojou známou ...

'Jangan risaukan jatuhnya meteor'

Bisnis Indonesia - ‎21 時間前‎
Meteorit paling kecil satu-satunya yang pernah terdeteksi berukuran empat meter yang jatuh di Sudan pada 2008. Benda ini jatuh dalam waktu 19 jam setelah ...
Setiap Tahun Bumi Kejatuhan 25.000 Ton Meteor Harian A

Meteor Cenderung Jatuh ke Laut

Berita Jakarta - ‎2010年5月14日‎
Paska peristiwa jatuhnya serpihan meteorit yang menimpa lima rumah di Jalan Delima, Malakasari, Durensawit, Jakarta Timur, beberapa waktu lalu, ...

Astro Bob blog: More sights for twilight eyes

Duluth News Tribune - ‎18 時間前‎
Local Wisconsin meteorite hunter Vicky Olds has found the greatest number of meteorites from the April 14, 2010 meteorite fall near Livingston, Wisconsin ...

Vienna's Natural History Museum to have a new chief

Austrian Times - ‎2010年5月14日‎
In addition, the meteorite room will be modernised, and the anthropological collection will be reorganised. Reorganisation of other rooms will follow at the ...

Köberls Pläne für das NHM

ORF.at - ‎2010年5月14日‎
Innerhalb der kommenden anderthalb Jahre plant Köberl die Modernisierung des Dinosaurier-und des Meteoriten-Saales sowie die Neuaufstellung der ...

Der Komet kommt ganz sicher zu spät

nachrichten.at - ‎13 時間前‎
(Der Meteoriten- und Impaktforscher Christian Köberl (50) ist Leiter des Departments für Lithosphärenforschung der Uni Wien.)

Sonderöffnung im Museum der Uni am 16. Mai

Südwest Presse - ‎8 時間前‎
Zu sehen sind an diesem Tag die wichtigsten Minerale, Gesteine, Erze, Edelsteine und Meteoriten, historische Blasinstrumente und Reste menschlicher Skelette ...

Una época ideal para que caigan meteoritos

Diario de Cuyo - ‎4 時間前‎
Y en ambos casos, la hipótesis fue la misma: meteoritos. ¿Pura casualidad? Según el director del ICATE (Instituto de Ciencias Astronómicas de la Tierra y el ...

La Terre à l'honneur dans Charlevoix

Cyberpresse - ‎2 時間前‎
... le musée de deux étages sera érigé à Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive (Les Éboulements), au centre du cratère qu'un météorite a creusé il ya des millions ...

Метеоритные озера Московской области

Планета Дорог - ‎17 時間前‎
Исследования, проведенные группой исследователей из Италии на озере Чеко, в месте падения Тунгусского метеорита, подтверждают, что в процессе падения некоторых космических тел (КТ), могут образовываться не только круглые кратеры, но и кратеры в форме эллипса. Исследования, проведенные группой ...

金色平原最老隕石

加拿大星島日報 - ‎2010年5月14日‎
世界上最古老也是最大的隕石撞擊地點(上圖),形成於大 約20億年前,在今天接近Vredefort的地方,一塊體量超過桌山的巨大隕石撞擊了地 球。Vre-defort隕石坑如今被看作地球上最大和最古老的清晰可見的撞擊坑,在排名榜 上擊敗了加拿大的Sud-bury隕石坑,後者直徑約200公里, ...