The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 9MAY2012

NASA Uses Blimp in the Hunt for Meteorite Fragments
Sci-Tech Today
NASA is employing Eureka, the only zeppelin in North America, to help provide a slow-moving, low-altitude, stable platform to search for meteorite chunks in and around the community of Lotus, Calif. The fragments littering the Gold Country may contain ...

Zeppelin Searches for California Meteorite
Scientific American
Scientists are using a zeppelin to do a slow search for signs of fragments left by the April 22nd Sutter's Mill meteorite. John Matson reports Gold Country is now meteorite country. On May 3rd scientists inspected the northern California countryside ...

Scientists think meteorite indicates Martian life
Open Minds UFO News
And now, a research team thinks it discovered signs of life in a meteorite from Mars. A team of scientists from the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University, and the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology at the University of Buckingham recently ...

New meteorite lands in Field Museum collection
Chicago Tribune
The museum received Tuesday the piece of the 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite from afireball that blazed April 22 over California and Nevada. Although such daytimefireballs occur once or twice a year, they normally produce ordinary chondrite meteorites ...

Donated meteor coated in stardust
ABC7Chicago.com
And a meteor donated to The Field Museum Tuesday is even older. Sometimes the most interesting stories at The Field Museum are behind the scenes. On Tuesday, a meteorite found just two weeks ago in California was donated by meteorite hunter Terry ...

NASA researchers search for meteorite fragments in a zeppelin
Ottawa Citizen
Scientists spent most of the day in a dirigible searching for evidence of the recent meteor that fell over parts of El Dorado County. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's not every day that NASA descends on your backyard, hunting for clues to extraterrestrial ...

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Meteor hunters strike pay dirt in California's Gold Country
Boston Herald
By Diana Marcum / Los Angeles Times COLOMA-LOTUS VALLEY, Calif. -- In the week since a fireball shot across the sky and exploded, scattering a rare type of meteorite over California's Gold Country, these hills have drawn a new rush of treasure seekers.

Asteroid, Meteorite, Meteoroid, or Meteor?
So I know a meteoroid is the small thing floating in space while an asteroid is the large one. I know ameteor is the streak of light a meteoroid creates as it falls ...
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California Meteor Found Packed With Alien Organics - Digg
A sonic boom heard in California last week had an out-of-this world origin as ”a large meteoric event” according to NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office.
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Updated: See where Sutter's Mill Meteor pieces landed
Sacramento Bee
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Meteor scavengers run to California gold rush country for new precious metal
Catholic Online
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) A meteor storm in Northern California has sent countless "meteor zombies" scrambling for a different sort of precious metal in Gold Rush Country. The great California gold rush of 1848 began in the Coloma Valley, ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 28-May 4, 2012 | American Meteor ...
It must be remembered that meteor activity is rarely seen at the radiant position. Rather they shoot outwards from the radiant so it is best to center your field of ...
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Meteor shower washout this weekend | Forecast Colorado ...
Meteor shower washout? : Forecast Colorado is your place for the latest breaking weather news for Denver and Colorado, featuring the latest forecasts, road ...
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NASA, SETI Use Airship to Hunt Meteorites From Big Fireball
LiveScience.com
In what must be a meteorite-hunting first, a team of scientists took a zeppelin out Thursday (May 3) to search for fragments from a rare daytime fireball that exploded over California last month. The huge airship Eureka took off from McClellan Park ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Meteorite Zombies - The ...
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In addition to the “supermoon”, the Aquarid meteor shower — which occurs every spring when Earth passes through the debris field left in the wake of Halley's Comet — will make its biggest show on Saturday night and into Sunday morning.
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Supermoon, Meteor Shower to Shine Saturday
Patch.com
There is one more cool thing you can check out this weekend: the Eta Aquarid meteor shower! According to Astronomy.com, the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is formed by dust particles from Halley's Comet. The Eta Aquarids will reach their peak before dawn ...

Dark Skies Park boosts tourist business as stargazers flock to area
stv.tv
Night skies: Four meteor showers later in the year are expected to bring tourists to the area. Tourism businesses have seen an increase in visitors during the traditional "off-season" since the UK's first and only Dark Sky Park was awarded its ...

Lyrids meteor shower to occur during new moon this year
Boston Herald
By Andy Grimm / Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Saturday night promises to be a great night to be outdoors, if you're a stargazer. From Saturday night to early Sunday morning will be prime time to observe the Lyrids, Earth's annual April shower of ...

Meteorite Men's Geoff Notkin talks the April 22 ...
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How to Find a Meteorite | Meteorite Hunting ...
Finding a specimen from space takes hard work and dedication, but these steps will get you ...
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'Supermoon', Meteor Shower Set For Saturday Night
CBS Local
In addition to the “supermoon”, the Aquarid meteor shower — which occurs every spring when Earth passes through the debris field left in the wake of Halley's Comet — will make its biggest show on Saturday night and into Sunday morning.

Meteor hunters sell space rock for 20 times the price of gold ...
Rock hunters are stampeding to the site of the world's biggest gold rush to find meteorites that are worth 20 times the value of the precious metal. Thousands of ...
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Meteor hunters strike pay dirt - Los Angeles Times
COLOMA-LOTUS VALLEY, Calif — In the week since a fireball shot across the sky and exploded, scattering a rare type of meteorite over California's Gold ...
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Supermoon Tonight, Meteor Shower
Tonight, the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower will hit its peak, promising up to 60 meteors per hour for skywatchers with optimum viewing conditions (clear ...
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Meteor Activity Outlook for May 5-11, 2012 | American Meteor Society
These are the worst lunar conditions of the month but not necessarily the worst time to view meteoractivity this month. This is due to the maximum of the strong ...
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Photo of the Day: Minivan-Sized Flaming Meteor Entering the ...
A meteor in the sky above Reno, Nevada, April 22, 2012 • Click to enlarge • Image credit: Lisa Warren.
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Super Moon: Cosmic Show Lights Up Sky But Overshadows Meteor ...
A super moon has illuminated the sky overnight in a once-a-year cosmic show - but overshadowed ameteor shower from Halley's Comet.
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Meteor hunters aim north | Sonora / Tuolumne News, Sports ...
Meteorite hunters headed into the Sierra Nevada foothills this week to find fragments of the space rock that jolted many California and Nevada residents Sunday ...
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Aquarid Meteor Shower from Halley's Comet peaks this weekend ...
Aquarid Meteor Shower. Each spring as Earth passes through the debris trail from Halley's Comet (1P/Halley), the cosmic bits burn up in our atmosphere...
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BBC News - On the hunt with California's 'Meteor ...
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4 May 2012 Last updated at 02:51 GMT Help One of the most importantmeteor strikes in a ...
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Stargazers dazzled by 'super moon'
Ninemsn
While this narrow orbit happens annually, a full moon made the view much more spectacular than usual. Unfortunately for stargazers, the super moon dimmed the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, an astronomical event caused by dust left by Halley's Comet.

NASA Sets Off On First Of Its Kind Meteorite Hunt ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A group of scientists lifted off in a zepellin to search for meteorites that ...
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Zeppelin Hunts California Meteorite Debris
Discovery News
SETI and NASA have mounted an ambitious airship mission in the hope of retrieving chunks of the Sutters Mill Meteorite. By Ian O'Neill The Sutters Mill Meteorite disintegrated over central California on April 22. Pieces of the carbonaceous chondrite ...

 NASA, SETI investigators look for Sierra meteorite ...
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NASA and SETI investigators in a Zeppelin airship flew over the Sierra foothills Thursday looking ...
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 Meteorite Hunters Flood Coloma - Yahoo! News
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Meteorite fall in Diplo Taluka, Sindh Province, Tharparkar, Pakistan on 4th or 5th May 2012 ??

New meteorite fall in Diplo Taluka, Sindh Province, Tharparkar, Pakistan on 4th or 5th May 2012 ???

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Diplo Taluka : 24°28'0N 69°35'0E

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Meteorite or mere rock? Commerce or science? Coloma hunt continues
Auburn Journal
By Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer AUBURN CA - With meteorites for the taking in Coloma, Auburn's John Salfen thinks he just may have one of them. But it's more than a treasure hunt that led him to Coloma and the discovery in recent days of two ...

Scientists enlist airship in hunt for meteorites
Sacramento Bee
That first day, they found a 17-gram chunk of meteor formed in a gracefully curved boomerang shape. Dubbed "SM12," it is only about 5 centimeters long, slightly shiny with an odd bumpy texture, and nearly as black as deep space.

Coloma Businesses Flooded With Meteorite Hunters
CBS Local
COLOMA (CBS13) – Not only are the meteorite hunters the talk of the town but they're also causing a boom in business for locals who have to hire extra staff to accommodate the crowd. “We get people who are river rafting to people who are visiting the ...

Meteorite hunters strike pay dirt
Pioneer Press
Since a fireball shot across the sky and exploded April 22, scattering a rare type of meteorite over California's Gold Country, these hills have drawn a new rush of treasure seekers. Once again there are lively saloons, fortune hunters jockeying for ...

Supermoon, Meteor Shower & Solar Eclipse ...
A "supermoon" full moon and meteor shower kick off May's skywatching treats, but there's ...
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Scientists use airship to look for meteorites
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Researchers from NASA and the SETI Institute are using the slow moving airship in hope of spotting sites where large fragments landed after a meteor exploded in the atmosphere over the Sierra Nevada in late April. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) NASA ...

California Meteor Found Packed With Alien Organics | Disinformation
Via the Daily Galaxy: A sonic boom heard in California last week had an out-of- this world origin as ”a large meteoric event” according to NASA's.
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Search Expanding For Meteorite Fragments - YouTube
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Crews have expanded their search in an effort to find more meteoritefragments.
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New California gold rush as treasure hunters search for meteor fragments
Telegraph.co.uk
The survey took them over the area where James W. Marshall first discovered gold in California in 1848. Once they pinpoint possible impact sites, they plan to follow up with a search party. New California gold rush as treasure hunters search for meteor ...

Rare Meteorite Found in Lotus, Sutter's Mill ...
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This is the moment when the second largest meteorite from the Lotus/Coloma strewn field was ...
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NASA Hunts Fireball Explosion Pieces
French Tribune
In order to find out meteorite that emerged from daytime fireball explosion, the six researchers from NASA and the Search for Extreterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute went for a hunting mission. They took out the massive aircraft Eureka from ...

'Supermoon,' Meteor Shower Make for Sky-Watching Double Feature
Patch.com
On Saturday and Sunday (May 5- 6) a "supermoon" of 2012 and the Eta Aquarid meteor shower will both hit their peak, reports the Huffington Post. While the bright full moon could interfere with themeteor display, some of the shower's brightest ...

BBC: California's 'Meteor Zombies' Hunt for ...
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http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=656 "One of the most important meteor strikes in a generation has ...
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Coloma Business Booms From Meteorite Hunt ...
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'Supermoon' May Outshine Meteor Shower This ...
May's "supermoon" is the biggest full moon of the year and occurs Saturday, May 5. Bright ...
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Scientists Use Airship To Look for Meteorites
Sci-Tech Today
Scientists from NASA and the nonprofit SETI Institute are hunting for pieces of ameteorite that plunged to Earth on April 22, taking off for their search aboard an airship outfitted with sensors and cameras. Most of the rocks recovered so far by ...

Coloma Business Booms From Meteorite Hunt
CBS Local
Turns out those zombies were meteorite hunters who told her its path went right over her property. “I realized shortly thereafter it was meteor frenzy,” said Holme. Thousands from all over the country are flocking to get their piece of the rare rock.

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Supermoon' May Outshine Meteor Shower This Weekend - Yahoo ...
From Yahoo! News: UPDATE: For the latest on Saturday's "supermoon" and meteor shower, read our latest story here: 'Supermoon' Science: Why Saturday's ...
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Eta Aquarid Meteor Update -- Fire in the Sky -- Sott.net

The eta Aquarid meteor shower, due to peak on May 5-6, is already underway. Cameras in NASA's All-Sky Fireball Network have picked up more than a dozen ...
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Wanted: Meteor Imagery - NASA Watch
"NASA and the SETI Institute are asking the public for more information to help find amateur photos and video footage of the daylight meteor that illuminated the ...
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Scientists hunt meteorite fragments from Zeppelin
News10.net
They were looking for evidence of impact sites: Places where pieces of last week's exploding meteorite might have struck the earth. They believe the Zeppelin provided a perfect platform. "The great thing about the Zeppelin is that it doesn't go fast," ...

Hunters sell space rock for more than gold
The Sun
Thousands of prospectors — known as “meteor zombies” — are scouring the Californian desert in the hope of finding a tiny black nugget. The rush was sparked after a 70-ton meteor plunged through the atmosphere, creating a deafening sonic boom as it ...

NASA, SETI Use Airship to Hunt Meteorites From Big Fireball
Space.com
by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer In what must be a meteorite-hunting first, a team of scientists took a zeppelin out Thursday (May 3) to search for fragments from a rare daytime fireballthat exploded over California last month.

Supermoon and Aquarid meteor shower: viewing tips for Saturday night, May 5
Washington Post (blog)
(Bob Gathany - AP) It's a party in the night sky: the Supermoon and Aquarid meteor shower coinciding on Saturday night, Cinco de Mayo (May 5). This convergence of events is definitely cause for celebration if you're a sky watcher.

Scientists aboard blimp to search for meteorites strewn over California gold ...
The Republic
Researchers from NASA and the SETI Institute are using the zeppelin, Eureka for their aerial search in hope of spotting sites where large fragments landed after a meteor exploded in the atmosphere over the Sierra Nevada in late April.

What to do if you find a meteorite
Sacramento Bee
Meteorites generally look different from normal Earth rocks. They usually have a "goose bumps" texture, are oddly shaped, and are either black or dark gray, a result of being burned on entering the atmosphere. If you think you have found a meteorite, ...

Super Moon, Solar Eclipse, Meteor Shower From Halley's Comet On Tap In May, 2012
Huffington Post
While the bright full moon could interfere with the Eta Aquarid meteor display, some of the shower's brightest fireballs should still be visible late Saturday and early Sunday, NASA scientists say. Then, on May 20, the moon will pass in front of the ...

Treasure Hunters Flock To California For Pieces Of Six-Billion-Year-Old Meteor
Gizmodo Australia
A stay-at-home mum was out walking her dog recently when she stumbled upon a weird, 17-gram rock. It turned out to be 4-6 billion years old. And from space. And it's worth $US20,000. Is El Dorado County due for another gold rush?

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From The Field: NASA Uses Blimp In Meteor Search ...
In a first for NASA, a group of scientists is preparing to board a blimp to search for meteorites that ...
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NASA Researchers Search For Meteor Fragments in A Zeppelin
Sacramento Bee
Scientists spent most of the day in aa dirigible searching for evidence of the recentmeteor that fell over parts of El Dorado county. A Zeppelin NT airship returns for a landing at McLellan Park in North Highlands on Thursday.

Interactive map: See where meteorites fell
Sacramento Bee
By Nathaniel Levine As of Tuesday, scientists had confirmed eighteen finds related to the Sutter's Mill Meteorite, the meteorite that plunged to Earth on April 22. Use the interactive maps to zoom in and see where the fragments were recovered.

How to Find a Meteorite in 5 Steps
Scientific American
By Natalie Wolchover and Life's Little Mysteries | May 2, 2012 A chrondite meteoritein situ in Rub' al Khali, Saudi Arabia. Image: Creative Commons | Meteorite Recon Earth is under constant bombardment by space rocks. When they crash and burn through ...

Lyrid Meteor Shower Wows Skywatchers Around the World - Yahoo ...
From Yahoo! News: The Lyrid meteor shower amazed some skywatchers around the world with bright celestial fireworks this weekend, thanks in part to the lack ...
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BBC News - On the hunt with California's 'meteor ...
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When a meteor shower streaked across the north California skies 10 days ago, treasure ...
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On the hunt with California's 'meteor zombies'
BBC News
One of the most important meteor strikes in a generation has brought treasure-hunters flocking to a small town in northern California for the second time in 150 years. The great gold rush began in the Coloma Valley in 1848, and now a meteor rush is ...

Kate Becker: Earth was pummeled by asteroids even as life thrived
Daily Camera
Meteor Crater, a mile-wide, 550-foot deep basin in Arizona, looks like nothing so much as -- well, ameteor crater. Yet in the early 1900s, most geologists thought it was the product of a volcanic eruption. An asteroid would have had to drop straight ...

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Revisiting Virginia's famed space rock
The Free Lance-Star
You may recall the Lorton meteorite, which punched through the roof of a doctors office building in Lorton back in 2010, and was the subject of much earthly litigation between the doctors who rented the building and the building's landlords.

'Supermoon,' Meteor Shower and Solar Eclipse to Grace May Skies
Space.com
But the moon is just one of several tantalizing sky events this month, which include a meteorshower from Halley's comet and the first solar eclipse of the year. The skywatching action starts with a celestial double-feature. On Saturday and Sunday (May ...

Scientists use airship to look for meteorites
Las Vegas Sun
There has to be big pieces out there," SETI Institute meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens said before the trip. "We're just hoping to collect more meteorites for research." Days after the approximately 154300-pound meteor plunged through Earth's ...

Ed's Almanac: Two reasons to look skyward this weekend
KTVQ Billings News
That' the source of the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth's surface. The prime viewing time for this year's display will be Friday night, ...

Man Finds Part of Exploding Space Rock That Shook California
MyFox Los Angeles
AP Last Sunday's Sonic Boom from the Lyrid Meteor Shower was felt from Reno to the OC. Now a Arizona man has found a once in a lifetime souvenir. Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years so he knew he'd found ...

Scientists use airship to look for meteorites
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Carrying scientists and researchers, the zeppelin, Eureka lifts off from McClellan Air Park in Sacramento, Calif., to search for pieces of a meteorite, Thursday, May 3, 2012. The researchers are using an aerial search hoping to locate sites where large ...

Sacramento Area Mother Finds Meteorite Worth $20,000
WebProNews Thu, 03 May 2012 14:36 PM PDT
Brenda Salveson is just a regular mother. She like to bring her kids and dog to the park in Lotus, California almost every day for a walk. During her walk, she found a particular rock that caught her eye. Turns â¦

Brenda Salveson Finds $20,000 Meteorite While Walking Dog In Lotus, California
International Business Times Thu, 03 May 2012 13:53 PM PDT
Brenda Salveson is one lucky mom -- a meteorite landed in her lap and now the Lotus, Calif., resident can expect to become $20,000 richer for her lucky find.

Scientists to use blimp to look for meteorite pieces
News 3 Las Vegas Thu, 03 May 2012 12:12 PM PDT
A group of scientists will board a blimp to search for meteorites that rained over California's gold country last month.

NASA Sets Off On First Of Its Kind Meteorite Hunt
KCRA 3 Sacramento Thu, 03 May 2012 11:54 AM PDT
A group of scientists lifted off in a zepellin to search for meteorites that rained over California's gold country last month.

Mars Opportunity rover reaches Endeavour crater, finds signs of ancient Martian water
Ars Technica Thu, 03 May 2012 11:23 AM PDT
Over seven years into its (originally) 90-day mission, the Mars rover Opportunity arrived at the rim of Endeavour Crater. While the crater itself was formed from an ancient meteorite impact, the rocks at its rim show signs of a watery past. Chemical analysis found deposits typical of hydrothermal vents on Earth, along with features usually associated with evaporation. Together, these pieces of ...

Scientists on the hunt for meteorite fragments in the Sierra
The Sacramento Bee Thu, 03 May 2012 11:18 AM PDT
Scientists today are mounting a massive search in the Sierra Nevada foothills for meteorite fragments that may hold clues to extraterrestrial life.

Mom walks dog, finds $20,000 meteorite
CNET Thu, 03 May 2012 09:49 AM PDT
Unlike many visitors to her Californian town, Brenda Salverson isn't looking for buried treasure. But she finds it all the same.

California`s Gold Country yields gems from space
The Wenatchee World Thu, 03 May 2012 06:05 AM PDT
COLOMA-LOTUS VALLEY, Calif. â In the week since a fireball shot across the sky and exploded, scattering a rare type of meteorite over California`s Gold Country, these hills have drawn a new rush of treasure seekers. Once again there are lively saloons, fortune hunters jockeying for prime spots and astounding tales of luck including that of Brenda Salveson, a local who found a valuable space ...

Smoking Gun Group Posts an Update About Its Bantam Lake UFO (orMeteorite) Investigation
Litchfield County Times Thu, 03 May 2012 05:06 AM PDT
A photo of the Lyrid Meteor Shower at its peak. (Credit: AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) LITCHFIELDâThe investigation into what reportedly fell into Bantam Lake early last month continues for the Smoking Gun Research Agency (SGRA) of Orange, a group that studies the paranormal, metaphysical and unexplained.

$20,000 Meteorite: Brenda Salveson Found $20K Space Rock in Lotus Town (Video)
Batangas Today Thu, 03 May 2012 01:02 AM PDT
A $20,000-meteorite was reportedly found by Brenda Salveson at a park in Lotus town in El Dorado County. The space rock was about 4 to 6 billion years old, according to a CBS report on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. The precious meteorite weighs about 17 grams that is a little over a tablespoon of sugar. [...]

Scientists use blimp to look for meteorites
The Associated Press
(AP) — A group of scientists took to the skies in a blimp Thursday in search ofmeteorites that rained over California's gold country last month. It's the latest hunt for extraterrestrial fragments from the April 22 explosion that was witnessed over a ...

Mom walks dog, finds $20000 meteorite
CNET
Recently, a massive meteorite exploded over the town, so people have been flying in from all parts of the earthly world in order to claim their piece of otherworldly matter. Brenda Salverson doesn't seem to have been caught up in this frenzy.

Scientists to use blimp to look for meteorites
Seattle Post Intelligencer
(AP) — A group of scientists will board a blimp to search for meteorites that rained over California's gold country last month. The researchers from NASA and the SETI Institute plan to depart from a Sacramento airfield sometime Thursday.

Scientists to use blimp to look for meteorites
Huffington Post
Since the meteor exploded in the atmosphere over the Sierra Nevada in late April, swarms of scientists and amateur meteorite hunters have recovered tiny pieces from the event, mostly in a region where James W. Marshall first discovered gold in ...

Treasure Hunters Flock to California Searching For Pieces of Six-Billion-Year ...
Gizmodo
A stay-at-home mom was out walking her dog recently when she stumbled upon a weird, 17-gram rock. It turned out to be 4 to 6 billion years old. And from space. And it's worth $20000. Is El Dorado County due for another gold rush?

Brenda Salveson Stumbles Upon Meteorite Worth $20000 In Local California Park
Huffington Post
Brenda Salveson found a meteorite potentially worth $20000 in a local park where she brings her kids and dog, a local TV station in Sacramento reports. “I was lucky, blessed, good karma,” Salveson told CBS Local. “It was sitting there at my toes like ...

P'gould's 'pet rock' still hot historical topic after 82 years
Paragould Daily Press
A unique fact in history that some may remember is the meteorite that landed here in 1930. According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, the meteorite was known as the Paragould Meteorite and was the largest to have been seen falling ...

Meteorite hunters strike pay dirt
Los Angeles Times
COLOMA-LOTUS VALLEY, Calif — In the week since a fireball shot across the sky and exploded, scattering a rare type of meteorite over California's Gold Country, these hills have drawn a new rush of treasure seekers. Once again there are lively saloons, ...

Loud bang a meteor? (updated) | Sonora / Tuolumne News, Sports ...
An eastbound hunk of an apparent meteor barreled over the Central Sierra foothills on Sunday morning, rattling windows and nerves from Groveland and ...
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Meteorite hunting -- KTXL
Meteorite hunting. FOX40.com - Darren Peck reports - 04/27/12. Email; Share Video: Featured ...
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Skywatching opportunity: Aquarid meteor shower this weekend
The Herald-Mail
By Scott Dance Clouds blocked our view of the recent Lyrid meteor shower, but there is another chance to see “shooting stars” this weekend. The Eta Aquarids are expected to peak in the early mornings of Saturday and Sunday.

Catch a Glimpse of Halley's Comet Debris -- Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
NASA
View large image Each spring as Earth passes through the debris trail from Halley's Comet (1P/Halley), the cosmic bits burn up in our atmosphere and result in the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower. This year the peak will occur on the night of May 5 and ...

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Gold Country Meteorites: Earth Image of the Week
Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
And just like the miners who rushed to the same area after gold was discovered at nearby Sutter's Mill in 1848, meteorite collectors from far and wide soon arrived on their own astronomical treasure hunt. And what they found scattered on the ground ...

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Meteorite Hunting with Robert Ward -- KTXL
Meteorite Hunting with Robert Ward. FOX40.com - Darren Peck reports - 4/27/12. Email; Share ...
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Want to get rich? Meteorites are worth three times as much as gold
Examiner.com
Peter Jenniskens is one of the world's most dedicated, and successful, meteorite hunters. Taking known data from last weekend's event, Jenniskens was able to deduce where fragments of themeteorite, if they survived at all, would have landed.

A Meteor In Melchor / Peten, GuatemalanChannel 7 Daily News
Some said it was a missile from the Zetas, other said the Guatemalan Military had shot down a plane - well it was neither: Guatemalan authorities have concluded that it was a meteor. According to reports coming out of Guatemala, several residents of ...

California meteor intrigues scientists
Space Daily
by Staff Writers Fragments of a meteorite that landed in California last week are much more interesting because of their composition than first thought, scientists say. Meteorite hunters found fragments after the meteor was sighted streaking through ...

Meteor Shower and a Solar Eclipse - May 2012 ...
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Highlights of the month include the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which peaks on May 6th and ...
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'Supermoon' could outshine meteor shower
msnbc.com
The biggest full moon of the year, a so-called "supermoon," will take center stage when it rises this weekend, and may interfere with the peak of an annual meteor shower created by the leftovers from Halley's comet. The supermoon of 2012 is the biggest ...

How to Find a Meteorite in 5 Steps
SPACE.com Wed, 02 May 2012 08:43 AM PDT
Finding a specimen from space takes hard work and dedication, but these steps will get you looking in the right direction.

Meteorite Hunting: Five Tips For Finding Space Rocks
The Huffington Post Wed, 02 May 2012 06:51 AM PDT
Earth is under constant bombardment by space rocks. When they crash and burn through the atmosphere, most of the debris gets lost to the oceans, while some is buried or gradually weathered away.

What Can I Say
The Pilot-Independent Wed, 02 May 2012 06:22 AM PDT
A meteorite fell in California April 22 and has been reported as being a minivan-size meteor before breaking up. Photographers were able to catch pictures of the meteor as it passed over Nevada. These sightings are not uncommon, but this one has turned out to be quite special.

Smoking Gun Group Posts an Update About Its Bantam Lake UFO (orMeteorite) Investigation
Litchfield County Times Wed, 02 May 2012 05:52 AM PDT
A photo of the Lyrid Meteor Shower at its peak. (Credit: AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) LITCHFIELDâThe investigation into what reportedly fell into Bantam Lake early last month continues for the Smoking Gun Research Agency (SGRA) of Orange, a group that studies the paranormal, metaphysical and unexplained.

Fragments of meteorite worth their weight in gold
PhysOrg Wed, 02 May 2012 05:25 AM PDT
Actually itâs more like 3.5 times their weight in gold, according to todayâs market value⦠and meteorite experts from SETI and NASAâs Marshall Space Flight Center.

Orange-based Smoking Gun Group posts update about its Bantam Lake UFO (or meteorite) investigation
New Haven Register Wed, 02 May 2012 04:31 AM PDT
LITCHFIELD â The investigation into what reportedly fell into Bantam Lake early last month continues for the Smoking Gun Research Agency (SGRA) of Orange, a group that studies the paranormal, metaphysical and unexplained.

Mom Stumbles Onto Meteorite Worth About $20,000
CBS Sacramento Tue, 01 May 2012 19:09 PM PDT
People from all over the world are in the tiny town of Lotus in El Dorado County looking for something that's out of this world, but leave it to a stay-at-home mom walking her dog to find a precious meteorite.

California meteor intrigues scientists
UPI Tue, 01 May 2012 18:36 PM PDT
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 1 (UPI) -- Fragments of a meteorite that landed in California last week are much more interesting because of their composition than first thought, scientists say.


Mom stumbles onto meteorite worth about $20000
WTSP 10 News
LOTUS, CA (CBS13) - People from all over the world are in the tiny town of Lotus in El Dorado County looking for something that's out of this world, but leave it to a stay-at-home mom walking her dog to find a precious meteorite.

Mother stumbles across tiny meteorite worth $20000 during walk in park with pup
Daily Mail
Meteorites landed in in El Dorado County several days ago, according to CBS, and dozens of treasure-seekers have descended upon Lotus Park, looking for pieces of the fireball. Mrs Salveson's 17 gram rock, equal to the size of a tablespoon of sugar, ...

Meteor photo released
Reno News & Review
By Dennis Myers The National Aeronautics and Space Administration provided this photo taken from the Reno area of the April 22 meteor. The photo is credited to Lisa Warren. The meteor, which was heard across California and Nevada, disintegrated over ...

Vietnamese people expect to see meteor shower
VietNamNet Bridge
VietNamNet Bridge – They can see part of the Eta Aquarids meteor shower between 4 and 5am on May 6. Dang Vu Tuan Son, chairman of the Vietnam Amateur Astronomy Club, said Ata Aquarids, which lies in the constellation Aquarius, will be a smallmeteor ...

 Meteor in Coloma California - YouTube
3 min
Brief Video with info about the meteor that fell in Coloma/Lotus, California.
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 How To Find A Meteorite! - YouTube
3 min
Order your SourceFed Posters here: http://dft.ba/-SourceFedPosters A quick step- by-step guide to ...
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Mom Stumbles Onto Meteorite Worth About $20000
CBS Local
LOTUS (CBS13) – People from all over the world are in the tiny town of Lotus in El Dorado County looking for something that's out of this world, but leave it to a stay-at-home mom walking her dog to find a precious meteorite. The rock Brenda Salveson ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects Possible ...
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Meteorite Hunting: Five Tips For Finding Space Rocks
Huffington Post
For folks like Robert Ward, a professional meteorite hunter who last month found a piece of a meteorthat was seen crashing through Earth's atmosphere above California the day before, the thrill is finding new arrivals. Furthermore, when a newly fallen ...

PhotoBlog - NASA releases photo of meteor blazing across Nevada ...
NASA has released a photograph of a flaming meteor that unleashed a powerful sonic boom Sunday morning, rattling houses in California and Nevada when its ...
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APOD: 2012 April 25 - Meteor Over Crater Lake
One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for ameteor to flash is typically less than the time it takes for a head ...
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Huge fireball and explosion across California and Nevada as meteor
The boom of the space rock as it disintegrated rattled houses in both California and Nevada and ...
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Dinosaurs on the decline before meteor collision
Mother Nature Network
The demise of all dinosaurs except birds came about 65 million years ago, when researchers think a giant meteor collided with Earth. Still, it was unclear if mass extinctions started gradually before the impact, perhaps due to volcanoes or other forces ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Italia Meteor Fireball ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Breaking News - California / Nevada Daytime Bolide Meteor Fireball 22APR2012. California / Nevada Daytime Bolide Meteor Fireball 22APR2012 A bright fireball occurred over California and Nevadaat approximately 8:00am P... The Latest ...
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Fragments of Meteorite Worth Their Weight in Gold
Universe Today
by Jason Major on May 1, 2012 Actually it's more like 3.5 times their weight in gold, according to today's market value… and meteorite experts from SETI and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. During the daylight hours of April 22, 2012, reports came...

Picture Special - The Northern Lights and Lyrid Meteor over Ireland
Derry Journal
Journal reader Patryk Sadowski has sent us some amazing shots of the Northern Lights and LyridMeteor taken in the skies above the north west of Ireland over recent weeks. Please sign in to be able to comment on this story. Search for: (Plumber, Taxi, ...

'Supermoon' May Outshine Meteor Shower This Weekend
Space.com
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor The biggest full moon of the year, a so-called "supermoon," will take center stage when it rises this weekend, and may interfere with the peak of an annual meteor shower created by the leftovers from Halley's ...

Geoff Notkin on the California fireball - Dave's Universe - Astronomy ...
By David Eicher
Check out this movie I shot on Friday at the Northeast Astro Imaging Conference (NEAIC) in Suffern, New York. It features Geoff Notkin of the TV show Meteorite Men on the Science Channel talking about the April 22 meteorite that was widely ...
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Italia Meteor Fireball 2MAY2012

Ferrara, Italy Meteor Fireball 2MAY2012 00:5:508+1 UTC
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Fireball from Ferrara, Italy.
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California meteor intrigues scientists
UPI.com
Meteorite hunters found fragments after the meteor was sighted streaking through the sky April 22 and exploding in a fireball. NASA and the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., mobilized a search team last weekend to look for the fragile black ...

Meteor crash in Calif. excites Gold Rush-style hunters
USA TODAY
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY The minivan-sized metor, weighing as much as 70 metric tons, turned into a fireball as it streaked across part of central and northern California a week ago Sunday, largely disintegrating as it plunged toward Earth.

How to Find a Meteorite in 5 Steps
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 01 May 2012 13:39 PM PDT
Earth is under constant bombardment by space rocks. When they crash and burn through the atmosphere, most of the debris gets lost to the oceans, while some is buried or gradually weathered away. Nonetheless, plenty of chunks of fallen meteors, or meteorites, are strewn across the accessible parts of the planet. So far, more than 40,000 meteorites have been found and catalogued, and countless ...

Fragments of Meteorite Worth Their Weight in Gold
Universe Today Tue, 01 May 2012 13:21 PM PDT
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Today on New Scientist: 1 May 2012
New Scientist Tue, 01 May 2012 10:05 AM PDT
All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: LHC gets first glimpse of excited baryon and California meteorite is rare rock laden with organics...

Possible Fallen Meteorite in North Guatemala Being Investigated
Latin American Herald Tribune
GUATEMALA CITY – The director of Guatemala's National Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology Institute said Tuesday that authorities are investigating a possible fallen meteorite in the northern province of Peten.

Meteorite Hunters Flock To Foothills - Video - KCRA ...
Several people search the El Dorado foothills for pieces of a meteorite that sprayed the area a ...
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May's first meteor shower battles a Full Moon
Astronomy Magazine
By Michael E. Bakich — Published: May 1, 2012 The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks before dawn May 5. Unfortunately, a Full Moon will hinder the view. Astronomy: Roen Kelly Enjoying ameteor shower requires only comfort and patience.

Dinosaurs were declining before asteroid struck, say scientists (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
By the time that giant meteor collided with our planet at the end of the Cretaceous, some dinosaur species were already heading toward extinction, new research indicates. By Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor / May 1, 2012 Tyrannosaurus rex is ...

Crashed Meteor Sparks Frenzy in Northern California
KSEE
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY An image provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows a meteor over Reno, Nevada on April 22, 2012. Not far from Sutter's Mill, Calif., where the Gold Rush began in 1848, a new breed of mineral hunter is scouring ...

3055 g Oslo meteorite found
a Norwegian television news report (Dagsrevyen on NRK, 30th April 2012) reported
that a 3055 g specimen of the recent OSLO fall was found
on the 26th April in Grefsen, north of Oslo.
NRK television report (30th April 2012): http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/304779/
the meteorite: http://www.geotop.no/files/large/dscn6868.jpg
NRK website:
http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Fnyheter%2Fdistrikt%2Fostlandssendingen%2F1.8110226
Morton Bilet does also report on his website:
http://www.geotop.no/storefront.pages.php?id=47
map: http://www.geotop.no/files/large/met-oslo-1.jpg

2012 THE Year of Meteors!