Space.com By SPACE.com Staff A meteorite the size of a huge watermelon on Mars is revealing new clues to the planet's environment. The Martian meteorite weighs at ... The best time to watch 2009 Perseid meteor shower,12 Aug 2009 Tonight. PRLog.Org (press release) PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 12, 2009 – The 2009 Perseid Meteor Shower which happens every August is expected the best time to watch on 11-12 August, ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Meteor Shower Info and Your Forecast WILX-TV A calm weather setup means potentially good viewing of the Perseid meteor shower tonight. Mostly clear skies are expected with overnight lows in the ...
Sky News Stargazers are watching the skies for a sight of the Perseids meteor shower which will be at its height today. The Perseids shower shoots across the sky ... Glatton Meteorite: race to buy rare meteorite Peterborough Today Now, 18 years after the 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite crashed through conifers and a hedge and landed in Arthur Pettifor's garden, a small fragment of the ...
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Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News- For the Day of 12AUG09
Meteorite News- Meteorite Mineral Wadsleyite Produced in Lab 12AUG09
Meteorite mineral made in the lab
| By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News |
 The team use large projectile launchers to create shock waves |
By slamming materials together, scientists have made a mineral that is found naturally only in meteorites and the deep layers of Earth's mantle.
Their successful "shock" experiment reveals new clues about the formation of our early Solar System.
The team report the production of the mineral wadsleyite in the journal PNAS.
Its creation in the lab shows that objects that collided to form the planets may have been far smaller than previously thought. ...
Meteor/Meteorite News- 12AUG09
Shooting Stars Created Tonight by Comet Debris Burning Up in ...
ABC News
By RACHEL COURTLAND Sky watchers could catch a dazzling treat on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. ...
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By RACHEL COURTLAND Sky watchers could catch a dazzling treat on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. ...
| Reaching for the Moon, Mars and beyond Examiner.com And if you want to make a day out of it, stop by the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies and the ASU Planetarium. You can view the countries largest meteorite ... | ||||||||
Examiner.com AP Photo (meteorite shower) For anyone who grew up in the countryside, shooting stars were gifts from Mother Earth sent to us so that we could wish for love ... Vroegere Marsatmosfeer kon stenen remmen Volkskrant - Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Netherlands Dat blijkt uit de vondst van een grote meteoriet. De ruimtesteen zou een reis door de huidige ijle Marsatmosfeer nooit overleefd hebben, aldus onderzoekers ...
BBC News The UK's largest private collection of space artefacts, which includes meteorites and rocks from the Moon and Mars, is being put up for auction. ...
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11 August 2009
Meteor/Meteorite News- 11AUG09
| Viewing party will gather to see annual meteor shower Sacramento Bee Eyes will be trained on the night sky today for the annual Perseid meteor shower. A Yolo County viewing party is scheduled for 8 pm to midnight at Fairfield ... | |||||||||||||
| Travel 101:Three Tips to better see the Perseids Examiner.com The moon rises around midnight, partially detracting from the annual meteor shower. Consider this your opportunity to be outstanding in your field or bring ... National Trust outlines top sites to see annual Perseids meteor shower Telegraph.co.uk Stargazers keen to catch the best of the Perseids meteor shower are being urged by the National Trust to head to remote spots such as Stonehenge for the ...
MyFox Washington DC The Perseid meteor display will be visible after dark tomorrow night and early Wednesday morning. Astronomers predict you could see up to 80 meteors an hour ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Every year in the middle of August, the Perseid meteor showers put on quite the celestial display. This year's show will hit its peak early Wednesday when, ... Skywatchers set for meteor shower BBC News Skygazers are getting ready to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower, which peaks on the 12 August. The Perseid shower occurs when the Earth passes through ...
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Meteor/Meteorite News- Tektites Sent Flying 11AUG09
Planet Smash-Up Sends Vaporized Rock, Hot Lava Flying
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 10, 2009
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-119
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found evidence of
a high-speed collision between two burgeoning planets around a young star.
Astronomers say that two rocky bodies, one as least as big as our moon
and the other at least as big as Mercury, slammed into each other within
the last few thousand years or so -- not long ago by cosmic standards.
The impact destroyed the smaller body, vaporizing huge amounts of rock
and flinging massive plumes of hot lava into space. An artist's
animation of the event is at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/spitzer-20090810.html
.
Spitzer's infrared detectors were able to pick up the signatures of the
vaporized rock, along with pieces of refrozen lava, called tektites.
"This collision had to be huge and incredibly high-speed for rock to
have been vaporized and melted," said Carey M. Lisse of the Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., lead author
of a new paper describing the findings in the Aug. 20 issue of the
Astrophysical Journal. "This is a really rare and short-lived event,
critical in the formation of Earth-like planets and moons. We're lucky
to have witnessed one not long after it happened."
Lisse and his colleagues say the cosmic crash is similar to the one that
formed our moon more than 4 billion years ago, when a body the size of
Mars rammed into Earth.
"The collision that formed our moon would have been tremendous, enough
to melt the surface of Earth," said co-author Geoff Bryden of NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "Debris from the collision most
likely settled into a disk around Earth that eventually coalesced to
make the moon. This is about the same scale of impact we're seeing with
Spitzer -- we don't know if a moon will form or not, but we know a large
rocky body's surface was red hot, warped and melted."
Our solar system's early history is rich with similar tales of
destruction. Giant impacts are thought to have stripped Mercury of its
outer crust, tipped Uranus on its side and spun Venus backward, to name
a few examples. Such violence is a routine aspect of planet building.
Rocky planets form and grow in size by colliding and sticking together,
merging their cores and shedding some of their surfaces. Though things
have settled down in our solar system today, impacts still occur, as was
observed last month after a small space object crashed into Jupiter.
Lisse and his team observed a star called HD 172555, which is about 12
million years old and located about 100 light-years away in the far
southern constellation Pavo, or the Peacock (for comparison, our solar
system is 4.5 billion years old). The astronomers used an instrument on
Spitzer, called a spectrograph, to break apart the star's light and look
for fingerprints of chemicals, in what is called a spectrum. What they
found was very strange. "I had never seen anything like this before,"
said Lisse. "The spectrum was very unusual."
After careful analysis, the researchers identified lots of amorphous
silica, or essentially melted glass. Silica can be found on Earth in
obsidian rocks and tektites. Obsidian is black, shiny volcanic glass.
Tektites are hardened chunks of lava that are thought to form when
meteorites hit Earth.
Large quantities of orbiting silicon monoxide gas were also detected,
created when much of the rock was vaporized. In addition, the
astronomers found rocky rubble that was probably flung out from the
planetary wreck.
The mass of the dust and gas observed suggests the combined mass of the
two charging bodies was more than twice that of our moon.
Their speed must have been tremendous as well -- the two bodies would
have to have been traveling at a velocity relative to each other of at
least 10 kilometers per second (about 22,400 miles per hour) before the
collision.
Spitzer has witnessed the dusty aftermath of large asteroidal impacts
before, but did not find evidence for the same type of violence --
melted and vaporized rock sprayed everywhere. Instead, large amounts of
dust, gravel, and boulder-sized rubble were observed, indicating the
collisions might have been slower-paced. "Almost all large impacts are
like stately, slow-moving Titanic-versus-the-iceberg collisions, whereas
this one must have been a huge fiery blast, over in the blink of an eye
and full of fury," said Lisse.
Other authors include C.H. Chen of the Space Telescope Science
Institute, Baltimore, Md.; M.C. Wyatt of the University of Cambridge,
England; A. Morlok of the Open University, London, England; I. Song of
The University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.; and P. Sheehan of the University
of Rochester, N.Y.
JPL manages the Spitzer mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate,
Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science
Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Caltech
manages JPL for NASA. Spitzer's infrared spectrograph, which made the
observations in 2004 before the telescope began its "warm" mission, was
built by Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Its development was led by Jim
Houck of Cornell.
For more information about Spitzer, visit
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer and http://www.nasa.gov/spitzer
<http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer > . More information about NASA's
planet-finding program is at http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov
<http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/ >
Whitney Clavin 818-354-4673
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov
2009-119
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 10, 2009
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-119
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found evidence of
a high-speed collision between two burgeoning planets around a young star.
Astronomers say that two rocky bodies, one as least as big as our moon
and the other at least as big as Mercury, slammed into each other within
the last few thousand years or so -- not long ago by cosmic standards.
The impact destroyed the smaller body, vaporizing huge amounts of rock
and flinging massive plumes of hot lava into space. An artist's
animation of the event is at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/spitzer-20090810.html
.
Spitzer's infrared detectors were able to pick up the signatures of the
vaporized rock, along with pieces of refrozen lava, called tektites.
"This collision had to be huge and incredibly high-speed for rock to
have been vaporized and melted," said Carey M. Lisse of the Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., lead author
of a new paper describing the findings in the Aug. 20 issue of the
Astrophysical Journal. "This is a really rare and short-lived event,
critical in the formation of Earth-like planets and moons. We're lucky
to have witnessed one not long after it happened."
Lisse and his colleagues say the cosmic crash is similar to the one that
formed our moon more than 4 billion years ago, when a body the size of
Mars rammed into Earth.
"The collision that formed our moon would have been tremendous, enough
to melt the surface of Earth," said co-author Geoff Bryden of NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "Debris from the collision most
likely settled into a disk around Earth that eventually coalesced to
make the moon. This is about the same scale of impact we're seeing with
Spitzer -- we don't know if a moon will form or not, but we know a large
rocky body's surface was red hot, warped and melted."
Our solar system's early history is rich with similar tales of
destruction. Giant impacts are thought to have stripped Mercury of its
outer crust, tipped Uranus on its side and spun Venus backward, to name
a few examples. Such violence is a routine aspect of planet building.
Rocky planets form and grow in size by colliding and sticking together,
merging their cores and shedding some of their surfaces. Though things
have settled down in our solar system today, impacts still occur, as was
observed last month after a small space object crashed into Jupiter.
Lisse and his team observed a star called HD 172555, which is about 12
million years old and located about 100 light-years away in the far
southern constellation Pavo, or the Peacock (for comparison, our solar
system is 4.5 billion years old). The astronomers used an instrument on
Spitzer, called a spectrograph, to break apart the star's light and look
for fingerprints of chemicals, in what is called a spectrum. What they
found was very strange. "I had never seen anything like this before,"
said Lisse. "The spectrum was very unusual."
After careful analysis, the researchers identified lots of amorphous
silica, or essentially melted glass. Silica can be found on Earth in
obsidian rocks and tektites. Obsidian is black, shiny volcanic glass.
Tektites are hardened chunks of lava that are thought to form when
meteorites hit Earth.
Large quantities of orbiting silicon monoxide gas were also detected,
created when much of the rock was vaporized. In addition, the
astronomers found rocky rubble that was probably flung out from the
planetary wreck.
The mass of the dust and gas observed suggests the combined mass of the
two charging bodies was more than twice that of our moon.
Their speed must have been tremendous as well -- the two bodies would
have to have been traveling at a velocity relative to each other of at
least 10 kilometers per second (about 22,400 miles per hour) before the
collision.
Spitzer has witnessed the dusty aftermath of large asteroidal impacts
before, but did not find evidence for the same type of violence --
melted and vaporized rock sprayed everywhere. Instead, large amounts of
dust, gravel, and boulder-sized rubble were observed, indicating the
collisions might have been slower-paced. "Almost all large impacts are
like stately, slow-moving Titanic-versus-the-iceberg collisions, whereas
this one must have been a huge fiery blast, over in the blink of an eye
and full of fury," said Lisse.
Other authors include C.H. Chen of the Space Telescope Science
Institute, Baltimore, Md.; M.C. Wyatt of the University of Cambridge,
England; A. Morlok of the Open University, London, England; I. Song of
The University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.; and P. Sheehan of the University
of Rochester, N.Y.
JPL manages the Spitzer mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate,
Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science
Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Caltech
manages JPL for NASA. Spitzer's infrared spectrograph, which made the
observations in 2004 before the telescope began its "warm" mission, was
built by Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Its development was led by Jim
Houck of Cornell.
For more information about Spitzer, visit
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer
<http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer
planet-finding program is at http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov
<http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/
Whitney Clavin 818-354-4673
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov
2009-119
LATEST WORLDWIDE METEOR/METEORITE NEWS- NEWS OF 11AUG09
| Mystery Martian rock a meteorite USA Today A half-ton rock spotted on Mars is indeed a meteorite, say NASA scientists. The Opportunity Mars rover found the "Block Island" rock two weeks ago. ... |
| Hole in the Earth LiveScience.com A meteorite that rocked the Sahara desert over 300 million years ago left behind quite a scar that's been photographed before. New satellite images released ... |
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Moon, meteors vie for attention
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The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks this week. But, Lake Arrowhead astronomer Dr. Lorann Parker says there's a problem. “The dilemma we have is a moon rise that ...
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Moonlets and Rings; Kepler Watches HAT
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... disintegrate at heights of about 50-65 or so miles up; we do occasionally get small meteorite bits falling to Earth after the disintegration, however. ...
Earth's little brother Titan among moons
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And just as on Earth, the weather on Titan appears to have erased most evidence of meteorite craters. "It really is surprising how closely Titan's surface ...
Visual treat for UAE residents as falling meteors to light up ...
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Al Ain: The early morning sky above the emirates will be lit with the light of hundreds of falling meteors on Wednesday. The event, generated by the annual ...
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| The Tech Herald |
The Tech Herald
According to expectant meteorite enthusiasts, this year's shower of 'shooting stars' could well result in an above average display for those people willing ...
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| Daily Mail |
Daily Mail
The National Trust has published online guides to its seven top sites for seeing the stars, ahead of the best night for the annual Perseids meteor shower on ...
Perseid meteors to shower down late Tuesday, early Wednesday
Salt Lake Tribune
By Sheena Mcfarland The most-watched meteor shower of the year is coming back late Tuesday and into Wednesday morning, and this year, stargazers may be ...
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| OregonLive.com |
OregonLive.com
by Chris Spitzer, The Oregonain Associated PressA meteor streaks through the sky during the 1999 Perseid meteor shower, leaving behind a smoky trail. ...
Star Watch -- Meteors not total wash-out
Post-Bulletin
It's time once again for the Persied meteor shower over Rochester, and most years it's a marquee stargazing event. But not this year. ...
Tweeting The Perseids
RedOrbit
Amateur astronomers across the UK are preparing to tweet the world's first mass participation meteor star party, as part of the International Year of ...
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Meteor shower to delight skywatchers Tuesday
Calgary Herald
Stargazers looking up to a clear sky this week will be treated to the celestial theatrics of the Perseid Meteor Shower, boasting more than 60 shooting stars ...
'Perseids' meteor shower seen starting Monday night
Manila Bulletin
By JC BELLO RUIZ The famous “Perseids” meteor shower will be seen starting Monday night, August10, until Friday, August 14, peaking on the late night of ...
'Robin Williams of Astronomy'
Livonia Observer
Mike Best, aka the “Robin Williams of Astronomy,” will show participants how to best enjoy the annual summer Perseid meteor shower and use their telescope ...
The Week in Arts for Aug. 9-15, 2009
TheAdvocate
In this live planetarium presentation, Jon Elvert, director of the Pennington Planetarium, explores why the Perseid meteor shower is the year's major meteor ...
Perseids meteors to light up skies midweek
San Francisco Chronicle
They are the Perseids, an annual meteor shower that makes a brilliant show wherever the viewing is good and the night sky is dark and clear. ...
Look, up in the sky: Sky viewing for August 8-14, 2009
Examiner.com
The biggest and brightest meteor shower of the year is this week. At its peak on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the Perseid meteors will be visible at a high ...
Enjoy the Perseid meteor shower from your garden!
Examiner.com
A glass of wine, a comfortable lawn chair, and you are ready for the Perseid Meteor Shower. This annual meteor shower is due to peak on August 11th & 12th, ...
UA SkyCenter to Host Perseid Meteor Shower Program
University of Arizona News (press release)
"The real excitement sometimes happens in the early evening when meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere at oblique angles and can leave long, glowing trains ...
Calgary Herald
Stargazers looking up to a clear sky this week will be treated to the celestial theatrics of the Perseid Meteor Shower, boasting more than 60 shooting stars ...
'Perseids' meteor shower seen starting Monday night
Manila Bulletin
By JC BELLO RUIZ The famous “Perseids” meteor shower will be seen starting Monday night, August10, until Friday, August 14, peaking on the late night of ...
'Robin Williams of Astronomy'
Livonia Observer
Mike Best, aka the “Robin Williams of Astronomy,” will show participants how to best enjoy the annual summer Perseid meteor shower and use their telescope ...
The Week in Arts for Aug. 9-15, 2009
TheAdvocate
In this live planetarium presentation, Jon Elvert, director of the Pennington Planetarium, explores why the Perseid meteor shower is the year's major meteor ...
Perseids meteors to light up skies midweek
San Francisco Chronicle
They are the Perseids, an annual meteor shower that makes a brilliant show wherever the viewing is good and the night sky is dark and clear. ...
Look, up in the sky: Sky viewing for August 8-14, 2009
Examiner.com
The biggest and brightest meteor shower of the year is this week. At its peak on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the Perseid meteors will be visible at a high ...
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| Examiner.com |
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| University of Arizona News (press release) |
University of Arizona News (press release)
"The real excitement sometimes happens in the early evening when meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere at oblique angles and can leave long, glowing trains ...
08 August 2009
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EARTH ASTEROID NEWS- ASTEROID 1994CC TRIPLE THE BANG 8AUG09
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2259
Triple Asteroid System Triples Observers' Interest
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 06, 2009
Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on June 12
and 14, 2009, revealed that near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC is a triple
system. Asteroid 1994 CC encountered Earth within 2.52 million
kilometers (1.56 million miles) on June 10. Prior to the flyby,
very little was known about this celestial body. 1994 CC is only
the second triple system known in the near-Earth population. A
team led by Marina Brozovic and Lance Benner, both scientists at
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., made the
discovery.
1994 CC consists of a central object about 700 meters (2,300 feet)
in diameter that has two smaller moons revolving around it.
Preliminary analysis suggests that the two small satellites are at
least 50 meters (164 feet) in diameter. Radar observations at
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, led by the center's director
Mike Nolan, also detected all three objects, and the combined
observations from Goldstone and Arecibo will be utilized by JPL
scientists and their colleagues to study 1994 CC's orbital and
physical properties.
The next comparable Earth flyby for asteroid 1994 CC will occur
in the year 2074 when the space rock trio flies past Earth at a
distance of two-and-a-half million kilometers (1.6 million miles).
Of the hundreds of near-Earth asteroids observed by radar, only
about 1 percent are triple systems.
Triple Asteroid System Triples Observers' Interest
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 06, 2009
Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on June 12
and 14, 2009, revealed that near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC is a triple
system. Asteroid 1994 CC encountered Earth within 2.52 million
kilometers (1.56 million miles) on June 10. Prior to the flyby,
very little was known about this celestial body. 1994 CC is only
the second triple system known in the near-Earth population. A
team led by Marina Brozovic and Lance Benner, both scientists at
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., made the
discovery.
1994 CC consists of a central object about 700 meters (2,300 feet)
in diameter that has two smaller moons revolving around it.
Preliminary analysis suggests that the two small satellites are at
least 50 meters (164 feet) in diameter. Radar observations at
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, led by the center's director
Mike Nolan, also detected all three objects, and the combined
observations from Goldstone and Arecibo will be utilized by JPL
scientists and their colleagues to study 1994 CC's orbital and
physical properties.
The next comparable Earth flyby for asteroid 1994 CC will occur
in the year 2074 when the space rock trio flies past Earth at a
distance of two-and-a-half million kilometers (1.6 million miles).
Of the hundreds of near-Earth asteroids observed by radar, only
about 1 percent are triple systems.
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| Prepare for the Perseids! ARRL This annual meteor shower will be most visible August 11-12. WSJT is digital meteor scatter software by Joe Taylor, K1JT. ... |
07 August 2009
LATESTED WORLDWIDE METEOR/METEORITE NEWS- Lunar Crater Stats Indicate Hidden Population of Asteroids 7AUG09
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23878/
Lunar Crater Stats Indicate Hidden Population of Asteroids
Technology Review
August 3, 2009
The asymmetric distribution of craters on the Moon may have been caused
by an undiscovered population of near Earth asteroids. ...
Ref: arxiv.org/abs/0907.3010
<http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.3010
Lunar Crater Stats Indicate Hidden Population of Asteroids
Technology Review
August 3, 2009
The asymmetric distribution of craters on the Moon may have been caused
by an undiscovered population of near Earth asteroids. ...
Ref: arxiv.org/abs/0907.3010
<http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.3010
>:
Asymmetric Impacts of Near-Earth Asteroids on The Moon
WORLDWIDE METREOR/METEORITE/NEWS- 7AUG09
'Block Island' Meteorite on Mars, Sol 1961
NASA
Composition measurements by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite. ...
Breakfast Links: August 6, 2009
Dane101
On this date in 1995, NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms. ...
Mars Life Looks Increasingly Unlikely
Gearlog
Despite the discovery of a meteorite on Mars the other day that looks vaguely like the famous one from the 1990s, hopes are beginning to dim for finding ...
NASA
Composition measurements by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite. ...
Dane101
On this date in 1995, NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms. ...
Mars Life Looks Increasingly Unlikely
Gearlog
Despite the discovery of a meteorite on Mars the other day that looks vaguely like the famous one from the 1990s, hopes are beginning to dim for finding ...
Meteors will be visible early morning next week
Canada.com
Weller said that the summer night sky might offer the occasional meteor but the perseids are hard to miss. "Depending on the circumstances, ...
Meteors should be star of sky watch Aug. 15
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
This is the prime time for the Perseid meteor shower, with an average of 60 meteors per hour. A short hike is required to reach the view point, ...
Na Marse objavili dosiaľ najväčší meteorit
HNonline.sk - Bratislava,Slovakia
Kozmická sonda Opportunity objavila na povrchu planéty Mars dosiaľ najväčší meteorit. Ide o úlomok kovu a výskumníci očakávajú, že na ňom nájdu aj znaky ...
Night Sky Photography in Dayton and the Perseid Meteor Shower
Examiner.com
The evening of August 12th will see nature's fireworks - the annual return of the Perseid Meteor Shower. This cosmic display of flashing fire and rock ...
Canada.com
Weller said that the summer night sky might offer the occasional meteor but the perseids are hard to miss. "Depending on the circumstances, ...
Meteors should be star of sky watch Aug. 15
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
This is the prime time for the Perseid meteor shower, with an average of 60 meteors per hour. A short hike is required to reach the view point, ...
Na Marse objavili dosiaľ najväčší meteorit
HNonline.sk - Bratislava,Slovakia
Kozmická sonda Opportunity objavila na povrchu planéty Mars dosiaľ najväčší meteorit. Ide o úlomok kovu a výskumníci očakávajú, že na ňom nájdu aj znaky ...
Night Sky Photography in Dayton and the Perseid Meteor Shower
Examiner.com
The evening of August 12th will see nature's fireworks - the annual return of the Perseid Meteor Shower. This cosmic display of flashing fire and rock ...
| Opportunity finds Mars meteorite Scientific American One of the robotic rovers running about on Mars has discovered the biggest meteorite ever found on the planet's surface. NASA's Opportunity spotted the ... |
| Record meteorite find Gauntlet The blazing Buzzard Coulee meteorite hurtled to Earth southeast of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan on Nov. 20, 2008. Soon after, University of Calgary department ... |
06 August 2009
PERSEIDS METEOR OUTBURST - iPHONE GETS INVOLVED 5AUG09
Space Weather News for Aug. 4, 2009
http://spaceweather.com
POSSIBLE PERSEID METEOR OUTBURST: This year's Perseid meteor
shower could be even better than usual. According to NASA's
Meteoroid Environment Office, a filament of comet dust has
drifted across Earth's path and when Earth passes through it,
sometime between 0800 and 0900 UT (1 - 2 am PDT) on
August 12th, the Perseid meteor rate could surge to twice
its normal value. Check http://spaceweather.com
and observing tips.
PERSEIDS ON YOUR iPHONE: Spaceweather.com is pleased to
announce a new iPhone/iPod application dedicated to the
upcoming Perseid meteor shower. It features a Perseid
countdown clock, news alerts, an easy-to-use sky map, and a
live gallery of photos from around the world. Sky watchers
of all types will find it a valuable companion when the
shower peaks later this month.
Learn more: http://spaceweather.com/perseids
Download the app: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=325305245&mt=8
WORLDWIDE METEOR/METEORITE NEWS 5AUG09
Tall ships sail into Bellingham; meteors light up the sky
Bellingham Herald
Coming up next early week is the Perseid meteor shower, an annual event that astronomers say will offer some fairly good viewing this year. ...
BBC推出灾难纪录片《世界末日》 模拟天灾人祸
新民网 - shanghai,shanghai,China
陨石撞击─大量陨石碎片全方位撞击地球，造成柏林数百万人罹难。 以科学严谨制作著称的英国广播公司BBC，最新推出灾难纪录片《世界末日》（End Day），该片根据多年来 ...
'Wall-E' robot discovers biggest ever meteorite on Mars
Telegraph.co.uk
A space robot that inspired Disney's Wall-E has discovered the biggest meteorite ever found on Mars. By Chris Irvine NASA's Opportunity rover, ...
Found on a Martian Field: A Whomping Big Meteorite
Discover Magazine
While the rock isn't the first iron meteorite spotted on Mars (the two Mars rovers' previous discoveries make this the fourth), it is the largest, ...
Let's Talk About: The Perseid meteor shower
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Dan Malerbo, Buhl Planetarium and Observatory The Perseid meteor shower comes every year, beginning in late July and stretching into August. ...
Bellingham Herald
Coming up next early week is the Perseid meteor shower, an annual event that astronomers say will offer some fairly good viewing this year. ...
新民网 - shanghai,shanghai,China
陨石撞击─大量陨石碎片全方位撞击地球，造成柏林数百万人罹难。 以科学严谨制作著称的英国广播公司BBC，最新推出灾难纪录片《世界末日》（End Day），该片根据多年来 ...
'Wall-E' robot discovers biggest ever meteorite on Mars
Telegraph.co.uk
A space robot that inspired Disney's Wall-E has discovered the biggest meteorite ever found on Mars. By Chris Irvine NASA's Opportunity rover, ...
Found on a Martian Field: A Whomping Big Meteorite
Discover Magazine
While the rock isn't the first iron meteorite spotted on Mars (the two Mars rovers' previous discoveries make this the fourth), it is the largest, ...
Let's Talk About: The Perseid meteor shower
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Dan Malerbo, Buhl Planetarium and Observatory The Perseid meteor shower comes every year, beginning in late July and stretching into August. ...
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