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25 August 2009
Meteor/Meteorite News- Day of 25AUG09
24 August 2009
Sweden Meteorite News- Year of Meteorite Fables-Molly the Dog Strikes a Rock 24AUG09
Kinder Fabel- Molly der Beasthund und Meteoriten
Translated by Thomas Österberg, Sweden
It looks like the dog Hopper now has got a competitor, living in southern Sweden! Her name is Molly.
According to the newspaper Sydsvenska Dagbladet, a meteorite fell down in front of a group of children (and the dog Molly) last week, just outside the small village St.Olof, situated in the Swedish provice of Scania, about 100 km east of Copenhagen.
Heres a link to the article: http://sydsvenskan.se/sverige/article538923/Barn-nara-att-traffas-av-mystisk-flygande-sten.html
I have tried to translate the text content to English.
The children Villmaron Andreas son 9, Linn-Klara Andreas daughter 7, Ebba Larsson 8, and Vinga Andreas daughter 11, were out and went with the family dogs into the grove behind Sankt Olof (in the province of Scania, southernmost Sweden).
They heard a sound, "schwissssss", said Villmaron and shows with his arms how fast the stone damp down, just a few meters in front of them.
"It was like smoke".
When the stone hit the ground, dust and smoke swirled up.
Villmaron first thought it was a branch that had fallen down, but the dog Molly, first got very scared, finally took courage, and sniffed her way to the stone, situated in a hole a few inches down.
It was Molly who found it!
The stone is very black and full of holes. Looks like it was burnt of fire, says Villmaron.
It almost looks like a piece of petrified lava says Villmarons father Andreas Johansson.
The children immediately took the stone with them and run home. They were very excited, says their mother Maja Larsson.
They talked in mouth of each other and told their parents that the rock fell from the sky with a high velocity and how the gravel had whirled up and how scared the dog had been. Then the kids run on to Grandma and Grandpa living in the same village, in order to show them the stone too. When the children had left, their mother Maja started to brood.
"First after a while it went up for me how lucky the children had been. Imagine if anybody of them had been hit by the stone? It could have gone really bad".
The first I found out to do was to call Ystads Allehanda (a local newspaper) says Maja laughing.
Is it really a meteorite? Well the family is convinced that it is! At the official web site of the National Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, we learn that a meteorite will be magnetic.
Maja ties a refrigerator magnet to a sewing thread and holds the magnet next to the stone. The magnet attracts directly to the stone. The shape and colour also corresponds to the description of a meteorite at the National Museum web site. Can it be of any worth wonder Maja tactfully?
But she rapidly concludes that this issue is not important. The stone will be framed and hanged up on the wall, as a memory of an exceptionally event.
First the stone will be sent to the Swedish Museum of Natural History for identification. If it's turns up to is genuine meteorite the story will be even better!
Thomas notes:
The picture of the stone makes me a little bit suspicious. Has some similarities to a piece of slag.
Happy hunting.
LunarMeteorite*Hunter- Thank you Thomas for your kind report!!
Looks like another G Lindfors in Swedish Meteorite History story.
This is at least the third or fourth meteorite fable of the year; Hopper, German School Boy, English Chickens Boy, and now Molly of Sweden.
Translated by Thomas Österberg, Sweden
It looks like the dog Hopper now has got a competitor, living in southern Sweden! Her name is Molly.
According to the newspaper Sydsvenska Dagbladet, a meteorite fell down in front of a group of children (and the dog Molly) last week, just outside the small village St.Olof, situated in the Swedish provice of Scania, about 100 km east of Copenhagen.
Heres a link to the article: http://sydsvenskan.se/sverige/article538923/Barn-nara-att-traffas-av-mystisk-flygande-sten.html
I have tried to translate the text content to English.
The children Villmaron Andreas son 9, Linn-Klara Andreas daughter 7, Ebba Larsson 8, and Vinga Andreas daughter 11, were out and went with the family dogs into the grove behind Sankt Olof (in the province of Scania, southernmost Sweden).
They heard a sound, "schwissssss", said Villmaron and shows with his arms how fast the stone damp down, just a few meters in front of them.
"It was like smoke".
When the stone hit the ground, dust and smoke swirled up.
Villmaron first thought it was a branch that had fallen down, but the dog Molly, first got very scared, finally took courage, and sniffed her way to the stone, situated in a hole a few inches down.
It was Molly who found it!
The stone is very black and full of holes. Looks like it was burnt of fire, says Villmaron.
It almost looks like a piece of petrified lava says Villmarons father Andreas Johansson.
The children immediately took the stone with them and run home. They were very excited, says their mother Maja Larsson.
They talked in mouth of each other and told their parents that the rock fell from the sky with a high velocity and how the gravel had whirled up and how scared the dog had been. Then the kids run on to Grandma and Grandpa living in the same village, in order to show them the stone too. When the children had left, their mother Maja started to brood.
"First after a while it went up for me how lucky the children had been. Imagine if anybody of them had been hit by the stone? It could have gone really bad".
The first I found out to do was to call Ystads Allehanda (a local newspaper) says Maja laughing.
Is it really a meteorite? Well the family is convinced that it is! At the official web site of the National Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, we learn that a meteorite will be magnetic.
Maja ties a refrigerator magnet to a sewing thread and holds the magnet next to the stone. The magnet attracts directly to the stone. The shape and colour also corresponds to the description of a meteorite at the National Museum web site. Can it be of any worth wonder Maja tactfully?
But she rapidly concludes that this issue is not important. The stone will be framed and hanged up on the wall, as a memory of an exceptionally event.
First the stone will be sent to the Swedish Museum of Natural History for identification. If it's turns up to is genuine meteorite the story will be even better!
Thomas notes:
The picture of the stone makes me a little bit suspicious. Has some similarities to a piece of slag.
Happy hunting.
LunarMeteorite*Hunter- Thank you Thomas for your kind report!!
Looks like another G Lindfors in Swedish Meteorite History story.
This is at least the third or fourth meteorite fable of the year; Hopper, German School Boy, English Chickens Boy, and now Molly of Sweden.
Colorado Meteorite News- Ode to `Ole John Moore-Johnstown Meteorite 24AUG09
JT Meteorite specimen donated to Parish museum
Posted on Thursday, August 07 @ 00:18:03 CDT
http://www.johnstownbreeze.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2798
(photo in original article; see link above)
Misty McNally, center, smiles as she looks at a piece of the Johnstown Meteorite owned by Sandy Lebsack, left. Also admiring the space rock is Jack Murphy, right, a former scientist with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science who has spent much of his life studying the 1924 phenomenon. Photo courtesy Clyde Briggs
By Ardis Briggs
The Johnstown Breeze
JOHNSTOWN – A piece of the Johnstown Meteorite has again landed in Johnstown.
A small part of the rock from space that fell July 6, 1924, was presented to the Johnstown Historical Society Tuesday night by its owner, Misty McNally.
McNally, a former Johnstown resident who now lives in Kansas City, had the fragment of the meteorite sent to town via the postal service. She marked the package “fragile” and so ensured the meteorite’s second landing was softer than the first.
The 1924 landing startled folks from Johnstown to Mead, as pieces large and small rained upon the area that Sunday afternoon. Small fragments hit roofs like hail, but it was one large chunk that made history. It landed by the entrance of the local cemetery and interrupted the funeral of John Moore. Startled funeral go-ers grabbed the shovel intended to fill in Moore’s grave and ran to unearth the smoldering piece which smashed nearby.
The fact the fall was witnessed by so many and the pieces recovered immediately is a rarity even now. But it was considered as amazing then, and tiny Johnstown became famous overnight. The meteorite itself is a rare type, an igneous cement-looking rock which has fooled seekers for years.
Jack Murphy, an expert on meteorites who retired a few years ago after 35 years at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, told the story of the meteorite Tuesday night. He also told several people who brought pieces of what they hoped were the meteorite they did not have a part of the celebrity rock.
One who did, however, told her meteorite story.
Sandy Wiest Lebsack showed her piece, nicknamed “Chip,” to the group and told how her grandfather, Peter Wiest, kept it for years and passed it to her. That has been the only local documented fragment in this area of the 28 confirmed pieces recovered, said Murphy. The largest piece was sold after its fall to the Denver museum and then to the American Museum in New York, where it is still. But now McNally's gift to the museum can be added to the list of documented fragments and a piece of local history has again come home.
Murphy had a gift for the museum too. He presented a copy of the front page of the Denver Post in July 1924 with the picture of a little girl and recovered pieces of the Johnstown meteorite. That little girl, “little Miss Beth Bailey,” as the article states, is Murphy’s mother. Her father worked at the museum, and she was there when the specimens were brought out to show the press. Therefore, she was added to the photo with the space rocks; rocks her son has spent years researching.
The piece of the meteorite and the front-page picture will be added to the display at the museum telling about Johnstown’s visitor from space.
Editor’s note: According to a story published about a year ago in The Johnstown Breeze, it was reported a 29th piece of the Johnstown Meteorite had been found by a Johnstown resident. After the story was published, the sample was examined by Murphy, who has said he does not believe it is a piece of the meteorite.
Impact News- Martian Impact Skid Mark Images 24AUG09
Slope Streaks on Mars - Featured images for August 2009
Whole story with images:
http://www.psi.edu/pgwg/images/aug09image.html
"Several of the streaks are triggered by impact craters
that have dark ejecta."
"Other interesting observations include triggering of
slope streaks by an impact crater, blast from an impact
explosion, or boulders rolling or bouncing downslope,
and formation of long linear ridges within the streak
that are parallel to its margins."
Source: Paul H., Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Whole story with images:
http://www.psi.edu/pgwg/images/aug09image.html
"Several of the streaks are triggered by impact craters
that have dark ejecta."
"Other interesting observations include triggering of
slope streaks by an impact crater, blast from an impact
explosion, or boulders rolling or bouncing downslope,
and formation of long linear ridges within the streak
that are parallel to its margins."
Source: Paul H., Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Meteorite News- Michael Farmer Meteorite Hunter 24AUG09
| | Bensour, Morocco |
| | Thuathe, Lesotho |
| | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| | Moss, Norway |
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Muonionalusta, Sweden
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| | Cali, Colombia |
| | Puerto Lápice, Spain |
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Carancas, Peru
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Ash Creek Texas
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Meteor/Meteorite News- Amino Acids from Comets 24AUG09
NASA/JPL
Fetched from a faraway comet, distinctive amino acids
Philadelphia Inquirer
Amino acids have also turned up in meteorites - and reportedly lent a distinctive smell to pieces of the famous Murchison meteorite, which fell on Australia ...
Meteorite News- Jumping Asteroids 24AUG09
Jumping Asteroids
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2286
Jumping Asteroids
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 18, 2009
How our solar system was formed has fascinated scientists and laymen
alike for -- well, for a really, really long time. New research may have
answered a piece to the puzzle - how big were the first planetesimals?
For those of you scoring at home," planetesimals" were the first solid
objects in our newly minted solar system (also known as the
protoplanetary disk). They began life as small grains of dust orbiting
an infant sun. These grains would bump into each other, clump together
and gradually form larger grains of dust, which eventually became small
space rocks.
Now the theory goes that some of these small rock-sized planetesimals
aspired for greater things, and continued to gradually grow in size to
become asteroids, and that a few of those continued to grow beyond the
asteroid stage and become planets.
The problem with this tidy little theory is that when the burgeoning
space rocks grew to about one meter (3.3 feet) in size, orbital
mechanics tells us the gas comingling with them in the protoplanetary
disk should have acted like a brake, slowing their velocity appreciably.
Their orbital speed having been cut, these filing cabinet-sized space
rocks would have spiraled into the sun. Essentially, the gas would have
acted as a celestial "mini-vacuum." The problem is, there are asteroids
up there in space. Honest, ask any astronomer. So what happened?
Evidence is now mounting that these small space rocks quickly "jumped"
(or grew) in size from below one meter to multi-kilometer in size.
Planetesimals that big were big enough to plow through the drag created
by the gas in the protoplanetary disk without having their orbits
appreciably altered. Hence they did not spiral into the sun.
What data point to a jump in asteroid sizes? Simply, the asteroids
available for viewing in the night's sky. Telescopic surveys indicate
there is currently a plethora of asteroids less than one kilometer (.62
mile) wide but those over one kilometer drop considerably in number. The
authors used computer simulations in an attempt to mimic the impacts and
coagulation processes that took place over the millions of years between
when the asteroids formed and now. The only way they could arrive at the
current asteroid size distribution was to begin these simulations with
planetesimals that quickly morphed into asteroids hundreds of kilometers
in size. Once their growth spurt was over, these massive celestial
bodies began an epoch-sized game of demolition derby as they orbited the
sun. Over the eons, and with each extraterrestrial pileup, came fewer
and fewer large asteroids - a fragmentation process that continues to
this day. Despite the modest sizes of asteroids today, the paper's
authors conclude that asteroids must have been born big.
The paper, "Asteroids Were Born Big" is available now online from the
ScienceDirect website and will be available in a future edition of the
journal Icarus.
For more information about asteroids and other near-Earth objects please
visit: www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch .
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2286
Jumping Asteroids
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 18, 2009
How our solar system was formed has fascinated scientists and laymen
alike for -- well, for a really, really long time. New research may have
answered a piece to the puzzle - how big were the first planetesimals?
For those of you scoring at home," planetesimals" were the first solid
objects in our newly minted solar system (also known as the
protoplanetary disk). They began life as small grains of dust orbiting
an infant sun. These grains would bump into each other, clump together
and gradually form larger grains of dust, which eventually became small
space rocks.
Now the theory goes that some of these small rock-sized planetesimals
aspired for greater things, and continued to gradually grow in size to
become asteroids, and that a few of those continued to grow beyond the
asteroid stage and become planets.
The problem with this tidy little theory is that when the burgeoning
space rocks grew to about one meter (3.3 feet) in size, orbital
mechanics tells us the gas comingling with them in the protoplanetary
disk should have acted like a brake, slowing their velocity appreciably.
Their orbital speed having been cut, these filing cabinet-sized space
rocks would have spiraled into the sun. Essentially, the gas would have
acted as a celestial "mini-vacuum." The problem is, there are asteroids
up there in space. Honest, ask any astronomer. So what happened?
Evidence is now mounting that these small space rocks quickly "jumped"
(or grew) in size from below one meter to multi-kilometer in size.
Planetesimals that big were big enough to plow through the drag created
by the gas in the protoplanetary disk without having their orbits
appreciably altered. Hence they did not spiral into the sun.
What data point to a jump in asteroid sizes? Simply, the asteroids
available for viewing in the night's sky. Telescopic surveys indicate
there is currently a plethora of asteroids less than one kilometer (.62
mile) wide but those over one kilometer drop considerably in number. The
authors used computer simulations in an attempt to mimic the impacts and
coagulation processes that took place over the millions of years between
when the asteroids formed and now. The only way they could arrive at the
current asteroid size distribution was to begin these simulations with
planetesimals that quickly morphed into asteroids hundreds of kilometers
in size. Once their growth spurt was over, these massive celestial
bodies began an epoch-sized game of demolition derby as they orbited the
sun. Over the eons, and with each extraterrestrial pileup, came fewer
and fewer large asteroids - a fragmentation process that continues to
this day. Despite the modest sizes of asteroids today, the paper's
authors conclude that asteroids must have been born big.
The paper, "Asteroids Were Born Big" is available now online from the
ScienceDirect website and will be available in a future edition of the
journal Icarus.
For more information about asteroids and other near-Earth objects please
visit: www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch .
Canada Meteorite Impact News- Online PDF, Papers and Theses 24AUG09
Canadian Impact Crater - Online PDF papers and Theses
Henrik Westbroek, H., 1997, Seismic interpretation of two possible
meteorite impact craters: White Valley, Saskatchewan and Purple
Springs, Alberta. Unpublished M.S. Thesis, University of Calgary,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/26906
https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/26906/1/31378Westbroek.pdf
https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/browse-title?top=1880%2F39405
Mazur, M. J., 1999, The seismic characterization of meteorite
impact structures. Unpublished M.S. Thesis, University of Calgary,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/39754
https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/39754/1/49711Mazur.pdf
https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/browse-title?top=1880%2F39405
Mazur, Michael J. , Robert R. Stewart, Alan R. Hildebrand, Don
C. Lawton, and Hans-Hendrik Westbroek, 2000, Seismic
characterization of impact craters. CSEG Recorder. vol. 25,
no. 6, pp. 10, 12-16.
http://www.cseg.ca/publications/recorder/2000/06jun/jun00-impact-craters.pdf
http://www.cseg.ca/publications/recorder/2000/06jun.cfm
Mazur, Michael J. , Robert R. Stewart, Alan R. Hildebrand, Don
C. Lawton, and Hans-Hendrik Westbroek, 1999, Seismic
characterization of impact craters: A summary. CREWES
Research Report. vol. 11, Chap 54. (Department of Geoscience,
University of Calgary)
http://www.crewes.org/ForOurSponsors/ResearchReports/1999/1999-54.pdf
http://www.crewes.org/ForOurSponsors/ResearchReports/reports.php?year=1999
http://www.crewes.org/ForOurSponsors/ResearchReports/abstract.php?file=/ForOurSponsors/ResearchReports/1999/1999-54.pdf
Westbroek, Hans-Henrik, and Robert R. Stewart, 1996, The
formation, morphology, and economic potential of meteorite
impact craters. CREWES Research Report. Chap. 34.
(Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary)
http://www.crewes.org/ForOurSponsors/ResearchReports/1996/1996-34.pdf
http://www.crewes.org/ForOurSponsors/ResearchReports/reports.php?year=1996
http://www.crewes.org/ForOurSponsors/ResearchReports/abstract.php?file=/ForOurSponsors/ResearchReports/1996/1996-34.pdf
Source Paul H.. Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Meteor/Meteorite News- 24AUG09
Kingston College's Mr Meteorite sells off 80 per cent of collection
Kingston Guardian Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:40 AM PDT
A former Kingston College pupil who amassed the largest private collection of meteorites in the UK waved goodbye to 80 per cent of his finds last week - and raked in more than £100,000. ...
The man who fell to Earth
Salt Lake Tribune
Books » USU professor finds his own intimate history in the science of chasing meteorites, little bits of fallen sky. By Ben Fulton Utah State University ...
Astro-Büro Meteoriten zum Anfassen
wienweb.at - Wien,Austria
Am Samstagabend bietet das Astronomische Büro Wien Meteoriten zum Anfassen an. Im Freiluft-Planetarium Sterngarten Georgenberg findet ab 21 Uhr ein ...
Kingston Guardian Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:40 AM PDT
A former Kingston College pupil who amassed the largest private collection of meteorites in the UK waved goodbye to 80 per cent of his finds last week - and raked in more than £100,000. ...
The man who fell to Earth
Salt Lake Tribune
Books » USU professor finds his own intimate history in the science of chasing meteorites, little bits of fallen sky. By Ben Fulton Utah State University ...
Astro-Büro Meteoriten zum Anfassen
wienweb.at - Wien,Austria
Am Samstagabend bietet das Astronomische Büro Wien Meteoriten zum Anfassen an. Im Freiluft-Planetarium Sterngarten Georgenberg findet ab 21 Uhr ein ...
23 August 2009
Iran Meteor/Meteorite News- Galilean Nights in Iran 23AUG09
Galilean Nights in Iran
by Pouria Nazemi
Dear Friends,
We are going to organize Galilean Nights Project in Iran. In 100 HA
more than 70 events was held in all across the Iran and we hope that
we can repeat such success.
So we launch a Persian weblog at
http://persiangalileannights.blogspot.com/ to help people and groups
in Iran for this event .
So please share us your Ideas and news
Hope that we celebrate great nights of Galileo.
All the Best
Pouria
--
Pouria Nazemi
Science Journalist
Jam-e-Jam Daily Newspaper Science Editor
Nojum (Persian Astronomy) website news adviser.(www.nojum.ir)
Iranian Astronomy Society - Amateur Committee
Astronomers Without Borders - West Asia RC
Tel: Office +98 (21) 2222 25 11/ Science service
Mobile 912 240 48 59
P.O.Box: 16535-479
by Pouria Nazemi
Dear Friends,
We are going to organize Galilean Nights Project in Iran. In 100 HA
more than 70 events was held in all across the Iran and we hope that
we can repeat such success.
So we launch a Persian weblog at
http://persiangalileannights.blogspot.com/
in Iran for this event .
So please share us your Ideas and news
Hope that we celebrate great nights of Galileo.
All the Best
Pouria
--
Pouria Nazemi
Science Journalist
Jam-e-Jam Daily Newspaper Science Editor
Nojum (Persian Astronomy) website news adviser.(www.nojum.ir)
Iranian Astronomy Society - Amateur Committee
Astronomers Without Borders - West Asia RC
Tel: Office +98 (21) 2222 25 11/ Science service
Mobile 912 240 48 59
P.O.Box: 16535-479
22 August 2009
Belgium Meteor/Meteorite News- Photos of Belgium 15AUG09 Fireball 22AUG09
Bolide over Belgium 15AUG09
photo report by Vincent Jacques
Here is an virtual image from the video recording from Luc Demeyer. The size of bolide increase quickely. Duration: 4 seconds, 7 images. For video: www.meteorite.be
The radio recording of this bolide by an astro club of Spa (Belgium)
Credit photo = GAS Groupe Astronomique Spa (c)2009
Thank you:
Vincent Jacques, Belgium
Luc Demeyer, Belgium
Luc Bastiaens, Belgium
and
GAS Groupe Astronomique Spa, Belgium
photo report by Vincent Jacques
Here is an virtual image from the video recording from Luc Demeyer. The size of bolide increase quickely. Duration: 4 seconds, 7 images. For video: www.meteorite.be
The radio recording of this bolide by an astro club of Spa (Belgium)
Credit photo = GAS Groupe Astronomique Spa (c)2009
Thank you:
Vincent Jacques, Belgium
Luc Demeyer, Belgium
Luc Bastiaens, Belgium
and
GAS Groupe Astronomique Spa, Belgium
Meteor/Meteorite News- 22AUG09
'Meteorite' shatters man's conservatory
gethampshire.co.uk
What he saw convinced him it was an Enstatite chondrite meteorite. He contacted the Natural History Museum, who told him meteorites hitting falling to earth ...
Aluminium helps date solar system
Chemistry World
Some of the oldest particles clumped together to form chondrites - primitive meteorites - and these grain-like building blocks are known as ...
Meteor strikes for life, worms with flash bombs, newt ribs
Examiner.com
Early in the history of the Solar System, there was a 20-million-year-long shower of asteroids and comets onto the inner planets. ...
Boy goes looking for eggs, finds meteor
Metro
Josh was egg-collecting in his pyjamas last Friday - the day after a Perseid meteor shower - when he found the rock by his house near Barnstaple, Devon. ...
Boy finds meteorite while egg-collecting
redOrbit Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:42 AM PDT
A 6-year-old boy in Barnstable, England, says he found a small meteorite while collecting eggs from his family's hens.The Daily Mail said Thursday that Josh Chapple noticed a shiny black item in his family's garden last week and with help from his mother Sarah and the Internet, he soon determined the item was a rare meteorite.I saw it on the ground near our back door -- there were burn marks all ...
Six-year-old boy finds meteorite in his garden
Telegraph.co.uk
A six-year-old boy got an extraterrestrial surprise when he went to collect eggs from his flock of hens and found a meteorite in his garden. ...
gethampshire.co.uk
What he saw convinced him it was an Enstatite chondrite meteorite. He contacted the Natural History Museum, who told him meteorites hitting falling to earth ...
Aluminium helps date solar system
Chemistry World
Some of the oldest particles clumped together to form chondrites - primitive meteorites - and these grain-like building blocks are known as ...
Meteor strikes for life, worms with flash bombs, newt ribs
Examiner.com
Early in the history of the Solar System, there was a 20-million-year-long shower of asteroids and comets onto the inner planets. ...
Boy goes looking for eggs, finds meteor
Metro
Josh was egg-collecting in his pyjamas last Friday - the day after a Perseid meteor shower - when he found the rock by his house near Barnstaple, Devon. ...
Boy finds meteorite while egg-collecting
redOrbit Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:42 AM PDT
A 6-year-old boy in Barnstable, England, says he found a small meteorite while collecting eggs from his family's hens.The Daily Mail said Thursday that Josh Chapple noticed a shiny black item in his family's garden last week and with help from his mother Sarah and the Internet, he soon determined the item was a rare meteorite.I saw it on the ground near our back door -- there were burn marks all ...
Telegraph.co.uk
A six-year-old boy got an extraterrestrial surprise when he went to collect eggs from his flock of hens and found a meteorite in his garden. ...
BELGIUM METEOR/METEORITE NEWS- YET MORE ON 15AUG09 FIREBALL 21AUG09
YET MORE ON BELGIUM 15AUG09 FIREBALL 21AUG09
Another video, although very unstable and not very sharp taken by a
Belgian located in Lac du Val Joly in Willies (France) for the
fireworks over there at the time.
Last part of the video is the start of the fireworks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajWMot0-IBA
Original post on the forum of our observatory:
http://www.urania.be/forum/read.php?f=1&i=23964&t=23964&noframe=&fn=Sterrenkundig%20discussieforum&
Cheers,
Luc Bastiaens FROM BELGIUM
Another video, although very unstable and not very sharp taken by a
Belgian located in Lac du Val Joly in Willies (France) for the
fireworks over there at the time.
Last part of the video is the start of the fireworks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajWMot0-IBA
Original post on the forum of our observatory:
http://www.urania.be/forum/read.php?f=1&i=23964&t=23964&noframe=&fn=Sterrenkundig%20discussieforum&
Cheers,
Luc Bastiaens FROM BELGIUM
21 August 2009
BELGIUM METEOR/METEORITE NEWS- 15AUG09 BELGIUM METEOR UPDATE 21AUG09
Bolide Streaks Over Europe Seen by Thousands 15AUG09
Belgium Meteor/Meteorite News
UPDATED Report by Vincent Jacques, Belgium 21AUG09
photo of 15AUG09 bolide taken from Netherlands
On 15 august 2009 at 21:59 local time (19:59 TU) a bright bolide was observed over Europe.
The bolide exploded into two fragments, and was red- yellow; later, after some fragmentation it was extremmely bright, typically green in color.
This bolide was observed by several thousand people from all Netherland, all Belgium, western Germany, western Switzerland, and the north of France.
Fortuanately, the weather was excellent, warm, no clouds, and this day was an official day off.
Two All Sky Cameras recorded (the first in center of France and the second in Alsace, near the German border). Two amateurs recorded the bolide also in Belgium, one during a music concert in Flanders and another during a city party in Wallonie.
In the Netherlands, a lucky car driver took a photo of the bolide.
In Belgium, the "Groupe Astronomie de Spa" recorded the radio path of the bolide, and the audible perturbation during 40 seconds on FM band.
I collected hundreds observation reports, and it seems that a little meteorite could have fallen in the northwest of France or west of Belgium; just before the Channel or North Sea.
Here are included some links:
Link to one Belgian television report:
http://www.rtlinfo.be/rtl/news/article/264560/--Un+m%C3%A9t%C3%A9ore+a+travers%C3%A9+le+ciel+belge+samedi+soir
Link to radio recording + audible perturbation:
http://www.presencenet.be/nucleus2.0/index.php?itemid=1689
Link to "all sky station", in center of France, at more than 400 Km of the real trajectory: http://france.allsky.camera.free.fr/observation.html
Link to an amateur video recording:
http://www.dailymotion.com/user/dvsanthon/video/xa6ni6_un-meteore-a-traverse-notre-ciel-s_tech
There are many press articles about this bolide on the Internet ( press from Netherland, Belgium, and France):
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/4618560/__Heldere_meteoor_boven_Nederland__.html?p=27,1
http://www.ad.nl/binnenland/3433446/Heldere_meteoor_boven_Nederland.html
http://www.sudpresse.be/actualite/belgique/2009-08-17/exclusif-video-hutoise-meteore-15-aout-721366.shtml
http://www.actu24.be/article/belgique/un_meteore_traverse_le_ciel_belge/327512.aspx
http://www.lunion.presse.fr/index.php/cms/13/article/339905/
Best regards,
Vincent JACQUES from Belgium
Thank You Vincent for your kind report!!!!
Belgium Meteor/Meteorite News
UPDATED Report by Vincent Jacques, Belgium 21AUG09
photo of 15AUG09 bolide taken from Netherlands
On 15 august 2009 at 21:59 local time (19:59 TU) a bright bolide was observed over Europe.
The bolide exploded into two fragments, and was red- yellow; later, after some fragmentation it was extremmely bright, typically green in color.
This bolide was observed by several thousand people from all Netherland, all Belgium, western Germany, western Switzerland, and the north of France.
Fortuanately, the weather was excellent, warm, no clouds, and this day was an official day off.
Two All Sky Cameras recorded (the first in center of France and the second in Alsace, near the German border). Two amateurs recorded the bolide also in Belgium, one during a music concert in Flanders and another during a city party in Wallonie.
In the Netherlands, a lucky car driver took a photo of the bolide.
In Belgium, the "Groupe Astronomie de Spa" recorded the radio path of the bolide, and the audible perturbation during 40 seconds on FM band.
I collected hundreds observation reports, and it seems that a little meteorite could have fallen in the northwest of France or west of Belgium; just before the Channel or North Sea.
Here are included some links:
Link to one Belgian television report:
http://www.rtlinfo.be/rtl/news/article/264560/--Un+m%C3%A9t%C3%A9ore+a+travers%C3%A9+le+ciel+belge+samedi+soir
Link to radio recording + audible perturbation:
http://www.presencenet.be/nucleus2.0/index.php?itemid=1689
Link to "all sky station", in center of France, at more than 400 Km of the real trajectory: http://france.allsky.camera.free.fr/observation.html
Link to an amateur video recording:
http://www.dailymotion.com/user/dvsanthon/video/xa6ni6_un-meteore-a-traverse-notre-ciel-s_tech
There are many press articles about this bolide on the Internet ( press from Netherland, Belgium, and France):
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/4618560/__Heldere_meteoor_boven_Nederland__.html?p=27,1
http://www.ad.nl/binnenland/3433446/Heldere_meteoor_boven_Nederland.html
http://www.sudpresse.be/actualite/belgique/2009-08-17/exclusif-video-hutoise-meteore-15-aout-721366.shtml
http://www.actu24.be/article/belgique/un_meteore_traverse_le_ciel_belge/327512.aspx
http://www.lunion.presse.fr/index.php/cms/13/article/339905/
Best regards,
Vincent JACQUES from Belgium
Thank You Vincent for your kind report!!!!
Meteor/Meteorite News- 20AUG09
Block Island Offers More Opportunities For Closer Inspection
Space Daily
This puts other meteorite surface targets within reach of the rover's robotic arm. On Sol 1976 (Aug. 15, 2009), the MI collected a mosaic of the target ...
Chłopiec zamiast jajek przyniósł meteoryt
Gazeta.pl - Poland
6-latek, który poszedł poszukać jajek na tyłach fermy w hrabstwie Devon, zamiast nich znalazł meteoryt - donosi brytyjski Dailly Mail. ...
7 Awesome Acts of Nature (That Science Can't Explain)
Ethiopian Review
It is no surprise that shit falls from the sky during a meteor shower (that's pretty much 90 percent of the definition). But sometimes what rockets to the ...
Plan a family star gazing night
Examiner.com
You can also check http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors to find out when the best meteor showers are and what part of the sky to watch for them. ...
The Stars Are Out At The Custer Institute
NorthFork.com
This time of the year especially, visitors are in for a treat, as the Perseids meteor showers have added to the Institute's weekend tours. ...
15:17 Jongetje (6) vindt meteoriet
De Telegraaf - Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Netherlands
Josh Chapple vond naats zijn achterdeur een meteoriet. De zwartglanzende steen van 6 bij 4 centimeter kwam na de meteorenregen van vorige week. ...
Space Daily
This puts other meteorite surface targets within reach of the rover's robotic arm. On Sol 1976 (Aug. 15, 2009), the MI collected a mosaic of the target ...
|
Gazeta.pl - Poland
6-latek, który poszedł poszukać jajek na tyłach fermy w hrabstwie Devon, zamiast nich znalazł meteoryt - donosi brytyjski Dailly Mail. ...
7 Awesome Acts of Nature (That Science Can't Explain)
Ethiopian Review
It is no surprise that shit falls from the sky during a meteor shower (that's pretty much 90 percent of the definition). But sometimes what rockets to the ...
Plan a family star gazing night
Examiner.com
You can also check http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors to find out when the best meteor showers are and what part of the sky to watch for them. ...
The Stars Are Out At The Custer Institute
NorthFork.com
This time of the year especially, visitors are in for a treat, as the Perseids meteor showers have added to the Institute's weekend tours. ...
15:17 Jongetje (6) vindt meteoriet
De Telegraaf - Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Netherlands
Josh Chapple vond naats zijn achterdeur een meteoriet. De zwartglanzende steen van 6 bij 4 centimeter kwam na de meteorenregen van vorige week. ...
20 August 2009
Iran Meteor/Meteorite News- Astronomy Marathon IYA2009 20AUG09
Iranian Astronomy Marathon Held for IYA 2009
Dear Friends,
The third Sufi Observing Competition was held in the ancient site
of Pasargadae last night in celebrating IYA 2009.
This competition based on Marathon + , but with some changes in time
and list of objects. The name of this competition came after Abdo
Rahman Sufi Razi, Persian great astronomer and sky observer in about
1000 years ago, who wrote the great book “Book of Fixed Stars” and in
that book, listed few non stellar objects such as M31, Magellan Clouds
and 7 other objects as “Nebula” for the first time. He worked at
Shiraz ancient observatory and had long trips to observed sky from
different places.
In the 3rd Sufi Competition 116 astronomers (46 girls and 70 Boys)
gathered from all across the country in Pasargadae palace to hold the
competition.
After one day workshop about opportunities in front of amateur
astronomers , the competition was started near the tomb of The Cyrus
the great. And competitors observed list of 150 non stellar objects
and after the jury team accept their observation they went to the
next object.
After on great night observing in 2 class of teams and personal
competitors the winners were announced.
The closing ceremony was hold at Persepolis palace with the Sound and
the Light show and the winners get their awards.
Beside the competition, SUFI present its lifetime achievement in
astronomy prize to professor Riazi who played a great role in modern
astronomy of Iran.
ASIAC hope to hold the next year competition as an international scale
in association with AWB.
All of the observers from all around the world are welcome .
I will send you more photos and report soon.
--
--
Pouria Nazemi
Science Journalist
Jam-e-Jam Daily Newspaper Science Editor
Nojum (Persian Astronomy) website news adviser.(www.nojum.ir)
Iranian Astronomy Society - Amateur Committee
Astronomers Without Borders - West Asia RC
Tel: Office +98 (21) 2222 25 11/ Science service
Mobile 912 240 48 59
P.O.Box: 16535-479
Dear Friends,
The third Sufi Observing Competition was held in the ancient site
of Pasargadae last night in celebrating IYA 2009.
This competition based on Marathon + , but with some changes in time
and list of objects. The name of this competition came after Abdo
Rahman Sufi Razi, Persian great astronomer and sky observer in about
1000 years ago, who wrote the great book “Book of Fixed Stars” and in
that book, listed few non stellar objects such as M31, Magellan Clouds
and 7 other objects as “Nebula” for the first time. He worked at
Shiraz ancient observatory and had long trips to observed sky from
different places.
In the 3rd Sufi Competition 116 astronomers (46 girls and 70 Boys)
gathered from all across the country in Pasargadae palace to hold the
competition.
After one day workshop about opportunities in front of amateur
astronomers , the competition was started near the tomb of The Cyrus
the great. And competitors observed list of 150 non stellar objects
and after the jury team accept their observation they went to the
next object.
After on great night observing in 2 class of teams and personal
competitors the winners were announced.
The closing ceremony was hold at Persepolis palace with the Sound and
the Light show and the winners get their awards.
Beside the competition, SUFI present its lifetime achievement in
astronomy prize to professor Riazi who played a great role in modern
astronomy of Iran.
ASIAC hope to hold the next year competition as an international scale
in association with AWB.
All of the observers from all around the world are welcome .
I will send you more photos and report soon.
--
--
Pouria Nazemi
Science Journalist
Jam-e-Jam Daily Newspaper Science Editor
Nojum (Persian Astronomy) website news adviser.(www.nojum.ir)
Iranian Astronomy Society - Amateur Committee
Astronomers Without Borders - West Asia RC
Tel: Office +98 (21) 2222 25 11/ Science service
Mobile 912 240 48 59
P.O.Box: 16535-479
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| I do so love the Martian watermelon. Perhaps you read David Perlman's piece... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:02 AM PDT I do so love the Martian watermelon. Perhaps you read David Perlman's piece about it in This Very Newspaper. Allow me to quote the first paragraph: "Opportunity, the tireless Mars rover now trekking across a Martian plain in search of small meteorite... |
| Meteorite hunter Rob Elliott auctions space rocks collection New Kerala Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:45 AM PDT London, August 19 : Meteorite hunter Rob Elliott has sold almost his entire collection of space rocks that gathered 113,000 pounds at an auction in Edinburgh. |
| 'Block Island' Meteorite on Mars, Sol 1961 (False Color) SpaceRef Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:29 PM PDT This view of a rock called "Block Island," the largest meteorite yet found on Mars, comes from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. |
£8000 is paid for Barwell meteorite
Leicester Mercury
A meteorite fragment as old as the Earth itself which landed in Leicestershire has been sold for £8000. The 2lb lump of space rock was part of the meteorite ...
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19 August 2009
Latest Worlwide Meteor/Meteorite News- 19AUG09
Meteorite hunter Rob Elliott sells off his collection of space rocks
Times Online Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:12 PM PDT
The advert in the astronomy magazine made Rob Elliott an offer he couldn`t refuse. Own a piece of another world, it said. He sent off a cheque and received part of a meteorite, the first of what would become the largest private collection in Britain.
UK's largest private collection of space memorabilia sells for ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The Robert Elliott Collection consisted of more than 170 individual items, including meteorites, parts of the moon and Mars, asteroids, and space artefacts. ...
Comparing Craters on Earth and the Moon
Space.com
By SPACE.com Staff Meteor impacts have shaped the Earth and the moon since early in the history of the solar system. Both worlds have been and continue to ...
Comet Contains One of Life's Precursors
Wired News
“But we have a pretty good idea that the comets and meteorites that bombarded the early Earth provided a lot of the material.” Image: 1) Artist's rendering ...
Fundamental Ingredient for Life Discovered in Comet
FOXNews
... "Our discovery supports the theory that some of life's ingredients formed in space and were delivered to Earth long ago by meteorite and comet impacts. ...
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It takes work to maintain a satellite’s orbit. In late April 2009, mission controllers piloted NASA’s Aqua satellite through its eighth orbital correction maneuver.
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Latest Images:
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Times Online Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:12 PM PDT
The advert in the astronomy magazine made Rob Elliott an offer he couldn`t refuse. Own a piece of another world, it said. He sent off a cheque and received part of a meteorite, the first of what would become the largest private collection in Britain.
UK's largest private collection of space memorabilia sells for ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The Robert Elliott Collection consisted of more than 170 individual items, including meteorites, parts of the moon and Mars, asteroids, and space artefacts. ...
| Meteorite Proves Mars Had Thicker Atmosphere Discovery Channel Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:28 PM PDT A watermelon-sized Mars meteor suggests the planet once had a thicker atmosphere. Space auction BBC News Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:27 AM PDT Bidders gather for meteorite sale of the century Meteorite hunter Rob Elliott sells off his collection of space rocks Times Online He sent off a cheque and received part of a meteorite, the first of what would become the largest private collection in Britain. ... Space Weather News Space Weather News for August 18, 2009 http://spaceweather.com JUPITER MOON MOVIE: An amateur astronomer in the Philippines has photographed one of Jupiter's moons, Io, casting its circular shadow across another, Ganymede. The movie he made of this rare event is must-see cinema for astronomers. It's playing now on http://spaceweather.com
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Deadline Press & Picture Agency By Cara Sulieman SCOTLAND'S answer to Indiana Jones sold his meteorite collection today (Tues) – but the results weren't as earth-shattering as the experts ... See all stories on this topic Darlington and Stockton Times A RARE space rock found in the region four years ago failed to find a bidder as a meteorite fan's collection raised £110000 at auction. ... Look for shooting stars at Big South Fork McCreary County Record After the slide presentation, join Professor Lewis to look for “shooting stars” from the annual Perseid Meteor shower. The Perseid Meteor shower occurs each ... Martian Meteorite Means More atMosphere Discover Magazine ... of some thoughtful pun-laden post about the whopping big meteorite the rover Opportunity found on Mars, I'll let Starts With A Bang recount the tale. ... Life's building blocks discovered on a comet, one more red herring Examiner.com Scientists have found amino acids in meteorites before but hadn't previously in comets. Unless the news story made a mistake it is important to note that ...
BBC News The Robert Elliott collection of more than 170 items, includes meteorites and rocks from the Moon and Mars. The auction, which features lots valued from £70 ... Moon rocks land at CCSU New Britain Herald By contrast, small meteors burn up in Earth's atmosphere, and only rarely is a meteor big enough to hit the ground. Therefore, moon rocks all show tiny ... |
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| Space.com |
Space.com
By SPACE.com Staff Meteor impacts have shaped the Earth and the moon since early in the history of the solar system. Both worlds have been and continue to ...
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| Wired News |
Wired News
“But we have a pretty good idea that the comets and meteorites that bombarded the early Earth provided a lot of the material.” Image: 1) Artist's rendering ...
Fundamental Ingredient for Life Discovered in Comet
FOXNews
... "Our discovery supports the theory that some of life's ingredients formed in space and were delivered to Earth long ago by meteorite and comet impacts. ...
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (18 August 2009)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/
* Flying Steady: Mission Control Tunes Up Aqua's Orbit
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OrbitsManeuver/?src=eoa-features
It takes work to maintain a satellite’s orbit. In late April 2009, mission controllers piloted NASA’s Aqua satellite through its eighth orbital correction maneuver.
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Latest Images:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/
* Hurricane Bill in First Full Disk Thermal Image from Newest Weather Satellite
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39848&src=eoa-iotd
* Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39842&src=eoa-iotd
* Mount Hood, Oregon
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39786&src=eoa-iotd
* Drought in California's Central Valley
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39810&src=eoa-iotd
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39817&src=eoa-iotd
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39777&src=eoa-iotd
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39769&src=eoa-iotd
* Drought in Texas
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39756&src=eoa-iotd
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NASA News:
* NASA Satellites Unlock Secret to Northern India's Vanishing Water
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39826&src=eoa-nnews
--------------------
Headlines from the press, radio, and television:
* Water Triggers New Zealand Quakes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39793&src=eoa-hnews
* Water Atlas a 'Crystal Ball' for Rainfall
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39794&src=eoa-hnews
* Freak Wave 'Hot Spots' Identified
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39795&src=eoa-hnews
* Climate Fixes 'Pose Drought Risk'
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39796&src=eoa-hnews
* Wildfires May Impact Air Quality, Damage Lungs
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39797&src=eoa-hnews
* In Quest for Efficiency and Conservation, NASA Turns Technology Earthward
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39798&src=eoa-hnews
* Ganges Delta: Gorgeous, Wild and Deadly
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39800&src=eoa-hnews
* Earth Hums, and it's "Loudest" in Europe, Americas
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39801&src=eoa-hnews
* Hurricane Season 2009: Where Are All the Storms?
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39802&src=eoa-hnews
* Before-And-After Photos: Vast Aral Sea Vanishing
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39803&src=eoa-hnews
* 'Spiderbots' Talk Amongst Themselves Inside Active Volcano
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39804&src=eoa-hnews
* Arctic Ocean May be Polluted Soup by 2070
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39805&src=eoa-hnews
* Seismic Boom: Breaking the Quake Barrier
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39806&src=eoa-hnews
* Vast Expanses of Arctic Melt in Summer
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39799&src=eoa-hnews
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Press releases from institutions that either address climate research or are NASA-funded.
* Long Debate Ended Over Cause, Demise of Ice Ages – May Also Help Predict Future
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39807&src=eoa-manews
* Researchers Show How Organic Carbon Compounds Emitted by Trees Affect Air Quality
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39808&src=eoa-manews
* Climate-Caused Biodiversity Booms and Busts in Ancient Plants and Mammals
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39809&src=eoa-manews
* Missing Link of Cloud Formation
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39813&src=eoa-manews
* Climate Models Confirm More Moisture in Atmosphere Attributed to Humans
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39814&src=eoa-manews
18 August 2009
Canada Meteor/Meteorite News- Buzzard Coulee Meteorite Hunting Reports 18AUG09
1st Batch - Expedition photos Buzzard Coulee Winter Trip
by McCartney Taylor
This is the first trip taken to Canada after the fall. Once there, we only had 2.25 days to hunt before shutdown snowfall occurred. It was -25 Celcius and the airline lost my luggage, so I'm wearing socks over my hands in some photos. I think I had thin gloves under the socks. At some point, I couldn't photo anymore as the batteries died of cold and our fingers hurt from exposure. Give me desert any day of the week. Most of the photos are in situ. No action, car chases, or things blowing up. Sorry.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mccartneytaylor/BuzzardCouleeMeteoriteExpeditionDecember2008?feat=directlink
I recommend you use the slideshow option and the full screen.
I think we found 6 kg in two days. They stuck out nice in the white thin snow. Then we gave 1/2 to the landowner, and we sold off our half. I kept 100g of small stones for my own collection, awaiting export permit.
I'll upload my Spring trip photos soon. I have many kilos coming to me when the permits clear, also.
2nd Batch - Expedition photos Buzzard Coulee Spring Trip
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 3:16 AM
After I received word that the snow was melting I immediately flew up to Canada to continue the recovery effort. I pushed hard each day to get the most out of each day. I averaged 25-30 finds per day. However, I pushed myself too hard and within 4 days I developed a cough and fever. I laid low for a few days and my fever rose and eventually I had to go to the hospital for help. After some antibiotics to fight some kind of strep, 3 days later I was drugged enough to continue my efforts after losing a week. Still had the cough, though.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mccartneytaylor/BuzzardCouleeMeteoriteExpeditionApril2009?feat=directlink
At some point during the trip, I realized that the time I took to take a photo added up and it would cost me one stone by the end of each day. So I stopped taking photos of in situ finds.
By the end of the trip, I'd found over 200 stones with the smallest being 3g and the largest about 187. I broke the 4 kg mark, and walked away with 2 kg after paying the landowner his half. These will be for sale in a few months once the export permit comes. Several are oriented.
After my return, my cough got worse and I have been treated for it for 4 months. Some expeditions have a higher price to pay than others.
-mt
Website: http://www.outofabluesky.com
by McCartney Taylor
This is the first trip taken to Canada after the fall. Once there, we only had 2.25 days to hunt before shutdown snowfall occurred. It was -25 Celcius and the airline lost my luggage, so I'm wearing socks over my hands in some photos. I think I had thin gloves under the socks. At some point, I couldn't photo anymore as the batteries died of cold and our fingers hurt from exposure. Give me desert any day of the week. Most of the photos are in situ. No action, car chases, or things blowing up. Sorry.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mccartneytaylor/BuzzardCouleeMeteoriteExpeditionDecember2008?feat=directlink
I recommend you use the slideshow option and the full screen.
I think we found 6 kg in two days. They stuck out nice in the white thin snow. Then we gave 1/2 to the landowner, and we sold off our half. I kept 100g of small stones for my own collection, awaiting export permit.
I'll upload my Spring trip photos soon. I have many kilos coming to me when the permits clear, also.
2nd Batch - Expedition photos Buzzard Coulee Spring Trip
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 3:16 AM
After I received word that the snow was melting I immediately flew up to Canada to continue the recovery effort. I pushed hard each day to get the most out of each day. I averaged 25-30 finds per day. However, I pushed myself too hard and within 4 days I developed a cough and fever. I laid low for a few days and my fever rose and eventually I had to go to the hospital for help. After some antibiotics to fight some kind of strep, 3 days later I was drugged enough to continue my efforts after losing a week. Still had the cough, though.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mccartneytaylor/BuzzardCouleeMeteoriteExpeditionApril2009?feat=directlink
At some point during the trip, I realized that the time I took to take a photo added up and it would cost me one stone by the end of each day. So I stopped taking photos of in situ finds.
By the end of the trip, I'd found over 200 stones with the smallest being 3g and the largest about 187. I broke the 4 kg mark, and walked away with 2 kg after paying the landowner his half. These will be for sale in a few months once the export permit comes. Several are oriented.
After my return, my cough got worse and I have been treated for it for 4 months. Some expeditions have a higher price to pay than others.
-mt
Website: http://www.outofabluesky.com
Belgium Meteor News- Belgian Fireball Still Under Study 18AUG09
Belgian Fireball 15AUG09
I'm receiving at the present time dozens of reports of this fireball,which seemed to have been dramatic.
Actually, it occured on August, 15th, 19h59 UT, and was observed from
North-Eastern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. I'll try to calculate
its path in the atmosphere as soon as possible.
It was estimated to -7 to -10 magnitude, and lasted at least 8 seconds!
A video of it was taken by Tioga Gulon and its video station in Central
France. It's visible at the adress:
http://france.allsky.camera.free.fr/observation.html
I'll let you informed of the following of the story!
Clear skies and bright fireballs!
Karl
*Thanks Karl Antier!
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