Meteor/Meteorite News- Wildfires and "Clovis Comet" 15OCT09

Wildfires and "Clovis Comet"
In "Holocene Start Impacts: EP Grondine: Rich Murray 2009.10.15" at
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2009-October/057362.html

,
Rich Murray wrote:

"I'm glad to see a new consensus rapidly evolving re widespread
Holocene Start impacts from myriad fragments of an 13 Ka BP
ice comet."

What consensus? Given that many paleoclimatologists, archaeologists,
and Quaternary geologists are having extreme problems reproducing
the results by Firestone, West, and others, it looks like the "Clovis Comet"
is turning into fiasco like the Permian-Triassic extinction claims where
Luanne Becker and scientists claimed to have found positive proof of
a Permian--Triassic extraterrestrial impact only to have it all fall apart
when other geologists, paleontologists, and paleopedologists tried to
reproduced their results and critically examined their findings.

A good example of this is a recent paper that discusses evidence
related to the "Clovis Comet" hypothesis of Firestone, west, and
others is:

Marlon, J. R., P. J. Bartlein, M. K. Walsh, S. P. Harrison, K. J.
Brown, M. E. Edwards, P. E. Higuera, M. J. Power, R. S. Anderson,
C. Briles, A. Brunelle, C. Carcaillet, M. Daniels, F. S. Hu, M.
Lavoiem, C. Longn, T. Minckley, P. J. H. Richard, A. C. Scott,
D. S. Shafer, W. Tinners, C. E. Umbanhowar, Jr., and C. Whitlock,
2009, Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America.
Proceedinds of the National Academy of Sciences. vol. 106, no. 8,
pp. 2519-2524. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0808212106

Abstract at:

http://www.pnas.org/content/106/8/2519

The abstract in part states:

"We also test the hypothesis that a comet impact initiated
continental-scale wildfires at 12.9 ka; the data do not support
this idea, nor are continent-wide fires indicated at any time
during deglaciation."

and

"Biomass burning gradually increased from the glacial period to
the beginning of the Younger Dryas. Although there are changes
in biomass burning during the Younger Dryas, there is no
systematic trend. There is a further increase in biomass burning
after the Younger Dryas. Intervals of rapid climate change at
13.9, 13.2, and 11.7 ka are marked by large increases in fire
activity."

This paper concluded:

"No continent-wide fire response is observed at the beginning
of the Younger Dryas chronozone, the time of the hypothesized
comet impact. The results provide no evidence of synchronous
continent-wide biomass burning at any time during the LGIT."

Note "LGIT" = last glacial–interglacial transition.

It is quite clear from this paper that the alleged "consensus" on
the "Clovis Comet" is quite imaginary. It looks like the validity
of the Clovis Comet is far from settled as there are many papers,
both pro and con, that are either in press or in preparation.

Yours,

Paul H.

Meteor/Meteorite News- Space Junk Hits UK House 15OCT09

Couple's home hit by space metal

The metal was originally thought to have fallen from an aircraft

A couple from Hull have been told that a 4lb (1.8kg) chunk of metal which smashed through the roof of their home may have come from space.

The RAF investigated the unidentified falling object after it landed in Peter and Mair Welton's loft in July.

It was not known where the metal had come from but it seemed likely that it was "space debris", investigators said. ... [more]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/humber/8309245.stm

Space junk falls through roof of UK house @ Yahoo!7 Video

Impact Crater News- Craters on Vesta and Ceres 15OCT09

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/14jupiterage/

Craters on Vesta and Ceres could tell Jupiter's age
EUROPEAN PLANETARY SCIENCE CONGRESS NEWS RELEASE

Crater patterns on Vesta and Ceres could help pinpoint when Jupiter
began to form during the evolution of the early Solar System. A study
modeling the cratering history of the largest two objects in the
asteroid belt, which are believed to be among the oldest in the Solar
System, indicates ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- 15OCT09

Daily News Editorial

Estherville Daily News
A piece of Estherville's history returned recently when the Estherville Area Chamber of Commerce bought a slice of the famed Estherville meteorite at ...

Meteor falls over Germany

The Mercury (subscription)
HAMBURG: A ball of light in the night sky that alarmed people across northern Germany was most likely a meteorite, astronomer Thomas Grau says. ...

Blazing Meteor Captured on Video
SPACE.com Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:40 PM PDT
A blazing fireball is caught on tape before it disintegrates into meteorite fragments.
Mysterious ball of light spotted in night sky over Germany
MalaysiaNews.net Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:08 AM PDT
Hamburg, Oct 14 (DPA) A mysterious ball of light in the night sky, which alarmed people across northern Germany, was most likely caused by a falling meteorite, astronomer Thomas Grau said Wednesday.

Canada Meteor/Meteorite News- The search for meteorite bits among the goose droppings 14OCT09

The search for meteorite bits among the goose droppings
The Globe and Mail by C. Freeze and A. M. Paperny, Oct. 13, 2009

http://tiny.cc/MeteoritesGooseDroppings

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-search-for-meteorite-bits-among-the-goose-droppings/article1321365/

Astronomers Capture Spectacular Meteor Footage, Call
for Public's Assistance, Scientific Computing, Oct. 13, 2009

http://tiny.cc/CanadianFireball

http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Astronomers-Capture-Spectacular-Meteor-Footage-Call-for-Public-Assistance-101309.aspx

Yours,

Paul H.

Meteor/Meteorite News- 14OCT09

'Burning ball' spotted in Germany

Independent Online
"We have pictures of the fireball and the meteor cloud," said Grau, the founder of the European Research Centre for Fireballs and Meteorites.

Bild.com

UFO scare in Germany - Meteorite triggers panic-calls to police

Bild.com
What appears to have actually been a meteorite created a flood of calls to police and fire departments on Tuesday evening from worried people. ...


Aufregung um Lichtkugel - Experten vermuten Meteoriten

NDR Online - Hamburg,Germany
"Wir haben Bilder von der Feuerkugel und von der Meteorwolke", sagte der Gründer des Europäischen Netzwerks zur Erforschung von Feuerkugeln und Meteoriten ...

Meteorit: Lichterscheinungen in Deutschland

FOCUS Online - München,Bayern,Germany
Ein Meteorit hat nach Einschätzung des Max-Planck-Instituts für Astronomie in Heidelberg für ungewöhnliche Lichterscheinungen am Himmel gesorgt. ...

Meteorit: Mysteriöse Lichtkugel kam mit Überschallknall

Berliner Morgenpost - Berlin,Berlin,Germany
Möglicherweise sei der Meteorit vor dem Emsland ins Meer gestürzt. Der Meteorit ging entweder in den Niederlanden oder über der Nordsee nieder, ...

Meteorit über Norddeutschland

Hamburger Abendblatt - Hamburg,Hamburg,Germany
Abendblatt-Leser Lutz Worch fotografierte die Lichtkugel am Dienstag gegen 19 Uhr bei Achterwehr zwischen Kiel und Rendsburg in Schleswig-Holstein. ...

Mysteriöser Meteorit über Norden Ja, es war ein Meteoritenfall ...

Hamburger Abendblatt - Hamburg,Hamburg,Germany
Möglicherweise ist der Meteorit vor dem Emsland ins Meer gestürzt. Eine Lichterscheinung am Himmel, fotografiert bei Achterwehr zwischen Kiel und Rendsburg ...

Crater understanding

TheChronicleHerald.ca
The only other known meteor crater in the region is under the ocean about 100 kilometres off the south shore of Nova Scotia. "So it's the first onshore ...

“UFO ramde meteoriet om aarde te redden”

Blog.nl - Amstelveen,Noord Holland,Netherlands
Onze aarde is gisteren op een haar na ontsnapt aan een grote tragedie, niemand anders dan de marsmannetjes hebben een meteoriet onderschept op ramkoers op ...

Meteorite explodes over north Groningen

DutchNews.nl
Hundreds of people report seeing a spectacular fireball or meteorite over the Netherlands in Tuesday's clear evening skies. The police emergency number, ...

Bright meteor sighted in the Dutch night sky

Radio Nederland Wereldomroep
Astronomer Theo Jurriens from Groningen University has confirmed that it was an extremely bright meteor which broke into three pieces after hitting the ...

H1N1 clinic today at Iowa Lakes

Estherville Daily News
By Michael Tidemann - Staff Writer A sizable portion of the Estherville meteorite returned home recently and was unveiled at the Estherville Area Chamber of ...

Researchers study meteorite strike, possibly more, in western NS

Pictou Country Nova Scotia News
BRIDGETOWN, NS — Acadia University researchers are studying a meteorite crater south of Bridgetown, with the possibility of proving other meteors came down ...

Meteoriet zet streep door heldere hemel

BredaVandaag.nl - Breda,Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
Niks daarvan, een meteoriet. De meteoriet werd in Breda gezien door onder meer twee wandelaars in het Haagse Beemdenbos, maar via Twitter blijkt dat de ...

China Daily

Mayan elder 'fed up' with world-end talk

China Daily
A Mayan elder has said that he is tired of being asked about the end of the world supposedly predicted by his culture. Apolinario Chile Pixtun claimed that ...


The search for meteorite bits among the goose droppings
The Globe and Mail Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:38 PM PDT
No description available

The Martian lives of Spirit and Opportunity MSNBC Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:33 PM PDT As one of NASA's rovers discovers a new Martian meteorite and the other tries to escape a sand trap, a NASA engineer answers questions about the long-lived robotic Mars rovers.

Mars rover spots another meteorite
Florida Today Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:47 PM PDT
NASA's intrepid Mars rover Opportunity has found yet another meteorite on the surface of the red planet.

Examiner.com

AGAIN! Mars Rover Opportunity finds third meteorite on Martian surface!

Examiner.com
For the third time during its time on the Martian surface it has discovered a meteorite. “ Shelter Island ” as the new meteorite has been named was ...



Grüne Leuchtkugel am Nachthimmel: Meteorit über Norddeutschland

NonstopNews - Nachrichtendienst - Delmenhorst,Niedersachsen,Germany
(mwü) Über weiten Teilen Norddeutschlands war am Abend eine große, helle Leuchtkugel, möglicherweise ein Meteorit, zu sehen. ...

20:58 'Meteoriet spat uiteen boven...

De Telegraaf - Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Netherlands
Een artist impression van het inslaan van een meteoriet in de dampkring van de aarde. Foto: NASA Jurriens zei uit heel Nederland ongeveer honderd meldingen ...

Meteoriet boven de regio

Radio Noordoost-Friesland - Dokkum,Friesland,Netherlands
Volgens de laatste berichten die we ontvingen bleek het te gaan om een Meteoriet die korte tijd later uit elkaar zou zijn gespat verschillende mensen melden ...

Scientific Computing

Astronomers Capture Spectacular Meteor Footage, Call for Public's Assistance

Scientific Computing
Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter than a full moon. ...

What hit Earth in 1908 with the force of 3000 atomic bombs?

PhysOrg.com
Was it a meteorite, as had first been thought? Was it an asteroid? Was it a comet? Some support the idea that this was not a "natural" event at all but one ...

Making Tracks in Houston County

Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
... the Tennessee Division of Geology, will lead the fieldtrip to several interesting structures showing the impact of the meteorite that struck the area. ...

PhysOrg.com

Scientists work to free Mars rover Spirit

PhysOrg.com
Opportunity also just finished analyzing an iron meteorite, dubbed Block Island, that could hold clues as to how water on Mars might have contributed to its ...

Latina

Mayan Elder Insists "2012 Is Not the End of the World"

Latina
by Mariela Rosario | 10.13.2009 | 10:30am | 0 Comments Mayan elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun is so over with being asked about the end of the world, ...

Comet News- Comet Births Comets 14OCT09

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090915-mini-comets.html

Comet Outburst Spawns Mini-Comets

A comet recently spewed out a cluster of mini comets in a huge outburst that was the largest ever witnessed by astronomers.

A team of researchers began observing the comet 17P/Holmes in October 2007, after it was reported that the object, about 2.2 miles wide (3.6 km wide), had brightened by a million times in less than a day. ...

Netherlands Meteor/Meteorite News- Groningen Bolide 13OCT09

Groningen Bolide

Meteorite explodes over north Groningen

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/10/meteorite_explodes_over_north.php

Meteorite explodes over north Groningen
written Wednesday 14 October 2009

Hundreds of people report seeing a spectacular fireball or meteorite
over the Netherlands in Tuesday's clear evening skies.

The police emergency number, Dutch coastguard and KNMI weather bureau
report dozens of phone calls about the meteorite, which was seen in
Germany and Belgium.

'I was standing in front of my window when there was a bright flash of
light and a white fireball in the sky fell apart into three smaller
ones,' eyewitness Erik Alberts from Zuidbroek in Groningen province
told Nos tv. 'Like fireworks. A few seconds later, perhaps half a
minute, there was a low rumble and the windows shook.'

Excellent Photographs:

http://www.nu.nl/slideshow/1879465/popup.html#

Fireball Meteor Over Groningen
Photo:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091015.html
Credit & Copyright: Robert Mikaelyan

Explanation: The brilliant fireball meteor captured in this snapshot was a startling visitor to Tuesday evening's twilight skies over the city of Groningen. In fact, sightings of the meteor, as bright as the Full Moon, were widely reported throughout the Netherlands and Germany at approximately 17:00 UT. Accompanied by sonic booms and rumbling sounds, the meteor was seen to break up into bright fragments, eventually leaving a persistent smoke-like trail. Even though there are bright fireball meteors in planet Earth's atmosphere every day, sightings of them are relatively rare because they more often occur over oceans and uninhabited areas.

Robert Mikaelyan`s Website about the Groningen Bolide

http://www.fotoarena.nl/

Meteoor
13 October 2009
Time: 18.57 hour
Place: Groningen
Location: Suikerunie

http://www.fotoarena.nl/

Meteor/Meteorite News- 13OCT09

Jimmy Westlake: A great year for Orionid Meteors

Steamboat Pilot
This October's Orionid meteor shower will peak between the hours of midnight and dawn on the morning of Oct. 21. A single observer with the benefit of dark, ...

The search for meteorite bits among the goose droppings

Globe and Mail
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 12:00AM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 1:23AM EDT In space, the ancient meteor ...

Space Ref (press release)

Old ice: Climate record from last 2.5 million years may sit at the surface of ...

Space Ref (press release)
The first indication that Allan Hills held million-year-old ice actually came from meteorites collected there by scientists working on the Antarctica Search ...
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Cosmic Object Caught On Camera

KOAT.com
So if there's other videos, then we might be able to triangulate and see if there's a meteorite that landed somewhere," said Ashcraft. ...

KOB.com

Meteorite streaks across NM sky

KOB.com
"If we can get other camera angles, than we can put all the positions together and possibly hunt for an important--scientifically important--meteorite," he ...


Mars Rover Spots Another Meteorite
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:01 AM PDT
NASA's intrepid Mars rover Opportunity has found yet another meteorite on the surface of the red planet. ...

Opportunity rover finds yet another Mars meteorite
Spaceflight Now Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:16 PM PDT
In a remarkable discovery 126 million miles from Earth, the Mars rover Opportunity has found a second large iron meteorite sitting just a half mile from its twin sibling where they both landed on Mars within seconds of each other 3 billion years ago. ...

Mars Rover FAQ: The Martian Lives of Spirit and Opportunity

Space.com
Spirit and Opportunity have shed light on the history of water on Mars in the distant past, explored Martian hills and meteorites, and even rolled inside ...

Марсианский вездеход Opportunity обнаружил еще один "свежий" метеорит

СайберCекьюрити.Ру - Москва,Russia
В НАСА сообщили о том, что марсоход Opportunity обнаружил на поверхности Марса еще один метеорит, который, судя по тому, что еще не успел покрыться слоем ...

Stargazing for Beginners at Kenosha Public Museum

The Daily Kenoshan
Take a closer look at the objects among the stars, such as nebulae, galaxies, comets, meteors, and meteor showers. Learn about the Sun and how to view it ...

Space.com

Mars Rover Spots Another Meteorite

Space.com
By SPACE.com Staff nasa's intrepid Mars rover Opportunity has found yet another meteorite on the surface of the red planet. Opportunity stumbled upon this ...

Asteroid Impact News- Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis 13OCT09

Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis GSA and AGU Abstracts

The GSA abstracts can be found in "T94. Impact Cratering
from the Microscopic to the Planetary Scale II (GSA
Planetary Geology Division; International Continental
Scientific Drilling Program [ICDP]; GSA Sedimentary
Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics
Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Paleontological
Society; GSA International Division) at

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/session_25177.htm

The abstracts are;

1. Dryas. Pinter, N., A. C. Andrew, and D. Ebel, 2009,
Extraterrestrial and Terrestrial Signatures at the Onset of
the Younger Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs.

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_162563.htm

2. Holliday, V. T., and D. J. Meltzer, 2009, Geoarchaeology
of the 12.9ka Impact hypothesis. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs.

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_160959.htm

3. Paquay, F., S. Goderis, G. Ravizza, and P. Claeys, 2009, No
evidence of of extraterrestrial geochemical components at the
Bolling-Allerod/Younger Dryas Transition. Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs.

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_163154.htm

4. Surovell, T. A., and V. T. Holliday, 2009, Non-
Reproducibility of Younger Dryas Extraterrestrial Impact
Results. Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs.

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_163912.htm

PDF files of various papers by Dr. V. T. Holliday can be
found beneath "Publications of Vance T. Holliday" at:

http://www.argonaut.arizona.edu/holliday.htm

This includes:

Vance T. Holliday, David A. Kring, James H. Mayer, and Ronald J.
Goble, Age and effects of the Odessa meteorite impact, western Texas,
USA. Geology. vol. 33, pp. 945-947. at:

http://www.argonaut.arizona.edu/articles/holliday_etal2005.pdf

The Abstracts to the 2009 American Geophysical Union
presentations for "PP15: Younger Dryas Boundary:
Extraterrestrial Impact or Not?" have not been posted
yet. Eventually, they should appear at

http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/scientific_session_search.php?show=detail&sessid=388

According to George Howard, http://www.georgehoward.net/clovis_comet_at_fall_2009_agu.htm

,
the titles of the accepted papers are:

1. Lost Impacts

2. High resolution Osmium isotopes in deep-sea
ferromanganese crusts reveal a large meteorite impact
in the Central Pacific at 12.4 ka

3. What Caused the Younger Dryas? An Assessment of
Existing Hypotheses

4. An Independent Evaluation of the Younger Dryas
Extraterrestrial Impact Hypothesis

5. Cosmic impact: What are the odds?

6. Cometary airbursts and atmospheric chemistry:
Tunguska and a candidate Younger Dryas event

7. Problems with the Younger Dryas Boundary ( YDB )
Impact Hypothesis

8. Beringian Megafaunal Extinctions at ~37 ka B.P.:
Do Micrometeorites Embedded in Fossil Tusks and
Skulls Indicate an Extraterrestial Precursor to
the Younger Dryas Event?

9. Airbursts in the Sky with Diamonds? Shock
Limits to a Younger Dryas Impact.

10. The platinum group metals in Younger Dryas
Horizons are terrestrial

11. Putting the Younger Dryas Cold Event into Context

12. Field-Analytical approach of land-sea records
for elucidating the Younger Dryas Boundary syndrome

13 Evidence of four prehistoric supernovae <250
parsecs from Earth during the past 50,000 years

14. Oblique impacts into low impedance layers

15. Cold Climate Related Structural Sinks Accommodate
Unusual Soil Constituents, Pinelands National Reserve,
New Jersey, USA.

16. Positive anomaly in platinum group elements and
the presence of shocked diamonds: Two question marks
at the Younger Dryas

17. Nanodiamonds and Carbon Spherules from Tunguska,
the K/T Boundary, and the Younger Dryas Boundary Layer

18. Are Nanodiamonds Evidence for a Younger Dryas
Impact Event?

19. Rockyhock and Kimbel Carolina Bays: Extraterrestrial
Impact or Terrestrial Genesis?

20. No support from osmium isotopes for an impact event
at the Bolling-Allerod/Younger Dryas transition

21. Climatic Control of Biomass Burning During the Last
Glacial-Interglacial Transition

22. Human Population Decline in North America during
the Younger Dryas

23. Summary of impact markers and potential impact
mechanisms for the YDB impact event at 12.9 ka

24. Testing Younger Dryas ET Impact ( YDB ) Evidence
at Hall’s Cave, Texas

25. Wildfires, Soot and Fullerenes in the 12,900 ka
Younger Dryas boundary layer in North America.

Obviously, the discussion about the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis continues.


Source Paul H., USA

Meteorite News- 12OCT09

Earth Rocks In Space

Space Daily
Meteorite fragments are so common that they turn up in jewelry. Some of these fragments have been found to come from the Moon and Mars, giving us a very ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- Gallup-Flagstaff Fireball 8OCT09 11OCT09

Fireball in Gallup-Flagstaff vicinity

On October 8, 2009, another notable meteor occurred in the Flagstaff,
Arizona - Gallup, New Mexico vicinity 2247 MDT. This meteor was heading
westerly and was witnessed by many people.

Chris Peterson's Montrose camera captured it and a video can be accessed
at :
http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=28691

My observatory captured it as well but I don't have time to process it
completely so am just supplying the raw pic and .mov at:

http://www.heliotown.com/v20091008_2246Ashcraft.jpg

http://www.heliotown.com/v20091008_2246Ashcraft.mov

( 2.5 MB .mov file)

Thomas Ashcraft
New Mexico

Spanish Meteorite News- “El Cráter del Meteorito en Arizona” 11OCT09

“El Cráter del Meteorito en Arizona”

El Informador - Guadalajara,Jalisco,Mexico
Era un meteorito brillante que formaba parte de un gran asteroide que habiendo chocado contra otro hace millones de años allá en el “gran cinturón de ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- 11OCT09

A FEW MINUTES WITH ... An astronomer at the Vatican

Detroit Free Press
A: I take care of the meteorite collection. A wealthy nobleman from France, a marquis, donated his personal collection of meteorites a hundred years ago ...

Here Be Dragons on Mars!
Universe Today Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:13 PM PDT
Oh no! Hopefully the same folks who went nuts over the Bigfoot on Mars don't see this one! Could there really be a dragon on Mars? Relax, its just a shadow from Opportunity's camera mast, distorted by the unusual and bumpy fusion crust surface of the Shelter Island meteorite that the Mars [...]

Mayan Year 2012 Stirs Doomsday Theories

FOXNews
Next month Hollywood's "2012" opens in cinemas, featuring earthquakes, meteor showers and a tsunami dumping an aircraft carrier on the White House. ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- 10OCT09

EERC materials returning on space shuttle | KXNet.com North Dakota ...

KXMC
The EERC describes the silicon carbide materials as "extremely hard ceramic," and said they could be used as meteorite and heat shield protection on ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- LCROSS Impact Lunar Crater 10OCT09

LCROSS Impacts Lunar Crater in Search for Water Ice

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing
Satellite, or LCROSS, created twin impacts on the moon's surface
early Friday in a search for water ice. ...

For more information about the LCROSS mission, including images and
video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/lcross

Meteor/Meteorite News- More Videos of the 6JUL09 Pennsylvania Fireball 10OCT09

I've recently been able to collect 4 new meteor videos from the York
Water company. All of the videos come from the same original location
and are taken from different cameras.

One in particular has really good shadows.

An interesting observation I made while reviewing these: 3 of the
videos show a secondary light flash after the primary burst. In the
shadow video it looks like the shadow is longer on the secondary
flare. I think this could mean the 2nd object is lower in altitude?

Another thing that is interesting is in one of the videos a light goes
out 27 seconds after the meteor is first seen. I'm thinking the sonic
boom tripped a sensor or blew out the light bulb. I'm not sure if
there is benefit in knowing the exact amount of time that transpired
from the original sighting to the sonic boom.

These 4 videos bring York Water's total video count up to 6 plus the 3
others makes 9 total videos for this fall.

I put all 6 York Videos into one youtube to keep them all in the same
place. Two of these are re-posts but the other 4 are new.

http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/baltimore-pa-meteor/four-new-meteor-videos/

Meteor/Meteorite News- Large Fireball over New Mexico 9OCT09

Large fireball over New Mexico

Oct 9, 2009

October 9, 2009

There was a super-sized meteor over New Mexico last night at 0804 UT, (
2:04 am MDT). I have posted my preliminary video and radio observations.
Interestingly, the forward scatter radio reception was only moderate and
of short duration compared to its size and ionization trail. And I was
also observing at VLF/ELF frequencies and there may be some direct
emission evident but it is still being analyzed. I posted three movies
in .mp4 format at the link below.

http://www.heliotown.com/Fireball_20091009_Ashcraft.html

Clear skies,
Thomas Ashcraft
Radio Fireball Observatory
35.50 N 105.89 W
New Mexico
www.heliotown.com

Meteor/Meteorite News- 10OCT09

Leonids meteor shower to occur on Nov 17-18

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Earthlings wake early for NASA poke at man in the moon

Monterey County Herald
... amount of data that will now be analyzed. But, like most of the meteor showers the Professor stays up late to watch, the moon shooting was a disappointment.

NASA Moon bombing: Did NASA really drop a bomb on the moon?

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The every time you see a meteor shower or a falling star, there is a could chance the Moon has been hit! Stop whining and get some facts, instead of just ...

My Insurance Agent Will Never Believe This
MalaysiaNews.net Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:51 PM PDT
Meteorite 1, Malibu 0: A spectacular fireball crossed several U.S. states during its 40 seconds of glory before landing in Peekskill, New York, in 1992. The resulting meteorite (bottom) is composed of...

Daily TWiP - The Peekskill Meteorite dents a 1980 Chevy Malibu in 1992 The Nashua Telegraph Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:11 AM PDT Welcome to the Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays, historical observances, etc., we couldn't cram into The Week in Preview. ...

It was 'Friday Night Lights,' indeed The Day Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:29 AM PDT Look! In the sky! It's a $500 deductible! On the evening of Oct. 9, 1992, (also a Friday) a 30-pound, football-sized meteorite streaked into the Earth's atmosphere. The rock, to be known henceforth as the Peekskill Meteorite, buzzed the East Coast, startling high-school football fans gathered outdoors in several states. The space rock caused a sonic boom and burst into flames. Several people ...

Meteorite hunters scour Grimsby fields Hamilton Spectator Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:41 AM PDT GRIMSBY (Oct 9, 2009) - Don't be alarmed if you've noticed people traipsing through fields south of town carrying golf clubs with the heads removed.

Meteor hunters descend on Grimsby farm fields
Welland Tribune Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:51 PM PDT
GRIMSBY â Something catches the meteorite hunterâs eye as he stalks across an enormous farmerâs field in Grimsby. He hunches down, peers through a thick bed of weeds and prods at the small, hard object with a stick.[...]

Coming attractions in space

msnbc.com
Marvel over meteors: We're also building up toward one of the best meteor showers of the year, the Leonids, with the peak expected on Nov. 17-18. ...


美国火箭卫星双击月球找水(图)

网易 - Beijing,China
美国东部时间9日上午7时31分，也就是北京时间当天晚上7时31分，“半人马座”火箭首先撞向月球，地点选在位于常年不见阳光的月球南极的一个名为“Cabeus”的陨石坑。 ...

Touchdown bass

ESPN
All of a sudden I started to see a meteor shower about midnight, so I decided sit back and watch it. I rarely stay out late fishing on weeknights, ...

美国火箭卫星撞月寻水(图)

网易 - Beijing,China
针对这一情况，NASA表示无需杞人忧天，因月球经常受到陨石撞击，这次火箭撞月球 ... 他们说，月球上有很多环形山，而且不断有新的环形山形成，这都是大量陨石经常撞击 ...

Daily TWiP - The Peekskill Meteorite dents a 1980 Chevy Malibu in 1992

Nashua Telegraph
It would've been worth the expense on this day in 1992, when Knapp's car was struck by the Peekskill Meteorite. The Peekskill Meteorite was unique in that ...

LCROSS Hits Its Target, But Visuals Weak

Aviation Week
NASA's mechanical meteor hit its target on the south pole of the moon early Oct. 9, with scientists hoping that it would send a shower of regolith - lunar ...

Meteor/Meteorite News- 9OCT09

NASA's moon blast called a smashing success

San Francisco Chronicle
... walls have kept its flat surface in total darkness since it was formed by the impact of some unknown meteorite or comet a billion years or more ago. ...

Today in History Radio Taiwan International On this day in 1992: A 13 kilogram fragment of meteorite landed in the driveway of a residence in Peekskill, New York. It was thus named the Peekskill ... See all stories on this topic

It was 'Friday Night Lights,' indeed TheDay The rock, to be known henceforth as the Peekskill Meteorite, buzzed the East Coast, startling high-school football fans gathered outdoors in several states. ...

Meteorite hunters scour Grimsby fields

Hamilton Spectator
Yesterday he was joined by eight similarly enthusiastic meteorite hunters from Western and McMaster University as well as the Royal Astronomical Society. ...

Meteorid strahlt 100 Mal heller als der Vollmond

Spiegel Online - Hamburg,national,Germany
"Bisher gibt es nur ein Dutzend Meteoriten, von denen wir so gute Daten haben", ... McCausland und seine Kollegen hoffen nun, Trümmerteile des Meteoriten in ...


我国科考队员将赴南极搜寻陨石

挖贝网 - Beijing,China
核心提示：陨石被誉为太阳系的“考古样品”，极具科学研究价值。昨日，记者还从中国极地研究中心获悉，在科考期间，内陆冰盖考察队员将在南极“冰盖之巅”——冰穹A安装更多 ...

A weekend in swanky Greenwich, Conn.

Newsday
... the Bruce entices families to sit in a wigwam and listen to American Indian stories, touch a chair-sized meteorite, play I-Spy in a woodlands ecosystem ...

NASA公布世界上第1张月球暗面的热成像照片(图)

中国经济网 - Beijing,China
“月球陨石坑探测卫星”是NASA的又一个“探月之旅”，目的是在月球寻找水源并进行详尽的勘测， ... 它将于本月9日撞击月球陨石坑，届时有望发现月球存在大量水资源的证据。

Apophis asteroid will miss us in 2036 but remains threat

Irish Times
Then there is Meteor Crater, Arizona. A metallic asteroid about 50 metres across hit us travelling at an estimated 12.8km per second, punching a 1.2km-wide, ...

Searching for space rocks in Grimsby

St. Catharines Standard
Something catches the meteorite hunter's eye as he stalks across an enormous farmer's field in Grimsby. He hunches down, peers through a thick bed of weeds ...

美国探测器9日将连续撞击月球探测是否有水

网易 - Beijing,China
据悉，火箭将美国东部时间9日发射，以时速5600英里撞向预先选定月球陨石坑，紧随的LCROSS卫星将尘土数据传回地球。随后，LCROSS会以同一方式撞向月球表面。 ...

Meteorite hunters comb Grimsby farm land for space rocks
St. Catharines Standard Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:26 PM PDT
Something catches the meteorite hunterâs eye as he stalks across an enormous farmerâs field in Grimsby. He hunches down, peers through a thick bed of weeds and prods at the small, hard object with a stick.[...]

Astronomers ask for help in meteorite fall Toronto Sun Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:22 AM PDT Astronomers at the University of Western Ontario are asking residents around Grimsby, Ont., to help in the hunt for one or more possible meteorites. Updated 8th October 2009, 1:20pm

Meteorite hunt on â VIDEO The North Bay Nugget Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:13 AM PDT LONDON â Wanted: Meteorite hunters. No experience required. Reward: Bragging rights and the knowledge you helped solve a tiny piece of the puzzle that is our universe. University of Western Ontario scientists need help finding a meteorite that fell to Earth on Sept.[...]

Scientists seek meteorite in Ontario CNews Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:24 AM PDT Wanted: Meteorite hunters. No experience required.

美国火箭卫星今日连续撞月探测月球是否有水(图)

中新网 - Beijing,China
陨石坑被撞时，会产生相当于1.5吨黄色炸药的威力，扬起的77.2万磅灰尘会升至6.2英里 ... NASA表示大家无需杞人忧天，因月球经常受到陨石撞击，这次火箭撞月球根本是小事。

Blast may be result of falling space waste or meteorite: Lapan

Jakarta Post
... residents of Pallete village in the South Sulawesi regency of Bone earlier in the day might have come from falling space waste or a meteorite. ...