Meteor/Meteorite News 25DEC2010

Telepolis

„Unmögliche“ Amino-säuren in Meteorit entdeckt

scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin - ‎2010年12月22日‎

Wissenschaftler haben Aminosäuren in einem Meteoriten
 nachgewiesen, die es eigentlich nicht geben dürfte. Denn
 der Asteroid 2008 TC3 wurde kurz vor seinem ...

KOMPAS.com

Bakal Kehidupan Ditemukan di Meteorit

KOMPAS.com - ‎2010年12月22日‎

KOMPAS.com — Asam amino yang selama ini disebut
 sebagai senyawa bakal kehidupan ditemukan di batu
 meteor (meteorit) yang jatuh di Sudan. ...

WartaNews

NASA Temukan Unsur Asam Amino Pada Meteorit

WartaNews - ‎2010年12月21日‎

Asam amino yang merupakan cikal bakal dari protein,
ditemukan secara tidak sengaja di dalam fragmen meteorit
 tersebut, dimana sebelumnya Asam Amino ...

Geologen erklären größte Katastrophe des Mittelalters

Spiegel Online - ‎2010年12月21日‎

Geoforscher haben den Kreis möglicher Verursacher eingegrenzt:
 Nur ein großer Vulkan oder ein Meteorit kommen in Frage. Doch
 was genau die Ursache war wurde ...

Idegen aminosavat talált a NASA egy meteoritban

Index - ‎2010年12月22日‎

Ezúttal egy 2008-ban Szudánban lezuhant meteorit belsejében
találták meg az élet legalapvetőbb építőkockáit, aminosavakat.
Az aminosavak a fehérjék ...

Feuriger Weihnachtstruthahn

Deutschlandfunk - ‎2010年12月23日‎
Dezember ein anfangs vermutlich etwa 40 Zentimeter großer
Meteorit von Südosten kommend über Mittelengland hinweg.
Als grelle Feuerkugel verlor er einen ...

Osel.cz

Aminokyseliny ve vzácném meteoritu Almahata Sitta

Osel.cz - ‎2010年12月20日‎

Tomu bylo přisouzeno označení 2008 TC 3 , jeho
 fragmentům pak souhrnný název meteorit Almahata
 Sitta, což v arabštině znamená Stanice šest, neboli
Šestá ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 24DEC2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 2011 not far away!

NASA's Next Mars Rover to Zap Rocks With Laser
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
December 22, 2010
A rock-zapping laser instrument on NASA's next Mars rover has roots in a demonstration that Roger Wiens saw 13 years ago in a colleague's room at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. ...

UA Catalina Sky Survey Discovers Possible Extinct Comet
... An asteroid, [asteroid 596 Scheila] discovered more than 100 years ago my not be an asteroid at all, but an extinct comet that is coming back to life, according to new observations. ...

Stargazing Live in and around Liverpool
BBC News
Among events covered are: a partial eclipse of the sun; a major meteorite shower; and the close conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus. ...

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Welcome to the Facebook Community Page about Murchison 陨石, a collection of shared knowledge concerning Murchison 陨石. ...

Meteor Impact Simulation YouTube Video

Simulated Meteor impact in slow motion

posted on YouTube by ultraslo  31,970 views
"This slow motion impact video is a good model for how craters are formed on the surface of the moon. When we observe real lunar craters, we see all the below described impact features, but there are a few limitations in this model. This is ok, because you've made a scientific model - all scientific models have limitations, and when we identify those limitations, we have an even better understanding of what is being represented.The lunar surface is represented by the flour, and darker cocoa on the surface. The white flour and dark cocoa help to distinguish between material at the surface, and displaced material below the surface. The impactor is represented by a glass sphere. At impact a great deal of material is displaced forming interior "crater walls". After impact, an uplifted "crater rim" is seen surrounding the edge of the crater (particularly in the right hand movie). The displaced material from below the surface spreads outward from the impact site. On the moon, we see prominent crater walls, rims and "ejecta", the sub-surface material ejected 1000's of kilometers from the site. Ejected material form "rays" which are bright streaks extending away from the crater.
The limitations of this model:
What isn't seen in the movie are the "central peaks" with are mountains formed in the center of the crater floor, from rapid pressure change during an impact. Central peaks typically form in craters that are larger than 50 km in diameter. The movies don't show the central peaks because you are using an impactor that doesn't disintegrate at impact. To see the central peak in a crater, the water drop movie is wonderful. (A beautiful red drop of water in slow motion)"
 ... more slowmotion videos  www.UltraSlo.com

Meteor/Meteorite New 22DEC2010

Lunar Eclipse - December 21st, 2010

Photos by Mike`s Astro Photos click link for more Mike Hankey (c) 2010

Life Ingredients Found in Superhot Meteorites—A First
National Geographic
The acids—precursors of proteins—have been unexpectedly found inside fragments of previously superheated meteorites that landed in northern Sudan in 2008, ...

Alaska winter offers stellar skygazing
Anchorage Daily News
This week will reveal more celestial phenomenon as the December Ursid Meteor Shower peaks Wednesday and Thursday. A meteor shower results as Earth crosses a ...

Parachute Fails, Man Lands in Living Room
Jakarta Globe
It's a meteor! No, it's a flying policeman! Residents of a housing estate for prosecutors in South Tangerang were surprised to see something falling from ...

Ursid meteor shower peaks tonight
Examiner.com (blog)
The Ursid meteor shower will be at its brightest tonight and tomorrow night. However, with the full moon, no one has made much mention of the Ursids this ...

Meteorite Holds Amino Acid Surprise
Discovery News
Amino acids have been discovered in a meteorite whose parent asteroid should have destroyed the compounds. Because the concentrations of the amino acids are ...

NASA finds extra-terrestrial amino-acids in Sudan meteorites
DigitalJournal.com
During expeditions in the Sudanese desert, scientists later recovered nearly 600 meteorite fragments from the meteor shower. Just a few weeks ago, ...

Meteorite Holds Amino Acid Surprise Discovery News Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:48 AM PST Amino acids, the building blocks of life, are forming in environments never thought possible.  ... Space Rock Surprise US News & World Report Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:38 AM PST Amino acids in meteorite may have unexpected origin. ... Meteorite Men Star Builds Career from Space Rocks ContributorNetwork via Yahoo! News Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:16 AM PST This is the second installment of my interview with Steve Arnold,meteorite hunter extraordinaire and star of the Science Channel's hit television show 'Meteorite Men.' The first article, in which Arnold clears up popular misconceptions about meteors and meteorites is here. ...

Breaking News- Astronomers Without Borders - Night Skies Network - Lunar Eclipse 2010 - LIVE Broadcasts Ended

Full Moon prior to Eclipse 21DEC2010

photo (c) 2010 Carl Wright (cwright22sst) Hudson, Florida

Eclipse Under Way 21DEC2010

photo (c) 2010 Carl Wright (cwright22sst)Hudson, Florida

Provided by Night Skies Network (NSN)
 and Astronomers Without Borders (AWB)

Broadcasts have now ended.  Thank you!

http://www.nightskiesnetwork.com/
(please check to see who else is broadcasting at a particular time)

Live Lunar Eclipse from Pakistan - Astronomers Without Borders

Astronomers Without Borders (AWB)
Khwarizmi Science Society, Pakistan - Live Lunar eclipse broadcast* is ON air!
Broadcaster: Umair Asim
Lahore, Pakistan (UT+5)
Equipment: Celestron C14, Losmandy Titan Mount, Mallincam camera
Webcast of the Moon beginning at 15:00 UT and continuing until sunrise before the eclipse begins (*no eclipse seen in this webcast). For teachers and others explaining Earth/Sun/Moon geometry this is a good demonstration of how and why the eclipse is not visible from everywhere on Earth.
http://www.nightskiesnetwork.com/live/channel.php?n=Khwarizmi%20Science%20Society

other AWB lunar eclipse live camera sites with with continuing coverage of the eclipse* (yes it will arrive):
http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/projects/13/521.html

YouTube video lunar eclipse 2010

Khwarizmi Science Society presents:
Pre-Eclipse web Broadcast from Lahore, Pakistan

posted on YouTube by umairasim  1view

Total Lunar Eclipse 20-21 December 2010

Poster credit: Azhy Hasan (Download print version)

Total Lunar Eclipse 20-21 December

The last eclipse of 2010 will occur on the night of 20-21 December. The eclipse will be visible from North and South America, with the partial phases and even a bit of totality seen from other places. Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) will bring the eclipse to those who won't otherwise have a chance to view the eclipse due to geography or weather. AWB also launches Eclipses without Borders with this lunar eclipse, providing ways to share the eclipse with fellow astronomers around the globe.

Live Online

Those not able to see the eclipse can watch online thanks to Night Skies Network (NSN). NSN's broadcasts feature live webcams, narration and chat boxes to talk to the operators and other visitors from around the world.

The Moon will set before the eclipse begins as seen from most of Asia.  An NSN webcam in Pakistan will show the full Moon moving towards the Earth's unseen shadow before the eclipse begins.

Europe will see the eclipse begin but only the partial phase.  Astronation will broadcast the beginning of the eclipse with the Moon setting before totality begins.

Details for each webcam, including links to their broadcast pages, are available on the AWB web site.

Eclipses without Borders

This new program brings amateur astronomers and others together to share their eclipse-watching experiences. AWB members are invited to blog about the eclipse and use the other social networking tools on the AWB web site.  Read more on the Eclipses without Borders page.

NASA Is "Up All Night" For The Eclipse

NASA astronomers will answer questions in live chat sessions, including during their own live webcast of the eclipse. See the NASA page for more information.

Meteor/Meteorite News 20DEC2010

Total Lunar Eclipse, Winter Solstice & Meteor Shower
LiveScience.com
And on top of that, the Ursid meteor shower, normally unremarkable, could put on a bit of a show while the eclipse darkens the night sky. ...

Rare astronomical treat in store Tuesday morning
WCBD
And to add even more to the pile, the Ursid meteor shower occurs Wednesday morning. Look near Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) for this display which will ...

Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO): Reports of Geminids Observation ...
By Nepal Astronomical Society NASO
Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) conducted Geminids Observation and submitted the data to International Meteor Organization (IMO) for the first time. This submission was possible as Mr. Suresh Bhattarai, founder secretary of NASO and ...


Celebrate the Winter Solstice with a Total Lunar Eclipse and Ursid Meteor Shower
Yahoo! News
Keep the kids up late for winter solstice plus a total lunar eclipse and meteor shower. That's right folks, it's a TKO of the sun with a meteor shower to ...

我国发现首个陨石撞击坑坑龄5万岁直径1800米_科学探索_科技时代_新浪网
一石惊起千层浪陨石撞击坑所在的岫岩满族自治县苏子沟镇古龙村一夜出名古龙村村 ... 古龙村下辖11个自然屯而岫岩陨石撞击坑就处于该村最大的自然屯罗圈里陨石撞击坑处 ... (Chinese impact crater?)
tech.sina.com.cn/d/2010-12-17/09344996535.shtml

Meteor/Meteorite News 19DEC2010

Lunar Eclipse December 2010 Shows Ursids Meteor Shower
 City State Times
Last December 13, 2010, star gazers and sky watchers enjoyed the bright Geminid meteor shower. For those who missed watching and witnessing this phenomenon, ...


Rural holiday decorating offers bright Christmas colors
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Ursid meteor shower is visible most of next week and peaks on Thursday night with about 15meteors per hour. Look to the east from about midnight until ...


The cutting edge of fake diamonds
The National
After dissolving a 50-kg chunk of meteorite material in various acids, Henri Moissan identified tiny crystals of silicon carbide, created in the extreme ...

elp allsky: Large Meteor Seen From West Texas...DEC15,2010 By elp allsky This blog is for the reporting and discussion of primarily West Texas, Southern and Central New Mexico, Eastern Arizona and Northern and Northwestern Mexico meteor/meteorite events. Significant USA, as well as Major Worldwide event news ...

Central Arizona Geology Club: Meteor Crater in Earthly Musings Blog By Central Arizona Geology Club Wayne Ranneys blog Earthly Musings has a account of his trip into Meteor Crater. Good photos of a place most people do not see. Earthly Musings ... APOD: 2010 December 17 - A Meteor Moment  A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. ... Reports from Readers of Meteor/Meteorite News: Dec 18 2010, 11:41 AM Guest2 (guest): I was heading west in New Bedford, MA and I saw a really bright meteor. It was a lot brighter than a shooting star. If I had a guess I would guess it would have made contact with land around Dartmouth or Westport from my vantage point. Oh I didn't look at the clock but it must have been around 7:40 pm local time. Dec 19 2010, 12:59 AM Guest893 (guest): Last friday morning,around 0630, looked like a comet NE of Detroit skyline...any ideas. Stayed still,long tail, flickered orange faded after about 20 minutes

Meteor/Meteorite News 18DEC2010

NASA Finds Amino Acids on Impossible Meteorite, Improves Chances ET Exists
Fast Company
BY Kit Eaton Today Amino acids have been found in remote space bodies before--including a carbon-rich meteor--and lend support to the idea that life on ...

APOD: 2010 December 11 - Meteor in the Desert Sky
Explanation: Created as planet Earth sweeps through dusty debris from mysterious , asteroid-like, 3200 Phaethon, the annual Geminid Meteor Shower should be ...

Lunar eclipse December 2010 blogTO (blog) And, unlike meteor showers and the northern lights, you don't need to leave the city to see it. So long as the sky is clear, the phenomenon will be widely ...