The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06AUG2012

Conditions are good to see meteor shower
TheNewsTribune.com
A crescent moon should not pose a problem to viewing the Perseid meteor shower next week. But as any Northwest astronomy buff will attest, clouds could be another issue. The meteor show is expected to peak the night of Aug. 12-13. The waning moon will ...

Perseid meteor shower on view this weekend
TheNewsTribune.com
RICHLAND, Wash. -- The Perseid meteor shower peaks during the night of Saturday, Aug. 11 in the summer's most popular display of "shooting stars." Under a dark sky, tens of meteors are visible each hour. During some years, I've counted more than 300 ...

Joshua Tree National Park prepares for peak of Perseid meteor shower
The Desert Sun
Hacienda Heights residents (from left) Will Su, 22, Kalvin Kwong, 21, Tiffany Fan, 21, Sharon Soong, 20, and Jane Woo, 20, arrived at Joshua Tree National Park in hopes of seeing a clear view of the Perseid meteor shower in 2008 in Joshua Tree ...

View the Perseids meteor shower from Beech Hill
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald (subscription)
Rockport — Coastal Mountains Land Trust invites stargazers of all ages to view the Perseids meteor shower from its Beech Hill Preserve on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Though the early morning hours may be best for sighting the most meteors...

Meteor shower peaks tonight, hampered by moon - Technology ...
An annual meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't expect too much, experts say.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-hampe...

Increasing Meteor Activity: NASA's All Sky Fireball Network detected ...
Last night, NASA's All Sky Fireball Network detected 17 Venus-bright meteors. The orbits of the meteoroids, color-coded by velocity, are shown in the diagram ...
www.sott.net/.../248823-Increasing-Meteor-Activity-NASA-s-...

Watch out for meteor showers this weekend - The Philippine Star ...
Residents of Mindanao can watch out for meteor showers this weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ...
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId...

ScienceCasts: Meteor Smoke Makes Strange Clouds // Current TV
A key ingredient of Earth's strangest clouds does not come from Earth. New data from NASA's ...
current.com/.../93861348_sciencecasts-meteor-smoke-makes-s...

August Perseid Meteor Shower Has Long Legacy, Bright Future ...
From Yahoo! News: Exactly 150 summers ago, stargazers were admiring a beautiful new comet. Discovered in mid-July 1862 by Americans Lewis Swift and ...
news.yahoo.com/august-perseid-meteor-shower-long-legacy-b...

Flagstaff History: Statehood meteor stirred things up in Holbrook
Arizona Daily Sun
From 1887: Copies of the revised Territorial Statutes have arrived. Of particular interest "Any person having or carrying concealed any dirk, dirk-knife, bowie knife, slingshot, brass-knuckles or pistol or any other weapon, within any city, village or ...

River of Stars – Perseids Meteor Shower Aug. 11 at Barren River
Bowling Green Daily News
Come out and make a shooting star craft at 4 p.m., enjoy dinner in the Driftwood Restaurant, and learn a little more about the Perseids meteor shower at the Literature and Lecture session at 6:30 p.m. After the lecture, you can be a Barren River Star ...

Time for the annual Perseid meteor shower
HeraldNet
The Geminid meteor shower in December is said to put on a slightly better show with more meteors or "shooting stars" per hour, but watching the Perseids is a lot more comfortable, and this year the peak of the shower is on a Saturday night. Even though ...

All-sky camera captures fireball over Melbourne -- Fire in the Sky ...
Meteor 2 Aug 2012, filmed from Melbourne, Australia....
www.sott.net/.../249170-All-sky-camera-captures-fireball-over...

Perseid meteor shower is going on now! But, will peak this week!
Mcalester News Capital
McALESTER — Stargazers and at home astronomers, Aug. 12, invite friends and leave the telescopes in the house for there will be more than enough “shooting stars” to wish upon able to be seen with the naked eye and Phillip Scott, Astronomy and Physics ...

Be Ready to Enjoy the Annual Perseid Meteor Shower
French Tribune
All those, who want to watch the upcoming Perseid meteor showers, can head towards the park, a park spokesman said on Friday. The peak activity of this annual Perseid meteor event will take place on Saturday Aug. 11 and thus the park rangers will start ...

New Mars rover to land in intriguing giant crater
Sacramento Bee
Gale Crater was gouged by a meteor impact more than 3 billion years ago. Over time, scientists believe sediments filled in the 96-mile-wide crater and winds sculpted the 3-mile-high mountain, called Mount Sharp. Mount Sharp's stack of rock layers can ...

Looking Up: Perseids meteor shower - the highlight of summer
Helena Daily World
Marking the height of summer year after year is the Perseids meteor shower, one of the strongest of displays. This year is highly favored, with only a crescent moon in the pre-dawn sky. Meteors can be seen any night of the year, and there are a great ...

The 2012 Perseid meteor shower | International Meteor Organization
The typical maximum of the Perseids falls into a period between 12h and 14h30m UT on 2012 August 12. Although the Moon is a waning crescent, three days ...
www.imo.net/node/1434

Meteor activity ticks up helps spawn extraterrestrial clouds on ...
Bright fireball meteor captured from Dayton Ohio on video camera by John Chumack on ... Meteoractivity's been picking up in recent days as we approach the ...
astrobob.areavoices.com/.../meteor-activity-ticks-up-helps-crea...

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks in August
GoLocalProv
The upcoming Perseid meteor shower of August is the most widely observed meteorshower of the year. This ranking is because families are spending more time outdoors during the summer season, enjoying cookouts, camping, or any other assortment of ...

Perseid Meteor Shower: Joshua Tree National Park to Re-Open Campground
Patch.com
Joshua Tree National Park rangers plan to re-open Ryan Campground for the nights of Aug. 10 to Aug. 12 to make room for people who want to watch the upcoming Perseid meteor showers, a park spokesman said Friday. The annual Perseid meteor event is ...

Perseids Meteor Shower to Display Up to 50 Meteors Per Hour Next Week
Latinos Post
According to Brevard Times, the Perseids meteor shower will be viewable all over the world, but to see Perseids also depends on the moon. A full moon will disturb the aurora of the meteors, making it difficult to see. The best hours to view the meteor ...

Perseid meteor shower set to put on a great show
Astronomy Magazine
If you ask most skygazers to name their favorite meteor shower, the odds are good that “Perseid” will be the first word out of their mouths. This annual shower seemingly has it all: It offers a consistently high rate of meteors year after year; it ...

Joshua Tree National Park to reopen campground for meteor shower
Valley News
JOSHUA TREE - Joshua Tree National Park will reopen its Ryan Campground next weekend to open up more spots during the Perseid meteor shower, a park spokesman said today. The 31-site campground, which is usually closed in summer when there are ...

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Spain Superbolide Meteor 13JUL2012

SPMN  (Spain Meteor Network) Captures Madrid, Spain Superbolide 13JUL2012

SUPERBÓLIDO MADRID, SPAIN JULY 13, 2012
REGISTERED THE BRIGHTEST FROM EIGHT SEASONS OF THE SPANISH METEOR RESEARCH NETWORK
More than a decade of continuous monitoring of the sky over the Iberian Peninsula being made ​​by researchers from the Spanish Network for Research on Fireball (NWHS) has been awarded the brightest meteor record ever recorded from Spain. On July 13, 2012 at 0h 04m 51.4 s TUC (2h04m51.4s local time GMT) saw the emergence of a huge fireball that lit several regions to fragment at an altitude of 40 km. At that moment, which occurred at exactly 2h04m55.2s local time, its luminosity was really impressive, becoming similar to the Sun in its output, ie an apparent magnitude around -20. This spectacular phenomenon was produced by the entry into Earth's atmosphere at a speed of about 90,000 km / hour on a rock hurtling through interplanetary medium. Such rocks when its diameter is less than 10 meters are called meteoroids. ...
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Madrid, Spain Superbolide 13JUL2012
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05AUG2012

Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks August 11, 2012
Brevard Times
The summer's best meteor shower will peak next weekend on August 11 and 12, 2012. Even though the nights leading up to the Perseids meteor shower peak will be hampered by a waning full moon, they will still be easily seen by people on Earth.

View meteor shower from Schaumburg nature center
Chicago Daily Herald
The district is inviting the public to a free Perseid Meteor Party from 9 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, at Spring Valley Nature Center, 1111 E. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg. Experts recommend all who try to view the meteor shower to get as far from ...

Perseid Meteor shows planned
Chronicle Times
At the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, over 60 meteors per hour can be seen streaking across the night sky. The very best time to view the phenomenon is in the early morning. The Cherokee Sanford Museum and the O'Brien County Conservation Board ...

Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight, Hampered by Moon - AccuWeather
The Delta Aquarids will share the sky much of Saturday night with a nearly full moon.
www.accuweather.com/en/outdoor-articles/...peaks.../68589

2012 Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower 29 July - YouTube
15 min
Delta Aquarid meteors audio entering atmosphere and photos from NASA's All Sky Fireball ...
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Persied Meteor Shower 2012 Origins and Future | Spacecom
The annual Perseid meteor shower lights up the night sky of Earth each August, but there's a long history behind the shooting star display.
www.space.com/16915-perseid-meteor-shower-2012-history.h...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04AUG2012

The Fractured Features of Ladon Basin
SPACE.com Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:41 AM PDT
Interconnected craters Sigli and Shambe, believed to have formed when a large meteorite fragmented in to two pieces just before impact. ...

ScienceCasts: Meteor Smoke Makes Strange ...
4 min
Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. A key ingredient of Earth's strangest clouds does not ...
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Possible Valuable Meteorite Falls To Earth In St. Clair
KPLR 11 St. Louis Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:17 PM PDT
ST. CLAIR, MO. (KPLR) â Folks in St. Clair, Missouri are hunting for something that fell from outer space and...

Tin Mountain hosts nature program on Perseid meteor shower Aug. 12
Conway Daily Sun
JACKSON — Join Matt Krugg, teacher, naturalist, storyteller and constellation buff at the Tin Mountain Conservation Center Nature Program, "Perseid Meteor Shower" on Sunday, Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. at the Jackson Field Station. The Perseid shower is spawned ...

Coming soon to a sky near you
Brownwood Bulletin (blog)
Anyone can enjoy a meteor shower since it does not require specialized equipment (unless you call a lawn chair specialized), nor does it require any special knowledge of the night sky. This month's popular meteor display is called the Perseid meteor ...

Sky Watch: Agust's Perseid meteor shower
Newsday
Stand outside during any meteor shower and you'll see meteors (also called falling or shooting stars) all over the sky, but if you trace their paths backwards, you'll discover that they all appear to come from one specific location in the sky. This is ...

Looking Up: Perseids meteor shower - the highlight of summer
Norwich Bulletin
It's a highlight of the year among night sky gazers. Marking the height of summer year after year is the Perseids meteor shower, one of the strongest of displays. This year is highly favored, with only a crescent moon in the pre-dawn sky. Meteors can ...

Possible Valuable Meteorite Falls To Earth In St ...
ST. CLAIR, MO. (KTVI) - Folks in St. Clair, Missouri are hunting for something that fell from outer ...
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Backyard Astronomer: Dancing planet with fireworks?
Sierra Vista Herald
Like the 10-day planet dance, the Perseid meteor shower is known to produce many shooting stars for many days before and after it's peak. Many of the members of the Perseid meteor shower are fast and bright, with some even leaving persistent glowing ..

Time for weekend shower — of meteors - Technology & science ...
The annual Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't get their hopes up for a dazzling show, experts say.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../time-your-weekend-shower-meteors/

Lynch: Perseid meteor shower calls for weekend campout
Times Record News
The annual Perseid meteor shower is one of the celestial "Old Faithfuls," showing up every August in our Wichita Falls skies. It's one of the two best annual meteor showers that we have, and this year moonlight won't get in the way like it did last ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03AUG2012 - blog*spot
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
The Perseids Meteor Shower has been a favorite for star gazers around the globe for over 20 centuries now. From a historical point of view, the Catholic religion is a great follower of this particularmeteor shower, due mainly to the timing.
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Meteor shower on its way
Grant Tribune Sentinel
I am often asked how big are the meteors, and the questioners are astonished when I tell them an average meteor is no bigger than a grain of sand, but a grain of sand traveling at 60000 miles per hour can make a nice flash of light. Perseus, the ...

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Florida Meteor 02AUG2012

Florida Meteor ~6:10 pm EDT 02AUG2012


02AUG2012 MICKEY GORDON NAPLES,FL USA 620 1 sec N-S BRIGHT WHITE YELLOW EDGE Brighter than moon. No Seemed very close

02AUG2012 Courtney Tampa, Fl 0714 EDT Approx. approx. 5-10 sec. W - E bright, tear drop, with trailing particles same sun yes approx. 40 deg

02AUG2012 James Inez Tampa, Florida 6:08:00 3 seconds N-S Green no sound Venus No, but has long green tail It's a green fireball with a long tail

02AUG2012 Linda gaithet St Pete each, fl 6:15:00 5 sec Facing south, walking on beach Huge Bright white ball withrail As dull sun (like on overcast day) No Disappear

02AUG2012 Steve Clearwater, Fl 614 2-3 seconds 0614 / E-W / facing south No sound, blue with white trail moon brightness maybe in trail Seemed large in sky. Traveling at about a 45 degree angle.

02AUG2012 Janet Stephenson Tampa, FL USA 06:13:00 EST Perhaps only 2 to 3 seconds? Facing South, Direction of travel West to East (left to right) Initial view was a stream of white light, then changed to and orange/red ball and then bright white streak as it faded away.  It appeared at about a 45 degree angle downward Trail was bright as moon and fireball was bright red/orange. It appeared to have a bit of an explosion quality to it but did not see "fragments". Sky was clear and dark.

02AUG2012 Brent Palm Beach gardens, FL, USA 6:10:00 3 sec Travelled straight down toward ground. I was facing southwest Bright white w/red tail, no sound Very bright, like a firework, only bigger and falling downward No fragments If only our eyes had a camera app

02AUG2012 Linda Rogers Bradenton, FL, USA 06:10 AM EST 3 sec W;E white, red, yellow large sparkling ball with long sparkling tail, seemed very close sun/moon ball and tail were sparking came curving down like a giant falling star. Saw it until it went below the trees in horizon not too far away



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Breaking Meteor News: Sao Paulo, Brasil Bolide? 29JUL2012

Breaking Meteor News: Sao Paulo, Brasil Bolide? 29JUL2012

Object dropped from the sky would cause 'an accident' Alleged plane crash would, in fact, a meteorite, Campinas sighting records
by IVAN GOMES / KAREN TIMPONE / MARI GIRO
A fireball, fireball, or would have been the cause of the incident that mobilized rescue teams and the regional press on Monday afternoon in the neighborhood of Tapera Grande. ...
http://www.redebomdia.com.br/noticia/detalhe/29219/Objeto+caido+do+ceu+seria+causa+de+'acidente'

'Expedition' looks for signs of meteorite Itatiba
After reporting in Campinas, an astronomer sees signs of the fall of cosmic material in the burned area of 300 meters in diameter. ...
http://correio.rac.com.br/correio-popular/noticias--correio-popular/124079/2012/07/31/expedicao-busca-sinais-de-meteorito-em-itatiba.html

Search Campinas track object that had fallen from the sky
Early Sunday morning, couple spotted white light shaped comet falls toward the Etec
The Municipal Observatory astronomer Jean Nicolini, the District of Joaquim Egidio, Julio Lobo is in search of evidence that may explain the alleged fall of an object from the sky in the Park area Taquaral in Campinas, in the early hours of last Sunday (29) . ...
http://www.rac.com.br/noticias/campinas-e-rmc/138891/2012/07/30/campinas-busca-pista-de-objeto-que-teria-caido-do-ceu.html

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Important note:  Meteors/Meteorites DO NOT cause fires.  They are cold to only warm when they land UNLESS they are big enough to create an impact crater and kinetic energy is released.
It was most likely an electrical fire from power lines and a power surge or transformer failure.


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From Campos to Mars - students preparing for the landing of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity

From Campos to Mars - students preparing for the landing of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity

Posted on YouTube by  UmPasseiopeloCeu 2012/07/31 55 views
From Campos to Mars; young people will watch the landing of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity on the red planet.
De Campos para Marte; jovens vão assistir sonda descer no planeta vermelho
Reportagem produzida pela INTERTV - Report produced by INTERTV

Brazilian students come fall of the U.S. probe on Mars
They expect the probe to explore a crater named after the city where they live: Campos dos Goytacazes.

Estudantes brasileiros acompanham dos EUA descida de sonda em Marte
Eles esperam que essa sonda explore uma cratera que leva o nome da cidade onde moram: Campos dos Goytacazes.

Three Brazilian students to the United States will follow the descent of a spacecraft on Mars. They are the Federal Fluminense Instituto de Campos, in the northern state of Rio and will attend a conference. ...

Três estudantes brasileiros vão para os Estados Unidos acompanhar a descida de uma sonda espacial em Marte. Eles são do Instituto Federal Fluminense de Campos, no norte do estado do Rio e vão participar de uma conferência. ...

http://g1.globo.com/globo-news/noticia/2012/08/estudantes-brasileiros-acompanham-dos-eua-descida-de-sonda-em-marte.html

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03AUG2012

Meteor | WOODTV.com Blogs
We've now had a handful of calls and emails about a meteor that occurred this evening around 9:40 PM. If you saw it, leave a comment and let us know what ...
blogs.woodtv.com/2012/08/01/meteor/

2012 Perseids Meteor Shower Next Week
SurfKY News
The Perseids Meteor Shower has been a favorite for star gazers around the globe for over 20 centuries now. From a historical point of view, the Catholic religion is a great follower of this particularmeteor shower, due mainly to the timing. The early ...

Perseids meteor shower watch to take place Aug. 11
WatertownDailyTimes.com
The Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York, 154 Stone St., will host its annual Perseid meteor watch at 9 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Perch River Air Monitoring Station, Vaadi Road. The Perseid meteor shower is so named because it appears to fall from a point in ...

Dickson Mounds program to include meteor shower
Canton Daily Ledger
Dickson Mounds Museum and the University of Illinois at Springfield's Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon (TFSE) will present a two-part program, "Meteor Showers--Bringing Visitors from Outer Space," as the Second Sunday Science Lecture Series topic ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02AUG2012 - blog*spot
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Although the Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 12, there should be great viewing on the nights leading up to this date. Event activities run from 8 to 11 p.m., Saturday, August 11. Overnight campers must arrive between 5 and 8 p.m. ...
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Peru Meteorite & Cat Mutilations Discussed ...
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Star parties set for Perseid meteor shower
Herald and News
Star parties set for Perseid meteor shower 0 comments. The Klamath County Museum will host star parties Saturday, Aug. 11 at three locations for this year's occurrence of the Perseid meteor shower, according to a news release. Amateur astronomers will ...

Bethel(Nancy)
Bethel Citizen
The Perseid Meteor Showers will be at their peak on the nights of Aug. 10/11 and Aug. 11/12. These are some of the most awesome meteor showers of the year. They are called Perseids because they appear to come from the constellation Perseus. However ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02AUG2012

Meteorite's left-handed molecules a blow to ET search
New Scientist Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:39 AM PDT
The handedness of molecules might not be a strong sign of life after all, complicating the hunt for extraterrestrials

How to Catch the Upcoming Meteor Showers - SKYE on AOL
The first two weeks of August will bring six active displays.
weather.aol.com/.../how-to-catch-the-upcoming-meteor-showe...

Meteor passing under satelites, page 1
Why cant I find a bit of information about the meteor passing under the satelites on earth ...
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread865849/pg1

Meteorite's left-handed molecules a blow to ET search
New Scientist
... for an excess of left-handed molecules as an indicator of life. But a new study found thatmeteorites collected from Canada's Tagish Lake also have a excesses of left-handed aspartic and glutamic acids, two amino acids that are common in ...

Meteors shower on park
Aldergrove Star
Although the Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 12, there should be great viewing on the nights leading up to this date. Event activities run from 8 to 11 p.m., Saturday, August 11. Overnight campers must arrive between 5 and 8 p.m. to set up camp.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01AUG2012

Vietnam's murky meteorite market
GlobalPost Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:01 AM PDT
A meteor streaks across the sky against a field of stars during ameteorite shower early August 13, 2010 in Spain. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) How do you sell a tiny lump of tar for $32 million?

Vietnam police busts gang selling fake meteorite chunks
Thanh Nien Daily Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:09 PM PDT
Ho Chi Minh City police are investigating a gang who conned people into buying fake meteorites in an elaborate scheme.

How Much Water is Inside Mars?
-- The interior of Mars appears to be as wet as the interior of Earth.
FULL ARTICLE at:
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/July12/water-inside-Mars.html

Stargazers in for a treat with Perseids meteor shower this August –PAGASA
GMA News
Weather conditions permitting, the famous Perseids meteor shower and various constellations will be among the treats awaiting stargazers this August, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

Meteor shower!
Utica Observer Dispatch (blog)
Unfortunately, there are clouds and showers about! So, I'll tell you about it, but I doubt even a savvy spotter will see anything :(. It's called the Delta Aquarids, averages about 10 per hour (one every 6 minutes), and eminates out of the southern sky ...

“During the Latter Half of the Year, We are on the Trailing Side of Earth ...
French Tribune
For all those meteor enthusiasts and summer campers who literally wait for the annual Perseid Meteor Shower day that every year comes in mid-August, it's the time to pack their bags and get set ready for the same. In Northern Hemisphere, the latter ...

Did K-T extinction event meteor puncture a hole in crust at Chicxulub?
Did K-T extinction event meteor puncture a hole in crust at Chicxulub? Earth discussion.
www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=622333

Watch for big meteor show Tuesday morning - Video ...
Video on NBCNews.com: Aug. 11: Turn to the pre-dawn skies to witness the light show of the ...
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Perseid Meteor Shower Peak on Aug 12 - and should be decent for ...
I just looked into summer meteor showers and discovered that the peak of the Perseid meteorshower is on Aug 12. It has a broad peak in terms of timing, so it ...
www.chesmontastro.org/node/8561

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19JUL2012
Australia Reported Meteor Over Ocean NOT! - Aircraft Contrail (w/photo sequence) 30JUN2012 This event gathered much attention in the Australian press and .
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../the-latest-worldwide-m...

Fraser Valley residents welcomed to camp out under meteor shower skies
The Province
Overnight camping will be permitted next week to celebrate the night sky at a remote Metro Vancouver park in the Fraser Valley. “This is about getting back to old-fashioned entertainment and watching the stars,” said regional park coordinator Jill ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31JUL2012

Meteorite on display in Tate Britain
The Oxford Times
A METEORITE which fell in a north Oxfordshire village 180 years ago has gone on display in London. The cricket-ball sized rock is on display at Tate Britain and is part of an exhibition by the Oxford artist and filmmaker Patrick Keiller. According to ...

Vietnam's murky meteorite market
GlobalPost (blog)
How do you sell a tiny lump of tar for $32 million? Apparently you just tell buyers it's a meteoriteblessed with space magic. Vietnamese outlet Thanh Nien is reporting an elaborate scam in Ho Chi Minh City that nearly lured an (apparently quite rich ...

Forecasting a memorable Lawnchair shower
Nashua Telegraph
Between midnight and sunrise on these mornings, chances for an exceptional Perseid MeteorShower are possible. Meteors associated with this shower can be seen through late July and mid-August. As many as 60 per hour on average and as many as 170 ...

KIWA-AM 1550 | KIWA-FM 105.3 » Perseid Meteor Shower Party
At the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, over 60 meteors per hour can be seen streaking across the night sky. The very best time to view the phenomenon is in ...
www.kiwaradio.com/community.../perseid-meteor-shower-par...

Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower tonight in Philadelphia skies
iradiophilly.com
Just like most annual meteor showers, the Delta Aquarids occur when the Earth's solar orbit crosses through the debris path left by comets on their way around the sun. Scientists believe this path was left by comet 96P/Machholz, discovered in 1986 by ...


Tagish Lake Meteorite Does Not Solve the Homochirality Problem
Discovery Institute
Scientists from the Goddard Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory believe their recent studies on a Tagish Lake (British Columbia) meteorite sample may provide an answer to this question. (See here for the press release. The research paper is still in press).

Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower Alert: 10 Things Stargazers Should Know
International Business Times AU
There are many meteor showers marked in the astronomical calendar each year. This end-July shower is called the Delta Aquarid because the meteors appear to be packed from the 'delta' star of the constellation Aquarius. 9. This shower favors those in ...

Increasing Meteor Activity - YouTube
2 min
Last night, NASA's All Sky Fireball Network detected 17 Venus-bright meteors... WEBSITE ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30JUL2012

Starwatch: the August night sky
The Guardian
As so often happens, though, August's highlight is the Perseids meteor shower which is already under way, albeit at a low level, and builds to a peak on the 12th before petering out by the 24th. Its bright swift meteors, some leaving glowing trains in ...

Don't Miss the Meteor Shower Next Two Nights and in August ...
By sheilaaliens
The annual Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on the night of July 28 to 29, 2012. Watch for meteors radiating from the southeast after midnight (though, the moon is sorta trollin' in a bright way). Expect to see up to 20 small, yellowish ...
sheilaaliens.net

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29JUL2012

SciTechTalk: 1908. Target: Earth
Online Journal
Most people are aware of the Barrington Crater, commonly known as just the Meteor Crater, in the desert of northern Arizona. Generally considered the best-preserved crater on Earth, it was formed about 50000 years ago when a nickel-iron meteorite ...

Delta
The Epoch Times
The Delta Aquarids are expected to be at their best from July 28 to 29, although the waxing moon may dampen the light show. Typically, about 15 to 20 meteors per hour can be seen at the maximum hourly rate. The best time to watch is an hour or two ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21JUL2012
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near four no matter your location. For morning observers the estimated total hourly .
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../the-latest-worldwide-m...

Meteor Train
I was amazed to see my first persistent noctilucent Meteor Train which lasted over an hour! Although small and far awy, the meteor suddenly erupted into brilliant ...
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On Astronomy: Meteors are stars of August skies
Broomfield Enterprise
11, the Perseid meteor shower will peak. As evening twilight ends, you will see a few meteorstreaks across the sky. The shower really gets started after 11 p.m., when the radiant point, that imaginary point in the sky where the meteors all seem to be ...

Streaking UFO Fireballs Explode over Russia (Video)
Gather.com
The video, designated as a UFO sighting by the channel owner, includes the rarest of moments, when an apparent meteor becomes a meteorite by actually striking the Earth. Two amazed Russians, in the right place, at the right time and armed with a good ...

Oman to witness celestial fireworks tomorrow
Muscat Daily
Meteor showers will bathe the country in the wee hours of Monday giving a perfect opportunity to those who wake up for suhoor to make a trip to a faraway observation point and witness the spectacle. Although this annual celestial extravaganza peaked ...

Giant Fireballs Strike Russia July 2012 (video) Real event???
YouTube posted by danielofdoriaa 2012/07/28 20,271 views
Video MAY be faked or of space trash re-entry???

Increasing Meteor Activity Fire in the Sky Sottnet
Last night, NASA's All Sky Fireball Network detected 17 Venus-bright meteors. The orbits of the meteoroids, color-coded by velocity, are shown in the ...
www.sott.net/articles/show/248823-Increasing-Meteor-Activity

Meteor shower peaks tonight hampered by moon Technology & science ...
An annual meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't expect too much, experts say.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/technology_and_science-space/

Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight, Hampered by Moon
Space.com
An annual meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't expect too much, experts say. The Delta Aquarid shower should reach its zenith overnight from Saturday to Sunday (July 28 and 29). Unfortunately, many streaking meteors will likely...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28JUL2012

Star-gazers treated to meteor showers
WRAL.com (blog)
As Earth makes its way around the sun, it encounters a number of comets each year, passing through debris in the comet tails. Those sand-sized particles enter the Earth's atmosphere, creating a fiery trail over 50 miles up, creating a meteor shower.

Astroblog: Southern Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower, 28-29 July, 2012
By Ian Musgrave
Location of the radiant of the Southern Delta meteor shower. Left; location of radiant at 10:00 pm ACST on 28 July. Right; location of radiant at 3:00 am ACST 29 July (it is almost due north at this time), similar views will be seen a similar local ...
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Delta Aquarid meteor shower fires up for the weekend | Astro Bob
Meteors from southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower radiate from near the star Delta Aquarii (hence the name) not far from the bright star Fomalhaut in the ...
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This Week: Two Meteor Showers | Farmers' Almanac
Sunday night will see peak activity for not just one, but two meteor showers.
www.farmersalmanac.com/.../this-week-two-meteor-showers/

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Meteorite Zombies--Take this with a grain of salt!!!

Village meteorite at Tate Britain
BBC Oxford Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:17 AM PDT
A meteorite that fell to earth in an Oxfordshire village in 1830 is being displayed at Tate Britain.

Summer Streakers How to Catch the Upcoming Meteor Showers | Spacecom
The late summer will feature a number of notable meteor showers to delight skywatchers. Here's how to view them.
www.space.com/16805-summer-meteor-showers-viewing-tips....

Watch out for meteor showers this weekend
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - Residents of Mindanao can watch out for meteor showers this weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said yesterday. “The Southern Delta Aquarids meteor shower will be ...

Launton meteorite at Tate Britain
BBC News
A meteorite that fell to earth in an Oxfordshire village in 1830 is being displayed at Tate Britain. The cricket-ball sized rock is part of an exhibition by the Oxford-based artist and filmmaker Patrick Keiller. His installation called The Robinson ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27JUL2012

25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater discovered in Arctic
CTV News
SASKATOON -- Canadian researchers say they've discovered a 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in the western Arctic while they were updating maps. University of Saskatchewan professor Brian Pratt and Keith Dewing of the Geological Survey of Canada ...

'Military missile' or meteorite? Mysterious Fireball spotted over ...
Many Xiamen residents reported seeing an unidentified flying object flying through the sky at high speed on Tuesday evening, according to Wednesday's ...
www.sott.net/.../248744-Military-missile-or-meteorite-Mysteri...

Tagish Lake Meteorites Reveals Secrets Of The Early Solar System
redOrbit Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:13 PM PDT
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New clues have been unveiled that shed light on why living things use only molecules with specific orientations. Research analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada is providing strong evidence that liquid water inside an asteroid leads to a preference of left-handed over right-handed forms of common protein amino acids ...

Meteorite crater discovered
Fort Frances Times Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:54 AM PDT
SASKATOONâCanadian researchers say theyâve discovered a 25-km-wide meteorite crater in the western Arctic. University of Saskatchewan professor Brian Pratt and Keith Dewing, of the Geological Survey of Canada, made the discovery while exploring Victoria Island in a helicopter two years ago.

Meteorite crater discovered in Arctic
The Chronicle Herald Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:26 AM PDT
Keith Dewing, of the Geological Survey of Canada, stands on a met eorite craterâs edge on the northwest of Victoria Island, in Northwest Territories in July 2010, after researchers discovered evidence of the crater from helicopter.

Meteorite may explain life's 'left-handedness'
TG Daily Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:53 AM PDT
The predominance of 'lefthandedness' amongst amino acids inmeteorites isn't, after all, an indication of biological activity, say scientists. read more

Enormous prehistoric meteorite crater found in Arctic
Hamilton Spectator Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:39 PM PDT
Canadian researchers say they discovered a 25-kilometre-widemeteorite crater in the western Arctic while they were updating maps.

Meet the Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
National Geographic
Like most meteor showers, the Delta Aquarids are caused by Earth slamming into clouds of sand-grain-sized particles shed by an orbiting comet. Countless number of particles are deposited along the entire path of the comet, forming clumps and streams...

Meteor 120724 2321 - YouTube
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A bright meteor was observed off to the SW of Calgary, Alberta on July 24 at approx 11:21 pm ...
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Perseids Meteor Shower: Watching the Stars in Eilat
Arutz Sheva
In Eilat, astronomer Eitan Schwartz decided to cut his normal fees in half, and did the same with the family price in order to make sure that anyone could have the opportunity to enjoy the upcoming Perseids meteor shower. "It's something no one should ...

Norwegian astronomer starts a meteor shower
The Foreigner
Norwegian astronomer starts a meteor shower. One of Norway's most famous astronomers left a trail of fears and 'oh dears' in the wake of March's meteorite fall. The fireball, which caused meteorites to be spread over southern Norway and Sweden ...

This Year, Actually See a Meteor During August Shower
Patch.com
Are you someone who always means to watch the Perseid meteor shower, but forgets? Or maybe you sit on your deck for awhile, but never seem to see one? Change your luck this year at Cleveland Metroparks Perseid Meteor Watch from 10:30 to midnight ...

Meteorite crater discovered in Arctic
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Average: 4.8 (4 votes). Keith Dewing, of the Geological Survey of Canada, stands on a meteorite crater's edge on the northwest of Victoria Island, in Northwest Territories in July 2010, after researchers discovered evidence of the crater from ...

Sparks fly over 'missing' meteorite
Views and News from Norway
The Natural History Museum in Oslo put out a call this week for what its officials feared was a missing meteorite that hadn't been seen since its publicized landing in the Norwegian capital earlier this year. The museum's mystery was quickly solved ...

Meteorite may explain life's 'left-handedness'
TG Daily
"Our analysis of the amino acids in meteorite fragments from Tagish Lake gave us one possible explanation for why all known life uses only left-handed versions of amino acids to build proteins," says Dr Daniel Glavin of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Look for shooting stars
Methow Valley News
For stargazers August is the month of shooting stars. On the night of Aug. 11 and early morning of the 12th, the Old Faithful of meteor showers, the Perseids, will reach their peak. For a few nights before and after plenty of action will be visible but ...

Researchers discover 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in western Arctic
Guelph Mercury Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:12 PM PDT
Canadian researchers say theyâve discovered a 25-kilometre-widemeteorite crater in the western Arctic while they were updating maps.

NASA And University Researchers Find A Clue To How Life Turned Left
PR Newswire Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:25 PM PDT
GREENBELT, Md., July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada have developed an explanation for the origin of life's handedness â why living things only use molecules with specific orientations. The work also...

Canadian researchers discover 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in western Arctic
Vancouver Province Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT
SASKATOON - Canadian researchers say they've discovered a 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in the western Arctic.

Meteorite crater 25 km wide discovered in Arctic
Toronto Star Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:53 AM PDT
Canadian researchers say the crater is at least 130 million years old and could be as old as 350 million years.

How life turned left: Meteorite fragments help explain why living things only use molecules with specific orientations
Science Daily Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT
Researchers analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada have developed an explanation for the origin of life's handedness -- why living things only use molecules with specific orientations. The work also gave the strongest evidence to date that liquid water inside an asteroid leads to a strong preference of left-handed over right-handed forms of some common protein amino ...

25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater found in Canadian Arctic
Hamilton Spectator Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:19 AM PDT
Up to 350 million years old

Researchers find a clue to how life turned left
PhysOrg Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT
Researchers analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada have developed an explanation for the origin of life's handedness â why living things only use molecules with specific orientations. The work also gave the strongest evidence to date that liquid water inside an asteroid leads to a strong preference of left-handed over right-handed forms of some common protein amino ...

Meteorite crater 25 km wide discovered in Arctic
Toronto Star
Brian Pratt/THE CANADIAN PRESS Keith Dewing of the Geological Survey of Canada, on a meteorite crater's edge on the northwest of Victoria Island, in Northwest Territories in July 2010. The Canadian Press. SASKATOON—Canadian researchers say ...

Meteor crater named after Prince Albert
650 CKOM News Talk Radio
Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) have discovered a massive meteor impact from millions of years ago in Canada's western Arctic. Located on the northwestern part of Victoria Island, the impact crater, ...

Meteorite Offers Clues as to Why Life Prefers Left-Handed Amino Acids
Ecology Global Network
Researchers analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada have developed an explanation for the origin of life's handedness – why living things only use molecules with specific orientations. The work also gave the strongest ...

25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater found in Canadian Arctic
Hamilton Spectator
SASKATOON - Canadian researchers say they've discovered a 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in the western Arctic. University of Saskatchewan professor Brian Platt and Keith Dewling of the Geological Survey of Canada made the discovery while ...

Kitt Peak hosts METEOR MANIA!
Copper Basin News
This year Mother Nature is putting on a spectacular fireworks show! Travel far away from those annoying city lights to view a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak, YOUR National Observatory! Festivities begin late and ...

Saskatchewan researchers find meteor crater in Arctic Saskatchewan ...
Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan along with the Geological Survey of Canada have discovered the country's 30th meteor impact crater — a ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.../story/.../sk-meteor-crater.html

Geminid meteor shower peaks on night of December 13, 2012 ...
The peak night of the 2012 Geminid meteor shower is from late evening December 13 until dawn December 14. The most meteors will probably fall around 2 ...
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Did K-T extinction event meteor puncture a hole in crust at Chicxulub?
Did the meteor or comet that struck Earth at the end of the Cretaceous punch a whole in the crust down to the mantle? If so, why isn't that part of the crust weak ...
www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4008370

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New Clues To The Early Solar System From Ancient Meteorites
Space Daily
In order to understand Earth's earliest history - its formation from solar system material into the present-day layering of metal core and mantle, and crust - scientists look to meteorites. New research from a team including Carnegie's Doug Rumble and ...

With Public Help, Meteorite's Secrets Studied ...
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UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin asks the public for help in gathering pieces of a rare ...
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Scientists turn to meteorites to discover how the Earth was formed out of the ...
Daily Mail (blog)
Examination of the samples determined that the highly siderophile elements present in the diogenite meteorites were present during formation of the rocks, which could only occur if late addition or 'accretion' of these elements after core formation had ...

Meteor to light up sky
Erwin Record
The Delta Aquarids are usually a steadily rambling meteor shower without a very definite peak from July 18 to Aug. 18. During the nights of July 28th and 29th however, the waxing gibbous moon will set after midnight leaving the hours between moonset ...

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Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend | Spacecom
The annual Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't get their hopes up for a dazzling show, experts say.
www.space.com/16719-delta-aquarid-meteor-shower-preview....

Meteor: Amateurs Vs Scientists
Deccan Herald
The amateur scientists who stole the attention of the media after identifying a rock at Jogipura in Channarayapatna taluk as meteor could not answer to the posers of the scientists in Hassan on Monday. Participating in an interaction held at the press ...

Ancient astronomical observatory unearthed in Georgia
Examiner.com
Today the Taurid meteor shower peaks on the night of November 5th. Yet 1000 years ago, due to a phenomena called precession of the equinoxes brought about by the slight wobble in the Earth's rotation, this meteor shower would have peaked 14 days ...

Watch WNC Skies This Summer
WHKP
Another weekend to add to the sightseeing calendar is July 28 and 29, as the annual Southern Delta Aquarids meteor showers will come into their peak view. Each year in August, Earth passes into the debris trail left behind by comets. Some of the debris ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23JUL2012

Stars to Shine in Heavenly Show
Patch.com
Summertime and shooting stars go together. Earth spins us into prime seating for spectacular night shows of meteor showers, according to a Wildomar resident who belongs to an astronomers' group. This year, according to ...

Alan Rubin hosts a tour of UCLA's Meteorite ...
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Alan Rubin hosts a tour of UCLA's Meteorite Gallery. uclaplanets. Subscribe Subscribed ...
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New clues to the early Solar System from ancient meteorites
Science Daily Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:29 AM PDT
In order to understand Earth's earliest history -- its formation from Solar System material into the present-day layering of metal core and mantle, and crust -- scientists look to meteorites. New research focuses on one particularly old type of meteorite called diogenites. These samples were examined using an array of techniques, including precise analysis of certain elements for important clues ...

New clues to the early Solar System from ancient meteorites
Phys.Org
Diogenites are a kind of meteorite that may have come from the asteroid Vesta, or a similar body. They represent some of the Solar System's oldest existing examples of heat-related chemical processing. What's more, Vesta or their other parent bodies ...

Pebbles bearing inscriptions of Holy Quran verses on display in Tehran
Tehran Times
Entitled “The Heavenly Meteor”, the collection has been created by Iranian artist Hossein Pur-Razavi, the organizers of the exhibit announced in a press release on Sunday. The collection contains 16 pebbles, which have been showcased in the Visual Arts ...


The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23JUL2012
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Meteorites Hold Secrets Of Earth's Formation
RedOrbit
Those meteorites are known as diogenites, and researchers from the Carnegie Institution, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the University of Maryland studied nine samples (seven from Antarctica and two from the African desert). Diogenites ...

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Meteor Activity Outlook for July 14-20, 2012 | American Meteor Society
This will be the best time of the month to try and view meteor activity as the bright moon will spoil the showers that peak near months end. This weekend the ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-july-14-2...

North Georgia joins the NASA All Sky Fireball Network
(July 16, 2012) – North Georgia College & State University has joined NASA's All Sky FireballNetwork—a collection of seven specialized cameras from sites ...
www.northgeorgia.edu/.../North_Georgia_joins_the_NASA_A...

When a young artist meets an ancient meteorite
The Guardian
A large (120kg) iron meteorite, 4.5bn years old, and found buried in Argentina, 12 feet below the earth in the Formosa province in the strewn field that is known as Campo del Cielo, or Field of the Sky. Although known to natives, the cratered field was ...

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