Meteor/Meteorite News 23APR2010

The Lyrid meteor shower: contrary to popular belief, it's not over!

Examiner.com
The Lyrid meteor shower is not finished! While last night/this morning, the shower's traditional peak, was a cloud-out bust around Cleveland, ...

How to See the Best Meteor Showers of 2010: Tools, Tips and 'Save ...

By Mark King
(PhysOrg.com) -- There are seven major meteor showers remaining in 2010 (the Quadrantids occurred in early January 2010), with some more active than others. For example, April's Lyrids are expected to produce about 15 meteors an hour at ...

Austin American-Statesman

Meteorite fragments attract hordes to Wisconsin farms

Austin American-Statesman
Rob Wesel of Portland, Ore., holds the largest meteorite piece found recently on Wisconsin farmland — 219 grams. By Meg Jones LINDEN, Wis. ...

National Geographic

Space Photos This Week: Star Lagoon, Iceland Ash, More

National Geographic
A webcam on the roof of a University of Wisconsin-Madison building caught the final moments of a meteor that created a bright fireball over Wisconsin on ...



Meteorite mania: 'They're going to tell their grandchildren about this'
Wisconsin State Journal Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:41 AM PDT
The meteorite fragments that fell in southwestern Wisconsin April 14 have brought meteorite hunters to the area and provided a science lesson from the heavens for local students.

Boy Becomes Rockstar after Finding Meteorite During Recess WSAW Wausau Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:52 AM PDT Pieces of last week's meteorite continue to draw oohs and ahhs. One student at Iowa Grant Elementary school became a rockstar when he found a fragment during recess.

Searchers traipse through farm fields in search of meteorite fragments Norwalk Reflector Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:26 AM PDT LINDEN, Wis. â Billions of years before April 14, two asteroids collided somewhere in outer space, sending a rock on a path that ultimately led to Kevin Wasleyâs farm field.

Howard man finds potentially valuable meteorite The Oshkosh Northwestern Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:21 AM PDT A Howard family may have discovered a meteorite from last weeks fireball that could be worth thousands.

Meteorite 'gold rush' follows fireball's descent Portland Press Herald Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:15 PM PDT Southwestern Wisconsin becomes the center of the universe for collectors hoping to find a piece of history.

Lyrid Meteor Shower 2010 GreenMuze Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:06 PM PDT The annual Lyrid Meteor Shower , one of the oldest meteorite showers on record, is set to peak on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22nd, 2010. The Lyrid Meteor Shower is produced when the Earth passes through the trail of Comet Thatcher , producing the bright streaks of light as meteor particles burn-up in Earthâs upper atmosphere. Read more...

Search Continues For Meteorite Pieces In Livingston
WISC-TV Madison Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:25 PM PDT
LIVINGSTON, Wis. -- Searchers are continue to look for pieces of the meteorite that lit up the sky over parts of Wisconsin on April 14. The latest fragments were found on Wednesday in the village of Livingston, along the Grant-Iowa county line.

Meteorite hunters descend on Wisconsin farm

Dallas Morning News
It took much less time to nudge the orbits of meteorite hunters careening to southwestern Wisconsin, where their zeal for tiny black rocks from outer space ...

火 星から来た隕石と生命の痕跡 | WIRED VISION

通称アランヒルズ隕石正式名称をALH84001というこの隕石はこれまでに発見された火 星由来の岩石として最古のものであることに変わりはないものの以前推定されていたより ...

Two Wisconsin Elementary School Students Find Meteorites! 23APR2010

Wisconsin Meteorite:

A Very well written article in the Wisconsin State Journal Paper

Friday, April 23, 2010 4:17 AM

by Brian Cox-Chicago, Illinois, USA
posted by drtanuki 4:29am in Tokyo, JAPAN

This is an excellent article that was written in the Wisconsin paper that honestly make me very happy and puts Meteorite Collectors in a very positive and bright light. This writer got to the heart of the story by writing about the children and their families and their farms and how Michael Farmer and Terry Boudreaux went to the local combined school for Grant-Iowa counties on the border of the two counties and spoke at the Iowa/Grant Elementary-Middle School and gave a talk and discussion and interaction with the children on the new Wisconsin meteorite fall. Congratulations to our Meteorite Hunting friends and the school and farmers and the cook and his wife where one of the first meteorites were found on their farm. I salute you all for great work in the field and your humanitarian work.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/article_13248f4e-4d85-11df-8940-001cc4c002e0.html

Wisconsin !st Grade Student Finds Meteorite!

MyFox Chicago

First Grader Finds Pieces of Meteor on Playground

MyFox Chicago
Chicago - Terry Boudreaux found the first pieces of the meteor that lit up the Midwestern sky last week, an event that had meteor hunters scouring Wisconsin ...



NBC CH15 Video about 1st Grader Finding Meteorite: http://tinyurl.com/27urhqj

Background Story about TWO Student`s Meteorite Finds
by Mike Farmer, Meteorite Hunter
After Terry Boudreaux and I gave a two hour presentation to more than 500 kids at the Grant-Iowa County school yesterday, we asked all the kids who was going to hunt for meteorites during recess. Of course all the children screamed and raised their hands. Minutes later, while news crews were shooting footage and doing interviews with us in the schoolyard, a 6 year old boy screamed he found a meteorite, which was a beautiful and perfect 100% crusted ~40 gram stone.

The school went crazy and another stone was found by a young girl a little while later. It was amazing to speak to the school, and every child there saw or heard the meteorite go overhead. I think that all these kids will be searching for meteorites now. The 8th-grade science teacher at the school told me he dropped his teaching plans for the next week and has moved his classes into researching meteorites on the net and doing reports on meteorites and meteorite falls. He was so happy at all of this and said that the children are so excited to come to class since the fall last week and did not want to talk about anything but the meteorite anyway so he went with it. I was mobbed by kids wanting to talk about my trips to Africa and how to find meteorites, so I think a few old falls may turn up on the farms from all this.

To bridge the gap between meteorite dealers and scientific institutions, I presented one of the stones I found as a gift to the Field Museum for the meteorite collection.

Michael Farmer

Wisconsin Fireball NPR Radio Broadcast

'Fireball' Lights Up Midwest Sky

All Things Considered

Radio Broadcast by National Public Radio April 15, 2010

Wednesday night, a bright light shot across the Midwestern sky. Reports of a fireball were called into police departments in several states. The incident coincided with a meteor shower, but it could have also been a comet or space junk. To find out what it was, Robert Siegel talks with Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. ... [story and broadcast]

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Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak Viewing 22APR2010

Lyrids meteor shower

posted on YouTube by lazerbim118 (1 view)— 22 April 2010 —
- The Lyrid meteor shower is the first significant shower of 2010. Dating as far back as March 687 BC, the Lyrids make an annual show usually beginning on April 16th. This northern hemisphere shower occurs when the Earth passes through debris from the Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1), discovered by A.E. Thatcher on April 4, 1861. The Comet Thatcher is expected to pass Earth again in 2267. This year, the Lyrids will peak on April 22nd with an expected show of 10 - 12 meteors per hour according to experts. The radiant of this shower is between the constellations Lyra and Hercules.

Typically, the Lyrid meteor shower presents a modest show of 10-20 meteors per hour. Occasionally, the Earth will pass through a dense clump of debris, resulting in an increased rate of meteors. In 1982, some observers counted as many as 90 meteors per hour. In 1945, a Japanese observer counted 112 meteors in 67 minutes, most of them Lyrids.

Optimal viewing time for the Lyrids will occur early morning on April 22nd. The moon will set between 1 and 2 AM, leaving a dark sky until dawn. During this time, find a dark place as far away from city lights as possible. Look to the east, giving your eyes at least 10-15 minutes to adjust to the night sky. Lie back and scan the sky for meteors with a trail that points back toward the sparkling blue-white star Vega. - http://budurl.com/SaveThisVideo

Meteor/Meteorite News 22APR2010

Meteor scorches the sky over Platteville,Wisc

Exponent Online
According to police, what Mikulecky saw was a meteor, and he was by no means the only one to see it. Platteville Police reported that the meteor streaked ...

Berthoud Recorder

Earthsky Tonight — April 22, Lyrid meteors may still be flying before dawn

Berthoud Recorder
This constellation rises over your north-northeastern horizon around 10 to 11 pm tonight and marks the radiant point of the Lyrid meteor shower. ...

Marvel at the Meteors Thursday Morning

KPSP Local 2
The Lyrid Meteor Shower will decorate the skies just before dawn on Thursday. Every year near the end of April, the earth passes through debris from Comet ...

Meteor Hunters Follow the Trail to Southwestern Wisconsin

WBAY
They report seeing license plates from as far away as Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico as people hunt for fragments from the meteor. ...

Meteorite capsule to crash
thewest.com.au Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:56 PM PDT
A basketball-size capsule containing the first meteorite sample taken from space will crash to Earth at Woomera in mid-June after a journey of more than two billion kilometres.

Search Continues For Meteorite Pieces In Livingston

WISC Madison
Searchers are continue to look for pieces of the meteorite that lit up the sky over parts of Wisconsin on April 14. The latest fragments were found on ...

Wisconsin's meteor: 'They're going to tell their grandchildren about this' Wisconsin State Journal Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:35 PM PDT The meteorite fragments that fell in southwestern Wisconsin April 14 have brought meteorite hunters to the area and provided a science lesson from the heavens for local students.

Searchers traipse through farm fields in search of meteorite fragments Norwalk Reflector Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:12 PM PDT LINDEN, Wis. â Billions of years before April 14, two asteroids collided somewhere in outer space, sending a rock on a path that ultimately led to Kevin Wasleyâs farm field.

Meteorite hunters flock to southwest Wisconsin The Sauk Prairie Eagle Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:29 AM PDT When Ruben Garcia saw video of the meteorite that streaked across the Wisconsin sky on Wednesday night, it might as well have been the Bat-Signal.

Meteorite crashes through North Georgia home WRCB Chattanooga Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:56 AM PDT A meteorite older than Earth itself, traveling millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia, was unveiled Tuesday morning at the Tellus Science Museum.

Howard man finds potentially valuable meteorite Fond du Lac Reporter Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:41 AM PDT A Howard family may have discovered a meteorite from last week's fireball that could be worth thousands.

Scientists discover true age of meteor The Daily Cougar Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:24 AM PDT The UH Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, in collaboration with NASA, has made recent discoveries that mark the oldest and most well known Martian meteorite as younger than previously presumed. After 15 months of continuous study of meteorite ALH84001, assistant professor of Geology and Isotope Geochemistry, Thomas Lapen and his team determined that the meteorâs [...]

News : Campus The Badger Herald Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:28 AM PDT Wisconsin residents saw a spectacular display of color and light in the sky when a meteor blazed through the atmosphere the night of April 14. Days later, individuals from Livingston, Wis., where the meteorite landed, loaned the six fragments to the UW Geology Museum for display.

Meteorite hunters descend on Iowa County farms
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:48 PM PDT
Billions of years before last Wednesday night, two asteroids collided somewhere in outer space, sending a rock on a path that ultimately led to Kevin Wasley's farm field. It took much less time to nudge the orbits of meteorite hunters careening to southwestern Wisconsin.

Norwalk Reflector

Searchers traipse through farm fields in search of meteorite fragments

Norwalk Reflector
Ruben Garcia holds a 21-gram meteorite found by a member of his group, April 20, 2010 in Iowa County near Livingston, Wisconsin. ...


Rocking out, meteorite hunters make rare find in Wisconsin ...

LIVINGSTON, Wis. — As dozens of meteorite hunters converged on southwest Wisconsin on Friday, a Lake Forest man and his two teenage sons stumbled upon what ...

Meteorite Hunters Comb Wisconsin Farms

MyStateline.com
(Linden, WI) -- Last week's fireball in the skies over southwestern Wisconsin is proving quite a draw for meteorite hunters from around the country. ...

Tellus Museum to Display Cartersville Meteorite

Coosa Valley News
A meteorite that hit a home in Cartersville will be displayed at the Tellus Science Museum. The meteorite hit the home in March of last year with what a ...

Scientists discover true age of meteor The Daily Cougar After 15 months of continuous study of meteorite ALH84001, assistant professor of Geology and Isotope Geochemistry, Thomas Lapen and his team determined ...

Meteorite hunters descend on Iowa County farms

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Visitors to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Geology Museum on Tuesday view fragments of the meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week. ...

Howard man finds potentially valuable meteorite

Green Bay Press Gazette
A Howard family may have discovered a meteorite from last week's fireball that could be worth thousands. Shea Gorzelanczyk was fascinated after he saw video ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 21APR2010

These Rocks Are No Space Junk Meteorite Hunters, Scientists Jockey to Find ...

Wall Street Journal
Mr. Farmer is among hundreds of professional and amateur meteorite hunters who have converged here seeking the charred remnants of a meteor that burst ...

Tellus Museum to display meteorite that hit Bartow home last year
Rome News-Tribune Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:55 PM PDT
Finding a meteorite is rare, and finding a meteorite after it crashes through your roof is rarer still. In fact, there has been only one documented case of a meteorite striking a house in Georgia â...

Meteorite That Hit Cartersville House to be on Display at Tellus Science Museum PR Newswire via Yahoo! News Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:29 AM PDT CARTERSVILLE, Ga., April 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A meteorite recently discovered in Georgia has a new home at Tellus Science Museum. Meteor shower lights up night sky in Iowa A meteoroid the size of a Volkswagen streaked across the Midwest Wednesday. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News) msnbc.msn.com

Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled Chattanooga Times Free Press Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:23 AM PDT A 4.6 billion year old meteorite that traveled millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia was unveilled by staff at the Tellus Science Museum this morning.

Illinois teens may have found pieces of last week's meteorite KSDK St. Louis Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:55 AM PDT Illinois teens may have found pieces of last week's meteorite

Possible meteorite discoveries popping up in Illinois, Wisconsin WREX-TV Rockford Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:54 AM PDT Claims of meteorite discoveries are starting to surface, just days after the spectacular light show that raced across the Midwest.

Meteorite fragments on display in museum CBS 5 Green Bay Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:48 AM PDT At least 5 fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will go on display today.

Search continues for meteorites; farmers losing patience Chicago Tribune Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:37 AM PDT To protect landowners' privacy, meteorite hunters like Terry Boudreaux simply refer to them by number: Farmer No. 1. Farmer No. 2. Farmer No. 3. The Wisconsin farmers were happy to oblige when the Lake Forest collector and others began asking to wade through their cornfields Thursday. But by Monday, after four days of searching, some farmers were losing patience with the scientists and amateur ...

Meteor Chunks to be Displayed at Museum 620 WTMJ Milwaukee Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:58 AM PDT At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be displayed for several days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.

Farmers not happy with meteor hunts
Times Leader Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:14 PM PDT
CHICAGO â To protect landownersâ privacy, meteorite hunters like Terry Boudreaux simply refer to them by number: Farmer No. 1. Farmer No. 2. Farmer No. 3.

UW-Madison Showing Meteor Fragments Through Sunday

WTAQ
At least 5 fragments from last week's meteor will be shown Tuesday through Sunday at the UW Geology Museum. Folks throughout the Upper Midwest saw the big ...

WOOD-TV

Dad and teen sons find meteor fragments

WOOD-TV
CHICAGO (NBC/WMAQ) - Two Illinois teens and a man from Southwestern Wisconsin said they believe they've recovered fragments from a meteor that lit up ...


Odd Wisconsin: Previous meteors amazed Wisconsinites

Madison.com
Last Wednesday night a dramatic meteor crashed in southwestern Wisconsin, igniting the wonder of everyone who watched it pass overhead. ...

Meteorite pieces on display Fox11online.com MADISON - Five pieces of the meteorite that fell in Wisconsin last week are on display in Madison. UW-Madison's Geology Museum is open for extended hours ...

Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled Chattanooga Times Free Press A 4.6 billion year old meteorite that traveled millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia was unveilled by staff ...

Astro Bob blog: Brix the dog finds his first meteorite Duluth News Tribune It's true -- dogs can be trained to find meteorites. Space station flyover photos from Lyle Anderson plus what's to see in tonight's sky. ...

Grad student wins national award for meteorite research Arizona State University Greg Brennecka, a graduate student in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration, has been awarded the prestigious 2009 Nininger Meteorite Award, ... WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderPossible meteorite discoveries popping up in ... WREX-TV AP News UNDATED (WREX) - Claims of meteorite discoveries are starting to surface, just days after the spectacular light show that raced across the Midwest. ... Midwest meteorite fragments to be shown at University of Wisconsin Geology Museum Green Bay Press Gazette AP • April 19, 2010 MADISON — At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be dipslayed for several days at ...

Wisconsin - METEORITE HUNTER MICHAEL FARMER IS A "METEORITE MAN"

METEORITE HUNTER, MICHAEL FARMER, FINDS FOUR OR MORE FROM THE APRIL 14, 2010 FIREBALL!




























Michael Farmer finds his fourth meteorite from the fireball of April 14, 2010. 17 grams. Found April 20, 2010. (c) Mike Farmer 2010
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Wisconsin- Jim Baxter Finds 3 !!! 20APR2010

Jim Baxter finds his first meteorites from the April 14, 2010 Wisconsin fireball!
Found 4-20-2010
20 and 152 grams + 1 not pictured © Michael Farmer
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Georgia Meteorite 1MAR2009 Fall Found

Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled

Chattanooga Times Free Press
A 4.6 billion year old meteorite that traveled millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia was unveilled by staff ... "Experts estimate the the half-pound, peach sized space rock was traveling between 50,000 and 70,000 miles per hour when it entered the atmosphere on March 1, 2009. They estimate it was still moving at 200 to 300 miles per hour when it punctured a roof, bounced off of a joist, punched through a sheet rock ceiling and landed in a bedroom in a Cartesville home around 11 p.m. that night."

Greg Hupé finds his first meteorite from Wisconsin fireball!

Greg Hupé finds his first meteorite from Wisconsin fireball!

Greg Hupé finds his first meteorite from the April 14, 2010 Wisconsin fireball!
Found 4-19-2010
A 100% crusted 33.7g individual © Greg Hupé
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Wisconsin Meteorite Hunting Video 19APR2010

Wisconsin Meteorite Hunting Video- Terry Boudreaux


Terry Boudreaux, who recovered a fragment of meteorite in the area, describes his search.

Brix the Dog finds a Meteorite- Wisconsin 19APR2010

METEORITE DOG FINDS FIRST METEORITE FROM THE APRIL 14, 2010 WISCONSIN FIREBALL!

All the training has paid off. Brix made his first find with out help, a complete fusion crusted 198 gram WI meteorite.

©Sonny 2010
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Mike Farmer - Wisconsin Meteorite Find 19APR2010

Michael Farmer finds yet another meteorite from the fireball of April 14, 2010. 20 grams.
(c) Mike Farmer 2010 Mike Farmer Meteorites
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20APR2010 Wisconsin Meteorite Hunt & other News

Listen, look for shuttle overhead early Tuesday

Rockford Register Star
By Chris Green If you missed mother nature's phenomena last week when a meteor lit up the night sky sailing over Iowa, northern Illinois and Wisconsin, ...

Search for meteorites continues, but farmers are losing patience

Chicago Tribune
By Duaa Eldeib and William Mullen, Tribune reporters To protect landowners' privacy, meteorite hunters like Terry Boudreaux simply refer to them by number: ...

Meteor chunks to be displayed at museum
La Crosse Tribune Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:51 PM PDT
MADISON -- At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell insouthwestern Wisconsin last week will be displayed for several daysat the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.

Meteorite Fragments On Display At UW-Madison Geology Museum WISN 12 Milwaukee Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:16 PM PDT At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be displayed for several days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.

Midwest meteorite fragments to be shown at University of Wisconsin Geology Museum Green Bay Press-Gazette Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:00 PM PDT At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be dipslayed for several days at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum in Madison.

Meteorite Fragment Heads to Field Museum NBC Chicago Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:41 PM PDT Four-billion-year-old chunk of rock streaked across Midwestern sky last week.

Today's Top Stories 5 Eyewitness News St. Paul Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:39 PM PDT MADISON, Wis. (AP) - At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be dipslayed for several days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.

Meteor chunks to be displayed at UW Geology Museum WXOW 19 La Crosse Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:23 PM PDT Associated Press - April 19, 2010 4:05 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be dipslayed for several days at the...

Meteorite Chunk Donated To Field Museum Chicagoist Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:54 AM PDT The fireball/meteor captured on a University of Wisconsin-Madison webcam Remember last week's meteorite that created a giant fireball seen across multiple states in the Midwest? It seems one man has found a chunk of the space rock and has now donated it to the Field Museum. The Trib has the story of Terry Boudreaux, the man who, with his sons, hunted for the meteorite remains in a Wisconsin ...

Wisconsin meteorite shards on display at UW Geology Museum University of Wisconsin - Madison Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:52 AM PDT At least five pieces of the meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be on display at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum for public viewing Tuesday, April 20 through this weekend.

Wisconsin meteorite donated to Field Museum WGN Radio Chicago Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:11 AM PDT A piece of the meteorite found in Wisconsin. What looks like an old backyard rock could be a piece of the puzzle to unlocking the origins of the solar system.

Meteorite donated to Field Museum
Chicago Tribune Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:06 AM PDT
A piece of the meteorite found in Wisconsin. What looks like an old backyard rock could be a piece of the puzzle to unlocking the origins of the solar system. Before Terry Boudreaux handed over the black-encrusted meteorite to Lance Grande, the Field Museum's senior vice president, the two men put on a pair of gloves and cracked matching smiles. "So, I shouldn't drop it?" Grande joked ...

Meteor chunks to be displayed at UW Geology Museum Janesville Gazette (blog) The meteor lit up the skies last week in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa and as far south as Missouri. The pieces to go on display Tuesday are about the size of an ...

April Showers means Meteor Showers The Tribune On the morning of May 6, the Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak. Although these are major meteor showers, the peaks may only get up to one meteor per ...

Meteor piece found in Wis. Arizona Daily Star MILWAUKEE - Scientists say an apparent fragment from a meteor that lighted up Midwestern skies has been recovered in southwestern Wisconsin. ...

Meteorite hunter gives rock to Field

ABC7Chicago.com
April 19, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Scientists at Chicago's Field Museum are examining a rock that might be linked to last week's meteor shower. ...

National Geographic

Meteor Shower to Peak on Earth Day

National Geographic
A meteor streaks across the moonlit sky over Banff National Park in Canada (file photo). For the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, nature will be setting off ...


'A feeding frenzy' for meteor hunters

Dubuque Telegraph Herald
This past weekend, the meteor researcher with the Planetary Studies Foundation and Chicago's Field Museum was one of hundreds estimated to be searching for ...

Hunters Gather to Look for Pieces of Last Week's Meteor

WTAQ
(WTAQ) - Professional and amateur meteorite hunters have flocked to southwest Wisconsin, to look for pieces of last week's meteor that lit up the night sky ...

MyFox Chicago

Meteor Hunters Recover Pieces of Midwestern Fireball

MyFox Chicago
The first chunk of the meteorite was found by a man from Chicago who rushed to Wisconsin with his two sons. "The main mass could be fifty to sixty kilos, ...

Wisconsin- Mike Farmer, "Meteorite Hunter" Scores again !!!

Mike Farmer Finds Yet More of the Meteorites from the 14APR10 Fall in Wisconsin















Michael Farmer finds another meteorite from the fireball of April 14, 2010. 36 grams.
(c) Mike Farmer 2010 meteoriteguy.com

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Meteor/Meteorite News 18APR2010

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18APR2010

Shuttle Landing Approach May Be Visible Over Central Ga.

13wmaz
The shuttle will appear very similar to a meteor as it flies across the sky approximately 20º above the horizon from its highest point. ...

Deserts are ideal to find meteorites

National - Loveday Morris - 18 Apr 2010
One of 26 chrondite meteorites in Abu Dhabi early last year. Scientists believe that other samples might have been removed by ... found during a two-week search in...

UW researchers study meteor fragment

Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison researchers are currently studying what they believe to be a fragment of the meteor that passed over the Midwest last week. The meteor, which was ...

Meteorite hunters flock to southwest Wisconsin

Madison.com
When Ruben Garcia saw video of the meteorite that streaked across the Wisconsin sky on Wednesday night, it might as well have been the bat signal. ...

Oldest Martian Meteorite Not as Old as Thought
Wired News Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:09 AM PDT
The oldest Martian meteorite on Earth -- the famous Allan Hills meteorite, which was once thought to contain evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet -- received a new, more recent birth date, courtesy of University of Houston scientists. ...

Hoffman Estates man wonders if 'funny-looking rock' is meteorite Daily Herald Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:11 AM PDT The flash of light and the "thud" noise outside David Graves' Hoffman Estates home Wednesday night seemed odd but innocent enough.

Meteorite hunters flock to southwest Wisconsin WXOW 19 La Crosse Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:59 PM PDT LIVINGSTON, Wisconsin (WKOW) - "It's not like anything you have here on earth. They're very heavy and very magnetic."...

UW-Madison professor looking for meteor pieces The Journal Times Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:52 PM PDT The appearance of a meteorite over southern Wisconsin onWednesday night excited a lot of conversation and now University ofWisconsin-Madison scientists are asking for help in tracking downpieces of the fallen rock....

Searching for Meteorites in Wisconsin 12 FOX Mankato Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:31 PM PDT Meteorite hunters are on the lookout in Wisconsin... After a national weath read more...

Meteorite hunters look for 'treasure' in Wisconsin
Chicago Tribune Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:31 PM PDT
LIVINGSTON, WISC. -- Treasure hunters took to the fields at sunrise Saturday, canvassing miles of open farmland in southwestern Wisconsin for fragments of a meteorite that crashed Wednesday night. ...

Fireball Lights Up The Sky From Missouri To Minnesota

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Slashdot Science Story | Meteor Spotted Yesterday Over Midwestern ... the1337g33k writes "The National Weather Service is reporting that a fireball that many people witnessed last night is a meteor that entered the atmosphere ...

Meteor streaks across the region's sky | StarTribune.com A fiery ball of light witnessed by thousands as it swept over the Upper Midwest on Wednesday night was almost certainly a large meteor that probably left a ... Scientists Find Potential Scientists at the University of Wisconsin are examining a possible fragment from a meteor that was visible from Wisconsin to Iowa. It weighs about ... cbsnews.com

Wisconsin Meteorite Finds 17APR10

Steve Arnold and Rob Wesel Find Wisconsin Meteorites

Steve Arnold holding a 176.1 gram stone and Rob Wesel holding a 219.2 gram stone from Livinston, WI.
(c) Rob Wesel 2010 Nakhla Dog Meteorites
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Mike Farmer "Meteorite Hunter" Scores Big Find in Wisconsin 17APR10

Mike Farmer finds his first meteorite from the Wisconsin meteorite fall of April 14, 2010!

(c) 2010 Michael Farmer meteoriteguy.com
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Mike Farmer, the "Meteorite Hunter", finds his first, a 131gr meteorite stone, from the 14APR2010 fireball over Wisconsin and Iowa.

(c) 2010 Michael Farmer meteoriteguy.com
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Close up of the latest rock from space.

Minutes ago, in a telephone interview, Mike Farmer said that several tens of meteorites were found today with a total of perhaps 700-800 grams.
It is not possible to confirm just how much was found today given the number of people searching for the meteorite, large area and the lack of sharing information