08 May 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 8MAY2010

Los meteoritos son algo común en Chaco
Los Andes (Argentina) - ‎1 時間前‎
Dice que cada año se celebra allí la "Fiesta nacional del meteorito". La foto que les mando es la de un meteorito que hay en el Chaco, en un pueblo llamado ...

Un meteorito cayó en San Juan y se pudo ver desde Mendoza
Los Andes (Argentina)
Así, el último meteorito que cayó en la zona denominada Sierra Pie de Palo, al este de San Juan fue visto también en otras seis provincias, incluida Mendoza ...

Vida cotidiana
La Nueva Provincia
Habitantes de por lo menos nueve provincias argentinas fueron sorprendidos esta madrugada por los destellos de un meteorito que surcó el cielo y pareció ...

Comet clues buried in Antarctic snow

USA Today
Meteorites — little bits of leftover planetary building material — reveal radioactive signs that show our sun is about 4.6 billion years old. ...


Largest chunk yet of Wisconsin meteor found

msnbc.com
Marvin Killgore, the curator of meteorites for the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona, and his wife, Kitty, arrived in Mineral ...

Halley's Comet: Fast Meteor Shower this Week

Seven Sided Cube
NASA estimated that people may view meteors at a faster rate of travel, approximately 148000 mph which is going to be the second fastest meteor show in this ...

Arecibo Telescope Tracks 'Potentially Dangerous' Asteroid (2005 YU55)
A near-Earth asteroid named 2005 YU55 -- on the list of potentially
dangerous asteroids -- was observed by the Arecibo telescope April 19
as it passed about 1.5 million miles from the Earth (about six times
the distance to the moon). ...


Ancient Meteorites Found to Pack Secrets of the Solar System
By Clara MoskowitzSPACE.com Senior Writer
posted: 06 May 201002:07 pm ET
Two tiny meteorites discovered in a 55-year-old snowpack in Antarctica could reveal secrets about the formation of the solar system, scientists say...
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/antarctica-meteorite-solar-system-100506.html


Local meteorite hunter finds piece of Wisconsin fireball

KSDK
Since then, meteorite hunters from across the country have been looking for what it left behind. One local meteorite hunter had great success and brought a ...

School Digest

Lake Forester
He and his family were among the first to recover pieces of the meteor that lit up the Midwestern skies recently. Evan shares his passion for meteorites ...

Meteorites suggest seeds of life within our solar system

Los Angeles Times
Tiny meteorites in Antarctica show evidence they did not come from the far reaches of space, researchers find. By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times Tiny ...

Space Rock Hunters Find Largest Chunk Yet of Exploded Wisconsin Meteor
SPACE.com Thu, 06 May 2010 15:20 PM PDT
The largest chuck of a meteorite that exploded over Wisconsin has been recovered by intrepid space rock hunters.


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