24 October 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- 23OCT09

Brandenburger macht hauptberuflich Jagd auf Meteoriten

ShortNews.de - Germany
Wann immer irgendwo ein Meteorit auf die Erde niedergeht, macht sich der Brandenburger Thomas Grau auf die Suche. Der Märker ist der einzige ...

More Chunks of SUV-Smashing Meteorite Found

Universe Today
Three golf ball-sized fragments have been found from a meteorite that created a brilliant fireball seen over Ontario, Canada on September 25, 2009. ...
War of the Worlds' to be performed at Stage West

Tampa Tribune
Suddenly, a meteorite lands in Grover's Mill, New Jersey. As a crowd gathers, the meteorite unscrews, and onlookers see a pulsating, barely moving Martian. ...

Country Cousin

Peshtigo Times
If the skies clear up we're being treated this week to a meteor shower from Orion's belt. Well, not really, but astronomers tell us the annual Orionid ...
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Enterprise News
Astronomers assure us that you can see dozens of meteors per hour if you are willing to set the alarm extra early Friday morning. The Orionid meteor shower ...

Exploding Fireball Rattles European Windows

Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
The disintegrating meteor created a sonic boom followed by low rumbles that rattled windows across the region. Amateur photographer Robert Mikaelyan had ...
Space debris in Grimsby!

CKTB
According to Phil McCausland from the University of Western Ontario Planetary Science and Exploration Department, the original golf-ball sized meteorite ...

Resident suspects he saw meteor hit park

Jackson Hole Daily
Although he had on his high beams, the amateur astronomer could see the reddish sparks flying from what he has concluded was a meteor. ...

More Chunks of SUV-Smashing Meteorite Found
Universe Today Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:18 PM PDT
Three golf ball-sized fragments have been found from a meteorite that created a brilliant fireball seen over Ontario, Canada on September 25, 2009. The first meteorite fragment recovered did some damage to the windshield of a Nissan Pathfinder, and now two other fragments have been found on nearby properties. The meteor made headlines [...]


'Healthy competition' leads to discovery of 3 more space rocks
St. Catharines Standard Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:40 PM PDT
Meteorite hunters have dug up three more space rocks from the fireball that put Grimsby on the astronomical map last month. That brings the tally to four since scientists revealed last Thursday a rock that broke the windshield of a family's SUV in the town's west end was actually a fragment of 4.[...]

Three more space rocks found in Grimsby
Welland Tribune Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:19 PM PDT
GRIMSBY â Meteorite hunters have dug up three more space rocks from the fireball that put Grimsby on the astronomical map last month.[...]

Grimsby meteorite finds are âworldwide newsâ
Niagara This Week Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:06 PM PDT
Hot on the trail of the meteorite fallout from a fireball that lit up the Lake Ontario skies, scientists, meteorite hunters and media have converged on the Grimsby area in search of the 4.6 billion-year-old black, burned rocks. ...

Meteor shower tonight! Orionid meteor shower begins at 1 am

Christian Science Monitor
Meteor shower tonight? Yep, peak viewing times for the Orionid meteor shower begins tonight (er... tomorrow) at 1 am. By Jimmy Orr | 10.20.09 Are you ready ...

Another Automatic Date Win: Tonight's Meteor Shower

BlackBook Magazine
Did you miss the last meteor shower? If so, the skies are giving you a another chance to gaze at the heavens while a dazzling display of meteors zoom by ...

The Passions of Meteorite Seekers

Science Magazine (subscription)
Cokinos weaves together an account of meteorites, a history of meteorite hunters, and his own travels in the footsteps of collectors and researchers. ...

More meteorite chunks discovered

Western News
The pair are wearing gloves to protect the meteorite.aptiontexthere “The response from the media and the people of Grimsby has really driven this hunt,” ...

Orionid Meteor Shower Continues To Enchant Stargazers

Thaindian.com
By Gina Gomez Oct 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) For the last few days, meteor shower have became quite a spectacle view in the night sky, which proves to be quite an ...

Meteor shower October 22 and Orionid meteor shower October 2009

Khabrein.info
It is going to be a superb opportunity to view the falling meteor from the sky. It is said that the best time for viewing meteors during October on 21st and ...

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