04 August 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 4AUG2011

Flagler, Florida Mystery Light/UFO Solved? Georgia Fireball ...
"They called me and notified they saw a large flash from the sky. About 25 people have told one of the officers," Flagler Beach Police Chief Dan Cody said. ...
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Rare crystals found in meteorite
UPI.com
3 (UPI) -- Japanese researchers say they found opal-like crystals in a meteor that fell in Canada in 2000, the first extraterrestrial discovery of such unusual crystals. Reporting the find in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, ...




Rare crystals found in meteorite
UPI Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:57 PM PDT
TOHOKU, Japan, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Japanese researchers say they found opal-like crystals in a meteor that fell in Canada in 2000, the first extraterrestrial discovery of such unusual crystals.
First Opal-Like Crystals Discovered In Meteorite
redOrbit Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:19 PM PDT
Scientists have found opal-like crystals in the Tagish Lake meteorite, which fell to Earth in Canada in 2000. This is the first extraterrestrial discovery of these unusual crystals, which may have formed in the primordial cloud of dust that produced the sun and planets of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago, according to a report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Katsuo ...




W&M Law students study "space law"
The Virginia Gazette Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:36 PM PDT
WILLIAMSBURG - William & Mary Law School students Brittany Law and Lillian McManus are now experienced in âspace lawâ after a rare property case involving the Lorton Meteorite fell out of the sky and into an examining room of Doctors Marc Gallini and Frank Ciampiâs Williamsburg Square Family Practice in Jan. 2010. ...
Potential meteor menace said overstated
CBS News
A giant impact from an asteroid or comet can ruin your whole day. Or year. Or, if you're a dinosaur, your existence. So astronomers do what they can to understand this menace from space. We look for rocks on orbits that intersect ours, we think about ...



First opal-like crystals discovered in meteorite
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Scientists have found opal-like crystals in the Tagish Lake meteorite, which fell to Earth in Canada in 2000. This is the first extraterrestrial discovery of these unusual crystals, which may have formed in the primordial cloud of dust that produced ...


2011 Year of Meteors!