27 March 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27MAR2012

Soviet Weather Satellite to Fall to Earth
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Meteor-1, the Soviet Union's first fully operational weather satellite, will on Monday night re-enter the Earth's atmosphere after more than four decades in orbit, the web site of the US Strategic Command said.

NASA - Lyrids Meteor Shower: 'Up All Night' With NASA!
The 2012 Lyrid meteor shower will soon brighten the springtime night skies. On the night of April 21-22, NASA astronomers will answer your questions via a live ...
www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/lyrids2012_chat.html

The Life of a Meteorite - YouTube
1 min
The difference between meteorites, and meteoroids, and where they come from.
youtube.com

Much ado about asteroids
Aljazeera.com
Of course, this particular fireball didn't "end life on Earth" - it was a meteor, where most of its mass likely burned up in the atmosphere. However, a few days earlier ameteor that dazzled skies over Norway resulted in a small chunk of meteorite ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Illinois / Indiana ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
25MAR2012 Sean Kennedy Hickory Hills, IL USA 23:01:00 about 5 secs Facing north, meteortravelled west to east white, green, slight yellow brighter than any Iridium flare, perhaps -11 mag. Not quite as bright as the moon Yes, fragmentation ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

Meteorite Times March Issue Up & Celebrating 10 Years!
The March issue of Meteorite Times is now up and marks 10 years of producing Meteorite Times, having started with the first issue in April 2002.
It's hard to believe that 10 years (120 monthly issues) have gone by so quickly. A special thank you to all our contributors who've stuck with us for so long.
The following URL gives access to the Web Browser View, Flash Magazine View, and Mobile PDF.
http://www.meteorite-times.com/monthly-issues/
*NEW* - This URL provides an easier way to access the archive of articles by column from April 2002 through August 2009. This URL is available from the Home page and also on the Horizontal Menu Bar. http://www.meteorite-times.com/article-archives/

State to sell 'Maharashtra Tourism' brand aggressively
Newstrack India
The important projects to be taken up include development of the world famous salt water Lonar Lake, Buldana district, formed by a meteor and the Khas Plateau, known as Maharashtra's Valley of Flowers in Satara district, besides setting up a ... (Lonar Impact Crater, India)