20 September 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- 20SEP09

Treat for sky gazers as asteroid Juno set for a cameo

Press Trust of India
On September 21, Juno, one of the first discovered asteroids and the parent of many meteorite showers on the Earth, will enjoy a cameo in the night sky ...

Where have all the green stars gone?

Sierra Vista Herald
Although the best meteor season of the year is in the fall, the last half of September only has one moderate shower to observe. The Delta Aurigid shower ...

Fireball cameras find meteorite

TVNZ
Using cameras to capture fireballs streaking across the night sky, scientists have tracked a tiny meteorite that crashed into Australia's Nullarbor Plain. ...

Descoberta pode explicar origens de meteoritos e Sistema Solar

Terra Brasil - São Paulo,SP,Brazil
Um raro meteorito que pode ter nascido em local próximo à Terra foi encontrado por um novo observatório australiano e poderia trazer novas pistas sobre as ...

Times of Malta
Pope Benedict visits the Vatican observatory

Times of Malta
The Vatican Meteorite collection has grown from the initial donation of 1000 samples given in 1905 to more than 1200 pieces representing 484 different ...




Russia-InfoCenter
New Meteorological Satellite and Microsatellite Orbited Successfully

Russia-InfoCenter
Russia now has its own meteorological satellite “Meteor-M”, as well as microsatellite “Blitz”, which is an autonomous laser reflecting sphere, on the orbit. ...


Christian Science Monitor
Missiles in Iran that still worry Obama and the West

Christian Science Monitor
"Shahab" means "meteor" or "shooting star," in Farsi. A series of Iranian missile variants carry the Shahab designation. The Shahab-3 is a single-stage, ...


Finding fallen stars -- and himself

StandardNet
When a shooting star, or meteor, blazes through the Earth's atmosphere without incinerating entirely, what's left at the point of impact is called a ...

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