21 October 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- 20OCT09

UFO crash in Russia last week
Allnewsweb.com
A meteor? Or perhaps a rocket? The local Chairman of the local civil protection office, Anotoly Nyukin, insists that no rockets could have landed in the ...

Телефон Mobiado Grand 350 Pioneer: корпус из осколков метеорита
e-Katalog - Киев,Ukraine
Новинка под названием Mobiado Grand 350 Pioneer является первым в мире телефоном, при создании которого использовали «неотразимую красоту метеорита». ...

Grimsby can't waste time exploiting space-rock discovery
St. Catharines Standard
The discovery of meteor shrapnel in our midst is a big deal. Indeed, its rarity is being likened to a Toronto Maple Leafs victory. ...

Mobiado Grand 350 Pioneer: телефон из метеорита

Mobile Arsenal - Запорожье,Ukraine
Аккумуляторная крышка каждой модели Grand 350 Pioneer сделана из метеорита, найденного в 1836 году в Намибии. Предполагается, что метеорит является частью ...

Killer algae wiped dinosaurs, may wipe humans, study suggests
RT
Paleontologists still argue over the possible causes, with meteorite impacts, super volcano eruptions, changes of sea level and other catastrophic events ...

Orionid meteor shower to light up night sky Wednesday

Gaea Times (blog)
August 12th, 2009 According to Patric Wiggins NASA Solar System Ambassador page, Meteors and Meteorite falls are often spellbinding, producing spectacular ...

На Марс откриха "метеоритна долина"

News.bg - София,Bulgaria
Новият метеорит е получил названието Mackinac ( в чест на остров Макино на езерото Гурон). Проведеният от Opportunity анализ е показал , че "небесният гост" ...

TV2 Mini-Series
TVNZ
A meteor crashes into the moon, sending it on a collision course with Earth, and the world has 39 days to stop it, before the whole planet perishes. ...

Behold the Orionids!
SILive.com
Mostly clear skies should allow for good viewing of the Orionid meteor shower before sunrise Wednesday morning. What's more, the moon is close to new now so ...


Mobiado Announces Grand 350 Pioneer Luxury Phone
SlashPhone
The company plans to made 37 units of the Grand 350 Pioneer, with an unique Gibeon meteorite battery cover. The material was supplied by the cosmos from a ...

Meteor shower to rain down early Wednesday morning
Salt Lake Tribune
"Flakes of comet dust hitting the atmosphere should give us dozens of meteors per hour." The meteor shower happens each year as Earth passes through a dense ...

Meteorite From September 25 Fireball Event Recovered And Presented
SpaceDaily Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:35 PM PDT
by Staff Writers Grimsby, Canada (SPX) Oct 20, 2009 When Tony Garchinski heard a loud crash just after 9 p.m. on Friday, September 25 he didn't think much of it. That is, until he awoke the next morning to find the windshield of his mom's Nissan Pathfinder with a huge crack in it.



Dinosaur-killer meteorite crashed off Indiaâs west coast
The Hindu Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:10 PM PDT
Washington: A meteorite more than 40 km wide and hurtling towards Earth at 58,000 miles an hour that killed dinosaurs 65 million years ago, had actually crashed off Indiaâs west coast, an Indian-origin professor has ...

Watch the 2009 Orionid meteor shower
Astronomy Magazine
The Orionid meteor shower peaks before dawn October 21. With no Moon to interfere, observers with dark skies can expect to see up to 30 meteors per hour. ...

'Someone Else's Mess'
Wall Street Journal
... Oct. 16 "Ont. Family Finds 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite in Truck's Windshield"--headline, Canadian Press, Oct. 17 "Some See Animal Welfare Effort on ...

Mobiado Grand 350 Pioneer luxury phone pays homage to NASA
Unwired View
What's unique about the Mobiado Grand 350 Pioneer is that its battery cover is literally made out of materials from the Gibeon meteorite, discovered in ...

Space Shuttle Looses Battle of Launch Dates
Universe Today
A second launch attempt on November 17 is being negotiated, prior to standing down for a Delta IV launch and the Leonid Meteor Shower (NASA won't launch the ...


The 2009 Orionid Meteor Shower
Space Fellowship
The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week and it could be a very good show. “Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, the source of ...
'Dinosaur-killer meteorite crashed off India's west coast'
Hindu
Washington: A meteorite more than 40 km wide and hurtling towards Earth at 58000 miles an hour that killed dinosaurs 65 million years ago, had actually ...
LCROSS Impact; IBEX
AccuWeather.com
Canada officials have confirmed that it was a meteorite, not vandals, that smashed a car windshield late last month. It was determined that a bright ...


Dinosaurs-killer comet crash-landed off India's west coast'
The Hindu
PTI A meteorite more than 40 kms wide and hurtling towards Earth at 58000 miles per hour that killed dinosaurs 65 million years ago, had actually ...

Hundreds in Netherlands and Germany see 'exploding fireball' in sky
India Business Blog (blog)
Perseid meteor shower may yield 80 'space rocks' an hour Washington, August 11 (ANI): Reports indicate that the Perseid meteor shower, which will be visible ...


Physicist to Showcase U of G Work With Mars Rovers
Exchange Morning Post
“There's no question that it's an iron-nickel meteorite,” says Gellert. “We already investigated several spots that showed intriguing elemental variations ...
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4.6 bn-year-old meteorite hits Canadian town
Thaindian.com
The rocks from this meteorite smashed the windowshield of a truck in Grimsby near Niagara Falls on the night of Sep 25. Thinking that it was an act of ...

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