02 September 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 1-2SEP2011

Loud bangs still puzzling neighbors in Chapin
WIS
"Then there's been some speculation there might have been a meteor," said Shealy. "There was apparently some sort of meteor shower in the southeast at that time. So, that's possible." But there haven't been any reports of rock sightings since the ...



Salvaging Space
Slate Magazine
In the 1960s, the United States deliberately put 480 million pieces of copper wire in orbit in an attempt to create an artificial meteor trail for radio signals to bounce off. It took until January 2008 for the United Nations to adopt comprehensive ...



Military jets pursue two UFOs over North Carolina
Examiner.com
"Within 30 seconds after second object flew out of sight, a meteor streaked from 11 o'clock to 8 o'clock due north of my location." "The first object was larger than a C-5 galaxy and was completely silent. The second object was silent except for the ...




Hunt Begins For Fireball Fragments In Irish Northwest
Irish Weather Online
By Mark Dunphy - Thu Sep 01, 12:33 pm The hunt is on in the Northwest of Ireland after Astronomy Ireland (AI) said it believes fragments of a fireball spotted over the country last week almost certainly landed in Sligo and surrounding counties. ...


… and a real meteor over Georgia
Discover Magazine (blog)
That was a fireball — an extremely bright meteor — that blew in over Atlanta, Georgia on August 28. The video is from the webcam at the Tellus Museum of Science in Georgia, part of the All SkyFireball Network (I wrote about them recently when this ...




Earth Could Spread Life Across The Milky Way
Universe Today
Inspired by the discovery of Moon and Mars rocks found on Earth from meteor strikes, the team began computer modeling of what might happen if pieces of Earth were transported across the Solar System via a collision scenario. ...


Meteor Activity Outlook for August 27- September 2, 2011 | American ...
Next week the waxing crescent moon will enter the evening skies but will set soon after dusk, allowing meteor observers to view under dark conditions during the ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-august-2...



big green meteor sighted in central texas just now...
Discussion about big green meteor sighted in central texas just now... at the GodlikeProductions Conspiracy Forum. Our topics include Conspiracy Theory, ...
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1619736/pg1




Peruvian “meteor” freaks out media
Discover Magazine (blog)
A few days ago, the web was abuzz with something that looked like a very largemeteor burning up over Peru. Here's video from ITN news: You can find similar videos on Youtube. However, is it actually a meteor? Cutting to the chase, I don't think so. ...


Architects create impact on Impact Crater Center
The Auburn Plainsman
The center will be built in Wetumpka over the impact site of an ancient meteor. David King, professor of geology, was the first scientist to successfully determine that the mysterious horseshoe-shaped feature is an impact crater. ...



Search for Irish meteorite worth weight in gold
Belfast Telegraph
The Republic of Ireland's National Museum is offering a cash reward to anyone who finds themeteorite that was spotted last week. Meteorites are worth their weight in gold and can command six-figure sums. The glowing fireball, travelling at speeds of ...




It's life, Jim, but not as we know it!
Wigan Today
A WIGAN man had an out of this world experience during a fossil search, stumbling across the remnants of a meteorite. Retired engineer and commercial inventor Jim Winstanley, 70, agreed to a “pass the time” dinosaur hunt with his nine-year-old ... (Sorry NOT a meteorite!)


Physics News :: Ion Armageddon: Measuring the impact energy of ...
Much like a meteor impacting a planet, highly charged ions hit really hard and can do a lot of damage, albeit on a much smaller scale. And much like geologists determine the size and speed of the meteor by looking at the hole it left, physicists ...
Physics News



Atlantans see a visitor from Mars
WXIA-TV
CARTERSVILLE, Ga -- If you were awake at about 4:00am Sunday and you were outside looking up, you may have seen a bright meteor flash across the sky. It happens all the time but not from where the meteor came from. The meteor was captured from a roof ... (Poor reporting; It is very unlikely that this came from Mars!)



Meteorite Men arrive to help scientists
Whitecourt Star
By Ann Harvey Because poachers have taken so many specimens from the protect centre-area of Whitecourt Crater, Dr. Christopher Herd realized this is a job for the Meteorite Men. The University of Alberta department of earth and atmospheric Sciences ...




Solutions sought for growing space junk problem
USA Today
Even before Sputnik first went into orbit in 1957, Harvard astronomer Fred Whipple designed the "Whipple Shield" to protect spacecraft from meteor dust in 1948. Widely used, such shields space aluminum layers outside a spacecraft that catch debris ...


Bright meteor streaks across Metro Atlanta skies
WXIA-TV
(NASA) ATLANTA -- A bright meteor streaked across the skies above Atlanta Sunday night and was caught on NASA cameras at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville. NASA scientists said themeteor streaked across the skies of the Southeast at a speed of ...