23 February 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 23FEB2011

Astronomers investigating meteor-like object over Colorado
9NEWS.com
Jenny Murphy described it on the 9NEWS Facebook page as "a meteor just north of Lafayette! Reddish with a purple hue from my angle." Kelly O'Hara Buccino said, "I saw it driving home, it looked like a fire cracker... blue light with green sparkles... ...



Amateur astronomers see probable lunar impact | Astro Bob
By astrobob
Last week the online lunar studies magazine Selenology Today reported that two European amateur astronomers simultaneously detected a probable meteor impact on the moon on February 11. Stefano Sposetti and Marco Iten, both of southern ...



Cranbourne's rock stars from space
Pakenham Cardinia Leader
CRANBOURNE'S world-famous meteorites have been an integral part of the town's history since they hurtled to earth about 1000 years ago. Farmers in Clyde, Devon Meadows, Officer and Upper Beaconsfield discovered chunks of a 10-tonne meteorite in the ...



'Stones that Fall from the Sky'
Housatonic Times
By Scott Benjamin Monty Robson points to a 14 gram piece of the Weston meteorite. Photo by Scott Benjamin. For Monty Robson, the director of the John J. McCarthy Observatory at New Milford High School (NMHS), part of his interest in researching Weston, ...




Anniversary of meteorite recognized
Jonesboro Sun Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:00 PM PST
JONESBORO â A Piggott resident told Annie Camp Junior High School science classes that Thursday was the 81st anniversary of the day ameteorite fell from outer space, and pieces landed near Paragould and Finch in Greene County....

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