19 March 2012

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GOOD NEWS: NEOs
Odessa American
NEOs (Near Earth Objects) are the subject of a special events display at the Meteor Crater Museum. The display was prompted by an Odessa American article from Nov. 6, 2011, reporting an NEO passing near the earth, 'Near' being closer to than the moon.

UW's Tony Irving is the go-to man in the red-hot world of meteorites
The Seattle Times
A chance meeting between a pair of treasure-hunting brothers and a geology professor affiliated with University of Washington has led to the discovery of some the most extraordinary and valuablemeteorites in history. By Craig Welch Tony Irving, ...

Weekly SkyWatcher's Forecast – March 19-25, 2012
Universe Today
The planets continue to dazzle as we not only celebrate the Vernal Equinox, but the March Geminid meteor shower as well! If that doesn't get your pulsar racing – nothing will. It's time to get out your binoculars and telescopes and meet me in the ...

Fireball in night sky doesn't fade in one man's memory (he thinks)
The Republic
10, 1965, story read, "Many Here Saw Fireball, But Where Did It Go?" Some of the eyewitnesses thought it ended up in Bath Township, but we now know it ended up in Kecksburg, Pa., flaming its way into UFO lore. To believers in alien spaceships, ...

Cradle of Humankind rocks
Independent Online
By Wren Mast-Ingle Standing on the restaurant balcony at Maropeng it is difficult to imagine that the magnificent rolling hills were formed by the impact of the Vredefortmeteor two billion years ago when a piece of rock the size of Table Mountain ...

Meteorite fall in southern Norway 01.03.2012 - YouTube
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Hunt is on for meteor 'treasure'
Belfast Telegraph
By Lewis Smith The sight of a meteor shooting across the night sky sparked fears that a passenger jet was about to crash – then triggered a treasure hunt. Astronomers are desperate to track down the remnants of the meteor, which was witnessed from the ...

Ethnic man arrested for $2,300 meteorite scam in central Vietnam
Thanh Nien Daily Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:22 AM PDT
Police in Vietnamâs Central Highlands arrested an ethnic minority Tuesday for cheating a woman, who believed she was purchasing part of a meteorite, out of more than US$2,300.

UW professor is go-to guy in world of meteorites
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
The trio grew into an unorthodox team, becoming central players in a thriving international subculture — an obscure band of treasure hunters who scour the planet collecting, buying, selling and studyingmeteorites. In this Byzantine world, ...

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NEOs (Near Earth Objects) are the subject of a special events display at the Meteor Crater Museum. The display was prompted by an Odessa American article from Nov. 6, 2011, reporting an NEO passing near the earth, 'Near' being closer to ...
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