05 February 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04-05FEB2012

Is this meteorite a piece of Mercury? 
Mon, 04 Feb, 2013 05:16 AM PST
Pieces of the Moon and Mars have been found on Earth before, as well as chunks of Vesta and other asteroids, but what about the innermost planet, Mercury? That's where some researchers think this greenish meteorite may have originated, based on its curious composition and the most recent data from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft.

Russia Says Siberian Meteor Field Contains "Trillions Of Carats" Of ...
MOSCOW – The Kremlin has authorized scientists to finally reveal what they say are “trillions of carats” of diamonds located in a field in eastern Siberia that ...
worldcrunch.com/tech-science/russia.../c4s10727/

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28JAN2013
The most familiar of these events is the annual Perseid meteor shower, which peaks around the 12th night of August each year. "There are many meteor ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../the-latest-worldwide-m...

New England Fireball January 23, 2013 | American Meteor Society
The American Meteor Society has received 50 reports of a bright meteor that occurred just after 1800 (6pm EST) on Wednesday evening January 23, 2013.
www.amsmeteors.org/.../new-england-fireball-january-23-201...

Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Procession to South Atlantic ...
A century ago, one of the most spectacular astronomical sights ever recorded lit up the skies when a grand procession of meteors blazed their way through the ...
spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=39871

Huge Fireball Meteor Seen Across the East Coast ! Impact 2013 ...
'Fireballs' Light Up Skies From Virginia To Ohio To New York live meteor detection chart for January 28th, 2013 around midnight. EST. From Virginia to Ohio, ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeU4LgIeqxA

Possible explanation for Honolulu "fireball"
Hawaii News Now
Following several reports from viewers that they had seen a "bright fireball" streak across the morning sky, Hawaii News Now has learned what the unusual sight might have been. Roy Gal an astronomer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa says the bright ...

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