05 October 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 5OCT2010

Green Comet 103P/Hartley 2 Approaches
Space Weather News for Oct. 1, 2010
APPROACHING COMET: Green comet 103P/Hartley 2 is approaching Earth for a close encounter on Oct. 20th. At that time, the comet will be only 11 million miles (0.12 AU) from our planet and should be dimly visible to the naked eye ...

Unraveling the Origin of the Lunar Highlands Crust
Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD]
--  Lunar meteorites contain clasts that may plausibly be samples of post-magma-ocean plutons that helped build the highlands crust. ...
Possibile meteorite find in Lincolnshire, UK?
Yesterday whilst out in Lincolnshire with Chris Keyworth, aka Pathfinder, I, or more accurately he, spotted something of interest laid in a field - it’s only small but perfectly formed ...

How to party with the stars
DesMoinesRegister.com
But if you want to invite friends to something different, plan a "star party" to coincide with several upcoming meteor showers. ...

PAGASA: Comet, meteor shower visible in October
GMANews.TV
A bright comet, a meteor shower, and various stars and planets will give stargazers a treat this October, state astronomers said. ...

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