09 August 2011

Meteor/Meteorite News 9AUG2011

Perseid meteor shower: Best times to see the 'shooting stars'
Christian Science Monitor
Perseid meteor shower fans should go out Wednesday and Thursday am to avoid the glare from the moon. The Perseid meteor shower peak is Aug. 13. In Ano Vrontou, Greece, people look at the Perseid meteor shower, which occurs at mid-August and is caused ...
Watch the skies for aurora borealis and shooting stars
thejournal.ie
THE SKIES OVER Ireland will provide a visual feast for star-gazers in the coming days, with astronomical activity producing both aurora borealis and the year's most significant meteor showers. Increased solar activity last Friday led to aurora borealis 
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OMSI gearing up for meteor shower
Albany Democrat Herald
12: the Perseid Meteor Shower Watch. OMSI, the Rose City Astronomers, the Vancouver Sidewalk Astronomers and Oregon Parks and Recreations will have telescopes set up for the public to use. OMSI staff will present informal talks about the meteor shower, 
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By Poly Pantelides Published on August 9, 2011 EVERY year in August, almost without exception, stargazers across the world take a moment or two to enjoy the beauty of the Perseid meteorshower. Odous village and Kyperounta community have organised ...
Expect a star shower this weekend
San Antonio Express
The Perseid meteor shower is coming to town, and it's famous for putting pizzazz in the night sky. The shower peaks Friday and Saturday, but a full moon Saturday will hamper seeing all but the brightest meteors as they streak across the night sky. 
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Perseid Meteor Shower Peak Coming Aug 13, 2011 -- Fire in the Sky ...
The Perseid meteor shower is an annual meteor shower that is extremely regular in its timing and can potentially be visible for weeks in the late summer sky ...
www.sott.net/.../233062-Perseid-Meteor-Shower-Peak-Coming...

Exploding meteor wakes Pacific island nation - Yahoo! News
Read 'Exploding meteor wakes Pacific island nation' on Yahoo! News. An exploding meteor was believed to be responsible for a huge bang that reverberated ...
news.yahoo.com/exploding-meteor-wakes-pacific-island-natio...

If it is a clear night, attendees may see the peak of the Perseid meteors, part of an annual meteorshower that is located in the Perseus constellation, said a university news release. This stargazing party will be held on the university's north campus ...

Perseid meteors nearing Earth
CBS News
(Getty Images) Every year around August 12-/13th, the Perseid meteor shower peaks. It's a fairly reliable shower that generates 60 or more meteors per hour. Unfortunately, this year the Moon is full at that time, washing out the sky and any fainter 
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Crystallizing the Lunar Magma Ocean
  -- Lab experiments help test ideas for the Moon's chemical composition and how its crust formed.
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Aug11/LMO-crystallization.html



Skywatching Events for August 2011
Space.com
The best meteor shower of the year will be dimmed by a bright Moon this time around, but is always worth watching. Look for early shower meteors during the week leading up to the peak. Best viewed after midnight. This sky map shows where to look to ...
Heads Up!
Morning Star
12-13 LEELANAU – Meteor showers and a full moon are the “stars” of nighttime events planned around the peninsula on Aug. 13. The Perseid meteors of August are not actual falling or shooting stars but tiny bits of Comet Swift-Tuttle, according to ...
"Spectacular" Double Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
National GeographicA celestial traffic jam may be on tap tonight as two meteor showers combine forces to put on a brilliant sky show. One of the best shooting star events of the year is the annual August Perseid meteor shower. (See Perseids pictures. ...
September 2011 Geology highlights: New research posted Aug. 5
EurekAlert! Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:04 AM PDT
( Geological Society of America ) Highlights from the September issue of Geology, which is now online, include debris flow hazard assessment; dune migration in the "greatest desert on Earth": Antarctica; Luizi, the first confirmed meteorite impact structure in Central Africa; a determination of the likelihood that fungal disease had accelerated latest Permian woodland deterioration; the first ...

DNA building blocks found in meteorites
Washington PostA new analysis of a dozen meteorites found in Antarctica and elsewhere presents the strongest evidence yet that the answer is yes. Meteorites are space rocks that have fallen to the ground, and the new report bolsters the notion that heavy meteorite ...



Perseid Meteor Shower: Best Times to Spot 'Shooting Stars' This Week
Space.com
by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist For Northern Hemisphere observers, August is usually regarded as "meteor month" with one of the best displays of the year reaching its peak near midmonth. That display is, of course, the annual Perseid Meteor ...
Meteor Explosion Surprises Pacific Island Nation of Niue
Space.com
A meteor that exploded over the Pacific Ocean last week gave a late-night shock to the residents of the small island nation of Niue, according to press reports. Niue police officials say the exploding meteor created a huge bang over the island, ...


Meteors likely carried building blocks for DNA: study
National Post
A meteor streaks towards the horizon during the annual Persied meteor shower in Palm Beach Gardens. WASHINGTON — A new analysis of carbon meteorites suggests that they likely carried some of the building blocks needed for DNA to the Earth, according ...

Building Blocks of DNA Found in Meteorites from Space
Space.com
The components of DNA have now been confirmed to exist in extraterrestrial meteorites, researchers announced. A different team of scientists also discovered a number of molecules linked with a vital ancient biological process, adding weight to the idea ...




Fire in the sky
Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser
meteor, space junk, satellite or alien spacecraft? A number of people, including Harold Watkins, saw what appeared to be a fireball Monday night in Botwood. He said the object had been moving west and disappeared behind Bishop's Falls, and did not....
STRANGE GH: 1919 meteor strikes cause Ottawa county residents to flee homes
Grand Haven Tribune
A huge fireball, followed by a second one smaller in size, exploded upon impact with the water's surface. “I thought it to be a falling star,” Gunn said. “The entire sky was at first lighted with a brilliant bluish light. ...




Shepherds Chapel Presents METEOR CRATER ...
55 min
Shepherds Chapel Presents METEOR CRATER in Arizona
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Celtic hillfort & meteorite crater: Ipf + Ries
16 min
A talk and walk up and around Mount Ipf (prehistoric/Celtic mountain fortification) and the Ries Crater (Nördlinger Ries) in the ...
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2011 The Year of Meteors!