13 December 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13DEC2011

December's Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Space.com
by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight (Dec. 13), but interested skywatchers might have to battle chilly temperatures and bright moonlight. The annual Geminids shower is usually one of the most spectacular light ...



Geminids over Norway
The Foreigner
Stargazers are in for a treat this evening as a meteor shower is due to appear in the Norwegian sky at night. The Geminids, a phenomenon caused by the 3200 Phaethon asteroid, passes the Earth every year, and experts say they expect it to be visible ...



Geminid meteor shower cuts loose Tuesday night | Astro Bob
Most meteor showers originate in dust and debris left behind by comets during their spin around the sun, but the Geminids are different. Their parent body is the ...
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Meteor streaks across southern Ontario
Hamilton Spectator
Sky gazers were in for a treat Tuesday, a day ahead of the expected peak of the Geminid meteor shower as a large fireball streaked across the sky in southern Ontario. The fireball was seen by many people, even unknowing star gazers, like Waterdown's ...




$1.38 million to pick 'large' pieces of supernova grit out of meteoriteWashington University in St. Louis News
From a generous chunk of the meteorite, Zinner hopes to extract exceptionally large grains that came from supernovae, giant stars that exploded at the ends of their lives. The larger grains will allow him to make more comprehensive measurements and, ...

Geminid meteor shower to peak on Tuesday
Los Angeles Times
December is known for gift-giving, and the heavens will do their part this week with the Geminid meteor shower. The usually fiery Geminid shower, expected to peak Tuesday night, is an annual event rivaling the summer's Perseid meteor shower. ...

Sticky fingers: Moon rocks missing at NASA

CBS News
"In addition to the Mount Cuba disk, NASA confirmed that 516 other loaned astromaterials have been lost or stolen between 1970 and June 2010, including 18 lunar samples reported lost by a researcher in 2010 and 218 lunar and meteorite samples stolen ...

Best annual meteor shower peaks Tuesday Technology & Science CBC News
The Geminid meteor shower, billed by NASA as the best of the year, begins Monday and is expected to peak on Tuesday night.
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Giant Meteor Caught on Video by Tel Aviv ...
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A great meteor caught by Lior Rubanenko of ILAN Team. On the night of December 7th 2011 ...
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The 2011 Geminid Meteor Shower - YouTube
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An early Geminid fireball recorded on December 11th by a NASA meteor network camera in ...

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