23 October 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23OCT2013

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breakiing News - CA ...
CA Fireball Meteor approx 19:54 Pacific 22OCT2013 ... If you witnessed a meteor event PLEASE file a meteor sighting report to help us confirm and improve our ...
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Supernova echoes found trapped in meteorite metals
Fireworks marked the solar system's birth, and we have found echoes of one of the blasts. The oldest known minerals in the solar system show unusual chemical traces that indicate a supernova explosion happened nearby within a million years of their formation. That blast could even have been the one that triggered the birth of our sun....

Outburst Observed on Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR) 
A COMET EXPLODES: Amateur astronomers are reporting a 100-fold outburst
of brightness from Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR). Images reveal a spherical
shell of gas that reminds observers of Comet 17P/Holmes, which exploded
in 2007. So far the comet is too dim for naked-eye viewing, but at magnitude
+8.5 it is bright enough for imaging by backyard telescopes. ...

BREAKING! Very Bright long Meteor - CALIFORNIA , page 1
Initial Meteor Sighting Reports- 22OCT2013 david wentworth benicia, CA 20:00 PM usa pacific time less than a minute United States bright white, either very ...
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread978177/pg1

Chelyabinsk meteor goes on show: Giant 600kg chunk is displayed ...
Daily Mail
A 600kg rock, believed to be one of the largest pieces of this meteor, is currently being exhibited at the Chelyabinsk Regional History Museum in the Southern ...

Bright Meteor over New Mexico - YouTube
Just so you know -- there was a very bright event over Southwest on Saturday, October 19 at 8:16 PM local time. The fireball was picked up New Mexico State U..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKHn2h_PqqA...c4...

Russia Meteor Explosion: 7 Questions Answered | Asteroids ...
www.space.com/19827-russia-meteor-explosion-faq.html
A meteor explosion in Russia ... The chunk of asteroid or comet that caused the 1908 ... What's the difference between an asteroid, a ...

Chelyabinsk meteor: Weather satellites tracked fireball's ...
www.latimes.com/...sci-sn...meteor-20131022,0,7606779.story
Scientists track Russian Chelyabinsk meteor's path using weather ... Huge meteorite from fireball smashed hole in frozen ... Don't mourn ...

570kg Chelyabinsk meteorite chunk pulled from ...
2 min
What is thought to be the largest piece of meteorite found from the explosion over Chelyabinsk ... theguardian.com

Orionid meteor shower sparks bright fireballs | MNN ...
This video from NASA's camera network shows Orionids slamming into Earth's atmosphere.
mnn.com

Meteorite Study Suggests Mars Atmosphere Trapped in Rocks, Not Lost in Space
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - 6 hours
The atmosphere of Mars may not have escaped into space billions of years ago, scientists say. Instead, the bulk of Mars' carbon dioxide gas ...

Martian meteorite may hold secret to slowing global warming ...www.nhm.ac.uk/.../2013/october/martian-meteorite-may-hold...
False colour image of the Lafayette meteorite from a scanning electron microscope showing evidence of carbonation, where olivine (blue) has ...

BBC News - Meteorite may explain 'how Mars turned to stone'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24624527
A meteorite reveals clues to how Mars lost its thick, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere and became a cold, rocky desert, researchers say.

Meteorite Study Suggests Mars Atmosphere Trapped in Rocks ...article.wn.com/view/2013/10/22/Meteorite_Study_Suggests...
The atmosphere of Mars may not have escaped into space billions of years ago, scientists say. Instead, the bulk of Mars' carbon dioxide gas ...

Meteorite Study Suggests Mars Atmosphere Trapped in Rocks ...
ca.news.yahoo.com/meteorite-study-suggests-mars...
Meteorite Study Suggests Mars Atmosphere Trapped in Rocks, Not Lost in Space By By Becky Oskin, Staff Writer | SPACE.com – 29 minutes ago

Chelyabinsk meteor: Weather satellites tracked fireball's path
Los Angeles Times
15 , the approximately 56-foot-wide Chelyabinsk fireball, carrying a mass of 7,000 to 10,000 tons and traveling at about 40,000 mph, exploded in the ...

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