16 January 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16JAN2012

The January issue of Meteorite Times is now up.
The following URL gives access to the Web Browser View, Flash Magazine View, and Mobile PDF.
http://www.meteorite-times.com/monthly-issues/

Some clues to identifying meteorites
Mail Tribune
How can you determine whether that odd-looking rock you just stumbled over on your hike is a raremeteorite or just another stone that originated on Earth? Very carefully, said Dick Pugh, a scientist who has been studying meteorites for half a century. ...

Several Agencies Investigating Fireball Reported Near Jekyll Island ...
JEKYLL ISLAND, Fla. -- First Coast News has confirmed that several agencies are searching a marsh near the Jekyll Island Airport after someone reported ...

Stellar show in Edmonton skies
Edmonton Sun
In Cold Lake, Martin Avery, a teacher at Ecole Voyageur School, witnessed a light show from what appeared to be a large fireball meteor. “I've seen shooting stars, meteorites in my day, but nothing on this scale,” said Avery. “This was so big, ...

Messengers from space
Mail Tribune
This photo shows a slice of a meteorite found in Sams Valley by a gold miner in the 1930s. The slice weighs 441 grams.Photo by Dick Pugh By Paul Fattig No one knows exactly when the iron-nickel rocks from outer space rained down on Sams Valley. ...