27 April 2012

The Latest Meteor/Meteorite News 27APR2012 - Carbonaceous Meteorites Fall/Found California!

NASA released this photo of a meteor in the sky above Reno, Nevada, on Sunday.  
FOX News: Possible Meteor Boom Wakes Nevada/California ...
http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=572 (...pics available now @ my blog!) A loud boom or boomS (or ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj3UzCEvvp4

Meteorites cause small-scale resurgence of Gold Rush
Auburn Journal
By Sara Seyydin Journal Staff Writer When Brenda Salveson heard meteorites found just minutes from her home were drawing national acclaim — and a high price tag — she decided it might be worth taking a walk to find her own. Dozens of other people ...

Public Urged To Forward Sierra Meteor Photos, Video
CBS Local
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) – NASA and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute were asking for the public's help finding footage photos and video of a daylightmeteor that fell over Northern California on Sunday, the NASA Ames Research ...

Be On the Lookout For Meteorites: NASA
NBC Bay Area
But this week the universe came to them when a meteorite disintegrated over Northern California, giving them the gift of a galaxy. NBC Bay Area's George Kiriyama reports from NASA Ames at Moffett Field. John T. Wasson, a longtime professor at UCLA's ...

Giant asteroids struck Earth more often than thought
San Jose Mercury News
The meteor that exploded over California last weekend rained rubble down on the site where gold was discovered in 1848 and where scores of modern-day treasure seekers and clue-seeking researchers are expected to descend this weekend in search of ...

Minivan-sized meteor packed explosive power
Newsday
Nation Newsday > News > Nation Print Aa Minivan-sized meteor packed explosive power Originally published: April 25, 2012 2:41 PM Updated: April 25, 2012 2:42 PM By The Associated Press SCOTT SONNER (Associated Press) RENO, Nev.

Metorite hunters descend on small gold country town
KTVU San Francisco
Instead, the hills were filled with meteorite hunters searching high and low for rocks from space. In the small town El Dorado County town of Lotus, meteorite hunters by the hundreds have converged to try to find fragments of a meteor that came ...

Fragments Found of Meteor That Exploded Over California
PC Magazine
By Damon Poeter Near the site of the discovery that launched the Gold Rush more than 150 years ago, meteorite hunter Robert Ward has tracked down another sort of rock —fragments of a minivan-sized meteor that blew up in the sky above California's ...

Giant asteroids struck Earth more often than thought
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
By Mike Taugher The meteor that exploded over California last weekend rained bits and pieces down on the site where gold was discovered in 1848 and where scores of modern-day treasure seekers and researchers are expected to descend this weekend in ...

The 3D Lyrid Meteor Shower
RedOrbit
“The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks on April 21-22,” says Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. “We're going to try to photograph some of these 'shooting stars' simultaneously from ground stations, from a research balloon in ...

Scientists Need Help in Aftermath of Falling Meteor
KGO-AM
NASA scientists have already tracked down the remnants of a meteor that raced through the sky Sunday morning in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Now, in order to learn more about the incident, the scientists are asking for the public's help in the form of ...

NASA: Strange Sight in The Sky Over Central Valley Sunday Was Just Meteor
KSEE
By David R Arnott, MSNBC An image provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows a meteor over Reno, Nevada on April 22, 2012. NASA has released a photograph of a flaming meteor that unleashed a powerful sonic boom Sunday morning, rattling houses ...

Rare Meteorite Caused California Fireball, Sonic Boom
The Inquisitr Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:16 PM PDT
A rare meteorite is to blame for a recent fireball seen over California and Nevada. The fireball was seen shooting across the sky this weekend, causing a sonic boom that rattled houses and woke residents from their peaceful Sunday morning sleep. Robert Ward, an avid meteoritehunter/collector, discovered the first piece of the giant space rock [...] Rare Meteorite Caused California Fireball ...

研究員蒐集墜落隕石照片及影片 NASA asking public for photos and ...
NASA美國太空總署現是要求公眾提供在周日墜落北加州的隕石照片及影片。NASA is asking for the public's help finding footage photos and video of a daylight meteor ...
www.ktsf.com/.../nasa-asking-public-for-photos-and-video-of-...

Nation + World
The Salt Lake Tribune Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:11 PM PDT
Robert Ward displays two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif., Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Ward found the pieces from a meteor that was probably about the size of a minivan when it entered the Earth's atmosphere with a loud boom about 8 a.m. Sunday.

Rare type of meteorite found along fireball's path in California
The Milpitas Post Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:49 PM PDT
RENO, Nev. -- Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteoritesfor more than 20 years, so he knew he d found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern California and Nevada with a sonic boom over the weekend.

Pieces of meteorite found in California
UPI Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00 PM PDT
LOTUS, Calif., April 26 (UPI) -- A NASA astronomer says he found fragments of the meteor that exploded in a giant fireball over California Sunday morning.

Meteorite hunterâs new find is out-of-this-world
The Wenatchee World Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:54 AM PDT
RENO, Nev. â Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteoritesfor more than 20 years, so he knew heâd found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern California and Nevada with a sonic boom over the weekend. And scientists have confirmed his suspicions: itâs one of the more primitive types of space rocks out there, dating to ...

California fireball produces jackpot for meteorite hunters (+video)
The Christian Science Monitor Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:29 AM PDT
Meteorite hunter finds pieces of a mini-bus sized meteor that lit up in the skies above California and Nevada this week. More pieces of the meteor are expected to be found as hunters scour the area.

Meteorites Discovered Along Huge Fireball's Path in Calif.
SPACE.com Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:17 AM PDT
Meteorite hunter Robert Ward found two space rocks that are roughly 4 to 5 billion years old.

Bantam Lake "UFO" mystery may never be solved
The Register Citizen Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:08 AM PDT
LITCHFIELDâIf little green men did plunge a UFO into Bantam Lake under the cover of darkness two weeks ago, they might be interested to know that thereâs little pressure to speed up whatever theyâre planningâor if some glowing green whale-sized object did fall into the lake as reported, and it is a meteorite as suspected, it will likely remain undisturbed for a very long time.

The Mystery of the "UFO," or Meteorite That Fell Into Bantam Lake May Never Be Solved
Litchfield County Times Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:06 AM PDT
A Perseid meteor is shown in this AP photo taken during the 2009 shower. Photo by Kevin Clifford/AP.

Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold
WESH 2 Orlando Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:03 AM PDT
Researchers believe tiny meteorites found in foothills were part of a giant fireball that exploded. For the full story, go to KCRA.com.

NASA: Minivan-Size Meteor Over California Weighed 75 Tons
First Coast News
The photo taken in Reno shows the fireball from the meteor as it burned up while traveling east to west. Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office estimates the object was about the size of a minivan, but weighed around 154300 pounds, ...

NASA Photo: Meteor Over Reno, Nevada
TPM
NASA released this photo of a meteor in the sky above Reno, Nevada, on Sunday. From NASA's release of the picture: Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., estimates the object was ...

Meteor explodes, rocks houses in Nevada, California
Examiner.com
Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society, spoke to the press shortly after the event hit the airwaves, stating that “if you hear a sonic boom or explosion, that's a good indication that some fragments may have reached the ground.

Hunt is on for pieces of van-sized California meteor
New Scientist
Wanted: fragments of a minivan-sized meteor that exploded over northern California and Nevada on Sunday morning and may well have survived to strike Earth. Meteorites – meteors that make landfall – can provide crucial information about the chemical ...

There's meterorite fragments in them thar' hills!
allvoices
Last Sunday a minivan sized meteor exploded over Northern California prompting seekers from NASA and anyone who cares to look scavaging the landscape for bits and pieces of the fireball. Fragments scattered of Sierra Nevada towns of Coloma and Lotus, ...

Meteorites found in California along path of fireball
Salt Lake Tribune
Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, so he knew he had found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern California and Nevada with a sonic boom ...

NASA: Meteor was size of minivan
KTVQ Billings News
The picture taken in Reno, Nevada, on Sunday morning shows a meteor the size of a minivan plunging through the Earth's atmosphere, according to Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ...

Fireball Over California/Nevada: How Big Was It?
NASA
A meteor in the sky above Reno, Nevada on April 22, 2012. Image credit: Lisa Warren › Larger view Red bullseye indicates location where Sunday's meteor (or bolide) exploded over California's Central Valley. The yellow triangles mark infrasound arrays ...

Rare type of meteorite found along fireball's path in California
San Jose Mercury News
By Scott Sonner AP Robert Ward displays two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif., Wednesday, April 25, 2012. .(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) RENO, Nev. -- Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, ...

Daylight meteor: NASA and SETI ask public for photos, video
San Jose Mercury News
NASA and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute are asking for the public's help finding footage photos and video of a daylight meteor that fell over Northern California on Sunday, the NASA Ames Research Center announced Wednesday.

Meteorites found in California along path of fireball
The Detroit News
By Scott Sonner AP Robert Ward displays one of two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Reno, Nev.— Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, ...

Fireball remnants likely in Calif. some of oldest
Seattle Post Intelligencer
SCOTT SONNER, AP Robert Ward displays two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif., Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Ward found the pieces from a meteor that was probably about the size of a minivan when it entered the Earth's atmosphere ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 21-27, 2012 | American Meteor Society
This will be the best time of the month in which to view meteor activity. As the week progresses the waxing crescent moon will enter the evening sky but will not ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-april-21-...

Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold - YouTube
3 min
A new rush is on in the sierra but this time it's for meteorites.
youtube.com

Cool Physics: Minivan Meteorite...
The picture taken in Reno, Nevada, on Sunday morning shows a meteor the size of a minivan ...
physics4thecool.com


2012 THE Year of Meteors!