13 April 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13APR2013

 Internet HOAX 'Rarest Meteor Shower' - April 22, 2013
Message circulating via social media claims that on the night of April 22, 2013, people on Earth ...
www.hoax-slayer.com/meteor-showers-april-13.shtml

Lyrid meteor shower 2013 peak: Best time and how to watch
Northern Voices Online
Lyrid meteor showers are round the corner. Here we bring to you everything including peak time and how to watch the meteor shower. April is a month of rain showers and that of magnificent meteorshowers too, thanks to Lyrid meteors. The Earth Day ...

NASA Announces Challenges for the 2013 International Space Apps Challenge
NASA
Catch a Meteor: Create an app that would allow observers of a meteor shower to trace the location, color and size of the meteor. -- Smart Cities, Smart Climate: Explore the impacts of atmospheric changes on the health, infrastructure and society in ...

Chelyabinsk fireball Canadian scientists still sizing it up ...
A pair of Canadian scientists are leading the research into the Chelyabinsk fireball.
www.thestar.com/.../chelyabinsk_fireball_canadian_scientists_...

Green Meteorite's Age Casts Doubt on Possible ...
A strange green space rock hailed as perhaps the first meteorite ever discovered from Mercury ...
space.com

Photographer Captures Meteor Streaking Through the Aurora Borealis
Photographer Shannon Bileski of Signature Exposures captured this beautiful photograph last Friday at Patricia Beach in Canada. It shows a bright meteo.
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Photo club member snaps meteor streaking through the sky ...
Shannon Bileski has never been a big fan of astronomy but it might become her newest hobby after a t... - Local - Winnipeg Free Press.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/.../Photo-club-member-snaps-me...

Congress wants private help in asteroid hunt
NBCNews.com (blog)
The first hearing took place in late March, and addressed the ways governmental entities, such as NASA and the Air Force, are mitigating the risks posed by close-flying space rocks. The meetings were scheduled in response to a surprise meteor explosion ...

Should you worry about an asteroid causing destruction?
Fri, 12 Apr, 2013 10:33 AM PDT
TUCSON- Asteroids hit the earth several times a year. Themeteorite that hit in Russia was just well documented thanks to the many dashboard cameras in a highly populated area. The remnants are quite valuable and Tucsonan Bob Haag got a piece of it.Continue reading

Residents Of Chelyabinsk Sell RussianMeteorite Pieces On Classified Website Avito.Ru
Thu, 11 Apr, 2013 09:13 PM PDT
Hours after a 10-ton meteor exploded over Siberia on Friday, residents of the Russian city of Chelyabinsk had already begun to list meteoritepieces for sale on Avito.Ru, Russia’s leading website for classified ads.Continue reading

2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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