[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Investigates Signs of Steamy Martian Past

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-144 Mars Rover Investigates Signs of Steamy Martian Past December 10, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers using NASA's twin Mars rovers are sorting out two possible origins for one of Spirit's most important discoveries, while also getting Spirit

[meteorite-list] 1st Meeting of the International Primitive Body Exploration Working Group (IPEWG)

http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/okinawa_index.html The First Meeting of The International Primitive Body Exploration Working Group (IPEWG) January 14-15, 2006 Okinawa, Japan [ATTENTION] A Possible Extension of the Meeting until January 16th Thanks to strong responces received by now, we are

[meteorite-list] SMART-1: Travel Maps of the Lunar North Pole

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMMH029R9F_index_0.html SMART-1: Travel maps of the lunar north pole European Space Agency 5 December 2007 A new map obtained with SMART-1 data shows the geography and illumination of the lunar north pole. Such maps will be of great use for future lunar explorers.

[meteorite-list] Arctic Impact Crater Lake Reveals Interglacial Cycles in Sediments

http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/11974.htm FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Arctic Impact Crater Lake Reveals Interglacial Cycles in Sediments Univerity of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - A University of Arkansas researcher and a team of international scientists have taken cores from the

[meteorite-list] The Best Way to Deflect an Asteroid

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_5_asteroid.html?_r=1oref=slogin The Best Way to Deflect an Asteroid By LIA MILLER New York Times December 9, 2007 In 1908, an asteroid is thought to have entered the earth's atmosphere and exploded over a Siberian forest, leveling some 800 square

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - December 12, 2007

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES December 12, 2007 o Basal Exposure of the South Polar Layered Deposits http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006243_0975 o Wrinkle Ridges in Hesperia Planum http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006223_1600 o Fractures and Grooves in South Polar Layered

[meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7130014.stm Great beasts peppered from space By Jonathan Amos BBC News December 11, 2007 Startling evidence has been found which shows mammoth and other great beasts from the last ice age were blasted with material that came from space. Eight tusks

[meteorite-list] First Recorded Meteor Strike in US Fell 200 Years Ago (Weston Meteorite)

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-meteorite1dec12,0,1063724.story First recorded meteor strike in the U.S. slammed into area 200 years ago By Tim Stelloh The Advocate December 12 2007 NEW HAVEN - The 28-pound rock on the third floor of the Yale Peabody Museum isn't much to

[meteorite-list] Building Blocks of Life Formed on Mars (ALH84001)

http://www.ciw.edu/news/building_blocks_life_formed_mars Building blocks of life formed on Mars Carnegie Institution for Science December 11, 2007 Washington, DC - Organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen and form the building blocks of all life on Earth. By analyzing organic material

[meteorite-list] NASA Sends EPOXI on Mission to Comet Hartley 2

Dec. 13, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nancy Neal Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lee Tune University of Maryland,

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - December 14, 2007

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Scouts Home Plate for Safe Haven - sol 1390-1397, December 14, 2007: Spirit has arrived at the north edge of Home Plate. The rover will spend the next few Martian days, or sols, scouting the edge of Home Plate and

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images - December 10-14, 2007

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES December 10-14, 2007 o Dunes (Released 10 December 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20071210a o Dao Vallis (Released 11 December 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20071211a o Windstreaks (Released 12 December 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20071212a o

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - December 17, 2007

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Final Winter Haven Selection Near - sol 1398-1403, December 17, 2007: To make the most of waning sunlight during the approach of Martian winter, Spirit's handlers have returned to Mars time. This means their working hours

[meteorite-list] Astronauts to Comb International Space Station for Meteorite Strike

http://news.theage.com.au/astronauts-comb-iss-for-meteorite-strike/20071214-1h27.html Astronauts comb ISS for meteorite strike The Age (Australia) December 14, 2007 Two astronauts on the International Space Station will make a spacewalk next week to find out if a micro-meteorite strike

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - December 17, 2007

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_12_17_07.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman December 17, 2007 Dear Aficidawnados, Dawn is climbing away from the Sun on a blue-green pillar of xenon ions as it begins a new chapter in its mission. After the remarkably successful initial checkout phase,

[meteorite-list] NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Begins Interplanetary Cruise Phase

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1559 NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Begins Interplanetary Cruise Phase Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 18, 2007 NASA's Dawn spacecraft has successfully completed the initial checkout phase of the mission and begun its interplanetary cruise phase,

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - December 19, 2007

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES December 19, 2007 o Santa Claus Craters http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006271_2210 o Chryse Planitia Surfaces http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006268_1995 o Exposure of Basal Section of Polar Layered Deposits

[meteorite-list] Chips Off an Old Lava Flow (Lunar Meteorite Kalahari 009)

http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec07/cryptomareSample.html Chips Off an Old Lava Flow Planetary Science Research Discoveries December 19, 2007 --- Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 contains fragments of basalt about 4.35 billion years old, a record-breaking old age for mare basalt. Written by G.

[meteorite-list] Catastrophic Impacts Made Life Flourish

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22298683/ Catastrophic impacts made life flourish Meteorites linked to an explosion in biodiversity millions of years ago By Dave Mosher MSNBC December 17, 2007 Space rocks are blamed for a lot of rough times on Earth, from the die-off of most marine animals some

[meteorite-list] Saturn's Rings May be Old Timers

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-149 Saturn's Rings May be Old Timers Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 12, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - New observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicate the rings of Saturn, once thought to have formed during the age of the dinosaurs,

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid may be set to slam Mars in Jan.

There is a NASA press release coming out on this today. We'll also post some graphics on the NEO website. Stay tuned. Ron Baalke __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: December 17-21, 2007

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES December 17-21, 2007 o Liu Hsin Crater (Released 17 December 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20071217a o Hydraotes Chaos (Released 18 December 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20071218a o Large Landslide (Released 19 December 2007)

[meteorite-list] Freshly Painted Arecibo Observatory Returns To Work, Spies Asteroid 3200 Phaethon

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec07/Arecibo.phaethon.html Chronicle Online e-News Freshly painted Arecibo Observatory returns to work, spies object associated with meteor showers http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec07/Arecibo.phaethon.html Dec. 21, 2007 By Lauren Gold [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] The United Nations Declares 2009 the International Year of Astronomy

IAU0702: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.iau.org/iau0702.486.0.html The United Nations declares 2009 the International Year of Astronomy 20-December-2007, Paris: Early this morning (CET) the United Nations (UN) 62nd General Assembly proclaimed 2009 the International Year of Astronomy. The

[meteorite-list] Mars Rovers Find New Evidence of 'Hapitable Niche'; Perilous 3rd Winter Approaches

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec07/Rover.update.html Chronicle Online e-News Mars rovers find new evidence of 'habitable niche'; perilous third winter approaches Dec. 21, 2007 By Lauren Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] Inch by power-conserving inch, drivers on Earth have moved the Mars rover

[meteorite-list] Recently Discovered Asteroid Could Hit Mars in January (2007 WD5)

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news151.html Recently Discovered Asteroid Could Hit Mars in January Steve Chesley and Paul Chodas NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office December 21, 2007 A recently discovered asteroid which passed close to the Earth in November, is now headed towards a very

[meteorite-list] Astronomers Monitor Asteroid to Pass Near Mars

Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dec. 21, 2007 RELEASE : 07-284 Astronomers Monitor Asteroid to Pass Near Mars WASHINGTON - Astronomers funded by NASA are

[meteorite-list] Catalina Sky Survey Discovers Space Rock That Could Hit Mars

http://uanews.org/node/17415 FROM: Lori Stiles (520-626-4402 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) CATALINA SKY SURVEY DISCOVERS SPACE ROCK THAT COULD HIT MARS UA-based HiRISE team would have a ring-side seat - Sent December 21, 2007 An asteroid discovered by The University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey has

[meteorite-list] Mars Impact Probability Increases to 4 Percent (Asteroid 2007 WD5)

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news153.html Mars Impact Probability Increases to 4 Percent Don Yeomans, Paul Chodas and Steve Chesley NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office December 28, 2007 The impact probability for a collision of asteroid 2007 WD5 with Mars on January 30 has increased from

[meteorite-list] International Conference: 100 Years Since Tunguska Phenomenon - Past, Present and Future

http://tunguska.sai.msu.ru/ International Conference 100 years since Tunguska phenomenon: Past, present and future June 26-28, 2008. Moscow, Russia The Conference is organized by * Russian Academy of Sciences - Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres * Lomonosov Moscow State

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - December 26, 2007

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES December 26, 2007 o Repeated Erosion and Deposition in the South Polar Layered Deposits http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_005788_1035 o Crater on the South Polar Layered Deposits http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_005748_1075 o Distorted Layers in

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: December 24-28, 2007

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES December 24-28, 2007 o Lava Flows (Released 24 December 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20071224a o Polar Outliers (Released 25 December 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20071225a o Landslides (Released 26 December 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20071226a o

[meteorite-list] Fireball Seen Over Oregon, California and Nevada

http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=7540645 Fireball has hunters on the trail of meteor's tail By Barney Lerten and Victoria Adelus KTVZ.COM Decmeber 24, 2007 Updated: December 27, 2007 A blazing fireball plummeting toward Earth was seen over a wide area of Central Oregon, Northern

[meteorite-list] Couple Find Possible Meteorite in Their Yard in California?

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/green_4266___article.html/meteorite_piece.html Piece of the heavens Couple find possible meteorite in their yard By PATRICK THATCHER Victorville Daily Press December 31, 2007 It's not everyday that a little piece of the heavens drops right into your front

[meteorite-list] Deep Impact Zooms by Earth on New Year's Eve

December 31, 2007 Media Contact: Lee Tune 240-328-4914 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deep Impact Zooms by Earth on New Year's Eve (Earth Flyby and Moon Pics Mark Start of New Mission) College Park, Md. -- This New Year's Eve the University of Maryland-led Deep Impact team will again celebrate a holiday

[meteorite-list] New Observations Slightly Decrease Mars Impact Probability (Asteroid 2007 WD5)

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[meteorite-list] Bright Object Seen Streaking Across California Sky

http://www.redding.com/news/2008/jan/03/ufo-sighting-firemen-go/ UFO sighting? Firemen go toward the light By Kimberly Ross Redding Record Searchlight January 3, 2008 A Christmas Eve flash in the sky over northeastern Shasta County has some speculating about reindeer on fire or season's

[meteorite-list] Deadline for 2007 Nininger Meteorite Award Extended

From: Michelle Minitti, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona The Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University announces the extension of the application opportunity for the 2007 Nininger Meteorite Award for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - January 3, 2008

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES January 3, 2008 o Jumbled Flow Patterns http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006278_2225 o Gullies with Meanders http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006261_1410 o Lineated Valley Fill http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006252_2220 o Dust Devil

[meteorite-list] NASA To Find Most Earth-Threatening Asteroids By End of 2008

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=9055040intsrc=hm_list NASA to find most Earth-threatening asteroids by end of 2008 But Mars asteroid, with a 1-in-25 chance of hitting the Red Planet, illustrates broader threat Patrick Thibodeau

[meteorite-list] Stardust Formed Close To Sun

https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/news_releases/2008/NR-08-01-01.html News Release Contact: Anne M. Stark Phone: (925) 422-9799 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2008 NR-08-01-01 Stardust formed close to sun LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Samples of the material

[meteorite-list] What Would Happen If Asteroid Hits Mars

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320410,00.html What Would Happen If Asteroid Hits Mars By Leonard David space.com January 4, 2008 The possibility of an asteroid walloping the planet Mars this month is whetting the appetites of Earth-bound scientists, even as they further refine the space

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: December 31, 2007 - January 4, 2008

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES December 31, 2007 - January 4, 2008 o Channels (Released 31 December 2007) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20071231a o Timbuktu (Released 01 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080101a o Confined Flow (Released 02 January 2008)

[meteorite-list] Red Dust in Planet-Forming Disk May Harbor Precursors to Life

http://www.ciw.edu/news/red_dust_planet_forming_disk_may_harbor_precursors_life For Immediate Release January 3, 2008 Contact: John Debes 1-202-478-8862, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PIO Source: Alan Cutler 1-202-939-1142 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For copies of the paper go to http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.3283

[meteorite-list] Vatican Astonomers To Move To Bigger, More Modern Facilities

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0707310.htm Vatican astronomers to move to bigger, more modern facilities By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service December 21, 2007 VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After more than half a century based at the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican's

[meteorite-list] Mars Impact Seems Less Likely (Asteroid 2007 WD5)

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news155.html Mars Impact Seems Less Likely Steve Chesley, Paul Chodas and Don Yeomans NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office January 8, 2008 We have updated the orbit of 2007 WD5 using new observations from the 3.5-meter telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in

[meteorite-list] Forget the Meteorites - It Was Insects That Did For The Dinosaurs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/07/dinosaurs Forget the meteorites - it was insects that did for the dinosaurs James Randerson The Guardian (United Kingdom) January 7 2008 They were the most imposing and terrifying creatures that have ever walked on the surface of the Earth, but

[meteorite-list] Object Seen Streaking Over Florida

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5419908version=1locale=EN-USlayoutCode=TSTYpageId=3.2.1 What was that flying object? MyFox Orland January 7, 2008 POINCIANA, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- FOX 35 viewer, Alexandra Gregory captured these spectacular images of an

[meteorite-list] Astrophysicist Raises Odds of Asteroid Strike on Mars (2007 WD5)

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/258025.html UAA researcher gives Mars bad news COLLISION: Astrophysicist raises odds of asteroid strike. By GEORGE BRYSON Anchorage Daily News January 8, 2008 The odds are it will miss. Still, there's a huge asteroid -- a massive rock about 160 feet

[meteorite-list] Apollo Astronaut Rusty Schweickart to Speak on Asteroid Impact Threat

From: Bruce Cordell, Ph.D. Dean, Natural Sciences Fullerton College (714) 992-7106 [EMAIL PROTECTED] APOLLO ASTRONAUT RUSTY SCHWEICKART TO SPEAK ON ASTEROID IMPACT THREAT In early February, 2008, the Apollo 9 Astronaut will present a public talk, Asteroid Impact - Protecting the Earth at

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - January 9, 2008

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES January 9, 2008 o Winslow Crater: A Not-So-Fresh, Fresh Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_004313_1760 o Central Pit Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_005409_1530 o Hills and Cones in Utopia

[meteorite-list] 2007 WD5 Mars Collision Effectively Ruled Out - Impact Odds now 1 in 10, 000

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news156.html 2007 WD5 Mars Collision Effectively Ruled Out - Impact Odds now 1 in 10,000 Steve Chesley, Paul Chodas and Don Yeomans NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office January 9, 2008 Since our last update, we have received numerous tracking measurements of

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER To Make Historic Flyby of Mercury

Jan. 10, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RELEASE: 08-003 NASA SPACECRAFT TO MAKE HISTORIC FLYBY OF MERCURY LAUREL, Md. - On Monday,

[meteorite-list] When Worlds Collide: Have Astronomers Observed the Aftermath of a Distant Planetary Collision?

Public Affairs Office Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts For more information, contact: David A. Aguilar Director of Public Affairs Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 617-495-7462 Christine Pulliam Public Affairs Specialist Harvard-Smithsonian Center

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 7-11, 2008

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 7-11, 2008 o Arcuate Collapse (Released 07 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080107a o Ophir Chasma (Released 08 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080108a o Landslides (Released 09 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080109a o

[meteorite-list] Epimetheus Revealed

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2920 Epimetheus Revealed January 11, 2008 Full-Res: PIA09813 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09813 The Cassini spacecraft's close flyby of Epimetheus in December 2007 returned detailed images of the moon's

[meteorite-list] Korean Scientists Find 3.7 kg Meteorite in Antarctica

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200801/200801150010.html Korean Polar Explorers Find Massive Meteorite A team of Korean scientists in Antarctica has discovered a large meteorite weighing 3.7 kg. Digital Chosunilbo January 15, 2008 The Korea Polar Research Institute under the Korea

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER's First Look at Mercury's Previously Unseen Side

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_15_08_2.html MESSENGER Mission News January 15, 2008 MESSENGER's First Look at Mercury's Previously Unseen Side When Mariner 10 flew past Mercury three times in 1974 and 1975, the same hemisphere was in sunlight during each encounter. As

[meteorite-list] Life on Earth 'Began on a Radioactive Beach'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILSgrid=xml=/earth/2008/01/09/scibeach109.xml Life on Earth 'began on a radioactive beach' By Nic Fleming The Telegraph (United Kingdom) January 9, 2008 Life on Earth began on a radioactive beach, a scientist claimed today. According to

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER Reveals Mercury in New Detail

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Office of Communications and Public Affairs Laurel, Maryland Media Contacts: Paulette Campbell (240) 228-6792 or (443) 778-6792 [EMAIL PROTECTED] January 16, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MESSENGER REVEALS MERCURY IN NEW DETAIL As

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - January 16, 2008

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES January 16, 2008 o Intersecting Graben in Utopia Planitia http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006500_2200 o Dust-Devil Tracks in Southern Schiaparelli Basin http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006477_1745 o Colliding Dunes in Meridiani Planum

[meteorite-list] Two New Images from MESSENGER's First Flyby of Mercury

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_16_08_2.html MESSENGER Mission News January 16, 2008 [Evening Update] Two New Images from MESSENGER's First Flyby of Mercury Detailed Close-up of Mercury's Previously Unseen Surface Just 21 minutes after MESSENGER's closest approach to

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER: New Images Shed Light on Mercury's Geological History, Surface Textures

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_17_08.html MESSENGER Mission News January 17, 2008 New Images Shed Light on Mercury's Geological History, Surface Textures MESSENGER Reveals Mercury's Geological History Shortly following MESSENGER's closest approach to Mercury on January

[meteorite-list] Meteor Shower Origin Traced To 1490 Event

http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13152-meteors-mysterious-origin-traced-to-1490-event.html Meteors' mysterious origin traced to 1490 event Stephen Battersby New Scientist 07 January 2008 Last week's Quadrantid meteor shower was probably debris from a deep-space explosion that went

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER's Mercury Flyby Science Data Now Safely on Earth

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_18_08.html MESSENGER Mission News January 18, 2008 MESSENGER's Mercury Flyby Science Data Now Safely on Earth A day after its successful flyby of Mercury, the MESSENGER spacecraft turned toward Earth on Tuesday and began downloading the

[meteorite-list] Spaceguard UK Campaign for NEO Telescope

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7193928.stm Asteroid telescope's fitting bill BBC News January 17, 2008 An observatory which monitors the potential threat to earth from asteroids has launched a campaign to raise money to install a new telescope. The Spaceguard Centre in Knighton, Powys,

[meteorite-list] Monnig Meteorite Gallery in Texas Receive Large Slice of Mundrabilla Meteorite

http://media.www.tcudailyskiff.com/media/storage/paper792/news/2008/01/16/News/Monnig.Meteorite.Gallery.Receives.A.Slice.Of.Mundrabilla-3153001.shtml Monnig Meteorite Gallery receives a slice of Mundrabilla Daily Skiff January 16, 2008 The largest iron meteorite slice in the country is coming

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 14-18, 2008

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 14-18, 2008 o End of Summer (Released 14 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080114a o Reynolds Crater (Released 15 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080115a o Russell Crater (Released 16 January 2008)

[meteorite-list] Near-Earth Asteroid 2007 TU24 to Pass Close To Past Earth on Jan. 29 - Should be Observable with Modest Sized Telescopes

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news157.html Near-Earth Asteroid 2007 TU24 to Pass Close To Past Earth on Jan. 29 - Should be Observable with Modest Sized Telescopes Don Yeomans NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office January 22, 2008 Asteroid 2007 TU24, discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey

[meteorite-list] Latest MESSENGER Images Show Fascinating Views of Mercury's Surface

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_20_08.html MESSENGER Mission News January 20, 2008 Latest MESSENGER Images Show Fascinating Views of Mercury's Surface

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER: Mercury in Color!

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_22_08.html MESSENGER Mission News January 22, 2008 Mercury in Color! One week ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of

[meteorite-list] Seismic Images Show Dinosaur-Killing Meteor Made Bigger Splas

Office of Public Affairs University of Texas at Austin P.O. Box Z Austin, TX 78713 For more information, contact: Marc Airhart, Jackson School of Geosciences 512-471-2241 January 23, 2008 Seismic Images Show Dinosaur-Killing Meteor Made Bigger Splash AUSTIN, Texas -- The most detailed

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER Dances by Matisse

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_23_08.html MESSENGER Mission News January 23, 2008 MESSENGER Dances by Matisse As MESSENGER approached Mercury on January 14, 2008, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of

[meteorite-list] NASA Scientists Get First Images of Asteroid 2007 TU24

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-014 NASA Scientists Get First Images of Earth Flyby Asteroid Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 25, 2008 Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have obtained the first images of asteroid 2007 TU24 using

[meteorite-list] Arecibo Astronomers Prepare to Obtain Close Images of Asteroid 2007 TU24

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/cuc-aap012508.php Public release date: 25-Jan-2008 Contact: Blaine Friedlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] 607-254-8093 Cornell University Communications Arecibo astronomers prepare to obtain close images of a near-Earth asteroid ITHACA, N.Y. - The

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER: Counting Mercury's Craters

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_24_08.html MESSENGER Mission News January 24, 2008 Counting Mercury's Craters On January 14, 2008, MESSENGER flew by Mercury and snapped images of a large portion of the surface that had not been previously seen by spacecraft. Ever since

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - January 24, 2008

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES January 24, 2008 o Southern Dunes and Spiders http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006538_1035 o Layered Sediments in Terby Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006475_1525 o Splotches and Channels Near Sisyphi Montes

[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2007 TU24 to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-012 Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29 Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 24, 2008 Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24. The asteroid, believed to be between 150 meters (500 feet) and 610 meters (2,000

[meteorite-list] Stardust Comet Dust Resembles Asteroid Materials

https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/news_releases/2008/NR-08-01-05.html Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory News Release Contact: Anne M. Stark Phone: (925) 422-9799 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2008 NR-08-01-05 Stardust comet

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 21-25, 2008

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 21-25, 2008 o Aonia Terra Dunes (Released 21 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080121a o Copernicus Dunes (Released 22 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080122a o Dust Devil Tracks (Released 23 January 2008)

[meteorite-list] New Horizons: A Hi-Def Peek at Pluto

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/012408.htm New Horizons: NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission January 24, 2008 A Hi-Def Peek at Pluto New Horizons made its first detection of Pluto using the high-resolution mode of its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) during three separate sets

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER: A Closer Look at the Previously Unseen Side of Mercury

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_28_08.html MESSENGER Mission News January 28, 2008 A Closer Look at the Previously Unseen Side of Mercury Two weeks ago, on January 14, 2008, MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to see the side of Mercury shown in this image. The first

[meteorite-list] NASA to Release Science Results and New Images From Mercury Flyby

Jan. 28, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-019 NASA TO RELEASE SCIENCE RESULTS AND NEW IMAGES FROM MERCURY FLYBY WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 30, to announce scientific findings

[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2007 TU24 Zooms by Earth

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-014a Asteroid Zooms by Earth Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 29, 2008 As expected, Asteroid 2007 TU24 made its closest approach to Earth at 12:33 a.m. today, Jan. 29 (3:33 a.m. Eastern time), and is now headed away from our planet. At its

[meteorite-list] Surprises Stream Back From Mercury's MESSENGER

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Office of Communications and Public Affairs Laurel, Maryland Media Contacts: Paulette Campbell (240) 228-6792 or (443) 778-6792, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tina McDowell, Carnegie Institution of Washington 202-939-1120, [EMAIL PROTECTED] January

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - January 30, 2008

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES January 30, 2008 o Possible Salt Deposits in Noachis Terra http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006649_1615 o Potential Landing Site in Nili Fossae http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006633_2010 o Clay Minerals in the Northwestern Bosporos Montes

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 28 - February 1, 2008

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 28 - February 1, 2008 o Lava Flows (Released 28 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080128a o Hills and Flows (Released 29 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080129a o Meridiani (Released 30 January 2008)

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - February 6, 2008

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Still Grinding After All These Years - sol 1389-1395, Feb 06, 2008: With only about a month remaining before Opportunity's fourth anniversary (in Earth years) of Mars exploration, NASA's robotic geologist is

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: February 4-8, 2008

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES February 4-8, 2008 o Landslide Surface (Released 04 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080204a o Candor Chasma (Released 05 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080205a o Embayment (Released 06 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080206a

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - February 7, 2008

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES February 7, 2008 o Small Cones North of Olympus Mons http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006667_2150 o Textured Surface in the Southern Part of Trumpler Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006734_1180 o Terby Crater

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - January 31, 2008

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_1_31_08.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman January 31, 2008 Dear Dawnnoisseurs, Now in interplanetary cruise, the Dawn spacecraft is following a much more leisurely pace than the one it maintained during the initial checkout phase of the mission. While

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - February 14, 2008

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES February 14, 2008 o Layers on Floor of Trough in Noctis Labyrinthis http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006679_1680 o Dunes with Unusual Gully http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006648_1300 o Light-toned Layers in Eos Chaos

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: February 11-15, 2008

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES February 11-15, 2008 o Wind Action (Released 11 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080211a o Sand and Rock (Released 12 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080212a o Argyre Dunes (Released 13 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080213a

[meteorite-list] Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-026 Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 15, 2008 BOSTON -- Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from

[meteorite-list] Traces of the Martian Past in the Terby Crater (Mars Express)

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMSEWEMKBF_0.html Traces of the martian past in the Terby crater European Space Agency Mars Epxress 25 January 2008 The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express has returned striking scenes of the Terby crater on Mars. The

[meteorite-list] First Near-Earth Triple Asteroid Discovered by Arecibo Observatory Astronomers

Press Relations Office Cornell University Ithaca, New York Media Contact: Blaine Friedlander Phone: (607) 254-8093 FOR RELEASE: Feb. 13, 2008 First near-Earth triple asteroid discovered by Arecibo Observatory astronomers -- a mere 7 million miles from Earth ITHACA, N.Y. -- Once considered

[meteorite-list] DoD To Engage Decaying Satellite

Public Affairs U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Washington, D.C. Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2008 No. 0125-08 DoD To Engage Decaying Satellite An uncontrollable U.S. experimental satellite which was

[meteorite-list] International Meteor Conference 2008

http://www.imo.net/imc2008/ International Meteor Conference 2008 Sachticka, Slovakia September 18-21, 2008 The International Meteor Organization (IMO) will hold its next annual International Meteor Conference (IMC) Sachticka from September 18 till 21, 2008. Both amateur and

[meteorite-list] High Energy Electron Holes Reveal Unseen Rings (Cassini)

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1611 High Energy Electron Holes Reveal Unseen Rings Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 19, 2008 Gaps in the soup of high energy particles near the orbits of two of Saturn's tiny moons indicate that Saturn may be surrounded by undiscovered,

[meteorite-list] Cassini Finds Mingling Moons May Share a Dark Past

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-028 Cassini Finds Mingling Moons May Share a Dark Past Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 19, 2008 Despite the incredible diversity of Saturn's icy moons, theirs is a story of great interaction. Some of them are pock-marked, some seemingly

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