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Canon City Meteorite
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On the evening of Oct. 27, 1973, a meteorite hurtled through the sky in Canon City, Colo. It landed on a garage, tearing a six-inch hole in the roof and leaving a two-inch gash in the garages cement floor. The meteorite, which weighed 1.4 kg at the time of impact, was classified as a chondrite, a stony met...
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Valdavur meteorite
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The Valdavur (H6) meteorite fell in Pondicherry, India, on the 30th October, 1944. A total mass of 2.8 kg was recovered. 11° 59'N, 79° 45'E
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Devri-Khera meteorite
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The Devri-Khera (L6) meteorite fell in Madhya Pradesh, India, on the 30th October, 1994. A total mass of 1140 g was recovered. 24° 13' 30"N, 76° 31' 30"E
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Adzhi-Bogdo meteorite
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The Adzhi-Bogdo (LL3-6, stone) meteorite fell in Govi-Altay, Mongolia, on the 30th October, 1949. A total mass of 910 g was recovered. 44° 50'N, 95° 10'E
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Kebira Crater
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Scientists have discovered a 31 kilometre diameter crater in the Saharan desert
the newfound crater was created by an impact of an asteroid roughly 1.2 kilometres wide. As yet the exact date of when it occurred has not been determined.
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Asteroid 87 Sylvia
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One of the thousands of minor planets orbiting the Sun has been found to have its own mini planetary system. Astronomer Franck Marchis (University of California, Berkeley, USA) and his colleagues at the Observatoire de Paris (France) have discovered the first triple asteroid system – two small as...
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A small asteroid (H=30) was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon. 8TA9D69 (2008 Oct. 06.2 UT. R.A. = 23 16.8, Dec. = +07 52, V = 18.9) The 0.002 km asteroid is predicted to collide with the Earth at 1:53 UT, 7th October, 2008. pre>Date UT * R.A. (J2000) Decl. Elong. V Motion h "/min P.A. 2008 10 06 14 23 20 29....
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Bialystok meteorite
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The Bialystok meteorite fell near to the town of Bialystok between Fasty and Knyszyn, in Poland, on the 5th October, 1827. A main mass of 4 kilograms was recovered. The meteorite is classed as a howardite achondrite, one of the rarest Stoney meteorites. The Natural History Museum at Humboldt Univ...
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Berthoud meteorite
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Stargazers of all ages came to the Little Thompson Observatory to check out the Berthoud meteorite this past Friday at the observatorys Public Star Night. The meteorite, which landed on the Whiteis familys rural property east of Berthoud in October of 2004, was recently identified as most likely c...
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Zagami Mars Meteorite
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Zagami Mars Meteorite Sale A small Zagami slice with Fusion Crust that is currently on display in a Science Museum in the USA is to be put up for sale. The meteorite has been on display since June 1997 when it was loaned to the museum by an anonymous donor. The ten year loan agreement has finished, a...
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Ontario Meteor
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Astronomers say a bright light in the sky Friday just after 9 p.m. was likely a meteor streaking for just a few flashy seconds through the clear autumn darkness. Raymond Chou, president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada -- Toronto Centre, said reports of sightings have come in from as far we...
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Henbury crater
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The Henbury crater field was recognised in 1931, and estimated to be 4200 ±1900 years.
13 craters are known which form a classic distribution ellipse. The largest crater, probably produced by the impact of a fragme...
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The Vela Incident
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Many U.S. government officials and scientists disagreed with the findings of a presidential panel that the double flash signal picked up by a U.S. nuclear detonation detection satellite (Vela 6911) in late September 1979 was possibly not a nuclear test, according to a number of studies posted tod...
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Popigai crater
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The Popigai crater in Siberia, Russia is tied with Manicouagan Reservoir as the 4th largest verified impact crater on Earth. A large bolide impact created the 100-kilometer diameter crater 35.7 ± 0.2 million years ago during the late Eocene (Priabonian stage). The crater is just north of the Sibe...
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