Six Not-So-Famous Summer Meteor Showers Each summer amateur astronomers from all over the world look forward to observing the famous Perseid Meteors, but they often overlook six lesser showers that peak between July 28 and Aug. 19.
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SpaceWeather.com "METEOR SHOWER: The Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on July 28th. Go outside before dawn on Friday morning, look south, and you could see a meteor every five minutes or so. No one knows where these meteors come from. They could be remains of a long-dead comet or debris from an asteroid-asteroid collision. Curious fact: There is a debris stream nearly parallel to this one. Earth will pass through it on August 8th, producing the Northern Delta Aquarid meteor shower. It's a mystery, too."
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Scientists learn about origins of Earth by studying meteorite Dayton find provides key clues and offers some interesting differences from others. DAYTON — Nobody is certain of its exact history, but a meteorite that lore says landed in the 1890s at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds has provided important clues as to how the solar system formed."
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Meteor explosion seen from Norway OSLO, Norway, July 14 (UPI) -- A meteor explosion was recorded over the Oslo Fjord area of Norway last month, Aftenposten reported Friday. On June 14, NORSAR -- a research foundation in Norway that studies applied geophysics and seismology -- registered a signal from the explosion. Officials at NORSAR and at the University of Oslo said remnants of the meteor can probably be found lying on the ground between the northeast and southeast of Oslo."
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Dream leads to meteorite find A QUEENSLAND grazier who discovered Australia’s largest dinosaur remains has struck it big again. After searching for two years, David Elliott has discovered two rare meteorites weighing almost 30kg on his sheep and cattle property near Winton in central western Queensland.
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Crater left by huge meteorite 11 million years ago found in Uzbekistan From uzreport.com Uzbek geologists found a large object clearly illustrating the collision of a large meteorite with the Earth, press-uz.info reported. The meteorite crater is located in an unpopulated deserted plateau Ust-Yurt, located in the north-western part of the country. State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources of Uzbekistan said the collision was so powerful it created an elliptical cavity. The depth of the crater totals some 40 meters. The hole is 7 km wide and 10 km long. Moreover, as a result of the collision a swell 60 meters high and 1 km long formed in the south-eastern end of the plateau. According to preliminary information, the fall of such a large meteorite happened approximately 11 million years ago. Press-uz.info
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Rockin' good time at first meteorite festival Several hundred people turned out Saturday in Haviland to gaze at meteorites in the city's first meteorite festival. American flags lined Main Street and fluttered in the wind as clowns dressed as meteorite hunters walked in the parade, onlookers cheered a pickup truck carrying a load of meteorites and motorcycle riders revved their engines in celebration of the celestial rocks.
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Kansas meteorite might be largest ever found Two men brought 1,500 pounds of meteorite from one hole they excavated in a field. Experts said the find may be part of the Brenham meteorites, a collection of space rocks that fell to Earth in the present-day Brenham Township near Haviland about 20,000 years ago. Many are among the most famous and sought-after in the world because they are pallasites. The extremely rare rocks contain crystals that look like stained glass when they are cut.
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Summer Meteor Showers From news-press.com One celestial event sky watchers don't want binoculars for is a meteor shower — you need a wide field of view to scan the area of the shower. A minor shower, the Southern Delta Aquarids, runs from July 12 until Aug. 19, with the peak of 15 to 20 meteors on July 28. Look to the southeast, toward the constellation Aquarius, after 2 a.m. "I've seen them a couple of times when there were 30 an hour," said Norman McLeod of Fort Myers, who has been keeping records of meteor showers since 1960. "The problem with the Deltas is they're the faintest of all showers, and there's not a stinking chance of seeing anything near town: The lights kill them." More dramatic and better known are the Perseids, visible from July 17 until mid-August, with peak activity of 50 to 150 meteors per hour on Aug. 12 or 13. Unfortunately, an almost full moon on those days will blot out all but the brightest meteors. Best viewing will be a...