Meteor Bait

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.

What chance of being hit by a meteorite? Don't ask a scientist In the true spirit of the British bureaucrat, scientists at a top secret atomic energy research centre were ordered to calculate the precise chances of being killed by a meteorite while out for a stroll.

New York Daily News - TV and Radio - 'Nova' asteroid could rock your world in '36 : "A projected trajectory shows the asteroid, Apophis (named for the Egyptian god of death and darkness), will come very close to our planet in 2029, and have a chance of hitting Earth on its next pass in 2036."

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."

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."

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."

Meteorite dust showers Norway outhouse : OSLO, Norway, July 17 (UPI) -- A Norwegian bus driver had an eventful summer holiday when fragments of a meteorite landed on his property."

Family finds another meteorite - Aftenposten.no : "Family finds another meteorite The Johansen Family of Moss, south of Oslo, came home from their summer holidays to find a meteorite in their garden. It's another remnant of the meteor that exploded over the Oslo Fjord area on Friday."

Meteorite doubts emerge Astronomers were excited by what they thought was a meteorite that fell near a Norwegian house over the weekend. Now an expert at the National History Museum in Oslo says he thinks it's just an ordinary earthly rock.

Meteor explosion recorded over Oslo Fjord area Astronomers were fending off scores of calls on Friday from Norwegians who reported hearing what experts are calling a meteor explosion over southeast Norway, somewhere over the Oslo Fjord area.

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.