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September
2006
Thursday
- "Gujarat meteors 'oldest bodies found in solar system'," The Hindu 28 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 2006 July 31 Gujarat event, chondrule
September
2006
Wednesday
- "Night lights attributed to meteor," ABC Australia 27 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 2006 Sept. 26 South Australia event - "Meteorites record past solar activity," Astronomy & Astrophysics 26 Sept.
KEYWORDS: cosmogenic isotopes, titanium 44
September
2006
Tuesday
- "Brian Marsden Says Eight (Planets) is Enough," Planetary Soc. 25 Sept. "Planetary Radio" interview & extended interview
KEYWORDS: IAU planet definition - "Asteroid named after Chinese physicist," Xinhua 25 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 48798 Penghuanwu (1997 TS18), IAU asteroid namings - "Watch out for space litter," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 25 Sept.
KEYWORDS: human space debris re-entry
September
2006
Sunday
- "Surprises from the Edge of the Solar System," Science@NASA 21 Sept.
KEYWORDS: anomalous cosmic rays, heliosheath, heliosphere, Voyager 1 - "Does Pluto's Atmosphere Go Through the Fast-Freeze?," EuroPlaNet 21 Sept. - Quote: "The next [occultation] opportunities ... will be in March and July next year."
KEYWORDS: stellar occultation - "Sample return has been highlighted as a key priority," EuroPlaNet 21 Sept. - Quote: "[The] 'holy grail' is still a Mars sample return mission but in the shorter term realistic ideas for sample return missions from the Moon and asteroids must be discussed."
KEYWORDS: European asteroid missions
September
2006
Saturday
- "Possible Meteorite Lands In Fluvanna," The Post-Journal 23 Sept.
KEYWORDS: New York state - "China to participate in Int'l Polar Year Activities for the first," Xinhua 22 Sept. - Quote: "China has almost 10,000 Antarctic aerolites, or meteorite stones, including priceless Lunar and Martian aerolites, the third largest collection in the world."
KEYWORDS: Antarctica - "Atlantis' success spurs talk of visit to Hubble," The Orlando Sentinel at The Kansas City Star 21 Sept.
KEYWORDS: Hubble Space Telescope
September
2006
Friday
- "Rock on show at pub tonight," NewstalkZB 22 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 2006 Sept. 12 New Zealand event
September
2006
Thursday
- "Yellow fireball seen in Waikato sky," Stuff.co.nz 21 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 2006 Sept. 20 New Zealand event - "Physics Professor Takes Part in Groundbreaking Asteroid Study," Ithaca College 21 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 25413 Itokawa, Hayabusa asteroid mission, space weathering - "Keynote Speech by Dr. S. Pete Worden," Director of NASA Ames Research Center, from 19 Sept at AIAA Space 2006, posted at SpaceRef.com 20 Sept. - Quote: "[The] Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle or "CEV" [and] the class of launch vehicles now being developed to carry it will be the basis for our spaceships to the Moon, Mars and Near Earth Asteroids... [We] are focusing initially on the moon. It's there -- only three days journey from the earth that we will learn how to live off the land. This use of what's called 'in situ resources' is the key to humanity's expansion throughout the solar system. Once we learn how to do this we can move out to Mars, Near-earth Asteroids and beyond."
KEYWORDS: manned asteroid missions - "Neuhauser creates new map of Osborne County," Fort Hays State Univ. 20 Sept. - Quote: "Currently, [Prof. Kenneth] Neuhauser has many projects in progess, including investigating a possible meteor impact at Lake Wilson."
KEYWORDS: Kansas - Dawn Journal for 17 Sept., NASA Dawn mission
KEYWORDS: 1 Ceres, 4 Vesta, Dawn asteroid mission, IAU planet definition, Pluto
September
2006
Tuesday
- "Russia to Launch Craft to Mars, Phobos in 2009," RIA Novosty at The SLO Tribune 19 Sept. - Note: Phobos is believed to be a captured asteroid.
KEYWORDS: asteroid sample return missions - "Project probes comet mysteries," North Adams Transcript 19 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 9P/Tempel 1, NASA Deep Impact mission
September
2006
Monday
- "China plans to send spacecraft to study asteroids,"
KEYWORDS: asteroid missions
September
2006
Saturday
- "Largest Crater in the Great Sahara Discovered by B.U. Scientists," Brown Univ. 3 March 2006 - Quote: "[Since] its shape points to an origin of extraterrestrial impact, it will likely prove to be the event responsible for the extensive field of 'Desert Glass' -- yellow-green silica glass fragments found on the desert surface between the giant dunes of the Great Sand Sea in southwestern Egypt."
- "Kebira Crater," NASA Earth Observatory March 2006 - Quote: "The massive crater measured 31 kilometers across [and] the impact probably occurred around 100 million years ago."
- See also Egyptian archaeological news from July 19th and earlier.
- "Meteorite hunters face low odds, high thrills," La Grande Observer at Corvallis Gazette-Times 17 Oct. 2005 - Quote: "Only four meteorites have been reported found in Oregon, but none east of the Cascades... The last [in 1981] struck the roof of a sheriff deputy's house in Salem." See also Cascadia Meteorite Lab.
KEYWORDS: how to find meteorites
September
2006
Friday
- "Fire in the sky" (2nd item down), Corvallis Gazette Times 15 Sept. - Quote: "[Two witnesses] a week or so ago around 4:30 a.m. ... were driving to a job site in Dallas [Oregon] in separate vehicles when ... they both saw a bright object streak from the eastern sky, seemingly straight to the northwest horizon." Note: Please contact author Dan Hayes if you also were a witness.
KEYWORDS: 2006 Aug. Oregon event
September
2006
Thursday
- "Possible meteorite found on golf course," Chicago Sun-Times 14 Sept. - Note: This link has expired, so see a WorldGolf.com article from 2 Oct. 2006.
KEYWORDS: Illinois - "IAU names dwarf planet Eris," IAU at EurekAlert 14 Sept. - Quote: "Eris is a the Greek goddess of discord and strife. She stirs up jealousy and envy to cause fighting and anger among men."
- "All Hail Eris and Dysnomia," Sky & Telescope 14 Sept. - Quote: "Dysnomia, is named for Eris's daughter, the goddess of lawlessness -- a tribute, says [Michael] Brown, to the actress who played Xena, Warrior Princess: Lucy Lawless."
- "Former '10th planet' officially named Eris," AP at MSNBC 13 Sept.
- IAU Circular 8747 (relevant excerpt) at SpaceRef.com 13 Sept.
- "New AAS Award for Backyard Research," Sky & Telescope 12 Sept. - Quote: "Beginning in 2007, the AAS ... will offer an annual prize for cosmic research by a North American amateur... The ASP also makes an annual award for amateur achievement... This year's recipient [was] Kamil Hornoch, [who] lives in the Czech Republic ... cited for [observing] comets, asteroids, and variable stars."
KEYWORDS: amateur astronomy
September
2006
Wednesday
- "Bid on your own little piece of space," APM Marketplace 13 Sept. - Quote: "Lunar and Martian meteorites are still quite rare... But these days, people snap up about a thousand of the more common types each week on eBay."
KEYWORDS: meteorite sales - "Rare Lunar Meteorite Found in Antarctica," Case Western Univ. at SpaceRef.com 13 Sept. - Note: Photos are here and see the ANSMET site for more about Antarctic meteorites.
- "Case team finds moon meteorite," The Plain Dealer 13 Sept. - Quote: "[MIL 05035 was] possibly blasted off the lunar surface by an asteroid impact soon after the moon's formation 4.5 billion years ago."
- "Fire in the Mid Canterbury skies," The Ashburton Guardian 14 Sept.
- "Odd rocks checked after meteor," Stuff.co.nz 14 Sept.
- "Scientists rule out mystery object as meteorite," Stuff.co.nz 13 Sept.
- "Carter Observatory seeks meteor landing spot," Radio New Zealand 13 Sept.
- "Meteorite non-radioactive, lab finds," Stuff.co.nz 13 Sept.
- "Object from 'space' found by chance," Stuff.co.nz 13 Sept.
- "Is mystery object space junk?," NewstalkZB 13 Sept.
- "Sonic boom heard but not seen in Bay," Hawke's Bay Today 13 Sept.
- "Space debris crosses plane's path," News.com.au 13 Sept.
September
2006
Tuesday
- "SMART-1 impact simulated in a laboratory sand-box," ESA 12 Sept.
KEYWORDS: lunar impacts - "Pluto Gets an Asteroid Number," Sky & Telescope 11 Sept.
KEYWORDS: IAU numberings - "Kiwi experts to examine 'meteorite'," The Sydney Morning Herald 13 Sept.
- "Police have 'meteorite' fragment," Stuff.co.nz 13 Sept.
- "Black Meteorite Going To Radiation Laboratory," Newswire.co.nz 13 Sept.
- "Fireball streaks across southern skies," Stuff.co.nz 13 Sept.
- "Space rock may be mere pebbles now," NewstalkZB 13 Sept.- Note meteorite scams.
- "Rare daytime meteor races across Canterbury skyline," Radio New Zealand 12 Sept.
- "Readers report: Sonic boom in Christchurch," New Zealand Herald 12 Sept.
- "Suspected meteor rattles N.Zealand's South Island," Reuters 12 Sept.
- "Huge explosion likely caused by meteor," Stuff.co.nz 12 Sept.
- "Meteorite hits Canterbury," The National Business Review 12 Sept.
- "Public reports on likely meteor," Stuff.co.nz 12 Sept.
- "Sonic boom of rare daytime meteor heard for several hundred kilometres," Radio New Zealand 12 Sept.
- "Sonic boom heard as meteor seen above Canterbury," Radio New Zealand 12 Sept.
- "Meteorite wakes up Christchurch," NZCity 12 Sept.
- "Huge explosion heard in Canterbury," Stuff.co.nz 12 Sept.
September
2006
Monday
- "Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340," Space.com 11 Sept.
KEYWORDS: IAU numberings, IAU planet definition - "Inside the planet definition process," The Space Review 11 Sept.
- "Interview with the IAU President on Pluto's Demotion," Space.com 11 Sept.
- "UF professor on planetary committee," The Gainesville Sun 11 Sept.
September
2006
Sunday
- "Meet the citizen scientists," BBC 10 Sept.
KEYWORDS: amateur astronomy - "The Mystery of the Missing $40,000 Doorstop," SitNews.us 9 Sept.
KEYWORDS: Alaska Aggie Creek meteorite
September
2006
Friday
- "Asteroids and meteorites reveal family resemblance," Brown Univ. at EurekAlert 8 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 25413 Itokawa, Hayabusa asteroid mission, LL chondrites, Alta'ameem meteorite, space weathering
September
2006
Thursday
- "SMART 1's Dramatic Finale," Sky & Telescope 7 Sept. - Quote: "Peter Lipscomb ... used a Mead LX-90 ... and Philips ToUcam Pro webcam [recording at 5 fps to catch] a distinct flare at the time of impact."
- "SMART-1 impact flash and debris," ESA 7 Sept.
- "Watch the moondust fly," MSNBC Cosmic Log 6 Sept. - Quote: "Researchers say it represents the first lunar crash and resulting dust cloud ever spotted from Earth."
- See also CHFT impact observation page, updated since that link was posted here Sept. 3rd.
- "Fourth Passive Payload Checkout," ESA Rosetta mission 7 Sept. - quote: "The Mars Swingby Phase formally started on the 28 July 2006. The actual swingby will take place on the 25 February 2007."
KEYWORDS: Rosetta comet mission - "Pluto added to official 'minor planet' list," New Scientist 7 Sept.
- IAU MPC MPEC 2006-R19, "Editorial Notice" 7 Sept.
- "Unabashedly Onward to the Ninth Planet," NASA New Horizons mission 6 Sept. - Quote: "The New Horizons project ... will not recognize the IAU's planet definition resolution of Aug. 24, 2006."
KEYWORDS: IAU planet definition, KBOs, Pluto, Alan Stern - "Asteroid Named After UNM Scientist," Univ. of New Mexico news item 6 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 6816 Barbcohen (1981 EB28), Barbara Cohen, IAU namings
September
2006
Wednesday
- "Mysterious bright patches on asteroids explained," New Scientist 6 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 25413 Itokawa, Hayabusa asteroid mission, LL chondrites, space weathering, S-type asteroids - "Close encounter!," Huddersfield Daily Examiner 6 Sept. - Note that this report does not mention any scientific identification of the claimed meteorite.
KEYWORDS: undated England event
September
2006
Tuesday
- "Researchers hunt for missing meteorite," WTHR-TV 5 Sept. - photos!
KEYWORDS: 2006 Aug. 12 Indiana event - "Meteorite fall in Rajasthan village," The Hindu 6 Sept.
- "Treasure from the skies," TimesNow.tv 5 Sept.
- "Rajasthan scientists excited about rare meteor," NDTV.com 5 Sept.
- "Moon Crash Stirs Up Ideas For The Future," Space.com 4 Sept.
KEYWORDS: CHFT, lunar impacts, SMART-1 - "Strange 'Fire Balls' seen in ND skies," KXMB-TV 4 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 2006 Sept. 4 North Dakota event
September
2006
Monday
- "UH scientist joins Pluto protest," Honolulu Star-Bulletin 4 Sept.
- "Planet politics," Boston Globe opinion 3 Sept.
September
2006
Sunday
- "Observation of the Impact of Smart-1," Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope 3 Sept.
- Results from Observations - ESA SMART-1 mission page
- ESA SMART-1 Mission Update - Note: This page is the one to watch for details, but ESA is also putting other internal and external news links here.
- "SMART-1 Space Probe Slams into the Moon," Space.com 3 Sept.
- "Europe's spacecraft hits the moon," AP at CNN 3 Sept.
- "ESA's Moon mission ends successfully," ESA 3 Sept.
September
2006
Saturday
- "Final Mission Update," ESA SMART-1 status report 2 Sept.
- "Amateur observers prepare to watch SMART-1 impact," ESA 2 Sept.
- "Intense final hours for SMART-1," ESA 2 Sept.
- "Night skies aglow with an array of bodies that defy definition," Boston Globe 2 Sept.
- "Pluto demotion draws protest," AP at CNN 2 Sept.
- "The Fight for Pluto Rages On," Sky & Telescope 1 Sept.
- "Tucson scientist says Pluto should remain a planet," KVOA-TV 1 Sept.
- "Scientists challenge Pluto's demotion," Reuters 1 Sept.
- "Pluto-Bound Camera Sees 'First Light'," NASA New Horizons mission 1 Sept.
KEYWORDS: LORRI
September
2006
Friday
- "How to observe SMART-1's impact on the Moon," New Scientist 1 Sept.
KEYWORDS: lunar impacts - "What put 2 holes in roof?" The Indianapolis Star 1 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 2006 Aug. 12 Indiana event, meteors, meteorites - "Boulder scientist blasts back at Pluto-demoting definition," Rocky Mtn. News 1 Sept.
KEYWORDS: IAU planet definition, Alan Stern, SwRI - "Plea to keep the universe Greek," News.com.au 2 Sept.
KEYWORDS: 2003 UB313, IAU namings
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