Scientists find meteor debris in Canada after that huge fireball

The many videos floating on the youtube about this brilliant fireball now has another part to the story. Meteorites have been recovered.
see PHOTOS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112801930.html

All sky camera photograhs many bright meteors

I've watched meteors for many years and seen some real bright ones. However this camera does things better by capturing them in a 360 view. Look at all of them captured over a period of time.
11/08/2008
http://www.spaceweather.com/
can't find it? use the archives and go to earlier date other then this one

Perseid meteor observations near Kansas City

I started observing the Perseids 11:57pm after arriving at Powell Observatory, Louisbourg (20 minutes south of Kansas City) around 11:30.

Sky a little hazy, nice Milky Way and at least 6th magnitude.
Can't ask for a better observing night warm. Started out humid but when the humidity and temperature dropped a bit, it was even more comfortable, downright a great way to observe the Perseids laying on my lawnchair.

No moon helped.

This was the nicest year of Perseids for last 3-4 years (last years I have felt the shower has been on the putrid side).
Two days before maximum, I saw 10 Perseids, 8 sporadics (2 possible Kappa Cygnids).
No fireballs but there were two -1 magnitudes.
12 of them were 2nd magnitude or better.
6 were under 3rd magnitude.
11 were white and 6 yellow. 1 was white-blue.
One had a train (trail).

So things look good for good Perseid shower Sat and Sunday night and mornings.

Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com), Olathe, KS: Lat 38.834, Lon -94.778: Russian Eclipse Tour 2008: Eclipse sightings > http://eclipse-sightings.blogspot.com/: E.O.A.S. (Earth, Oceans, Atmosphere and Space) Blog -

Tunguska mystery crater might be found

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070626_st_tunguska_crater.html
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"Crater Could Solve 1908 Tunguska Meteor Mystery"
(Source: space.com. 6/26/07)

In late June of 1908, a fireball exploded above the remote Russian
forests of Tunguska, Siberia, flattening more than 800 square miles of
trees. Researchers think a meteor was responsible for the devastation,
but neither its fragments nor any impact craters have been discovered.

Astronomers have been left to guess whether the object was an asteroid
or a comet, and figuring out what it was would allow better modeling
of potential future calamities.

Italian researchers now think they've found a smoking gun: The
164-foot-deep Lake Cheko, located just 5 miles northwest of the
epicenter of destruction.

Students will
(E.O.A.S.1) Compare the explosion results of the June 1908 Tunguska, result of Meteor Crater in AZ, and the Krakatoa volcanic explosion in the 1800's.

Meteorite recovered after Kansas tornado

An EF 5 tornado pulverized the town of Greensburg, KS on May 5,2007.
Up until that time the town was known for housing the very special meteorite found there. The meteorite was found in the wreakage recently .

Meteorite recovered after Kansas tornado

United Press International - USAWhile some feared the Pallasite Meteorite had simply blown away during last Friday's devastating tornado strike, the half-iron half-stone space artifact was ...See all stories on this topic

Meteorites that come from Mercury?

There was a movie called "8 degrees below" about some arctic dogs left stranded in Antartica. Two guys went hunting for meteorites that supposedly came from Mercury.
One guy found such a meteorite. In any case, I had never of such a thing. I guess I missed some possible clues from 2002. Read below

Friday, 17 May, 2002, 08:37 GMT 09:37 UK

Mercury meteorite puzzle

By Dr David Whitehouse BBC News Online science editor

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1991394.stm

Very interesting new information about meteorite investigation study from India

Very interesting new information about meteorite investigation study from India

A meteorite that fell in Piplia Kalan, a western Rajasthan village, has changed the way scientists think about the birth of the solar system.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20070223001109000.htm

"Meteorites are to planetary scientists what fossils are to archeologists or ice cores are to climatologists"

I liked the way this article started off saying "Meteorites are to planetary scientists what fossils are to archeologists or ice cores are to climatologists."

This article is more about the Tagish British Columbia meteorites ( I have a sample) that are being examined for a better understand of our Solar System. Their discover and what will come about through their examination is quite interesting.

http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/inside_fordham/january_19_2007/in_focus_faculty_and/on_the_cosmos_and_ch_24714.asp

Meteorite lands in Turkey

Following a series of booming noises and bright multicolored flashes in the sky reported by people , a meteorite landed in Turkey.
See the interesting pictures and more info