(meteorobs) NASA Begins Hunt for New Meteor Showers (fwd)
Michael Boschat
aa063 at chebucto.ns.ca
Mon Nov 10 17:45:20 EST 2008
NASA Science News for November 10, 2008
NASA astronomers have set up a monitoring station to scan the night sky for
unknown or
unexpected meteor showers--and they're finding more than they bargained for. In
only two
months of observing, the newly commissioned system has captured a flurry of
meteors from an
unknown comet and an object from the asteroid belt exploding like 500 lb of
TNT.
See the movies in today's story.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/10nov_sentinel.htm?list778348
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