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| 120114 - BBC Stargazing Live |
| The BBC's Stargazing Live events begin today. There are 375 events listed on their page here. BIMS member Graham Ensor is providing a meteorite display for the Stargazing Oxford event at Oxford University, to quote the web-page "A winter festival of all things space-related!". The BBC page only seems to allow you to search by location or date, but if you spot any more meteorite related events please feel free to add them to this forum thread. |
| 111231 - Happy New Year! |
Happy new year to all BIMS members, may fresh falls be frequent in your vicinity!
The new image of the month is now up. This month we have a perfectly etched 47g slice of Seymchan. Although classified as a pallasite, this piece shows the iron only portion of the find. Thanks to regular contributor Kieron Heard for the image. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. |
| 111130 - Image of the Month for December |
This month a relatively "common" stone to find in public and private collections, but rarely is a slice so full of features. It's a 102g slice of the unusual L5 Ghubara. Ghubara was found in 1954 in Oman, this image was provided by Mike Simms. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. |
| 111130 - New home for Strathmore Fragment |
| The Courier website has an article here regarding the 30g fragment of the Strathmore meteorite auctioned in the summer. The article reports that it was purchased by Dundee museum and will be on display to the public next year. |
| 111127 ANSMET 2011 - 2012 |
Each year a small group of scientists travel to Antarctica to search for meteorites. This season (2011 - 2012) the team will have the following members:
Ralph Harvey, Case Western Reserve University
Jim Karner, Case Western Reserve University
John Schutt, Case Western Reserve University
Tim Swindle, University of Arizona
Katie Joy, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Christian Schrader, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Anne Peslier, NASA Johnson Space Center
Jesper Holst, University of Copenhagen
Jake Maul, Carnegie Institution
You can read the background to the expedition here. The schedule indicates that they will fly to McMurdo on the 30th November 2011, although this is very likely to change. You can follow their progress on the expedition blog. We wish them a safe journey and every success in their search. |
| 111028 - Image of the Month for November |
A couple of days early, for the month of November we bring you a really great slice of Allende. Allende fell in February 1969, providing a bounty of the previously very scarce CV3 material, making this an important fall from a scientific viewpoint. This image of a 47g slice was provided by Kieron Heard. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
As mentioned last month I'm still short of image for inclusion in the image of the month, submissions would be very welcome. Thank you. |
| 111009 Meteorite Fall in France |
There are a handful of news reports of a meteorite fall at Draveil, in the suburbs of Paris. It is not certain when the meteorite fell, but it was probably in late August 2011 (see below for correction). The meteorite was discovered, in the loft insulation, while repairs were being carried out to the roof of the family's house. See the following news reports for details:
Apologies, to anyone who reads French, for the absence of accented-characters in the above. |
| 111003 - Image of the Month for October |
October's image is of a small fragment from the scarce Irish H5 fall Limerick. In two years time this fall will be celebrating it's historic second centenary. The image was provided by John C. McConnell. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
I'm getting towards the bottom of the "submitted images" barrel now, so if any of you have had the camera out recently (or are contemplating taking it out) then now is your big chance! Please send them to me via email. Your continued support is, as always, much appreciated. |
| 110926 - 'Talking Science' in Swindon, 20th Oct 2011 |
Talking Science is a series of popular science lectures that take place at STFC sites across the country. On the 20th October Dr Matthew Genge, Senior lecturer at Imperial College, London will give a talk entitled 'Meteorites and Cosmic Dust: Astronomy in Rocks'. See link for further details.
Thursday 20th October 2011 - 6.00pm at Polaris House, Swindon
'Meteorites and cosmic dust: astronomy in rocks' - Dr Matthew Genge: Senior lecturer at Imperial College, London
Around 10,000 tonnes of meteorites and cosmic dust fall through our atmosphere and they carry with them a record of the history and formation of our solar system. The minerals and chemistry of rocks can be used to determine the conditions under which they formed. Meteorites and cosmic dust record a host of important events: catastrophic collisions, melting and volcanism on other planets, the building of planets from the solar nebula and even the formation of dust grains in giant stars prior to our solar system's existence.
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| 110925 - INTECH - World Space Week |
| During World Space Week 2011 INTECH are hosting a weekend of events on 8th - 9th October 2011. Andrzej Pilski, a member of both the Polish Meteorite Society and BIMS, has generously loaned some meteorites from his collection for the events. The poster we produced for the MetSoc 2011 meeting will also be on display there. If any members are able to get to Winchester that weekend it promises to be well worth attending. More details are available on the INTECH site here. I would like to take this opportunity to thank both INTECH and Andrzej for their support. |
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