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| 120429 - Image of the Month for May |
This months image of the month consists of two photographs of the Bovedy main mass. This 1969 fall resides in the Armagh Planetarium collection. Bovedy is a classic L3, absolutely jammed full of crisp, colourful chondrules. The Planetarium has posted a video featuring the stone on YouTube here. Our image appears courtesy of Jim Brady. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. |
| 120409 - Meteorites at Tate Britain, London |
| For visitors to London, the Tate Britain commission Patrick Keiller: The Robinson Institute provides a rare opportunity to see two British meteorites. Wold Cottage (BM.1073) and Launton (BM.77528) are both on display as part of the exhibition which will be open for public viewing from 27th March to 14th October 2012. Both meteorites are on loan courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. For additional details see the Tate Britain web site. |
| 120401 - Image of the Month for April |
This months image of the month features the Leighlinbridge meteorite. It's an an 8.1g part slice of this LL6, November 1999 fall from Ireland with a stunning 8mm chondrule and thick fusion crust. Pieces of this size are seldom seen as the total known mass if just 271g. The image appears courtesy of Martin Goff. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. |
| 120326 - Last few days of the "Objects in Space" Exhibition |
A group of BIMS members are on their way there later this week, and it has been discussed elsewhere on the forum. But if you missed that, you only have until Friday to see the Danebury and recently (re)discovered Lake House meteorites as part of the "Objects in Space" exhibition at the Royal Society. Viewing is by appointment only.
See here, here and here for further details. |
| 120305 - "Stones from the sky", Bristol, 22nd March |
If you weren't able to attend Professor Colin Pillinger's Faraday Lecture at the Royal Society, there'll be another opportunity to hear it, this time at the University of Bristol. See here for details.
Public lecture organised by the University of Bristol in association with the Royal Society, delivered by Professor Colin Pillinger CBE FRS.
22 March 2012, 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ
Stones that fall from the sky, meteorites, were first confirmed as scientific objects when a 56lb stone fell on farm land in Yorkshire in 1795. With more than 40,000 samples now confirmed as specimens from asteroids, the Moon and Mars have plenty of stories to tell and each provides an opportunity to interest people in science.
Professor Colin Pillinger CBE FRS is Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Open University and one of Britain's foremost scientists and science communicators. Professor Pillinger is best known for conceiving and leading the Beagle 2 mission to land on Mars and search for signs of life.
This event is free and all are welcome to attend, but advance booking is necessary. To book a place and for further information, please register online
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| 120229 - Image of the Month for March |
Last months Tissint image was difficult to follow, but thanks to Mike Simms we've had a go. He has provided this months awe-inspiring image of a 7.52g slice of NWA 6355, a lunar feldspathic breccia discovered in Morocco in 2009. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. |
| 120228 - Professor Colin Pillinger Lecture |
From the Open University events web page:
CEPSAR's Professor Colin Pillinger, was recently awarded the Royal Society Faraday Medal and he will repeat a lecture given to The Society, on his work at 4pm on Friday 2 March in the Berrill Lecture Theatre, at The Open University in Milton Keynes.
See link for more details.
The page currently says "Start: 2012-03-02 04:00:00 > End: 2012-03-02 17:00:00", but I'm sure that's a typo. |
| 120221 - Meteorite Fall near Xining China |
There are a couple of news reports, so far only in Chinese, of a significant meteorite a fall in the Xining region of China. The reports indicate the fall occured at 13:40 local time on February 11th, 2012. More to follow shortly.
See url for news report in Chinese.
http://news.qq.com/a/20120221/001687.htm
http://news.sznews.com/content/2012-02/21/content_6483006.htm |
| 120208 - Huge Tissint Donation to the Natural History Museum |
| A 1.1kg individual of the recent Martian fall Tissint has been donated to the Natural History Museum, London. You can read about the donation on the BBC website here. Further images of this stone are available on the Falling Rocks website. This stone, likely the largest individual from the Tissint fall, was initially purchased by Darryl Pitt (Macovich Collection) and Dave Gheesling (Falling Rocks). An anonymous benefactor has then covered the costs to purchase the stone for the Natural History Museum, an incredibly generous gesture for which we would like to thank all involved. |
| 120130 - Image of the Month for February |
This month I'm pleased to present a breathtaking 20.46g specimen of the recent Martian shergottite fall Tissint. The fall was observed back in July 2011 in Morocco. After much speculation, the total known mass was agreed to be around of 7kg, although it's likely this has gone up slightly recently. This image was kindly provided by Graham Ensor. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. |
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