Author Archives: geoking
The Fallen Sky A Captivating New Meteorite Book
We meteorite enthusiasts are passionate about our space rocks, and also pretty much anything else related to them, especially books. It has been a while since a major new meteorite book appeared in our telescopes. The last was The Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites by O. Richard Norton and Lawrence A. Chitwood published in &hellip Continue reading
Apollo 11 40th Anniversary With The Lunar And Planetary Lab
It is nearly upon us. In less than three weeks, forty whole years will have passed since that remarkably odd-looking, yet universally adored device named Eagle began broadcasting from the Sea of Tranquility, a quarter of a million miles away. Back in the late 1960s I was incarcerated in a ridiculous and oppressive public school &hellip Continue reading
Fireball Seen Over Tucson June 23 2009
A bright meteor (bolide) was seen in the night skies over Tucson on June 23, 2009. We are looking for eyewitness reports. Continue reading
Leigh Anne Meteorite Men and a Cool Entomologist
Leigh Anne (above left), the author, and Lisa Marie of Sirocco Design filming How the Earth was Made for the History Channel, out in the Arizona boonies. Photograph by Stu Jenks, Fezziwig Photography © Aerolite Meteorites At the recent screening party for the world premiere of Meteorite Men, my good friend and rather brilliant photography &hellip Continue reading
Meteorite Men the Television Show
Sometimes dreams do come true: The author (above left) and Steve Arnold with a 230-lb Brenham pallasite recovered during the filming of Meteorite Men. The meteorite was buried about four feet underground and had to be excavated using a back hoe. Photograph by Caroline Palmer © Aerolite Meteorites. So, after seventeen months of work Meteorite &hellip Continue reading
The Great West Texas Meteorite Hunt
A small oriented meteorite, untouched by human hands just as found in the West, Texas strewnfield. Photograph by Steve Arnold. Anyone who took part in the Great Texas Fireball Hunt of February, 2009 will remember it for as long as they live. On the afternoon of February 15, while the Aerolite Meteorites team was hard &hellip Continue reading
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Meteorite Men on Location 
Meteorite Men on Twitter- MeteoriteMen: #PR: Great! RT @UnderBritishSky: Yay just heard that @meteoritemen is coming to UK Tv on Discovery Science in the next month
- MeteoriteMen: #PR: Happy Birthday Caleigh from the whole @MeteoriteMen team! RT @rhaskiell: @CaleighH4 14th birthday. Could you send her a birthday wish?
- MeteoriteMen: #PR: What has been your favorite part? RT @betsyrmiller: @MeteoriteMen @TwilightDew7 @ScienceChannel I've also been watching since this AM!
- MeteoriteMen: #PR: Yay! > RT @TwilightDew7: Doing a happy dance because there is a @MeteoriteMen Marathon on @ScienceChannel http://t.co/rSsCiVTt
- MeteoriteMen: RT @SeaShepherd: Sign Petition to free Captain Paul Watson. We have only hours to act. http://t.co/GidaMFZK
- MeteoriteMen: RT @SeaShepherd: We have ONLY HOURS to #FreePaulWatson from a German prison! http://t.co/Vqe6R1JO
- MeteoriteMen: RT @optwebgal: Hey! Guess what? @geoffnotkin will be at #SCAE2012 this year! How awesome is that!?! 7/14/12 Go!
- MeteoriteMen: URGENT! Support our brave friend @CaptPaulWatson who is detained in Germany http://t.co/RmkrMY7E @SeaShepherd #green #eco
- MeteoriteMen: Got space rock? Cool #Ebay #auctions ending today! http://t.co/9JdH2vSN #meteorites #gems #astronomy #gifts #SpaceTweeps
- MeteoriteMen: #PR: Love this video! "Spacerock Paper Scissors" http://t.co/d2400HIP
- MeteoriteMen: #PR: RT @Minelab: What questions will you have for @geoffnotkin from @MeteoriteMen at NMDD? Tweet them using #NMDD, get live responses 5/19!
- MeteoriteMen: @Geologist62 We do our best, but it's an uphill battle : )
- MeteoriteMen: Mission to asteroid raises questions: http://t.co/HIvk1Xhq #meteorites #astronomy #NASA #asteroids #Vesta #Dawn
- MeteoriteMen: Too bad author doesn't know the difference between "meteor" and "meteorite." No such thing as a "pallasite meteor" : )
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Buzzard Coulee Hunt, April 2009