Meteor Crater Blog

Great Balls of Fire! Our Hot Off the Press exhibit for this month is an article about a possible impact event on Jupiter. It was recorded by an amateur astronomer in Japan. His observation shows a "fireball" striking Jupiter. The event is unconfirmed at this time but seems authentic. This is the 3^rd time in 13 months that astronomers have detected an impact on Jupiter. Many of these were by amateur astronomers. Soooo break out your telescopes because you never know what you might see.

I received an email from a friend today with the title Two Moons on August 27th.  I did some investigating and found this article on Universe Today .com Check it out.

Hi - Kim here. Last week tru  TV and Richard Hoagland (Mars Man)  were here at Meteor Crater filming. It was nice having them here and we look forward to seeing the episode.

Being able to look through the glass and spot the astronaut and then look again without the lens... that was a great way to see just how huge this thing is. I am uploading the pic we took from the lens. We have shared our adventure with everyone we know telling them, "You just have to see this thing!"

Hi – Kim here. This is a photo of an unusual visitor we had here at Meteor Crater. He is traveling along the old RT 66 / I-40 route with his human companion. It was fun having them here and we were glad they took the time to stop by and see the crater.

Hi- Kim here. Did you know that Meteor Crater is an international television star? Last week the European Travel Channel was here to do a feature on Meteor Crater. They spoke to our Head Tour Guide, Eduardo. The program will show in Switzerland, Spain, and Germany in November then show in the USA next year.  It was nice having our friends from across the ocean come to visit and we look forward to seeing the show.

Check out this article about a man who's house has been hit numerous times by meteorites.

Hi – Kim here. This month are changing exhibit “Hot Off the Press” discusses the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta. On July 10^th it flew by asteroid Lutetia on the craft’s way to Comet 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko. It will meet up with that comet in 2014. The Rosetta sent back lots of scientific information including data on the mass of the asteroid and pictures. 115 elementary students were at the NASA Deep Space Network lab during the flyby. What a great field trip!