Word: meteor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meteor streaked northward across the U.S. sky. From the ground, it was first observed south of Salt Lake City, and observers watched it pass over Idaho and Montana before disappearing north of Calgary, Canada. Not until last week, however, was it revealed that the 1,000-ton meteor was also seen from above, by a U.S. Air Force satellite. It was these observations that told scientists how chilling a phenomenon the meteor actually...
...across it was an extraordinarily large meteor; its maximum brightness near the middle of its course through the sky exceeded that of the moon. But most startling of all, it came within 36 miles of the earth's surface, traveling at 33,000 m.p.h. before soaring off into space. Had it hit, says one expert, the impact would have rivaled the blast of the atomic bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World...
Jiggetts tossed his best ever, 52 ft. plus in the weight throw, insuring coach Edgar Stowell of a 1-2-3 finish in the event, Jay Hughes led all challengers by letting loose a 60 ft. 3 in. meteor...
Harvard's swimming success has been meteor-like. In only a couple of years, the program has skyrocketed from relative mediocraty to one of the best in the East. This new-found success is mostly due to the stellar freshmen and sophomores on the squad. Sophomore Hess Yntema, the best all-around swimmer on the team and very likely one of the best in Harvard's history, either set or help set six university records last year. So far this year, he has recorded nationally prominent times in the 200 IM, 200 freestyle, and 200 butterfly...
...during a search for the remnants of Biela's comet that Luboš Kohoutek made his great discovery. Interested in the minor bodies of the solar system since boyhood meteor-and comet-hunting expeditions in the Czechoslovak mountains, he had in the fall of 1971 located a cluster of about 50 small asteroids in an orbit roughly comparable to that of Biela's comet. Last February, using Hamburg Observatory's 32-in. Schmidt telescope, he tried to "recapture" the asteroids, which he feels may be the remaining chunks of the lost comet. To Kohoutek's surprise...