Posted on 03/01/2021 1:55:25 PM PST by BenLurkin
The hunt is on for meteorite fragments that are likely to have fallen to Earth over England on Sunday night.
Many people across Northern Europe saw a fireball in the sky shortly before 22:00 GMT, and the streak of light was also caught on special cameras.
Scientists think some pieces will have survived the intense heat of atmospheric entry and hit the ground.
A computer model that analysed the camera data suggests the probable site of impact is just north of Cheltenham.
The fireball produced a sonic boom as it hurtled across the southern England sky. Eyewitness accounts describe the object breaking up into several defined streaks just before going dark.
Any fragments that made it to the ground will be small, smaller than an orange, say, and are likely to be dark and shiny.
Anyone who finds what they think might be a meteorite is asked to photograph it in situ, noting the GPS co-ordinates from a phone, if that's possible.
The object should then be bagged without direct handling. And the absolute no-no: do not put a magnet near the object. This could destroy important information needed to study the rock.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Went i went there I found out it’s all fenced in now because too many people were chipping parts off the stones.
Like Elvis’ gravestone.
Yeah, but when the head starts screwing off and steam comes out it will be too bloody late for YOU!
Can you imagine how BeijingBiden would react if OrsonWelles got on the Telly and started talking about Martians landing?
Thankya vurry much.
I hate tourists.
Climbed the interior steps to the top of the Florence Cathedral (il Duomo), and some jerkwad had written his wedding website on the cathedral wall...in MAGIC MARKER! I hope God struck him dead. I’m series.
I let my wife (and future MIL) organize the whole thing. I just told them to tell me where to be, when to show up and what to wear.
[Never too late for me to learn a lesson, eh?]
Wierd to keep reading these new stories about meteorites. Two days ago, very early in the morning, I was walking my dogs in a far suburb of Scottsdale, Az. On the edge of the Tonto National Forest. It was still very dark. I saw what I thought was a falling star, which I thought was very cool. But it seemed so close to earth and sooooo bright, I actually stopped walking and just watched. It suddenly turned incredibly bright orange red and into a big ball, with the small white part still in the front. It came in at a 45 degree angle. It was just fantastic. I didn’t hear a sonic boom, but I had my ear buds in listening to the radio. It was really a moment I will never forget. I’ve searched the internet a bit, but have not found anything about this one. I imagine the location would be described as north of Cave Creek, AZ.
Actually, this may be it:
https://www.amsmeteors.org/2020/02/fast-fireball-caught-over-arizona-on-february-26th/
If you cannot experience a sonic boom while wearing ear buds, then you have the volume way too high.
Am I missing something subtle? Your link is from 2020....
Says the person known as "Deaf Smith".
:^)
I don’t think it was a sonic boom event. I was just giving info.
Just the other day. North of Cave Creek.
Or when playing loud electric guitars in a garage.
(That was the start of my deafness, about 55 years ago).
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