Thanks BenLurkin. My search should have been more thorough.
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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 ...
“Am I missing something subtle? Your link is from 2020....”
Guess its twin took a year to circle the earth and make its return!!
Or, I missed something when I went back for my quick backward ldrive by look at the site! Yah. Thats it!
I was so thrilled to send my husband the link, as he always thinks I imagine stuff. Then I saw the link was 2/26/20. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I really did see a fantastic fireball the other morning!!!!!!!!!!!! North of Cave Creek, AZ, damn it!
Could be a re-occuring minor metor shower that happens at the same time of the year and we just passed the radiant point around the 26th.
https://www.amsmeteors.org/2021/02/meteor-activity-outlook-for-february-27-march-5-2021/
You could look at this list and work backward to see if anyone else reported it.
If you saw it you should report it to the site.
https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo/report_intro/If and when it shows point out to him:
“See, they reported that meteor I saw!!” You don’t need to tell him that it was your report. :)
Could be a re-occuring minor metor shower that happens at the same time of the year and we just passed the radiant point around the 26th.
https://www.amsmeteors.org/2021/02/meteor-activity-outlook-for-february-27-march-5-2021/
You could look at this list and work backward to see if anyone else reported it.
If you saw it you should report it to the site.
https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo/report_intro/If and when it shows point out to him:
“See, they reported that meteor I saw!!” You don’t need to tell him that it was your report. :)
Thanks BenLurkin. My search should have been more thorough.
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Not at all, sir.
I should have pung you at the time.
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