[meteorite-list] Cryptic AZ fall?

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:55:25 -0500
Message-ID: <1C1C280C627C450386A59C71B45BEFDD_at_meteorroom>

What is the official name of the meteorite that fell in southern Arizona
this summer? Heard it was "Benson" from someone. Everybody was looking for
that one, but it's been quiet since Jack Schrader posted his announcement.
This is probably because of all the other distractions.

Stone number one was recovered by Schrader, a meteorite hunter, less than 45
hours after the fall. That's a first, at least here in the United States.
Only European meteorite hunter Thomas Grau, I think, has triangulated and
personally recovered the first stone from a fall before Schrader? Not
nearly as quickly as Schrader found his piece, but almost improbable to
believe this could happen twice in the same year and never before! Everyone
out in the southwest hunted for the meteorite, but presumably no one else
found a piece.

Memory tells me that Schrader was very concerned with doing good field
science around this fall - with documenting the event and mapping the strewn
field? Only a few hunters were brought into his recovery project.
Unusually enough, virtually nothing has been said publicly about this "new
Arizona fall." Not until today, anyway.

This is the first step towards formally introducing the meteorite to the
public. Arizona's second-ever witnessed fall. It has been a real honor to
have documented the event and recovery for Schrader. Now, whether you
realize it or not, the meteorite's name is staring right at you. Shouldn't
take long.so, who's going to be the first to figure it out?

Dave Gheesling
IMCA #5967
www.fallingrocks.com
Received on Wed 04 Nov 2009 06:55:25 PM PST