[meteorite-list] New radar post - I suspect that y'all are going to want to see this

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:54:34 -0700
Message-ID: <4C9CF3EA.2080206_at_meteoritesusa.com>

(Sorry two things I'd like to clear up in my last post)

"...It may not be worth it to travel 200 miles for though for a
weathered ordinary chondrite..."

I meant to say 2000 miles.

And "...and there's meteorites that can be found. .."

I'll change this one to - there's "probably" meteorites that can be found.

If I lived within a couple few hundred miles of this area, I'd spend a
weekend out there hunting.

Regards,
Eric

On 9/24/2010 11:47 AM, Meteorites USA wrote:
> Hi Richard, I agree to a point...
>
> I bet if the Claxton meteorite was found on radar people would be
> jumping all over it and that fell 26 years ago. Point being, time on
> the ground doesn't matter as much as location. A good majority of the
> stones might be plowed under in the 3 years, but a good metal detector
> would suffice, and there's always going to be material on or near the
> surface outside the farm fields. It may not be worth it to travel 200
> miles for though for a weathered ordinary chondrite, I get that, but
> it's still scientifically important.
>
> This meteorite, if recovered, is still a witnessed fall, valuable to
> science in that it proves archived radar is a valuable tool to the
> science, and it's collectibility will be there as well. Especially if
> only a few pieces are recovered.
>
> Someone close by the area might do well going out there and talking to
> landowners to gain permission to look around a bit. It won't hurt and
> there's meteorites that can be found.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
>
>
> On 9/24/2010 11:31 AM, Richard Kowalski wrote:
>> Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't this from a fall that occurred
>> 3 1/2 years ago?
>>
>> Not that I am taking anything away from Marc's efforts, but if the
>> stones have been the ground that long, I'd suspect that most have
>> been plowed under several times and become well weathered. That might
>> explain why there hasn't been any discussion so far.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Richard Kowalski
>> Full Moon Photography
>> IMCA #1081
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 9/24/10, Meteorites USA<eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Meteorites USA<eric at meteoritesusa.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New radar post - I suspect that y'all
>>> are going to want to see this
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 11:06 AM
>>> Looks good! Good work Marc. Funny how
>>> all the so called meteorite people
>>> don't have a comment in 10 whole hours since your post. No
>>> yay, no
>>> nay... Just silence... LOL Maybe they're all packing
>>> they're bags or
>>> maybe already be in the field out there searching... ;)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On 9/24/2010 12:59 AM, Marc Fries wrote:
>>>> Howdy all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm quite pleased with this
>>> one. Looks like a very nice meteorite fall from recent
>>> radar data archives:
>>>> http://radarmeteorites.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/jacksonville-il-05-feb-07-0144-utc/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy!
>>>> Marc Fries
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