[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorites on the Ground in Tennessee

From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 08:26:05 -0700
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Hi all,

Getting reports that there is not much to it. It seems like a very
small event and not much doppler info. Darn!

.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:08 AM, <wahlperry at aol.com> wrote:
> Hi Robert and Ruben and List,
>
> Here is a link to the weather in Kentucky it looks ok. This one might be
> worth checking out.
>
> Sonny
>
> http://weather.yahoo.com/united-states/kentucky/louisville-2442327/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com>
> To: Robert Woolard <meteoritefinder at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Fri, Apr 8, 2011 3:34 am
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Meteorites on the Ground in Tennessee
>
>
> Hi Robert,Nice job on bringing this to the list! Maybe Fries and Matson can
> worksome magic and direct us to some galactic gravel. This one would
> bereally cool for me - it fell on my birthday!On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:31
> AM, Robert Woolard<meteoritefinder at yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi all,>> ? If you
> haven't already seen today's Spaceweather page, it says the following:>>
> TENNESSEE FIREBALL: Space rocks have landed in Tennessee. That's the
> conclusion of researchers who recorded a brilliant fireball streaking over
> the Smoky Mountain state on Wednesday evening. Bill Cooke of NASA's
> Meteoroid Environment Office reports: "On April 6th at 8:21:57 CDT, NASA
> all-sky meteor cameras detected a very bright fireball moving north across
> the state of Tennessee. First detected 52 miles above the Arnold Air Force
> base near Tullahoma, the meteor was brighter than crescent Moon and was
> approximately 2 feet in diameter, with a weight of 200 lbs. It was last
> recorded 30 miles above the town of Woodbury, Tennessee, moving at a speed
> of approximately 9 miles per second (32,400 mph)." Cooke continues: "The
> NASA Meteoroid Environment Office has reasonable confidence that some
> fraction of this meteor survived to the ground as one or more meteorites.
> Calculations are underway to determine the general impact location, which
> may lie close to the> ?Kentucky border.">> ? Any of our great
> radar-wonder-wizards working on this one yet???>> ? Best wishes,> ? Robert
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