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

From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:42:43 -0700
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Thanks Marc,

That's what I was getting too! Please let us know if things change....




On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Marc,
>
> That's what I was getting too! Please let us know if things change....
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Marc Fries <chondritehero at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah I'm in DC, scrambling to get some work done before I have to go back to San Diego. ?I haven't had much time to look at it, but it appears to terminate east of Nashville. ?I pulled the nearby radars and quickly looked them over, and didn't see anything spectacular. ?If there are a small number of 100g-ish stones produced, then it wouldn't show up well on radar anyways. ?So, nice fireball but no Park Forest. ?I'd check the local media and anyone on the ground, but I personally wouldn't fly out for this one.
>>
>> That could change once I do get to sit down with the radar data in earnest, but I suspect Matson had a look as well.
>>
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Ruben Garcia wrote:
>>
>>> 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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