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

From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:52:57 -0700
Message-ID: <9180F6B27399C541B10663E21C8BDE920189B435_at_0461-its-exmb09.us.saic.com>

Hi Ruben/Robert/List,

I haven't found anything yet in the Doppler data from Nashville or
Knoxville. Checking Huntsville next... --Rob

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From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Ruben Garcia
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 7:35 AM
To: Robert Woolard
Cc: Meteorite List
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 work some magic and direct us to some galactic gravel. This one would be really 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 Woolard
Received on Fri 08 Apr 2011 08:52:57 PM PDT