[meteorite-list] Probable new fall on Lake Erie

From: Mike Tettenborn <tett_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:09:18 -0400
Message-ID: <A3BF6A6B-4C3B-46FD-BC1D-9C3450CA7CAE_at_rogers.com>

Lake Erie is not frozen. But people are on the ground now searching close to the lake. Hopefully something will come of this.


Mike Tettenborn
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
tett at rogers.com



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> Howdy ladies and gents
>
> A prominent fireball was seen across the Great Lakes area last
> night, to include a smoke trail and large detonation. We have located the
> event site in radar, seismometer, and eyewitness accounts, and radar
> indicates a strong possibility that meteorites may be found from this event.
> Most of the strewn field lies on Lake Erie itself, but the lake might be
> frozen at the fall site. This means two things - although it might be
> difficult to reach the site, any meteorites should be relatively easy to
> find. Second, meteorites on a frozen lake should have reduced terrestrial
> contamination, much like Tagish Lake. This would make the meteorites
> especially valuable to both scientists and collectors. If you find
> meteorites from this event, please be especially careful in handling them.
> We recommend using clean aluminum foil to pick them up, and wrapping them in
> at least one layer of foil. Then place them in either a ziplock bag or a
> clean glass jar (glass is preferred because it doesn'
> t off-gas chemicals).
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> Good luck!
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> Cheers,
> Marc Fries, Rob Matson, Jake Schaefer, Jeff Fries Galatctic Analytics LLC
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