[meteorite-list] Preliminary triangulation solution for White Sands area meteor

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:00:47 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW9L_gaqN0GGTMa7Bh1zPf4S2Q_+PRMWoGq-6Z6arCKicA_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi List,

If it fell within the boundaries of White Sands, then it may as well
have fallen on the Moon. Nobody will be allowed in to search for it
and the government has no interest in it. Maybe some hunter in the
far future will find a strewnfield of weathered meteorites where White
Sands used to be.

Best regards and happy huntings,

MikeG

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On 4/15/14, Matson, Rob D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at leidos.com> wrote:
> Hi Ruben,
>
> At this point it may not be that critical; Bill Cooke and I have
> constrained the trajectory enough that if anything survived it
> unfortunately fell in the northern San Andreas Mountains, well
> within the WSMR boundaries. (Earlier, I mistakenly called
> these mountains the Organ Mountains, but I forgot those are
> on the south side of highway 70. You'd think I would have
> remembered that, given that I hiked in the Organ Mountains
> back when I was working on the base.)  --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruben Garcia [mailto:rubengarcia85382 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:12 PM
> To: Dennis Miller
> Cc: Matson, Rob D.; Meteorite list
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Preliminary triangulation solution for White
> Sands area meteor
>
> Thanks Rob and Dennis,
>
> Maybe one of our valued list members will call and get coordinates.
> If I wasn't traveling to parts unknown for the next few days I'd do it
> myself.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Dennis Miller <astroroks at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hello! You may have already done this, but the ABC 15 news desk may share
>> Matt Larsen's phone number.
>> He could help give you a good line of flight. News desk
>> #?1-602-685-6297 Good Luck!
>> Dennis
>> Oh, Matt is the one who took picture..
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Apr 15, 2014, at 9:18 AM, "Matson, Rob D."
>>> <ROBERT.D.MATSON at leidos.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Here's a link to a good astrophoto of the fireball as seen from the
>>> Tempe area (Popago Park):
>>>
>>> http://www.abc15.com/news/state/meteor-sighting-reported-in-arizona
>>>
>>> I'm trying to determine the exact location the picture was taken
>>> from. Perhaps one of our many Arizona list members can identify the
>>> hills in the foreground. The image is centered on the eastern
>>> horizon; the bright object just right of center and right of the
>>> meteor is an airplane, but to the upper right of the plane are Spica
>>> and Mars. Arcturus, Muphrid and Izar are all easily visible to the
>>> upper left of the meteor. The terminus of the meteor is a tad south
>>> of due east -- around azimuth 94. (A more precise azimuth could be
>>> determined with a full plate solution for the many stars in the
>>> image.) The location of the photographer is pretty close to ideal for
>>> the purposes of triangulation with the NMSU video, since their
>>> viewpoints are at close to right angles to one another.
>>> The intersection of the NMSU terminal vector and the Popago Park
>>> astrophoto endpoint is over the Organ Mountains northwest of White
>>> Sands Space Harbor.
>>>
>>> --Rob
>>>
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>
> Ruben Garcia
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