[meteorite-list] New radar post - I suspect that y'all are going to want to see this

[Meteorites USA]

Hi Richard, I agree to a point...

I bet if the Claxton meteorite was found on radar people would be 
jumping all over it and that fell 26 years ago. Point being, time on the 
ground doesn't matter as much as location. A good majority of the stones 
might be plowed under in the 3 years, but a good metal detector would 
suffice, and there's always going to be material on or near the surface 
outside the farm fields. It may not be worth it to travel 200 miles for 
though for a weathered ordinary chondrite, I get that, but it's still 
scientifically important.

This meteorite, if recovered, is still a witnessed fall, valuable to 
science in that it proves archived radar is a valuable tool to the 
science, and it's collectibility will be there as well. Especially if 
only a few pieces are recovered.

Someone close by the area might do well going out there and talking to 
landowners to gain permission to look around a bit. It won't hurt and 
there's meteorites that can be found.

Regards,
Eric



On 9/24/2010 11:31 AM, Richard Kowalski wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't this from a fall that occurred 3 1/2 years ago?
>
> Not that I am taking anything away from Marc's efforts, but if the stones have been the ground that long, I'd suspect that most have been plowed under several times and become well weathered. That might explain why there hasn't been any discussion so far.
>
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> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081
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> --- On Fri, 9/24/10, Meteorites USA<eric at meteoritesusa.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> From: Meteorites USA<eric at meteoritesusa.com>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New radar post - I suspect that y'all are going to want to see this
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 11:06 AM
>> Looks good! Good work Marc. Funny how
>> all the so called meteorite people
>> don't have a comment in 10 whole hours since your post. No
>> yay, no
>> nay... Just silence... LOL Maybe they're all packing
>> they're bags or
>> maybe already be in the field out there searching... ;)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eric
>>
>> On 9/24/2010 12:59 AM, Marc Fries wrote:
>>      
>>> Howdy all,
>>>
>>>      I'm quite pleased with this
>>>        
>> one.  Looks like a very nice meteorite fall from recent
>> radar data archives:
>>      
>>> http://radarmeteorites.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/jacksonville-il-05-feb-07-0144-utc/
>>>
>>> Enjoy!
>>> Marc Fries
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