[meteorite-list] Search for Irish meteorite in progress

Paul H. oxytropidoceras at cox.net
Thu Sep 1 22:55:20 EDT 2011


Search for Irish meteorite worth weight in gold, Belfast
Telegraph, Belfast, ireland, September 1, 2011,
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/search-for-irish-meteorite-worth-weight-in-gold-16043949.html

"Preliminary analysis suggests it may have landed in 
Co Sligo or elsewhere in the west, Mr Moore said."

"The Republic of Ireland's National Museum is offering a 
cash reward to anyone who finds the meteorite that was 
spotted last week."

Search for meteorite in west of Ireland, RTE News,
August 31, 2011
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0831/meteor.html

"An appeal has been launched for help in locating a meteorite 
after a fireball was seen blazing across Irish skies last week."

 Meteor hunt for Irish stargazers, BBC News, Aug. 31, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14733385

Astronomy Ireland, Fireball Reports
http://www.astronomy.ie/fireball.php

National Museum of Ireland
http://www.museum.ie/en/intro/natural-history.aspx
http://www.museum.ie/en/about-us.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Ireland

Best wishes,

Paul H.



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