[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Prolu2007

Information on meteorites, sufficiently detailed as well:

http://meteorites.lpl.arizona.edu/toc.html

Excellent reference Prolu! Think of this university as a customer.
Bob Haag is the penultimate private meteorite hunter!
http://www.meteoriteman.com/

[Turtle]

Winter is here so there won't be any meteorite hunting until at least next Spring. I have tried to direct the focus initially on the monetary value of meteorites because it is not made common knowledge & I see folks getting screwed out of their due when the 'authorities' swoop in and 'accept' the gift for 'our' (their) University.

So I will harp on that later, but in the mean time I wanted to point up the scientific value of recovered meteorites, particularly when they are associated with a recorded sighting of the meteor that leaves them. Here's an article we have in the Hypography archive of just such an event.
http://hypography.com/forums/general...ove-solar.html

Happy hunting because meteorites are valuable!

[moo]

Fascinating!

I found what I presume to be a small meteorite as a kid (should still have it somewhere, not sure).

If memory serves correctly, it's about an inch across, perfectly round (except for what looks like a small "nipple" attached), and really heavy for its size. It's sort of a rusty brown color with a grainy (almost crystalline) surface. By it's weight and color, I'm guessing it's mostly iron.

Nothing spectacular, just thought I'd mention it.

moo

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Winter is here so there won't be any meteorite hunting until at least next Spring.

Maybe do some work on the auto-roarer-er?

http://hypography.com/forums/physics...tml#post143558

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by moo

Fascinating!

I found what I presume to be a small meteorite as a kid (should still have it somewhere, not sure).

If memory serves correctly, it's about an inch across, perfectly round (except for what looks like a small "nipple" attached), and really heavy for its size. It's sort of a rusty brown color with a grainy (almost crystalline) surface. By it's weight and color, I'm guessing it's mostly iron.

Nothing spectacular, just thought I'd mention it.

moo

Intriguing! If it is a meteorite, that is spectacular enough. Rocks from space! Not so long ago the very idea was decried by anyone with a lick of sense as preposterous. But, that was then. So, if you re-discover your rock, consider cutting it open, or otherwise getting its secrets out. Depending on where you found it, it may be part of a known fall, which as I have said adds to its value both monetarily and scientifically.

PS You can do a simple test for high iron content with a small magnet.
PPS 'Auto-roarer' admonition Now noted.

[Jay-qu]

Heads up its the Leonids this weekend

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Jay-qu

Heads up its the Leonids this weekend

Ooooooo!!!!! It says this:

Originally Posted by Wicki

Leonids have had a major effect on the development of the scientific study of meteors. The meteor storm of 1833 was of superlative strength, in excess of one hundred thousand meteors an hour, over the entire region of North America east of the Rocky Mountains. It was marked by the Native Americans, slaves and owners, and many others. It was, in a word, unignorable. Many thought it was the end of the world.

We should be so lucky! Thanks for the heads-up JQ; astronomy becomes you.

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Jay-qu

Heads up its the Leonids this weekend

Check this!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_For...illance_System

BRB with a link so you can listen to live radar pinging space rocks, including Leonids.

Here we go: http://www.roswellastronomyclub.com/radio_meteors.htm
I just realized it's tonight! Going to se up infrared video cam if I have clear sky.

[Jay-qu]

I remember watching it a few years ago and seeing a couple a minute best one I have ever seen.

[moo]

So, if you re-discover your rock, consider cutting it open, or otherwise getting its secrets out. Depending on where you found it, it may be part of a known fall, which as I have said adds to its value both monetarily and scientifically.

I found it in north Texas, about 3 miles southwest of Denison. Not related to any finds I know of, my folks owned 140 acres there at the time.

I'd probably rather have it intact than cut it open, chances are slim I'll ever find another one (lol, and I still have to find that one again...).

Btw, what exactly would one expect to find by cutting open a meteor that small?

moo