First French fall since 2011 and only the 4th in the last 45 years. There were 25 falls in the 45 years between 1830 and 1875.
Finbarr. On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 5:48 PM Matthias Bärmann via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > Congratulations to the finder*s. > > > Am 15.02.2023 um 18:17 schrieb Chris Peterson via Meteorite-list: > > Meteorites have now been recovered. > > > > Models suggest a single main mass of around 1kg from the terminal > > explosion and multiple small pieces from earlier fragmentation events > > along the meteor path. > > > > Chris > > > > ******************************* > > Chris L Peterson > > Cloudbait Observatory > > https://www.cloudbait.com > > > > On 2/15/2023 3:56 AM, Graham Ensor wrote: > >> Apologies for the last message. I misinterpreted the initial predictions > >> and it does appear to have been heading the other way and AMS has it > >> terminating near the coast slode to Dieppe and FRIPON even > >> closer...other > >> models now showing that indeed it may have dropped material on land. > >> Good > >> luck to my friends heading there for a search. > >> > >> Graham > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 3:55 PM Chris Peterson via Meteorite-list < > >> meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > >> > >>> It was heading generally eastward over the Channel and was still > >>> burning > >>> when it crossed the French shoreline. It is likely to have dropped > >>> meteorites on land. > >>> > >>> Chris > >>> > >>> ******************************* > >>> Chris L Peterson > >>> Cloudbait Observatory > >>> https://www.cloudbait.com > >>> > >>> On 2/14/2023 3:29 AM, Graham Ensor via Meteorite-list wrote: > >>>> It was heading from France and terminated it seems just as it > >>>> reached the > >>>> channel so likely everything is in the sea if it did drop anything. > >>>> Not > >>>> seen any predictions that it made landfall in France or the UK. So > >>>> close > >>>> and yet so far. > >>>> > >>>> Graham > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 11:27 PM Darryl Pitt via Meteorite-list < > >>>> meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Nice! :-) > >>>>> > >>>>> On Feb 12, 2023, at 11:10 PM, Matson, Rob D. [US-US] via > >>>>> Meteorite-list > >>> < > >>>>> meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> A small (~1-meter) asteroid that astronomers have been tracking for > >>>>> several hours earlier today crossed over the English Channel one hour > >>> ago > >>>>> (3:00 UT 13 February) and broke up over the coast of Normandy. Many > >>> videos > >>>>> of it are already appearing on the web. Here’s one taken from > >>>>> Brighton, > >>> UK > >>>>> (south coast of England) looking across the channel toward France: > >>>>> > >>>>> https://twitter.com/KadeFlowers/status/1624967147708420103 > >>>>> > >>>>> Should be numerous meteorites on the ground – the meteoroid was at > >>>>> about > >>>>> 40-km altitude at the point it crossed the French coastline north of > >>>>> Saint-Martin-aux-Buneaux, so nearly all of it should be over land. > >>> --Rob > >>>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list > >>>>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > >>>>> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list > >>>>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > >>>>> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list > >>>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > >>>> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >>> ______________________________________________ > >>> Meteorite-list mailing list > >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > >>> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >>> > >> > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >
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