Strewn field estimate calculated from radar signatures by NASA.
The green line is the fall path.
(Photo:NASA)
Meteorites are fascinating.
Strewn field estimate calculated from radar signatures by NASA. The green line is the fall path. (Photo:NASA)
These space rocks plummet through our atmosphere, burning away, and often shatter on impact.
The meteorite was detected by NASA’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Lab.
American Meteor Society eyewitnesses also note the event, the 2,002nd of 2023.
A meteorite from a strewn field in Algeria. (Photo: thor H. Raab viaWikimedia Commons,CC BY-SA 3.0)
Despite the frequency of meteorites being sited, very few (around 10) are recovered each year.
The area is heavily wooded, and the fragments are likely to be dark and charred.
None have been recovered so far, but the museum would like to change that.
Darryl Pitt, head of the meteorite department, is interested in studying the pieces.
Finding meteorites in woods of Maine.
Its not the simplest of the environments, Pitt toldCNN.
Its a sparsely populated area but not as sparsely populated as where most meteorites fallthe ocean.
They may be willing to pay for smaller fractions, too.
Pitt noted he was guardedly optimistic that intrepid amateurs would find remnants.
Be sure to check out guides from NASA onfindingandhandlingmeteorites properly.
A meteorite from a strewn field in Algeria.
