Meteorites: The poor man

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Meteorites The poor mans space probe
From Earths Moon 35 From Mars 35 From
asteroids gt22,000
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Asteroid Eros Orbited by NEAR spacecraft in
2000
NEAR Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission.
Eros is 31 km in longest dimension
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The fall of one of the oldest preserved
meteorites, on Nov. 16, 1492, at Ensißheim,
Alsace-Lorraine
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The fall of one of the oldest preserved
meteorites, on Nov. 16, 1492, at Ensißheim,
Alsace-Lorraine
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Contemporary report of the fall on Nov. 16, 1492,
of the Ensißheim, Alsace-Lorraine, meteorite
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Meeting of the Friends of the Ensißheim
Meteorite
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Use of meteoritic iron in the manufacture of
swords and knifes
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E.F.F. Chladni (1756-1827) was the first to
recognize that meteorites fall to Earth from
space. In 1994, McCoy, Steele, Keil, Leonard
and Endreß named a new mineral, a Na-Ca-Mg
phosphate from the Carlton iron meteorite (and
unknown from earth rocks) chladniite in his honor
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Definitions Meteoroid An object gt a molecule lt
asteroid traveling in space Meteor The light
phenomenon associated with a meteoroid passing
through Earths atmosphere Meteorite A
meteoroid after it landed on Earth or any other
planetary surface Meteorite fall A recovered
meteorite that was seen to fall Meteorite find
A recovered meteorite without a record of its
fall Meteorite names After landmarks near their
place of fall or find (e.g. the Honolulu
meteorite) Meteorites recovered in areas with a
lack of landmarks (e.g., Antarctica, Sahara
desert), are named after the general area of
recovery, and given a number (e.g., ALH84001
Sahara 97166)
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Antarctica is best place to find meteorites on
Earth!
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Searching for meteorites, 1992 - 1993
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Flow of ice from center of Antarctica to the
coast concentrates meteorites up-slope from
mountains
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Hoba, South Africa, at 60 tons, is the largest
iron meteorite preserved in one piece. Find,
1920.
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Hoba, South Africa
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Hoba, South Africa
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Ahnighito (Cape York), Greenland, 31 tons, now in
the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.
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Agpalilik, Greenland, 20 tons
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Agpalilik, Greenland, being loaded on a US Air
Force vessel for transport to Denmark
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Mundrabilla, Australia, 22 tons
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Willamette, Oregon, 14.2 tons
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Morito, Mexico, 11 tons
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Jilin, China, stone meteorite impact pit
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Jilin, China, stone meteorite, 1.7 tons, fall,
March 8, 1976
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Jilin, China, 1.7 ton stone meteorite (ordinary
chondrite)
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Norton County, Kansas, 1 ton, stone meteorite
(aubrite), fall, February 18, 1948.
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The flight-oriented Horace, Kansas, stone
meteorite (ordinary chondrite. Find, 1940 side
view.
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The flight-oriented Horace, Kansas, stone
meteorite (ordinary chondrite. Find, 1940 front
view.
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Benld, Illinois, stone meteorite (ordinary
chondrite) fall, September 29, 1938.
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Sylacauga, Alabama, stone meteorite (ordinary
chondrite) fall, November 30, 1954, weight 5.6
kg. Hit roof, crashed through ceiling, and hit
Mrs. Hodges on the upper thigh.
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Sylacauga, Alabama, stone meteorite (ordinary
chondrite) fall, November 30, 1954, weight 5.6
kg. Hit roof, crashed through ceiling, and hit
Mrs. Hodges on the upper thigh.
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Peekskill, N.Y. stone meteorite (ordinary
chondrite), fall, October 9, 1992, weight 12.6
kg. Hit Michelle Knapps car parked before her
house.
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Damage to Michelle Knapps car, by the fall of
the Peekskill stone meteorite fall, October 9,
1992.
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The happy Knapp family with the Keepskill stone
meyeorite
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The Keepskill ordinary chondrite