Meteorite hunters find first fragments of Michigan meteor(phys.org)

22 pointsby dnetesn8 ปีที่แล้ว7 comments

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-meteorite-hunters-fragments-michigan-meteor.html

7 comments

makmanalp8 ปีที่แล้ว

Isn't the possible landing radius for these things huge (fragmenting 20 miles above earth)? How do people find them in a hurry?

rmason8 ปีที่แล้ว

Thanks to NASA and the use of radar the location was narrowed to a few thousand acres North of Ann Arbor in Hamburg township.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/01/17/m...

macintux8 ปีที่แล้ว

It helped, I'm sure, that there was a healthy snow cover.

ebbv8 ปีที่แล้ว

The article says they used seismic data and eyewitness accounts.

jeffdavis8 ปีที่แล้ว

How much of the meteor that killed the dinosaurs is recoverable?

nukenuke8 ปีที่แล้ว

One challenge there is that it liquified the ground on impact because so much energy was release.

trisimix8 ปีที่แล้ว

Oh yeah I live in detroit my roomate told me about this. Pretty interesting news around here.