The skies are busy and the Asteroid Belt has been generous this month. March has seen THREE meteorite falls so far and two in the last week! ☄️ ☄️ ☄️
💥💥 Two of these new falls impacted homes where people live! Luckily there were no injuries.
🔗 News and details about these events are in the latest issue of my newsletter here - https://mailchi.mp/d850c1a4a075/new-germany-fall-9317649
#meteor #meteorite #meteorites #meteoriten #Koblenz #Ohio #Texas #meteoritics #PlanetaryScience
Discovery: The Life Scientific: Caroline Smith
Episode webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6sxb
Where some of my meteorites originate from : the Saharan Desert. ☄️
🔗 https://www.yahoo.com/news/hunt-meteorites-far-reaches-sahara-164201593.html
#meteorite #meteorites #meteoritics #PlanetaryScience #Sahara
The El Ali Meteorite’s Journey from Landmark to Loot | Scientific American
Meteorite found in Somalia raises questions about ethics in Meteoritics.
#meteoritics #geochemistry #geology #astrogeology #cosmogeology #somalia #scientificEthics
The Chinese illegally smuggled the 9th largest known meteorite in the world out of Somalia and back to China. The story would make a good Hollywood screenplay. ☄️
🔗 Link : https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-mysterious-smuggling-of-the-el-ali-meteorite/
Small asteroids can explode (and end up in my collection) ...
Link: https://www.seti.org/news/small-asteroids-can-explode/
I didn't realize I was quoted in this #Wired article back in February. I stumbled across it yesterday. My essay on the Saharan Gold Rush of Meteorites was quoted in the article and the book mentioned by the author.
Link : https://www.wired.com/story/morocco-meteorites-saharan-gold-rush/
The #multipolygon usage for #meteor #crater mapping in #OpenStreetMap seemed not to be clear, added some examples 🖼️ to the discussion : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:geological%3Dmeteor_crater#Why_and_when_to_use_a_multipolygon
As already mentioned above, it would make sense if some #asteroid ☄️, #geology or #meteoritics specialists would give their input. The results could also be embedded in #Wikipedia
Muonionalusta iron meteorite. Originates from a remote forest in Sweden. This slice has been chemically etched to reveal the Widmanstatten pattern hidden inside. From the Galactic Stone & Ironworks collection. The black scale cube measures 1cm square.
#meteorite #meteorites #meteoriten #meteoritics #planetaryscience
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