"It was very lucky that this meteorite hit the rock first," Langhof explained.
"If it hits soft ground, an iron meteorite will be buried four or five metres
down, and you won't find it afterwards. It's gone."
Huh? Sounds very fishy to me.
Bob L
From: Meteorite-list On Behalf Of
How to hunt for meteorites, Post by Kelly Whitt
Astronomy Essentials, EarthSky, February 4, 2021
https://earthsky.org/human-world/how-to-find-a-meteorite-where-to-hunt-and-identification-tips
An unrelated science article is:
Chemists create and capture einsteinium, the
elusive 99th element By Ha
What Dust From Space Tells Us About Ourselves
Micrometeorites land on every corner of Earth.
Matthew Genge is using these shards of
interplanetary space to understand Earth and its
place in the solar system. Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/matt-genge-uses-dust-from-space-to-tell-the
Today''s Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 8277
Contributed by: MPOD Staff
http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=02/06/2021
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