Wednesday, Feb 15 2023 Meteorite Picture of the Day: Chelyabinsk
Contributed by: Herbert Raab
http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=02/15/2023
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Hi John – yes, being a member of the asteroid monitoring community has its
advantages as far as timely communication about such events. But the Minor
Planet Electronic Circulars are out there for anyone to read. Here was the MPEC
for this impactor:
https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K23/K23CA3.
Ah, to have such knowledge & contacts. Thanks Everyone for keeping us in
the loop.
JL
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From: Rob Matson via Meteorite-list
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Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [m
Flight direction was azimuth 102, entry angle about 41 degrees from vertical,
slow entry velocity (~14 km/sec). There are certainly meteorites on the ground
as this was a 1-1.5 meter, non-cometary body. The altitude was 42 km when it
crossed the Normandy coastline, and the terminal burst had not
It was heading generally eastward over the Channel and was still burning
when it crossed the French shoreline. It is likely to have dropped
meteorites on land.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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On 2/14/2023 3:29 AM, Graham E
It was heading from France and terminated it seems just as it reached the
channel so likely everything is in the sea if it did drop anything. Not
seen any predictions that it made landfall in France or the UK. So close
and yet so far.
Graham
On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 11:27 PM Darryl Pitt via Meteor
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