‘Catch a falling star’: the Winchcombe meteorite fall of 2021

Geology Today ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 237-240
Author(s):  
Michael J. Simms
Keyword(s):  
Meteorite Fall

Argon-39 in the Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Fall

Nature ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 181 (4623) ◽  
pp. 1613-1614 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. L. FIREMAN
Keyword(s):  
Sikhote Alin ◽  
Meteorite Fall

Tree-ring dating of meteorite fall in Sikhote-Alin, Eastern Siberia – Russia

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Fantucci ◽  
Mario Di Martino ◽  
Romano Serra
Keyword(s):  
Winter Season ◽  
Growth Stress ◽  
Pinus Sibirica ◽  
Eastern Siberia ◽  
Sikhote Alin ◽  
Vegetative Period ◽  
Growth Anomalies ◽  
Pine Trees ◽  
Meteorite Fall ◽  
Sudden Decrease

AbstractThis research deals with the fall of the Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite on the morning of 12 February 1947, at about 00:38 h Utrecht, in a remote area in the territory of Primorsky Krai in Eastern Siberia (46°09′36″N, 134°39′22″E). The area engulfed by the meteoritic fall was around 48 km2, with an elliptic form and thousands of craters. Around the large craters the trees were torn out by the roots and laid radially to the craters at a distance of 10–20 m; the more distant trees had broken tops. This research investigated through dendrocronology n.6 Scots pine trees (Pinus Sibirica) close to one of the main impact craters. The analysis of growth anomalies has shown a sudden decrease since 1947 for 4–8 years after the meteoritic impact. Tree growth stress, detected in 1947, was analysed in detail through wood microsection that confirmed the winter season (rest vegetative period) of the event. The growth stress is mainly due to the lost crown (needle lost) and it did not seem to be caused due to direct damages on trunk and branches (missing of resin ducts).

scholarly journals Dating the Morasko meteorite fall by natural thermoluminescence of the fusion crust

Geologos ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanisław Fedorowicz ◽  
Wojciech T. J. Stankowski
Keyword(s):  
Iron Meteorite ◽  
Meteorite Fall ◽  
Local Materials ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract The date of fall of the Morasko iron meteorite was determined by means of thermoluminescence measurements of the fusion crust and related local materials. Three small pieces, commonly referred to as ‘shrapnel’, were used. The results obtained are 4.5-5.0 ka, which is in good agreement with previous estimates of 4-6 ka on the basis of radiometric, do-simetric and palynological methods.

Novo Mesto meteorite fall – trajectory, orbit, and fragmentation analysis from optical observations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Vida ◽  
Damir Šegon ◽  
Marko Šegon ◽  
Jure Atanackov ◽  
Bojan Ambrožič ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Observations ◽  
Meteorite Fall

scholarly journals The Morávka meteorite fall: 3. Meteoroid initial size, history, structure, and composition

2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1005-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. BOROVIĈKA ◽  
H. W. WEBER ◽  
T. JOPEK ◽  
P. JAKEŜ ◽  
Z. RANDA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Initial Size ◽  
Meteorite Fall

scholarly journals Beni M'hira: A new chondritic (L6) meteorite fall from Tunisia

2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (S8) ◽  
pp. A163-A169 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Laridhi Ouazaa ◽  
N. Perchiazzi ◽  
M. D'Orazio ◽  
P. Rochette ◽  
R. Clocchiatti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meteorite Fall

scholarly journals The Juancheng chondrite: A new meteorite fall from China

1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (S4) ◽  
pp. A177-A179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongheng CHEN ◽  
Daode WANG ◽  
Ruitian WANG
Keyword(s):  
Meteorite Fall

scholarly journals Detection and rapid recovery of the Sutter's Mill meteorite fall as a model for future recoveries worldwide

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1989-1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Fries ◽  
Lucille Le Corre ◽  
Mike Hankey ◽  
Jeff Fries ◽  
Robert Matson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Recovery ◽  
Meteorite Fall

scholarly journals The quinquennial grand shrine festival with the Nogata meteorite

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (H16) ◽  
pp. 167-167
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Yamaoka
Keyword(s):  
Meteorite Fall

Though there are many forklore concerning meteorite falls, a few genuine meteorites have been identified. One of them, the Nogata meteorite is related to the oldest recorded meteorite fall (A.D. 861) (Shima et al., 1983).

The Wiluna Meteorite fall, Western Australia—2 September 1967

1970 ◽  
Vol 37 (292) ◽  
pp. 880-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. H. McCall ◽  
P. M. Jeffery
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Reasonable Estimate ◽  
Total Recovery ◽  
Nickel Iron ◽  
Australian Museum ◽  
Meteorite Fall ◽  
Western Australian

SummaryThe fall of a shower of meteorites numbering several hundred fragments at Wiluna, Western Australia, on the night of 2 September 1967, has been investigated. Although the dispersion ellipse had been largely obscured by removal of fragments before a party of scientists were able to make a field investigation, it has, nevertheless, been possible to make a reasonable estimate of the shower distribution pattern. In spite of this removal of fragments, a number of pieces of meteorite were still found in situ. The bulk of the total recovery is in the collections of the Western Australian Museum, and the physical characteristics of these masses and their petrography is described. In all, some 490 individual fusion-crust coated stones and a large number of broken stony fragments are known to have been recovered. The meteorite is an olivine bronzite chondrite remarkably rich in discrete nodules of nickel iron, up to an inch across, commonly aggregated with troilite. A full chemical analysis of this fresh meteoritic material has been supplied by the British Museum (Natural History).

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