Those of us that have made half hearted attempts to find meteorites might be interested to know that a local (SLC) outfit that conducts real, organized searches has singed on to Utah-Astronomy. Hopefully they'll help us find a Mars meteorite that will make us all rich. :) patrick
Well, you can tell they must be blazing hot meteorite hunters, "singe"ing on.... Sorry... :) Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>:
Those of us that have made half hearted attempts to find meteorites might be interested to know that a local (SLC) outfit that conducts real, organized searches has singed on to Utah-Astronomy.
Hopefully they'll help us find a Mars meteorite that will make us all rich. :)
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LOL! If only I'd been clever enough to spell it that way intentionally... pw On 21 Mar 2011, at 19:54, Josephine Grahn wrote:
Well, you can tell they must be blazing hot meteorite hunters, "singe"ing on.... Sorry... :)
Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>:
Those of us that have made half hearted attempts to find meteorites might be interested to know that a local (SLC) outfit that conducts real, organized searches has singed on to Utah-Astronomy.
Hopefully they'll help us find a Mars meteorite that will make us all rich. :)
patrick
I'd love to do a hunt and learn the basics. It sounds like another good alternative hobby to looking up. On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
LOL!
If only I'd been clever enough to spell it that way intentionally...
pw
On 21 Mar 2011, at 19:54, Josephine Grahn wrote:
Well, you can tell they must be blazing hot meteorite hunters, "singe"ing on.... Sorry... :)
Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>:
Those of us that have made half hearted attempts to find meteorites might be interested to know that a local (SLC) outfit that conducts real, organized searches has singed on to Utah-Astronomy.
Hopefully they'll help us find a Mars meteorite that will make us all rich. :)
patrick
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Sounds like a wonderful talk for a local astronomy club, if the new person would be willing to make it. -- Thanks, Joe --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Real meteorite hunter now on the list To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 6:40 PM Those of us that have made half hearted attempts to find meteorites might be interested to know that a local (SLC) outfit that conducts real, organized searches has singed on to Utah-Astronomy.
Hopefully they'll help us find a Mars meteorite that will make us all rich. :)
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Sounds like a good time for me to chime in here. :) I'm Barrett Flowers and along with my wife Roxanne, we are the Meteorite Recovery Team. We've been invited to give the talk about meteorites in May. We are glad to do it, and hope that everyone will enjoy the talk. We live in the Salt Lake area and we hunt for meteorite in a 5 state area, mostly Utah and Nevada. Our current BIG project is to find the remnants of the so called "Dugway Bolide". It's beginning to look more and more likely that none of the meteorite hit the earth, of if any did, fell in Dugway- but it doesn't keep us from looking for it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Barrett & Roxanne Flowers, SLC, UT -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:26 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Real meteorite hunter now on the list Sounds like a wonderful talk for a local astronomy club, if the new person would be willing to make it. -- Thanks, Joe
Barrett, After I sent the email a moment ago, I realized I made the bad mistake of calling it a asteroid. I know the difference between the two but had a laps of brain function. It sounds very interesting and we would like to hear about the Dugway meteor that came through. That happened on the night of our general meeting and a few of us were on our way home after what we call "advanced training"-a stop at Village Inn to socialize. That event was discussed for a long period after and many of us wanted to launch an investigation to try and find it. We would like to hear more. Thanks Rodger Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Barrett Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 9:12 AM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Real meteorite hunter now on the list Sounds like a good time for me to chime in here. :) I'm Barrett Flowers and along with my wife Roxanne, we are the Meteorite Recovery Team. We've been invited to give the talk about meteorites in May. We are glad to do it, and hope that everyone will enjoy the talk. We live in the Salt Lake area and we hunt for meteorite in a 5 state area, mostly Utah and Nevada. Our current BIG project is to find the remnants of the so called "Dugway Bolide". It's beginning to look more and more likely that none of the meteorite hit the earth, of if any did, fell in Dugway- but it doesn't keep us from looking for it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Barrett & Roxanne Flowers, SLC, UT -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:26 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Real meteorite hunter now on the list Sounds like a wonderful talk for a local astronomy club, if the new person would be willing to make it. -- Thanks, Joe _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Welcome aboard Barrett and Roxanne! I will be looking forwart to attending the SLAS meeting on May 17th. Till then. Steve Fisher
From: BarrettWF@comcast.net To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:11:42 -0600 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Real meteorite hunter now on the list
Sounds like a good time for me to chime in here. :) I'm Barrett Flowers and along with my wife Roxanne, we are the Meteorite Recovery Team. We've been invited to give the talk about meteorites in May. We are glad to do it, and hope that everyone will enjoy the talk. We live in the Salt Lake area and we hunt for meteorite in a 5 state area, mostly Utah and Nevada. Our current BIG project is to find the remnants of the so called "Dugway Bolide". It's beginning to look more and more likely that none of the meteorite hit the earth, of if any did, fell in Dugway- but it doesn't keep us from looking for it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Barrett & Roxanne Flowers, SLC, UT
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:26 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Real meteorite hunter now on the list
Sounds like a wonderful talk for a local astronomy club, if the new person would be willing to make it. -- Thanks, Joe
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I echo the welcomes. Unfortunately, my work schedule prevents me from attending club meetings on Tuesday nights. About 25 years ago, I witnessed an incredible daytime fireball with a train that lasted all the way down. My vantage point was at the intersection of 13th east and 21st south in Salt Lake, and the bolide appeared to fall almost straight down, disappearing behind the Oquirrh mountains behind the Kennecott refinery. It appeared to have fragmented by the time it disappeared behind the mountain- which was very low due to my elevated vantage point on the east bench. The apparent width of the train was at least half a degree. I made a few phone calls but couldn't locate another witness to help triangulate a likely impact area. So somewhere between Stansbury and Wendover, there is a heck of a strewnfield. It's basically the same area as the Dugway fall, perhaps a bit north. It may have even fallen in the Great Salt Lake; I can't recall the lake level (and thus spread) at the time. This train outshone the afternoon sun, a brilliant green color. On 3/22/11, Steve Fisher <iotacass1@hotmail.com> wrote:
Welcome aboard Barrett and Roxanne!
The problem with Dugway is there are probably a lot of craters you don't want to dig into, even if the military let you snoop around.
There is a guy in Tucson that has made a good living finding meteorites, they are very valuable. He drives out in the desert in is HumVee and scouts from the air with an UltraLight. I echo the welcomes. Unfortunately, my work schedule prevents me from
attending club meetings on Tuesday nights.
About 25 years ago, I witnessed an incredible daytime fireball with a train that lasted all the way down. My vantage point was at the intersection of 13th east and 21st south in Salt Lake, and the bolide appeared to fall almost straight down, disappearing behind the Oquirrh mountains behind the Kennecott refinery. It appeared to have fragmented by the time it disappeared behind the mountain- which was very low due to my elevated vantage point on the east bench. The apparent width of the train was at least half a degree.
I made a few phone calls but couldn't locate another witness to help triangulate a likely impact area.
So somewhere between Stansbury and Wendover, there is a heck of a strewnfield. It's basically the same area as the Dugway fall, perhaps a bit north. It may have even fallen in the Great Salt Lake; I can't recall the lake level (and thus spread) at the time.
This train outshone the afternoon sun, a brilliant green color.
On 3/22/11, Steve Fisher <iotacass1@hotmail.com> wrote:
Welcome aboard Barrett and Roxanne!
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