![]() ![]() "There are about 65,000 known meteorites in the entire world, and of those only 51 of them are carbonaceous chondrites that have been seen to fall like this one," says Prof Sara Russell, a researcher at the NHM who studies this variety of meteorite. The meteorite that has been recovered is known as a carbonaceous meteorite. Meteorites and other space rocks are particularly important because they are relics left over from the Solar System, and can be used to analyse what our cosmic neighbourhood might have been like as it was beginning to form. It is the first time since 1991 that a piece of space rock has landed and been recovered in the UK. Fragments of this meteorite have now been recovered. This particular space rock was travelling almost 14km per second before entering the atmosphere and falling as a meteorite. The news follows observations of a fireball that was seen over the UK and Northern Europe on 28 February.Fireballs are space rocks that burn fiercely bright in the sky as they enter Earth's atmosphere. Ann Hodges: history's only meteorite victim.The samples could give scientists an insight into the conditions of the early Solar System and its evolution over time. The fragments weigh just over 300g and have been taken to the Natural History Museum (NHM) for analysis. John Peterson, or one of his heirs, is still in the Hapeville area and still has the specimen? I wonder if it even still exists.Meteorite fragments recovered on driveway in Gloucestershireįragments of a rare type of meteorite have been recovered from a driveway in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, marking the first recovery of a meteorite in the UK for 30 years. The chances of reviewing the original 116 gram sample seem very slim. It would seem to the author, that the existing literature has enough research and information to support establishing the Pulaski County iron as independent fall. The literature clearly shows the Pulaski matches none of the meteorites it has been associated with. Clearly the Pulaski is a separate specimen. Yet, the Pulaski County iron not only failed to get included on the national list of meteorites, it somehow, over the years, got associated with a stony meteorite and two distinct irons. The National Museum compared it to the Sardis Iron in their collection, so no doubt Henderson, as the museum’s meteorite expert, also handled the Pulaski County iron. Your letter included copies of information from the ‘Meteorites in Georgia’ publication, which is the only meteorite publication that we have.įurcron had apparently held the Pulaski County iron in his hand & sent it to the National Museum. None had knowledge of the Pulaski County Meteorite. I also distributed your letter to members of our staff who were long-term associates with the Georgia Geological Survey. We have no files regarding the subject meteorite. He replied as below:įollowing the receipt of your letter inquiring about a Pulaski County Meteorite, I had our files checked. This was what remained of the Georgia Geological Survey. In 2010 I wrote William Smith who, at the time, was Program Manager for the Regulatory Support Program of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This suggests that it was either a recent fall or weathering had recently uncovered it. It probably couldn’t have survived on the surface, exposed in a pasture, for more than a few months. The 1966 report states that it was already partially altered. As we well know, Georgia tends to be wet & humid. The span of time raw iron can lay exposed on the surface before rusting away varies dramatically depending on its composition and the climate. We are fortunate that the meteorite was found before it rusted away. ![]()
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