Meteorite Fall Wisconsin
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From Shawn Alan
Hello Listers,
Here is a copy of a transcript from the National Weather Service chatroom this
evening about the fireball sighting.
(10:08:10 PM) nwsdvn-05: fireball observed a little bit ago just to the north
of the office
(10:10:08 PM) KCRG Justin Gehrts: phones ringing off the hook here about it
(10:13:03 PM) KWWL Mark Schnackenberg: DItto
(10:13:38 PM) WHBF Ted McInerney: same here in rock island!
(10:16:39 PM) WHBF Ted McInerney: meteorite?
(10:16:47 PM) nwsdvn-05: very bright fireball
(10:17:57 PM) KWWL Mark Schnackenberg: from the North West.
(10:21:49 PM) KGAN Mace Michaels: Yeah same here as well. One of our producers
outside came in and asked me about it. Pretty bright in the Northern sky
(10:26:31 PM) nwsmkx-short: Many calls to NWS offices as far west as Des Moines
and Davenport about the fireball/meteorite/space debris(???). The La Crosse
office said one caller reported a “boom” as it passed through. Could possibly
be a sonic boom as it entered the atmosphere. County sheriff’s deputies from as
far north as Portage and Winnebago counties down through Milwaukee and Rock
counties have received many reports of a fireball.
(10:31:35 PM) nwsmkx-short: it looks as though the Pleasant Hill office outside
of Kansas City is also getting reports of a fireball as well. This thing was
visible across a large part of the region.
In addtion to the trascript, at 10:04pm a live doppler radar at 13 WREX News
station may have picked up on the fireball over Southwestern Wisconsin. Here is
a link to the doppler radar in question....
http://addins.wrex.com/blogs/weather/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/exactrack_doppler_348a.gif
Channel 27 Madison,WI
Portage police dash cam
No audio
First finds
Terry and sons
http://www.universetoday.com/2010/04/16/meteorite-recovered-from-april-14-f
Livingston fall at university
http://www.news.wisc.edu:80/17969
National Geographic
Report
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100415-meteor-in-wisconsin-fireball-sky/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-meteor-hunt-2-20100416,0,4421786.story
Mike Farmer scores
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/Farmer_Meteorite_Hunter.html
Witness reports
Image: http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/livingston.jpg
Meteor Burger
http://www.channel3000.com/news/23184554/detail.html
Meteorite Registry
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/misc/meteorite-registry/
Hello Listers,
>From the 5 radar images from the WI meteorite fall I was able to see the
elevation height from the first radar image to the last image, which the height
difference is about 20km in elevation. The smoke trail from the images spans
about 27km, and from what I have seen, I could make an educated guess that the
strewn field could be around 27 km in length or longer, spanning through 3
counties in WI.
Shawn Alan
Steve Arnold and Rob Wesel
http://www.rocksfromspace.org:80/April_18_2010.html
Channel 3000
http://www.channel3000.com/localvideo/index.html?v=28302
ABC 7 news
http://abclocal.go.com:80/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7393945
Greg Hupe Find
http://www.rocksfromspace.org:80/greg_hupe.html
Jim Baxter finds
http://www.rocksfromspace.org:80/jim_baxter.html
Mike Farmer finds 4th
http://www.rocksfromspace.org:80/Farmer_Meteorite_Hunter.html
The Wall Street Journal
Mike Hankey ground track
http://www.mikesastrophotos.com:80/astro-photos/ground-track-for-april-14th-2010-wisconsin-fireball/
Hi Dirk,
I have to agree with Richard -- I find no real fault with the article.
The stone pictured does indeed look like a meteorite from this fall.
"Just west of Mineral Point" is a perfectly believable meteorite
landing point, particularly if "just west of" means a couple miles.
I don't think people appreciate how long this strewn field will
eventually turn out to be. The entry angle on the meteoroid was
less than 10 degrees from horizontal, and for even a single
fragmentation event at an altitude of 28 km, my model spreads
meteorites in the 3-gram to 10-kilo mass range over 20 miles.
Since there were additional fragmentations below 28 km, the
strewn field is likely to be longer still.
--Rob
And in the middle of this event the report from last years
fall in Georgia
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/apr/21/meteorite-that-hit-northwest-georgia-unveiled/
School boy finds one on campus.
Eye Witness News 9
CNN News story Jim Strope utube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxe8ct8QpJU
NECN Report.
Hi Marc,
I put the Doppler radar linear extent of the Wisconsin fall
at over 17 miles, but only about 3 miles wide at its widest.
--Rob
And here is a dandy from Jeff Kuyken. What a beautiful Video.
http://www.meteorites.com.au:80/films/The_Wonder_Of_Meteorites.html
The Google map of the school boys find.
CNN Boom Town report.
http://www.cnn.com:80/2010/US/04/26/wisconsin.meteorite.boomtown/index.html?hpt=C2
Channel 15 NBC 4-21-10
Newspaper Articles
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/91669604.html
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/article_13248f4e-4d85-11df-8940-001cc4c002e0.html
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com:80/article/20100421/GPG0101/4210668/1207/GPG01
http://host.madison....1cc4c03286.html
4-26-10 New Main
Mass
Listees,
I found a 332 gram piece from the WI fall. Finally after 9 days in
the field persistence paid off. I will post some pics on the skyrock cafe soon.
Best Wishes,
Joe Kerchner
http://illinoismeteorites.com:80/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?num=1272342465
I only wish I could have been there for that moment of
hesitation when it
was found. Exhale, pause, shudder, and reclaim your breath. There's nothing
like it.
Rob Wesel
www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
www.facebook.com/nakhladog
And now Meteorite hunting Cows
http://www.rocksfromspace.org:80/cottingham_wisconsin.html
Brian Cox said on 4-26-10
Jiminy Crickets !!!
Lordy have mercy on my soul Miss Scarlet!!
Steve "Meteorite Man" Arnold's
Wisconsin, .25 gram meteorite sells for $ 76.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/0-25g-Wisconsin-Fireball-Meteorite-Pt-Slice-Famous-/320522193871?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa09c8bcf
Wisconsin, .69 gram meteorite sells for $ 214.50
http://cgi.ebay.com/0-69g-Wisconsin-Fireball-Meteorite-Pt-Slice-Famous-/320522194914?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa09c8fe2
1.51 gram Wisconsin meteorite is now over $ 263.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320522195674&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:ITthe
2.17 gram is now over $ 405.00 http://cgi.ebay.com/2-17g-Wisconsin-Fireball-Meteorite-Pt-Slice-Famous-/320522196797?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa09c973dYhoooooouuuuuzaaaaaaahhhhh!!!
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