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| 120221 Meteorite Fall near Xining China |
There are a couple of news reports, so far only in Chinese, of a significant meteorite a fall in the Xining region of China. The reports indicate the fall occured at 13:40 local time on February 11th, 2012. More to follow shortly.
See url for news report in Chinese.
http://news.qq.com/a/20120221/001687.htm
http://news.sznews.com/content/2012-02/21/content_6483006.htm |
| 120208 - Huge Tissint Donation to the Natural History Museum |
| A 1.1kg individual of the recent Martian fall Tissint has been donated to the Natural History Museum, London. You can read about the donation on the BBC website here. Further images of this stone are available on the Falling Rocks website. This stone, likely the largest individual from the Tissint fall, was initially purchased by Darryl Pitt (Macovich Collection) and Dave Gheesling (Falling Rocks). An anonymous benefactor has then covered the costs to purchase the stone for the Natural History Museum, an incredibly generous gesture for which we would like to thank all involved. |
| 120130 - Image of the Month for February |
This month I'm pleased to present a breathtaking 20.46g specimen of the recent Martian shergottite fall Tissint. The fall was observed back in July 2011 in Morocco. After much speculation, the total known mass was agreed to be around of 7kg, although it's likely this has gone up slightly recently. This image was kindly provided by Graham Ensor. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. |
| 120114 - BBC Stargazing Live |
| The BBC's Stargazing Live events begin today. There are 375 events listed on their page here. BIMS member Graham Ensor is providing a meteorite display for the Stargazing Oxford event at Oxford University, to quote the web-page "A winter festival of all things space-related!". The BBC page only seems to allow you to search by location or date, but if you spot any more meteorite related events please feel free to add them to this forum thread. |
| 111231 - Happy New Year! |
Happy new year to all BIMS members, may fresh falls be frequent in your vicinity!
The new image of the month is now up. This month we have a perfectly etched 47g slice of Seymchan. Although classified as a pallasite, this piece shows the iron only portion of the find. Thanks to regular contributor Kieron Heard for the image. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. |
| 111130 - Image of the Month for December |
This month a relatively "common" stone to find in public and private collections, but rarely is a slice so full of features. It's a 102g slice of the unusual L5 Ghubara. Ghubara was found in 1954 in Oman, this image was provided by Mike Simms. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. |
| 111130 - New home for Strathmore Fragment |
| The Courier website has an article here regarding the 30g fragment of the Strathmore meteorite auctioned in the summer. The article reports that it was purchased by Dundee museum and will be on display to the public next year. |
| 111127 ANSMET 2011 - 2012 |
Each year a small group of scientists travel to Antarctica to search for meteorites. This season (2011 - 2012) the team will have the following members:
Ralph Harvey, Case Western Reserve University
Jim Karner, Case Western Reserve University
John Schutt, Case Western Reserve University
Tim Swindle, University of Arizona
Katie Joy, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Christian Schrader, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Anne Peslier, NASA Johnson Space Center
Jesper Holst, University of Copenhagen
Jake Maul, Carnegie Institution
You can read the background to the expedition here. The schedule indicates that they will fly to McMurdo on the 30th November 2011, although this is very likely to change. You can follow their progress on the expedition blog. We wish them a safe journey and every success in their search. |
| 111028 - Image of the Month for November |
A couple of days early, for the month of November we bring you a really great slice of Allende. Allende fell in February 1969, providing a bounty of the previously very scarce CV3 material, making this an important fall from a scientific viewpoint. This image of a 47g slice was provided by Kieron Heard. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
As mentioned last month I'm still short of image for inclusion in the image of the month, submissions would be very welcome. Thank you. |
| 111009 Meteorite Fall in France |
There are a handful of news reports of a meteorite fall at Draveil, in the suburbs of Paris. It is not certain when the meteorite fell, but it was probably in late August 2011 (see below for correction). The meteorite was discovered, in the loft insulation, while repairs were being carried out to the roof of the family's house. See the following news reports for details:
Apologies, to anyone who reads French, for the absence of accented-characters in the above. |
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