Meteorite etching
04-Aug-94 13:08:04
Sb: #140255-Meteorite etching
Fm: Alan Mitterling 71540,3657
To: Doug Mitchell 70621,702
Hello Doug,
I'll make a comment here but Joseph may have already replied by the time I
post.
I remember reading or talking with someone who knew a great deal about the
fall. I have also seen a full cast made of the meteorite and the way it looked
after the fall. It is quite obvious that it has broken off a larger mass. Also
video taken of the fall confirms this.
I just found the article sent to me by another. It suggests that four pieces or
more should be recoverable from this fall. Looks like lower southeastern
Pennsylvania would be one area of possible recovery. The trajectory is
estimated from eastern Kentuck to northern West Virginia to south to
southeastern Pennsylvania over New Jersey to Peekskill New York. There is an
awful lot of water in that area where it could now be resting. It would have
had to cross a river to get to Peekskill.
I have a small piece (crumb) of that fall. It does have some fussion crust on
it though with the grey interior visable from the other side.
–AL