Showing posts with label Southern Arizona Fireball 23June09. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southern Arizona Fireball 23June09. Show all posts

27 August 2009

Arizona Meteor/Meteorite News- AZ Meteorite Found by Mike Farmer 27AUG09

This meteorite fell on June 23, 2009 at ~11 pm in southern Arizona. A large fireball was seen from the Mexican border to central Arizona. A friend of mine found pieces less than 48 hours after the fall, so I rushed home from Germany to search. After two weeks, I finally found one of the best stones, a 130 gram flight-oriented specimen covered in flow lines. To date we have found a total of 16 stones weighing a total of 2.5 kilograms.

16 July 2009

Arizona Meteorite News- New Photos of Arizona Meteorite Fall 16JUL09

Photos and text about the latest meteorites found from the fireball of June 23, 2009 over Southern Arizona near Sierra Vista, AZ.

http://www.rocksfromspace.org/New-Arizona-Meteorite-fall-2009.html

14 July 2009

AZ and PA Meteor/Meteorite News- Sky and Telescope- U.S. Meteorite Hunters Go Bicoastal 14

U.S. Meteorite Hunters Go Bicoastal

Meteors, even bright ones, happen all the time. But every now and then a truly bright fireball is witnessed by so many people that the event makes the news. And, thanks to the speed and ubiquity of the Internet, such news travels fast.


http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/50678607.html

04 July 2009

Arizona Meteorite News- Jack Schrader Finds Meteorite from 23JUN Bolide 4JUL09

Jack Schrader, Sierra Vista, AZ writes,
"I have a very important announcement to make and one I am sure everyone will
be very excited about. Most of you have already heard the news about the
fireball which was sighted over Southern Arizona at 9:22 pm on the evening
of Tuesday June 23. I would like to announce that I have recovered
material from this fall. I recovered a 155.6 gram stone at 6:20 pm on
Thursday, June 25, which is 44 hours and 58 minutes after the fireball was
sighted. Fortunately the material recovered was recovered in an absolutely
pristine state as the area had no monsoon season rainfall previous to my
discovery. I was able to very quickly zero in on the area with the help of
numerous phone calls and eyewitness reports which were all thoroughly
investigated with follow up visits. With GPS, compass and notepad in hand,
I put well over 300 miles on my vehicle in less than two days. The area
people were extremely excited about this event and more than willing
to offer whatever information they had about the sighting. I was born and
raised in this part of Arizona and my intimate knowledge of the country, the
terrain, the trails and back roads has proved invaluable in my search."

Photo of the meteorite: http://www.rocksfromspace.org/July_4_2009.html


Photos of search area: http://www.rocksfromspace.org/July_5_2009.html

28 June 2009

25 June 2009

Southern Arizona Bolide- Sierra Vista has Reports 23JUN09 - 25JUN09

Meteor lights up the sky

Loud boom heard, bright streak seen across the region late Tuesday

By Derek Jordan and Ted Morris
Herald/Review
Published/Last Modified on Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 - 02:18:09 am MST

SIERRA VISTA — A number of southeastern Arizona residents reported seeing a bright meteor in the night sky Tuesday, followed by a loud explosion-like sound as it fell to Earth. ... more

http://www.svherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a430805ea916104103851.txt

Arizona Meteor News- Video and Update on 23JUN Meteor 25JUN09

Fireball Seen Over Tucson June 23

Tucson Citizen
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Numerous people called in to news stations and police last night, around 9:20 pm, when a bright fireball lit up the skies over Tucson. It may have been a chunk of cosmic debris, or it could have been a satellite or pieces of space junk burning up in the atmosphere. ... (more)

http://tucsoncitizen.com/lizard/tag/arizona-meteor/


A security camera captured the terminal burst:
http://tinyurl.com/nnv39d



Geoff Notkin interview with Tucson TV station KOLD 13 on morning news:
http://tinyurl.com/luaoc5

24 June 2009

Arizona Meteor News- Southern Arizona Fireball 24JUN09

Southern Arizona Fireball – June 23

Southern Arizona Fireball – June 23, 2009 ... From Loretta: “I saw a giant meteor june 23 about 915 or 920. It was in the southern sky and went from ...
transientsky.wordpress.com/.../23/southern-arizona-fireball-june-23/