(meteorobs) Fireball Recoveries?

[Lewis J. Gramer]

Others will be able to comment in more detail, Paul, but
here are two quick notes from me on your question:

1) Give the following page a quick read, and it may (or
   may not) give you some better ideas about whether it
   is worth trying to search for a meteorite:
    http://www.meteorobs.org/fireballs.html


2) If at all possible, ask your colleague to fill out a
   Fireball Sighting REPORT FORM on the Web, while the
   details are all fresh in his or her mind:
    http://www.namnmeteors.org/fireball/report.html

   (Or, if you're friend is an experienced astronomer,
    ask him/her to use this more detailed form instead:
    http://www.namnmeteors.org/fireball/namnreport.html )

Clear skies, and welcome to 'meteorobs'!
Lew Gramer



> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 5:12 PM
> Subject: (meteorobs) Fireball Recoveries?
>
>
> Hello and please excuse my questions as I am very new at this.
>
> A colleague noticed a fireball strike earth a few days ago
> and wasn't sure
> who to report it to.  After finding the right person, we
> found out they are
> in Australia, but they "suggested" that we go look for it as
> if we were to locate it, they are worth quite a bit.
>
> Is any of this true and should I go searching about six
> square miles for this?
>
> Thanks for any tips, and please feel free to email me direct.
>
> Paul Howe
> prhowe at u.arizona.edu