Just Sharing This Meteor / Meteorite Reporting

[Channel Hopper]

Just came across this following the fireball above the US yesterday

American Meteor Society Report a Fireball: it's fun and easy!

You saw something bright and fast? Like a huge shooting star? Report it: it may be a fireball.

fireball.amsmeteors.org

The events log, much like that used for earthquakes.

Fireball events

American Meteor Society

fireball.amsmeteors.org

 

[Channel Hopper]

From north of the border this week.

Meteor seen over Scotland's skies

What is though to be a giant meteor has been spotted over the west of Scotland.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Analoguesat]

From north of the border this week.

Meteor seen over Scotland's skies

What is though to be a giant meteor has been spotted over the west of Scotland.

www.bbc.co.uk

Fragments are estimated to have landed in the Ben Nevis area.

 

[Terryl]

If it was an iron/nickle meteor then the fragments could be worth up to $55 a gram (40 UK £) to some collectors, get your metal detectors out boy's.

The fresher the meteorite the more it's worth.

 

[Analoguesat]

There is a lot of very soggy ground in that area - Rannoch Moor is hundreds of square miles of squelchy bog. Chances are any fragments will have sunk into the quagmire Some of the valleys will be very very infrequently visited too.

 

[Terryl]

A good metal detector can go down to around 2 to 3 meters depending on the ground and how much you want to spend

 

[Channel Hopper]

A good metal detector can go down to around 2 to 3 meters depending on the ground and how much you want to spend

Which will be swamped by readings from discarded cooking utensils, quad and stolen bikes plus the usual detritus left by the great unwashed.