[meteorite-list] Meteor Team In Denver Seeking Help With Tracking

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:49 2004
Message-ID: <200205171743.KAA14249_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_1151823,00.html

Meteor team seeking help with tracking

By Jim Erickson
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado)
May 17, 2002

Nine months after a blazing fireball exploded over Saguache County,
Denver researchers will visit the area to teach residents how to spot
the meteorites that may have been left behind.

The Aug. 17 fireball was one of the brightest seen in Colorado in
more than 30 years. One witness said it lit the night sky like noontime
and was followed by up to 30 artillery-like explosions that shook
the forest.

The space rock weighed about a ton and probably exploded 14 miles above
the ground, said Jack Murphy, curator of geology at the Denver Museum
of Nature & Science. Basketball-sized chunks may have rained down on
the rugged forested hills southeast of Gunnison, Murphy said.

On Memorial Day weekend, Murphy and other members of the museum's
Meteorite Survey Team will discuss the fireball and show meteorite
samples at free exhibits and lectures in the town of Saguache.

On May 25, team members will present an exhibit -- including maps and
information on meteorite identification -- from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
the Mountain Valley High School library in Saguache.

On May 26, the exhibit will be presented again at the Saguache Museum,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Received on Fri 17 May 2002 01:43:20 PM PDT