chrisski 856 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 I went to an open house yesterday at ASU, which had some meteors including the recent Glendale AZ fall and had a couple of lunars up for display. I kind of stumbled into this visiting my kids at the college, but wish I'd known about this in advance. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-and-space-open-house-spring-2019-tickets-48571808587?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing# I wish the lighting was a little better and also wished so the pics would have turned out a little better. The Glendale is labeled and the Lunar has two pics with the tan background. The two students explained it had spectral analysis, and they let you handle that meteor. . 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strapped 216 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Chris, Sign up for the Center for Meteorite Studies news letter. They email it out once a month. They always advertise the open houses. They have one or two every semester. I have been to several. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billpeters 389 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) I was at ASU on Thursday meeting with Laurence Garvie regarding Wet/dry's rocks. The interesting thing about the Glendale AZ fall was that according to amsmeteors.org there were only 5 reports of a fireball that day and still a meteorite landed and was found. When low weather radar was checked there were returns of the incoming bolide. On Wet/dry's rocks I will be PMing him first of the results. Cheers! billpeters Edited April 7, 2019 by billpeters 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,730 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 9 minutes ago, billpeters said: The interesting thing about the Glendale fall.... billpeters What was the total weight on the Glendale fall? This is the first I've heard of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisski 856 Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 Here's the story from someone who found it in their front yard: https://www.azfamily.com/archives/glendale-man-finds-meteorite-in-front-yard/article_3b58810d-a366-597c-90e0-93bd2c018764.html. What I thought odd about the meteors, not just the Glendale, was how thin the fusion crust was. Looked as thick as a coat of spray paint. The Glendale Meteor was pretty white on the inside. Between my poor cell phone and the bad lighting, the samples really did not photograph good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billpeters 389 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 The Glendale AZ fall has not been officially classified. It will not be listed yet in the Meteoritical Bulletin until Laurence Garvie gets around to it. The original stone is all that was recovered. It looks the same size as my Danby Dry Lake find at about 130 gm. Keep looking down, they're out there. Cheers! billpeters 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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