Jayray Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Howdy Gang, With the start of the new year, one of my traditions is to go meteorite hunting the first part of the month, or as close as possible. This is my way of bringing in the good luck for the rest of the year, lol. I decided to hit up StV and headed out late, almost 10:00 AM. It was still a bit brisk, 46 degrees at that time, but warmed up nicely throughout the morning, to about 57 by the mid afternoon. It took about an hour to get to where I wanted to start from, always with the sun at my back, and the hunt began. Two hours went by before I found my first rite, and ended up with three by the time I called it quits. As I was walking back to the truck, I found two more for a total of 5 for the day. Five times the good luck for the new year. Until next time, Keep looking down. Jayray 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 A dry lake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtimehermit Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Cool man, happy new year! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikestang Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 StV is Stewart Valley, yes a dry lake. Good stuff, Jason, thanks for sharing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jayray said: Howdy Gang, With the start of the new year, one of my traditions is to go meteorite hunting the first part of the month, or as close as possible. This is my way of bringing in the good luck for the rest of the year, lol. I decided to hit up StV and headed out late, almost 10:00 AM. It was still a bit brisk, 46 degrees at that time, but warmed up nicely throughout the morning, to about 57 by the mid afternoon. It took about an hour to get to where I wanted to start from, always with the sun at my back, and the hunt began. Two hours went by before I found my first rite, and ended up with three by the time I called it quits. As I was walking back to the truck, I found two more for a total of 5 for the day. Five times the good luck for the new year. Until next time, Keep looking down. Jayray Nice finds!!!!. Congrats. I'm curious how many different classifications have been found there. Have any idea? Edited January 10, 2022 by Morlock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikestang Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 There are several old, weathered H and L chondrites and one fresher L. The metbul lists a few LLs, too, but I've never seen any of those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 26 minutes ago, Mikestang said: There are several old, weathered H and L chondrites and one fresher L. The metbul lists a few LLs, too, but I've never seen any of those. It seems like there's been a lot of finds on Stewart Valley Dry Lake.. How many square miles is that? Would it be possible to extrapolate that figure anyplace out west and assume there's roughly the same amount of meteorites in that same area? Or is Stewart Valley a meteorite magnet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikestang Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 It's a Dense Collection Area like many of the dry lakes out here, you can measure the area in Google Earth. No more have fallen there than anywhere else, per se, just easier to find. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayray Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) According to O Richard Norton, every square mile of land has one meteorite in it. Too much land and meteorites and not enough time I’m afraid Jayray Edited January 10, 2022 by Jayray 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Jayray said: According to O Richard Norton, every square mile of land has one meteorite in it. Too much land and meteorites and not enough time I’m afraid Jayray Robert Haag stated there are 6 to 8 (if I remember correctly) meteorites per square mile although most were smaller than a pea. Edited January 10, 2022 by Morlock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikestang Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 From the American Meteor Society, "As an order of magnitude estimation, each square kilometer of the earth’s surface should collect 1 meteorite fall about once every 50,000 years, on the average. If this area is increased to 1 square mile, this time period becomes about 20,000 years between falls." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedrock Bob Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 So that means it will (probably) take no more than 20,000 years to find one if you hunt the same square mile every year. It's like a home mortgage. You can get it paid off earlier if you make extra payments. Set your goals high. Search 200 acres a year and it will only take a hundred years to find one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 16 hours ago, Jayray said: According to O Richard Norton, every square mile of land has one meteorite in it. Too much land and meteorites and not enough time I’m afraid Jayray Well, from what I've read... each day the earth picks up roughly 100 tons of meteoric dust while traveling through the galaxy. Should be enough for everyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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