Strewn feild maps meteorite hunting and collecting. Seven new meteorites added to new online arizona meteorite map. Canyon diablo meteorite, meteor crater area, coconino. Meteorites from mystery fireball over arizona found. We went down to the tucson gem show and met geoff of the meteorite men tv series and bought a rare earth magnet. Hey everyone, i am new to the site and new to meteorite hunting. The first crater to be identified as the result of an impact is the barringer crater, also known as the meteor crater. He used to sell maps and i believe he had some meteorite maps.
Click on related science, maps, and multimedia above to learn more. Nasa believes a massive meteor collided with what is now the surface of. When you have eliminated the javascript, whatever remains must be an empty page. How many times have you wished that you could find a way to make a little money from your 4wheeling weekend, dirt bike, metal detector, or just walkin across one of californias desolate dry lakes. The guidebook to the geology of barringer meteorite crater, arizona a. Barringer crater, arizona 7 asteroid impacts on earth. The great mojave meteorite hunt by bill siesser i had been thinking about going meteorite hunting with my metal detector for a long time, and watching meteorite men on tv last month finally pushed me over the edge now was the time do it. Pieces of a small asteroid that left a fiery trail in the sky over a big chunk of arizona earlier this month have been found by researchers, arizona state university says. Each point on the map below represents a location in arizona where a meteorite has been found. The crater formed about 50000 years ago when a bolide struck earths surface. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Arizona meteorites meteorite hunting and collecting.
Arizona meteorites center for meteorite studies asu. Holbrook meteorite, holbrook, holbrook mining district, navajo co. If you have a stonerock that you believe to be a meteorite, please refer to the resources below. Posted on april 29, 2016 by center for meteorite studies. Located just minutes from interstate 40 and the old route 66 in northern arizona near winslow. My 6 year old son is fascinated by meteorites and has 4 meteorites. Arizona and the southwest have large tracts of desert where many meteorites have been, and continue to be, discovered. Where are the known meteorite landing places on earth. The public can contact meteorite experts through the ua mineral museum at flandrau science center, the ua lunar and planetary lab, and arizona state universitys center for meteorite studies. I found a map which shows areas where meteorites ha.
The first in a series of planetary science web pages produced by. The worlds best preserved meteorite impact site on earth. See how they did it download the data behind this map. Find and explore maps by keyword, location, or by browsing a map. Troilite from canyon diablo meteorite, meteor crater area. Canyon diablo meteorite, meteor crater area, coconino county, arizona, usa. And where are the known meteorite landing places on earth. As far as i know there are only a couple for the arizona strewn fields. Meteor crater is a meteorite impact crater approximately 37 miles 60 km east of flagstaff and 18 miles 29 km west of winslow in the northern arizona desert of the united states. Aerolite meteorites arizona state university center for meteorite. The four non arizona meteorites recovered by the ua team during the past year are one from roosevelt county, new mexico, and three from saudi arabia. Meteor crater geologic map meteor crater arizona mappery. Usgs topo maps the official government site for downloadable maps.
Meteorites from mystery fireball over arizona found cbs news. Meteorites from fireball seen over arizona found arizona state university says researchers have found pieces of a small asteroid that left a fiery trail in the sky over eastern arizona earlier. Arizona state university center for meteorite studies. Meteorites from fireball seen over arizona found arizona. Interactive maps showing radar, forecast, high and low temperatures, precipitation, satellite, and cloud cover for your local city and other parts of the world. These impact zones show where scientists have found meteorites, or the impact craters of meteorites. Asu spokeswoman beth giudicessi said wednesday that a. As this is a quite different type of hunting than most of us normally do, i thought you might have.
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