We are fortunate to have Professor Garvie, Curator for the Center for ASU
Meteorite Studies who appears in the article below, as our main speaker at the
Sept 6th PAS meeting. Our PAS Vice President, Paul Facuna, arranged it months
before the discovery of the meteorite. Thanks Paul, Sam
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The attached is rather exciting. The first time a meteor has been seen falling
to earth in the Valley of the Sun and then the meteorite was actually found. It
was near 75th Ave and Deer Valley Road in Glendale near Peoria. It was seen in
the sky July 27th and found on the ground August 14th. I went out to the area
and there are a lot of houses, a dry river bed, a sand and gravel yard, strip
malls, roads, schools, and some small parks and golf courses. The photo of the
meteorite shows it is dark (probably the fusion crust) and the front yards and
other areas have mostly light colored dirt or gravel making the meteorite stand
out (see the photo below). I looked for 3 hours, driving slowly around the area
and walking. No luck for me, it would probably take dozens of people over
several days and even then require a lot of luck since other pieces could be
much smaller, in some backyard, or at the bottom of a pond, or in a bushy
area.
Take care, Sam Insana
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First recorded meteorite fall in the Valley
July 27th marks the first observed meteorite fall in Arizona's Valley of the
Sun! While multiple Valley residents reported fireball sightings to the
American Meteor Society that evening, Center for Meteorite Studies Curator
Professor Laurence Garvie speculates that many additional witnesses likely
mistook the meteorite's entry into Earth's atmosphere for monsoon lightning. So
far, only one piece of the new …
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