Comments on: Best Meteor-Wrong Yet http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/baltimore-pa-meteor/best-meteor-wrong-yet/ Astronomers look up meteorite hunters look down Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Russell http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/baltimore-pa-meteor/best-meteor-wrong-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Russell Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:28:42 +0000 http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/?p=1202#comment-653 I couldn't agree more, PA IS the biggest slag dump in the country and almost every good lead has led to meteor-wrongs. Awww how much easier it is in a wasteland where any black rock would be seriously out of place and collect some attention. P:S: would you be able to post more in-depth information about the fireball? You have great information about the fireball but haven't revealed the calculations that you came up with to determine the location. like the angle of entry, compass direction, or when the fireball reportedly might have burned out? ( Which indicates the height at 7-8 miles) This would help better define the search area, which I think covers too much area at the moment. This also could help lessen wildgoose chases and encourage more active approaches to this. smaller area=more probability of finds and more hands on searching by professionals especially when the corn harvest-replow fields time comes around. I couldn’t agree more, PA IS the biggest slag dump in the country and almost every good lead has led to meteor-wrongs. Awww how much easier it is in a wasteland where any black rock would be seriously out of place and collect some attention.

P:S: would you be able to post more in-depth information about the fireball?
You have great information about the fireball but haven’t revealed the calculations that you came up with to determine the location.
like the angle of entry, compass direction, or when the fireball reportedly might have burned out? ( Which indicates the height at 7-8 miles) This would help better define the search area, which I think covers too much area at the moment. This also could help lessen wildgoose chases and encourage more active approaches to this. smaller area=more probability of finds and more hands on searching by professionals especially when the corn harvest-replow fields time comes around.

]]> By: Mark http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/baltimore-pa-meteor/best-meteor-wrong-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Mark Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:55:30 +0000 http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/?p=1202#comment-647 It's good you're posting some of these meteor-wrong examples and some of the tests associated with identification. You might have a lot of people coming to your website because of your post cards and if they can learn how to tell the difference, that will save you a lot of hassle. Pennsylvania has got to be the slag capital of the cosmos. If you find your meteorite in PA, those sissies who've been hunting in the deserts of Africa and the vast ice sheets of Antarctica have got nothing on you! It’s good you’re posting some of these meteor-wrong examples and some of the tests associated with identification. You might have a lot of people coming to your website because of your post cards and if they can learn how to tell the difference, that will save you a lot of hassle. Pennsylvania has got to be the slag capital of the cosmos. If you find your meteorite in PA, those sissies who’ve been hunting in the deserts of Africa and the vast ice sheets of Antarctica have got nothing on you!

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