{"id":666,"date":"2013-02-16T06:01:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T06:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=666"},"modified":"2013-02-16T06:01:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T06:01:29","slug":"meteorite-collecting-sutter-mill-fireball-meteorfireball-notices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"Meteorite collecting + Sutter Mill fireball + Meteor\/Fireball notices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meteorite collecting has become a popular hobby and a big business worldwide. The pieces of the Ural fireball will no doubt become highly sought after by both collectors and scientists : <a href=\"http:\/\/en.rian.ru\/world\/20130216\/179501992\/Meteorites-Could-be-Worth-Big-Bucks--------.html\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/en.rian.ru\/world\/20130216\/179501992\/Meteorites-Could-be-Worth-Big-Bucks--------.html\">Meteorites Could be Worth Big Bucks &#8211; RIA Novosti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find lots of information and web resources on meteorites in the S<a class=\"linkLocal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/Collecting\/collect2.html#Meteorites\" target=\"_blank\">pace Collectables section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>A fireball\u00a0 occurred above northern California on April 22, 2012 and meteorite hunters soon began combing the area. Now referred to as the Sutter Mill fragments after the local historical site, nearly 80 fragments were collected by volunteers for scientific analysis within a couple of days of the event.\u00a0 The quick collection effort meant that there was less time for contamination of the samples, which was important since the object turned out to be a rare type of asteroid called a carbonaceous chondrite:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/18995-sutters-mill-california-meteorite.html\" target=\"_d\">Meteorite From California Fireball Reveals Its Secrets | Sutter&#8217;s Mill Meteorite &#8211; Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/2012\/12\/20\/california-meteor-broke-speed-record-for-atmospheric-entry\/\" target=\"_d\">California Meteor Broke Speed Record for Atmospheric Entry &#8211; Observations\/Scientific American &#8211; Dec.20.12<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Smaller scale fireballs and meteor trails happen somewhere in the world daily. There are various web sites and blogs devoted to reporting on the latest sightings. See, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/japan-fireball-meteor-14feb2013.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LatestWorldwideMeteor%2FmeteoriteNews+%28Latest+Worldwide+Meteor%2FMeteorite+News%29\" target=\"_d\">Latest Worldwide Meteor\/Meteorite News: Japan Fireball Meteor <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_d\">The Latest Worldwide Meteor \/ Fireball Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cams.seti.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fireballs-meteorites.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Fireballs and Meteorites &#8211; SOTT.NET<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meteorite collecting has become a popular hobby and a big business worldwide. The pieces of the Ural fireball will no doubt become highly sought after by both collectors and scientists : Meteorites Could be Worth Big Bucks &#8211; RIA Novosti. Find lots of information and web resources on meteorites in the Space Collectables section. === &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=666\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meteorite collecting + Sutter Mill fireball + Meteor\/Fireball notices<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,30,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-space-collecting","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-aK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":790,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=790","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":0},"title":"The Chelyabinsk meteorite birth certificate + NEO politics","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The meteorites found in and around will be among the few that can be directly associated with an observed meteor\/fireball: Russian Meteorite Bound to Become the 20th Meteorite with a \u201cBirth Certificate\u201d - Space Safety Magazine. --- Meanwhile, Jeff Foust reports on moves in Congress to address the NEO threat:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Collecting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Collecting","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=30"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2966,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2966","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":1},"title":"Chunk of Chelyabinsk meteorite said to be found in lake","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A part of the meteorite that came from the great fireball over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia back in February has been found at the bottom of a lake: Huge Chunk of Meteorite Located in Urals Lake - RIA Novosti","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":722,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=722","url_meta":{"origin":666,"position":2},"title":"Meteorite collecting &#8211; the risks and rewards","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a good overview of the risks and rewards involved in meteorite collecting:\u00a0 Meteorites: Risky Investments From Space - ABC News. 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