Where did the #Winchcombe meteorite come from? And how did it end up crash landing on a driveway?

New paper about the #fireball from Sarah McMullan
Denis Vida Hadrien D et al.

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Great 🧵 about the #Winchcombe fireball from Denis Vida

Really excited to see what this instrument can do for meteor science, too. It should be able to catch large bolides (which will look similar to the lightning flashes it’s designed to detect). Could be helpful for UK Fireball Alliance meteorite recovery work.

A pretty bright #meteor widely seen over southeastern England at 10:36pm on Easter Monday. Taken by an AllSky7 fireball camera - see allsky7.net for how to get your own system.

Some great clips appearing of a bright meteor bolide that was widely seen from the UK, France, Belgium & the Netherlands during twilight yesterday morning.

Reports here: fireball.imo.net/members/imo_vi… & videos at youtu.be/Otp83cWW5Mo and below. UK Fireball Alliance

Just a reminder for those interested to register for our hybrid Royal Astronomical Society Specialist Discussion Meeting, 'Understanding solar system evolution using outer solar system samples'. 🪐

Date/time: 14th April 2023, location: Burlington House, London.

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Newly-discovered asteroid 2023 DZ2 will sail safely past Earth today. Asteroids pass our planet safely all the time, but a close approach by one of this size (140–310 ft, or 43–95 m) happens only about once per decade. (There is no known threat for at least the next 100 years.)

Thank you all who cake to my LPSC talk yesterday. As nerve racking as it was, I really enjoyed presenting and answering all the thought-provoking questions that came my way. #LPSC2023

Great news! A piece of asteroid #2023CX1 ( #SAR2667 ) from the #fireball over the English Channel on 13th February 2023, has been recovered by #FRIPON /Vigie-Ciel in Seine Maritime! Congratulations to the team on a successful search! ☄️

SCAMP - a component of the FRIPON network UK Fireball Network @UKMeteorNetwork

A piece of asteroid #2023CX1 ( #SAR2667 ), which created the large #fireball observed over the English Channel on 13th Feb, has been recovered by #FRIPON /Vigie-Ciel in Seine Maritime ☄️ Congratulations to all! 🙌 Bring on the #Science !!

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Watch the skies tonight for a potential #fireball visible from northern France and Germany, as well as many places in the UK. The object, #asteroid #Sar2667 , is estimated at ~1m in size and predicted to harmlessly impact at approx. 03:07 UTC. ☄️

Asteroid folks using telescopes where it is currently night take note:

New discovery #Sar2667 with potential impact over western Europe in just under 6 hours - cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/scout/#/object… .

@UKMeteorNetwork It's a gorgeous #fireball !!! Was also caught by the SCAMP - a component of the FRIPON network camera Jodrell Bank

Sounds like a really nice meteor fireball was seen quite widely over the UK at around 20:01UT.

Here’s the first public video I’ve seen of it (below). Quick scan of @UKMeteorNetwork’s excellent live fireball webpage shows it was also picked up by their network cameras too.

If you were an eyewitness or have footage of tonight's #fireball over the UK, please submit a report with @UKMeteorNetwork at: ukmon.imo.net/members/imo/re

This information is very useful and can help us to map the trajectory of the fireball and recover any potential #meteorites ☄️

If you have security cam/dashcam footage, or saw the fireball, do submit a report via @UKMeteorNetwork at: ukmon.imo.net/members/imo/re… Eyewitness info can be really useful for building a picture of the event, and can help teams like UK Fireball Alliance do their work.

Several of the Meteoritics & Planetary Science Winchcombe meteorite Special Issue papers are now online at the early view page …ary-wiley-com.manchester.idm.oclc.org/toc/19455100/0… UK Fireball Alliance with more on their way soon!

Here's the next #Winchcombe meteorite paper in Meteoritics & Planetary Science!

It links the mineralogy, textures & compositions in the fusion crust to observations of the #fireball 🌠

Matthew Genge Imperial Earth Science & Engineering
NHM Meteorites UK Fireball Alliance
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A 2 kg rocky meteoroid observed in February 2021 is shown to be coming directly from the Oort cloud, indicative of a high ice/rock ratio there (1-20%) and supportive of a massive proto-asteroid belt scenario. Vida (Denis Vida) et al.: nature.com/articles/s4155…