Cartersville |
Bartow County, Georgia, USA |
L5 Ordinary Chondrite |
Yes |
March 1, 2009 (2300 hrs) |
294 grams |
A single stone was found on the bedroom floor of a vacant rental house on March 8, 2009, and was brought by the
owner to Tellus Museum in early August
of that year for the purpose of identification. Julian Gray, then-curator at Tellus and a good personal friend,
contacted me for assistance. We confirmed the cosmic origin of the stone on August 10, and on September 15 finally
established the probably fall date and time by virtue of having made contact with a local witness to audible phenomena.
The stone was eventually acquired by Tellus Museum and is on display there with several of the impact artifacts. Julian
and I will soon be co-authoring a detailed account of events connected to the Cartersville meteorite, which will be
available as a monograph in 2019.
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With the stone on August 10, 2009. Photo credit: Julian Gray |
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294 gram individual, showing air break with imbedded roofing material, wood fibers from rafter impact, drywall fragments from passage through the ceiling and paint from a grazing impact with an interior door. Photo credit: Dave Gheesling |
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294 gram individual (reverse angle) Photo credit: Dave Gheesling |
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Tellus Museum curator Julian Gray, recording data at the impact site Photo credit: Dave Gheesling |
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Hole in roof shingle Photo credit: Dave Gheesling |
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In the attic near the roof hole Photo credit: Julian Gray |
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Robert Ward in the attic Photo credit: Dave Gheesling |
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Sean Murray in the attic Photo credit: Dave Gheesling |
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With Julian Gray and Jose Santamaria at Tellus Museum for the announcement press conference Photo credit: Tellus Museum |
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Roof decking with hole, and several splintered fragments from same Photo credit: Kasia Sutton
(roof decking splinters and several other impact artifacts are the only items from this event in The FALLING ROCKS Collection) |
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