Finds were not seen to fall, but were found on the ground, often long after their arrival. A meteorite is a meteoroid that reaches the surface of the earth without being completely vaporized.įalls are meteorites whose fall to earth was witnessed and recorded, noting place and time of arrival. The term meteor is used to describe the streak of light produced when matter from space falls through the earth's atmosphere and is heated by atmospheric friction to the point of incandescence, otherwise known as a "falling star." Meteoroid refers to any matter in interplanetary space that is too small to be called an asteroid or comet. It also describes some common types of meteorites and discusses meteorites in Kansas. But how do you know if the rock you found is a meteorite? This publication offers some initial guidance to answer that question, or at least information to help eliminate obvious non-meteorites from consideration. The recent discovery (autumn 2005) of a 1,400-pound meteorite in Kiowa County, Kansas, spurred renewed interest in the subject for many Kansans, especially in view of the potential monetary value of some specimens. Of the 1,530 verified meteorites from the United States (as of July 2009), 137 came from Kansas, according to the Washington University in St. Meteorites have been found all over the world, and Kansas has yielded more than its share. Kansas Geological Survey, Public Information Circular (PIC) 26Ī complete text of this file is available as a pdf document.
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