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I. Call To Order:
Meeting called to order at 8:00 p.m. by President Kevin Collins at the ECS offices in Florence, MA.
II. Old Business:
None.
II. Minutes of Last Meeting:
Tom Petray gave the secretary's report that the minutes of the last club business meeting of November 11, 2011,were online at the 5As website. Click on 'Meeting Minutes.'
IV. New Business:
CLUB EVENTS AND INFORMATION – Kevin will provide calendar after tonight's presentation. He introduced Peter Scherff who would talk about his passion, meteorites. PRESENTATION- "Cool Meteor Events of the Last Five Years" by Peter Scherff 2007 Whitecourt, Canada discovered that meteor formed crater 5000 years ago. 2007 Caracas, Venezuela meteor caused poisonous gases to be released from underground water; however, most of it was steam. October 6, 2008 Discovery images of TC32008 Images revealed object was going to hit the earth the next day, calculated to hit Sudan near Almahata Sitta or Station Six. People reported sonic booms lasted for 3 to 4 minutes-enough for them to think it was the end of the world. Five days after the meteor exploded, meteorite hunters, mostly college students, searched for rocks. They found many small fragments, but most of the meteorite disintegrated upon impact with the earth's atmosphere. Peter answered a question about Meteor crater in Arizona telling the audience that most of this meteor vaporized on impact followed by iron rain. Almasita Sitta Ureilite is a chondrite meteorite with a jumble of different types of stone, but no rock with two types of stone has been found yet. Devon, Canada November 20, 2008 fireball fell. Buzzard Coulee meteorite discovered on frozen pond on November 27, 2008 -a common chondrite with glassy surface glazed as it passed through the atmosphere. February 15, 2009 Austin, Texas fireball fell during the day and it showed up on Doppler radar-Ash Creek L6 February 19, 2009 new meteorite crater discovered in Egypt. Found by DeMischele using Google Earth crater is 45 meters in diameter Gabel Kamil Iron meteorites were found. May 10, 2009 first episode of Meteorite Men aired, which precipitated a flood of rocks being sent to colleges to be analyzed, February 28, 2010 Telki Hungary fireball fell and landed in Kosice, Slovakia Cresco, Iowa April 14, 2010 has fusion crust where surface has melted, nickel found in most meteorites Milwaukee & Portage, Wisconsin April 14, 2010 fireball on video and Doppler images-meteor broke up as it fell-Mifflin L5 a breccia meteorite. 1/18/2011 Lorton,Virginia meteorite crashed through a dentist's office Lorton L6 was donated to the Smithsonian. July 17, 2011Kenya meteorite promptly taken into custody Thika L6 June 30 big date for stuff that hits the atmosphere and lands on the ground. OLD BUSINESS - Kevin passed out the calendar for December-January The meeting ended at 9:29 p.m. and those attending visited and enjoyed refreshments. Nineteen members and guests were present. Respectfully submitted, Tom Petray, Secretary
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