Finding Meteorites On Your Roof

Posted on 22 june 2016 by jay tate.

Finding meteorites on your roof.

Deserts are one of the best climates to search. In search of stardust. Finding micro meteorites on your roof. Get permission to search the area.

Finding micro meteorites on your roof. Your best shot at finding an intact meteorite is to look in a place that stays hot and dry. Norwegian mineralogist jon larsen has written a book called in search of stardust where he outlines how anyone can find micrometeorites. Seven years ago jon larsen was preparing to eat his breakfast outside at his home in norway when a meteorite slammed onto his patio table.

For example more meteorites have been found in the sahara than any other place on earth. It is estimated that anywhere from 37 000 to 78 000 tons of meteorites hit earth s surface each year. That might seem a bit high but the vast majority of this figure is made up of. Dried up lake beds are great too.

In search of stardust. The first step is to keep safety in mind when you re up on a ladder or crouching on your roof scanning your gutters for meteorites. If your gutters are substantially dirty or debris filled cleaning them out first and then leafing through the debris on the ground might be your best bet. Meteorites as you mentioned rain down as dust all the time.