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« Letzter Beitrag von Chrisl am Heute um 17:44:36 »Hallo,
es gibt einen Fund eines fallfrischen Eisenmeteoriten in Polen!
https://meteor.asu.cas.cz/cz/post/bolid_2026_04_17find/
Übersetzung:
An iron meteorite has been found in Poland with the help of our calculations
On Saturday, April 18, we published a report about a bright fireball observed during Friday evening's twilight on April 17 by many witnesses and, primarily, by our specialized cameras over the territory of Poland. Our data and calculations clearly indicated that a meteorite composed mainly of iron had fallen. Subsequently, on Saturday afternoon, April 18, we informed Mateusz ?mija, the head of the Polish fireball network Skytinel. Their cameras also recorded the fireball. The search for the meteorite was carried out in mutual cooperation. On Wednesday morning, April 22, after careful modeling of the fireball and its dark flight path, we sent our colleagues a refined impact area and a predicted mass of 2.7 kg for the iron meteorite.
An iron meteorite weighing 2.9 kg was indeed found by our Polish colleagues on Wednesday afternoon, April 22. The finders, Anna Walczak and Pawe? Walczak, were part of a group that had been searching for the meteorite since Sunday, April 19. The meteorite was completely buried in the ground at a depth of 40 cm and covered by about ten centimeters of loose soil. The impact site—the hole caused by the meteorite's impact—is shown in Figure 1, and its dimensions are approximately 20 x 10 cm. The appearance of the meteorite immediately after being removed from the ground is shown in Figure 2. On the surface of the cleaned meteorite (Figure 3), a fusion crust and flow lines caused by oriented flight through Earth's atmosphere can be seen. This was an oriented meteorite fall, shaped like a triangular disk measuring approximately 14.5 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm. It is therefore significantly different from the spherical shape for which the impact site was modeled. Our Polish colleagues do not wish to disclose the location of the find yet; therefore, we are not publishing the predicted fall area either. Detailed analysis and classification of the meteorite will take place in Poland in the coming weeks.
This meteorite is classified as a "meteorite with a pedigree"—one whose pre-collision orbit in the solar system is known through instrumental observations. It is only the second iron meteorite with a pedigree in history and the first ever where it was possible to predict the composition based on spectral observations of the fireball and search specifically for an iron meteorite. The first find of meteoric iron was in 2020, when a 14 kg piece fell and was found in Sweden; its fall was recorded from a great distance by several video cameras in Finland and Norway. Compared to the Swedish fall, the data for this Polish fireball is much more numerous, accurate, and complete.
In conclusion, we would like to thank Dr. Radmila Brožková from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute for the high-altitude wind data required to calculate the meteorite's fall area.
Das Stück ist traumhaft schön! Gratulation an die Finder!
LG
Christian
es gibt einen Fund eines fallfrischen Eisenmeteoriten in Polen!
https://meteor.asu.cas.cz/cz/post/bolid_2026_04_17find/
Übersetzung:
An iron meteorite has been found in Poland with the help of our calculations
On Saturday, April 18, we published a report about a bright fireball observed during Friday evening's twilight on April 17 by many witnesses and, primarily, by our specialized cameras over the territory of Poland. Our data and calculations clearly indicated that a meteorite composed mainly of iron had fallen. Subsequently, on Saturday afternoon, April 18, we informed Mateusz ?mija, the head of the Polish fireball network Skytinel. Their cameras also recorded the fireball. The search for the meteorite was carried out in mutual cooperation. On Wednesday morning, April 22, after careful modeling of the fireball and its dark flight path, we sent our colleagues a refined impact area and a predicted mass of 2.7 kg for the iron meteorite.
An iron meteorite weighing 2.9 kg was indeed found by our Polish colleagues on Wednesday afternoon, April 22. The finders, Anna Walczak and Pawe? Walczak, were part of a group that had been searching for the meteorite since Sunday, April 19. The meteorite was completely buried in the ground at a depth of 40 cm and covered by about ten centimeters of loose soil. The impact site—the hole caused by the meteorite's impact—is shown in Figure 1, and its dimensions are approximately 20 x 10 cm. The appearance of the meteorite immediately after being removed from the ground is shown in Figure 2. On the surface of the cleaned meteorite (Figure 3), a fusion crust and flow lines caused by oriented flight through Earth's atmosphere can be seen. This was an oriented meteorite fall, shaped like a triangular disk measuring approximately 14.5 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm. It is therefore significantly different from the spherical shape for which the impact site was modeled. Our Polish colleagues do not wish to disclose the location of the find yet; therefore, we are not publishing the predicted fall area either. Detailed analysis and classification of the meteorite will take place in Poland in the coming weeks.
This meteorite is classified as a "meteorite with a pedigree"—one whose pre-collision orbit in the solar system is known through instrumental observations. It is only the second iron meteorite with a pedigree in history and the first ever where it was possible to predict the composition based on spectral observations of the fireball and search specifically for an iron meteorite. The first find of meteoric iron was in 2020, when a 14 kg piece fell and was found in Sweden; its fall was recorded from a great distance by several video cameras in Finland and Norway. Compared to the Swedish fall, the data for this Polish fireball is much more numerous, accurate, and complete.
In conclusion, we would like to thank Dr. Radmila Brožková from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute for the high-altitude wind data required to calculate the meteorite's fall area.
Das Stück ist traumhaft schön! Gratulation an die Finder!
LG
Christian
... kommt draufan ob ich mein Auto von der Werkstatt zurück habe oder nicht ... 
kein Problem aber schon bemerkenswert, alle alten Gesteinesammler müssen zur O.P.-Hüfte oder Knie! 
