Electronic Telegram No. 5343
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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2024 BX_1
     P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center; L. Hecht,
C. Hamann, and A. Greshake, Museum fuer Naturkunde (MfN), Berlin, and Freie
Universitaet, Berlin; and J. Helbert, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und
Raumfahrt (DLR), report that meteorites from the 2024 Jan. 21 impact of
2024 BX_1 (cf. CBET 5334) have been recovered near Ribbeck im Havelland,
Germany.  A research team comprised of students and staff of the MfN, the
DLR, and the Freie Universitaet Berlin started searching on Monday, Jan. 22,
but the meteorite appearance was such that finds remained elusive for several
days.  The first meteorite (weighing 171 g) was found by meteorite hunters
F. S. Nikodem, A. Owczarzak, M. Nebelski, and K. Kmieciak on Jan. 25.  The
next morning, Freie Universitaet student D. Dieter found a 5.3-g meteorite
in the area where small meteorites were expected to have fallen, followed by
a 3.1-g find by student C. Weihe shortly thereafter.  These finds established
the location of the strewn field.  Since these first recoveries, several tens
of meteorites have been found with masses in the range of 2-225 g.


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2024 January 31                  (CBET 5343)              Daniel W. E. Green