{"id":32369,"date":"2023-02-15T22:21:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T21:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=32369"},"modified":"2023-06-02T22:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T20:30:12","slug":"first-meteorite-find-of-asteroid-2023cx1-in-seine-maritime-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=32369","title":{"rendered":"SAINT-PIERRE-LE-VIGER meteorite fall (L5-6, C-S3, >1132.84 g) of asteroid 2023 CX1 (Sar2667) found! Meteorite fall at ~2:59:21 UT on 13 February 2023 near Angiens and Saint-Pierre-le-Viger, Seine Maritime, France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last update: 1 June 2023 (12:20 CEST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 22 February 2023 12 meteorites (206.2 g total, L5-6) were found by the first Vigie-Ciel search team during their first search campaign (15-19 February). Private search teams have found at least another seven meteorite specimens, one weighing ~23 grams and another 175.2 grams, which was bought by the British film producer and meteorite collector Bil Bungay (58). Together with some Vigie-Ciel finds the specimen has been on display at the MNHN Paris from 31 May 2023 where it is curated on loan for at least five years. Most private landowners on whose land the Vigie-Ciel finds were made have agreed to donate the meteorites to the MNHNP. In the afternoon of 26 February Thierry Monter found a ~490-gram mass which broke into several pieces (largest: ~80 g) on its impact on pavement. Bigger fragments weigh 70 and 52 grams. \u0141ukasz Smu\u0142a, Magdalena Skirzewska found 20 specimens (largest: 148.6 g) with a total weight of 231.84 g. On 29 May 2023 the meteorite fall was added to the Meteoritical Bulletin as Saint-Pierre-le-Viger<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The known strewn field of the Saint-Pierre-le-Viger meteorite fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you can contribute exact fall locations of other found specimens, please contact us. They will be added to the strewn field map above. Thank you!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Si vous pouvez contribuer aux emplacements exacts d’autres sp\u00e9cimens trouv\u00e9s, veuillez nous contacter. Ils seront ajout\u00e9s \u00e0 la carte ci-dessus. Merci !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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List of Vigie-Ciel (15-19 February 2023) and other finds according to data published by 31 May 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weight (grams) <\/strong><\/td>Fall location<\/strong><\/td>Search team<\/strong> and time<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
92.6, donated to MNHN Paris <\/td>49\u00b049’15.28″N, 0\u00b049’35.04″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023)<\/td><\/tr>
3.0<\/td>49\u00b049’57.66″N, 0\u00b046’53.90″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
7.6<\/td>49\u00b049’53.26″N, 0\u00b047’09.68″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
9.0<\/td>49\u00b049’58.74″N, 0\u00b047’09.78″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
7.2<\/td>49\u00b049’58.20″N, 0\u00b047’00.08″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
4.0<\/td>49\u00b049’56.30″N, 0\u00b047’04.20″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
5.4<\/td>49\u00b049’51.64″N, 0\u00b047’10.50″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
11.0<\/td>49\u00b049’32.79″N, 0\u00b047’42.86″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
17.0<\/td>49\u00b049’23.11″N, 0\u00b047’54.35″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
23.6<\/td>49\u00b049’32.08″N, 0\u00b047’51.35″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
23.8<\/td>49\u00b049’21.96″N, 0\u00b047’59.57″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
2.0<\/td>49\u00b049’26.67″N, 0\u00b048’02.18″E<\/td>Vigie-Ciel (15-19 Feb. 2023) <\/td><\/tr>
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~175.2 (intact specimen), displayed at MNHN Paris<\/td>area of Fontaine-le-Dun<\/td>Steve Arnold, Roberto Vargas<\/td><\/tr>
~23 (intact specimen)<\/td><\/td>Vincent Jacques (24 February 2023)<\/td><\/tr>
~490 (fragments, largest: ~80 g)<\/td>in Autigny<\/td>Thierry Monter (26 February 2023)<\/td><\/tr>
6.6<\/td>49\u00b050’48.0″N, 0\u00b047’15.0″E<\/td>Zsolt Kereszty (1 March 2023, 11 am)<\/td><\/tr>
20 specimens (231.84 g), largest: 148.6 g<\/td><\/td>\u0141ukasz Smu\u0142a, Magdalena Skirzewska (23 February – 13 March)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The first meteorite (92.6 grams, 5×3 cm, L5-6) found in the afternoon of 15 February 2023. Its radioisotopes are currently being measured at the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. Thin section analyses for the classification of the meteorite are currently being done at the Natural History Museum in Vienna and Paris. The land owner has generously given the specimen to the National meteorite collection at MNHNP. Photo: FRIPON\/Vigie-Ciel (15 February 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Dieppe Pilotesetcie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image: BFMTV (16 February 2023) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Proud search team members Sylvain Bouley (GEOPS, Univ. Paris Saclay, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Astronomique de France), Fran\u00e7ois Colas (CNRS\/Observatoire de Paris IMCCE), Peter Jenniskens (SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center), Bernard Kieffer (association Pilotes & Cie), Sam Labenne, Luc Labenne, Lo\u00efs Leblanc-Rappe, Michael Leblanc (Perche Astronomie), G\u00e9raldine Rappe, Dominique Richard (association Pilotes & Cie), Asma Steinhausser (Museum National d\u2019Histoire Naturelle),Jean-Philippe Uzan (CNRS\/Institut d\u2019astrophysique de Paris), Pierre Vernazza (CNRS\/LAM, Institut Origines, OSU-Pytheas). Photo: FRIPON\/Vigie-Ciel (15 February 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lo\u00efs Leblanc-Rappe and her embedded find in situ in a field in Saint-Pierre-le-Viger. Photo: FRIPON\/Vigie-Ciel (15 February 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first meteorite of Apollo-type asteroid 2023 CX1<\/a> \/ 2023 CX1<\/a> has been found by a FRIPON\/Vigie-Ciel search team! It was found in a field of the municipality Saint-Pierre-le-Viger (Seine Maritime) at 16:47 CET on 15 February 2023 by 18-year-old team member Lo\u00efs Leblanc-Rappe from La Fert\u00e9-Bernard (Sarthe), an art school student. After the 6-person team had scanned three strips of a field back and forth the meteorite was found. Members of the search time were Sylvain Bouley (GEOPS, Univ. Paris Saclay, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Astronomique de France), Fran\u00e7ois Colas (CNRS\/Observatoire de Paris IMCCE), Peter Jenniskens (SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center), Bernard Kieffer (association Pilotes & Cie), Sam Labenne, Luc Labenne, Lo\u00efs Leblanc-Rappe, Michael Leblanc (Perche Astronomie), G\u00e9raldine Rappe, Dominique Richard (association Pilotes & Cie), Asma Steinhausser (Museum National d\u2019Histoire Naturelle), Jean-Philippe Uzan (CNRS\/Institut d\u2019astrophysique de Paris), Pierre Vernazza (CNRS\/LAM, Institut Origines, OSU-Pytheas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additional finds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 175.2-gram mass<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 175-gramm mass found near or on a tennis court in Fontaine-le-Dun. Photo: Roberto Vargas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 175-gramm mass found in Fontaine-le-Dun. Photo: Bil Bungay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 175-gramm mass found in Fontaine-le-Dun. Photo: Bil Bungay <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other masses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 52-gram fragment of Thierry Monter’s fragmented find on 26 February 2023. Photo: Thierry Monter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An embedded 23-gram specimen in situ, found by Vincent Jacques on 24 February 2023 after having walked the fall area for about 103 kilometres. Photo: Vincent Jacques<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Vigie-Ciel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F\u00e9licitations!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bolide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gijs de Reijke captured the bolide from Boxtel, the Netherlands with a Nikon D850 in a 30-second exposure. Photo: Gijs de Reijke<\/p>\n\n\n\n