Ashley King – The Story of the Winchcombe Meteorite Fall

Ashley King – The Story of the Winchcombe Meteorite Fall
14th June 8 p.m. Bredhurst Village Hall
The Winchcombe meteorite is the first ‘rock from another world’ to be recovered in the UK for 30 years. Guided by videos from the UK’s meteor and fireball camera networks, the main mass was found on a driveway in Gloucestershire only 12 hours after landing. Over 500 g of the Winchcombe meteorite are now being curated at the Natural History Museum (NHM), London, and it is both scientifically and culturally priceless; as a fresh carbonaceous chondrite fall it holds vital clues about our origins, while its rapid recovery and analysis is a shining example of international collaboration between scientists, citizen-science projects, and local communities. For more information visit: www.midkentastro.org.uk