The British and Irish Meteorite Society

So, after 29 years and 10 months, do we have the first UK meteorite of the 21st century?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 09195.html

It looks like it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56326246

Oh wow... only the most significant UK meteorite in history. Congrats to all involved -

Compilation of footage relating to the Winchcombe meteorite -

Fireball 28th February 2021 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZBjmSc ... ionNetwork

Fireball seen across England thanks to clear skies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4llV49 ... eTelegraph

The discoverers: Hannah Wilcock, Rob Wilcock, Cathryn Wilcock - https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-56341461

The Winchcombe meteorite recovered from Gloucestershire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXx7MZQ ... toryMuseum

Background to the recovery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuu_42M ... honYouTube

Animation: ©Paul Dickinson and the Global Meteor Network camera in Hullavington, Wiltshire - https://news.westernu.ca/wp-content/upl ... mation.gif

A little more from the Natural History Museum:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/march/uk-fireball-meteorite-has-been-recovered-driveway-gloucestershire.html

Open University:

http://www.open.ac.uk/science/physical-science/news/team-uk-scientists-guided-meteor-specialists-have-recovered-pieces-extremely-rare-meteorite
https://www.open.ac.uk/research/news/how-scientists-found-rare-fireball-meteorite-pieces-driveway

University of Manchester:

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/rare-meteorite-recovered-in-uk-after-spectacular-fireball/

University of Glasgow:

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_779753_en.html

Plymouth University:

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/university-researcher-helps-to-recover-first-meteorite-found-in-uk-for-30-years

The Winchcombe Meteorite recovery is described in the University of Manchester's Cosmic Cast (S3E18), with Ashley King from the Natural History Museum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTjGrRpDQRk

Excellent video here with actual footage of the specimen recovery from the Bond farm, at 103g the biggest single fragment -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKqNptx ... yofGlasgow