© Curtin UniversityProfessor Phil Bland with the 1.7kg meteorite he found in Lake Eyre on January 1.
The 1.15kg space rock fell to earth on Halloween night, around 8pm on October 31.
Thanks to information from the public through the Fireballs in the Sky app, and images captured by four Desert Fireball Network cameras Curtin's team was quickly alerted to the situation and Professor Phil Bland and Dr Martin Tower drove out to the area to begin knocking on doors.
By Sunday November 6 a full search team was scanning the projected fall area, and by Monday morning they had recovered the object.
With the early heads up from the public, the rock was recovered before it could be affected by rain, meaning it could still contain salts which may hold clues to the origin of water in our solar system.
Analysis has now begun on the meteorite, with more details to announced on Monday November 21.
Source: Geraldton Guardian
I don't imagine his holding it in his sweaty hands is going to help resolve the 'salt' composition. He does look happy thought, reminds me of Kim Jong Un in all those pictures of him smiling in bunkers and in front of submarines and missile launchers.
Shiny, happy people...[Link]