How to Find a Meteorite in Your Own Backyard

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  • Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2024

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  • @drphu
    @drphu 9 лет назад +74

    do your Magnets a BIG Favor and put them in a plastic bag 1st, then it's very easy to clear the items from the magnet onto a sorting area, so so so much easier then in the video.

  • @GLantz77
    @GLantz77 8 лет назад +136

    I watched this video because my dad told me if I found a meteorite he would get me a flamethrower (VERY long story)

  • @Crumbcat4life
    @Crumbcat4life Год назад +1

    For 7 years ago this was well edited and great footage

  • @laurahardy5041
    @laurahardy5041 9 лет назад +7

    For me, not so picky, I think that's pretty cool. I wonder what size it would need to be to see its entry. I saw a meteor enter and hit the side of Mt. Rainier while ascending - about 4 AM. And fortunately I wasn't the only one in our climbing party to see it.

  • @Infantryvet156th
    @Infantryvet156th 3 года назад +7

    I actually did find a meteorite about half pound meteorite in my yard by complete accident here on Linececum Village rd in Louisiana! Its the 4th to ever be found in Louisiana.

  • @aobnoxious
    @aobnoxious 8 лет назад +46

    I used this trick to find a meteor in my toilet bowl.

    • @gayldeboer167
      @gayldeboer167 5 лет назад

      Can meteorites be made like Glass - Black glass with colours of the rainbow reflecting in them?

    • @gayldeboer167
      @gayldeboer167 5 лет назад

      thanks - I found it n the middle of the road on a Saturday morning - a Cal-du-sac, so no passing traffic.

  • @brazilchem
    @brazilchem 6 лет назад +7

    That's amazing! Thanks for that vid mate. Every kid should know about that! This would be a very smart activity at school too.

  • @alonelyspaceman
    @alonelyspaceman 4 года назад +4

    I went to some corners of my house and found extremely small fragments that fit all the meteorite criteria.

  • @GroovyVideo2
    @GroovyVideo2 8 лет назад +10

    I found a Meteorite in stream gravel pile - weighed 6 oz

    • @jjbentley9
      @jjbentley9 3 года назад +1

      Wow how did you know what it was. Did you have a magnet or metal detector. Thanks

  • @shermdeazy
    @shermdeazy 5 лет назад +16

    So this means were constantly breathing this meteor dust as well

  • @TheMikeFranzonePod
    @TheMikeFranzonePod 7 лет назад +7

    Anybody Remember The Joe Dirt Meteorite? lmao

  • @spaceymcnutz4216
    @spaceymcnutz4216 8 лет назад +5

    This works! I found an sub-gram meteorite this way.Very cool.

  • @midnightaquarius1219
    @midnightaquarius1219 6 лет назад +4

    Where do I go in Burlington iowa to get it checked to make sure that it's a meteorite

    • @4KingsTreasure
      @4KingsTreasure 4 года назад +1

      Try matt jokel in lincoln nebraska

  • @CutieRingoJoy
    @CutieRingoJoy 4 года назад +4

    I don’t have a backyard, I live in apartment

  • @briangennardo6937
    @briangennardo6937 Год назад +1

    Has anyone ever found a meteor fused in asphalt?

  • @rodneycaupp5962
    @rodneycaupp5962 7 лет назад +2

    Very nice video. Great content

  • @purerice5824
    @purerice5824 5 лет назад +5

    That might just be iron

  • @Eniramos619
    @Eniramos619 8 лет назад +11

    the the uhh uhh meteorite uh and uh backyard uh uh screws uh and 69 years ago uh and uh uh astroid uh yeah

  • @jaymckinney4721
    @jaymckinney4721 5 лет назад +1

    I have a item that was detected by my metal detector that is not magnetic. How can I determine what it is? It is heavier than you would think for it’s size.

    • @crippleabatteries5031
      @crippleabatteries5031 3 года назад

      Most metals do not have strong magnetic attractions to magnets(or are magnetic at all) so unfortunately what you found is most likely a dense rock with some kind of metal deposit in it that your metal detector picked up.

  • @eronacalloway9159
    @eronacalloway9159 4 года назад +1

    I think I found a small Meteor fragment years ago. It’s solid black with some Sparkle an is HEAVY for its small size. It’s Not magnetic but sounds a little metalish when tapped on. It didn’t match or Near match Any Other kind of Rock around where I found it, it was the ONLY Black Rock around.

    • @alonelyspaceman
      @alonelyspaceman 4 года назад +1

      99% of meteorites will be magnetic. If it doesn’t pass the magnet test, then it would be nearly insane to believe it’s a meteorite.

    • @dougburlingame1645
      @dougburlingame1645 3 года назад

      @@alonelyspaceman 3-4% of meteorites have not been magnetic.

    • @alonelyspaceman
      @alonelyspaceman 3 года назад +1

      @@dougburlingame1645 that’s more unlikely than you think, especially considering how rare any kind of meteorite is to find.

  • @ClawSpike
    @ClawSpike 9 лет назад +21

    Does Richard Garriot thinks he looks so cool with that very long rat tail. I want to cut it off and throw it away.

    • @ChiPpification
      @ChiPpification 8 лет назад +4

      you should accept people as they are. just like you want to be accepted for who you are and looklike. Or else: you're a pancake head!

    • @lauragraves4342
      @lauragraves4342 4 года назад

      But if he takes out the hair tie of his rat tail, his hair gets ratted up. So its ratty either way. Jk.

    • @ericschmuecker5573
      @ericschmuecker5573 4 года назад

      He'd say the same about your giant sideburns.

    • @bravo4104
      @bravo4104 4 года назад

      Says the one with a 6" trash stache...

  • @mikedavis5242
    @mikedavis5242 7 лет назад +1

    i may of found a few meteroites or asteroids but i need too make sure that they are what they are can you reccomend a book that can positivly identify them and tell me what too do too identify them

  • @EugeneKhutoryansky
    @EugeneKhutoryansky 9 лет назад +6

    Meteorites are believed to strike the earth's surface only about five to ten times per year. Therefore, I think this video may be overestimating how easy it is to find meteorites.

    • @OmarStradella
      @OmarStradella 9 лет назад +20

      +Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky
      No, you are wrong. Meteor "showers" happen only a few times a year. But actual meteorites are falling down to earth all the time, some you can see but most you can't because they are too small.

    • @underyourbreath331
      @underyourbreath331 9 лет назад +2

      +Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky What he said^ Also, even if your statement were true, the earth has existed for millennia. A handful of meteor showers per year over the course of 4 billion+ years adds up very quickly.

    • @josshlegg8647
      @josshlegg8647 9 лет назад

      +Umi's Field Day That's correct but irrelevant. This method of finding them is to find recent meteors that have landed in your homes gutter

    • @sorsorscience0787
      @sorsorscience0787 8 лет назад +4

      no, over 300 kilograms hit a week, its just they are mostly the size of a grain of sand

    • @brokensoap1717
      @brokensoap1717 8 лет назад +1

      actually around 500 meteorites of descent size hit the earth every year.

  • @jamesfisher6480
    @jamesfisher6480 Год назад +1

    65 million years ago?????????????

  • @namenlosdeinemama1779
    @namenlosdeinemama1779 4 месяца назад +1

    I found a 5 gram meteorite in my backyard ☄☄☄

  • @noway5096
    @noway5096 3 года назад

    a random guy shows up so he has someone to talk at xD what good video tho

  • @CeziHD
    @CeziHD 9 лет назад +1

    Wait, what? He's a video game developer!

  • @PanzerBuyer
    @PanzerBuyer 5 лет назад

    So this opens the possibility of mining ancient building gutters (the Vatican, Castles, etc.) for stone and iron meteorites. Some may not show the characteristic surface since they are bits of an exploded meteor?? And tell that guy to further his drainspout away from his house's foundation.

  • @tomjones352
    @tomjones352 8 лет назад +2

    Don't shingles have particles on them that stick to magnets?

    • @FieryCoal
      @FieryCoal 5 лет назад

      Tom Jones I would assume, that’s why he said to look under a microscope, for markings that world be evidence for entering the atmosphere under high heat

    • @jasonowen5675
      @jasonowen5675 5 лет назад

      If a meteorite lands on your roof it'll just go straight through regardless of it's size, that's going to probably be planted or just welding slag

    • @FieryCoal
      @FieryCoal 5 лет назад +1

      Jason Owen not fully true, when a meteor hits the atmosphere, it breaks apart into very tiny flakes, and those flakes break more, turning into a powder which naturally loses maximum velocity, a “rock” would definitely break through the roof though

    • @FieryCoal
      @FieryCoal 5 лет назад

      Just to add on, I have actually seen this happen, I was looking at the night sky and saw a shooting star(very bright) and then around 30 or less seconds later, I saw another, going in the same direction but less bright, making me assume that it was a piece that broke off and slowed down quite a bit

    • @jasonowen5675
      @jasonowen5675 5 лет назад

      Just to add on, ask NASA
      Here's an article
      No. At some point, usually between 15 to 20 km (9-12 miles or 48,000-63,000 feet) altitude, the meteoroid remnants will decelerate to the point that the ablation process stops, and visible light is no longer generated. This occurs at a speed of about 2-4 km/sec (4500-9000 mph).
      From that point onward, the stones will rapidly decelerate further until they are falling at their terminal velocity, which will generally be somewhere between 0.1 and 0.2 km/sec (200 mph to 400 mph). Moving at these rapid speeds, the meteorite(s) will be essentially invisible during this final “dark flight” portion of their fall.
      200-400mph yeah shoot a blunderbuss at your roof and see what happens

  • @thatonejerry9092
    @thatonejerry9092 6 лет назад +2

    Comenters I found a meteoriod what should I do with it:
    A - sell it
    B-keep it
    C-give it to a friend

    • @donnielee8556
      @donnielee8556 6 лет назад

      Keep it

    • @TheCbrown146
      @TheCbrown146 6 лет назад

      Sell it. Unless you already make bank. Keep it.

    • @ZROGTI
      @ZROGTI 4 года назад

      I want to sell my meteorite stones

    • @minionpurple
      @minionpurple 4 года назад

      Keep it i love space its my dream for a metor

    • @Borntu
      @Borntu 3 года назад

      I'll take it! You live near Minneapolis? I'll be at the Starbucks coffee in downtown Minneapolis this Tuesday sometime between 9 and 11 pm. I'd really love that. I'll buy you a coffee!

  • @wawazuzzy2064
    @wawazuzzy2064 7 лет назад +1

    i'm waiting for the next big one

  • @shirleymaesings
    @shirleymaesings 6 лет назад +1

    Very interesting

  • @grandmaitregilberto2469
    @grandmaitregilberto2469 6 лет назад +1

    An ice period have cause the extinction of the dinosaures

  • @spotoncam3640
    @spotoncam3640 7 лет назад

    What are those threads on your Right hand wrist ?

  • @mikecurran468
    @mikecurran468 7 лет назад +2

    A small magnetic stone that appears to have a fusion crust is unlikely to be a meteorite. You simply don't have enough evidence. At least do the nickel test. Did you see chondrules or metal under the microscope? I am very skeptical of your conclusions.

    • @scullybonez_Annie_johnson
      @scullybonez_Annie_johnson 6 лет назад +2

      mike curran I cut a rock in one inch diameter. I looked under a microscope and see red. And also gold and silver. The rock is magnetic. I found it in Chicago. No other rocks were nearby It caught my eye. How do I get it analyzed and if so who would buy something like this. I’m dying to see if this is a real find

    • @azraaydn737
      @azraaydn737 5 лет назад

      Ann Johnson hello and did you find someone to check it

    • @danielbalcombe6892
      @danielbalcombe6892 Год назад

      I’m with you on that, I think there mostly a 5th of a millimetre an there’s so many other magnetic things that are identical to the eye you basically need a lab to confirm them

  • @pjanoo6973
    @pjanoo6973 4 года назад +1

    Why doesn't he just glue the magnet onto a stick

  • @godfathergodfather7474
    @godfathergodfather7474 6 лет назад +2

    They fall everyday it depends on size

  • @owow410
    @owow410 5 лет назад

    So shall I search where there is soil only

  • @thekidnextdoor9706
    @thekidnextdoor9706 8 лет назад

    My grandma has had her house for 52 years and she doesn't have gutters where do I find them

    • @FieryCoal
      @FieryCoal 5 лет назад

      Thekidnextdoor you best option would be going around the perimeter or the house, where rain might pour off a roof

  • @birkit1133
    @birkit1133 7 лет назад +1

    1:37 That is a flipping TOOL, not an asteroid! Why are magnetic metal alloy tools falling out of the sky???

    • @alexanderbrethren1920
      @alexanderbrethren1920 7 лет назад

      Bir Kit they made a tool of a meteorite when stones where ”trendy” lol

    • @sadboyhours8001
      @sadboyhours8001 4 года назад +1

      Birkit 11 y’all dumb that is a dinosaur bone

  • @hongser5694
    @hongser5694 6 лет назад +1

    I have meteorites at home

    • @MoonstoneFoxy
      @MoonstoneFoxy 6 лет назад +1

      Jealous. I've always wanted one

    • @hongser5694
      @hongser5694 6 лет назад

      If anyone wants, please contact my gmail as shown above

  • @midnightaquarius1219
    @midnightaquarius1219 6 лет назад +1

    It's not that small it's about medium sized

  • @muhammadfurkan215
    @muhammadfurkan215 9 месяцев назад +1

    🤔

  • @zelloToiletsTalk
    @zelloToiletsTalk 5 лет назад

    I found rock in my stool

  • @runechuckie
    @runechuckie 5 лет назад +3

    This dudes hair .....rat tails were never popular man! Good Content though!

  • @powderwigwoodenteethmf5037
    @powderwigwoodenteethmf5037 6 лет назад

    What? I have a pile of this black stuff that came from my gutter

    • @crippleabatteries5031
      @crippleabatteries5031 3 года назад

      That’s probably your grandma’s ashes... your parents probably dumped em out the window.

  • @ZROGTI
    @ZROGTI 4 года назад

    I have many meteorite stone in my home

  • @fomoerectus4248
    @fomoerectus4248 Год назад

    Next time place a plastic bag over your magnet genius!

  • @Rando_Shyte
    @Rando_Shyte 2 года назад

    GET A JOB HIPPIE!

  • @hillhead11
    @hillhead11 7 лет назад

    Thumbs up for the rat tail!

  • @arthuruwontknow2102
    @arthuruwontknow2102 4 года назад

    I had one that was 4cm

  • @lewcurttwiggylewis6963
    @lewcurttwiggylewis6963 3 года назад

    How large to they need to be to sell for money🤑

  • @robpearson6709
    @robpearson6709 7 лет назад

    I am very sure that what you think are micrometeorites are BMS or black magnetic spheres. They have all the features you describe but are very terrestrial.... do yourself a favor and read Jon Larsons book In Search Of Stardust before you continue to misinform

    • @briancardoza6431
      @briancardoza6431 6 лет назад

      Rob Pearson

    • @jasonowen5675
      @jasonowen5675 5 лет назад

      Quite often from old metal works and welding sparks/slag I've found loads near.
      Edit: meteorites often land around and upwards of 300mph it's probably going to go through the roof like a bullet

  • @gaiuscladiusglaber9805
    @gaiuscladiusglaber9805 3 года назад

    I dont have a backyard

  • @kotktorychodzipogowieadama2645
    @kotktorychodzipogowieadama2645 6 лет назад +1

    Oo9

  • @AdamKeele
    @AdamKeele 9 лет назад +1

    Great content--horrible videography!
    Lucky for you, Scientific American -- being almost 2016 -- most people are use to garbage shooting quality and editing.

  • @kotktorychodzipogowieadama2645
    @kotktorychodzipogowieadama2645 6 лет назад +1

    Ii9

  • @Blueknight330
    @Blueknight330 7 лет назад

    Do people actually believe this?

    • @dboyanich
      @dboyanich 7 лет назад +1

      Angelica Garza You are not very smart.

    • @WatcherLater
      @WatcherLater 4 года назад

      I am sorry but you have 0 iq.

    • @WatcherLater
      @WatcherLater 3 года назад

      Bruh micrometeorites are a real thing, how are people this dumb.

    • @Blueknight330
      @Blueknight330 3 года назад

      @@WatcherLater Yeah. Over 3 years ago my comment was dumb. Sure they may be real. But I highly doubt you’d know where they are.

    • @WatcherLater
      @WatcherLater 3 года назад

      @@Blueknight330 I guess you've gotten a little smarter. They are everywhere, 800 tons a day is enough to find them everywhere.