THE
RELIEGOS METEORITE
Last
meteorite ("fall") recovered in Spain
THE
RELIEGOS METEORITE
Last
meteorite ("fall") recovered in Spain
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From a historical (and scientific) point of view, it is important to stress that, since the impressive meteorite fall of Reliegos in 1947 (Gomez de Llarena and Rodriguez Arango 1948), 50 years passed before a new Spanish meteorite was catalogued in the Meteoritical Bulletin: the Valencia meteorite. Other recent Spanish meteorites correspond to "finds" that have been related to the bolides of 4 January 2004 and 10 May 2007. It is important to note that, whereas the bolides were widely observed in different parts of the Iberian Peninsula, there were no direct witnesses of the meteorite falls, and no pieces were collected coinciding simultaneously with the observation of the bolides. In fact, the first fragment of Villalbeto de la Peña (2004) was found seven days after the bolide event and the first fragment of Puerto Lápice (2007) after 24 days. Other fragments were found subsequently, which were assigned to these bolides (see http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/). Thus, the Reliegos meteorite is the real last meteorite fall recovered in Spain. |
Photo: Muñoz-Espadas, M.J. (Ph.D thesis) Meteorito de Reliegos (León) see Meteoritical Bulletin Database |
Photo: Muñoz-Espadas, M.J. (Ph.D thesis) Meteorito de Reliegos (León) see Encyclopedia of Meteorites |
Imagen de www.reliegos.com |
Selected publications and scientific contributions |
Interesting webpage about the Reliegos meteorite |
Ph.D Thesis about four Spanish chondrites: Cañellas, Olivenza, Olmedilla de Alarcón and Reliegos. Complutense University, Madrid (2003), realizada por Mª Jesús Muñoz Espadas.
Directores: R. Lunar (UCM) y J. Martínez Frías (CSIC)
LA IMPORTANIA DE LOS CÓNDRULOS DEL METEORITO DE RELIEGOS:
(Muñoz-Espadas et al. 2003)
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