QT Michael Busch @michael_w_busch
2024 December 3
The potential zone for meteorites from #2024XA1 appears to be >20 km away from the nearest road and a few kilometers from some forestry access paths; with dense hilly forest and some streams that will be frozen right now.
Not an easy place for a meteorite search.
https://mastodon.online/@michael_w_busch/113591639541216846
Today on the #arXiv :
Gianotto et al. 2025, "The fall of asteroid 2024 XA1 and the location of possible meteorites" - https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09712
"Since the impact occurred in a remote area of the Sakha Republic (Russia) with difficult environmental conditions, we do not expect an immediate search."
Which is an understatement for the terrain bits of #2024XA1 landed on.
The potential zone for meteorites from #2024XA1 appears to be >20 km away from the nearest road and a few kilometers from some forestry access paths; with dense hilly forest and some streams that will be frozen right now.
Not an easy place for a meteorite search.
#C0WEPC5 is now designated #2024XA1: https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K24/K24X68.html.
The Minor Planet Center also lists everyone who observed the asteroid before impact.
The catalogue coincidence may be confusing to some readers, so to emphasize:
