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Earth to receive flashy shower
By Greg Wees
The next time you see a meteorite
flashing across the sky, think of Ivan
Burt. He watches meteorites for a
living.
As director of the Lincoln Meteorite
Recovery Project. Burr will be at his job
toniaht and through tomorrow morning
when the most spectacular of the meteor
showers sprays Earth.
Called the Geminids, the meteors
radiate from the constellation Gemini
and ft HL2ak ,over tne Lincoln are?5) -about
fe arfn. Saturday, Burr said. ,Tnwt
Between 50 and 60 meteors an hour
will be visible during peak viewing, he
said. After 6 a.m. the number of
meteors will begin to diminish.
Sky watchers advice
Burr offered the following advice to
would-be sky watchers:
Get away from the city. The glare
from lights that illuminate Lincoln blot
out the faint glow of all but the most
brilliant meteors.
Lay flat on your back. It's the most
comfortable position that also will give
you the best look at the largest portion
of the sky.
Friday evening viewers should see
the most meteors in the eastern part of
the sky while early morning watchers
should see more in the western sky.
The Meteorite Recovery Project is
sponsored by the Smithonian Institute in
Washington, D.C. and has worldwide
outposts, Burr said.
In Nebraska, every night, automatic
cameras at Neliqh. Republican City and
Steinauer click on iho photograph the
sky from horizon to horizon.
Every morning, assistants go out to
the three camera sheds, collect the film
and send it to Burr to be developed.
Film betr.iys meteor fi ,j
If a'thi'n streak of 'light appears on th'ei
film, he knows that somewhere in,
Nebraska, a meteorite has fallen.
Using the data from three stations, he
can calculate the approximate position
of the fallen meteorite and hopefully
recover its.
However, in the six years that, Burr
has headed the Lincoln station, located
at 1600 N. 10th St.. he said he has
recovered only one meteorite, most of
which are made of stone and contain
small amounts of metal, usually iron.
The federal government established
the Meteor Recovery Project in 1954 and
placed it under the direction of the
Smithonian Institute. The program is
funded by the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
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daily nebraskan
friday, december 13, 1974
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