Поиск и изучение метеорита Saint-Pierre-le-Viger

François Colas, Brigitte Zanda Asteroid 2023 CX1 was discovered by Krisztian S ´ arneczky of Konkoly Observatory ´ on Feb- ruary 12, 2023, only 7 hours before it encountered the Earth, which made it possible to track it and calcu- late its orbit very precisely. The potential strewnfield was determined in parallel by several groups and soon well defined and published (e.g. ). Recovery and ongoing study of the Saint-Pierre-le-Viger meteorite, a fragment of asteroid 2023 CX1. The recovery of this meteorite is due to the combined efforts of the FRIPON camera network and the Vigie-Ciel citizen science network. The FRIPON/Vigie-ciel collaboration quickly mobilised its network to set up a field search. An initial team of researchers and amateur enthusiasts met up on the morning of February 15 in the fall zone identified by the international teams. On the programme: information for local re
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