The space agency warned people by begging them not to send meteorite photos.
NASA Meteor Watch account, “Please don’t send us rock photos because we won’t reply” said.
When meteorites fall on the earth, some people get excited and hit the road to find a piece of them. However, a statement shared by NASA on Facebook surprised hunters who did not know what to do when they found a rock similar to a meteorite, especially in the USA.
NASA DOESN’T WANT!
According to the news of IFL Science; The latest meteorite, which created a sonic boom in three US states, also revealed meteorites. Some fell, especially on the Mississippi. Finding a piece of space rock that has traveled millions of miles and could be as old as the Solar System can certainly be exciting for the people out there. Moreover, you might think that this would contribute greatly to NASA and therefore to science. But the truth is not like that. Because NASA doesn’t want space rocks.
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“PLEASE DO NOT SEND US ROCK PHOTOS”
According to the post shared by the NASA Meteor Watch account on Facebook, some of these recent space rocks have been confirmed in an area east of the city of Natchez and along Highway 84 in Mississippi. However, NASA Meteor Watch made a statement that surprised people. The account almost begged in the statement it shared, “We are not meteorite people because our main focus is to protect spacecraft and astronauts from meteorites. Therefore we cannot detect any strange rocks you may find – please do not send us photos of the rock, because we will not respond.” used the expressions. So he asked people not to post photos of the rocks they found.
IF YOU FIND IT, YOU ARE THE OWNER…
First of all, it should be said. According to US law, if you find a meteorite on your land, you own it. This means that NASA wants people in pursuit of space rocks to get permission before stepping on a property. However, if a meteorite is found on federal land, government officials consider it to belong to the government and “Antiquities Law”According to one interpretation, meteorites found on federal soil actually belong to the Smithsonian Institution.
National parks and public lands generally prohibit the extraction of rocks (or most natural matter) from them, but the Bureau of Land Management generally allows meteorites to be collected by hobbyists with some limitations.
HAVE A TEST TO BE SURE
NASA Meteor Watch is designed by Dr Randy L. Korotev of Washington University in St. Louis to help people make sure that a rock is a meteorite, who asked not to send samples until people were pretty sure they had a real meteorite. “Meteorite or Meteowrong testini” recommends their use.
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